Chapter 644 (1/2)
Chapter 644: Gender Equality
Translator: Udeze Editor: Udeze
Previously, Tang Xiu had already circled around the sheds inside out and had already memorized the stones he wanted to buy. After further observation, however, he learned that the price of those stones was not subject for bargaining. He could only buy them or go elsewhere if he did not agree with the price. But he could bargain for the jade materials taken out from the raw stones.
“Hi Boss, I want these two stones.”
After Tang Xiu came to the nearby shed, he pointed to the two stones he had inspected before, and the total price of these two raw stones was 28,000 yuan. After paying it by swiping his bank card, he then looked for a cart driver and put the two stones onto the cart.
“Mr. Tang.” Xue Yu walked in lotus-like steps and leisurely came to Tang Xiu’s front. Her eyes swept through the cart as she lightly smiled and said, “Do you like gambling on stones, Mr. Tang?”
Tang Xiu did not want to have more contact with this woman, because the dozens of jades and stones he had his eyes on contained fine quality jades and jadeites. Furthermore, he had decided to let Master Huang cut the stones, and once those jades and jadeites were revealed, his identity would be the subject of suspicion by this particularly strange woman.
“I just play at random,” replied Tang Xiu in a perfunctory manner.
“I also want to gamble on the stones, so my visit here to play will be worth it,” said Xue Yu with a smile. “Anyways, would you mind if I accompany you in choosing the stones, Mr. Tang?”
Tang Xiu furrowed his brows slightly and pondered for a moment before replying, “I’m sorry. I’ve already chosen some good stones previously, so I won’t stay in each shed for a long time. If Miss Xue wants to pick stones, please feel free to do so as you will.”
Having said that, he simply did not give Xue Yu a chance to speak and headed straight to the next shed. Annoying troubles could be avoided if he avoided it, more so that he could not let anyone learn about the special method he employed. And naturally, the fewer people who knew it, the better.
Xue Yu was dumbfounded. She had never encountered a person who spoke to her in such a perfunctory manner, and even so bluntly and flatly refused her request like this. He… he did not even give her a chance to speak at all?
From her childhood to now, Xue Yu had met many people and experienced many things, but never once had anyone ever rejected her, more so with that repelling attitude.
He definitely has something strange about him.
Xue Yu steeled her heart. That intense aura haunted her, so she chased Tang Xiu’s back. Regardless of whether he did not want her to follow him, she wanted to see and comprehend the methods Tang Xiu used to gamble on the stones.
Tang Xiu, who had entered another shed, was keenly aware that Xue Yu was following him. Though he felt annoyed that this woman was insensible, he could not straightly drive her out since the woman did come to talk to him again. After spending 1.6 million yuan in this shed to buy several stones, Tang Xiu led the cart pusher away.
As for Xue Yue, she kept maintaining a distance of seven-plus meters away from Tang Xiu. She did not intervene in Tang Xiu’s purchases nor did she talk much. There was a curiosity in her eyes as her vision paced back and forth between Tang Xiu and the stones.
For nearly an hour, Tang Xiu hired a total of six cart drivers and spent more than 42 million yuan to purchase dozens of stones. The biggest of these stones, however, was priced at 28 million yuan and fully occupied a small cart that could hold a few chunks of stones weighing 200-300 kilograms.
“Aren’t you tired of following me for nearly an hour already, Miss Xue?” Tang Xiu finally stopped and looked at Xue Yu with an annoyed expression.
As though being unable to see that Tang Xiu was annoyed, Xue Yu smirked and said, “I’m just very curious about you, Mr. Tang. That’s why I want to get to know you more. Besides, the way you chose the stones looks very casual, and I admire that.”
With an indifferent expression, Tang Xiu replied, “Do you think I must feel honored because of what you told me?”
“Well, needless to say, just let me see whether the stones you picked contain jades or jadeites,” said Xue Yu, shaking her head.
Tang Xiu thought for a while and asked, “Will you leave if ask I to leave now?”
“I will leave and go to chat with Master Huang,” said Xue Yu with a nod.
“Let’s get to the point here, shall we? What do you really want?” Asked Tang Xiu.
“I really just want to know more about you. I don’t have any other intention,” said Xue Yu. “I heard from Master Huang previously that you’re the Young Divine Doctor from Star City Chinese Medical Hospital. For someone so young such as you to achieve such admirable accomplishments in the Chinese Medical field shows that you are an extraordinary person. Perhaps, you’re highly likely the same type of person as I am.”
Tang Xiu’s brow stretched out. He faintly smiled and said, “Then I’d like to ask you what type of people you are, and from where you came from?”
For a moment, a hesitating look appeared on Xue Yu’s face. She gently raised her hands and made a series of gestures. Then, she said, “If you can understand these gestures I just showed you, you’ll know who I am and where I come from.”
Tang Xiu stared blankly since he did not know all the hand signals showed by Xue Yu at all. After thinking about it, he eased down his vigilance and said, “Maybe we are not the same type of people you suspect we are since I can’t understand those gestures you showed me. Neither can I guess where you are from. You want to follow me and I can’t drive you away, either. Follow me if you want! But…”
There was somewhat disappointed expression in Xue Yu’s eyes, but she still asked after hearing that Tang Xiu permitted her to follow him, “But what?”
“You know, in the society where men and women are equals, don’t you feel ashamed to see these cart drivers working so hard? Take a look at this cart driver, he’s pushing a loaded cart weighing 200-300 kilograms. Isn’t it quite exhausting?”