Chapter 62

There are no direct flights from Spring City to Ruili; one must first go to Baoshan and then transfer to a bus. The distance from Baoshan to Ruili is nearly 300 kilometers, and the road is not easy to travel, taking about five to six hours to reach.

After having breakfast at the hotel, the group took a taxi straight to the airport. The Spring City airport is in the city center and is quite small. It is said that plans for a new airport have been approved, but it will be located further away.

After exchanging their boarding passes, there was still some time left. Chang Linlin enthusiastically dragged Zhong Qi to browse in the specialty stores, and it was truly a mystery how these girls could be so obsessed with shopping, as if it was deeply ingrained in their bones.

Wu Di ran outside the airport to smoke. From a distance, he saw three people get off a bus and walk toward him. He couldn't help but smile wryly. He wondered if he had any connection with that piece of Tianhuang stone, but it seemed that the young woman in front of him was truly destined to be connected to him.

Meng Yao teased Li Lichang, who was pushing his luggage with a frown, suggesting he go to the capital to work, so he could be closer to Wen Lan. Li Lichang, who had finally secured a position in the government, was conflicted. He had pursued Wen Lan for four years in school, but she had never shown any special interest in him. He thought that coming to Spring City to find her as a tour guide would be a chance for him, but it turned out to be a real trip. Now that they were about to fly away, he wondered if he should meet the daughter of the bureau chief introduced by his family.

Wen Lan scolded Meng Yao while playing with a small piece of jadeite, which she had bought for 1,700 yuan and obtained from cutting three stones. It was enough to make a pendant for both her and Meng Yao. She accidentally turned her head and saw the black-faced man standing by the trash can, staring at her with a cigarette in his mouth.

Meng Yao almost saw Wu Di at the same time and, noticing Wen Lan's expression, couldn't help but laugh. These two seemed to have a real connection! Spring City wasn't particularly large or small, but these two kept running into each other over the past few days. If they ended up on the same flight to the capital, it would be too much of a coincidence.

Wu Di hastily threw away his cigarette and quickly walked up to the three, smiling.

"Hello, I'm Wu Di. Are you also leaving today?"

"This is Meng Yao and Li Lichang. I'm Wen Lan. Nice to meet you. It seems we've been meeting quite frequently these past few days, huh? Hehe."

Wen Lan was quite natural and found it a bit amusing. A moment of kindness had somehow led to a tangled connection with this guy.

Wu Di composed himself and smiled.

"Jade enthusiasts believe in the connection with jade. This is all about fate."

Meng Yao burst out laughing.

"Let's go, let's go! The plane won't wait for us! Black guy, were you waiting for us here? Sorry, we're about to head back to the capital."

"Capital? I'm going to Baoshan, to the Ruili jade market."

"Wow, the jade market! Come here, if you bribe me with a good piece of jade now, I'll give you Wen Lan's contact information, her birthday, her hobbies, and even how she sleeps."

She said the last part in a low voice, but it was loud enough for everyone to hear. Li Lichang's face turned as dark as Wu Di's. Wen Lan, not having time to explain to Wu Di, kicked Meng Yao's sexy little butt.

Meng Yao giggled and hid behind Wu Di. Wu Di watched them play, and quietly held a piece of jadeite in his hand. It was the baby-fist-sized fuchsite that Zhong Qi had cut from the stone with many bumps. After Chang Linlin obtained the jadeite, she returned it to Wu Di.

Wen Lan, with a black line on her forehead, explained to Wu Di.

"She's always like this, don't mind her."

Wu Di kept his right hand behind his back and showed the jadeite to Meng Yao. Her eyes lit up, and she walked out boldly, patting Wen Lan's shoulder roughly.

"Blue sister, you go ahead and queue up. I have a few words to say to this brother."

Without waiting for Wen Lan's agreement, she pushed her to face the entrance and moved her forward a few steps. Li Lichang also urged her from the side. Wen Lan, with a cute wave of her small fist, went ahead.

A white, delicate hand reached out to Wu Di. Wu Di smiled and placed the jadeite in Meng Yao's palm, the smoothness of her fingertips making his heart flutter.

Meng Yao excitedly held the jadeite up to the sun, pouting.

"Adi, it doesn't seem very transparent?"

