NovelEnglishNevertheless, Mr. Quinton was completely different. This was because he was born with a silver spoon in his
mouth, seeing as he cfrom a famous second-generation rich family. He had not experienced any shortage of
money ever since he was born. 1
Zachary did not want to offend Mr. Quinton, but he did not want to break the rules for antique trade either, and
so, he continued looking at Charlie, hoping that the latter would change his mind.
Charlie knew that Zachary was pleading with him, but he simply ignored his plea and replied coolly, "No." 1
Zachary was left utterly helpless and could only sit on the ground and grunt in case Mr. Quinton kicked him
again. 1
"Look at how useless you are!"
Mr. Quinton yelled as he scowled at Zachary. After that, he glanced at Charlie before saying arrogantly," You
bought this pebble for three hundred dollars? | will pay you thirty thousand dollars if you give it to m e!" i
The people who had crowded around them exhaled loudly as soon as they heard Mr. Quinton's words, only able
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtto look at Charlie with an envious expression on their faces, s
He had bought the pebble for a mere three hundred
dollars, and now, the price of the pebble had already increased by a hundred times in just a matter of minutes!
This was clearly a very profitable deal for Charlie.
Furthermore, anyone could tell that the owner of the stall had obviously picked up the pebble from a river or by
the beach because there were thousands of similar-looking pebbles around those areas. 2 Jacob was also very
excited when he heard Mr. Quinton's offer. After all, Charlie would be able to make a profit from this sale, and he
would be able to make up for the money that he had lost to the owner 0 f the stall yesterday. 5
However, Charlie raised his head and smiled at Mr. Quinton before replying, "As | have already told you earlier, |
am not selling this pebble. Even if you paythree hundred thousand dollars, | am still not selling this pebble to
you." 3
"You!"
The expression on Mr. Quinton's face immediately turned ugly as anger flashed in his eyes. 4
The crowd around them becboisterous as they whispered amongst themselves, debating if Charlie was
publicly refusing to sell Mr. Quinton the pebble because he wanted to embarrass him. 2 "Lowlife! Are you trying
to pick a fight withnow?" Mr. Quinton asked as he sneered at Charlie. "Do you really think that there is
anything on Antique Street that | cannot afford to buy?" "Today, if | do not get what | want, no one is getting it
either!" 1
After he was done speaking, Mr. Quinton turned around and signaled at his bodyguards. 1
As soon as they received his instruction, the bodyguards quickly ran forward and surrounded Charlie.
The crowd was also shocked at the scene that they were witnessing. 2
Jacob was also stunned. 2
The Quinton family? 1
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They were even more influential and wealthy compared to the White family!
It was no wonder why Mr. Quinton was willing to spend nine thousand dollars on a pair of fake celadon cups. It
was because this was just a small sum of money to him, and it did not mean anything to him at all. He did not
care whether the antique was authentic or not, he was simply buying it because he could! 1
Meanwhile, the bodyguards surrounded Charlie aggressively. 2
Afraid that things would escalate and get out of hand, Jacob looked at Charlie and tried to ask him to hand the
pebble over to Mr. Quinton. 1
However, Charlie simply stared at the bodyguards
before saying, "I still stand by my words. | am not selling my pebble. No matter what you do, | will not sell this
pebble to you. What is mine is mine. No one in this world can ever take my belongings even if he is God." 7
"I will prove to you that | can take this away from you, then," Mr. Quinton replied arrogantly. "Lettell you
something. | am God. You are just a nobody who has barked up the wrong tree. Are you sick of living?"
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