“Where did she go?”
Seeing Wan Yunting return alone, and Niu Qiuling being led away by a beautiful waitress, Yang Dong asked.
“She wasn’t feeling well and went to the restroom.”
Wan Yunting smiled and asked, “How is it, has the stone been cut yet?”
“It’s out…”
Yang Dong glanced at Niu Qiuling, who was being taken to the restroom by a waitress, and nodded and smiled at Wan Yunting, “Go take a look, maybe your luck is good, and you’ll cut out an ice-jade emerald.”
“Haha, I can’t wait, let’s go see…”
Wan Yunting was excited, and he, along with Meng Hu and the others, went over. They watched as the two masters opened the protective cover of the cutting machine and brought out the cut raw stone. Upon seeing the cut side, which revealed the interior of the raw stone, the elder master wiped it with his hand, and his eyes immediately lit up. “It’s increased, it’s increased.”
“Increased?”
Wan Yunting was astonished. Yang Dong excitedly said, “It means we’ve cut out jade!”
“Haha, it seems our luck is pretty good.”
Wan Yunting burst into laughter. He hadn’t expected to strike jade on his very first gamble stone.
“Quickly, let’s see how much it increased…”
Yang Dong also hadn’t expected Wan Yunting’s luck to be so good, to strike it rich on his first try.
The stone was brought over, and the manager wiped the cut surface with a cloth. It was a light green surface, with a very fine texture. The quality and clarity immediately indicated it was of ice-jade grade!
“Boss, your stone is simply skyrocketing in value.”
The manager was full of excitement. He hadn’t expected this young nouveau riche, who seemed to know nothing, to directly cut out an ice-jade material. “The color and purity of this material are very uniform, and the texture is very fine. The most crucial point is that there are no major cracks overall. This is absolutely a top-grade ice-jade material.”
Wan Yunting, who didn’t understand the technical terms, knew that the stone he had casually gambled on had yielded a sky-high priced jade. “So, I’ve made a profit.”
Yang Dong beside him laughed heartily, “Brother Wan, your luck is too amazing. This isn’t just a profit, it’s a huge profit.”
“How much did I earn?”
Wan Yunting put on an air of ignorance and asked the manager, “Can you give it an appraisal?”
“Certainly.”
The manager nodded and then smiled, “You are truly fortunate. Our old chairman and his eldest daughter happen to be inspecting this store tonight. I’ll go up and invite them down to personally appraise this piece for you. If you are satisfied, we can buy it back directly.”
“Is it the old chairman of Caiyun Jewelry Group, Elder Bai Chengyun?” Yang Dong asked in surprise.
“Yes.”
The manager nodded and personally went up to the second floor of the shop…
After a while, a tall and graceful woman in a professional skirt suit, around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with outstanding looks, exuding a pure yet charming aura, appeared. Dressed in OL professional attire, she radiated mature feminine charm.
Accompanying Bai Yuzhen was a young man dressed in a stylish blue branded casual suit, with an ostentatiously flamboyant demeanor. He was Bai Yuzhen’s suitor, named Gu Zhixin. An innate arrogance emanated from his brows, and his upturned lips gave him an air of being incomparable and arrogantly self-important.
Clearly, another young master from a wealthy family.
“Brother Wan, that woman is the granddaughter of the old chairman of Yu Cai Jewelry Group, and also their executive president, Bai Yuzhen. I’ve heard she has a great business acumen. In less than two years of leading Yu Cai Jewelry Group as president, she has increased their company’s growth by several percentage points.”
Yang Dong watched Bai Yuzhen and her companions approach, then pointed to the arrogant Gu Zhixin and said with a light smile, “As for that kid, he’s the son of the chairman of Yufu Jewelry Group, Gu Zhixin. He’s just a good-for-nothing rich second-generation with no accomplishments!”
Wan Yunting, listening, feigned disinterest. “Brother Dong, you don’t need to tell me all this. We’re not here to do business with them.”
Yang Dong chuckled wickedly, “Brother Wan, you’re wrong. That Gu Zhixin is a drug addict!”
“Oh.”
Wan Yunting was surprised. Indeed, as Gu Zhixin approached, he noticed his complexion was somewhat sallow.
Drug addicts typically have sallow, gaunt, and tired complexions.
Gu Zhixin currently appeared very agitated, likely having just consumed drugs. However, when he opened his mouth, his teeth were slightly yellow, and even showed signs of decay. It was evident from his "ice-drug teeth" that he had a history of drug use for several years!
“So, this kid is a local drug trafficker?”
Wan Yunting narrowed his eyes. Yang Dong nodded, “There are many drug dealers here, and the biggest drug lord controlling the Golden Triangle is Wei Gang! But for wealthy young masters like Gu Zhixin, they wouldn’t get their supplies from ordinary drug dealers like Wei Gang in their drug circles!”
Wan Yunting was inwardly surprised. “A drug dealer wealthy circle!”
“Exactly.”
Yang Dong nodded. “The Chen Tao and his group arrested by the Huadu police last time were drug lords from the wealthy circle!”
“And here, we also have similar circles. According to unofficial sources, a young scion of the Jiang Group, Jiang Hao, procures goods from Southeast Asia and operates a private club here, frequented by wealthy young people like Gu Zhixin!”
This time, Wan Yunting was shocked. He hadn’t expected to stumble upon a lead here related to those who trafficked drugs specifically to the wealthy, just like Chen Tao and his associates!
After all, his purpose for coming here was to investigate the mysterious Young Master Leng, the paramount drug lord controlling the entire Southeast Asian drug trade behind Chen Tao and his gang.
Therefore, if he started with Gu Zhixin now and gathered clues about Jiang Hao, who trafficked drugs to the wealthy, could he obtain information about the mysterious Young Master Leng’s identity from them?
“Perhaps the local police have already identified them!”
Wan Yunting thought for a moment and felt that the Yunnan police must have already identified Jiang Hao, but perhaps they hadn't gathered enough evidence, which was why they hadn't acted yet.
Thinking of this, Wan Yunting sighed slightly. Just as he wanted to make a move, it was inconvenient now. Doing so would only disrupt his own plan and might even disrupt others’ plans!
At this moment, in the restroom behind the shop, as it was not a public restroom, it was a unisex facility.
Niu Qiuling, who had entered the restroom first, saw the door open and Zhong Zhicheng walk in. He cautiously surveyed the restroom. There were only three stalls, and he confirmed Niu Qiuling was the only one inside. Zhong Zhicheng took out a “Caution: Out of Order” sign and placed it outside the restroom door, alerting others that the facility was temporarily unusable.
“Here.”
Niu Qiuling opened the door and came out, looking at Zhong Zhicheng and directly asking, “When will Director Lu and the others take action?”
Seeing Niu Qiuling dressed in a sexy pink outfit, especially her proud cleavage, Zhong Zhicheng struggled to avert his gaze. He nodded and said, “Tomorrow morning, Director Lu and the others will head to Thailand to attend this trilateral joint conference!”
Niu Qiuling nodded and asked, “Have you contacted the informant embedded within the Pongka drug trafficking group? Quickly give us his contact information.”
Zhong Zhicheng shook his head. “Your brother hasn’t given me any information yet!”
“What, my brother?”
Niu Qiuling was taken aback. Zhong Zhicheng nodded. “Ever since you were transferred to Huadu, your brother Niu Jinwu has infiltrated the Pongka drug trafficking group from Daji. The last time he contacted me, he said he had penetrated the internal power structure of Pongka, but he hasn’t contacted us for now.”
Niu Qiuling frowned. She hadn’t expected that the undercover informant she was supposed to connect with this time would be her own brother, Niu Jinwu.