The Goddess's Personal Doctor
Chapter 277: The Gambler

Chapter 277: Chapter 277: The Gambler

Boss Huo always looked down on those from major families, believing they only enjoyed wealth and status because of the previous generation’s efforts.

Yet these descendants always acted capable, each wanting to prove themselves to the family, but almost invariably, they ended up botching things due to their cleverness.

Boss Huo thought Bai Xuefeng was such a person and didn’t regard him highly.

But he soon realized he had misjudged.

Bai Xuefeng had selected all the poor-quality raw stones and those he couldn’t assess himself, leaving only the good ones.

"This should be about right." Bai Xuefeng said, "Our Bai Family will take these then!"

Boss Huo became anxious, "Miss Bai, you can’t do this! We’re selling this batch by weight because the quality varies. If you pick out all the bad ones, how can we sell the rest?"

"Boss Huo, I remember you promised our Bai Family that this batch of raw stones was high quality, and the price was much higher than ordinary raw stones." Bai Xuefeng huffed, "You also said we could pick anyone we wanted, didn’t you?"

"That was just a verbal agreement, not a contract, so it doesn’t count." Boss Huo huffed, "You either take all of these or it’s a different price."

"Boss Huo, doing business isn’t done this way." Bai Xuefeng huffed, "You’ve deceived our Bai Family many times before, you must know that yourself. I was careful in selecting these, and if you find it unprofitable, we can discuss changing the price next time. But raising the price at the last minute, do you really think the Bai Family is foolish and just has money to throw away?"

"No matter what you say, the goods are here with me, I can sell if I want, or not sell if I don’t." Boss Huo put on an unconcerned facade, "Take it or leave it. If you don’t want to buy, I’ll refund the deposit now."

"You!" Bai Xuefeng was furious and wanted to say more, but was stopped by Yang Yu, "Xue Feng, don’t get angry with a person without credibility, it’s not worth it. Let’s take the deposit back and buy somewhere else."

"No problem." Boss Huo immediately transferred the thirty thousand deposit back to Bai Xuefeng, "If anywhere else has prices as low as mine, you’re free to buy there."

Boss Huo wasn’t entirely wrong; it was because his prices were relatively low that the Bai Family always came to him.

Since the others were almost as deceitful, it made sense to go with the cheapest.

But that was in the past. Yang Yu felt that since he had made the trip, he couldn’t let his apprentice return empty-handed, "I’m here, no worries. If it comes to it, we’ll just bet on stones."

"Bet on stones?" Boss Huo chuckled deviously, "Don’t blame me for not warning you. If you make a small loss or a small profit gambling on stones here, it’s no big deal. But if you make a large profit, you won’t be able to leave here safely—I’d write my name backward if you could."

Yang Yu snorted coldly, "Is it really that corrupt in a lawful society?"

"Kid, aren’t you a bit naive?" Boss Huo said with a derisive face, "Who would blatantly cause you trouble? But you’d have to take a vehicle to get back, right? A car accident or running into some lunatic—those are things no one can avoid, right?"

"Xue Feng, let’s go." Yang Yu said, "As long as we are doing legitimate business, we have no need to be afraid of them."

Bai Xuefeng, aware of Yang Yu’s capability, nodded, "Okay, Master."

After Yang Yu and his party left, Boss Huo couldn’t help but mock, "Master? I think he’s a swindler who deceives for money and pleasure. Only women from the Bai Family would fall for it. I really want to see how wretched they will be later, haha!"

Yang Yu and his companions directly went to the largest shop in the Jade Trade Market—Biqiong Shop, where a manager dressed in a high-slit purple cheongsam immediately came up, offering a slight smile, "The three of you, I am the manager here, Tong Li’er. Do you want raw stones or rough jadeite?"

"Let’s first look at the prices." Yang Yu said, "We’ll buy whichever has the appropriate price."

Tong Li’er gave a slight smile and made a welcoming gesture, "Sure, please feel free to look around."

Yang Yu looked around; the shop was divided into three specialized areas: raw stone area, rough material area, and finished product area.

Each of these specialized areas was further divided into two sections: regular and premium.

Yang Yu checked the raw stone area, where the regular section’s goods were similar to those at Boss Huo’s place, but the prices were about ten percent higher.

No wonder Boss Huo was so confident, thinking that Yang Yu and his friends couldn’t find lower-priced raw stones anywhere else — other shops were even greedier.

The quality of goods in the premium section was quite good, but the prices were extremely high.

Yang Yu could only describe it in two words: "exorbitant profit."

It was the same with the rough material area and the finished product area.

Having no choice, Yang Yu turned to Tong Li’er and said, "Manager Tong, I want to gamble on stones."

"Alright, please follow me," Tong Li’er said with a smile, leading Yang Yu and his two companions to the gambling area, "All of the raw stones are here, clearly priced, and you can pick any you like."

"Damn it! Another substandard piece!" A man in his thirties, his eyes bloodshot, exclaimed, "I don’t believe the next one will still be trash!"

The woman beside him pleaded desperately, "Honey, stop gambling; we’ve already lost everything."

"I’ve already gambled on nine pieces today, I refuse to believe that the luck of the tenth will still be so bad," the man panted, clearly trying to console himself.

The woman burst into tears, "Husband, can’t we just live a normal life? Why did you have to sell our house? We have nothing now... "

"I’m sick of this! Get lost!" the man shoved the woman away, "If it weren’t for your incessant crying, would my luck be so terrible? My cousin last month found an Emperor Green worth tens of millions and struck it rich overnight. If he can do it, why can’t I?"

The woman fell over, scraping her hands, her face filled with sorrow, "Husband, if you stop now, I can still forgive you, and we can start over. If you don’t stop now, we’re getting a divorce immediately."

"Divorce then, divorce!" the man had lost his mind completely, "After I buy this last one and uncover a raw stone worth tens of millions, I’ll kick you out for good! This one!"

The man picked a raw stone and pulled out his credit card to pay, the cashier girl smiled slightly, "Sir, you don’t have enough money; you’re short by five thousand."

"Short by five thousand?" The man turned around, his look fierce, "Give me five thousand now, hurry!"

"All my savings have been spent by you, where would I have any money left?" the woman cried out in pain, "Ah Tao, my husband, please stop!"

"Shut up!" the man yelled to the other customers around, "Who will give me five thousand? If I uncover good material, I’ll pay back ten thousand!"

Someone chuckled, "What if you don’t uncover anything?"

"If that happens..." the man’s gaze turned towards his wife, "my wife is great in bed, she’ll stay with you guys for a night!"

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