I'm Really Going to Become an Immortal
Chapter 282 - 206 This Man Has a Different Style_2

Chapter 282: Chapter 206 This Man Has a Different Style_2

In the center of the circle, a vendor in traditional clothing stood behind a simply constructed wooden table.

The table neatly arranged with huge Pearl Clams, their shells casting a subtle rainbow sheen, akin to mysterious treasure boxes in the deep sea.

As the vendor shouted loudly, the surrounding noise seemed to abruptly halt, all eyes focusing on the tools in his hands—a specially made small knife and a thick glove.

The vendor skillfully put on the glove, picked a clam, and gently pried at the seam, accompanied by a soft "crack" sound, the clam shell slowly opened, as if unveiling nature’s secret.

Children in the crowd widened their eyes, and adults held their breath, anticipation and excitement written on everyone’s face.

A fresh scent of seawater immediately permeated the air, followed by the vendor carefully using the knife to separate the clam meat, revealing pearls that glowed softly; some as round as the full moon, others slightly irregular, yet each captivating in its own way.

Bursts of amazement and applause erupted from the onlookers, while the sound of camera shutters clicked incessantly, capturing this rare spectacle.

A man wearing a baseball cap, excitedly secured the opened pearls, he seemed to have struck it rich.

This made many around him eager to try their luck.

"Looks like my luck isn’t too bad."

"Let me buy another one; brother, do you want to try your luck again and make up for the losses?"

The man in the baseball cap said with a smile to someone next to him.

This tempted the person spoken to.

In a way,

It had a bit of the flavor of gambling on stones.

Gambling on stones is a traditional custom originating from Jade raw stone trading, mainly prevalent in Hua Country’s Yunnan Ruili, Si Hui, Guangdong, and other jade processing hubs, as well as jade-producing areas like Myanmar.

It is a high-risk, high-reward trading method, akin to gambling in the stone.

Due to the jade’s raw stones typically being covered with a weathered outer shell, it’s difficult to directly observe the quality inside, making it a gamble to cut high-quality jade from them.

The scene at this gathering bore some similarities.

Pay for a clam, then the vendor would open it on the spot.

For most who were there for the excitement, whether or not they’d find a pearl was entirely up to chance, as was the likelihood of finding a valuable, perfectly round pearl.

Wang Shanshan and her friend Deng Yuezhao also stood nearby, curiously watching this unfold.

Since quitting her job as a host at Sichuan Traffic Broadcasting, she had returned to the city where she attended university and had been hanging out with old classmates until today.

Planning to play for another week before thinking about work.

Today, they had specially come to this market to play, and seeing this unfamiliar scene of opening clams increased their worldliness.

However, compared to her friend, who had gone straight to teaching after graduation and lacked any real-world experience, Wang Shanshan felt like she had realized something.

After standing there for a while,

She noticed that every time the guy in the baseball cap made a move, he almost always found something good.

This made many nearby customers follow his lead, but others’ success rates at finding pearls clearly were not as high as his.

Clearly, the man was a plant.

Wang Shanshan was certain of it.

She watched the man in the baseball cap coax others around him to buy together, then she whispered to her good friend Deng Yuezhao, "This guy always gets something when he opens one himself; I bet the man he coaxed won’t get anything."

Deng Yuezhao reflected on it and realized that seemed to be the case.

However, the man in the baseball cap hadn’t had a hundred percent success rate, and those around him who paid to open clams didn’t always fail to find pearls.

Thus, combined with the bustling atmosphere, this detail was momentarily overlooked by the crowd.

The two women looked towards the man who had been persuaded to spend five hundred yuan on a Pearl Clam.

Once the Pearl Clam was chosen and opened,

People around expectantly turned to look, chanting in unison, "Come on! Come on! Come on!"

But then, almost simultaneously, they sighed in disappointment.

Evidently, it was a miss again.

The vendor flipped the opened Pearl Clam over and over, finding nothing.

