The Beautiful CEO’s Dragon Blood Bodyguard
Chapter 247 - 0247: Old Gun Part 2

Chapter 247: Chapter 0247: Old Gun Part 2

The jade market is divided into two types of vendors: street stalls and shops. Street stalls are set up on big tables outside, with wares displayed all along the street.

These pieces of jade are bright and beautiful to behold.

There are finished products that have been processed, as well as raw jade materials.

The shops are on both sides of the street, with a small courtyard behind each store. Although the courtyard is enclosed with wooden fences, it is filled with large raw stones as far as the eye can see.

Lin Yingying and Lin Shanshan were waiting at the entrance of a larger store when they saw Long Fei and Shun Ganzi approaching together, and immediately visualized dark lines forming over their heads.

Dealing with someone like Shun Ganzi, you never know the day when the company might get stolen.

When Long Fei arrived, he asked, "Are you also interested in this store?"

Sixth Master Tan and his group were inside this store, and Shun Ganzi had just introduced the shop to him.

The largest jade wholesaler in Nanyang, with jewelry stores established throughout the country.

According to Shun Ganzi, this family is quite renowned, dating back to the Southern Border Royal Clan of the Mu Family during the Ming dynasty.

This family’s history is quite legendary, with ancestors who fought alongside Zhu Yuanzhang in his southern and northern campaigns.

After the fall of the Ming dynasty, the descendants protected King Gui as he fled to Nanyang.

Eventually, they fought and died for King Gui, a heroic generation indeed.

The current Mu Family is mainly engaged in jade, real estate, and finance, with significant influence in Nanyang.

Lin Yingying didn’t understand how Long Fei got involved with Shun Ganzi.

As they walked along, they were talking and laughing together, just like brothers.

She introduced Long Fei by saying, "I checked it online, this is the largest shop in the market, do you want to go in and take a look?"

As the saying goes, ’the cobbler should stick to his last,’ Lin Yingying didn’t have an understanding of jade, nor did she have friends to help her.

Long Fei smiled and said, "Shun Ye has already introduced me to it, we are just about to go in."

The mention of Young Master Mu immediately made Shun Ganzi’s eyes light up, filled with surprised delight.

Ni Ma, Long Fei actually referred to him as Shun Ye?

If this gets spread in the underworld, Shun Ganzi’s reputation will surely skyrocket!

He instantly felt even more fond of Long Fei,

Lin Yingying was completely bewildered, thinking this guy must have a screw loose to call a seasoned thief ’Shun Ye.’

She took Lin Shanshan by the hand and intentionally kept a distance from them, entering the store first.

Long Fei and Shun Ganzi followed them in.

The store was divided into two areas: a front shop with finished products and a backyard with raw materials.

After the four of them entered, they didn’t spend much time in the front shop but had a waiter take them straight to the backyard.

Today, the Mu Family had just received a new batch of jade materials, attracting quite a number of buyers.

The waiter explained to them that the backyard was divided into three areas, each separated by bamboo fences.

These were the Superior-grade Seed Material Area, the Middle-Grade Seed Material Area, and the Lower Grade Seed Material Area.

The Mu family, unlike other vendors, doesn’t mix all the seed materials together to deceive customers.

They have professional craftsmen who sort the seed materials.

People who come here to buy jade generally won’t suffer great losses.

The price for each type of seed material gives people a sense of fairness.

At the moment, Sixth Master Tan and his group were in the Middle-Grade Area, looking at a piece, exchanging views with a crowd of customers and experts.

Jade stone gambling is a skilled task, with deep knowledge required.

Therefore, people don’t come here simply to gamble on stones.

Some come to find fun, some to make friends, some to learn a thing or two.

When someone takes a fancy to a seed material, basically everyone gathers around to watch and then give their input.

Shun Ganzi roared out to Sixth Master Tan, "Sixth Master, guess who I brought?"

Sixth Master Tan and his group looked up and spotted Long Fei right away.

Long Fei greeted them with a smile and cupped fist salute customary among folks of the martial world.

The trio yelled in unison, "Damn, how’d this kid get here!"

"Brother Long, you’re into jade gambling too?"

The three of them stopped looking at the stones and all came over to greet Long Fei.

Long Fei said with a smile, "Just looking for something to do while I’ve got some free time. Have you gentlemen spotted anything good?"

Sixth Master Tan called out, "We’ve got one here that’s a bit uncertain, so we haven’t made a move yet. If Brother Long likes it, you can just take it!"

He pulled Long Fei into the crowd and pointed at a raw stone on the ground for him to look at.

Generally, when people gamble on jade, they like to spot bargains.

So, they usually don’t go to the superior-grade areas.

Even if you cut something good there, it’s not very exciting.

Because the corresponding price is much higher.

Long Fei, unfamiliar with jade gambling, asked Sixth Master Tan, "Sixth Master, what’s the difference between this stone and the others?"

Sixth Master Tan frowned and said, "You don’t know about this stuff?"

"Right, it’s my first time here."

Long Fei nodded honestly.

"You’re something else!"

Sixth Master Tan, with a deep line on his forehead, advised him, "Jade gambling is a science, and it’s not something I can explain to you in just a sentence or two. If you want to achieve something in this field, it takes over a decade of practice. If you don’t understand it, don’t be in a hurry to jump in. Only a few strike it rich with one cut, most people end up impoverished by it. Even the experts make mistakes at times."

Touching the stone he was interested in, he began to explain to Long Fei, "Let me give you a brief overview! Jade comes in two types: nephrite and jadeite. The jade on this market all comes from Nanyang, the jadeite kind, also called feicui. Jadeite raw stones come in two forms. One is exposed to the air, known as ’mountain material.’ This kind has a low density, lots of edges and cracks, and typically becomes low-grade goods. The other kind forms a layer of stone skin after jadeite weathers, turning into pebbles. As these roll down, their outer edges keep getting smooth, turning into oval and round shapes. Some roll into gullies, others into rivers. Over time, their density increases, and they gradually become the gambling stones we’re after."

Long Fei was overwhelmed listening to all this, still far from understanding.

Ma Kui shouted, "Brother Long, since it’s so rare to see you, let’s have a meal together, drink and chat at the same time!"

Jin Hu laughed, "Right, after the meal we can go for a big health treatment. If you want to learn, Sixth Master can talk for three days and nights."

Shun Ganzi hurriedly shouted, "Today I’ll foot the bill. Eat, drink, and have fun all included, don’t anyone fight me for it!"

Sixth Master Tan sighed and said, "Look here, Brother Long, don’t you follow their example. A bunch of brutes, with no sense of culture, huh?"

Ma Kui and his two companions burst into loud laughter, just as comfortable here as they would be at their own dinner table, without a care for the reactions of others.

Long Fei chuckled along, finding the company of these old timers quite amusing.

Lin Shanshan whispered to her sister from behind, "Big sis, did you see? That old guy is the one who framed me, and those following him are all hooligans."

"Is this a gathering of hooligans?"

Lin Yingying frowned slightly and stood back with her arms folded, not understanding what they were talking about, just a waste of time.

Just then, someone yelled out, "Young Master Mu is here!"

The crowd made way, and a young man in a suit was seen, having the features typical of men from the Yue Region.

Thick lips, high forehead.

He walked with full swagger, followed by a thin, dark-skinned bodyguard and a group of young people.

One of the women, upon seeing Lin Yingying and her sister, blurted out, "Son of a bitch, talk about a narrow escape, you two little cousins are here too!"