Previously, when Wu Tian was locked in the detention room by Director Zhao Hong, he had faced the encirclement of many police officers.
And at that time, Zhou Ning seemed to be among them!
"I remember now, you were the one who followed Zhao Hong back then."
Wu Tian smiled and said, "I didn't expect it to be your jurisdiction again this time."
Zhou Ning shrunk his neck and chuckled, "Mr. Wu, I'm truly sorry."
"I know you must be a good person, and you did nothing wrong this time."
"Yang Ming is suspected of provoking trouble, and I will take her away now!"
Yang Ming could hardly believe her ears.
She went over and nudged Zhou Ning, saying with a face full of anger, "Zhou Ning! Do you have a grudge against me!"
"When we were in school, we dated! Is this how you treat me!"
Zhou Ning dared not associate himself with Yang Ming at this time. He shook off Yang Ming's hand and said sternly,
"Don't talk nonsense here! Who are you? I don't know you at all!"
"You guys, hurry up and take her back!"
Several police officers immediately stepped forward and took the disoriented Yang Ming into the car.
Afterward, all the thugs were taken to the police station.
And as per procedure, Wu Tian also went to make a statement.
Zhou Ning had originally wanted to drive Wu Tian back, but Wu Tian thought that since he was already in the county town, he might as well stay and have some fun.
So he wandered around the county town.
As he wandered, he found himself back on the antique street and decided to go in and take a look.
The antique street was as bustling as ever, with people setting up stalls, opening shops, and coming and going.
The antique shop that had previously cheated Tang Qi was already closed, presumably because Wu Tian's actions had caused its business to fail.
Wu Tian felt no guilt about this.
After all, in his opinion, unscrupulous merchants should all be eradicated, so as not to harm the common people.
As Wu Tian strolled, he suddenly noticed a crowd gathered ahead.
Those people were shouting at the top of their lungs, and the scene was extremely lively, almost like gambling.
Curious, Wu Tian walked over and discovered that they were playing "gambling stones."
Gambling stones, as the name suggests, involves selecting raw stones from merchants and then having them cut open.
The raw stones might contain jade, and although the probability was very low, once one struck it lucky, a few hundred yuan could turn into tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions.
In a sense, this place was no different from gambling.
Wu Tian found it quite interesting and stopped to watch.
Many people were buying raw stones, all dreaming of a rags-to-riches story. They excitedly carried the raw stones to be cut open, only to return dejectedly.
After watching several people, not only did he not see any jade, but he didn't even see a speck of green.
Wu Tian watched with amusement and suddenly felt a desire to try it himself.
However, he now possessed the Eye of Heavenly Insight, so he could see at a glance whether there was jade in the raw stones.
He browsed the stalls, but after looking for a long time, he didn't find any stones with jade.
"It seems that people who buy stones here are all destined to be suckers."
Thinking this, Wu Tian lost interest and prepared to leave.
But at that moment, his gaze shifted, and he suddenly froze.
He had overlooked a stone, which was placed at the bottom of the stall and used as a footrest, making it completely inconspicuous.
He pointed at the stone and asked the boss, "Boss, how much is this stone?"
Everyone looked at the stone Wu Tian pointed at and was stunned.
The boss looked at Wu Tian as if he were an idiot and said, "Young man, you must be mistaken. That's just a footrest, not a stone for sale!"
Wu Tian said, "I know it's a footrest, but this is the one I want."
"Don't bother asking if you're selling it or not, just tell me how much it is."
This series of actions completely baffled the boss.
After all, he had been selling raw stones for so long and had never encountered such a customer!
He thought for a moment and said, "Young man, although I don't know what you're up to, if you insist on having it, just pay the cutting fee. You can take this stone for a hundred yuan."
"Okay." Wu Tian paid the money and then took out the stone.
The surrounding people found it truly novel, that there would be someone in this world who would buy such a stone.
For a moment, they lost interest in watching others gamble stones and focused their attention on Wu Tian.
Wu Tian carried the stone and walked over to the stone-cutting master.
As soon as the master saw the stone, he was also surprised, "Isn't this the footrest stone? What are you doing with it?"
Wu Tian smiled and said, "I've already bought this stone. Please help me cut it."
The master was even more surprised, "Young man, I'll assume you're a novice, but this is too absurd!"
"To think that you could find jade in a footrest stone, that's impossible!" httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Wu Tian continued to smile, "Oh, master, just cut the stone properly. There's definitely jade inside."
Upon hearing this, the stone-cutting master couldn't help but laugh.
"Why are you so sure? Do you have eyes that can see through things?"
Wu Tian knew that the stone-cutting master was joking, so he played along, "You guessed it right, I really do have eyes that can see through things!"
The onlookers all burst into laughter, and the stone-cutting master also laughed, "Is that so? If that's the case, how about we make a bet?"
"If there's even a tiny fragment of jade inside, I'll give you a thousand yuan."
"But if there isn't, you give me a thousand, how about that?"
The people around them laughed, "Old master, that's not fair!"
"There's clearly no jade inside, aren't you trying to trick him out of his money?"
The stone-cutting master laughed, "I'm just saying it casually. Whether you agree or not is up to him."
Everyone thought Wu Tian wouldn't agree, but to their surprise, Wu Tian nodded and said, "Okay, then let's make a bet."
Everyone was stunned. This young man actually agreed?
Isn't this just fooling around?
The stone-cutting master was also taken aback for a moment, then chuckled, "Alright, with so many people watching, you can't go back on your word!"
Wu Tian smiled, "Don't worry, I definitely won't go back on my word. Everyone is a witness, even if I wanted to run, I couldn't!"
The stone-cutting master placed the stone on the machine, "Alright, it's a deal. Neither of us will go back on it!"
With that, the master began to cut the stone.
Everyone became tense, their eyes fixed on the raw stone.
As the rumbling sound of the cutting machine echoed, the raw stone gradually became smaller, half of it turning to dust, but still, no jade appeared…