“Even if it’s proven to contain jade, it won’t worth much. At most, it’s a worthless oily green jade. It will worth only three to five thousand bucks when made into a bracelet. So, since Miss Ling likes to treat worthless things like treasures, I have nothing else to say.”
The level of the jade, when arranged in descending order, was as such: glass type, ice type, waxy type, spotted type, oily green type, cotton rose type et cetera…
Although one could earn money by selling the oily green types too, it was considered very low-grade among all types of jade. If someone obtained it in a bet, it could only be considered a small profit for the stone gambler.
However, judging from the surface of the raw stone, it either contained nothing or in the case that it contained something, it would be waxy jade, at least. In fact, there was a high probability that it contained ice jade or even high-grade ice jade.
Therefore, other than the old man and another old man next to him, everyone shook their heads at Zhong Nuannuan’s words, thinking that she was pretending to be knowledgeable. After getting to know several types of jade, she acted like she was an expert. Once someone got their hands on a good raw stone, she started to give sarcastic remarks instead.
“Little girl, even if you’re being sarcastic, I won’t let you have it still. Since you said that this raw stone is a useless stone, that it’s just an ordinary oily green jade that can’t even compare to waxy jade, do you dare to make a bet with me?”
“Sure, let’s bet!”
Zhong Nuannuan looked like a newborn calf, unaware of the dangerous tiger. She thought that the old master would pull her back. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, there was indeed a very high chance that Ling Pinyuan would win.
However, the old man did not come to stop Zhong Nuannuan.
“What are we betting on?” Zhong Nuannuan asked.
“Let’s bet on whether this raw stone is a good one or a bad one. If it is really a piece of jade that’s lower grade than an oily green jade, you win. If it’s something above the grades of spotted jade—like waxy jade, ice-waxy jade, ice jade, or higher—then I win. Of course, if there’s nothing in this raw stone, then we’re even. How about that?”
“Sure.”
Based on the quality of the raw stone, if it was not empty, then it most likely contained ice jade. However, Zhong Nuannuan agreed without hesitation.
In the eyes of the crowd, Zhong Nuannuan seemed very childish compared to Ling Pinyuan.
“Gambling requires a stake. How much are you staking?” Zhong Nuannuan asked provocatively.
“My stake is that if I win, you have to buy five raw stones from our internal exhibition hall, central exhibition hall, and external exhibition hall without any help. How about that?”
Everyone gasped when they heard that.
After all, raw stones were very expensive.
There was not much valuable content that a raw stone as big as a typical rock could contain after all. Most of them were empty. Everyone was very certain that with Zhong Nuannuan’s judgment as a layman, these 15 stones would be wasted. Even if she chose the smallest raw stone in each exhibition hall, she would lose several million.
“Sure.”
However, Zhong Nuannuan agreed without hesitation, as if she was a rich and foolish lady.
“What about you? What kind of punishment will you receive if you lose?”
Ling Pinyuan smiled and said, “If I lose, I’ll pay for all the raw stones you chose. No matter whether they contain jade or what type of jade they contain, you can take all of them with you. Plus, I can give you this raw stone too.”
Zhong Nuannuan smiled and asked, “You’ll let me take it even if it’s an imperial jade?”
Nobody would mind if she did not ask this question. Once the question escaped her lips, everyone was convinced that she was a layman and started laughing.
Imperial jade…
If they could find an imperial jade in the entire Jiang District, it would be on the news for three days and three nights. If a layman like her could easily find an imperial jade, everyone would take off their heads and kick them around like a ball.
