Chapter 45 - Gone too Far (1/2)

Chapter 45 Gone too FarLiu Zheng doesn’t rush her and waits quietly.

He has asked Baojia about Lin Luoran. He knows that she is only an ordinary girl before. She starts to gamble on stone for the first time at Mr. Zhang’s stone-cutting plant after breaking up with her ex-boyfriend.

Liu Zheng remembers that on that day, she spent 2,000 yuan on four pieces of raw stone. Three of them were cut open right away and contained jade… People may think it was a coincidence, but they could never imagine that the only piece Lin Luoran took away with her was the Purple-green Mix.

If he didn’t happen to visit a friend on the Antique Row, he would not have witnessed the process that Lin Luoran refined the piece of tourmaline and carried it to Fatty Cui’s house.

Liu Zheng looks at Lin Luoran’s side face and feels that his original intention is somehow quite despicable.

What makes him change it?

Is it Lin Luoran’s secret quiver when she encounters her ex-boyfriend and Elly? Or is it the dim lamplight on the night they walked out of Commander Qin’s house? He remembers that the atmosphere was so perfect, and his mind was perturbed…

Besides, when Mu Tiannan said “this is between me and her, and you are just an outsider”, Liu Zheng was annoyed by the word “outsider”. Does it mean that he already liked her back then?

Lin Luoran is thinking with her head lowered. Her skin is so smooth and light. Looking from the side, her nose is high, her eyelashes are thick and her cheek is full… She has such a perfect side face.

Lin Luoran is pondering the pros and cons and she doesn’t notice Liu Zheng’s deep eyesight. Warm sunlight in Ruili s.h.i.+nes on them through green banana leaves, Liu Zheng’s gentleness and Lin Luoran’s beauty make them seem like a perfect couple.

Standing beside Elly, Li Anping looks at Lin Luoran and Liu Zheng who are standing shoulder by shoulder. He can’t tell whether he feels jealous or resentful, but his expression exposes his malignity.

w.a.n.g Miao’e strolls to them and laughs, “Why are you hiding here instead of going to see the huge stone? Lots of people want to buy it, but I figure few of them can pay the price.”

With unconstrained laugh on her face, w.a.n.g Miao’e walks closer and says in a low voice, “Are you trying to bid on stone No. 163? I just overheard Elly talking with her people and she offered 590,000 yuan. She also mentioned your name. I feel that something is wrong.”

Lin Luoran and Liu Zheng look at each other with surprise. How can it be so coincidental?

Elly’s offer exceeds Liu Zheng’s by a little bit… This can’t be a coincidence since stone No. 163 is not popular at all!

Lin Luoran tries her best to hold back her anger, “We have been staying in the corner, which is so far away from her. How can she know we want No. 163?

Liu Zheng looks around and notices a man who keeps following them in a distance and pretends to check on the stones.

w.a.n.g Miao’e follows his eyes and nods, “That man is one of Elly’s companions. No wonder I have noticed before that two of her men are missing. Turns out she wants to eavesdrop!”

Lin Luoran sneers, “We have all mistaken Miss. Elly here. She brings so many men with her not to bluff but to eavesdrop on us.”

Buying the raw stone others like with the lowest price is so crafty, though all businessmen are cunning.