Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 724: Chapter 721 Liu Pengcheng

Liu Yuxuan also felt that she was perhaps a bit too sensitive; she really did not want to provoke this kind of woman. She thought for a moment, shook her head quietly, and pulled Liu Yunhui towards another stall. Before leaving, she turned back and gave Huo Sining a deep look.

Seeing the father and daughter finally leave, the atmosphere around seemed to get much lighter. Huo Sining finally breathed a sigh of relief. She really did not want to get entangled with Liu Yuxuan and her father in such a place. After all, this was a critical moment for Liao Song Zhong Zifan; it was better to keep a low profile to avoid being detected by the Zhong Family Uncle lurking in the shadows, lest it cause unnecessary trouble.

Just as the vendor was throwing out the first high-priced piece of Tianhuang agate, the other three stones also entered the frenzied bidding process. Huo Sining felt it was dull and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, a man who had been squatting by her side suddenly reached out and grabbed a piece of rough stone from the stall.

Huo Sining was slightly startled and couldn’t help but turn to look at the man curiously.

He was a very cultured-looking man, around thirty years old, holding a magnifying glass and flashlight in his hand, carefully examining a piece of Chicken Blood Stone.

The man was very quick in examining the stones—in just a minute, he had already looked at seven or eight pieces, each returned to its place after inspection.

Currently, the vendor was too busy with his money-making scheme to pay attention to anyone else.

Huo Sining stood beside the cultured man and saw that with each rough stone he inspected, his frown deepened. After putting back the eighth stone, he couldn’t help but snort in laughter, seemingly a mix of self-mockery and resignation as he shook his head.

”Mister, what do you think of these Chicken Blood Stones?”

Huo Sining was very curious; this person had only looked at them briefly, could he have seen that the stones were fake?

This was simply unbelievable. She knew that the level of fakery in these stones was quite high; if she didn’t have her cheat device, just by looking, Huo Sining was sure that she would have been fooled.

After giving Huo Sining a glance, the man did not show any displeasure at Huo Sining’s flashy attire. His face remained impassive, but the words he spoke were sharp and filled with sarcasm:

”Who told you these are Chicken Blood Stones? Anyone with eyes can see that these are clearly just stones tossed into a privy pit. At least ordinary kaolin clay can be used to lay foundations and build houses, but these pieces of decomposed granite aren’t even worth picking up if thrown on the roadside.”

The man’s blunt words, though not particularly loud, were clearly audible to the people nearby.

Those who were just frantically vying for the stones suddenly fell silent. They looked down at the stones on the ground, then back at the vendor, each with an odd expression on their face.

Just as the vendor was about to close the deal, some troublemaker unexpectedly appeared to wreck the scene; the vendor was furious, seeming as if he could breathe fire in the direction of Huo Sining and the man.

”Where are you from? If you don’t know, don’t talk nonsense. These are clearly Chicken Blood Stones that I brought back from Yuyan Mountain. How did they become granite in your eyes? I suggest you go back and update your knowledge before coming here again!”

The vendor’s face was filled with anger as he glared ferociously at the two of them.

The man obviously was also somewhat angry, his eyebrows slightly raised: ”If I say it’s granite, it is granite. The real cannot be falsified, and the fake cannot become real. Your counterfeiting is indeed meticulously close to perfect, but to me, no matter how much it resembles a Chicken Blood Stone, it is only similar, not real.”

”Nonsense!” the stall owner, having his secret thoughts exposed, immediately became furious with embarrassment, his face flushing a deep red as he glared at the young man with eyes full of rage.

”If you insist, there’s nothing I can do. I try to save you some face, but it seems you have no shame. Alright then, you want proof, don’t you? Pick any stone and cut it in half. If it turns out to be a Chicken Blood Stone, I’ll buy all your goods at double the price. What do you say?”

The young man was not one to back down from trouble and made his demand without a hint of politeness.

The owner’s face turned an iron shade of blue, looking at the young man with such anger that he found himself speechless, his face alternating between shades of green and white, unable to utter a rebuttal for a good while.

”Mister Liu Pengcheng, what a coincidence to see you here gambling on stones!”

At that moment, a group of people walked over from another stall, and the man leading them, upon seeing Liu Pengcheng, approached warmly with a pleased expression:

”When did you get to Changhua? Why didn’t you notify me so I could come to meet you? Oh right, did Master Su also come?”

Liu Pengcheng glanced at the overfriendly man, withdrew his hand discreetly and adjusted his glasses with a faint smile:

”I came by myself this time. My master is not in the best of health, and this weather is not suitable for him to travel far.”

The man nodded in agreement, ”It’s been over a year since I last saw Master Su. I must make time to visit him soon. Mister Liu, you’re here to gamble on stones, too, aren’t you? Have you seen anything good? Let me handle the bargaining for you, I’ll make sure you get a good deal.”

Liu Pengcheng shook his head with a smile upon hearing this, ”No need for that, I still have matters to attend to and must be going. Since you are taking over the trades here, I hope you’ll be more careful. Don’t let those who engage in fraud mix in with the honest traders and ruin the rules.”

The man’s face changed drastically upon hearing these words, as he could not ignore the implication in Liu Pengcheng’s remarks. His face darkened as he looked towards the stall behind Liu Pengcheng.

Liu Pengcheng, uncaring of what the man would do, turned around and left. Huo Sining stood on the side, dumbfounded, taking quite a while to regain her wits. She was at a loss for words, having come here for Master Su, she hadn’t expected to run into the master’s disciple.

As Liu Pengcheng was about to walk out of her line of sight, Huo Sining felt a rush of urgency and hurried after him in a few quick steps.

”Mister Liu!”

Liu Pengcheng, hearing the call, turned his head and looked at Huo Sining with puzzlement.

Huo Sining’s shout was almost instinctual. However, once she caught up to Liu Pengcheng, she found herself at a loss for words. In the moment’s time, her thoughts raced, and after much deliberation, she carefully considered her words.

”Mister Liu, forgive my audacity, may I ask about Master Su’s health...”

Liu Pengcheng looked at Huo Sining with surprise. Having followed Master Su for many years, he wasn’t entirely familiar with all of his master’s acquaintances, but he thought he knew most of them.

Yet, he had never seen this woman before. What puzzled him was that the concern showing in the eyes of this stranger did not seem faked; it didn’t appear to be an excuse to strike up a conversation but rather a genuine outpouring of emotion.