"But that's the truth." The saleswoman couldn't help talking back, then muttered under her breath, "No money, yet you're still so loud..."
"Say that again..." Hu Jing bristled at once, pointing to her necklace. "My Brother Tao just bought this for me. It cost eighty-eight thousand!"
Then she pinched the two-carat diamond in the center and yelled, "Open your eyes and look! This is a two-carat natural diamond. Have you ever even seen one?"
Just then, the diamond in Hu Jing's hand gave a faint crack, then immediately shattered, spilling countless diamond fragments out of its platinum setting.
"Ah..." Hu Jing froze, staring blankly at the pendant, now nothing but an empty setting. She couldn't say a word.
She wasn't the only one. Everyone present was stunned. "Was that a diamond or glass? How could it shatter?"
The saleswoman at the Stone Pavilion even instinctively stepped back, hurriedly waving her hands. "This has nothing to do with me..."
"My diamond..." Only then did Hu Jing come to her senses. She quickly dropped to the floor and kept sweeping the diamond fragments together with her hands.
"Brother Tao... what do we do?" It took her a long while to get back up. Holding a small pile of diamond fragments, she sobbed with tears in her eyes.
Shen Zitao's face turned green. Whatever else, he had paid real money for it. It had only been a few minutes, and now it was gone?
"Bastards... how dare they sell fakes!" Shen Zitao said angrily. "Come on. Let's go find them."
"Yes... let's go find them... I'll show them I'm not that easy to fool," Hu Jing said through gritted teeth.
"Hey... don't leave yet..." Just then, Li Yichen stopped them. "Listen... Tao, or whatever your name is, you should pay before you leave..."