The master cutting the stone placed it into the cutting machine and started it up. Wan Yunting, holding Niu Qiuling, along with Yang Dong and Meng Hu, watched the process.
"Heh heh..."
Gu Zhixin, standing beside Bai Yuzhen, chuckled and asked, "Yuzhen, do you think this rough stone he picked can yield anything valuable?"
Bai Yuzhen, who was in the midst of settling the bill with the manager, felt her conversation interrupted. She replied coolly, "Is it fun to bully a tourist?"
Gu Zhixin was taken aback. He pointed at Wan Yunting and laughed, "I saw how arrogant that kid was, so I made a bet with him for fun."
"Birds of a feather flock together, why the animosity!"
Bai Yuzhen flipped through the ledger, her expression indifferent.
Gu Zhixin rolled his eyes at her words, expressing his displeasure, "Yuzhen, although I haven't achieved much, unlike you who can add color to the family business, I am still from a prestigious family, aren't I? Comparing me to a nouveau riche, you're looking down on me too much."
Bai Yuzhen glanced back at him, maintaining her calm demeanor, "It seems you have quite a bit of self-awareness."
Gu Zhixin sighed, "Yes, you are the future successor of Yucai Jewelry Group and the recognized talented woman in Yunnan's business circle. I, Gu Zhixin, am not worthy of you. But Yuzhen, my feelings for you are genuine."
Bai Yuzhen closed the ledger and turned to Gu Zhixin, stating directly, "No matter what method you use, Bai Yuzhen and you will never be together. So, give up on this idea."
"Old Zhou, the ledger matches. I'm going upstairs."
"Yuzhen..."
Seeing Bai Yuzhen turn to go upstairs, Gu Zhixin looked helpless. However, a flicker of barely perceptible sinister intent flashed in his eyes!
This glint of sinister intent in his eyes, however, was spotted by Wan Yunting over there!
"It's cut."
As soon as the machine stopped, the master immediately went to open the cover.
Bai Yuzhen, who was halfway up the stairs, heard the stone being cut and paused, turning back to look.
"How is it, is there jade..."
Niu Qiuling eagerly stepped forward, while Wan Yunting appeared confident and said with a smile, "If there's no jade, I'll eat it."
Then, the master took out the stone that had only a corner cut. He washed the cut surface with water, revealing a grayish-white stone surface. Gu Zhixin went up to take a look and immediately burst into laughter, "Haha, isn't this just sand rock."
"Nothing?"
Seeing this result, Wan Yunting was also stunned. He went up and hugged the stone, looking at the grayish-white stone revealed on the cut surface. Niu Qiuling curled her lips, "Brother Wan, this is just an ordinary stone, there's nothing in it."
Yang Dong and Kong Lian also shook their heads, smiling, "Don't be discouraged, Brother Wan. Gambling on stones is difficult. You've already opened one piece, which is quite good. Just consider it playing around."
On the stairs, Bai Yuzhen saw this scene, shook her head slightly, and continued up to the second floor.
"Haha..."
However, Gu Zhixin beside her was laughing uncontrollably, smirking wickedly at Wan Yunting, "Kid, a bet is a bet. Call me grandpa."
"You want me to call you what?"
Wan Yunting's eyes widened, appearing furious. He looked at the stone on the table, "I don't believe there's no jade inside..."
"What, you still..."
Bang!
Before Gu Zhixin could finish speaking, his eyes widened. Wan Yunting raised his right hand and slammed it down hard onto the stone on the table. The stone immediately shattered into pieces, startling Niu Qiuling, Yang Dong, Ji Jing, Kong Lian, Meng Hu, Di She, the manager, and other surrounding guests. They all jumped back two steps in shock...
For a moment, everyone present was dumbfounded, staring at the stone that Wan Yunting had shattered with a palm strike. What kind of palm strength could split a stone apart?
Bai Yuzhen, who had already reached the second floor, was also startled by the loud noise and quickly descended a few steps to observe the situation below...
"Green, there's green..."
The master nearby, who had recovered from his shock, pointed at a piece of broken stone that had fallen to the ground, exclaiming that it was jade.
"Haha, I said this stone had jade!"
Wan Yunting, raising his palm, looked at the shattered stone and revealed its true appearance. His palm strike had caused the stone to break along the fissures, revealing the vibrant green color...
With a gulp, Gu Zhixin, his eyes wide and mind reeling, saw that the shattered stone indeed contained jade. He was utterly shocked.
What shocked him now was not that the stone contained jade, but that this man in front of him had managed to break a stone with his bare hand. Was this even human?
Or was he filming a movie, and this was a specially made stone...
"Look at you all, making a fuss."
However, Meng Hu and Di She remained unfazed. It was clear that they had witnessed Wan Yunting's superhuman abilities in prison before.
Punching through a prison wall, kicking a steel door crooked – shattering a stone with a palm was child's play to them.
Yang Dong finally understood why Wan Yunting had been able to dominate the North, West, and South districts in just one night. With a single word, he could make Meng Hu, Di She, and other underground factions willingly submit to him.
Such terrifying strength made it impossible not to admire him.
"How about it, now it's your turn to call me grandpa!"
Wan Yunting clapped his hands and said with a sinister grin to the stiff and stunned Gu Zhixin, "If you don't want to call me grandpa, you can eat this stone instead."
With a clang, the shattered jade rolled in front of Gu Zhixin. He finally reacted, his eyes involuntarily showing fear as he looked at Wan Yunting. He was truly terrified by what he had just witnessed.
At that moment, everyone's gaze shifted to him. Gu Zhixin struggled internally; he had never expected the tables to turn so quickly.
One moment he was mocking Wan Yunting, and the next, he was the clown.
"What a waste of a treasure!"
However, Bai Yuzhen, who had hurried down, looked at the shattered stone on the table. Judging by its vibrant green color and fine texture, it was definitely a rough stone of the "water type" grade.
But now it was shattered into pieces, which pained Bai Yuzhen greatly. She said to Wan Yunting with annoyance, "This was an Imperial Green rough. If it had been cut normally and kept intact, it would have been an incredibly valuable piece!"
"Imperial Green..."
The surrounding crowd immediately lost their composure.
Wan Yunting, too, turned to look at the slightly angry Bai Yuzhen and asked, "How much could it have sold for?"
"If it were intact, it would be worth at least a hundred million!" Bai Yuzhen declared, sticking up one finger, her teeth gritted.
Imperial Green was incredibly precious. Even Bai Yuzhen and her colleagues hadn't encountered Imperial Green rough for a long time.
And now, this nouveau riche youth, perhaps having stepped on something lucky outside, had picked a seemingly ordinary stone that turned out to be Imperial Green. But then, he had smashed it into pieces with a single palm.
How could this not pain Bai Yuzhen?
"Holy crap, a hundred million..."
Meng Hu and Di She were stunned when they heard the stone was worth a hundred million.
The other guests who had gathered were also speechless, realizing that Wan Yunting's palm strike had just cost them a hundred million.
"Cough cough, how reckless..."
Wan Yunting clutched his chest, nearly spitting out a mouthful of blood upon hearing the price.
If he had known the stone contained Imperial Green jade, he wouldn't have used brute force to smash it open.