Old Harden, can you handle having your vision-shifting abilities on all the time?

Professor Feng walked into the room, glanced around the living room, and then his gaze fell on the bronze incense burner on the coffee table.

"Oh, Mr. Xu, did you find a treasure today?"

She asked with a smile, walked to the coffee table, bent down and carefully examined the incense burner.

Xu Xing smiled and said, "I bought it at the Liwan Antique Market today. It's just a little trinket."

Professor Feng picked up the incense burner, examined it from all angles, and then her gaze fell on the small piece of gold leaf that had been cleaned out.

"Huh?"

She raised an eyebrow slightly. "There's something else in here?"

She held the aromatherapy burner up to the light and squinted to examine it closely.

Although she is not a professional antique appraiser, her husband, Mr. Shen, is a seasoned antique collector with a rich collection at home.

Having been exposed to antiques around him, Professor Feng has gained some knowledge of them. Although his appraisal skills may not be very high, he still has some basic common sense.

When she saw the words on the gold foil, her pupils contracted sharply.

"Is it installed during the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty?"

She looked up at Xu Xing, a hint of surprise in her eyes. "Mr. Xu, is this an official Yongle reign mark?"

Before Xu Xing could answer, Li Yuting came out of the bathroom after taking a shower.

She was wearing a white bathrobe, her hair still wet. She paused, surprised to see Professor Feng: "Professor? What brings you here?"

"I came to see you all and also to chat with you about your return trip tomorrow."

Professor Feng answered casually, then his gaze returned to the aromatherapy burner. "Yuting, what's the deal with this aromatherapy burner?"

Li Yuting's eyes lit up, and she immediately became interested.

She walked over quickly and vividly described her experience that afternoon: "Teacher, you have no idea how amazing Brother Xu was today!"

We saw this incense burner at a stall in the Liwan Antique Market. The stall owner initially tried to mislead us, saying it was a fine piece made by the Yongle imperial court and asking for 600,000 yuan...

She recounted in detail how Xu Xing saw through the stall owner's lies, how he bargained, and how he finally bought the incense burner for 420,000 yuan.

Professor Feng was stunned after hearing this.

She glanced at Li Yuting, then at Xu Xing, and finally her gaze fell on the incense burner. She remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, she exclaimed, "Mr. Xu, your eyesight is truly astounding."

She pointed to the incense burner and said with a professional tone, "Because this kind of bronze incense burner has no mark, it is generally priced as a folk imitation from the Yongle period or later."

You got it for 420,000, which is slightly higher than the market price, but considering the craftsmanship, it's worth it.

She paused, then said with a hint of surprise, "But your cleaning revealed gold leaf and inscriptions inside! If the gold leaf is original, this item is worth at least tens of millions!"

When Li Yuting heard the word "ten million", she was completely stunned.

Her eyes widened as she stared at the incense burner, exclaiming, "Teacher, are you saying that Brother Xu bought something worth tens of millions for 420,000?"

"If the gold leaf is real, then that's certainly true."

Professor Feng nodded, then looked at Xu Xing, "Mr. Xu, you really got a great deal with that."

Xu Xing smiled and said modestly, "I was just lucky. I just didn't like the accumulated soot, so I cleaned it up casually. I didn't expect there to be such a treasure inside."

"Don't be modest."

Professor Feng shook his head. "To be able to pick out this item from a pile of miscellaneous items in an antique market, that can't be explained by mere luck."

She put down the incense burner and looked at Xu Xing with a serious expression: "Mr. Xu, it's a real shame that you don't have such a good eye for antiques."

Xu Xing laughed and said, "In this day and age, there aren't that many bargains to be found. If we went back 30 or 40 years, there would still be opportunities to hunt for bargains in the countryside. Now, the conditions for finding bargains are extremely scarce."

Professor Feng thought about it and realized that made sense.

I chatted with the two of them for a while longer, agreed on a return trip for the next day, and then said goodbye and left.

After seeing Professor Feng off, Li Yuting closed the door, turned around, and threw herself into Xu Xing's arms.

"Brother Xu, you're amazing!"

She looked up at Xu Xing, her eyes sparkling, "The thing I bought for 420,000 has suddenly become tens of millions! You're practically turning lead into gold!"

Xu Xing put his arm around her waist and laughed, "Just lucky."

"I don't believe it's just luck!"

Li Yuting pouted, "You must have noticed something was wrong with this thing a long time ago, right?"

Xu Xing did not deny it, but just smiled.

Seeing that he had tacitly agreed, Li Yuting became even more excited: "How did you figure that out? Is there some secret? Teach me, teach me!"

"The secret is to observe and learn more."

Xu Xing flicked her nose, "Once you've mastered traditional Chinese painting, your eye for it will naturally improve."

Li Yuting pursed her lips, but didn't ask any further questions.

She leaned against Xu Xing's chest, looking at the incense burner on the coffee table, and an indescribable feeling welled up inside her.

She suddenly realized that the distance between her and Xu Xing seemed much greater than she had imagined.

He can see through secrets that others can't in the antique market at a glance, buy treasures worth tens of millions for 420,000, and sit on equal footing with university professors.

She was just a recent graduate who knew nothing but drawing.

"What are you thinking about?"

Xu Xing's voice came from above.

Li Yuting snapped out of her reverie and shook her head: "It's nothing, I was just thinking, Brother Xu, you're so amazing, when will I be able to catch up with you?"

Why are you chasing me?

Xu Xing smiled and said, "Just be yourself."

Li Yuting looked up at him with a serious expression in her eyes: "But I want to stand with you, I don't want to hold you back."

Xu Xing looked into her earnest eyes and felt a slight stirring in his heart.

He reached out and cupped her face, gently kissing her forehead: "You didn't hold me back, you're great."

Li Yuting's eyes were a little red. She buried her face in Xu Xing's chest and said in a muffled voice, "Brother Xu, you're so good to me."