Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 229: Chapter 226 Granite Chapter 229: Chapter 226 Granite Have you lost your mind? It’s still up in the air who exactly has lost their mind.

Huo Si Ning was among the crowd, and upon hearing this, she couldn’t help but curl her lips into a smile.

That No. 128 Jade Beauty raw material was chosen by her.

The reason she chose this particular raw stone was indeed deliberate.

Since the Zhou Family was hosting a jadeite gambling event, they were certainly well-prepared. If the performance of a raw stone was too outstanding, it would definitely arouse the suspicions of the Zhou Family, who might then swap it for something else during the competition or use other means to take it away.

That’s why Huo Sining chose this piece of granite raw stone; it looked unremarkable, to the extent that even some experts might not consider it a jadeite gambling stone.

This peculiar raw stone was purchased by Huo Sining in the Bright Bid Area of the Pingzhou Public Plate.

At the time, Bai Yishan was leading the way, picking raw stones that might increase in value for her, while Huo Sining followed behind Bai Yishan.

That day, it happened to be raining, and Huo Sining was inadvertently bumped by someone, accidentally touching that stone and immediately deciding to buy it.

After purchasing it, she was ridiculed by Du Yuanwei and Su Jinyuan. It wasn’t until Master He explained that she learned that the stone she’d bought was granite.

Granite’s main components are feldspar and quartz, igneous rocks formed by magma solidifying beneath the Earth’s surface, a product of high temperature and low pressure;

Jadeite, on the contrary, forms during geological processes under low temperatures and high pressure.

That’s why regions with jadeite deposits are always where the Earth’s crust is highly active.

This means the environment in which igneous rocks form is the complete opposite of the conditions for jadeite formation; therefore, it is impossible for granite to contain jadeite.

After hearing Master He’s explanation, Huo Sining was also very puzzled. When she inadvertently touched that piece of granite, the Water-Repelling Pearl flashed violently, which indicated there definitely should be jadeite inside the granite. But why was this so?

Huo Sining was at a loss, but she knew that the judgment of the Water-Repelling Pearl wouldn’t be wrong. The only explanation was that there was something else beneath this granite.

Huo Sining originally planned to directly cut open this peculiar stone, but before she had the chance, she encountered the jade gambling event organized by the Zhou family.

All the raw stones she now had that were showing good potential were purchased from the Bright Bid in Pingzhou. Although they all appeared quite normal, they were still several levels above brick-like raw stones in performance, and any of them could possibly attract the Zhou Family’s attention if brought out for the competition.

So, Huo Sining weighed her options and still felt this piece of granite was the safest bet.

“What’s with those experts, giving out odds of one to ten, are they blind!”

Bai Yishan couldn’t help feeling indignant—the Jade Beauty was her signature piece, and to have it start at the bottom rank was something she found somewhat intolerable.

Huo Sining, on the other hand, laughed, “That’s good. With such high odds, they certainly won’t pay any attention to this piece, which also means we don’t have to worry about them playing dirty tricks behind our back!”

Bai Yishan nodded, “Exactly, with such high odds, no matter how high and mighty they are now, soon I’ll make each one of them unable to step down!”

When the granite makes a comeback and takes the championship, those experts will probably have swollen faces.

Huo Sining couldn’t help but find the situation amusing. It seemed that Sister Yishan still hadn’t grasped the crux of the matter. The Zhou Family was offering such high odds because they seemed to have little faith in that granite block. Wasn’t this just handing out an opportunity to make money?

“There’s a private game over there. I plan to place a bet. Put down fifty thousand!” Huo Sining whispered to Bai Yishan.

Bai Yishan was stunned, then suddenly came to her senses, her eyes and brows brimming with amusement, “Why not bet more?”

Huo Sining shook her head. This wasn’t the public betting plate for stones; fifty thousand was already a substantial amount. If she bet more, the Zhou Family might not be able to cover it, and Huo Sining didn’t want to take things too far.

Moreover, Huo Sining was worried that betting too much would be too conspicuous. If it caught the Zhou Family’s attention, it wouldn’t be good.

Of course, Bai Yishan wasn’t about to miss this opportunity. She was in dire need of money at the moment. If someone was offering her money, how could she refuse? After thinking it over, she also decided to follow Huo Sining and bet fifty thousand.

Huo Sining’s concerns proved to be unnecessary. The organizers had set such high odds that even those who didn’t understand the trade wanted to try their luck.

Although most of the public didn’t bet much, the small amounts added up to not insignificant sums on each rough stone. The one hundred thousand that Huo Sining and Bai Yishan threw in merely stirred a ripple, not significant enough to attract the Zhou Family’s attention.

But adhering to the principle of being cautious and low-key, Huo Sining didn’t put all her hundred thousand on number 128. Her gaze swept over the competing rough stones on the display.

According to Huo Sining’s guess, the Zhou Family must have already prepared their rough stones among the competitors, and surely they wouldn’t use the worst-performing stones.

The Zhou Family certainly wouldn’t dare to put all their eggs in one basket, as even a good rough stone might not necessarily increase in value after being cut. That’s why they must have prepared more than one piece.

So Huo Sining’s gaze ultimately settled on three of the rough stones.

Those three pieces appeared to perform better than the others and came from old mining areas, each harboring a Pine Flower Python Band of excellent quality.

Even though Huo Sining hadn’t touched those three pieces of gambling stones, judging by the appearances of the rough stones, the possibility of them increasing in value was high.

Basing on Huo Sining’s experience and Bai Yishan’s analysis, the odds of those three pieces improving in value were at least one to two or one to three and definitely would not exceed one to four.

But the betting odds displayed on the electronic screen were unusually high for those three gambling stones, and Huo Sining spotted something off at a glance.

The odds for those rough stones were absurdly high, two with odds of one to six, and another even as high as one to seven.

This was puzzling and didn’t conform to normal logic.

Huo Sining immediately deduced a possibility: the organizers had tampered with those three pieces of rough stone.

She had an intuition that those three pieces were very likely the Zhou Family’s hidden trump cards.

What surprised Huo Sining was that despite the high odds for rough stone number 128, it was the focus of rampant betting by the public. After standing outside for a while, Huo Sining noticed that the number of people betting on number 128 was no less than the number betting on the other pieces, which had odds of one to two.

This was also normal. How many ordinary citizens understand gambling stones? With such high odds for number 128, it was natural that everyone was placing their money on it.

Huo Sining could understand these people’s mentality, because if she had known nothing, she might have made the same choice as the public.

After all, if the chances of winning are low, one would naturally gamble on the one with the highest odds. If by chance they hit the mark, they’d make a fortune.