In the crowd, Ye Xiaochen and Wang Xinyi watched together.
Wang Xinyi couldn't hear anything and didn't know what was going on. Ye Xiaochen could only explain to her in sign language.
Wang Xinyi gestured, and the general idea was, "Isn't that Clivia very expensive?"
"It's hard to tell now that it's in such a state. However, it's definitely not expensive to buy a bonsai in such a place."
Ye Xiaochen gestured in sign language.
Precious Kaffir Lilies are very rare, and can only be sold for a good price in high-end occasions.
In such a place, it was basically fake to say that there were expensive Kaffir Lilies and other flowers.
"Can you help them?"
Wang Xinyi gestured.
"Let's try first. As for whether I can help, that's another story."
Ye Xiaochen gestured, but he sighed in his heart. What a kind girl.
The other party had the advantage in numbers.
If it weren't for the police, he really wouldn't have wanted to get involved.
Society was so fickle and complicated these days. If there was a disagreement, they would use their fists and knives. Ye Xiaochen felt that his life was very precious.
Just as he was about to walk out, the woman who claimed to be a reporter suddenly looked at Ye Xiaochen and shouted in surprise, "Mr. Ye, Mr. Ye, you're here too. Please help us …"
Ye Xiaochen was stunned. This woman knew him?
No, he didn't have any impression of this woman!
He sighed in his heart. It seemed that he couldn't escape. Even if Wang Xinyi didn't ask him to help, this woman probably wouldn't let him off.
"You know me?"
Ye Xiaochen held Wang Xinyi's hand and walked out of the crowd, asking curiously.
"Mr. Ye, you might not know me. The last time the expert team went to Jing County, I was a reporter accompanying them. I saw you and that's how I recognized you."
Wenxin was pleasantly surprised. She didn't expect to see Ye Xiaochen in such a situation.
She had interviewed Circumference last time and learned a lot about Ye Xiaochen from Circumference.
Ye Xiaochen was a top botanist and even the expert team had to visit him.
Now that they encountered a problem, they could ask Ye Xiaochen for help.
Ye Xiaochen suddenly understood. There were too many people last time and he naturally couldn't pay attention to everyone.
Wenxin's husband, Ye Zili, was puzzled when he saw his wife asking a strange man for help.
However, he immediately reacted and was overjoyed because he had already guessed Ye Xiaochen's identity.
"Mr. Ye, you are a top-notch botanist. I hope you can help me. This stall owner insisted that his Clivia is a very expensive variety and claimed 20,000 yuan. If it is, I will accept it, but this is clearly not!"
Wenxin pleaded.
The stall owner was not anxious at all when he saw that Wenxin had found a helper. He glanced at Ye Xiaochen and said disdainfully, "He's not even fully grown yet. How can he be a top botanist? Do you think everyone is like Ye Xiaochen?"
Suddenly, he seemed to have realized something and was slightly stunned. He stared at Ye Xiaochen and said in surprise, "You're Ye Xiaochen?"
"That's right. Mr. Ye is the top botanist that the expert team personally visited. I don't know if your Kaffir Lily is an expensive variety like the peacock spreading its tail, but I believe that with Mr. Ye's ability, he'll definitely be able to tell."
Wenxin quickly said.
Everyone present was surprised. Recently, there had been a lot of rumors about Ye Xiaochen.
Now that this person had appeared in front of them, they were naturally very curious.
Even the two policemen showed a hint of respect for Ye Xiaochen.
The stall owner's expression changed, but he immediately sneered and said, "So what if he's Ye Xiaochen? My Kaffir Lily is a peacock spreading its tail. Now that you've damaged mine, you have to pay for it."
He glanced at the deformed Kaffir Lily and muttered in his heart. Even a top botanist wouldn't be able to tell.
Ye Xiaochen touched her nose. It was very uncomfortable to be stared at by so many people.
He asked Wang Xinyi to stand aside and walked over to the damaged Kaffir Lily.
Some of the leaves were broken and the root system was damaged.
Even if it was a precious Kaffir Lily, with such damage, even if it could be raised, it was almost useless.
The most valuable part of the Kaffir Lily was its leaves.
If the leaves were defective, they would be worthless.
From the outside, the other intact leaves of the Kaffir Lily were straight and stiff. The texture was very clear and the surface of the leaves was bright …
Ye Xiaochen used her hands to remove the soil and ceramic fragments and gently touched the leaves of the Kaffir Lily.
After a while, she understood something.
"Boss, you said that your Kaffir Lily is a peacock spreading its tail?"
Ye Xiaochen raised her head and looked at the fierce-looking stall owner with a faint smile.
"Of course, Mr. Ye, I have photos of every bonsai here. Why don't you take a look?"
The stall owner was scared by Ye Xiaochen's stare, but he still insisted.
His tone was much more polite.
Ye Xiaochen was now a famous botanist in Yang City. He couldn't not be afraid of this!
"There's no need to look at the photos."
Ye Xiaochen smiled faintly and said, "To be honest, your forgery technique is quite brilliant. Look at the degree of adhesion of this leaf to the body of the plant. It's very natural. The traces are handled very well. Also, the texture on these leaves is very lifelike …"
The stall owner's expression changed drastically. He quickly said, "Mr. Ye, I respect you as a great expert, but you can't just say things. It's very important to have evidence. How is my Kaffir Lily fake?"
Anyway, the Kaffir Lily was so damaged that Ye Xiaochen couldn't say that it was fake.
"Of course I have evidence. It's solid evidence."
Ye Xiaochen shook her head and smiled.
He picked up the Kaffir Lily from the ground and carefully removed the soil on the leaves. He used his fingernail to make a small cut on one of the leaves.
Immediately after, a pitch-black liquid with a pungent smell flowed out of the small hole.
When the stall owner saw the black liquid, he was shocked. "Impossible, impossible …"
This black liquid was a special chemical. If injected into the flower with a syringe, it could make the flowers and leaves of the plant become extraordinarily bright for a certain period of time.
This kind of chemical had a lot of side effects. After a long time, there would be big problems with the flower.
However, normal testing methods couldn't detect the chemical inside the flower at all, unless a more precise and advanced testing method was used.
But now, this kind of chemical flowed out. It was too obvious.
"How about it? Do you want me to say more?"
Ye Xiaochen smiled faintly.
The reason why the black liquid flowed out of the cut on the leaves of the Kaffir Lily was naturally because of him. By communicating with the Kaffir Lily's consciousness, he could expel the chemical inside.
The stall owner's expression was very ugly.
This kind of black chemical could be tested casually and it could be determined that the Kaffir Lily was fake.
It couldn't be that the flower itself had this kind of chemical composition, right?
What else could he say in this situation?
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