Chapter 43

This stone gambling shop is very spacious, covering an area of more than 100 square meters, divided into five or six sections of varying sizes. The largest section is in the middle, and these sections are piled with different amounts of jade rough stones.

"Third Brother, see that? The largest pile in the middle is priced at one thousand yuan per kilogram, this side is five thousand, and that side is ten thousand. The ones displayed on those shelves are not priced by weight but by piece, with the cheapest starting at several hundred thousand yuan. There are also half-gambling jade stones with windows opened, as well as fully opened jade stones," Wang Qiang began to introduce to He Dong as soon as they walked in.

In fact, He Dong was not really listening to what Wang Qiang was saying at all. His attention was completely drawn to the jade rough stones. These ordinary stones, when seen through the eyes of the Truth-Seeing Eye, immediately transformed into variously colored jade pieces before He Dong's eyes.

Moreover, the quality of the jade in this room was indeed much better than that outside. Even in the pile of jade rough stones priced at one thousand yuan per kilogram, He Dong found quite a few pieces with rich, vibrant green colors. The quality of the jade priced at ten thousand yuan per kilogram and sold by piece was even better.

Perhaps because it was Sunday, there were many people selecting jade stones in the hall, making it quite chaotic. However, He Dong did not care much about this. He walked straight to the pile of jade rough stones in the middle with his eyes wide open.

"Third Brother, let me tell you how to pick the rough stones to have a chance of getting good jade! You see, these jade raw materials, when mined from the mountains, all have a thick layer of skin...!" Wang Qiang was very earnest in guiding He Dong.

"Boss, you don't need to tell me so much. I just want to play around and try my luck. There's no need to learn all these professional things!" As Wang Qiang delved deeper into the subject, talking about the characteristics of the skin and the direction of the texture, He Dong felt dizzy. Wang Xuewu and Zhao Xinxin had already run off to play on their own.

"Ha ha, you're right. What I said is just for some auxiliary guidance. Even experts find it hard to judge a small piece of jade. Since it's a gamble, no one has a sure chance of winning, so luck is also key!" Wang Qiang said with a smile.

"Today, we're playing for luck, just a matter of eye appeal. Boss, look at that stone, doesn't it look like a monkey's head? Let's start with this one today, how about it?" He Dong pointed to a jade rough stone weighing about twenty kilograms in the one-thousand-yuan-per-kilogram area.

"Sure, it's your money, your choice. Buy whichever one you like!" Wang Qiang didn't know how to advise He Dong on his method of selecting the rough stones. Since the cost wasn't too high and He Dong was wealthy, Wang Qiang didn't say much more.

"Alright, let's buy this one!" He Dong walked up excitedly and picked up the rough stone that contained a piece of top-quality jade.

"Wow, Master, you picked it so quickly! But why is this stone so ugly?" Zhao Xinxin suddenly appeared in front of He Dong as he was about to go to the counter to pay.

"Never judge anything by its appearance!" He Dong said calmly.

"Right, I believe the rough stone you picked will definitely yield top-quality jade!" Zhao Xinxin said with great confidence.

"Of course, don't you know who...! Don't you know who I am!" He Dong was flattered by Zhao Xinxin's praise and almost admitted to being her master, but he quickly regained his composure and changed his words.

"Boastful! You don't know anything and still want to play stone gambling!" At that moment, a hateful voice suddenly rang out.

"You don't know anything, and your whole family doesn't know anything!" Zhao Xinxin was already in a bad mood because He Dong had almost admitted to being her master but then changed his mind. Hearing someone interrupt and provoke them, her dissatisfaction erupted.

"Little girl, did your parents not teach you how to speak and respect others?" The speaker was a man in his forties wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He looked at Zhao Xinxin sternly, but He Dong easily noticed that his eyes were wandering over Zhao Xinxin's chest.

"Respect is mutual. We don't know you, yet you come over and call us boastful and ignorant. Can you speak properly? Do you know how to respect others? Do you have manners?" Zhao Xinxin glared at him and questioned.

"You... you...!" Zhang Yang's face turned red with anger. As a professor at Tianyang University's Geology College, he was used to being flattered and praised. This was the first time he had been questioned and insulted.

Zhang Yang did have some genuine expertise in geology and a deep understanding of jade rough stones. He was often invited by wealthy people to help them with stone gambling, which had made him arrogant over time.

Moreover, Zhang Yang was extremely lustful and had often taken advantage of his position as a professor to harm innocent female students. When Zhao Xinxin, who looked like a young girl, appeared, she had captivated him.

His interruption was actually to attract Zhao Xinxin's attention. According to his plan, after lecturing her, he would show off his knowledge to make her admire him, and she would then willingly come to him. This tactic had always worked for him before, but his expectations were far from reality, and now he was in a very awkward position.

"Isn't this Young Master Qiang?" At that moment, another voice that both He Dong and Wang Qiang disliked appeared.

"Cheng Tianlei! What do you want?" Wang Qiang looked at him with a dark expression.

"Young Master Cheng!" As soon as Cheng Tianlei appeared, the arrogant Zhang Yang immediately became submissive, his face full of flattery.

"Old Li's place is getting worse. How can just any stray cat or dog get in here?" Cheng Tianlei first looked at Zhao Xinxin greedily, his eyes filled with unhidden possessiveness, then glanced at He Dong with disdain.

Although Cheng Tianlei had only had one brief conflict with He Dong, he already hated him to the core. If it weren't for the mysterious conflict with Sun Sheng and the recent major changes in Tianyang City's political scene, which his family had advised him to be more restrained, he would have already found a way to deal with He Dong again.

"You're the stray cat or dog! And you're a mad cat or dog with rabies, otherwise why would you bite people everywhere?" Although Zhao Xinxin didn't know Cheng Tianlei, from his expression, she knew he was definitely an enemy of her master. She was never polite to enemies.