Qin Li stayed at the teahouse for an hour, gave Jiang Limin another acupuncture session, repeatedly instructed to throw away the jade pillow and prescribed a few more Chinese herbs to leave behind before leaving.
“I’ll see you off.” Jiang Jun followed Qin Li’s steps.
Qin Li gave the man a puzzled look, didn’t this man hate himself?
“Sorry.” Jiang Jun walked out of the teahouse and spoke to Qin Li once more.
Qin Li really wondered, “Why do you have to say sorry?”
“I thought you were sent by my rival at first when I thought my father was suddenly oddly ill and you appeared too promptly.” Jiang Jun scratched the back of his head.
The corners of Qin Li’s eyes twitched, this man was not low and had a clean face, but his head wasn’t too bright.
It felt like the reason those two chasers were so cross at the beginning was because they took themselves for murderers!
“I’m sorry for misunderstanding you. This is my business card, my Jiang family is one of the best in the whole Qing Province!”
“If you have any problems in the future, call me directly, I’ll step in and sort it all out for you! We are also considered to be not misunderstanding each other.”
Jiang Jun smiled and handed Qin Li a business card.
Qin Li took it, “I’m not that careful, I’ll take the business card, old man if there’s anything else, remember to inform me in time.”
“Good!” Jiang Jun shook Qin Li’s hand and thanked him again and again plus apologized, this time he had really made a big fuss, it was a shame!
Only after watching Qin Li walk away did Jiang Jun slap his face, “I’m such a f*cking idiot, good thing people don’t care.”
After leaving the teahouse, Qin Li didn’t expect to have anything to do with the Jiang family.
But he didn’t tell Tan Chenghui, the competition was still more fair for him.
That night Chu Qing Yin arrived over here and stayed in a room with Qin Li.
The room was large however there was only one bed. In the evening after taking a bath, Chu Qing-Yin, in a rare move, did not wear pajamas but wrapped herself in a bath towel and went under the covers, later pulling it off.
Qin Li was startled when he entered the nest: “Why aren’t you wearing any clothes? Aren’t you cold?”
Chu Qing-Yin originally thought that Qin Li would just pin her down, how could she have expected to spit out such a sentence.
She nearly spurted out a mouthful of blood and said, “You deserve to be single! She immediately put on her pajamas and pulled out another quilt, “Don’t sleep under the same blanket with me!”
Qin Li’s eyes flashed and the corners of his mouth hooked up, how could he not see what Chu Qing Yin was thinking, but it wasn’t time yet!
Until Chu Qing Yin was sure that she liked him, Qin Li would not move Chu Qing Yin.
Otherwise, for him, it was no different from having a bed partner, and marriage was definitely not the way to spend it.
But Chu Qing-Yin was so aggrieved in her heart that she had gone this far to show that she had already forgiven him and shown goodwill.
She had not even gone back to the same sex for over a month, indicating that she was no longer seeing the same person.
It’s hard to believe that Qin Li no longer has feelings for her?
She felt a sense of panic for the first time that she would not know how to live without Qin Li!
Chu Qing Yin bit her lips and looked at Qin Li beside her, her eyes were full of complications, Qin Li, what am I to you?
The next day, when Qin Li woke up Chu Qing Yin was already cleaned up: “Go and have breakfast.”
The group gathered in the dining room, Qin Li looked at Lao Xu and spoke, “The selection of stones starts today, who has the funds?”
Old Xu paused, “You don’t have to worry about this, we three are responsible for picking the stones.”
Qin Li frowned, his eyes cold: “This, you go and say this to Mr Tan, if he agrees, I won’t say anything and the captain will be given to you.”
Old Xu’s face turned completely ugly as he gritted his teeth, “Don’t get too carried away! The three of us have been looking at the stones ourselves, and we definitely have more seniority than you! You can go to Mr Tan and sue us, but we’re doing it for the good of the company!”
