Chapter 410: Picking Up the Discarded Stones

Words : 1308 Updated : Oct 13th, 2025

Chapter 410: Chapter 410: Picking Up the Discarded StonesWei Hongjun felt incredibly unlucky today. He had been in the gemstone business for many years and was absolutely confident in his judgement, yet today he had made a misjudgment. He had spent tens of millions on several blocks of what he believed to be high-grade raw gemstones, full of confidence, only to find not a hint of green upon cutting them open—all were worthless! This dampened his spirits to the extreme, as if he had walked through eight lifetimes of bad luck! He even considered wearing a Taoist Talisman to attract good fortune and ward off evil. Looking at his last piece of jadeite raw stone, Wei Hongjun clenched his fists tightly, his heart almost in his throat. This single piece of raw stone had cost him nearly three million, even more expensive than the piece Liu Ying had that originated from the Southern Highlands! If he didn’t cut good jade from here, he would bleed financially, losing a big fortune. "It absolutely must show jade... It has to! May the Heavenly God bless me." Wei Hongjun muttered to himself, and even he, who never believed in deities, began to pray inwardly, showing just how nervous he felt. His eyes stared intensely at the gemstone, filled with hope. At the same time, people around him also focused on the gemstone, whispering among themselves. "Poor Wei, he’s taken a huge loss this time! If this last piece of stone doesn’t yield jade, those tens of millions are totally wasted." "Exactly! But Wei Hongjun is a billionaire jeweler; tens of millions don’t mean much to him!" "Not necessarily, look at Wei Hongjun’s tense expression, he probably cares more than anyone!" "Holy crap! That’s tens of millions, not just thousands. If it were me, I’d be bankrupt!" "Please, even if you went bankrupt, do you even have tens of millions?" ... The crowd whispered to one another, their words tinged with various emotions. There was mockery, curiosity, anticipation, and schadenfreude... Seeing a jewelry tycoon facing setbacks in the jade trading arena was indeed a rare and satisfying sight! Many were entertained by this spectacle, eagerly watching how things would unfold. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, everyone was eager to see the stone cut open. Zzzt! The grating sound of cutting spread, as a Stone Cutting master began to slowly slice into that piece of raw stone. All eyes were fixed on it, and everyone began to feel tense. Sweat drenched Wei Hongjun’s palms—naturally, he was the most anxious person there. At first, a small piece was cut from the stone, a process known as "opening the window," which gave a preliminary glimpse into the quality of the gemstone. However, the window of this piece was not promising; the color of the stone was dull and gray, suggesting that the gemstone was likely worthless! As the window was completely cut away and the master continued to slice another whole piece of stone, still no trace of green was found. Seeing this, the crowd shook their heads and sighed quietly; the fate of this gemstone was sealed—it was basically junk. The surrounding crowd withdrew their gazes, like deflated balloons, quickly losing interest. "Damn it, another useless stone; Wei Hongjun’s luck today is just too bad!" Many cast sympathetic looks toward Wei Hongjun. Suddenly losing tens of millions, even Wei Hongjun himself might not be able to withstand such a loss. Wei Hongjun’s expression turned ashen, his heart overwhelmed with helplessness; this gemstone was almost certainly junk and there was no escaping it! "Boss Wei, should we continue to cut this stone?" The Stone Cutting master asked, even he realized that this gemstone was pretty much hopeless. "Cut it down the middle!" Wei Hongjun shook his head and instructed flatly. Knowing it was worthless, there was no point in wasting time; just cut it right through the middle for clarity. "Alright!" Heard Wei Hongjun’s order, the Stone Cutting master immediately agreed and sliced open the raw stone from the middle. "There you have it, utterly predictable—the stone is junk!" Upon seeing the stone split into two with not a trace of green inside, the crowd was thoroughly disappointed, knowing that Wei Hongjun had suffered a huge loss. Wei Hongjun also shook his head and sighed, millions down the drain—thinking about it was painfully frustrating! At that moment, his face filled with disappointment, he decided to turn around and leave the place. "Wait! Do you still want this piece of junk?" Just then, a loud voice came from the side. Huh? Someone wants the junk? Hearing this voice, the crowd, who were about to leave, was stunned and turned to look in the direction of the sound. They saw a young man with a sunny appearance walking briskly towards them, his gaze fixed on a pile of discarded stones on the ground, specifically a piece that had been cut off earlier! Wei Hongjun was also startled; the piece of discarded stone the young man was pointing at was cut from his own raw stone just earlier, and was only the size of a palm. Yet it was still a piece of junk, containing not a speck of green, dull and lifeless! No need to say it was a piece of junk. "If you want it, take it; it’s useless to me." Wei Hongjun waved his hand indifferently. In his view, Ye Xuan was just a newbie in the jade gambling field, probably wanting to take this stone back for study. Of course, the possibility that he wanted to find a hidden gem could not be ruled out! But finding a gem in a pile of waste was undoubtedly a fool’s dream. Here, all the discarded materials had been processed; if there was jade, it would have been cherished as a treasure, not thrown into the waste pile! Not only him, but also the onlookers shook their heads and laughed at Ye Xuan, viewing him as a fool. "Holy shit! I didn’t expect this kid would actually try to find treasure! He must still be dreaming?" "Exactly, have never seen anyone finding treasure in a waste pile, is he out of his mind?" "Hahaha, he probably thinks he’s in a novel and expects to find a treasure in a trash heap..." ... Mocking voices surrounded them, all believing it was impossible to find anything valuable here. However, Ye Xuan remained indifferent, not taking these words to heart. Hearing that Wei Hongjun didn’t want it, he immediately walked towards the pile of discarded stones. He bent down, picked up the palm-sized piece of discarded stone, then blew on it to remove a layer of lime froth from its surface. "Holy shit! This guy is really something." Seeing how carefully Ye Xuan treated a piece of junk stone, the crowd around shook their heads and scoffed. After blowing off the dust from the stone, Ye Xuan stood up, held up the stone, and said to the saleslady, "Beauty, I’ll take this one." Pfft! Hahahaha... Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, the crowd almost burst out laughing, breaking into hearty laughter. "Are... are you sure you want this piece?" The saleslady looked puzzled; she had never seen anyone come to a jade market to buy anything but raw stones, let alone pick up discarded stones next to the Stone Cutting Machine. Ye Xuan was absolutely unprecedented! "Ye Xuan, you’re not joking, right? This stone picked from the waste pile can’t possibly contain jade." Liu Ying’s charming face was filled with an incredulous expression, not knowing what else to say. She knew Ye Xuan sometimes did bizarre things, but she didn’t realize he could be this eccentric! Picking through someone else’s discarded stones, if there was any green to be found in them, then the sun truly might rise from the west.

Chapter 410: Picking Up the Discarded Stones

Comments (0)