Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 134: Chapter 131 All Are Black Moss

Huo Sining was rather curious, wondering whether the young man who had purchased the rough stone was a true gamble expert or, just like them, a rookie who had just entered the stone gambling circles, as fearless as a calf that does not dread the tiger.

Huo Sining and her two companions stood quietly on the outskirts, watching, and it didn’t take long before the crowd inside started the stone cutting process.

When the sound of the stone cutting machine scratching away was heard, the crowd fell silent.

At the store entrance, the Stone Solver Master drew a straight line along the Python Band; the grinding wheel blade decisively cut down right at the marked line, the cut aligning perfectly with the mark.

With the falling of the stone piece, the master shifted the stone, revealing the neat fracture to everyone’s eyes.

“Ah, there’s green!” Someone with sharp eyes saw a wisp of green mist exposed on the cut surface and hurriedly shouted, “There’s green, there’s green!”

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The master avoided the window that had been created and followed the Python Band of the rough stone to make the cut, and while the cut was less than five centimeters wide, it indeed revealed a faint hint of green within.

However, even though green was sighted, not a single person in the surrounding onlookers called out a bid, the startling amount of black pine flower on that piece of stone was too shocking, and nobody knew if there was any black moss within.

“It rose in value? That’s great, A Zhen, I told you this one definitely contains good jadeite, see, I was right, wasn’t I?”

At that moment, a familiar voice came from the crowd; hearing it, Huo Sining’s breath hitched, and she turned to look at Su Qingqing, who immediately turned dark with displeasure.

“Such bad luck, how come I encounter them wherever I go, like an unshakable curse!”

Now, Su Qingqing also knew who had bought that stone and couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

“So, do we keep watching this drama or not?”

After the incident that morning, Bai Yishan was also aware of Su Qingqing’s entangled past with Zhou Zhen, and had a very bad impression of that scumbag and cheap girl; learning that the person solving the stone was actually Su Qingqing’s ex-fiancé, she was worried that Su Qingqing might have another conflict with Zhou Zhen and immediately thought about leaving.

“Why not watch? I haven’t done anything wrong; it’s them who should be hiding, not me!”

Su Qingqing had a look of defiance, and suddenly, as if thinking of something, the corners of her mouth lifted in a cold smile. She said darkly,

“He likes to gamble on pine flowers, right? I want to see him crash and burn with my own eyes! It’s only the first cut. He’s celebrating too early. I curse that every cut he makes hits black moss, and I hope the whole jadeite is black moss!”

An entire piece of jadeite to be black moss? Isn’t this girl a bit too malicious? Imagining such a scene, Huo Sining and Bai Yishan exchanged a glance, both instinctively shuddering.

At that time, the Stone Solver Master’s second cut was also made, and the chips of the cut stone fell to the ground one by one; soon, the palm-sized cut surface was exposed. Seeing this, the master felt something was wrong internally.

Zhou Zhen was initially so excited that his face turned bright red, and the veins on his forehead popped out; but upon seeing the whitish cut surface, he was completely stunned, frozen in place, with his eyes fixated dead on that rough stone.

The smooth flat surface didn’t show a hint of green—the earlier wisp of green didn’t even qualify as skin green, and this cut had completely severed it.

It’s well known that where there’s a Python Band, there’s the highest likelihood of finding green. If even this spot had no jade, the fate of this rough stone was looking quite grim.

The onlookers were silent, and the atmosphere became strangely tense.

“Young man, this cut has already failed, if you continue cutting, you can only move the blade horizontally, and what’s inside will be clearly revealed. You can still recoup some of your capital if you transfer it out now,”

the experienced old master couldn’t help but offer a kindly reminder upon seeing the situation.

Ye Zixin’s face turned pale upon hearing this. She didn’t understand stone gambling, but she realized something serious had happened based on what was said.

“How could this be? With the Python Band and the Pine Flower patterns, how could it have failed?”

Zhou Zhen’s face was full of disbelief. The envisioned scenario of cutting a large piece of egg-white jade hadn’t happened. Now with the old master advising him to cut losses, he suddenly became angry and ashamed, rushing forward and snatching the rough stone from the old master’s hands.

Master Zhao, in charge of purchasing for Zhou’s Jewelry, was standing right by Zhou Zhen’s side. He was somewhat dissatisfied with Zhou Zhen for not taking his advice earlier and had decided not to bother with Young Master Zhou’s mess any longer.

But now, seeing Zhou Zhen looking utterly lost, like a gambler with red eyes, he couldn’t help but feel a bit of pity and spoke up, kindly urging,

“Young Master, in stone gambling, nine out ten bets will fail, so don’t take it to heart. Since the stone has only been cut on one side and there are still buyers, you should quickly sell it. As long as the green hills are there, one need not worry about firewood.”

How could Zhou Zhen not care? The Zhou Family was already struggling with cash flow, and his father had made it clear before he left that he should listen to Master Zhao’s advice on everything.

That morning, he had unbelievably lost three hundred thousand to that idiot Su Qingqing and had been hoping to recover his losses. But now, the eight hundred thousand he’d bet had gone down the drain too.

He knew that Master Zhao had strongly opposed buying this semi-gamble rough stone, but he had arrogantly and stubbornly insisted on purchasing it. Now that it had failed, how could he explain it to his father when he got back?

With these thoughts, Zhou Zhen was unable to listen to Master Zhao’s advice. His expression contorted, he angrily made his way to the stone cutting machine and quickly cut open several other sides of the stone.

With each cut, he grew closer to the edge of a breakdown, his face growing paler.

He made three cuts in total, the first two completely failing, and the last cut was even worse, revealing a whole surface of black moss.

The entire cut surface was filled with egg-white jade of a full green color, but frighteningly, it was evenly distributed with countless black dots, which could make someone with trypophobia get goosebumps all over their body.

The shocking sight seemed to mock his overestimation of himself, and Zhou Zhen fell to the ground, his eyes red with rage.

Everyone knew that the stone was now useless, and there was nothing more to see. While people did feel Zhou Zhen was unfortunate, incidents of rough stones failing in Foshan were too numerous to count, and after seeing it enough times, people became desensitized, shaking their heads and walking away.

That’s just how stone gambling is, a successful cut might evoke envy, but a failure is of no concern to anyone but the person involved.

Soon, the crowd that had gathered dispersed, leaving only a few individuals behind. Su Qingqing and a few others, who had been hiding in the crowd to enjoy the drama, were now exposed.

Ye Zixin, seeing Zhou Zhen’s eyes red with anger, was somewhat frightened. Knowing Zhou Zhen was blinded by his gambling fury and had lost his reason, she feared he would take out his rage on her.

Just as she was thinking of how to slip away, she looked up and saw Su Qingqing not far away. Her eyes flashed, her face showing urgency, she deliberately shouted loudly, “Qingqing, you’re here too? Come and persuade A Zhen, he’s in a very bad mood right now, and I don’t know what to do.”