Chapter 210 - An Ancestral Rag (2/2)
As the water was washing and cleaning the stones, the worker felt more and more surprised with more and more sweat on his forehead as he kept washing those ordinary stones with the trouser pocket of Hao Ning. Not only the worker, apart from Hao Ning and his men, but also all the people here were stunned with sweat streaming down their backs in such a cool place, the temperature of which was only 24℃.
Because they all saw that the green was gradually evident on the grey stones as the stones were washed by the duster cloth which was handed down from the ancestors of Hao Ning. Apparently, the jade which they saw was actually got ready by Hao Ning and Zhou Yuan in advance, violet jadeite with green lines.
Of course, only Hao Ning and his friends knew the truth. The jade was not washed out but made by Zhou Yuan’s gradual remove of the Virtualized reality when the worker did not pay attention to it but washed the stones. It was only a normal trick, and Zhou Yuan was the main magician. But now, all the people were staring at the rag in the hands of the worker, which was taken out and mystified by Hao Ning, as well as the jade which became brighter and brighter. As for Zhou Yuan, nobody would care about him.
“I have finished…” The worker passed the one small and two big pieces of violet jadeite with green lines to Hao Ning. Hao Ning laughed and held the stones, shaking them towards all the people here, including Wang Jun. “All right?”
With a plop, some people behind, whose mental endurance was too weak, directly fainted because of “sunstroke”.
“Oh my God!” The rest of those people shouted out suddenly, “How could it be possible? We see clearly that…”
“What do you see clearly?” Hao Ning was just waiting for this question. Xiao Hong and he looked at each other. Hao Ning got the drop on and stared at those people coldly. He shouted loudly, “What on earth do you see clearly?”
“Stones…” The moment other people said it out, they found that they had said something wrong. They rushed to cover their mouths. If they said it out, that was to say, they admitted their tricks.
“What do you mean? You guys see clearly that those are just stones, right?” Hao Ning thought he was standing on the moral high ground at this time and shouted sharply, pointing at those people. “What do you mean by saying that what you saw clearly was just stones? Ah! I got it! Do you guys have the ability to see the inside of those crude stones? Oh, I see! That’s why you just now laughed at me and said that I was like an idiot.”
Hao Ning pretended to be more and more indignant as he said these words. Then he said seriously and righteously, “No wonder you guys laughed at us and said that we were not experts in this aspect. You have already invited some experts to come here, right? Sure enough, You must have done something dirty secretly with those experts who can see the inside of these stones and deceived us who know little about stone-gambling for our money, right? Hah! I thought that it would happen only in the fields of stock market, real estate, features, and some other industries. But I did not expect that it should happen in the field of stone-gambling, which is just an entertainment venue. I believe that this situation has lasted a long time. In this way, those people like us who know little about stone-gambling should not appear here.”
Those words “should not appear here” was shouted by Hao Ning in a lion-roaring voice, which stunned all the people who did not dare to say a word. On the one hand, Hao Ning shouted in an extremely loud voice. On the other hand, they felt a guilty conscience and were rattled in the mind because of Hao Ning’s revealing their tricks.
“Such a good move! Pretend to move ahead in order to hide the intention to retreat.” Liu Shuai gave a thumb-up to Hao Ning secretly. Hao Ning’s question forced others to deny that they did such a thing. All the people were busy clarifying their innocence, and nobody now cared how Hao Ning took out the jade. In this way, even if someone suspected there was something wrong with the jade, he would have nothing to say at this moment, or it would mean that he could see the inside of the stones in a disguised form.
“How about you?” Hao Ning looked at Wang Jun and asked with a sneer, “Mr. Wang, do you also know some masters who have the ability to see the inside of these stones?”
Wang Jun looked at the young man behind him, and the young man shook his head secretly without saying a word. Wang Jun wiped off his sweat and said with a mock, “You, you are telling a joke. There is no such a thing in the world, right? What do you think? Ha-ha!”
“Oh! In this way…” Hao Ning did not unmask him. He just said so while looking at the worker who was examining the goods. After the worker finished the examination and confirmed the goods, he said with a smile, “Do you also admit that there is nothing wrong with the jade which has been taken out from these stones?”
“Yes… The worker has confirmed it. Of course, it’s OK.” Wang Jun thought for a while and found no reason to suspect indeed. He just said in a low voice, “Well! It is just that this situation is relatively rare.”
