Reborn As Super Heiress

Capítulo 1515: Chapter 1499: Stirring Up Hostility

Huo Sining didn’t want to step in, but just as she and Liao Song Zhong Zifan were distracted, Zhao Lijun started cutting the second slice on the other side.

At this moment, a sudden gasp erupted from the crowd, and Huo Sining instinctively turned her head to look toward the middle stone cutting machine.

She saw Zhao Lijun standing pale and in shock, staring at the stone just cut open on the machine. The stone that Huo Sining had initially identified as a Huangyang Green Oil Qing Variety jadeite, after the second cut, had turned into worthless jade.

Huo Sining didn’t dare to estimate; maybe after the third cut, the jade inside would only have a scrap of green skin, or perhaps there was no jade meat left at all, only plain white stone.

But with the current performance of this piece of stone, given the quality of the jade now, although it still had some value, it definitely couldn’t exceed the price tag of one hundred thousand.

With this second cut, it was very clear that this stone had gambled to ruin.

The confidence originally brimming on Zhao Lijun’s face was gone, replaced by eyes filled with unwillingness and disbelief. The onlookers shook their heads, sighing at the loss, while the few stone merchants from Tengchong, who had tense faces and bad complexions, were now smiling brightly, as if from Yin to Yang.

Seeing this situation, Huo Sining was also very surprised. She originally thought that if Zhao Lijun won this time, it would be over, but now Zhao Lijun had also failed. Those jadeite enthusiasts who were once excited now wore gloomy faces, silent.

It would have been fine to just lose, but Zhao Lijun and his group should have left directly. However, some of those Tengchong stone merchants, for reasons unknown, decided to speak up:

“Teacher Zhao, even horses stumble and men mess up. Losing once doesn’t mean much. If you really want to win, you could pick a few more pieces. If that’s still not enough, you could call your Magic Capital Jade Association’s main chair here. We’ve got plenty of stones; everyone from your Jade Association could pick a few to their heart’s content!”

The speaker was a man in his thirties or forties, wearing a black leather jacket. He had a smiling, amiable look, but the words coming out of his mouth were as sharp as they were sarcastic.

Not to mention Zhao Lijun, even Huo Sining frowned upon hearing this.

A few days ago, some Jade Association members had lost in gambling, prompting the seasoned Zhao Lijun to step in and regain face, which was indeed a bit inappropriate. However, this Tengchong stone merchant was clearly mocking the Magic Capital Jade Association as incompetent, implying that aside from having numbers, they were useless, dragging even the main chair into it.

This kind of deliberately inciting language obviously angered Zhao Lijun. Already obstinate and conceited, how could he endure such mockery? His face reddened with rage as he glared fiercely at those stone merchants, and he coldly said:

“For such a small arena, there’s no need to disturb the main chair. As you said, losing once is nothing. You have so many stones here, I refuse to believe I can’t cut out a jadeite! Xiao Li, let’s go pick a few more!”

With that said, Zhao Lijun was about to push through the crowd and head to the warehouse.

Huo Sining could see it—these Tengchong people just wanted to sell their stones at high prices, so they deliberately incited hostility, hoping the news of Zhao Lijun’s failure would spread and attract those from the Jade Association, ensuring their stones would sell.

However, such a tactic was rather underhanded, and it seemed they wanted to use the Magic Capital Jade Association as a stepping stone, leaving Huo Sining feeling quite uncomfortable.

Liao Song, beside her, was already fuming, seeing this he rolled up his sleeves, ready to run to the warehouse:

“Damn it, these Tengchong people are really up to no good. We can’t let this slide; we must teach them a lesson, or they will truly look down on us from Magic Capital!”

Huo Sining sighed inwardly, realizing she probably couldn’t remain uninvolved this time. Seeing Liao Song heading to the warehouse, she hurriedly called out, “Big Brother Liao, you don’t get involved, I’ll handle this!”

Liao Song paused, turned to look at Huo Sining, his eyes brightening.

Huo Sining shrugged, a bit helplessly said, “My residence is now in the Magic Capital, so I’m half a Magic Capital person. These Tengchong people are causing trouble; I can’t just hide. If word gets out, not only the Jade Association of Magic Capital, but where would my face go? I’m a public figure, and if I don’t step up now, someone will surely make a fuss out of this.”

Huo Sining knew very well what kind of people Zhou Zhen and Zhou Mei were. If she didn’t help this time, they might exaggerate the situation and spread it, potentially drowning her in the public’s criticism from Magic Capital who are unaware of the truth.

“Alright, Miss Huo, you take the lead, and Zhong Zifan and I will assist you!”

Hearing that Huo Sining was stepping in, Liao Song was overjoyed. He believed that with Huo Sining’s skills, success was guaranteed if she was willing to get involved.

Huo Sining smiled and nodded, following Liao Song into the warehouse. Once inside, she immediately looked over the piles of stones.

The stones were all stored inside the warehouse. A cursory glance was enough for Huo Sining to instinctively want to shake her head.

These gambling stones looked very ordinary in appearance. Mixed old site and new site stones, the skins showed average performance, with some even being worthless brick materials, having varying qualities.

Such stones would at least be sorted in a typical gambling stone shop, but in this warehouse, every piece was priced very high. If not for this competition format, Huo Sining thought these stones would never sell.

Seeing this, Huo Sining finally understood why these Tengchong stone merchants intentionally made sarcastic remarks to incite resentment. Because this kind of competition format was a short-lived novelty, if they couldn’t sell these stones quickly, the warehouse would soon become deserted.

So these merchants deliberately incited hatred to draw in the jadeite enthusiasts from the Jade Association to buy their stones.

One has to admit, these Tengchong people are very shrewd. If they could sell this batch of stones, they’d make a huge profit. Even if someone managed to find valuable jadeite, as long as it’s not exceptionally high-value, they’d still break even in the worst case.