Chapter 508: Chapter 504: I’ll Gamble for You (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
Li Shuai huffed and said, "Sis, I just can’t stand that guy’s arrogant attitude."
A middle-aged man looked at Li Rongrong with a teasing expression, "Your Li Family is getting worse and worse, playing the stone gambling game so cautiously."
"Wei Xian, what did you say? Didn’t I bet against you? Cut the stone now."
Ye Chen’s gaze fell on the raw stone, and suddenly he felt as if his eyes could see through it.
Li Shuai’s stone had only a trace of green inside, while the elder’s stone contained a walnut-sized green cluster.
Is this the Master of Dushi?
Impressive!
Ye Chen instantly realized that Li Shuai would definitely lose this round.
At this point, the two people began preparing to cut the stone.
Ye Chen said to Li Rongrong, your brother is likely to lose.
"Lose?" Li Rongrong was taken aback.
"How did you see that he’d lose?" Li Rongrong asked, puzzled.
Ye Chen chuckled, "Intuition."
Li Shuai snorted coldly, "Come on, come on, today I refuse to believe my luck is so bad that I always lose to you."
The two began to cut the stone.
First, Wei Xian began cutting the stone.
As the stone-cutting machine buzzed, the raw stone got polished bit by bit.
"Look, it’s turning green!" someone suddenly shouted.
Wei Xian wore a smug expression.
"Li Shuai, mine’s showing green," he boasted.
The stone was cut open, revealing indeed a walnut-sized piece of jade.
Li Shuai frowned and snorted coldly, "Humph, such a small stone, and you dare call it green? Mine will definitely have better quality and depth."
The stone-cutter began working, and the result was just as Ye Chen predicted—a total loss.
Seeing this scene, Li Rongrong was taken aback.
Ye Chen actually guessed right.
Though Ye Chen said it was intuition, was it really intuition?
From Ye Chen’s skill in evaluating antiques, Li Rongrong already sensed he was very different from ordinary people.
The stone was a bust, and Li Shuai’s face turned grim.
Wei Xian smiled slightly, "Alright, you lost, I’ll take the ten million."
"You..." Li Shuai clenched his fists in anger.
Losing ten million all at once, all his money was gone, leaving no chance for a comeback.
Wei Xian grew even more smug, "Want to go again? Hope you haven’t lost everything like your father."
"I’ll bet with you." Li Rongrong’s eyes turned cold as she stepped forward.
Originally, Li Rongrong didn’t like gambling, but since the opponent brought up her father...
This was something Li Rongrong couldn’t tolerate.
"Sis!" Li Shuai was stunned.
Li Rongrong said, "This time, twenty million."
Wei Xian looked at Li Rongrong with a playful grin, "Rongrong, how about this, if you lose, I don’t want a penny, be my girlfriend instead?"
"Rubbish, Wei Xian, what are you thinking?" Li Shuai cursed.
Wei Xian sneered coldly, "If you want to bet, nothing less than fifty million."
"You..." Li Rongrong was so angry that her face turned red.
Fifty million, she truly couldn’t afford it.
Ye Chen chuckled lightly, "Rongrong, let me bet this round for you."
After all, Li Rongrong was Ye Chen’s friend; how could he allow anyone to bully her in front of him?
Li Rongrong glanced at Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, you..."
Ye Chen smiled, "Don’t worry, I won’t lose."
"Fifty million is a bit little, how about betting a hundred million?" Ye Chen said casually.
Upon hearing Ye Chen’s words, the crowd was in an uproar.
No one expected Ye Chen to be this bold, betting one hundred million right away.
Wei Xian fixed a sharp gaze on Ye Chen.
"Young man, you’ve got quite a mouth. Do you really have a hundred million?"
Ye Chen chuckled lightly, "Of course I do."
"If you dare to bet, we can transfer the money to a notary’s account in advance, and the loser can simply transfer it, how about that?"
Wei Xian’s expression was uncertain.
A hundred million was quite a sum for him.
Ye Chen watched Wei Xian, who was silent for a long time, and chuckled, "Feeling intimidated?"
Wei Xian, concerned about his reputation, couldn’t endure Ye Chen’s provocation and sneered, "Let’s bet. I’m not afraid of you."
At this moment, an elder stepped forward.
"Elder Chen, you’re just in time. Please be our notary," Wei Xian said.
Elder Chen nodded, "Sure, I’m willing to be the intermediary."
Hearing that Ye Chen was putting up a hundred million as a bet, Li Rongrong’s face changed.
After all, this had nothing to do with Ye Chen; he was stepping up for her sake. If he won, that was fine, but if he lost...
"Ye Chen, why not let it go," Li Rongrong suggested.
Ye Chen chuckled lightly, "Why should I let it go? When someone is giving me money, why would I turn it down?"
With that, Ye Chen picked up his phone, "Wanrou, transfer a hundred million to this account."
Ye Chen gave Elder Chen’s account information to Li Rongrong.
Soon, the hundred million was deposited.
Wei Xian’s money was also transferred to Elder Chen’s account.
Ye Chen chuckled lightly, "Can we choose the raw stone now?"
Elder Chen nodded, "You can choose any raw stone from here."
Wei Xian quickly stepped into the selection area; his target was the A goods section.
The selection site had three sections: A goods, B goods, and C goods.
The A goods section contained raw stones valued between one million to over ten million, with a one percent chance of producing green.
The B goods section contained raw stones valued between one hundred thousand to one million, with a one in a thousand chance of producing green.
The C goods section contained raw stones valued between ten thousand to one hundred thousand, with a one in ten thousand chance of producing green.
Thus, Wei Xian naturally went to the A goods section.
Ye Chen, on the other hand, wasn’t in a rush, starting his search from the C goods section.
Seeing Ye Chen walking into the C goods section, the crowd shook their heads quietly.
It seemed the young man didn’t understand stone gambling at all.
Although the raw stones in the C goods section were cheap, the chances of producing green were extremely low.
Moreover, even if green did appear, it was rarely of the finest Emperor Green quality.
But it wasn’t impossible to find; there had been raw stones worth millions found there before, but that was years ago.
Ye Chen glanced around the C section, his gaze stopping before a watermelon-sized raw stone.
He looked at the stone with an expression of wild joy.
Through the Divine Skill of stone gambling, Ye Chen could tell that this watermelon-sized raw stone was full green.
This was it.
Ye Chen immediately picked up the raw stone, then wandered around both the B and C sections of the stone gambling field.
After confirming that this stone was the best one, Ye Chen set the chosen raw stone on the ground.
"I’ve made my choice."
The crowd was all stunned.
This kid actually chose a raw stone from the C section.
Everyone knew that raw stones from the C section were mostly waste material.
Choosing a raw stone involves looking at color, pattern, and also feel.
But everyone felt that Ye Chen’s selection was purely based on eye appeal; seeing one he liked, he picked it up immediately, too casual.
On the other side, Wei Xian was examining multiple raw stones with a magnifying glass before finally making his choice.
Wei Xian also noticed Ye Chen had chosen a raw stone from the C section, and his face lit up with joy.
This bet was certainly in his favor.
"Kid, can’t afford a raw stone from the A section?" Wei Xian teased.
Ye Chen remained unperturbed, "Betting against you, any random piece from the C section will suffice."
Wei Xian snorted coldly, "Ignorant, I’ll see how long you can keep laughing."