Imperial Treasure
Chapter 191 - 144: Fortune Cat, Dare You!

Chapter 191: Chapter 144: Fortune Cat, Dare You!

Elder Tang explained something to Sui Yi, paused, then sneered, "Did you see the people from the Qian Family and that Elder Yu? Both of them have defected!"

Sui Yi had just noticed that too—it wasn’t hard to understand why two jewelry merchants would be in cahoots with a jewelry company from the Provincial City.

However, this meant that Elder Tang and the others, who specialized in antiques, were undoubtedly at a disadvantage. Moreover, it seemed there was an arrogant old man beside Li Yuan.

Yu Quan noticed the look in Sui Yi’s eyes and said casually, "That’s a jade cutting consultant. Any sizable jewelry company has one; otherwise, these bosses wouldn’t dare invest large amounts in purchasing raw jade stones."

Jade cutting consultants? Sui Yi thought to herself that these must be the people Zhang Guangbiao mentioned before, those extremely familiar with raw stones, more professional than ordinary people.

Although it still relied on luck, among them were some with exceptional experience, far surpassing ordinary people in the probability of cutting jade.

—Of course, those who didn’t understand crap but hit the jackpot due to sheer luck were exceptions.

Since Elder Tang and his group had no choice but to fight, they naturally wanted to win. Yu Quan and his people had to earnestly select raw stones. Luckily, this affair was mostly dependent on luck, and even if the opponent had jade cutting consultants, at least Elder Tang and his people felt there was still some hope.

—Relying on dumb luck.

Such hope was somewhat pessimistic. While the aforesaid was discussed, they didn’t really expect Sui Yi to take any responsibility for it; they simply thought this girl had extraordinary vision and explosive good luck. Maybe just having her around could rub some of it off on them.

So...

"Let’s go, Li Yuan and the others have already picked quite a few... Elder Han and his group picked some too, and now they’re jade cutting. We’re the only two who haven’t picked yet... we at least need to contribute some luck, right?" Elder Tang said as Elder Lin, who was walking by not far away, curled his lip.

"Luck, do you have that thing? A person who doesn’t wash hands even after big business..."

Elder Tang: "...."

Elder Lin could hardly be said to be there for support; rather, he was there to watch the drama unfold.

This old man was somewhat wicked, and Yu Quan and the others somewhat avoided him.

However, as soon as Sui Yi saw him, her gaze immediately bypassed him and landed on the two people behind him.

Friend A was naturally someone she recognized.

But the other pretty girl with short hair...

"Hey! Sui Yi!!!" The girl immediately sprang up, extremely disdainful as she let go of the wrist she was holding of Elder Lin’s, and hopped over to Sui Yi’s side, almost landing a French kiss...

Elder Lin twisted his mouth, "Old Man Tang, how come I feel like after your protégé hooked away Friend A, she’s about to hook away my granddaughter too..."

Hearing this, Sui Yi casually glanced at Lin Chuxiao, who seemed to have recently celebrated getting fatter due to improved exam scores, "Can’t manage it."

Lin Chuxiao: F*ck!

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Sui Yi wasn’t expecting Lin Chuxiao to be Elder Lin’s granddaughter, but she didn’t really care.

What did catch her attention was something Friend A told her privately—Elder Lin was from the underworld and had some enemies; he was so worried about involving his own family that he always kept them hidden, especially his only granddaughter. Recently, because Elder Lin got involved with the business association and the recent Classical Chinese Conference and ensuing events helped eliminate some enemies, he felt safe enough to let his granddaughter step out in public.

Sui Yi smiled wryly; no wonder Elder Lin seemed in such a good mood.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they turned to the main topic.

Before Elder Tang went to select raw stones, he put a hand on Sui Yi’s shoulder and patted.

Yu Quan did the same!

Then Elder Lin thought about it and patted as well.

Friend A and Li Jingyan: "...."

Were these three old men deliberately copping a feel?

Elder Tang: "Just some auspicious touch."

Yu Quan: "Same here."

Elder Lin: "Seeing them do this, how could I fall behind!"

Hehe~~~ The reasons from the three old men made Sui Yi raise an eyebrow, saying, "Actually, you guys don’t need to pat."

"I’ll just follow you around."

That meant... I’ll be your lucky charm then.

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And so, the three old men, clueless about gambling stones, pretended to be knowledgeable as they browsed through the area with raw materials not far from where the stones were being cut, and hence, could hear the intermittent cheers and sighs from behind.

Meanwhile, at Tang’s instruction, Li Jingyan served as a scout over there—any significant updates, she would report.

Li Jingyan glanced at Friend A, frowned slightly, nodded, and then went off.

In the raw materials area, at this moment, the number of raw stones was many times more than those Zhang Guangbiao had before. Looking around, there were several hundred pieces.

The crowd was dense, like a bustling fair.

This was a grand event.

Elder Tang and the others squatted down to inspect the stones. Lin Chuxiao, encountering such things for the first time and having just learned from Elder Lin that Sui Yi and Elder Tang had a master-apprentice relationship, grew even closer to Sui Yi (Elder Lin, depressed: What kind of logic is that? Granddaughter, your old man and Elder Tang are archenemies!)

