"What? What did you say? We're sharing a room?"
Zeng Mo's hand, which had been reaching for the door, froze in midair.
"Brother, do you think that's a good idea...?"
"No way. Isn't that young woman a Water-type Tier Three Divine Chosen?"
Zeng Mo turned to look at his brother. He'd meant to say something to him, but the pretty young woman had already entered the room.
Unfortunately, all he saw was a pile of bones wrapped in flames.
"Sure enough, that woman really is a Water-type Tier Three Divine Chosen."
Zeng Mo was speechless.
He'd just been getting worked up, thinking that the woman was Li Yu Lin's uncle.
So he'd planned to find her and give her the "I'll beat you up and teach you a lesson" routine, earning his first Survival Points in the process.
But it turned out she was the beautiful young woman missing a leg!
If he found her, wouldn't it be much easier to give her the "I'll beat you up and teach you a lesson" routine every day?
After all, she seemed pretty easy to deal with.
No, even if she was easy to deal with, she'd leave once she was healed. Where would he find her then? How would he keep in touch with her?
Would he earn Survival Points by "beating her up and teaching her a lesson"?
After the girl left, Shi Mingqiang walked toward the nearby balcony and sat down on the sofa facing his brother. He grinned.
"It's been a while since we last met, and you've gotten even more handsome."
Zeng Mo was speechless.
Shi Mingqiang looked at Zeng Mo and said, "This young man who wants to sell the original jadeite rock, I'm just here to keep an eye on things! Seeing you walking hand in hand with a pretty young woman, I couldn't help wondering if she's your girlfriend."
Li Yu Lin blushed slightly and replied frankly, "Oh, no. His name is Zeng Mo. He's my classmate from college."
"Shi Mingqiang, nice to meet you." Zeng Mo reached out.
"The young man looks full of energy. Looks like our little beauty has found herself a great boyfriend." Shi Mingqiang shook Zeng Mo's hand, then turned to Li Yu Lin. "I've heard about you, Yu Lin. You found an original jadeite rock in the jade market and cut open a stone coffin. A few days ago, you even found emeralds."
"Oh, I used a vegetable knife to cut into it a little, but I got a rash, so I didn't dare go any further." Li Yu Lin spoke as she set her bag on the table in front of them and pulled out a large stone.
Shi Mingqiang hadn't really cared whether Zeng Mo's original jadeite rock contained jadeite. What stunned him was the dazzling green glow spilling out from the cracks in the stone.
His eyes widened. He breathed faster, his heart pounding, and all his attention was drawn to the stone.
"Too beautiful! It's exquisite!"
Shi Mingqiang got up excitedly and reached for the original jadeite rock in Zeng Mo's hands, inspecting it carefully.
He looked it over from every angle.
He finally came to his senses and suppressed his excitement. He reluctantly took his eyes off the original jadeite rock and said to Zeng Mo, "Young man, I can't give you a price for this jadeite. The green light shining from those cracks is already enough to prove that this is imperial jadeite, the rarest kind of jadeite."
"What's imperial jadeite?" Zeng Mo asked, puzzled.
"Imperial jadeite is the finest kind. It's extremely rare. A thumb-sized piece can fetch three thousand pounds. And you've got an original jadeite rock that's this big. Judging by the quality of the green showing through the cracks, the jade inside is at least worth five thousand pounds."
"Ah, at least five thousand pounds."
Li Yu Lin smiled beautifully.
She earned quite a bit, but she hadn't expected the original jadeite rock Zeng Mo had picked up to be worth so much. When she heard the price Shi Mingqiang quoted, she couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath.
Shi Mingqiang nodded slightly, then explained, "And that's only the price for the raw stone. If you let me cut it open and carve it into jewelry, it could fetch a couple of times more."
"Uncle Shi, you're joking. A couple of times more!" Mu Banqiu said.
"Imperial jadeite contains a kind of energy that even modern science can't explain. Wearing it for a long time can nourish the body and improve a person's immunity." Shi Mingqiang explained.
Li Yu Lin nodded, then turned and said to Zeng Mo, "Mo, you've struck it rich. That piece of jade in your hands is worth at least a couple of times more."