“You want the money, do you? Yes, we’ll give you the rest when we’ve picked it out! But I’ll only give you one stone for this competition, and the three of us will pick the remaining two, after all, we have the qualifications!”
Qin Li listened to Xu Zhi’s words about having seniority, his heart was full of sneers, if you want to take the credit, just say so!
“Yes, I want to get the remaining funds at night.”
With those words, Qin Li turned around and left.
The two of them, Tan Ziji and Chu Qingyin, had already left, and Tan Chenghui had not even heard the conversation between the four people.
Seeing Qin Li leave, the three old Xu men were like roosters who had won a battle, their nostrils turned towards the sky and they laughed loudly, “But a yellow-haired kid, still wanting to get at me!”
Old Xu’s eyes narrowed: “Pick the expensive ones for me later. Just give that kid the remaining 200,000!”
As soon as Wang Jie and his team heard this, a smug smile appeared on their faces.
Two hundred thousand, what kind of stones could they buy in a place like this?
They seemed to have seen Qin Li’s ironic face when he got the two hundred thousand!
That day Qin Li went around the grounds and marked a few good looking stones, and at the end of the night he received the rest of the money.
When he saw the balance of the two hundred thousand dollars in his account, Qin Li’s face was not too surprised, nor did he give the three men a scowl, but he simply turned around and walked towards the venue.
His stone would have to be re-visited!
“He’s not angry?” Wang Jie froze.
Zhao Lin also frowned tightly, “Who knows what’s in his heart, is he really planning to buy a stone for two hundred thousand? I would have given up long ago!”
Wang Jie somehow suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, “Zhao Lin, do you think the two stones that Manager Xu picked are really okay?”
“The bidding price is so high, so many people are gathered around to look at them, we’ve had a hard time auctioning them off surely there won’t be any problems!” Zhao Lin waved his hand, “Let’s go, and wait for the good show tomorrow!”
Qin Li took the funds and walked towards the venue in front of some stalls.
The few stones he had chosen before were priced at least two million, as he knew Tan Chenghui was prepared to pay twenty million, he just didn’t expect those guys, two stones cost nineteen and eighty million!
Heh, it’s okay if a good jadeite opens up, if not ……
Qin Li shook his head, he had never had a good feeling about such people who only knew how to be full of revenge mentality.
“Little brother, pick whichever piece you fancy, I have all these leftover stones, small hundreds of thousands can be taken away, not as big as other families’ big things.”
An old man sitting in front of the stall said with a smile.
Qin Li nodded and rummaged around for half a day before he saw a stone in the corner with a halo of light all around it.
He frowned and placed a mark on the stone before turning towards the other stalls.
When the stall owner saw Qin Li approaching, he was just about to introduce the large stone, but when he saw Qin Li walking up to the small, fragmented stone, a touch of contempt appeared on that stall owner’s face, and he was unwilling to pay any more attention to Qin Li.
“What’s the price for this piece?”
Qin Li picked up a football-sized stone, which was covered in moss and would not produce anything good at first glance.
The stall owner took a look at it and held out two fingers, “Two hundred thousand for you.”
Qin Li nodded his head and did not hesitate at all.
This stone, he didn’t dare say it was 100 per cent, but 99.9 per cent, could beat all the contestants who came to participate!
Others couldn’t see it, but he could see it, inside this stone, there was something astounding hidden!
The next morning at breakfast, it was obvious that there were many more people at the competition venue.
The spectators were all starting to enter at this time.
By then the stones would be uniformly cut on the viewing platform.
“All bought?” Tan Chenghui asked casually.
“Of course, boss, don’t worry.” Xu Zhi grinned, “Leave it to us!”
Tan Chenghui nodded his head but looked at Qin Li, “Confident of taking the number one?”
The corner of Qin Li’s mouth ticked, “As long as certain people don’t drag their feet, first place is no problem.”
Stunned!
Tan Chenghui didn’t expect Qin Li to dare to say that, and Xu Zhi’s trio also froze, looking at Qin Li with a face like he was looking at a fool.
