Chapter 1686: Are You Trying to Fool a Ghost?

Ever since the two started dating, Xiao Keyi had never seen Xu Ke study this field of knowledge.

Besides, this guy used to be completely clueless about clothing and things like that, how could he suddenly become so knowledgeable?

In Xiao Keyi’s view, this guy was just pretending to be impressive in front of him. The purpose was to deceive him and smooth things over.

"Xu Ke, when did you learn to lie? It’s just a pair of shoes. If you bought them, you bought them. Do you really need to go around and deceive me like this? I’m not stupid, they’re just a pair of worn-out shoes, they can’t be worth 800,000!"

Actually, for Xiao Keyi, 800,000 is no different from a dime; he has bought things more expensive than these shoes.

But he felt these shoes weren’t worth that much; even saying 400,000 is expensive.

In terms of luxury goods, Xiao Keyi is quite authoritative.

Before coming to the capital city, he used to spend all day in malls.

He could recite almost everything in the malls backwards, to the extent that those luxury store owners all knew him.

Since moving to the capital, the frequency of his shopping trips decreased significantly. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t understand these things.

Xiao Keyi considers himself not an expert in this field, but at least a seasoned player.

His judgment on things has never been wrong; if he says a pair of shoes isn’t worth the price, then it’s not.

Xu Ke is now both sad and helpless. How come in this era, speaking the truth isn’t enough to gain trust?

Has life reached this point for him now? Not even his girlfriend believes what he says.

"Keyi, do you really not trust me? We’ve been through so many ups and downs together, do I need to deceive you over such a thing? Besides, these shoes are indeed worth this much. I am just being straightforward; I never intended to deceive you."

Anyway, Xiao Keyi stubbornly insisted that Xu Ke was deceiving him. If he couldn’t produce any solid evidence, Xiao Keyi would find it difficult to trust him in the short term.

"Are you kidding me? Look, I’m your girlfriend. I understand you better than myself. Think carefully, we’ve been together for so long, when did you become knowledgeable in this area? Do you remember how many times you embarrassed yourself with these things?"

These words from Xiao Keyi left Xu Ke momentarily speechless.

Although he didn’t want to admit it, those embarrassing incidents from before were indeed his doing.

But thinking about these things, Xu Ke felt he shouldn’t be blamed.

His understanding in this area wasn’t great, but when it comes to fashion design related to shoes, he is quite proficient.

It’s important to know that he used to frequently hang out with famous international designers during a certain period. During that time, he systematically learned about this field.

Now, one phone call from Xu Ke could get those designers to make plenty of things for him.

Yet, Xu Ke does not want to do that; he doesn’t want to bother others because of himself.

Even though their relationship is indeed quite good, that doesn’t warrant him troubling others.

As for those embarrassing incidents from before, he really didn’t know much about those things.

It’s important to know that you can’t be an expert in every field.

What he had learned systematically before were mostly about shoes and clothing.

But he once discovered two pieces of women’s clothing, which exceeded his expectations.

He found out after purchasing them that they were men’s clothes. After some investigation, he realized these weren’t a designer’s creation but just a combination made by some random street vendor.

Indeed, the upper part of the clothing was women’s wear, but the lower part was men’s wear.

Remembering this incident, Xu Ke felt a headache. He still remembers how Xiao Keyi laughed at him for quite a while because of it.

Xu Ke currently doesn’t know how to explain to his girlfriend.

He indeed understands the theoretical knowledge in this area, and in some aspects, he can be considered a master.

"Keyi, trust me, I truly understand this field. The value of these shoes is far beyond 800,000. I could even sell them for 2,000,000 or even 5,000,000."

Xu Ke was actually curious earlier about why such a rare pair of shoes were priced at just 800,000.

If it were up to him, he wouldn’t buy them even if offered 5,000,000.

After all, in recent years, the works produced by that master have become increasingly rare, with only one produced in the past two years.

That piece has now been auctioned for a sky-high price, reportedly reaching 800 million at a recent auction.

Though the master’s works are extremely valuable, Xu Ke hadn’t expected them to be valued to such an extent.

Seeing Xu Ke’s resolute gaze, Xiao Keyi couldn’t help but wonder.

Could it be that his boyfriend really knows his stuff in this area, and he wrongly accused him?

Xiao Keyi figured he’d hear Xu Ke out first and then draw conclusions later.

"Fine, fine, I’m giving you a chance. Tell me then, why are these shoes priced so high? If your explanation satisfies me, I’ll forgive you. If not, we’ll sleep in separate rooms for the next few days."

Hearing Xiao Keyi’s words, Xu Ke quickly accessed two photos on his phone.

These photos were taken when he was living with the master in the US, just casually snapping pics at the time.

He merely found them beautiful then, but hadn’t expected they’d prove so useful now.

"Keyi, look at these two photos, don’t they look a lot like the pair of shoes you have?" With that, he showed the phone photos to Xiao Keyi.

Taking a glance at Xu Ke’s phone photos, then back at the shoes in his hands, Xiao Keyi suddenly found quite a resemblance among them.

He, being knowledgeable in luxury goods, could instantly deduce that these shoes came from the same person.

However, he was still curious why his boyfriend wanted him to see these.

"These works are indeed related, but what does this prove? There’s no price marked here; how am I supposed to know?"

"Don’t be hasty! Do you know who designed the works in these two photos on my phone?"

"Who designed them?"

Staring at the photos on the phone, Xiao Keyi found himself in a dilemma.

Though he could tell these works were indeed from the same designer, he couldn’t name the person.

After all, there are so many famous designers out there, and he doesn’t know them all.