Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 177 - 176: Wealth Moves the Heart

Chapter 177: Chapter 176: Wealth Moves the Heart

Chronic illnesses cannot be cured overnight. Song Yanan had long-term back injuries, and it was already fortunate that it wasn’t completely ruined. To recover, it wouldn’t be enough to just rely on external help; it required a period of rest.

"Really?" Even without knowing the outcome of the physiotherapy, Song Yanan was very happy and said with pleasant surprise, "But I still sincerely want to thank you. Carving these jade stones can be said to greatly benefit your newly opened store. If it were someone else, they might have concealed my condition, smoothly pushing me to do the jade carving. But you didn’t, brother. You truly are a great man."

When she said this, it was not out of pride, but because she was very confident in her jade carving skills. However, being called a good man by her, Lin Tian could only chuckle, as he was considered a bad man in the eyes of the Xiao sisters.

At this moment, Wan Gaoyuan also finished inspecting the tri-colored jadeite and stood up with a clearly astonished look on his face. He said to Lin Tian with slight excitement, "Brother Lin, strike while the iron is hot and cut the rest as well. I believe in it. You are the king of this bid, the second material just doesn’t compare."

"Yes, you are the true king of the bid!"

"The Bai Family has really wasted it, they don’t deserve the title of the king of the bid. The first material is the uncrowned king!"

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Loud discussions from the crowd reached the ears of the three from the Bai Family. Bai Yuze’s face turned beet red, and his gaze shifted back and forth between Lin Tian and the tri-colored jadeite. Even now, he was still worried about his reputation, while his father was already deeply concerned. Personal reputation was a minor issue compared to the Bai Family’s financial and reputational losses this time.

Lin Tian resumed operating the large stone-cutting machine, tackling the remaining large piece. Seeing the crowd no longer giving directions on where to cut, Lin Tian was clear in his heart that, with the revelation of the tri-colored jadeite, his stone gambling and cutting expertise had been acknowledged.

Although tri-colored jadeite was rare, it was the remaining jadeite that truly represented the value of this rough stone, especially the contiguous patches of ice-type emerald green jadeite, which nearly accounted for half of its volume.

He cut along the second drawn line, which would separate the glass-type royal purple jadeite from the ice-type in the middle. Cutting stone is a hassle, requiring flipping and cutting multiple times to sever it. Because the stone was too large, it couldn’t be placed on a laser cutting machine; otherwise, the laser would have made the cutting much faster.

By the time the stone was cut, the sky had already darkened slightly. Bai Yuze had taken too much time cutting earlier, and the second area had already been opened. However, the first rough stone with a total weight of ten tons would probably take another two hours to completely reveal. Looking outside at the streetlights that had started to come on, Lin Tian wondered if he should go have dinner first.

"Shall we grab dinner first?" Lin Tian suggested.

Because he already knew the outcome, when to reveal it wasn’t such a pressing issue for him. However, others didn’t know that. As soon as Lin Tian suggested dinner, the people around him glared at him with fiery eyes, including the familiar Xiao sisters.

Just now, the revelation of tri-colored jadeite had whetted everyone’s appetite, and suddenly interrupting it was the last thing anyone wanted. It was like a man and a beautiful woman in the midst of ’that,’ with clothes stripped off and foreplay nearly done, emotions at their peak, when suddenly someone interrupts – that situation could make someone murderous.

"Going to eat will take a while to come and go; we won’t be done cutting the rough stone until when?" Ou Mengmeng objected. Even she, who was a complete novice, was eager to know the outcome, let alone the other Gambling Stone People.

"You guys don’t have to go; I’ve already asked the hotel to deliver the meals here." A clear female voice rang out, and then the owner of the voice walked over. The crowd watching parted to make way for her.

Why was it Ou Qinglan? Couldn’t she help but come out and see the result for herself? Otherwise, with her status as the behind-the-scenes organizer, she wouldn’t need to come to this place.

People parted way for her not because they recognized her, here apart from Lin Tian and a few others and the father and son from the Bai Family, almost no one knew she was the organizer of the gemstone gambling event. The main reason was that Ou Qinglan was beautiful, came from a prominent family, and had long held a position of power, which naturally gave her a special aura that made people unconsciously step aside for her.

"Sister..." Ou Mengmeng greeted her as she approached.

She and Ou Qinglan had a cousin relationship, Lin Tian had previously thought they were siblings, but the two had quite an age difference, probably six or seven years.

"Lin Tian, you guys don’t need to go out, the hotel will deliver the meal soon, and I also want to know the results sooner." Ou Qinglan first glanced at the tri-color jade, then expectantly at Lin Tian.

Of course, Lin Tian didn’t misunderstand her, she wasn’t looking forward to him, but to that piece of rough stone. However, since Ou Qinglan had this intention, Lin Tian was also happy to relax, although he could go without eating, it wouldn’t be good if the Xiao sisters and Secretary Xu starved. He nodded and agreed.

Reminded by Ou Qinglan, the onlookers also took out their phones to call the hotel restaurant to order meals. There were restaurants nearby, and in less than twenty minutes, the first batch of meals had already arrived.

It happened to be for Lin Tian and his group, but the Bai Family didn’t get any, which made the three of them feel quite unpleasant. If it weren’t for waiting for the final results, they would have no face to stay there.

In the end, a spectacular scene unfolded at the venue, everyone was holding a boxed meal and having dinner. Several beauties were somewhat embarrassed, after all, they had never dined in such a setting.

Lin Tian was the fastest, he put down his meal box and continued cutting the stone. Most of the rough stone was ordinary rock, and to get to the jade, it had to be removed. Soon, a large pile of broken stones had been cut at the bottom of the stone cutter, piling up several tons, which had to be cleared away by a forklift.

But with Ou Qinglan there, getting a forklift was just a phone call away. The big forklift couldn’t get in, so it took five trips with the small forklift to clear away the waste rock. Later, this batch of waste rocks led to some interesting events; Lin Tian heard that because the number one rough stone became famous, some shrewd merchants sold these waste rocks as rough stones and actually managed to sell them.

By now, the searchlight overhead had been turned on, illuminating the venue as bright as day. When another cut was made, a streak of green reflected under the light, catching everyone’s eyes.

Green was revealed again! Some people had become impatient with waiting, but the appearance of this streak of green excited them once more.

Lin Tian also wanted to directly remove the jade, but even as a zombie, he couldn’t do it and had to honestly cut it out bit by bit.

"Ice-type jadeite, apple green." Those with good eyes had already identified it.

However, there was a tinge of regret in their voices, why couldn’t it be the glass-type Emperor Green?

But as more and more green was revealed, those who had this thought changed their minds. The range of the green was so large that it startled everyone. Finally, when the entire piece of jadeite was completely exposed, it stood on the stone cutting machine, over one meter in height, except for a small part at the bottom that was of icy but slightly flawed jade, the rest was all ice-type jadeite!

"Thump, thump..." The scene was too quiet, and the sound of people’s heartbeats could be heard clearly, pair after pair of eyes shot out looks of shock, envy, and even more greed!

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