The Antiques Can Talk

Shen Yan, an apprentice at a pawnshop in the southern part of the city, spent three years being exploited and made a scapegoat by his boss, Zhao Dejin. One day, a fake bronze gui cut his finger, and he unexpectedly awakened the ability to hear antiques speak. With a single touch, he could tell whether an object was genuine and learn its entire history. Relying on these "divine eyes," he exposed fake antiques one after another, only to discover that his father, Shen Mingxuan, had mysteriously died while investigating a major Shang-Zhou relic and exposing a counterfeiting ring. That very relic was hidden in Zhao Dejin's backyard. Years of pent-up restraint erupted all at once. At an antique appraisal event, Shen Yan exposed his boss's shocking scheme to forge a national treasure in front of everyone. He brought out the complete set of evidence his father had left behind and settled Zhao Dejin's thirty-year debt of blood in one fell swoop. At last, the wronged souls beneath the old locust tree received justice, though long delayed. In the antique trade, success has never depended on a good eye, but on a good conscience.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.