Shi Mingqiang laughed and said, "Miss, that's only my preliminary estimate. If your boyfriend agrees, I can arrange for someone to come and cut open the imperial jadeite. If the jade inside is even bigger, then the price could easily be several times higher."
Zeng Mo's heart was usually pretty calm about money. But this was the first time he'd seen so much money, and he couldn't help feeling a little overwhelmed.
Still, he wasn't exactly thrilled.
He knew jadeite wasn't cheap, but he'd underestimated its value. At most, he'd thought he might make around a thousand pounds.
He hadn't expected the market price for this jadeite to be so much higher than he'd imagined. And that was only the price if he had Shi Mingqiang cut open the stone.
If it was cut open and half a palm-sized piece of jadeite was revealed, wouldn't it be worth eight times more?
And the jadeite he had in his bag was piled up in a huge heap.
His family had a whole pile of it.
His family had a fortune.
What a fortune that would make the world go wild with envy.
Who could stay calm and collected when faced with such immense wealth, no matter how indifferent they were to fame and fortune?
Zeng Mo took a deep breath. "Then I'll leave it to you, Uncle Shi."
"All right."
Shi Mingqiang's voice was filled with excitement. He immediately picked up the phone and arranged for the head of the most upscale jewelry company in the city to come over.
At the same time.
The beautiful young woman who had left Shi Mingqiang's apartment was on the 21st floor, carrying an original jadeite rock that she and Shi Mingqiang had just cut open.
But, as usual, there was no one guarding the courtyard entrance, so she couldn't get inside. On top of that, she'd had to spend all day fending off people who wanted to take advantage of her, their minds filled with sordid schemes.
After changing her mind, she returned to the 20th floor and planned to talk to Shi Mingqiang again. She couldn't learn what she wanted from their conversation, so she could only ask about the original jadeite rock in his hand.
But he had his hands full with that original jadeite rock.
She had a keen eye. She could tell that the stone contained imperial jadeite.
It was worth far more than she'd estimated.
When she showed up again at the entrance to Shi Mingqiang's apartment.
Shi Mingqiang quickly opened the door and ushered Zeng Mo and the others inside. A short while later, the security guard sent over the original jadeite rock they'd been waiting for.
"Brother Shi, I'm not interrupting, am I?" The beautiful young woman stood at the doorway, tapped lightly, and smiled.
When Shi Mingqiang saw her standing at the door, he rose from the sofa and went over. "Miss Shi, not at all."
"Brother Shi, I'd like to talk with you. I'll sell you the original jadeite rock in my hand." The beautiful young woman said.
Shi Mingqiang stood in front of her and nodded. "All right. But if you insist on getting that piece of amber, you'll have to wait until the jadeite in my hands is cut open."
The beautiful young woman hesitated, then finally made a firm decision. "Okay."
"Then come in and sit for a while. Wait a moment." Shi Mingqiang said, pulling out his phone to check the time. He added, "I'll go down to the lobby and bring the chief of security up."
"Okay."
The beautiful young woman nodded and walked into the apartment.
She'd originally planned to sit on the sofa.
But when she walked into the living room, she noticed the huge stone in Zeng Mo's hands. She was instantly drawn to the faint, deep green glow shining through the cracks.
She didn't know much about jadeite.
But her keen eye told her that the original jadeite rock in Zeng Mo's hands was far more valuable than the one she had.
Immediately.
She sat down beside Zeng Mo, who was holding the rock, and greeted him and Li Yu Lin. "Are you also here to sell the original jadeite rock to Brother Shi?"
Zeng Mo had just been thinking about how to find the pretty young woman and earn his first Survival Points through the "I'll beat her up and teach her a lesson" routine.
Now that she'd approached him on her own, he felt a surge of excitement and calmly replied, "Oh, I happened to find a piece of original jadeite. I heard Brother Shi was here, so I came over. At the very least, I can sell it for a couple of thousand pounds."
The beautiful young woman drew in a sharp breath.
The corner of Zeng Mo's mouth lifted slightly. It seemed he'd hooked her.
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