Imperial Treasure
Chapter 192 - 145 Gluttons Have Good Fortune

Chapter 192: Chapter 145 Gluttons Have Good Fortune

Sister Lin stuffed the greasy food directly into A’s arms, then went to pick up the rough jade that she was just about to point out to Sui Yi, and then...

One, two, three!

She couldn’t lift it...

Quickly, she stood up, firmly took back the food that A was about to discard, and then said to A, "You do it."

"...."

Facing such a dumbass, and a dumbass who happens to be the offspring of her own superior, A was silently drunk with disbelief, only able to summon the patience of Zhuge Liang dealing with A Dou, speaking earnestly, "Haven’t paid..."

Move my ass!

Upon hearing this, Sister Lin came back to her senses, swiftly dealt with the food, and, remembering Sui Yi was beside her, she stopped her sleazy thought of throwing the bamboo skewer on the ground. Instead, she jabbed the skewer onto A’s body and said, "Alright then, let’s look at the price!"

Damn!

You’re so arrogant without even looking at the price! Don’t tell me you didn’t take a good look at the rough jade either!

The price... Sui Yi had seen it already. Once revealed, it was about as big as a small watermelon and would cost over fifty thousand.

It wasn’t too high for her, but for Lin Chuxiao...

"Fifty-three thousand, huh? Umm... Let’s go with this piece then."

"Where’s the money?" A asked.

Lin Chuxiao replied with resonant confidence from her diaphragm, "My grandfather will pay."

That tone was almost like saying my dad is XXX.

Sui Yi smiled lightly, patted her on the shoulder, and said, "No need, if you really want to buy it, I’ll cover you for now. But you should still take a look. Otherwise, if you’re not serious, it’s also disrespectful to the other party."

This "other party", is that us?

Zhou Ran and the others were frustrated, but it seemed that Sui Yi had also agreed to their challenge.

Sui Yi had already squatted down to examine the rough stone, feeling the skin with her fingers, seemingly very focused.

This concentration made Qian Shuangyu disdainful, while Zhou Ran, after flattering Li Run, truly felt like he was the right-hand man. Li Run then slapped Zhou Ran’s shoulder very generously and laughed, "It’s just money, Zhou Ran. Just go for it. I’ll foot the bill..."

Zhou Ran was actually quite scheming. Knowing the background of the opposition, he thought about currying favor with them. The notion of helping Li Run pay was merely to please him - there was no way Zhou Ran would let the other party pay for him. After all, Li Run was just talking big.

Such a youngster, any spare change they had was probably for playing around and picking up girls...

Resolving his intentions, Zhou Ran then laughed, "Young Master Li is joking. How can we make you spend? It should be us paying for you... Let’s pick ours first."

Choosing was indeed necessary, but since it was a gambling competition, the terms of the gamble had to be clear!

"We’re betting on whether the rough stone can reveal jade, and the value of the revealed jade. That goes without saying. The bet is that the loser not only pays for the winner’s stone but also..." Li Run was saying while his gaze swept over Sui Yi.

"... has to take off two articles of clothing and run around, shouting ’I’m a cheap~person’ ten times."

At those words, A couldn’t help himself, as he had just noticed Li Run’s gaze. Coincidentally, Sui Yi was just wearing a shirt today, with at most a singlet or a black shirt underneath...

It was a clear intent to humiliate Sui Yi!

Upon hearing this, Lin Chuxiao immediately recoiled, thinking, damn it, only if I were stupid would I bet like this with you!

"Are you out of your mind... Who would agree to such a request.."

Li Run smiled, "Of course, if you don’t want to take off your clothes, you can volunteer two hundred thousand as a compensatory apology."

Two hundred thousand? Lin Chuxiao frowned. She wasn’t a wasteful daughter, nor was she brainless. Previously, she saw gambling stones as a game of luck; there was no reason for her to be particularly unlucky. Moreover, the Lin family never backs down easily, but now it seemed the other party was very confident...

Lin Chuxiao was troubled.

At their age, it was the time to act without considering the consequences. Li Run, living in a superior circle, was used to tackling opponents with unreasonable measures. To spectators, such behavior might seem very arrogant and overbearing.

But the world is never short of such people.

At this moment, however, Sui Yi was probing the rough stone with Magnetic Sensation, penetrating an inch-thick layer of stone. She had thought it would be a worthless piece, but then she suddenly paused.

In her sensing vision, a duck egg-sized spot of bean-green caught her eye, which made her brows raise.

There was green... Although not big and the color wasn’t intense, it was still something, definitely not cheap stuff.

She had scanned several rough stones previously without finding any with green. Yet, Lin Chuxiao casually got it right with one random try at a barbecue stall.

Is a foodie’s luck real?

She grinned, stood up, and pointed to the stone on the ground, telling the owner, "We’ll take this one..."

The owner had seen the conflict between the two groups but didn’t expect that in the midst of it, Sui Yi could be so calm while looking at the stone, then suddenly decide to buy.

He thought to himself, is this girl really being kept by someone... How fearless!

But business was business, and he saw no reason to turn it away.

Fearing she might change her mind, the owner hurried Sui Yi to the nearby ATM to make the transfer.

Normally, gambling stones should be paid for in cash, but in a public place with so many prying eyes, who would carry tens of thousands in cash with them?

