The Beautiful CEO’s Dragon Blood Bodyguard
Chapter 254: Plucking Feathers From a Passing Goose

Chapter 254: Chapter 254: Plucking Feathers From a Passing Goose

Lin Shanshan and her sister smiled, explaining, "This gamble on stone was given to us for free. My brother-in-law understands the game and won these items by betting with a shop owner."

"For free?"

An Taiyan was even more astonished, knowing the stone could fetch tens of millions once processed.

"Are you saying that Long kid can also read stone gambles?"

An Taiyan’s eyes glanced outside at the car, his curiosity about Long Fei growing.

Poor Long Fei, lying alone inside the car.

The car door was wide open, with his legs extending outside.

His frame was too large, and sleeping on the backseat was nothing short of uncomfortable.

Lin Shanshan nodded with a smile, now accustomed to calling him ’brother-in-law,’ and Lin Yingying had also become used to it, not minding it at all.

An Xiaoke stared wide-eyed, "Shanshan, why do you call him brother-in-law?"

Lin Shanshan smiled and glanced at her sister.

An Xiaoke seemed to have realized something, and her eyes widened at once.

Last time she was over, she seemed to recall Lin Shanshan mentioning Long Fei was her boyfriend, so how had he become her brother-in-law now?

This relationship was really a mess.

The four of them sat together for tea, and after An Taiyan finished looking at the Dragon Stone Jade, he picked up another piece of jade to examine.

His expression was like someone seeing their first love.

Suddenly, an old man in a grey work uniform entered.

His hands were calloused, and he was wrapped in a white cloth, looking like an old workshop laborer with his dusty appearance, showing none of the grandeur expected of a master.

He shouted at An Taiyan, "What kind of gamble on stone is this, to make you old fellow so surprised?"

An Taiyan smiled and said, "Come over and see for yourself."

An Xiaoke made room for him and invited him to sit down.

She took a seat next to the Lin sisters, her eyes fixed on the so-called Jade King, knowing he’d surely scream.

Indeed, the moment the Jade King sat down and glanced at the stone, he shouted, "Damn, where did this come from? It’s actually Dragon Jade!?"

The sight of a man well past his prime blurting out ’damn’ had the three beauties in stitches.

An Taiyan introduced him, "It was picked up by the young friend outside."

He pointed out the window.

The Jade King immediately turned to look and his eyes blazed hotly, as if he wanted to rush out and pay his respects to the expert.

Finding such a gem in stone gambling was like getting a pie from heaven.

Shaking, he rubbed his hands together, "Dragon Jade, only I can’t sculpt it. I want to sculpt a Bodhisattva, no, a Patriarch Buddha."

Lin Shanshan hurried to stop him, "Hey, grandpa. We don’t need any Patriarch Buddha, just process it into a bracelet."

"What a joke, such a large piece of Dragon Jade would be wasted on a bracelet."

The Jade King didn’t want to waste it; it was his first time seeing such a large piece of Dragon Jade.

If he could sculpt a Buddha figure, it would showcase his true craftsmanship.

Lin Shanshan had never met someone so stubborn, and she said discontentedly, "Then forget it, we’ll find someone else!"

Holding the Dragon Jade, the Jade King yelled at Lin Shanshan, "Young lady, let me tell you. Across the entire north, no matter who works on this piece of Dragon Jade, its value won’t be maximized. This Dragon Stone Jade must be sculpted by me."

"I’ll be happy with what I like; that’s none of your business!"

Lin Shanshan was puzzled; to her, turning it into a table or beads would maximize its value.

Buddha statues, what kind of things were they?

An Taiyan laughed and intervened, "Let’s not rush. Why don’t we think of a compromise? There are two pieces of Dragon Jade. Carve one into a Buddha figure and make a set of bracelets out of the other, how does that sound?"

The Jade King and Lin Shanshan exchanged glances, finding the solution barely acceptable.

Lin Yingying decided, "Let’s do it that way then. As for the processing fee, we’ll pay it!"

Touching the Dragon Jade, the Jade King shouted, "I don’t want the processing fee, you just have to give me the scraps."

Lin Yingying smiled to herself, thinking how shrewd the old man was.

