From Runaway Bride to Global Queen-Chapter 101 - : Gambling on Stones

Chapter 101: Chapter 101: Gambling on Stones

“I’ve seen it, the galloping horse jade pendant is not the one I gave to Feiyan, but if it weren’t for the absence of my secret mark, even I couldn’t distinguish the authenticity of this item!”

Mr. Tao had someone bring over a brocade box, inside which lay a white jade pendant, its entirety milky white and emitting a gentle glow.

This is a piece of Mutton Fat Jade of excellent quality, and with Mr. Tao’s discerning eye, he couldn’t spot any flaws in it.

Lu Yanchuan didn’t understand these intricacies; he had only seen the pendant Mr. Tao gave to Old Madam Gong and couldn’t see any difference between it and the one before them.

Mr. Tao didn’t expect to explain it clearly to him but simply showed them the bottom of the pendant.

“The pendant I gave to Feiyan has my secret mark here, engraved with the characters ‘Feiyan’ in clerical script, but this one doesn’t have it.”

Mr. Tao felt an indescribable discomfort, whether it was because the item he gifted his former lover had been counterfeited, or something else.

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Listening to their conversation for a while, Qiao Yi finally understood what they were discussing.

“I think I’ve seen this pendant somewhere.”

“You’ve seen it? Where?”

“In a photo… on Sun Keke’s phone, I saw this photo in her gallery!”

Qiao Yi suddenly recalled where she had seen it.

The name Sun Keke was unfamiliar to Mr. Tao, but Lu Yanchuan knew who she was. When Sun Keke was hospitalized due to injury, it was he and Qiao Yi who rushed to help Sun Keke with the formalities.

“Sun Keke is from the Sun Family, apparently an illegitimate daughter, I never inquired about her exact status. Initially, she was engaged to Ning Yuze, but after I beat up Ning Yuze at that banquet, their engagement was called off.”

Speaking of Sun Keke, Qiao Yi also remembered what Ning Yuze had told her.

According to Ning Yuze, he and Sun Keke had already broken off their engagement, so why did Sun Keke claim before the Tian City auction that Ning Yuze gave the supplementary card to her?

Moreover, Sun Keke never mentioned to her what the main and supplementary cards were for.

Could it be that Sun Keke did this on purpose? What could her motives be?

Qiao Yi realized that this Sun Keke, whom she had inadvertently saved, was shrouded in mystery.

“People from the Sun Family?”

“Yes, indeed from the Sun Family, but I haven’t been able to contact her for a long time. She had some accidents before, and I haven’t seen her since.”

Qiao Yi briefly shared her experience of meeting Sun Keke, and Mr. Tao, still confused, eventually waved his hand helplessly.

“Let Xiao Chuan handle this matter. You just inform me once there’s any news.”

Mr. Tao, who had devoted his life to jade, had no interest in these conspiracies and simply awaited a result.

Lu Yanchuan agreed and without further ado, sent a message to investigate Sun Keke.

After discussing the major issues, Mr. Tao noticed the high-powered flashlight Qiao Yi was holding, which piqued his interest.

“Yiyi also interested in stone gambling?”

Qiao Yi smiled somewhat sheepishly, “I don’t really understand these matters; it was just some fun with friends.”

“Can’t really say that, the fun of stone gambling is just for fun, as long as you’re happy. Did you pick some stones? Bring them and I’ll cut them for you!”

Mr. Tao said generously, but Qiao Yi was hesitating and didn’t know how to respond.

“Go bring them all up.”

Without letting Qiao Yi make her own decision, Lu Yanchuan made the decision for her, directly asking Ma Yu to call everyone who was wandering below to come up.

When Qiao Yi came up to meet Mr. Tao, the group below had chosen quite a few more stones to bring up, and compared to their car, the stones in Qiao Yi’s car suddenly seemed exceptionally few.

Mr. Tao could now confirm that this group of youngsters just had money to burn, bringing so many stones just for fun!

“Did you guys buy out all the stones below? Why bring so many up?”

Qiao Yi was also surprised as she looked at everyone’s cars, Feng Siyu’s car had almost twice as many stones!

Everyone greeted Mr. Tao and then gathered around excitedly waiting to cut the stones.

Perhaps influenced by the girls’ shopping desires, even the guys from Gu Ting each had one or two stones, just not as exaggerated as the girls.

This group’s silly, rich behavior had already caught the attention of many people; seeing them enter the VIP stone-cutting room, those who couldn’t enter hurried to the big screen downstairs, waiting to see these silly kids cut worthless stones.

With their buying method, it was inevitable to cut some good stones, but the chances of cutting worthless ones were also quite high.

Many people were watching, some out of curiosity, and some purely out of jealousy towards the wealthy.

Mr. Tao was stunned by the dozens of stones of various sizes, but he soon laughed and with a wave of his hand, let the stone-cutting specialists start cutting the stones.

The thrill of stone gambling is in the heartbeat, whether the value goes up or down with each cut is all up to fate.

Qiao Yi couldn’t maintain her composure either; she stood and walked to her car, choosing the largest stone to personally place into the stone-cutting machine.

A large stone isn’t necessarily a good stone. After two cuts, there was only a slight hint of green, making this stone basically a dud; the bit of green could at most make a ring, and only for someone with small hands.

Qiao Yi pouted, not caring how much money she had spent on the stone, just a bit disappointed about not cutting anything good.

This time, Qiao Yi didn’t choose the stones herself, letting the stone-cutting specialist pick whatever looked good to him.

All these stones had to be cut anyway, it didn’t matter which was cut first.

A stone the size of a head was placed into the stone-cutting machine, and as the machine started, Qiao Yi’s heart also lifted.

“Green seen! Green seen! The value increased!”

The stone-cutting specialist exclaimed, then leaned over the inspection window to look inside.

Qiao Yi couldn’t see inside, she could only watch the screen in the stone-cutting room, showing a small piece of the stone’s skin being cut away, and the stone finally revealing its true nature.

“The little girl has good luck, nice skin and floating patterns, this cut is pretty good.”

Mr. Tao, while watching these people cut stones, commented with Lu Yanchuan on each piece as it came out, and the others also cut some jade, but so far the best skin belonged to the piece in Qiao Yi’s hands.

Having cut something good, Qiao Yi was overjoyed, hugging her stone and running to show it off to Feng Siyu, who was so jealous that he directly snatched her stone for himself.

The stone-snatched Qiao Yi returned to her place very sulky, waving her hand grandly, swearing to cut a better stone to infuriate Feng Siyu even more!