“Rare? Then you should increase your knowledge.” Hao Ning said without considering anything at this time. He said with a smile, “So, 10 million yuan in total. Cash or card?”
“Of course, it should be paid by cash!” Xiao Hong said it out at once. He mocked Wang Jun and said with a smile, “Boss Wang came here for joy. He must take sufficient cash, right? It is impossible for people of Wang Family to come here without any sincerity, right?”
“Certainly!” Hao Ning and Xiao Hong echoed each other as if they were performing crosstalk. “I have heard from Wang Shizhe that credit is his family’s key value!”
“Lee.” Wang Jun gritted his teeth and said something to Lee in his ear. Then he shouted, “You go to bring my case here.”
The person named Lee called several strong men quickly and then left.
“Are they going to escape?” Hao Ning felt a little strange when seeing this and asked Xiao Hong secretly, “What are they going to do with so many people?”
“Maybe, they are going to carry money.” Xiao Hong said with a smile, “It is so heavy to carry 10 million yuan. Lee can’t carry so much money by himself obviously. Wang Jun is really so awesome and takes so much cash with him. Isn’t he afraid of being robbed?”
“Naturally, he isn’t afraid…” Hao Ning did not say more. He just saw that the jade was auctioned off on the spot and glanced at the young man with the corner of his eye.
In the end, the three pieces of jade were auctioned off at a price of 35 million yuan in total, which surely fitted the expectation of Hao Ning.
After a while, Lee walked over with two men behind him holding one case respectively. Wang Jun waved his hand without any distress, and the two men passed the cases to Hao Ning. Hao Ning did not take the cases but asked Xiao Hong to check them.
After Xiao Hong nodded, Hao Ning said with a smile, “Thanks for Mr. Wang’s 10 million yuan. Let’s go!”
“Wait!” Wang Jun suddenly stepped forward and shouted.
“What?” Xiao Hong took the money and turned back to have a look. “Mr. Wang, are you going to back out?”
“Absolutely not! How could it be possible?” Wang Jun smiled lightly and said, “Wang Family will never do that no matter how sorehead we are. I am just wondering whether you guys will want to continue the game since you have earned so much money.”
“What do you want to play?” Hao Ning did not express an opinion. “Looking at the sad faces of you, a group of experts, there may be no good rough stones left. We are just some ignorant people who know little about stone-gambling. Forget it, and we won’t attend the game. There are too many tricks.”
“Ah! Don’t say that!” Wang Jun laughed and said, “As to stone-gambling, the key is gambling. Though there are very few good stones, we can still do the gambling. How about this? Let’s gamble. 30 million yuan for one round. OK?”
“Um?” Hao Ning had been attracted slightly. After all, he had just 45 million yuan now, and with those gold bars, there were only 60 million yuan in total, which was far from 100 million yuan. But Hao Ning knew little about gambling. He then looked at Xiao Hong. Xiao Hong thought for a while and then asked in a clear and loud voice, “For what?”
“Pai Gow.” Wang Jun laughed.
Xiao Hong looked at Hao Ning. Hao Ning felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head. Xiao Hong understood it and said, “I can’t.”
“Puff…” Someone behind burst out laughing. But they were forced to stop laughing by others’ eyes because almost all the people who made fun of Hao Ning and his friends just now had a bad ending.
“Then? Mahjong?” Wang Jun frowned slightly.
Xiao Hong looked at the expression of Hao Ning and said with a bit of embarrassment, “I can’t.”
“Poker?” Wang Jun tried hard to suppress his laughter.
“I can’t.” Xiao Hong saw that Hao Ning also collapsed due to the situation. Hao Ning should not have winked at Xiao Hong since Hao Ning could not play anything. Thinking of this, Xiao Hong could not help asking in a low voice, “What on earth can you play? Just tell me. I will ask them to prepare for whatever you can play.”
Hao Ning blushed and said after keeping silent for a while, “I can play the game of putting some dices into the cup and shaking the cup to figure out which one can get the big number. What’s the name of the game?”
“Clap!” Xiao Hong clapped his head with his hand. He took a deep breath and then breathed out slowly. Then he said with an unwilling smile, “Those games are too complex. Let’s play an earthy one… It is up to you!” Xiao Hong made a gesture to Hao Ning while saying that, which meant that he wanted Hao Ning to propose by himself.