"You really don't know quality when you see it, do you? This is genuine Hetian jade." Li Yichen rolled his eyes at him. "If you don't want it, forget it."
"I do... Who said I didn't?" Wang Bo immediately snatched it from him. "You wouldn't actually take back a gift, would you?"
Li Yichen had wanted to say, "Sure I would," but held his tongue. He merely curled his lip in disdain, then said, "Spend some extra time teaching Fang Enmeng over the next few days. Call me if anything comes up."
With that, he headed slowly toward the dormitory building without waiting for Wang Bo's reply.
"Hetian jade? Is it real?" Wang Bo held the stone in his hand and examined it closely. Sure enough, it really was different from an ordinary rock. It felt smooth and lustrous to the touch.
Suddenly, he remembered a classmate who had learned nothing useful in four years of college and loved collecting strange rocks. They usually called him the "Stone Fanatic."
So he quickly made a video call.
It rang for a long time before the call connected. A disheveled young man appeared on the screen, holding an oddly shaped rock and staring at it in a trance.
"Still playing with your rocks? Aren't you going to find a company to intern at?" Wang Bo asked.
"What ordinary company would want me? I'd rather spend that time finding a couple more rocks," the young man replied offhandedly. "What do you need? If it's nothing, I'm hanging up."
"Don't hang up yet," Wang Bo said hurriedly. "I just got a stone, and I'd like you to take a look at it."
"What kind of stone? Quick, let me see." The young man, who had been busy admiring his rock and seemed unwilling to