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Chapter 886 - 887: One Must Not Be Without a Guarded Heart

Chapter 886: Chapter 887: One Must Not Be Without a Guarded Heart

Thus, this year’s Gambling Stone Convention truly came to an end.

Li Changlin looked at the two and said softly, "I suggest that the Tang Family Descendants should set out now and transport all the rough stones back to Nanfu Province, where we can then cut them ourselves."

"Uncle Seventeen just reported that the rough stones have filled seven trucks. This time, our gains have indeed been tremendous."

"Of course they’re tremendous, I estimate that we should be able to earn a sizeable profit." Li Changlin waved his hand before continuing, "The Gambling Stone Convention isn’t something that can end in just a day or two. I wonder if the two of you are interested in joining me for a stroll. The cutting can be left to our subordinates."

"Of course, that’s not a problem—actually, it’s my first time over here as well," Tang Hongyuan was naturally willing. The Yunnan Province’s Gambling Stone Convention was an annual event, and if they missed it this time, who knows whether they would have the chance to come again.

Naturally, if the Tang Family’s investments yielded significant returns this time, it was possible they would make arrangements to attend again next year.

"Mr. Li, personally, I think it’s better to return to Nanfu Province as soon as possible. Let’s wait until after the stones are cut before discussing anything else," Tang Ying, on the other side, voiced a different opinion.

Li Changlin responded with a faint smile, turning his head to look at him, "Didn’t I just say, these matters are best left to those below us. With so many people in the Tang Family, surely you can handle these minor things, right?"

"Uh, that’s not what I meant." Tang Ying laughed awkwardly, and then explained, "Actually, what I mean is, it would be best if Mr. Li could join us for the cutting, as you also have a share in the profits!"

"No worries, I have a firm grasp on the situation," Li Changlin said calmly, waving his hand, "We’ve come all the way here for the annual Gambling Stone Convention. How can we easily miss out on it?"

"Mr. Li, do you, do you really trust our Tang Family that much?" At this moment, Tang Ying truly couldn’t understand Li Changlin.

Seven trucks of rough stones—if it were as Li Changlin said and an investment of 2.5 billion could be casually doubled or more, it wasn’t a big deal.

Doubling would mean 50 billion, and doubling again would bring it to 100 billion.

Such a vast sum of money, nobody could be indifferent to it.

Not to mention others, even Tang Ying would conceive the idea of claiming it for himself if he were faced with 100 billion.

Even though it would be impossible for the Tang Family to make such a shortsighted blunder owing to their association with Li Changlin, it would be quite easy for them to slightly hide some of the jade stones.

For instance, if the cutting revealed jade stones worth 80 billion, but the Tang Family claimed only 60 billion were cut, that meant 20 billion would neatly fall into the Tang Family’s pocket.

"Of course, I trust the Tang Family," Li Changlin spread his hands, already sporting a light chuckle, "If I didn’t trust you, why would I partner with you at all? To tell the truth, since we’re already partners, we naturally should trust each other. Mr. Tang, don’t overthink it—I have absolute trust in your Tang Family."

Whether he trusted them or not, Li Changlin knew in his heart.

When he received the System’s task, Li Changlin had considered it carefully.

That’s why he had called Xie Wendong, instructing him to come in person to monitor the Tang Family.

Moreover, although Li Changlin couldn’t be completely sure about the total value of the purchased rough stones, he had his own rough judgment.

If the Tang Family really wanted to scheme against him, then Li Changlin would no longer be polite.

Destroying a mere Tang Family would serve as killing one to warn one hundred.

Now that Li Changlin was already preparing to act against the Chen Family, dealing with a mere Family that wanted to calculate against him, Li Changlin naturally felt no pressure.

Of course, if the Tang Family proved themselves to be knowledgeable and played their roles well, Li Changlin wouldn’t make a move against them.

After all, he believed that the Tang Family still had some value to him.

Tang Ying and Tang Hongyuan, of course, could not see through what Li Changlin was thinking. Since Li Changlin trusted the Tang Family so much, they were naturally pleased.

And so, Tang Ying and Tang Hongyuan issued their respective instructions to their Family members, before accompanying Li Changlin as they leisurely strolled about the square.

Speaking of Guo Chuyun, he was quite hapless today. Walking forward with Little Demon, he indeed discovered many top-quality rough stones.

However, each time Guo Chuyun was ready to purchase, he was met with information that the rough stones had already been bought by someone else.

Faced with such a situation, Guo Chuyun was on the verge of a breakdown.

Too frustrated, truly frustrated, how miserable!

If possible, if he could, Guo Chuyun really wanted to find an empty space to scream his lungs out.

Don’t you know how oppressive this feels? He was supposed to have a golden touch, but why couldn’t he find even a sliver of opportunity?

In this moment, Guo Chuyun was really having doubts about his life.

But after passing two hours and going through 107 piles of rough stones, when he came to the 108th pile, his luck finally began to turn.

This time, Guo Chuyun discovered a piece of Blood Jade.

Blood Jade, a treasure that only existed in legends, Guo Chuyun never imagined that he would have the chance to encounter such a rarity.

He trembled with excitement, and what made him even more joyous was that the rough stone in front of him weighed only a little over ten pounds and cost merely 8,000 yuan.

"Buy it!" In that moment, Guo Chuyun felt as if Heaven and Earth were brimming with life, and he immediately had Little Demon take out a bank card and purchased the rough stone on the spot.

"Guo Chuyun, why would you buy such a small piece of rough stone?" Even though the stone wasn’t expensive, Little Demon still found it odd.

After such a long time of walking around, even with Little Demon’s constitution, she was getting quite tired.

That’s why she hadn’t looked at Guo Chuyun’s phone just now and really didn’t know what quality of jade was inside the rough stone that it moved Guo Chuyun to buy it.

You should understand that the rough stone wasn’t large—it wouldn’t be worth much even if there was jade inside it.

In Little Demon’s opinion, after giving up so many opportunities, Guo Chuyun shouldn’t be pinning his hopes on such small pieces of rough stone.

Buying a larger rough stone, even if the price was a hundred thousand or eighty thousand, if the jade inside could double its value, then the profit would be a hundred or eighty thousand.

But with such a small piece of rough stone, even if they could extract jade worth over ten times its value, the most they could earn would be eighty thousand, which was still less to purchase a larger rough stone outright.

Guo Chuyun, of course, understood what was going through Little Demon’s mind, but since the area around this pile of rough stones was filled with many visitors, it was not convenient for him to explain.

Therefore, Guo Chuyun picked up the rough stone and asked Little Demon to quickly complete the transaction.