Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 330: Open Stone 316

Chapter 330: Open Stone 316

He had contacted Gu Xing with much difficulty, knowing that the latter recently acquired a batch of good goods, but Gu had invested most of his money into the Raw Stone Market and was not in a hurry to sell back the batch for a return.

Song Qinglong had no choice but to bring Xiao Chi, who was very experienced with Raw Stones, hoping to please Gu Xing into loosening up and selling his goods.

In addition, the Du Family seemed to be part of this purchasing procession at the Raw Stone Market!

"Brother Xing, look, that’s my former brother-in-law, Du Manchang," Song Qinglong whispered to Gu Xing, "His family deals in the Jade Stone Industry, and I had wanted to introduce him to Brother Xing before. With your influence, even if he just tagged along for the trickle-down, he could make a fortune! Yet he prides himself on his integrity and refuses to cut deals, insisting on finding his own partners, and that’s how he ended up getting involved with Chen Luo..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Xing’s ferocious eyebrows frowned even tighter.

As the local strongman of this area, with the Raw Stone Circle being terribly chaotic, who wouldn’t take the initiative to pay for peace?

Yet the Du Family did not understand the rules, they didn’t offer tribute, they didn’t discuss the sixty-forty split, and instead sought out Chen Luo to carve a bloody path for themselves...

Heh, he hadn’t wanted to bother with these people before.

But to think that Chen Luo’s territory was growing bigger, and was starting to rival his own, how could Gu Xing tolerate this?!

If it had been just the Du Family, Gu Xing might have let it go; but there was also his archenemy Chen Luo...

Gu Xing’s eyes darkened.

Hmph!

This piece of Raw Stone in the market today was being closely watched by countless people! He had sought out a Master early on to inspect it, and the consensus was that the stone was good and could be secured for about forty million yuan.

If Chen Luo came with the Du Family, then they must be prepared to clash with him to the death!

He certainly wouldn’t yield easily.

With this thought, he walked forward with a grim expression.

"Brother Xing is here!"

"It’s Brother Xing! Make way!"

"Greetings, Brother Xing!"

The crowd that had buzzed around instantly gave way and formed a path upon seeing him arrive.

Gu Xing was notoriously ferocious in this area.

He once used manipulative tactics at a high-end Gambling Stone auction to defeat many competitors with ease and secured precious jadeite for himself.

A daring Gambling Stone novice challenged him, and Gu Xing led him straight into a trap, resulting in the challenger losing everything, even his wife, to Gu Xing!

There was also a Gambling Stone expert who had publicly exposed his scheming plot, and not long after, the expert’s corpse was found floating on the sea... Many who saw the body said that the man was covered with wounds, clearly having suffered greatly before death!

With such power, means, and a vengeful nature, who would dare provoke him?

Aside from Chen Luo and Du Manchang, who stood their ground, everyone else receded obediently, not wanting to anger this unpredictable tycoon.

As soon as Gu Xing saw Chen Luo, his face turned even darker, "Brother Chen, you’re also here to check out the stones?"

"What a strange question you ask. I’m in the Raw Stone business, should I be watching you instead of the stones?"

The two faced each other, tit for tat.

One tall and strong, the other short and plump, neither of their presences yielding to the other.

Seeing this confrontation, who would dare stay and watch the excitement between the two big shots? They quickly dispersed like scared birds, each going to other stalls to select stones.

Yan Yueqing had already hired people to push a cart over, "Big Brother Du, I’ve bought some stones!"

Seeing the cart full of stones, Du Manchang was quite surprised, "Miss Yan, you’ve bought so many stones?"

"Yeah, I bought quite a few that caught my eye~~"

She not only took down all the stones that Jun Lii and her sons had picked, but even those fifty-plus "carefully" selected by herself were all put into the trolley for checkout.

After all, she was going to have a master cutter open the stones soon; if all the stones turned out to be top-quality jade, she estimated she would attract the attention of some interested parties!

Wealth should not be flaunted~

She’s not afraid of trouble, but that doesn’t mean she likes trouble coming to her door.

If she can avoid many problems effortlessly, why not do it?

"Big Brother Du, I see there are quite a few stonecutting masters here; I don’t know which one is good. I would like to ask him to help me cut open the stones," she said.

Du Manchang immediately nodded, "There’s a Master Chen, who is Brother Luo’s relative. His stonecutting skills are very good; I’ll take you to him."

Chen Luo saw Gu Xing’s lecherous gaze linger on Yan Yueqing but unlike before, he now stole glances with cautiousness?!

"We’ve checked out this stone thoroughly; we’ll come back when the auction starts. Let’s go, first, let’s cut open the stones Miss Yan picked."

After the group left, Gu Xing reluctantly retracted his gaze, and his tone suddenly turned cold as he instructed the few masters following him, "You go and take a good look at this stone again."

"Yes."

Song Qinglong saw them examining the stone with lights and discussing amongst themselves; he felt a bit itchy inside.

If such a large stone could produce jade, how much could it earn?

He tentatively spoke up, "Brother Xing, I noticed that Chen Luo and Du Manchang... seem rather determined to get this stone!"

"Hmmph, with me here, it won’t be easy for them to take the stone away," Gu Xing said with great confidence.

Song Qinglong suggested tactfully, "I’ve also prepared some money, not much, just about three hundred million yuan. If they push the price too high, I am willing to give these three hundred million to Brother Xing at any time..."

Gu Xing caught his drift and mockingly laughed at his scheming, "How could I just take your money? Are you saying you want to invest in this stone? Heh... How do we split the share?"

"Naturally, Brother Xing has the final say," grinned Song Qinglong, like a fawning lackey, "If Brother Xing has a piece of meat to eat, won’t there be a sip of soup for his little brother?"

The man who said this didn’t even realize that he had brought his daughter with him!

At home, where he was the head of the household, in T-country he lived like a dog tethered by others, wagging his tail desperately to please his master whenever he saw him...

Song Xiaoxiao’s eyelashes drooped as she felt extremely complex emotions.

But this subservient attitude of his was clearly pleasing to Gu Xing.

His self-esteem, which had been slightly bruised by Jun Lii, finally found some solace with Song Qinglong.

"Alright then, I’ll let you buy in. If we really can cut something good out, we’ll split the share according to your investment ratio..." he said with absolute certainty, never mentioning what would happen if they lost?

It was as if the whole stone was filled with good products, already his for the taking.

Meanwhile, Yan Yueqing was already excitedly picking stones.

She first chose three raw stones she had picked herself, then two glutinous variety ordinary stones that Jun Lii had selected.

Master Chen, with his years of experience, looked carefully at the five stones the girl handed over, "Do you want to rub first or cut directly?"

"Rubbing" refers to rubbing off the surface skin of the stone to create a window.

Cutting means selecting a line and cutting directly through it.

Truth be told, the outlook of these five stones wasn’t very promising; rubbing to create a window didn’t seem meaningful.

But in the Jade Stone Industry, there are never any absolutes; what if one cut could reach a complete jade flesh, wouldn’t that just break one’s heart?

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