Chapter 1510 Longken (1/2)

The plump woman was not easy to deceive. She pushed the young man and said angrily, ”Do you think I'm a fool? The jade bracelet that cost two million, would it be broken when knocked on the stone? Besides, wouldn't I know if that had happened? The bracelet didn't touch the stone!”

A quarrel began, and the young man tried to smile at the beginning. However, when the woman did not let the matter go, he got impatient, shook off the woman's arm and walked away.

The fat woman ran after him, her voice bleating petulantly, ”Do you think I'm easy to bully because I'm in another country? You wait, wait and see…”

Zhong Dapao rubbed his chest at ease, squinted and said, ”A silly woman. This is a cheap adhesive bracelet. Two million? We can buy a few for twenty thousand!”

Li Du said, ”Are you saying she did not smash it into the stone on purpose? She was tricked?”

Liu Zi sneered and said, ”How is it possible? Would a jade bracelet break from slightly scraping against stone, and underwater too? Besides, how hot can this spring water be? Jade is not bean curd residue, it wasn't supposed to break so easily.”

Li Du shook his head and said, ”There are too many cheaters here.”

”A lot,” said Zhong Dapao pursed his lips.

After a moment, three little girls, not more than fifteen years of age, timidly approached, led by a waiter. All four of them were carrying multiple bottles of liquor in their hands, and the waiter had some more wine and beer on a tray.

After the waiter put down the tray, he bowed, bent towards Zhong Dapao and said, ”Sir, here are your attendants.”

Li Du was anxious when he saw it. These little girls were young and definitely underage, and the whole thing smacked of something illegal.

He quickly waved his hand and said, ”Master Pao, Master Liu, we can't do something that harms our reputation…”

Liu Zi gave a puzzled look. ”Harming our reputation? What are you talking about?”

Zhong Dapao laughed. ”Master Li, what are you thinking about? What do you think the girls are doing here? They are here for our jade!”

He carefully opened three storage boxes of jade and passed them to the girls. The little girls took one piece each and plunged the jade into the hot spring.

”This is called raising the jade,” said Zhong Dapao.

Li Du realized that he had misunderstood, and smiled awkwardly. ”Haha, is that so?”

”What were you thinking about?” Zhong Dapao was still laughing. He had put Li Du into this situation on purpose to make fun of him.

Instead of going back to the hotel, they spent the night in the hot springs. Li Du brought in some of the little ones in and bathed them. They were moving around with Li Du since they came to Myanmar and their bodies were dusty.

After soaking in the hot spring for some time, they were prepared to go to bed. However, the three little girls would go on soaking the jade in the hot spring all night.

Li Du could not bear to see this, so Zhong Dapao said, ”We must keep the jade underwater for at least twelve hours. If it can't be broken off, it is of good quality. It is these girls' job. They have to do this for their meals.”

Liu Zi added, ”That right, Master Li. They do this to earn a salary to support their families. It's quite a good source of income in Hpakant. It's much better than if they were doing what you initially suspected, isn't it?”

Hpakant was a kind of place that was not friendly to poor people, and the job of raising-jade lady was really very popular.