Chapter 275: 274, looks bad Chapter 275: 274, looks bad Liu Xin stood up and looked at Zhang Yun and Li Tianyu, “Shall we continue?” With three pieces of rough, the two they had opened had already won against the opponents, making him feel there was no need to continue the competition.
Li Tianyu looked at the remaining piece of rough and shook his head with a sigh. Even if the last piece was of the glass type, he had already lost. He hadn’t expected that, after so many years in the Gambling Stone Circle, he would lose to a teenager. If the others in the circle found out, they would definitely laugh at him behind his back.
“Since we’ve already started, let’s continue,” Zhang Yun said. He didn’t believe the next piece would also be of the glass type.
“I don’t think the last two counts. Those were pre-selected by you; who knows who picked them. If you have the guts, pick another piece and compare with us,” Li Tianyu’s disciple said, looking unconvinced at Song Yan Ning and the others.
“Are you trying to play dirty now?” Liu Xin looked at Li Tianyu’s disciple displeased. He couldn’t believe he dared come up with such a shameless excuse.
“President Liu, don’t get angry. What this young brother said makes some sense after all, since the rough you chose was selected before the competition started, and we didn’t see you pick them,” Zhang Yun said with a teasing look in his eyes.
Liu Xin gritted his teeth in anger. “You lost, just accept it without making excuses.”
“We are not refusing to accept defeat. Just pick a piece of rough on the spot, if it wins against our remaining piece, we will be convinced,” Li Tianyu’s disciple said to everyone present. “Isn’t that right?”
“Yes!” Some people agreed since they were just here to watch the drama unfold.
However, most people felt that Li Tianyu’s disciple was being unreasonable.
“Now that they’ve already won, you come up with this condition. Why didn’t you say this before?”
“That’s shameless, if you can’t stand losing, don’t compete.”
“That’s right, if you lose, you should accept the loss gracefully.”
Li Tianyu’s face showed an unpleasant expression. His mouth twitched, but in the end, he didn’t speak. He felt his lifetime reputation was ruined today, but right now, he had no choice but to face it. He didn’t want to lose, or publicly admit that he was inferior to a teenager.
Liu Xin walked up to Song Yan Ning, “Boss, should we agree to their demand?”
“As they wish,” Song Yan Ning said with a faint smile. Picking a piece of rough was just a matter of scanning it with Divine Sense.
Liu Xin nodded, then said to Zhang Yun and Li Tianyu’s apprentice, “To make sure you are thoroughly convinced, we agree to pick a piece on the spot. However, I have a condition: if the jade that comes out of our selected rough is better than yours, you must apologize to my boss in front of everyone.”
Zhang Yun looked at Li Tianyu, who nodded. “No problem!”
Liu Xin nodded, then turned to the spectators, “Please witness this.”
“No problem, we will testify for you.”
“Don’t worry, I’ve recorded the whole thing; they won’t be able to deny it later.”
“Thank you all,” Liu Xin said, bowing his hands in appreciation.
Song Yan Ning stood up and walked towards the market.
Qin Yushen and Liu Xin followed her.
Zhang Yun and Li Tianyu’s disciple hastily followed.
The onlookers, seeing Song Yan Ning leading the way, realized she was the one selecting the rough and found it unbelievable.
“I thought it was some master who was selecting the rough, but it turns out to be a young girl.”
“It can’t be that she also selected the previous two pieces? That’s amazing!”
“Let’s follow and see for ourselves.”
Song Yan Ning arrived at the market, scanned around, and walked towards one of the stalls.
Seeing Song Yan Ning start to pick a rough, Li Tianyu’s disciple turned to Li Tianyu, “Master, how confident are we?” Before, his master had taken a long time just to pick three pieces.
“No confidence,” Li Tianyu shook his head. The rough market was too big, even if he spent an entire day browsing, he couldn’t be sure there were no top-grade pieces of jade left.
Song Yan Ning circled around the stall for a while, looked at a few pieces of rough, and chose one with Black Wusha, “This one.” The jade quality in the Black Wusha wasn’t very good, but it was still better than the remaining piece that Li Tianyu had.
Liu Xin took the Black Wusha from Song Yan Ning’s hands, negotiated a price with the stall owner, and then approached Zhang Yun and Li Tianyu’s disciple, “We have selected our rough, let’s go cut it open.”
Li Tianyu sized up the Black Wusha in Liu Xin’s hand, a trace of joy flashing in his eyes. He wouldn’t have chosen this piece of Black Wusha.
“Okay!” Zhang Yun guffawed, striding towards the stone cutting area. Even he, who knew little about rough, could tell that the appearance of this piece of Black Wusha wasn’t very promising.
“Master, do we have a chance to win this time?” Li Tianyu’s disciple said excitedly.
Li Tianyu nodded faintly, “Perhaps. Although the rough doesn’t look good on the surface, we’ll only know once it’s cut open, and I also don’t know about the quality of the rough I chose.”
Liu Xin handed the rough to the stone cutting master, “Cut this one.”
The stone cutting master nodded, took the rough, and put it on the stone cutting table, “This piece doesn’t look very promising, prepare yourself.”
“Okay,” Liu Xin nodded with a smile. He trusted the boss; she had her reasons for selecting this piece of rough.
As the cutting noise resumed on the scene.
The crowd focused their attention on the rough being opened.
“What do you think, will they win again this time?”
“It’s hard to say, I’m not very optimistic about that rough.”
“Me neither.”
“Maybe they chose that piece of Black Wusha on purpose to give Mr. Li a way out gracefully.”
“You might be right, but what Mr. Li did this time was indeed not honorable.”
Liu Xin saw the stone cutting master had already cut open the rough and took out one half to inspect it, frowning upon seeing the White Base Green jade that emerged. It was a relatively common type of jade, typically considered mid-grade.
Seeing that Liu Xin’s rough had been opened, Zhang Yun and Li Tianyu’s disciple came over, and upon seeing the quality, couldn’t help but laugh.
“Mr. Liu, your luck doesn’t seem very good this time,” Zhang Yun laughed, his words full of mockery.
“Master, we definitely won this time,” Li Tianyu’s disciple said happily. Although the White Base Green jade was not bad, it definitely couldn’t match the quality that his master had chosen.