Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 447: Chapter 443 Ting Shai

It was after ten o’clock at night when the group finally left Diecuiyuan. Huo Sining’s purse had swelled considerably, her face showed contentment from the fine food and drink, and seeing Song Hui following behind with a pale face, she couldn’t help but let out a light laugh:

”Brother Huizi, when will you be free again? Let’s have another round!”

Song Hui, who had still been somewhat proud, now had none of that spirit left and he looked up weakly at Huo Sining without saying a word, just waving his hand dismissively.

Besides, all he had left to lose were his underwear. Why bother? He wasn’t a masochist, and Xu Zi’s wife was simply too formidable. Next time he saw Huo Sining, he would stay well away, absolutely refusing to gamble with her again—what a total humiliation!

Song Hui was still shaken by the night’s events. Since the start of the guessing game, that young girl seemed as if she had a cheat enabled, never guessing wrong even once. This was just too supernatural!

Gu Xu took Huo Sining away, while Qin Tian sat in Ouyang Jun’s car. As soon as Gu Xu’s car left, he couldn’t resist asking the seemingly deep in thought Ouyang Jun, ”Did you discover something?”

A glint flashed in Ouyang Jun’s eyes: ”Do you know about the gambling skill ’Ting Shai’?”

”Ting Shai?” Qin Tian was startled.

Ouyang Jun nodded: ”I know a friend who studied the skill of ’Ting Shai,’ which is about listening to the dice for their face value while others are rolling them.”

”Dice might look simple, but there’s a lot to them. It’s absolutely impossible to master a skill like ’Ting Shai’ in a short period of time.”

”So I suspect that her previous awkwardness was an act, her hearing is remarkable, and her gambling skills are exquisite, she’s definitely not a novice.”

Hearing this, Qin Tian furrowed his brows: ”Raising fish, healing, gambling on stones, treasure appraisal, and now even gambling, what is it that this girl can’t do? The more I see, the more I feel that Xu Zi’s wife is full of secrets, like she’s hiding something.”

Ouyang Jun nodded, pausing to think, then suddenly let out a ”Heh” and smiled, saying:

”What secrets? Who doesn’t have a few secrets? As long as she’s genuine toward Xu Zi and won’t harm us, why should we care about how many secrets she has? Xu Zi is no fool; if there were something off about this woman, he would definitely notice.”

Qin Tian strongly agreed upon hearing this:

”You’re right, though Huo Sining seems young, she speaks and acts decisively, and she knows how to handle herself in society, not at all like a teenager. She really suits our taste. If it weren’t for Xu Zi beating me to it, after a few more interactions I might not be able to help myself from pursuing her.”

Ouyang Jun looked at Qin Tian with disdain: ”You better hope Xu Zi doesn’t hear you saying that, the kid is very protective of his wife. If he knew you even thought about it, he might just fight you over it.”

Qin Tian laughed heartily: ”Rest assured, a friend’s wife must not be coveted, I won’t stoop to competing with a good buddy for his wife. Besides, I’m open and honest; I only mean to express my appreciation for Huo Sining, nothing more.”

Ouyang Jun laughed and nodded, then as he started the car, he asked:

”Didn’t you mention a while back that you were planning to go to Macau? Why don’t we invite Xu Zi and make a trip of it with the guys? With Xu Zi’s wife’s hearing so sharp, it would be a waste of good gambling skills not to hit Macau, wouldn’t it?”

Qin Tian caught on immediately to what Ouyang Jun was implying: ”Alright, if you want to hitch a ride on someone’s winning streak to make money, just say it. But the suggestion is good. I think we really should discuss it with Xu Zi.”

The two exchanged a glance, their expressions both sly.

Huo Sining sat in Gu Xu’s car and suddenly felt a chill, subconsciously hugging her shoulders.

”Cold?” Gu Xu quickly adjusted the heat in the car up a few degrees.

Deep down, Huo Sining felt warmth, unaware that two shameless rascals were already planning to drag her into trouble.

There were only two days left before returning to S City, so on the eighth day, Huo Sining left the house early after having breakfast.

During this period, she had learned a lot from Zhou Shitao, so she decided to put her knowledge to the test by strolling down Antique Street.

Appraising antiques required experience accumulation, and although she had Azure Pearl, an exceptional appraisal device, she still wanted to rely on her newly acquired skill to discern the authenticity of the antiques.

Once she arrived at the famous Dashilan in the Imperial Capital, Huo Sining was not picky, carefully examining the items laid out in front of each street vendor.

Huo Sining’s intention was to test how well she could retain her force-fed training, but the vendors’ expressions started to sour.

”Miss, are you going to buy anything or not? You’ve touched everything here; is there anything you actually like?”

The speaker was the vendor at the stall where Huo Sining was standing.

It turned out this vendor had sensed something off about Huo Sining from the moment she entered Antique Street—she would touch everything at each stall but never buy.

The vendor was convinced that Huo Sining wasn’t here to buy antiques, but possibly to find a chance to create confusion and steal something.

Therefore, the vendor kept a watchful eye on Huo Sining, and after she had handled everything at his stall, he finally lost his patience and couldn’t help but speak up.

Startled by the vendor’s words, Huo Sining came back to her senses, glanced at the vendor awkwardly, set down the item, and prepared to leave. However, at that moment, she was captivated by something placed next to the vendor’s stool.

Upon seeing the object, Huo Sining’s eyes lit up, and she called out to the vendor, ”Boss, could you please show me that item?”

The vendor, who had pegged Huo Sining as a pickpocket with unclean hands and had grown impatient with her fiddling around his stall without even asking for a price, was not in the mood to accommodate her any longer.

Hearing Huo Sining ask to see an item, the vendor contemptuously curled his lip and replied without looking up, ”That’s not for sale; I’m not selling it!”

Huo Sining hadn’t anticipated that her previous behavior of looking but not buying would actually anger the vendor who now said the item was not for sale. Since the item belonged to the vendor, indeed she had no choice but to stand up and prepare to leave.

Just then, a girl came over who seemed to have also noticed the item Huo Sining was interested in. She said to the vendor, ”Boss, show me the incense burner next to your stool!”

When Huo Sining turned around, she saw a delicate-looking girl pointing her index finger at the small incense burner next to the vendor’s stool, a flicker of triumph in her eyes.

Huo Sining felt that this girl looked familiar but couldn’t recall where she’d seen her before. However, she didn’t pay much attention to it, as there weren’t many people she knew in the Imperial Capital. It could be that she had come across this girl somewhere, which was not a rare occurrence.