This guy wasn’t stupid, was he?
We’re not dragging our feet? It’s you who’s talking! You have a $200,000 original stone and you think that the two of us together have more than $10 million original stones that are no match for you?
“Haha! Good!” Tan Chenghui patted Qin Li’s shoulder, “As long as you take first place for me, I’ll give you ten percent of Tan Ji’s shares!”
Qin Li froze for a moment and was about to say no, when Xu Zhi frowned and spoke.
“Boss, we won’t know until the end, moreover, if he gets first place, it’s not his own credit, but he couldn’t find a good stone on his own, so he found one, the rest was all found by the three of us!”
Saying such words, Old Xu’s face did not blush at all.
The corner of Qin Li’s mouth hooked into a cold smile, he would not have opened his mouth if he had not said so, since this old Xu had first shouted to catch the thief again, he Qin Li was not afraid of anything.
“Well? Wasn’t it you who just gave me two hundred thousand dollars?” The moment Qin Li’s words came out!
Tan Chenghui instantly frowned, and Xu Zhi’s body suddenly stiffened as he looked at Qin Li with a deadly stare!
Qin Li lowered his eyes and ate the egg in his hand.
Xu Zhi deadpanned, “That was also your choice, blame me?”
Tan Chenghui’s face was somewhat unfavourable, he did not know the complexities involved, he just felt that at the moment Qin Li gave him a feeling that he was not capable of taking on a heavy responsibility.
At that moment, he spoke directly: “No matter what, whoever takes on the heavy responsibility, cannot lose the 20 million!” And then he directly turned around and left!
Seeing that Tan Chenghui didn’t say anything, Xu Zhi looked at Qin Li even more smugly: “Fool, what do you think you are? You’re just the boss’s number! When the stone is cut today, I’ll see how you can back out!”
Qin Li stood up, directly ignoring Xu Zhi’s words, and waved towards the distance, “Don’t run around today, there are too many people.”
Chu Qing Yin nodded and followed Tan Ziji to the venue.
Qin Li also left straight away to fetch his own stone.
And just as he went out, a familiar figure walked over and blocked Qin Li’s path.
“Qin Li, it’s been a few days since I’ve seen you.”
The visitor surprised Qin Li for a moment, not expecting Ling Zhenyu to come to watch the match: “Young Master Ling, your health is getting better quite quickly.”
Ling Zhenyu’s face was grim: “You’re a contestant? Very well! As the guest of honour, I will give the judge a good talking to and ask him to give you a high score!”
With those words, Ling Zhenyu sneered and patted Qin Li’s shoulder as he turned to leave.
Qin Li’s face did not change in the slightest, Ling Zhenyu’s words did not have any effect on him.
So what if the judges, as long as he offered the highest price for the jade, then he was the champion and the judges had to acknowledge it!
“We have a total of three cities that are the most competitive this time, Jiang City proper, Misty City in Yang City’s neighbouring city, and the other is the place of origin that is famous for its jewellery, Jade City.”
Tan Chenghui pulled Qin Li and the four of them below and said, “We are the last ones out, you just need to make sure we make it into the top three, then Tan Ji’s name will be played out too!”
Saying this, Tan Chenghui looked at Qin Li, “I’ve seen Old Xu’s two stones, I’ll take a look at yours.”
Qin Li opened the box at his feet, it was a wooden box with a football sized stone with a large patch of moss on it.
Seeing the stone, Tan Chenghui was dumbfounded.
Old Xu and the three of them burst out laughing: “sh*t, you spent 200,000 on this thing? And you’re going to cut out green from this? You’re sick!”
Tan Chenghui’s heart sank as he looked at the stone and wondered if he was wrong about Qin Li.
He was only a twenty-year-old boy, and the two times he had opened the stone and found green, he must have just been lucky, right?
Tan Chenghui shook his head, it seemed that he could only place his hopes on the three old Xu’s. Qin Li was really too young!