So the transaction was made directly.

Once the payment was made, the stone was Sui Yi’s – no, it became Lin Chuxiao’s, held tightly in A’s arms.

Sui Yi looked at Lin Chuxiao, "It’s yours now. Any regrets?"

What she meant was, are you really going to gamble?

To begin with, although it was Sui Yi who was provoked, it was Lin Chuxiao who responded. Sui Yi wanted to temper her impulsiveness, otherwise, she would likely suffer losses when out and about in the future.

Upon hearing Sui Yi’s words, Lin Chuxiao suddenly realized, oh, this...

Sui Yi was angry. Indeed, if he lost, it would be Sui Yi who ended up losing face...

It seems I may have caused him trouble.

She looked at Zhang Yang and the others across from her, smug with victory, and a myriad of thoughts raced through her mind...

In the end.

She raised her eyebrows and sneered at Zhang Yang’s group, "Your terms are not entirely unacceptable, but I think they need some changes..."

"Since there are obviously more men on your side, if you lose, not only will the men have to strip off their tops, but they’ll also have to remove their underwear! Or cough up 200,000 yuan!"

"If it’s a woman who loses, it’s the same for everybody!"

After a pause, she narrowed her eyes, "Of course, the person who responds to your bet is me, and it has nothing to do with Sui Yi. You bunch of perverts better not get any funny ideas!"

Oh, wasn’t this speech, both in and out, implying that she was standing up for Sui Yi?

Sui Yi heard this and turned his head to glance at the rough jade stone in Ah A’s arms, and smiled slightly. Although this girl was somewhat careless, she still had her wits about her. Of course, she had luck on her side too.

Although it was Lin Chuxiao who spoke up, Zhang Yang and his group were satisfied. After all, Lin Chuxiao was part of Sui Yi’s crowd, and it was good to defeat the opponents!

"Alright, let’s do that!"

Meanwhile, Zhou Ran, Qian Shuangyu, and Han Yuanchong, as well as many others, seemed to have taken an interest in a rough stone...

Sui Yi didn’t take such a bet seriously, as the worst outcome would be compensation of 200,000 yuan. If she managed to extract and sell the treasure inside the stone, she would instead make a profit.

She didn’t care about a deal where there was no loss to be had.

So...

She sent her blessings with Ah A to protect Lin Chuxiao, and then she headed towards Elder Tang and the others.

Elder Tang and the others had heard the commotion, and seeing her approach, Elder Lin twisted his mouth, "That damn girl has caused trouble again... eh..."

"No, I’m the one who’s implicated her... but I won’t let her suffer," Sui Yi said with a light smile.

Her words were tinged with a calm and self-assured confidence.

Elder Tang and his companions exchanged glances, but didn’t ask further. After all, if the elders gambled a gamble, the youngsters might as well have their chance too. It would be strange for both bets to fail!

"Elder Tang, have you taken a liking to any?"

Sui Yi noticed that Elder Tang and his group were focusing on rough stones in the most expensive price range, with the minimum price of more than 100,000 yuan.

Such high prices certainly scared off many people, but there were still quite a few onlookers.

Most were there for the novelty and excitement, and some hoped to take advantage of the chaos.

Elder Tang was currently squatting in front of a one-meter-tall rough stone. With their net worth, since they were in a gambling match, they naturally couldn’t settle for buying garbage. They followed the line of fine quality, and perhaps...

This was a half-gamble rough stone with an already opened window.

Sui Yi looked at the rough stone that was cut in half, exposing the cut surface, and raised her eyebrows slightly. Wasn’t this already showing green?

It was a layer of light turquoise with large patches of gray and white that obscured the quality of what was inside.

"It’s better to buy a stripe rather than a big surface; these rough stones with windows are the easiest to trap you..." Elder Tang stroked the cut surface with his hand while muttering, "But it’s still better than some rough stones where you only see bumps and black skin."

Clearly, Elder Tang was looking for a shortcut.

Even though this shortcut could very well turn out to be a dead end.

Sui Yi watched the price tag below and couldn’t help but smile wryly, "Elder Tang, this price..."

Five million.

Surely, it was a terrifying figure.

But from the cut surface, it did seem to be the best-performing rough stone in the half-gamble area, no wonder Elder Tang was struggling to let go...

Elder Lin couldn’t stand to see Elder Tang in this state and scoffed, "Old stingy Tang, I’ve seen you touch that thing a hundred times with your rough hand, you could’ve rubbed off a layer of that stone’s skin by now... It’s only four million three hundred thousand, your pockets are deep, can’t you part with that bit of money?"

The vendor, realizing that Elder Tang and his companions were easy marks, immediately put his all into selling the stone.

Elder Tang became even more tempted...

However, this old man was notoriously stingy, so...

"You’re the one talking big, show me by buying one yourself!" Elder Tang goaded Elder Lin...

"Oh come on, why the hell should I care!"

As the two bickered, Sui Yi had already quietly stepped forward to examine this costly half-gamble rough stone.

At a glance, it almost looked like a muddy block of ice, cool to the touch. Sui Yi softly stroked it with her palm and lifted her eyebrows. This temperature...

Magnetic Sensation engaged.

Three centimeters deep.

What immediately caught her eye was a large expanse of black.

Sui Yi was surprised, this black was...(to be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)