Chapter 47 - Stupid Elly (2/2)
Liu Zheng looks at Lin Luoran who is laughing secretly and whispers, “How about we take the stone over with a low price?”
Lin Luoran shakes her head. Other traders all refuse to buy the stone without knowing its real quality. As far as Lin Luoran knows, Elly really makes a wrong choice by cutting the stone in halves.
Lin Luoran worries that if the other unimpressive stones she likes are won by someone else. She is looking forward to Elly’s “250” stone to be cut open quickly.
She looks around and happens to see Foppish Mu who gives her a daunting smile back. Lin Luoran withdraws her drifting sight and pays attention to the knowledge on jade appraisal Liu Zheng is telling her.
Anyhow, Lin Luoran at least has drawn lots of Reiki during this trip so she doesn’t have to care about anything else. She will be happy if she can trick Elly and make the b.a.s.t.a.r.d couple suffer. If not, she won’t lose a thing. So why not have a try?
Liu Zheng notices that Lin Luoran is somehow distracted. He smiles without saying anything.
Finally, Elly’s stone is cut open.
Clamors of comments rise,
“The stone is stupid as its price. So lucky I didn’t buy it!”
“Right. The jade is a complete waste.”
“Stop talking nonsense, you two. It’s just that the cutting ruins the stone. Or else the jade will be enough to make several bracelets. How can it be unprofitable?”
…
Elly is standing still. The big sungla.s.ses fail to cover her expression.
How can the green-mix glutinous jade be worthless? It’s such a pity that there is only a thin layer of jade in both halves of the stone. Just like the other traders said, if she didn’t cut the stone open in the middle, the jade will be enough to make some bracelets… Now, she is not sure whether it can be made into a few little jade eggs to stop the loss.
All of this is due to the fact that Elly imprudently chooses to cut the stone in the middle!
For the first time, Elly feels that her temples are tight. She is not distressed by the 25 million yuan. She is angry with herself by spending 25 million to buy a bad reputation. Elly will never let these things happen because she is sensitive about her reputation.
Elly steps back and draws Li Anping aside, “Tell me again. What did Lin Luoran say to you?”
Li Anping hides those cheesy things he says to Lin Luoran and tells Elly that Lin Luoran doesn’t want Elly to bid on the huge stone. He adds his own opinions—According to Lin Luoran’s personality, she must think the stone is good.
Elly a.s.sumes that Lin Luoran is a loser since she can’t keep her man. However, based on the situation last time and this time, Lin Luoran may have some secret skills on the judgement of jade. Elly refuses to believe that all Lin Luoran has is luck.
Thinking that she has spent a stupid number of money to buy a useless stone, Elly starts to hesitate. Is the huge stone really worthy to gamble on? Or this is just another trick of Lin Luoran?