Wu Di smiled wryly.

"Spring City doesn't have much good stuff. If I find a good stone in Ruili, I'll definitely save one for you."

Meng Yao's large, dark eyes twinkled, and she said,

"Get ready to take notes, I'll only say this once."

Wu Di took out his phone and recorded the number Meng Yao gave him. Seeing that he was still looking at her, she asked,

"Adi, is there anything else you want to ask your big sister?"

"Your number?"

Meng Yao pretended to be angry.

"Who would have thought you're such a greedy guy! Humph, don't even think about me saying I know you in the future."

Seeing Wu Di's somewhat bewildered look, she giggled and ran toward the entrance.

"Dummy, that's my number. Trying to bypass me to chase girls? Come to the capital!"

Wu Di's plane soared into the sky. Wen Lan was questioning Meng Yao for the third time.

"Did you really say nothing?"

"Oh, you're so annoying. I've told you three hundred times, I didn't reveal any of your information! Are you going through menopause?"

The two girls started bickering, and the men in the waiting room greedily watched the two equally beautiful young girls, their hearts filled with desire.

Suddenly, Meng Yao's big eyes twinkled, and she covered her mouth with her hand.

"Oh no, I made a big mistake!"

"What mistake? Did you really sell me out?"

Meng Yao shook her head cutely, like Xiang Linsao.

"I'm so silly, really. Why didn't I give him your number? If I had, you wouldn't be纠缠着我 (bothering me) here, would you?"

Saying that, she jumped up and ran away, her dynamic thighs and flexible waist catching many people's eyes.

Ruili is a small border town in Yunnan Province, bordering Myanmar. It is a famous jade gambling destination in China. Many raw jade materials are smuggled from there. Although the focus of jade trading has gradually shifted to Guangdong Province in recent years, Ruili, as a long-standing raw jade trading center, still has its own unique charm.

Upon landing, two Toyota Land Cruisers were waiting outside. After completing the handover procedures, Zhong Qi, Chang Linlin, and Wu Di took one car, and the rest took the other. They headed directly from the airport toward Ruili, planning to have lunch on the way to arrive earlier. At this moment, Chang Linlin's phone started ringing with a series of text messages. She looked down for a while and then started whispering with Zhong Qi in the back. Wu Di smiled and shook his head, continuing to drive.

On the plane, Meng Yao, seeing that Wen Lan had finally closed her eyes, secretly took out the jadeite Wu Di had given her and played with it, guessing its value.

A middle-aged man in his thirties, sitting next to her, saw the jadeite and his eyes lit up.

"Excuse me, little... Miss, can I take a look at this jadeite?"

Meng Yao shrugged and handed it over.

"Uniform color, naturally green! Little sister, how about selling it to me for 150,000 yuan?"

"Pfft, uncle, that method is too old-fashioned!"

Wen Lan, who had woken up at some point, reached over Meng Yao and grabbed the jadeite.

"It's mine."

Seeing Meng Yao flip over to grab it, the man was on the verge of tears.

"Already unlucky enough not to go to Ruili for jade gambling, now I'm even mistaken for a perverted uncle..."

He wanted to shout, "My child is already in elementary school!" But then he thought, it seems that men of his age are the ones who usually look for mistresses. Should he try it too?

Wen Lan took out her piece of jadeite and compared it with Meng Yao's.

"Yours seems bigger and has more water. My piece is worth about a thousand yuan, so yours should be worth about five thousand, right?"

The man's eyes darted between the two women's chests and faces, thinking to himself,

"Yours does seem bigger, but both of you have a lot of water! Spit, Liu Xing, are you really going to be a perverted uncle? Actually, I really wanted to buy it to please my mistress, no, my wife."

The two girls didn't believe the middle-aged man's offer. In their minds, how could a stranger they just met casually give away something worth tens of thousands of yuan? Even a real rich second generation wouldn't do that. They didn't realize that to Wu Di, the jadeite was just a stone he picked up, and although it was valuable, there were better ones to be found easily, so why would he cherish it particularly?

The road to Ruili had many twists and turns, but it was relatively smooth. By four in the afternoon, after a day of travel, the group checked into the pre-booked hotel, preparing to rest and gather strength for the early market in Jiegao the next day.