Ye Feng heard this and immediately laughed. Not only was this guy lying, but he was also threatening him after being exposed.
Others might be afraid, but who was Ye Feng? Would he be intimidated by a couple of threats?
"I will naturally be responsible for my words..."
Just as Ye Feng was about to continue speaking, Zhou Lingyu, who was beside him, interrupted him and said, "Mr. Ye, please let me say a few words!"
Ye Feng was stunned and replied, "Alright, please speak!"
Zhou Lingyu then looked at Tang Zhiyang and said, "Young Master Tang, you don't need to threaten or intimidate Mr. Ye. I don't know if your pearl necklace really cost 1.5 million yuan! But it is indeed not wild and natural!"
As soon as Zhou Lingyu said this, everyone was astonished.
"What? It's not wild?"
"No way! Tang Zhiyang is one of the young masters from the four great families. He's actually passing off farmed pearls as wild ones?"
"With Young Master Tang's status... it's really hard to understand!"
Initially, most people had dismissed Ye Feng's words, thinking he was just jealous of Tang Zhiyang and talking nonsense.
After all, what would a fisherman from the countryside know about jewelry? But when Zhou Lingyu spoke, the effect was entirely different.
Zhou Lingyu's family was a jewelry magnate specializing in jewelry and ornaments. They not only had significant influence domestically but were also renowned internationally.
What Ye Feng didn't know was that the Jin Shengyuan jewelry store managed by Manager Tang and Master Yu was one of Zhou Lingyu's family's chain stores.
Therefore, when she spoke, it wasn't speculation but direct confirmation. Everyone immediately believed her.
Tang Zhiyang's face turned ugly upon hearing this. He hadn't expected Zhou Lingyu to get involved. He quickly said, "This, how is this possible? I clearly asked the seller to collect wild pearls for customization!"
Zhou Lingyu could see through Tang Zhiyang's clumsy acting, but since he was also from one of the four great families, she didn't expose him directly. Instead, she began to explain.
"Then perhaps Young Master Tang was indeed deceived! Wild pearls have fine texture, soft luster, and high transparency; while farmed pearls have a loose texture, their luster is not strong, and their surface has 'small bumps'..."
"Although the quality of your pearls is extraordinary, even to the point of being indistinguishable from wild ones, they are ultimately not wild!" Zhou Lingyu said calmly.
Zhou Lingyu hadn't intended to interfere, but Tang Zhiyang, as the eldest young master of the Tang family, had bought a farmed pearl necklace at a low price to give to his girlfriend and lied about its value being 1.5 million yuan?
She couldn't tolerate such deceitful behavior towards his own fiancée. She now understood why Xiao Feifei disliked this guy.
As for Ye Feng, although he wasn't particularly handsome and his attire wasn't very high-end, his overall demeanor was neither servile nor overbearing, neither arrogant nor impatient. He had excellent spirit, which was striking.
Tang Zhiyang's face turned terrifyingly dark. He clenched his fists tightly under the table, making cracking sounds, clearly furious.
In fact, the pearl necklace he bought was not ordinary; it was even very good, costing over 300,000 yuan.
Although it couldn't compare to top-tier wild natural pearl necklaces, among farmed pearl necklaces, it was definitely a high-quality product.
Even though the price was only over 300,000 yuan, it could exude an aura comparable to a million-dollar piece.
This was one of the reasons Tang Zhiyang chose to give Xiao Feifei this necklace. At the time, he thought he could get a million-dollar aura and effect for 300,000 yuan, which was both cheap and high-class, killing two birds with one stone.
Another reason was that he had been spending extravagantly lately, and his family had restricted his spending. He only had a few hundred thousand yuan on him, which was why he bought this necklace for over 300,000 yuan.
However, his vanity made him blurt out 1.5 million yuan. He thought no one would know.
Little did he know that there would be a professional like Zhou Lingyu at this gathering. This was beyond his expectations.
Still, he maintained his composure and said, "Damn it, I was deceived by the seller. I will definitely deal with them when I get back!"
Ye Feng heard this and, looking at Tang Zhiyang's awkward expression, couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh, saying, "I don't think you were deceived!"
"Kid, what, what do you mean?" Tang Zhiyang was truly enraged now. He had already lost enough face, and Ye Feng was still holding onto his mistake.
Ye Feng glanced at him, completely unfazed by his angry gaze, and slowly walked to Xiao Feifei's side. He picked up the necklace, as if examining something.
Seeing this, Tang Zhiyang immediately shouted angrily, "What are you doing? This is something worth over a hundred... oh no, hundreds of thousands. Can you afford it if you break it?"
However, Ye Feng completely ignored him and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you bought this necklace at the Jin Shengyuan jewelry store, right!"
The Jin Shengyuan jewelry store was the high-end jewelry store managed by Manager Tang and Master Yu.
He had seen an identical necklace in the Jin Shengyuan jewelry store before, and Manager Tang had specifically introduced it to him.
"What? You bought it at Jin Shengyuan?" Zhou Lingyu was also a bit surprised and quickly went over to check.
Indeed, the next moment, Zhou Lingyu exclaimed, "It really was bought at Jin Shengyuan!"
Hearing this, Tang Zhiyang looked as if he had seen a ghost and exclaimed in shock, "How, how do you guys know?"
"Because it has the exclusive logo of the Jin Shengyuan jewelry store!" Ye Feng said, pointing to a special mark on the jewelry.
Upon hearing this, Tang Zhiyang decided to give up all pretense and angrily retorted, "So what if I bought it at Jin Shengyuan? Does that prove I wasn't deceived?"
Ye Feng saw his stubborn attitude and continued, "Jin Shengyuan has a very good reputation. They shouldn't be involved in any deception, right!"
Based on Ye Feng's understanding of Manager Tang and Master Yu at Jin Shengyuan, they would not engage in deceiving consumers.
"You say there isn't, so there isn't?" Tang Zhiyang said angrily.
However, at this moment, Zhou Lingyu spoke, her voice cold as she said, "If I say there isn't, then there isn't!"
Seeing Zhou Lingyu speak, Tang Zhiyang was taken aback but still forced himself to ask, "On what basis do you say that?"
"Because this store is owned by my Zhou family. If the store were truly involved in such fraudulent behavior, I, Zhou Lingyu, would compensate tenfold!" Zhou Lingyu declared confidently.
Earlier, she hadn't wanted to expose Tang Zhiyang, as there was no need to offend him so severely. But when his words damaged her family's reputation, she wouldn't hold back.
"Ah! This, this... let's forget it! It's not that much money anyway!" Tang Zhiyang felt guilty, not expecting that store to be owned by the Zhou family.
But Zhou Lingyu insisted, "No, this is not about the amount of money! It's about the reputation of my Zhou family!"
Tang Zhiyang didn't reply to this. His face had turned as dark as it could be. He never imagined things would escalate to this point and didn't know how to handle it.
Seeing this, Ye Feng laughed and said, "Haha, the store must have invoices and records, right? If you were deceived or not, wouldn't a phone call tell us?"