Chapter 1515 Killing Two Birds with One Stone (2/2)

Zhong Dapao rejected him flatly. ”You're looking down on us if you do that. It's true I have no money, but I'm not going to go against the code just because of that. We're in the same boat; one for all and all for one. This isn't up for debate!”

Li Du burst into laughter when he heard what Dapao said. He muttered, ”You're loyal, but I really don't need you to shoulder this with me this time, because I dug this grave myself.”

Zhong Dapao was surprised. ”Huh?”

Li Du ushered them out, where people were pointing at him. ”He's the one who bought Abakar and made a huge loss!””You can't rely on that rock!”

The Japanese merchant Yoshida looked severe. Li Du angrily told him, ”The rock I bought from you completely tanked, there wasn't even the faintest hint of green or low-grade jade. F*ck, did you play me?”

This angered Yoshida. His loss was comparatively bigger. Not only had his bodyguard been sent off to the hospital because he was crippled in the fight with Godzilla, but the value of the rocks he had on hand was also plummeting because of Li Du's stunt.

Before the fiasco, he had still been adamant about recouping his losses by refusing to budge on his asking price, but now that Li Du bought a piece and proved that his rock was garbage, it was unlikely that anyone else would buy his remaining stock. Yoshida would definitely have to pay, but the amount he would lose hinged on how much the jade cut from the stone was worth.

Li Du kicked up a huge fuss, pointing at Yoshida and claiming that the man had scammed him.

Yoshida only spoke Japanese and English, but the tongues most commonly spoken in Hpakant were Burmese and Chinese. Between Li Du bellowing in Chinese and Zhong Dapao and Liu Zi clamoring in Burmese, the crowd quickly learned about how the huge Abakar fell in profit cut after being cut.

Once he accomplished what he had set out to do, Li Du quickly left. He gathered the rocks that Godzilla had disposed of and threw the only uncut chunk into the black hole when no one was looking.

That rock housed one Sun Wukong , which was capable of becoming translucent jade. Li Du could not confirm ahead of time how much it was worth, but what he knew for sure was that Yoshida would be extremely angry if he found out about its existence.

However, he could not allow that, or he would run the risk of losing his life. Never mind the fact that he would have had to split the profits with Zhong Dapao, the more pressing issue was that there were people who would go as far as killing him if they could lay their hands on jade of such high quality.

He resorted to another stunt instead, which allowed him both to guard the jade and retaliate against Yoshida who had cheated him. He was striking down two birds with a stone.

Out in the street, there were cairns made of rocks stacked on top of each other. Li Du threw the chunk into one such pile and a bunch of kids swarmed forward to retrieve it.

One of the children asked, ”English, Chinese, Burmese, or Japanese?”

Li Du paused. ”What?”

The child had spoken to him in English, but he responded in Chinese. At his response, the child perked up. ”Good day, sir. Would you like some jade? I have a yellowish-green piece. I'll sell it to you for a good price if you'd like.”

”I have one here that's red as a bayberry with a slightly waxy skin. It's good stuff, sir, won't you buy it?”

”Let me show you this one! It's a thunder rock from the bigger markets. I have a few more at home, and if you want, I can sell them to you.”

Li Du was soon surrounded by the children. Some of them were still hurriedly digging through the piles while others fished out rocks that had already been cut from their satchels to show him, aggressively promoting their stock to him.

Li Du had initially thought there was something he could buy here, but he took one look at the stones they had in their hands and realized otherwise. Even without releasing the little bugs he knew those were merely worthless leftovers.

Liu Zi saw that Li Du was surrounded by the kids and shooed the youngsters away. ”Go! Don't cause a ruckus here, or I'll whoop your butts!”

Some of the kids ran away giggling while others lingered around Li Du with their hands stretched out. In a pitiful tone, they asked, ”Spare us some food, brother.””I'm not a beggar, but I'm hungry.””Can you buy me some bread, please?”