It was noon, and the number of pedestrians on Lellington Street had gradually increased. Many fast food restaurants and steakhouses were filled with customers.
Sam rode his bicycle quickly across the street. After turning a corner, he arrived in front of a large cafe on the street. He smoothly parked his bicycle and locked it. Then, he tidied up his clothes and wiped off the beads of sweat from the fast bike ride. With a smile on his face, he pushed open the glass door of the cafe.
What Sam did not see was that after he entered the cafe, the old Chevrolet AAR high-powered sports car slowly stopped outside the cafe.
After entering the cafe, Sam immediately raised his eyes to look inside the cafe. Then he saw Ye Xuan, who was sitting in a booth on the left of the cafe by the window and eating a slow steak.
It was not that he knew Ye Xuan, but that Ye Xuan was the only Chinese person in the entire cafe.
Without any hesitation, Sam walked up to Ye Xuan and asked, "Hello, was it you who just called and said you wanted to buy my glasses?"
"Are you Mr. Meng Nan?" Ye Xuan put down his cutlery and looked up to observe Sam who was standing in front of him. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his body was a little thin. His face was still young and inexperienced. Ye Xuan deliberately emphasized the word "Meng Nan."
Hearing Ye Xuan's words, Sam's inexperienced face flashed a trace of crimson, but he quickly recovered. With a smile on his face, he tried to make himself look more mature. He extended his hand and said, "Yes, hello, my name is Sam Witwicky. You can call me Sam!"
"Hello, Sam, my name is Ye Xuan. You can call me Ye. Please take a seat!" Ye Xuan smiled and shook Sam's hand, then pointed to the seat opposite him.
"Okay, thank you!" Sam smiled and thanked him, then took his own latte and sat down.
At this time, the cafe's waiter walked over and said to Sam, "Sir. Is there anything I can help you with? "
"Uh, it's okay..."
"Please give him a latte!" Just as Sam was about to refuse, Ye Xuan said to the waiter.
"Alright, please wait a moment!" The waiter looked at Sam strangely, then left to prepare.
"Don't worry, it's my treat!" Ye Xuan knew that Sam was still a high school student, and he was still raising money for a car. A cup of coffee cost a few dollars, which was indeed a bit extravagant for him. However, Ye Xuan didn't mind buying him a drink.
A strange look flashed across Sam's face, and he smiled awkwardly. "Thank you so much."
"You're welcome!" Ye Xuan smiled and pushed away the leftover steak in front of him. "I wonder if you've brought it, Sam?"
"Oh, of course!" Only then did Sam come to his senses. He carefully took out an old spectacle case from his bag, opened it carefully, and pushed it towards Ye Xuan on the table. "This is it. Although it already has cracks, I can guarantee that it was definitely worn by my great-great-grandfather. It's definitely worth collecting!"
Looking at the glasses in front of him, Ye Xuan's heart skipped a beat, but he maintained a faint smile on his face. He looked at Sam calmly and said, "Can I see it?"
"Of course, but please be careful!" Sam nodded.
With Sam's permission, Ye Xuan reached out and picked up the glasses. It was a pair of old round-rimmed glasses, and the frame seemed to be made of copper. The lenses of the two glasses were full of cracks like a spider's. It looked a little messy, but upon closer inspection, it looked like a map that had been shrunk countless times.
"Not bad, it looks like an old thing." Ye Xuan quietly put the glasses back into the spectacle case and said to Sam.
"That's right, I can guarantee on the honor of my family. These are definitely the glasses that my great-great-grandfather has worn for decades. You may not know this, but my great-grandfather was a celebrity in the United States. Of course, I'm talking about decades ago. " In order to raise money for the car, Sam explained while taking out an old newspaper from his bag. There was an old man's face on it. "This is my great-great-grandfather, Captain Archibald Witwicky. Look, this pair of glasses belongs to him. He was a famous American explorer. In fact, he was the first person to explore the North Pole. It was a very difficult thing …"
"Sir, your coffee!" Sam was still introducing, but the waiter next to him had already served the coffee.
"Okay, thank you!" Sam had to stop and thank the waiter. He then continued to talk to Ye Xuan. "In 1987, he took 41 brave sailors to the North Pole. Although he eventually went blind and crazy, and was locked up in a mental hospital, it was said that he found a giant iceman …"
"Okay, Sam!" Seeing that Sam was still talking non-stop, Ye Xuan was not very interested in this because he already knew most of the things, such as his great-great-grandfather's story and the giant iceman, which was actually Megatron. "Shall we talk about the price of this glasses?"
"Okay, um, I think, such an old and historic pair of glasses should be worth three hundred dollars!" Sam looked at Ye Xuan's face and said cautiously.
Hearing the price Sam quoted, Ye Xuan couldn't help but smile. He had looked at the page, and the highest price listed was only two hundred and fifty dollars. In the plot, Sam had also sold glasses in school, but the highest price was only fifty dollars, and it kept dropping, but unfortunately, no one bought it.
Obviously, Sam thought of him as a rich man.
"That, of course, this price may be a little high, but it definitely has a price!" Seeing Ye Xuan lowering his head to look at his glasses in silence, Sam felt uneasy and wondered if he should lower the price a little.
"Well, it's really good. It's not easy for you to keep it in such good condition. Okay, three hundred dollars." Just when Sam was thinking about whether to lower it to two hundred dollars or one hundred dollars, Ye Xuan suddenly smiled.
"Ah!" Hearing Ye Xuan's words, Sam was stunned for a moment, then nodded and smiled. "Okay, deal!"
Seeing that Sam agreed, Ye Xuan put his hand into his pocket. When he took it out, there were already three hundred dollar bills in his hand. He reached out and handed them to Sam.
It wasn't that Ye Xuan didn't know how to bargain, but he felt that this opportunity originally belonged to Sam, but now that it was snatched by him, even though Sam didn't know it yet, he could try his best to compensate him.
Sam happily took back the three hundred dollars. Looking at Ye Xuan, his eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly took out some things from his bag and piled them on the table. He smiled at Ye Xuan and said, "Hey, buddy, since you like this kind of ancient thing, I have a lot more here. For example, this quadrant. This is something from the Columbus era. It's only one hundred dollars, and this sextant …"
This kid must think of himself as a rich man.
Looking at the pile of antiques from more than a hundred years ago, Ye Xuan shook his head slightly and thought to himself, When there's an opportunity to take advantage of others, don't treat others like fools. Otherwise, you'll become the biggest fool in others' eyes!
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Thanks to "Lin Family's Little Seven"
Thanks to "The Walking Cat"
Thanks to "Children's Shoes"!
Thanks to "Purple Robe Ren", "April Xiangzi", "Stumbling Wind", "Moon Lazy Bug", "Talking and Laughing at the World of Mortals"
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