The Beautiful Boss's Personal Bodyguard
Chapter 136

Chapter 136: Chapter 136

Ye Tian shook his head with a smile, "Who would have thought there were so many rules involved? If someone with incredibly good luck gambled on stones, they’d surely make a killing."

"Hehe, that’s just a beautiful thought. In the end, luck is still based on skill. Come on, Ye Tian, take a look at the stones over here."

Old Man Shi walked toward an area where the crowd was denser. Ye Tian glanced back at the discarded rough stone on the ground, his eyes filled with confusion, but ultimately, he followed Old Man Shi.

"Ye Tian, look, this is a stone that is widely favored."

Without Old Man Shi saying anything, Ye Tian could already tell that the basin-sized stone at the center of the crowd was the one people were bullish on.

"Ye Tian, remember, good stones are generally covered with python patterns. See? The pattern on the surface of this stone."

Isn’t it? Reminded by Old Man Shi, Ye Tian finally noticed that the pattern on the stone really did resemble the pattern on a python’s skin.

"Does having a python pattern guarantee a price increase?"

"Not necessarily. With bad luck, you could end up with nothing."

At this point, Ye Tian and Old Man Shi smiled at each other. Summing up stone gambling to luck was indeed quite amusing.

Not particularly interested in this place, it wasn’t long before Ye Tian saw Little Bun looking around, probably searching for him. Ye Tian waved at him, and sure enough, as soon as Little Bun saw Ye Tian, he hurried over.

"Hurry, Xing’s sister, there’s trouble!"

"What happened? Who dares to cause her trouble?"

While walking, Ye Tian also learned the full story. It turned out that Chen Xing had her eye on a piece of Ming Dynasty official kiln porcelain that Liu Hao was also interested in. Although both of them were interested at the same time, because Liu Hao had paid a deposit first, Chen Xing had no choice but to give up. Hearing that there was a good rough stone in the stone field today, rumored to yield jadeite, Chen Xing intended to buy it. Unfortunately, Liu Hao insisted on competing with her for the rough stone and paid the deposit right in front of her. Although Chen Xing was the first to arrive, she didn’t have cash on hand, and the only card she had was given to Ye Tian, meaning the stone theoretically belonged to Liu Hao as well. However, Miss Chen of the Chen family’s temperament wouldn’t swallow this defeat, and she slapped Liu Hao on the spot. Little Bun, seeing that things were going south, could only call Ye Tian over.

Oh my, the madam really has a bold heart, daring to lift her hand in front of a group of men, not fearing to be torn apart by them.

The scene was not as out of control as imagined. By the time Ye Tian arrived, the commotion had died down, with Chen Xing standing aside, fuming, and Liu Hao opposite her. Between the two stood Master Zhang, who was carefully examining the giant rough stone at the center of the field with a magnifying glass.

The stone was indeed massive. Ye Tian had seen many along the way, but this one was the biggest, roughly as tall as an adult. Master Zhang, being about the same height as Ye Tian, had to tiptoe slightly to get a full view of the stone.

"Ye Tian!"

"Huh?"

"When it’s time for the stone cutting, you go up and say this stone is yours, and it has nothing to do with me. I just helped you out a bit."

Looking at Chen Xing’s serious expression, Ye Tian numbly nodded, "Understood."

"What a wimp!" What Chen Xing despised the most was men who turned dumb when faced with issues, especially Ye Tian’s current look, which was no different from an idiot. It was just a broken stone; what was the big deal?

"Miss Chen, how much for this stone?"

"Not expensive, just 20 million. Why are your eyes bulging out? Going to eat me or something?"

Ye Tian wasn’t shocked by the price. Back when he was on a mission in the Arab region, he even carried gold bars in a car, so this small amount of money was nothing to him. But, such a lousy stone, how could it be worth 20 million?

While Ye Tian was still astonished, Master Zhang, who seemed to have completed his observation, finally stood up. He stared at the stone and gently shook his head, then bent down again with a magnifying glass to carefully inspect it.

Seeing Master Zhang shaking his head, the surrounding people also began to discuss,

"Master Zhang shook his head; perhaps the stone is not as good as people say."

"Exactly. Master Zhang’s word is law. If he says it’s no good, then in all likelihood, it’s just a waste."

"That’s not necessarily true. Such a huge stone, even if we don’t get a huge piece, as long as there’s a bit of green, that could still yield quite a lot."

The crowd nodded in agreement.

Chen Xing also seemed quite nervous, biting her lower lip, watching the stone at the center intently. Meanwhile, more and more people gathered outside the scene, coming to see the stone that had been hyped up to 20 million.

After his final inspection, Master Zhang finally stood up again, his expression somewhat excited, and Chen Xing, who had been biting her teeth, relaxed.

"Master Zhang, how’s the stone?"

"You can see green."

With those three words, Master Zhang sat down on a nearby Taishi chair and closed his eyes with an air of tranquility.

Ye Tian was somewhat puzzled. People called you over, and you just say three words to them? What kind of response is that?

"That’s the demeanor of a master. A simple sentence, but it can determine the fate of a stone. If he says it can go up, it’s very likely right. You should know, his single word can mean hundreds of thousands or even millions," Old Man Shi explained to Ye Tian, seeing the look in his eyes.

"What if he’s in cahoots with people here faking it? Maybe the stone has already been switched out."

Old Man Shi shook his head, "The reason people are keen on gambling stones is precisely because it’s a field without any fakery, as there aren’t any instruments that can detect whether there is jade inside. On the other hand, while there is fake and restored stone, if you can’t identify that, you can only blame your own lack of skill."

I see, so that’s how it is. Ye Tian nodded.

"Moreover, like the situation you mentioned, that wouldn’t happen. All those called masters have been recognized through decades of experience accumulation; they definitely would not collude with others to fake stones. Besides, their value is not something that can be measured simply by money. For a gambling stone field to have a master like him watching over it is worth much more than just the millions or billions. Look around; at least half of these people came for Master Zhang."