Ghost Catching System

Chu Hao stepped forward, wrapped his arms around Tina, his hands resting on her waist and hips—and indeed, the plump waist felt pretty nice to the touch.

Tina panicked slightly and gently pushed Chu Hao away. ”There’s surveillance here,” she said shyly. ”Stop messing around.”

”What’s there to be afraid of?” Chu Hao embraced her again, his hands freely roaming her waist and seeming poised to move lower.

Tina felt a surge of disgust but could only endure it, forcing a smile.

Chu Hao pinched her for a while before finally letting go. She’s quite enduring, he thought. I wonder what she’ll do later.

After a while, Chu Hao couldn’t take it anymore. Any man would have reacted. He impatiently pulled Tina into the room.

Is that kid really thinking about doing ’that’? Tina cursed inwardly.

As they entered the room, Tina broke free. ”We’ve only known each other for two days!” she said hurriedly.

”So what if it’s been two days?” Chu Hao replied, dissatisfied. ”I like your heart, not your body.”

He lied without blushing, acting as if it were perfectly natural.

Tina was reaching her limit. ”I... I can’t,” she said.

She turned and fled, fearing Chu Hao would drag her into the room.

Once she had fled, Chu Hao sneered. ”Sadako, keep a close eye on her.”

Sadako nodded and disappeared.

Chu Hao returned to his room and began to ponder tomorrow’s gambling match. This gambling match was no trivial matter. If he won big, he could become much richer and live it up as he wished.

He had reaped a considerable haul of Pretentiousness Points today, totaling 12,000.

...

After Tina left, she inwardly cursed him as a pervert, her hatred for Chu Hao growing. This guy acts so sweet to me on the surface, yet he’s even nicer to another woman—blatantly so, with no regard for my feelings! He’s nothing but a fickle playboy!

I don’t know where the Emperor’s Yellow Seal is hidden. How am I supposed to get it?

Just then, Tina felt a sharp pain in her shoulder. Someone had bumped into her. The man quickly apologized, but upon seeing such a beautiful foreign woman, he couldn’t take his eyes off her.

Tina looked at this fat pig with disgust and snapped her fingers.

”Why am I so itchy?” the portly, big-eared middle-aged man cried out. He suddenly felt an unbearable itch all over his body. He scratched his chest violently, drawing blood, but the itch remained intense.

Tina said coldly, ”Scram!”

The middle-aged man was terrified. ”Did you... did you do something to me?” he stammered.

”If you don’t want to die, scram now!” Tina retorted.

Terrified, the middle-aged man turned and fled.

Tina also turned and left.

Just then, a man walked out of an adjacent suite. His face was haggard, and he wore glasses. Watching Tina’s departing figure, he murmured coldly, ”Such an evil aura.”

If Chu Hao were here, he would have recognized him. It was Taoist Min Ran.

Taoist Min Ran had escaped the pursuit of the Mount Taiding Taoist priests and ended up here. His target was also Emperor’s Love.

Yan Chen came out. ”Senior, what’s wrong?” he asked.

Min Ran closed the door and replied, ”Nothing. How will you secure Emperor’s Love this time?”

”Senior, don’t worry,” Yan Chen responded. ”The Yan Family’s assets are more than enough to acquire Emperor’s Love. No one can compete with our family.”

”That’s good,” Min Ran said simply.

After a while, Yan Chen left the room.

Longhua Pavilion was indeed filled with people.

...

「The next morning.」

The stone-gambling den at Longhua Pavilion was abuzz with excitement. Word had spread that a major gambling event was about to begin. The owner of Longhua Pavilion had also returned from Europe and America to oversee this event.

On this day, Chu Hao, Su Huansheng, Bei Sheng, and Chen Lan had all arrived.

”Thank you all for coming,” the owner of Longhua Pavilion, a man of about fifty, said with a smile. ”The gambling competition will now begin!”

Su Huansheng nodded slightly.

The owner continued, ”For this stone-gambling competition, each of you will select three raw jade stones. The person whose cut stones yield the highest total value will be the winner. We have invited the most qualified appraisers in the jade industry to evaluate the stones. If any of you three have objections, please voice them now.”

”No objections. Let’s begin,” Bei Sheng said.

The competition started.

The stone-gambling den was incredibly lively. Due to the sheer number of people, some onlookers were asked to leave, allowing only those with significant social standing to remain.

Downstairs, a middle-aged man ran over, panting, ”Has it started yet?”

”Dad, it’s already begun,” Mu Yuxun said, glancing at her father.

”Have they started cutting yet?” Mu Chenglong asked anxiously.

Mu Yufei smiled and said, ”Not yet.”

”That’s good,” Mu Chenglong said, breathing a sigh of relief.

Mu Chenglong, a stone-gambling enthusiast himself, had heard about this major competition. Both the Gambling Saint Chen Lan and the Gambling God Xu Sheng were present, and it was rumored they would be gambling for stakes as high as five billion.

Seeing Chu Hao’s silhouette, Mu Chenglong exclaimed in admiration, ”Little Chu is really something!”

”Isn’t that the truth!” Mu Yuxun said. ”That guy is so peculiar. It’s like there’s nothing he can’t do.”

”Daughter,” Mu Chenglong chuckled, ”how are things between you and Little Chu now?”

Mu Yuxun’s face turned red. How could Dad say such a thing? she thought. Angered by Chu Hao’s indifference and complete lack of affection for her, she snapped, ”Hmph! That guy only has eyes for my sister!”

Mu Chenglong went ”Ah!” and mumbled to himself, So Little Chu likes the older sister type. Just like I did when I was young.

”Dad, what are you talking about?” Mu Yufei asked, narrowing her eyes.

Feeling his daughter’s sharp gaze, Mu Chenglong laughed awkwardly. ”Nothing, nothing! Let’s watch the stone gambling.”

The four were the center of attention.

Seeing Chu Hao enjoying such a high profile in the competition, Pang Zhengguang felt a mix of envy, jealousy, and resentment.

”To be so young and accomplished!” Old Pang sighed in admiration. If only my son were half as good as Chu Hao, he thought.

The stakes of this gambling event were immense. Ten billion had attracted countless people—not one million or ten million, but ten billion in assets.

Chen Lan truly lived up to his title as the Gambling Saint of the stone-gambling world. In recent years, he had opened jewelry companies all over the country. Using his stone-gambling skills, he had amassed such wealth that his net worth surpassed that of countless other jewelers.

”Who do you think will win?” one jeweler asked.

”Definitely Master Chen,” someone replied without hesitation.

”It won’t necessarily be Master Chen,” an older man countered. ”Xu Sheng is here too. You youngsters probably don’t realize just how formidable Xu Sheng truly is.”

”I’m quite curious about that kid, though,” someone else interjected. ”Has anyone found out his background?”

”No, he’s too mysterious.”

”Heh heh... This kid is definitely going to lose. He clearly doesn’t realize who he’s up against.”

Speculation was rife.

Chu Hao strolled leisurely among the raw stones in the gambling den, his gaze sweeping over one after another. Just then, Chu Hao noticed the gambling area in the deepest part of the den. The prices of the raw stones there were astonishing.

One raw stone, in particular, was enormous—so large one could barely wrap their arms around it. This stone exhibited excellent color and texture, resembling the layered shell of an egg. Its price tag read a staggering 350 million.

Chu Hao arrived there and was taken aback by the price.