Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 922: Chapter 918 Provocation

As Hattori Keiko, planning to walk into the stone gambling store, heard Nara Nigawa’s words, she abruptly stopped.

Huo Sining thought, ”This is bad,” and couldn’t help but slap her forehead, letting out a long sigh in her heart.

Sure enough, Hattori Keiko over there suddenly turned her head to look in his direction, her gaze initially puzzled, then her pupils contracted sharply, instinctively squinting her eyes.

Huo Sining originally did not intend to have a direct confrontation with Hattori Keiko, but now that the other party had discovered her, Huo Sining wouldn’t hide like a turtle with its head in its shell. Instead, she raised her head openly, allowing the other party to scrutinize her.

Hattori Keiko’s eyes flickered for a moment, then she suddenly gave Huo Sining a faint smile, turned around, and walked into the stone gambling store.

Huo Sining felt relieved at heart. Although she wouldn’t fear trouble from Hattori Keiko, she was, after all, on her own in a place like Dongdu. It’s better to have fewer issues than more.

She was preparing to call Nara Nigawa to leave, but Nara Nigawa just cut a rise with the first slice; how could he be willing to leave at this moment?

”I need to unlock the jadeite from this piece before I say anything more. Just now, several people’s raw materials rose in value; it seems this batch of goods is indeed from an old mine source. Huo, if you have some spare money, you should try your luck too. Who knows, you might gamble a Superior Jadeite.”

Huo Sining had no real interest in these things. If she wanted to gamble raw materials, she could go to Pingzhou, Ruili, Tengchong, or even Myanmar. The raw materials from those places are directly transported from the mines. However, she doubted how many people’s hands the raw materials here in Dongdu have passed through before arriving here, and it doesn’t take much to figure out they’ve been picked over.

Nara Nigawa looked joyous, and Huo Sining didn’t want to dampen his enthusiasm, but the piece of raw material he had cut and risen, neither showed Python Bands nor exhibited any moss patterns, appearing to be very ordinary brick material. Cutting out green from it seemed normal, but the chance that the inside was full of green was slim; it was likely relying on the skin green.

Huo Sining felt helpless but couldn’t refuse Nara Nigawa’s enthusiastic invitation, eventually being dragged into the store.

The store looked small from the outside but was quite deep inside. The original shelves were moved to the sides, leaving the center area clear, and a heap of stones laid in the long store space, where a crowd gathered in front to select. On the other side, seven or eight people waited in line before the stone cutting machine.

After entering the store, Huo Sining didn’t rush to look at the raw materials but surveyed the area, keeping an eye on the newly arrived Hattori Keiko.

Hattori Keiko went straight for a side door after entering, knocking on it several times.

Soon the door creaked open, and a chubby figure emerged from the room: a woman in her forties, full-figured, wearing a skirt with graceful charm, her eyebrows expressive with endless allure, indicating she must have been beautiful in her youth.

When the woman saw Hattori Keiko, she instantly beamed with joy, speaking a few words in Dongyang language, seemingly engaging in pleasantries.

Seeing this, Huo Sining ignored them and turned her head, appearing to examine the raw materials at her feet as if unintentionally. These raw materials had numbers, with a string of digits on every piece.

Huo Sining picked up one of the raw materials, glanced over it briefly, and couldn’t help but purse her lips before putting it down.

Continuing to look through several pieces of raw materials led to the same result: a mass of white, only a bit of green appearing near the surface.

This left Huo Sining feeling both helpless and speechless. These raw materials intrinsically had no real value, yet the presence of skin green endowed them with a gambling nature. Anyone unaware of the trick might get deceived, spending a fortune on tuition.

Huo Sining felt both puzzled and shocked. One piece having skin green was forgivable, but after evaluating six to seven pieces with the same result, something seemed awry.

The raw materials appeared to be new mine sources, which led Huo Sining to suspect they came from peripheral seams of secondary deposits. Hence, all these raw materials showed skin green. The store owner might be well aware of this condition, thus exaggerating the promotion before selling them, perhaps even enlisting shills.

Recalling Nara Nigawa’s words about seven or eight people cutting rises, Huo Sining was almost certain there were shills among them invited by the store owner; otherwise, such unremarkable raw materials wouldn’t cause such frenzy.

Of course, deception is common in stone gambling, and it’s all about who has superior skills; the store owner’s tactics weren’t inappropriate. Huo Sining didn’t intend to criticize the store owner from a moral high ground regarding compliance; compared to those who sell counterfeit materials, the store owner seemed honest. Ultimately, it’s human greed that’s at fault, with the store owner exploiting the gamblers’ psyche.

Huo Sining wasn’t going to continue picking up stones one by one. Instead, she squatted down, intending to use her Heavenly Eye to quickly scan the batch of raw materials and understand their situation.

Initially, when opening the Celestial Eye, Huo Sining could only see through objects about the size of a computer tower, but after practicing for half a year, she could control her vision over a five-meter span expertly.

With one glance, she could cover all raw materials in the store. Although she couldn’t discern the interior specifics of every piece meticulously, recognizing which contained green and which were worthless was clear with one look.

After scanning the raw materials, Huo Sining felt disappointed. This batch contained not a single piece capable of a significant rise; the best one could only cut out bean type.

Feeling regretful, Huo Sining planned to withdraw her gaze when suddenly, surveying the bottom of some shelves, a purple hue like a ghostly orchid momentarily flashed before her.

Huo Sining paused, preparing to take a closer look when she heard a chuckle from the side door, followed by seeing the two women from earlier glance her way as the chubby woman looked at her with an odd expression.

Huo Sining frowned, not having time to ponder, as Hattori Keiko directly addressed her:

”Miss Huo Sining, I didn’t expect to see you in Dongdu. It’s truly fate. Since we’re fortunate to meet here, why not engage in a friendly competition?”