"Wow, this damn stone is selling for seventy thousand!!!" Lin Chuxiao, her facial features in extreme shock, pointed with her greasy fingers, freshly handling grilled fish skewers, at a piece of raw material.

Before the vendor could speak, she immediately switched to a confident tone, her expression animated: "Korean Won?"

Korean my ass!

The vendor’s face turned dark, his mouth puckering, "Miss, if it were seventy thousand Korean Won, you couldn’t even afford the plane ticket over to South Korea to pick up a stone!"

"Bullshit, seventy thousand Korean Won is almost worth 7000 yuan already! I could even take a trip to Hokkaido in Korea’s capital!"

Sui Yi and the vendor, along with a few people beside them, all fell silent...

Japanese yen, Korean Won, Seoul and Hokkaido.

The kind of historical failure in academics right there at the stall.

Especially this poor student with a corn on the cob in his left hand and a grilled saury in his right.

They could only remain silent.

After persistently engaging the vendor in conversation to fill up on some knowledge about gambling stones, Lin Chuxiao finally squatted beside Sui Yi, munching on grilled fish and corn cobs while fiddling with the stones.

She was good at asking questions, and Sui Yi was not impatient, though each response was brief, but basically provided clear answers to Lin Chuxiao’s questions.

Her voice was melodious and clear, soothing and pleasant to hear. Lin Chuxiao, looking at Sui Yi’s beautifully contoured face, suddenly blurted out, "Sui Yi, I now know why the Goddess Yhan likes being with you."

"You smell so nice..."

Sui Yi looked down at the other’s greasy lips and the wafting scent of barbecue...

Are you sure you’re not smelling the fish and corn?

Lin Chuxiao did not notice Sui Yi’s sardonic glance, the girl also being quite a gambler, immediately started selecting stones with great eagerness.

Meanwhile, Sui Yi, while keeping an eye on Elder Tang and others, dispersed his magnetic sensation to pick out the raw materials in front of him.

But... it wasn’t long before.

The peace of several people was disrupted.

"Yo yo, isn’t that Sui Yi? How come you’re not with your Young Master from the Han Family?"

The voice of Qian Shuangyu was quite grating, and distinctive enough for Sui Yi to recognize immediately.

Turning their heads, everyone saw Qian Shuangyu and others.

As a group mixed together, Li Run, Han Yuanchong, and others easily blended in with them, and also knew about some entanglements between Qian Shuangyu’s family and Sui Yi, and also Zhou Ran...

Zhou Ran and Qian Shuangyu spared no effort in slandering Sui Yi in front of Li Run, especially regarding her relationships with people like Elder Tang, which they described in extremely negative terms.

Driven by the indignation and humiliation of being defeated by Sui Yi once, along with the contempt from her, Li Run, narrow-minded as he is, readily believed the slander and told himself he disdained to associate with such a woman!

However, trouble was still sought.

So, they came!

Elder Tang and others saw this situation, but being the younger generations, it wasn’t appropriate for them to intervene. Besides, they figured someone like Sui Yi wouldn’t be easy to bully with her superior martial skills and having A-A by her side, and indeed wouldn’t be at a loss, so the three didn’t bother with this matter.

"Heh, Sui Yi, it seems we do have some fate after all... But I think you might have also made quite some money from those old men...why not buy a few raw stones as well, it just so happens I have some petty cash on me, maybe we could have some fun..."

Li Run’s tone was flippant and disdainful, full of arrogance.

Not a low voice at all.

The nearby vendors and those looking at the raw materials easily glanced towards Sui Yi.

Hey, a pretty and clean girl, is she involved in that business?

Such girls are indeed easy...

Sui Yi was very aware of the other side’s malice. For her, a verbal exchange was the most boring.

She simply didn’t want to deal with them.

But...

"Hey, you’re really funny, just a while ago you were swaggering around our school, then ran away bedraggled like a defeated rat, and now here you are again! Do you think Nanxun is your backyard, and without a back gate at that? And... even if you two lost to Sui Yi in a basketball game, there’s no need to slander her with such words, are you even men?"

Since Lin Chuxiao was Elder Lin’s granddaughter and used to wielding authority at Second High School, her presence as the big sister wasn’t for nothing; she pointed at Li Run and the others with her corn cob.

Dripping grease.

She added with a rounded tone, "No need to say it, I know you aren’t!"

Pft!

Many nearby people laughed.

Lost the basketball game to this girl? Hey, these two guys really aren’t much good!

Li Run’s face turned completely dark.

However... Zhou Ran being the oldest, glanced at Lin Chuxiao and quickly changed the topic, aiming at Sui Yi.

"Talk is cheap, Sui Yi, I just want to know if you dare to bet with us"

Zhou Ran, believed he still knew some things about Sui Yi,

To dare or not to dare...

To dare was reckless, not to dare was cowardly.

To A-A, it looked just like that.

But, Sui Yi saw it one way, yet acting on it.

Wasn’t necessarily so...

Moreover, someone reacted faster than her!

"Damn, scared of you? This is my piece! Which one do you pick? It should at least not be cheaper than this one!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets or monthly tickets at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)