Imperial Treasure
Chapter 336 - 238 Unusual Counterattack!_2

Chapter 336: Chapter 238 Unusual Counterattack!_2

Sui Yi turned his head, "What’s the matter?"

Hu Yuan had a beaming smile, his chubby cheeks making him look harmless, and he spoke in a very calm tone, "So you’re the Sui Yi that Xiao Lin and the others talked about. I heard you managed to cut out two pieces of jade yesterday at Purple Sand Jewelry, each worth over a hundred million. That’s really made us seniors admire you a lot!"

His voice wasn’t low, instantly diverting the attention of many nearby who had not been taking Sui Yi seriously.

Their looks either treated Sui Yi as a hot commodity or as an enemy.

Sui Yi frowned slightly and gave Hu Yuan a brief glance, "Old ginger is hotter than the new," he thought.

"Mr. Hu says this only because yesterday your store’s gambling stones collapsed entirely. By contrast, others’ gains would naturally seem tremendous," he replied.

When Hu Yuan heard two days ago that his son had been disastrously defeated at stone gambling, and his daughter had also embarrassed themselves, becoming the laughing stock of many, his protective instincts kicked in. Naturally, he disapproved of the disparaging remarks his daughter made about Sui Yi. Coupled with his age and seniority over the younger man, he intended to proudly scorn and metaphorically beat Sui Yi at their first meeting. Yet, he hadn’t expected Sui Yi to strike back, and to do so with such honesty!

Whoa~ fuck, this isn’t playing by the usual rules, the style is too sharp.

Such a tough slap to the face.

Pfft!

The nearby people were stunned, then burst into laughter together. What a bold and indifferent junior they had in front of them, leaving no face for Boss Hu at all.

He must not be a businessman, right? Otherwise, why would he talk so directly and leave no room for maneuver.

They didn’t know that Sui Yi never considered himself a businessman. He had his own principles and style of doing things. Moreover, with abilities surpassing ordinary people, a cool temperament, and a mysterious background, he was never in the same circle as common folk. Why would he follow the usual rules?

Therefore, his counterattack was bound to be different from ordinary people’s.

Decisive and straightforward, causing Hu Yuan and his children to turn pale all at once. He was about to sneer at Sui Yi’s immaturity, but then he saw Sui Yi give him a nod as naturally as flowing water, before turning around and moving on to other rough stones...

Not even giving him a chance to retort... Should he follow and yell back?

Damn, that would be too demeaning.

The Hu family was left looking disheveled, while the others saw Sui Yi simply as a wealthy young lady with sharp personality yet with incredible luck, envying but no longer ill-intended as before.

As long as she wasn’t a businessperson, luck like hers wouldn’t last forever.

But just because Hu Yuan was too proud to lower his status, it didn’t mean his daughter wouldn’t take action. When Sui Yi reached another large piece of rough, Hu Jie had already caught up. Seeing the large rough stone in front of Sui Yi, she snorted coldly, "This rough isn’t something that some nouveau riche can covet. You can’t buy this piece for fifty million."

The bidding for this piece started at fifty-five million!

Sui Yi was also startled by the starting price and glanced at the stone larger than the others around it, a veritable giant of the lot.

"This one’s definitely going to be the King of Bids this year."

"Definitely."

"Ah, with a starting price of fifty-five million, the final price will probably be terrifying. Maybe it will exceed a hundred million."

"Who knows~~"

Sui Yi ignored Hu Jie’s hassling and gazed intently at this piece of jade, wanting to inspect it further when he suddenly smelled a faintly familiar scent of perfume.

He had smelled this perfume many times several days before.

"Hi, Miss Sui, we meet again," Zou Xueqin’s genteel handsome face was close at hand, his smile as benign as ever.

Such a deeply scheming person.

"Hello," Compared to the other’s friendly familiarity, Sui Yi’s response was cool and distant, making Zou Xueqin feel somewhat helpless and the subject of scornful laughter from his companions.

"Ouch, I didn’t expect Young Master Zou to be disliked by a beauty. Hello, beauty, I am Mei Dexian,"

No free time?

Sui Yi looked at this handsome young man dressed in white capris and a pink blazer with summer-star attire, with peachy eyes that laid bare his frivolous boldness.

Not waiting for Sui Yi to inwardly ridicule his name, he had already cheekily explained, "It’s not ’no free time’, oh, but ’mei’ as in ’plum bloom from bitter cold,’ ’de’ as in virtuous and talented, and ’xian’ as in ’stealing a half-day’s leisure from life.’ My name..."

Perhaps Mei Dexian was the only one who would require a thesis to explain his three-character name.

"Hello," Sui Yi greeted curtly, cutting off his rambling. Yet, he seemed very interested in Sui Yi, grinning as he leaned in closer to chat, with Zou Xueqin watching, occasionally chiming in.

Sui Yi found it somewhat irritating because people like Mei Dexian—thick-skinned, talkative, flamboyant without being overly inappropriate—are exactly the kind she least knows how to deal with; those people you do not want to interact with but cannot easily dismiss.

Occasionally, Sui Yi would block the conversation with her customary aloofness, but it would take less than three minutes for him to find another topic to approach her with again. It’s as if he had a special skill to instantly resurrect with a full health bar as soon as it was depleted.

Zou Xueqin was doing this on purpose.

Sui Yi glanced at the smiling person, listening to Mei Dexian’s idle chatter on the side while continuing to use her Magnetic Sensation to examine the rough...

Just as Sui Yi touched the rough, she heard the crowd’s rising clamor.

"It’s the Gambling Spirit!"

"She’s here too? Wasn’t it said that she was in Yunnan? Recently at the Yunnan Public Trading Platform~~"

"Oh my God, she really is beautiful!"

The Gambling Spirit? Sui Yi immediately heard Flower Demon’s unmistakable snide comment amidst the restless crowd: "Gambling Spirit? Sounds to me like the Gambling King is channeling from another era! Is she the sister of Zhou Xingxing or Liu Dehua?"

Clearly, Miss Hua wasn’t too fond of this Gambling Spirit sister. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qidian.com to throw in your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)