The scraps of Dragon Jade carved into small pendants or trinkets would be of great value too.

But a skilled artisan is hard to come by, so she nodded in agreement, handing over the other jade piece to the Jade King for processing.

With Dragon Jade available, even though glass-type jade stones are not bad, their luster was overshadowed.

The Dragon Jade could probably make a pair of jade bracelets, and Lin Yingying planned to give one to herself and one to her sister.

She knew that Long Fei must be thinking about other women.

To avoid putting Long Fei in a difficult position, she decided to turn the glass-type jade stones into bracelets, letting Long Fei give them to whoever he pleased.

She hadn’t even married into the Long Family yet, but she was already acting like the esteemed wife of the eldest young master, starting to allot possessions.

Soon, the soup medicine An Taiyan had prepared to supplement qi and nourish the spirit was ready.

He handed it to An Xiaoke, asking her to help feed it to Long Fei.

Long Fei had been resting for over two hours and after taking the soup medicine, his eyelids twitched, and he opened his eyes in the sunlight.

An Xiaoke’s rounded chest came into his view, and he stared at it, feeling that something about the size was a bit off.

After regaining his senses, he turned over and sat up.

"Where is this? Why are you here?"

Long Fei stared at An Xiaoke, looking utterly perplexed.

An Xiaoke pointed inside through the window, explaining, "Sister Lin brought you here."

Long Fei glanced at the shop sign and upon seeing the three characters for "Hundred Herbs Hall", he immediately understood everything.

He guessed Lin Yingying must have brought him here to see a doctor after seeing him fall asleep.

He thought he’d better use his X-ray vision sparingly in the future; otherwise, he might die without understanding what happened.

The moment he fainted, he had lost all consciousness of the outside world.

An Xiaoke gave him the qi-supplementing soup.

He took it and drank it in one go, then followed her into the pharmacy.

Lin Shanshan was not there; only Lin Yingying was inside drinking tea.

She glanced at Long Fei and asked, "Had enough sleep?"

Long Fei nodded, sat down on the sofa, and rubbed his temples, saying, "I’m fine now, let’s go back!"

Lin Yingying shook her head, saying, "We have to wait, Shanshan is still in the backyard!"

"What is she doing?"

Long Fei asked, curious, and took a sip from the teacup on the table.

The teacup belonged to Lin Yingying, and as he downed the tea, her frown grew deeper.

She introduced, "Grandpa An invited a Jade King over, who is processing jade stones in the backyard right now! Shanshan wants to make a few bracelets, you don’t mind, do you?"

"This girl sure knows how to take advantage of a situation," Long Fei laughed, not the least bit surprised.

It would be strange if his sister-in-law didn’t take advantage of good opportunities. Plucking feathers from a passing goose was her usual style.

He put down the teacup, calmly stating, "As long as you like it, we have plenty of jade stones."

Lin Yingying nodded, thinking that made sense.

A single jade shop yielded so many fine materials; if they were to browse around the market, they would find plenty of good jade stones.

An Xiaoke asked, "Do you want to go take a look? Grandpa Liu’s craftsmanship is excellent!"

Long Fei and Lin Yingying nodded, stood up, and followed her to the backyard.

The Jade King was delighted, ordering his disciples to move all the jade processing tools over and began working in front of Lin Shanshan.

Lin Shanshan was worried he might switch the stones, so she watched closely the entire time.

An Xiaoke gave Long Fei and Lin Yingying a brief introduction as they walked; the Jade King’s name was Liu Jinsuo, and his forefathers were jade craftsmen in the royal palace.

The Jade Ruyi and white jade cabbage that the Qing Dynasty Buddha Master cherished the most were crafted by Liu Jinsuo’s ancestors and are now displayed in the Palace Museum in the Capital City.

Long Fei was thinking about turning these jade materials into a few items since these were meant for prolonged use.

If nourished with spiritual energy, perhaps he could cultivate some spiritual objects.

According to "The Supreme Five Thunders Method," An Daoquan once encountered a jade toad spirit that had come to life when he was catching demons.

This creature was nurtured by nature, gaining incredible fortune as soon as it developed spiritual intelligence.

The jade toad spirit was later subdued by An Daoquan and became a powerful magic artifact in his possession.