Seeing the Joke (Continued)

The man who had been brooding just now was now beaming as he said to his friend, "How about that? Luckily, I followed the Jade King's advice. Otherwise, I'd be the one in trouble now!"

His friend looked somewhat embarrassed at that, then said unwillingly, "It only wiped away a little of the pine-flower pattern. There's still plenty around it. The result is far from certain!"

"Say whatever you want. I still think the Jade King lives up to his name!" The man chuckled.

His friend was extremely unconvinced, but the facts were what they were. All he could do was hope that Du Yuncheng's piece of rough would perform better next.

Du Yuncheng, however, panicked when he saw the situation. Du Liyu went so far as to tell him to sell the rough while they had not lost much money yet.

Du Yuncheng was somewhat tempted by the suggestion as well. However, in the rough-stone gambling business, people generally chased rising prices rather than falling ones. If a stone performed well, many people would fight to buy it. If it performed poorly, hardly anyone would even ask about it. Besides, Du Yuncheng had set a high price, which made it even less likely that anyone would buy it.

After asking around for quite some time without anyone taking over the stone, Du Yuncheng knew that if he refused to sell the rough at a loss, he would have to cut it himself. He was unwilling to take a loss, so he gritted his teeth and had the stonecutter start rubbing the other side of the pine-flower pattern.

When Chu Chen saw the spot Du Yuncheng had chosen, he secretly shook his head. That was precisely the area where he had said there were old toad spots. Under normal circumstances,