Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 136: Chapter 133 Scrap Material

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“Zixin, you don’t need to beg her! Someone like her doesn’t understand friendship at all!” Zhou Zhen, seeing Ye Zixin pleading with Su Qingqing on his behalf, suddenly felt a lump in his heart and quickly, with a protective move, pulled Ye Zixin behind himself, then coldly stared at Su Qingqing and said, “Stop being hypocritical here. I, Zhou Zhen, don’t need your pity. You better pity yourself!”

Crazy, who’s being hypocritical here?! Su Qingqing was thoroughly disgusted with such idiocy.

“We can buy this piece of junk if that’s what you want!”

Right when Su Qingqing and Zhou Zhen and Ye Zixin were at a standoff, Huo Sining, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up.

“Ningning!?”

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Hearing Huo Sining say this, everyone turned around in surprise to look at her, and Su Qingqing frowned even harder, not understanding what Huo Sining meant.

While Su Qingqing and Ye Zixin were arguing with Zhou Zhen, Huo Sining, as if possessed, had moved closer to the piece of rough stone and, when no one was paying attention, poured a bottle of water onto the cut piece, then squatted down to examine the situation of the gamble stone.

She hadn’t expected that the moment she got her hands on this piece of junk, Huo Sining would be dumbstruck, as sweat beaded profusely on her forehead, shimmering even more intensely than it had when she bought that brick of material in the morning!

With her head bowed, no one noticed the change in her expression as she stared, disbelieving, at the piece of junk.

The Azure Pearl’s appraisal couldn’t be wrong; if the entire stone were moss green, it wouldn’t sparkle this much. There was only one possibility—something was up with this piece of junk!

At that moment, Huo Sining couldn’t help but feel a twinge of regret and sympathy for Zhou Zhen; the poor kid’s mental fortitude was just too weak. He’d been terrified by the frightening presence of black moss, but if he could have been a bit stronger, taken a gamble, and cleaned up all this moss green, it wasn’t impossible for him to make a comeback with this piece of rough.

It’s a pity that he couldn’t hold on; he had to miss out on this piece of superior jadeite.

As Huo Sining was pondering this, her face remained casual as she said, “Qingqing, they accuse you of lacking compassion, right? Since that’s the case, why don’t we show some pity? We’ll buy this piece of junk for ten thousand. What do you think, Young Master Zhou?”

The condescending tone of Huo Sining made Zhou Zhen feel both humiliated and ashamed, and he angrily retorted with his neck stiffened, “You think you can buy my rough, bought for eight hundred thousand, for just ten thousand? You treating me like a beggar? I’d rather throw it to the dogs than give it to you!”

Huo Sining scoffed, “That’s right, Young Master Zhou, this rough was indeed bought for eight hundred thousand, but you’ve made five cuts, each one a complete failure! You don’t want to sell for ten thousand, why don’t you ask around and see if anyone else wants this piece of junk? If you think it’s unfair, why not ask the master next to you how much this piece is really worth?”

Zhou Zhen was left speechless by Huo Sining’s words. He knew of course that no one wanted to buy his stone, but how could he accept that it, for which he’d spent eight hundred thousand, was to be taken away like trash for merely ten thousand? How could he be reconciled with that?

“We won’t talk unless it’s a hundred thousand!” Zhou Zhen, who was somehow still suspicious of Huo Sining’s intention to buy his piece of junk, even harbored a faint hope and chance deep down. Could there possibly be an opportunity for the value to go up in this piece of junk?

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Huo Sining nodded with a smile that was not quite a smile and said, “Since Young Master Zhou does not appreciate the offer, then fine, Young Master Zhou, keep it and cut it yourself at your leisure; we won’t impose any longer! Qingqing, let’s go!”

“You!” Zhou Zhen’s face stiffened; he hadn’t expected Huo Sining to be so decisive and ready to leave without even considering his offer.

Such a reaction from Huo Sining caused the faint hope Zhou Zhen had harbored to instantly shatter; he realized that this woman never intended to buy that piece of junk jade for ten thousand yuan—with utter clarity, he understood that she had intended to humiliate him!

“One hundred thousand yuan, do you think everyone else is a fool? If you won’t sell, then don’t; a broken stone that’s been cut to pieces, do you think we covet it?”

Su Qingqing didn’t understand why Huo Sining suddenly wanted to buy a piece of scrap, and seeing Zhou Zhen actually trying to raise the price on the spot, she grew impatient, pulling Bai Yishan as they prepared to leave following Huo Sining.

“Wait a minute!” Huo Sining and the two women had only taken a few steps when Ye Zixin could not hold back any longer and hurriedly took a couple of steps forward to block Huo Sining’s path.

“Miss Huo, is it? It’s fine to return the price you’re sitting on with payment on the spot. A Zhen said one hundred thousand, and if you’re not satisfied, there’s no need to rush off like this, but the ten thousand is certainly too little. How much are you really willing to pay for this piece of gamble stone?”

At this moment, Ye Zixin was no longer trying to sweet-talk Su Qingqing about friendship and sentiment; she was well aware the raw jade material had been ruined and turned into a worthless scrap. When a fool was willing to take it off their hands, there was no reason to refuse—even ten thousand yuan was better than nothing; after all, even a mosquito’s leg was still meat.

Huo Sining glanced over at Zhou Zhen and the purchasing Master Zhao without changing her expression and pondered for a moment before saying, “While this piece of material does have moss and green, it does have some use for me. However, I can only offer fifteen thousand yuan at most. If Young Master Zhou is unwilling, then I won’t force it.”

Su Qingqing felt puzzled and couldn’t help but ask, “That’s all black moss, what use do you have for it after buying it? Are you crazy? With fifteen thousand yuan, you could buy three brick-like pieces of raw jade on Pingzhou Jade Street, so why buy a piece of scrap!?”

Huo Sining explained with a smile, “Your grandfather’s treatment has reached the second stage, and soon he will need regular foot massages. Jade is beneficial to the human body, so I plan to buy it and grind a few beads for foot massage for the old man; whether it has black moss or not isn’t an issue.”

Su Qingqing took her words for truth, nodded, and uttered a soft “oh,” while Bai Yishan listened and felt something was amiss, yet looking at Huo Sining’s earnest and serious tone, she couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong.

Ye Zixin, seeing that Huo Sining had only increased the offer by five thousand, seethed with rage internally, cursing the woman for being incredibly stingy. However, if she didn’t sell it to Huo Sining, that piece of scrap would probably end up being thrown away. After a brief hesitation, she nodded in agreement.

Huo Sining didn’t try to weasel out of it; not having that much cash with her, she asked for Ye Zixin’s account number and immediately transferred fifteen thousand yuan to her from her bank card.

With the transaction concluded, Huo Sining held the rough stone in her hands, while on the other end, Ye Zixin, as if fearful that Huo Sining and her companions would have second thoughts, grabbed Zhou Zhen and disappeared into the crowd so fast that not even a shadow could be found.

“They run faster than rabbits!” Su Qingqing couldn’t hide her disdain for Ye Zixin and Zhou Zhen’s behavior, regretting why she had ever gotten close to these two. They were the essence of supreme tactlessness – had her eyes been smeared with feces back then?