"Ah, brother, that’s too bad. You’re just unlucky," the baseball cap man patted the shoulder of the man who had not found any pearls, his tone carrying a pretense of consolation.

Then, with a smile, the baseball cap man approached the stall, muttering to himself, "Now, let me pick one."

His gaze wandered indecisively,

As if hesitating over what to choose.

"I’ll pick... this one!"

After a moment’s hesitation, as if he had finally found something he liked, the baseball cap man reached out, smiling.

However, Wang Shanshan, who had been watching for a long time, quickly stepped forward, snatching the Pearl Clam before the baseball cap man could touch it.

"I’ll open this one."

Wang Shanshan smiled, playfully shaking the Pearl Clam in her hand.

The man in the duckbill cap seemed to hesitate for a moment.

"This...this is the one I picked!"

"Look, boss!"

The man in the duckbill cap glared, looking somewhat angry.

Upon seeing this, the stall owner stood up.

He seemed a bit flustered when he said, "Little sister, you’re breaking the rules here; this one was indeed chosen by someone else."

But Wang Shanshan, having seen quite a bit of the world, was not intimidated at all and replied firmly, "Wasn’t I the one who picked it up first? Stall owner, I’ll open this one."

Her tone was especially resolute.

"Little sister, this clam looks different, it’s more expensive than the other five hundred yuan ones."

"If you want to open it, it’ll be four thousand!"

"How about this, don’t take this one. I’ll give you two others, how does that sound?"

The stall owner hesitated for a moment before speaking.

His expression clearly showed that he was trying his best to dissuade Wang Shanshan from opening it.

However, Wang Shanshan confidently smiled and said, "Open it, I like playing with the expensive ones!"

Saying this,

she scanned a payment code and then handed over the pearl clam she was holding.

Then she moved closer to the stall owner, ready to watch the whole process of opening the clam closely to avoid any trickery.

Upon seeing this, the stall owner no longer said much.

He cleanly and neatly used a knife to open the pearl clam in his hand.

Including Wang Shanshan and Deng Yuezhao, the surrounding crowd stretched their necks in curiosity to watch.

But the result was...

nothing!

Apart from the clam meat, there wasn’t even an irregular pearl inside.

Seeing this,

there was a sigh of disappointment among the crowd, who then started to pay attention to see if there would be another person opening a clam.

Meanwhile, Wang Shanshan fell silent.

The man wearing the duckbill cap, grinning, came over and said, "Hehe, thanks, little sis, you saved me some money."

The stall owner also glanced at Wang Shanshan with a smile, then continued to promote pearl clams to other people.

Although he said nothing,

Wang Shanshan felt a trace of contempt and mockery.

At that moment, Wang Shanshan immediately realized,

she might have been... scammed?

She thought she saw through it all, but in reality, she was being played by these cunning people.

Anger flashed through her heart.

Looking at the few people in front of her who were smiling and getting ready to start opening clams again, Wang Shanshan wanted to immediately flip their stall.

But Deng Yuezhao next to her seemed to realize this and was firmly holding onto her arm.

Silent for a moment,

Wang Shanshan understood that if she exposed them now, there might be some plants in the crowd, and the two of them, being weak women, might face some danger.

So, she decided to leave immediately to look for an official to report.

Although the officials might not be able to manage these sly actions at all, she thought she should try to report it.

Thinking this way,

she caught sight of a man slowly approaching from the corner of her eye.

That was vaguely a familiar-looking man.

He had a huge aquarium with a giant bone snake fish on his shoulder, which looked impressively oppressive.

The surrounding crowd instinctively stepped back a bit, fearing being accidentally hit by the large aquarium he was carrying.

This created a space around him almost instantly.

His whole wild and tough demeanor seemed completely different from the petty people around him.

Looking at this extraordinary man approaching, both the stall owner and the man in the duckbill cap instinctively swallowed and did not dare say much.

"Looks fun."

"Open a few for me."

The man then placed the huge aquarium on the ground, his face breaking into a smile as he spoke.

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