Yang Fan felt a flicker of surprise the moment he saw the old man. However, he remained quite calm regarding the old man's friendly approach, for the two did indeed know each other.
Back when the Zhou father and son had come to cause trouble at the Brocade Pavilion, it was Old Qin who had stepped in to authenticate the items and purchased Zhang Zeduan’s *Jade Creek Map* at a price well above market value. If not for that, Yang Fan would never have earned his first million so quickly. In a sense, the old man was his benefactor.
"Old Qin, aren't you usually in Fengcheng? What brings you to Luocheng?" Yang Fan bowed slightly, his attitude perfectly measured—polite and humble, yet entirely free of sycophancy.
Chapter 84