Jadeite Rough Market

"Ah..."

"Mm..."

Wrapped in a bath towel, Lin Xiaofei shrieked. Zhang Yang glanced at her, frowned, and gave a noncommittal grunt.

It wasn't as if he hadn't seen it all before. He was only putting on an act for Cheng Dongxue, but she didn't think much of it. What hadn't Zhang Yang seen? Wasn't it all the same?

"Hungry!"

Now that Cheng Dongxue was here, she had no intention of dressing up. This was a small town, after all. It might be wealthy, but given the surroundings, she might as well fit in.

The group got ready and went downstairs to find something to eat. There was no rush to buy stones; they were everywhere she looked.

"Jadeite is worth so much. I never imagined the rough here would be sold like vegetables."

Lin Xiaofei was stunned. She had never seen anything like it: stones of every size piled along both sides of the road, with customers, vehicles, and pedestrians moving between them.

It felt like being in a quarry.

"Heh, jadeite can be valuable, but it depends on the quality. Sometimes a whole truckload is worth next to nothing. Other times, a thumb-sized piece is worth millions."

That was the strange thing about jadeite.

"There's so much rough here. Zhang Yang, why don't you pick out a good piece and have some proper jewelry made for the two of us? Something to remember this trip by."

Lin Xiaofei was bold enough to ask. She took Cheng Dongxue's hand and urged her to join in.

Zhang Yang had been married to Cheng Dongxue for years, and it wasn't as though he had never given her decent jewelry. But now that he could afford it, he really ought to.

"Sure, but I'll have to find a piece worthy of Xiao Xue's