Dragon Master

Laura saw the situation and said aloud, “Don't pretend if you haven't seen it before. Especially you, Maximilian, listen carefully to
Humphrey when he introduces this watch he sent us, and learn some knowledge.”
Maximilian glanced at Laura without any expression, and then threw his gaze at Humphrey.
Humphrey's eyes met Maximilian’s, and a sense of arrogance grew inside Humphrey.
‘came back from abroad and worked in the Wall Street. I have seen a lot more than you do!’
‘How can a poor guy like you compete with me? Be sensible and make way for me now.
Humphrey's eyes conveyed his thoughts silently.
While Maximilian was like a malfunctioning radio station, which failed to receive any message delivered by Humphrey's eyes. He
only stared at Humphrey quietly with blank eyes.
Humphrey was somewhat shocked by Maximilian's eyes, thinking that he was the one in a million quality porcelain and couldn't
cut Maximilian, a broken stone.
If this trashy Maximilian suddenly started to bite him like a mad dog, it would not be worth it.

“Cough, cough."
Humphrey calmed himself, took up the watch box and said, "This gold coin watch is made of a 20 dollar pure gold coin, which
was hollowed out and finely made by the famous manufacturer Vacheron Constantin.”
“Gold coin watches are very popular in high society abroad. Even high officials and powerful people are wearing them, so the
price is not low. I spent almost fifteen thousand dollars on this gold coin watch. I'd like to take this opportunity to give it to Marcus
as his birthday present.”
After that, Humphrey stared at Marcus, looking complacent.
At this moment, everyone present was too shocked to speak!
Vacheron Constantin! The luxury brand!
Franklin gazed at the gold coin watch, his Adam's apple keeping moving up and down. It was him swallowing slobber
continuously. If he didn't swallow his slobber quickly, it would stream down from the corners of his mouth.
“Fifteen thousand dollars for a watch. My gosh."
Franklin was feeling extremely jealous.

Hearing that this watch was worth more than fifteen thousand dollars, Marcus grinned from ear to ear.
“Well, it is such an expensive present, and I don’t even know how to treat you properly. If only you could be my son."
Marcus looked at Victoria as he spoke, his words with implications.
Although he didn't want his daughter to remarry, when facing a son from a rich family like Humphrey, he could be a little more
flexible.
He couldn't go so far as to have his perfect daughter to be with a loser like Maximilian for the rest of her life!
Iris raised her eyebrows, her head up high, “Maximilian, look, Humphrey has sent his present. As a son-in-law, shouldn't you also
send something? Don't tell me that you prepared nothing.”
“Well, yeah, if Iris didn't remind me, I would have forgotten about it. What are you going to give Uncle Marcus as a birthday
present? Take it out and let me have a look. I also want to gain some knowledge.”
Franklin went on taunting at once.
“Humphrey is an outsider, yet he has sent such an expensive thing. As the son-in-law, if you send something worse than his, just
stop being the son-in-law any more. Someone else could replace your position ASAP"

Meanwhile, Andrew Griffith also chipped in.
He had said nothing from the beginning, as he had been holding a grudge against the second branch of the Griffith Family due to
the cooperation with the Graham Group.
But now, he really couldn't help taunting Maximilian.
After all, Maximilian had been so domineering last time, not caring about him at all!
“Well, judging from his lifeless face, he can’t be preparing anything. Maybe he is here for a free meal.”
The hostess of the third branch of the Griffith Family, i.e. the wife of Darian Griffith, Kathy, also jeered at Maximilian at this
moment.
Listening to the fleer coming from the relatives and friends of the Griffith Family, Maximilian put his hand into the pocket, and
touched the hard wooden box in it.
That was something the president of the Parker Trading Group, Tristan Parker, had sent him before! It was said that it was
invaluable.
Anyway, Maximilian didn't take it seriously.

Seeing Maximilian's movement, Victoria couldn't help but stop him. She didn’t want to see Maximilian make a fool of himself
anymore, so she smiled and said to everyone, "The present Maximilian prepared is left at home. When we get back, he will give
it to my dad.”
Iris had already walked behind Maximilian, and suddenly, her right hand gripped Maximilian's wrist and moved upwards to lift
Maximilian’s hand from his pocket.
Maximilian’s hand, which was holding the wooden box, showed up in front of everyone.
“Ah ha, so this is the present you prepared, loser. Open it now and let me see what treasure you have prepared.”
Iris was smiling, her face full of mockery and sarcasm.
“Yeah, let us gain some knowledge. Maybe none of us could recognize it and we would need your help. Then you could make
yourself proud.”
“This wooden box looks so rough, and I can tell the wood grain is stuck onto the plywood at one glance. Judging from this box, it
must be something from a 99cent store.”
They started to say some bad words.
Smack.

Maximilian’s hand fell hard on the table. The wooden box hit the table, making a crisp noise.
Laura raised her eyebrows and said discontentedly, "Maximilian! Are you displeased? Have we treated you poorly? How dare
you hit the table with that trash?”
“I didn't. It was Iris who...”
Maximilian wanted to explain the situation.
“Shut up! Iris is a girl, and what could she do to you? You don't reflect on yourself, but pass the buck to others. Are you a man or
not?" Franklin scolded.
Maximilian shut his mouth and moved his hand away from the wooden box slowly, his face was calm again.
Just now, it was because Iris had deliberately pressed Maximilian’s hand hard down that the wooden box had hit the table
without Maximilian’s precaution.
Victoria saw everything, but she couldn't defend Maximilian.
In addition, Iris behavior couldn't be regarded as something of any significance. If the box Maximilian had taken out was opened,
that was the beginning of the next show.

Victoria felt as if that box was already like a Pandora's Box. The moment it was opened, it must be the start of the ruthless taunts
against Maximilian.
Maybe this was the so-called "the evil we bring on ourselves is the hardest to bear ". He could only bear it himself.
Victoria eased her anxiety helplessly.
Franklin got closer, picked up that wooden box and pushed open its lid.
Looking at the white jade pendant carved with a dragon in the box, Franklin began to grin. The corners of his mouth were about
to reach his ear.
“Oh, what trash is this? As expected, the present from a trash is worse than a trash. This is just some cheap handiwork sold in
the flea market.”
As he spoke, Franklin took out the white jade carved with dragon and showed it to the people around.
“Well, you are right. It looks like the handicraft made by some glass factory. It seems to be made of organic glass. I wonder if it is
worth more than 20 dollars.”

“Twenty dollars? That must be the retail price. It has to be 10 dollars at most by trade price, and its factory price must be 5 at
most! Maximilian, you want to use this to fool your father-in-law?.”
“Damn, Maximilian’s behavior is really informative to me. He surely has his logic that is incomprehensible to me. Can't you just
save money for two months and buy your father-in-law something decent? Anything else is better than this.”
People kept taunting Maximilian.
Maximilian stared at the dragon white jade pendant held and weighed in Franklin's hand, and a smile lifted his lips, "You guys are
really knowledgeable. I did buy it from a stall in the antique market. It happened to cost me 20 dollars.”
Having been taunted for a whole day today, Maximilian was filled with fury, so he picked up their conversation on purpose.
People startled, and then burst into laughter together.
Victoria shut her eyes abruptly, her tiptoe rubbing hard against the floor, as if she wanted to vent all her resentment by doing that.
But an elder man in the crowd stared straight at the Jade Dragon pendant in Franklin's hand. The more he looked at it, the more
he thought that was not something ordinary.
All of a sudden, he started to say, "It looks like an antique, and seems to be the legendary Jade Dragon. Give it to me and let me
take a closer look at it.”