Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 161: Chapter 158: NO ZUO NO DIE

All three thousand silent bids were opened by noon, and the people in the venue started to leave one after another, those who won their bids went to make payments, while those who didn’t win looked dejected.

The rules of the public stone gambling stipulate that if the payment for the winning bids of raw materials is not made within three days, it will be considered a forfeiture of the bid, and the bidder will also be blacklisted by the Pingzhou organizers, which means they will not be allowed to participate in future Pingzhou public stone gambling events.

Su Jinyuan was quite lucky, having won three out of the five bids he placed, so he was in a great mood. According to the rules, he needed to go to the transaction center to make a payment.

Accompanied by his companions, he went to the payment area, completed the payment, filled in the delivery address, and then the staff at the bid site packaged and sealed his winning raw materials into boxes. Immediately after, workers lifted the raw materials to prepare for shipping.

Ouyang Jun’s side had also settled their affairs. Although it was not clear how many bids he won, seeing the relaxed expressions on both Ouyang Jun and Qin Tian, it seemed their haul wasn’t bad either.

With the silent auction over, the Bright Bid Area was next. The Pingzhou public stone gambling event lasts for half a month, and the display time in the Bright Bid Area is the longest.

However, Huo Sining and his two companions had already scrutinized the bright bids during this period and had picked out what they wanted. There was not much left that was of interest.

Su Jinyuan was not interested in the bright bids, so after discussing with the others, they decided to head back home.

But before they could leave the venue, they ran into Zhou Zhen and his group.

N O Z U O N O D I E, you poor thing. If you had kept a low profile, perhaps it would have been a different story. The 40-million-worth King Biao material might have been resold at an even higher price. But by doing the public stone cutting and announcing it far and wide, with so many eyes greedily watching, aren’t you digging your own grave in front of everyone?

Zhou Zhen was oblivious to the huge pit he had dug for himself, feeling excited as he sat on the stage, looking down at everything below him. With all eyes on him, he was the center of attention, the moon surrounded by a myriad of stars, his vanity greatly satisfied.

“Let’s start the stone cutting now!” Zhou Zhen was getting impatient and gestured with a nod to Jin Youtai.

Jin Youtai nodded back, leading the hired Stone Solver Master and the electric stone cutting machine onto the stage.

After the auction, Master Zhao returned to S City on his own without a word of apology from Zhou Zhen, nor an attempt to retain him. Feeling increasingly cold-hearted, Master Zhao no longer cared about the events in Pingzhou, took leave, and headed straight to his hometown.

With Master Zhao gone, Zhou Zhen was left without a Stone Solver Master. Considering the significance of the bid, Zhou Zhen didn’t dare to proceed on his own and managed to find a nearby one from Jade Street.

“Mr. Su, hello there. How many bids did you win this time?” Zhou Zhen asked with a sneer, looking smug and cunning, clearly very satisfied with his silent auction results.

Su Jinyuan was in a good mood and couldn’t be bothered to argue with someone whose mind seemed to be muddled by idiocy. He replied with a casual smile, “It doesn’t matter how many bids one wins, the quality of the raw materials is what’s important, not the quantity. As long as the quality is good, that’s what counts, right, Young Master Zhou?”

Zhou Zhen’s face darkened upon being retorted by Su Jinyuan like that.

Ye Zixin was also feeling displeased, but thinking of the bid King Biao Zhou Zhen had bought, her mood instantly brightened. She said with a smile, “Qingqing, it’s great we ran into you here, now we don’t need to notify you separately. This afternoon, A Zhen will be cutting the stone on-site; you must come and watch.”

“An on-site stone cutting?” Huo Sining and the others looked at each other, puzzled, “What do you mean?”

Feigning surprise, Ye Zixin said, “You didn’t know? The forty million bid King Biao was won by A Zhen. He has already arranged with the organizers to cut open that stone in public at two o’clock this afternoon at the entrance of the trading center. How about that, isn’t it exciting and unexpected?”

Ye Zixin’s face was exaggeratedly expressive, yet the smugness in her eyes could not be concealed.

Huo Sining barely contained her laughter when she heard this, she had previously thought that the forty million wasn’t Zhou Zhen’s doing, but it turned out this guy was stupid enough to bid up the price after being taken for a ride by Su Jinyuan.

That Sand Hole was worthless, and Zhou Zhen’s forty million investment was doomed to go down the drain.

Moreover, what Huo Sining found most unbelievable was Zhou Zhen’s thought process; you’ve become the King Biao, show off in front of the media if you must, but to brazenly perform an on-site stone cutting, was he preparing for the entire world to witness his folly?

Not only did Huo Sining find it unbelievable, but Su Jinyuan and Ouyang Jun, who had known for some time that there was something questionable about that lump of raw material, were now looking at Zhou Zhen as if they were looking at an idiot.

A strong sense of mockery surfaced in Su Jinyuan’s eyes; he had simply turned Zhou Zhen’s scheme against him and never expected Zhou Zhen to be this foolish. But who could he blame? If you lack compassion, I lack justice. The business world is all about deception and trickery. It could only be said that Zhou Zhen brought this upon himself!

Su Qingqing curled her lips and shrugged her shoulders, offering a sarcastic smile, “Surprised, not really, but excited, yes, a bit. Two o’clock in the afternoon, right? Okay, we’ll be sure to come on time to watch the show!”

Having said that and not bothering with Zhou Zhen’s group any further, Su Qingqing pulled Huo Sining and headed out.

It wasn’t until the group had disappeared into the crowd that Ye Zixin came back to her senses, her face flushed with anger, “A Zhen, look at Su Qingqing, she’s becoming more and more arrogant. This time we absolutely must make a profit on the cut, we need to show those Su family siblings how formidable we are!”

Zhou Zhen waved his hand, “Don’t worry, so many people have seen that lump of raw material, it’s bound to contain good stuff. We stole Su Jin’s winning bid, right now he must be fuming inside, just pretending to be calm. Wait till we cut several tens of kilograms of High Jade this afternoon, I bet those Su family siblings will be jumping mad! Then we’ll see how they can remain so cocky!”

Ye Zixin felt much better after hearing this, her eyes curved into crescents, her face brimming with an excited and joyous smile, “A Zhen, you are amazing!”

Zhou Zhen, flattered by Ye Zixin, was all the more disoriented, especially seeing her eager gaze, he felt immensely proud.

“Breaking news, breaking news! Just in from the organizers, King Biao is going to do a public stone cutting this afternoon!”

In just the span of a noon, the news of Zhou Zhen’s public stone cutting had spread throughout Pingzhou. Some gambling stone enthusiasts, who were planning to leave after the auction, postponed their departure upon hearing this bombshell. Instead, they calmly waited to watch King Biao’s stone cutting in the afternoon.

By the time Huo Sining and his group arrived at the trading center in the afternoon and saw the crowd teeming with people, Huo Sining couldn’t help but silently mourn for Zhou Zhen.

Fortunately, it was easy to hire a Stone Solver Master, especially when they heard it was the highly-priced King Biao material. Someone promptly volunteered, so it didn’t require much effort.