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Chapter 674: Chapter 674: Modesty
The master looked down; whatever the owner said, he did. With just one cut, he earned thirty bucks. Whether the cut diminished or increased the stone’s value was none of his concern. 𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝙤𝒎
Then came a strange screech from the stone, a spray of water shot up high as if sawing into everyone’s hearts! The onlookers’ eyes bulged until the stone’s skin flew off with a snap!
In an instant, the whole place erupted with "Wow"—the stone revealed a Glass-type vibrant green!
Baldy burst into a series of bizarre laughs, tears squeezing out as if he were crying. His chubby fingers pointed at that stone: "Underneath the blemish, high green—underneath the blemish, high green ah—what could be more thrilling than gambling for an increase! My God, the luck, this girl’s luck is too good."
This time, without Bai Xiao’s instruction, the master powered up the grinding wheel. The milky white slurry spun and whirled, polishing the stone until the motor abruptly stopped. The stone thudded into a water bucket, rinsing out to reveal a sizeable "Green Lychee"!
Placed on the table, it was crystal clear, like a quivering droplet, frighteningly close to rolling away if not careful!
Needless to say, the stone’s value skyrocketed!
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Even Brother Xiaodao squatted there to take a close look, filled with not a little regret.
This was a top-grade Glass-type.
"Twenty million!"
Someone blurted out a price.
Baldy looked at Bai Xiao and nodded; the price wasn’t bad, just right, and the bidder was an old hand too.
Twenty million in the account, Shao Ming was so excited he was shaking. Twenty million!
It wasn’t that he hadn’t seen money before, having followed Jiang Shaoqing and seen more money than he could count. But this was twenty million earned in minutes from three hundred thousand—who had seen such speed in making money? It was faster than money falling from the sky.
They all hovered around that jade, their eyes sparkling with stars.
This was money indeed.
Sold for twenty million, they were now qualified to go to the third shed. Bai Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as nothing went wrong, it’d be fine. She still lacked some control over her special ability, mainly because she couldn’t gauge the quality of the jade. Otherwise, it might have been easier. She also owed her thanks to Baldy’s popular science lesson; otherwise, she could have only produced a Bean-type at most. And how many stones would she have to sell to reach five million then?
At least now she knew what kind of stones her special ability could create. She didn’t understand raw stones, nor their texture, nor the mines, but she didn’t need to understand.
Bai Mei’s eyes were red with wrath.
"She really hit the damn jackpot," Bai Mei wanted to enjoy the show, but clearly, it was over.
Xiaodao couldn’t help but size up Bai Xiao, initially thinking she was just a pretty but empty vessel. Now he realized that there was something different about her. Could it be that they had misjudged?
He wasn’t very clear about Bai Mei’s grudge against Bai Xiao, as Bai Mei hadn’t gone into details, but did he need a reason to settle the score if his woman felt wronged?
Xiaodao had started with an indifferent attitude, but now he suddenly felt this woman was too useful. If he could get her on his side, not to mention her looks—what man doesn’t care about looks and figure? And if she had this talent, adding another ’little one’ to his side was nothing. Xiaodao was already plotting.
He quietly called over a subordinate, whispered a few words, and the man left noiselessly.
Baldy rubbed his head, smiled as if in bloom, as if the rise in value was his doing, and he became affectionate towards Bai Xiao. "I heard you’re a doctor; do doctors research raw stones too?" His sycophantic demeanor was almost unbearable.
"I really just had luck. I just felt there was jade inside! Nothing more—raw stones are beyond me."
Baldy’s meaningful look conveyed that nobody believed that.
Once might be called luck, but if you say it’s there and it’s there, then it’s like a divine decree—surely she was confident, and it was just a pretext.
Those in the business understood this was modesty.
