However, Prince Yu and Jade Bracelet kept glancing at the two of them. Prince Yu was puzzled and thought to himself that Li Yang was really unpredictable. Was his relaxed demeanor due to his overflowing confidence in himself, or did he not care about the competition at all?
Wasn't he here to open up the raw material market for Oujinliren? Instead of serving and flattering me properly, he was flirting with a senior female employee of the company. Although there are rumors that the two have an ambiguous relationship, it is too inappropriate for this occasion.
Could it be that the owner of Oujinliren is blind? Hiring such a spoiled brat to open up a raw material market for him? Isn't this a joke? This is completely out of character for Xue Tao, who built her business from scratch. What exactly is going on?
Prince Yu was also confused for a moment. He had indeed been testing Li Yang, and deliberately letting his daughter get angry to provoke Li Yang was one of the tests. After all, people are most likely to reveal their true nature when they are angry. However, Li Yang's behavior made him more and more unable to understand him.
Yu Zhu was equally bewildered. He couldn't understand why Prince Yu valued Li Yang so much, since he had no intelligence sources for analysis and his knowledge of Li Yang was limited to a few encounters and his own analysis.
Although he also acknowledged that Li Yang was no ordinary person—extremely lucky, incredibly audacious, and highly skilled—perhaps he wasn't enough to warrant such attention from Prince Yu?
"rustle……"
Yu Tihu had quietly selected a rough stone, and the stone-cutting expert had already turned on the stone-cutting machine. Two Filipino maids used their hands to lift the rough stone, which weighed several dozen kilograms and required two people to hug it, onto the machine.
Li Yang glanced at it and, judging from its appearance, it was indeed the best-performing and most likely to produce green jade among all the jade stones here.
However, those so-called secrets of jade gambling and methods of observing appearance are all conjectures or statistical summaries based on long-term experience in jade gambling. Just like weather forecasts, they only provide a probability and are not truly accurate.
There are significant risks and uncertainties involved!
"Li Yang, she performed the best this time. You didn't go up first, and now look what happened, we're probably going to lose!" Song Tian'er seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness from earlier and said anxiously in a low voice.
"Not necessarily, right? Does that mean the first person to go up will definitely get the best? Some people are just blind and only pick things that look good on the outside but are actually rotten inside!" Li Yang's voice wasn't quiet, but he deliberately made sure Yu Tihu could hear him.
Prince Yu naturally heard it too. He frowned slightly. Li Yang's words were too obvious. He meant that Yu'er would not win the bet. So what made him so sure? Although his words were somewhat slanderous and insulting, he could not retaliate.
Yu Tihu's face suddenly flushed red. She turned around and glared fiercely at Li Yang, saying, "I don't need your provocation! I don't even care about such petty tricks!"
"Really? Then let's wait and see. If you lose the bet, we won't compete anymore, okay?" Li Yang said calmly.
"No!" Yu Tihu originally wanted to agree immediately, but then realized that there was a trap in Li Yang's words.
"What's wrong? Don't you have confidence in yourself?" Li Yang glanced at Yu Tihu.
Yu Tihu raised her willow-leaf eyebrows slightly. It wasn't that she lacked confidence; on the contrary, she was very confident. Her anger didn't affect her thinking. She quickly realized that the odds of winning or losing were 50/50, and based on her observation, this rough jade was the easiest to win with. Was she really going to be afraid of it?
Could it be that the other rough stones that look like they're deformed or broken are actually good? But it seems like the rough stone that this person won the bet on was some garbage he bought from the jade bracelet seller, right?
"So, are you going to accept my challenge or not?" Li Yang asked provocatively, his tone somewhat disdainful.
A flash of anger crossed Yu Tihu's face. She had a bad temper to begin with, and although she was still clear-headed, she couldn't help but feel furious when Li Yang provoked her like this.
"Fine! I'll agree!" Yu Tihu shouted through gritted teeth.
Prince Yu frowned even more deeply. This girl was still a bit rash!
"Let's begin!" Li Yang leaned back in his chair casually, watching the master stone-cutting master with a mocking look. Even the most skilled master would only unearth a pile of garbage. Did he possess some kind of immortal's alchemy to turn stone into gold?
"Li Yang, what do you think of this rough jade?" Seeing his daughter had fallen into his trap, the Jade Prince knew he was likely to lose this round. He moved closer to Li Yang, hoping to get some information out of him.
Others may look down on Li Yang, but as a Xinjiang native who knows Li Yang best, he dares not underestimate him.
"Very good!" Li Yang naturally guessed the old fox's thoughts at a glance and said casually. Having seen through the minds of so many people, he was even more knowledgeable than a PhD professor in psychology.
The more he praised it, the more uneasy Prince Yu felt. If you really thought it was good and could produce jade, would you still have rushed to make a bet with Yu'er? Are you out of your mind, or are you just trying to flatter me so I'll look down on you?
"Oh, very good..." Prince Yu could only chuckle awkwardly, sit back down, and quietly await the result.
Seeing Li Yang so relaxed and calm, Song Tian'er, who knew Li Yang best, also relaxed. At first, she was so nervous and lacked confidence in Li Yang because she was carrying a heavy responsibility and was deeply trusted by Xue Tao.
Now that things have come to this point, the initial tension has gradually subsided, and confidence in Li Yang has gradually returned. After a little thought, he is no longer so worried.
Yu Tihu's bright eyes stared intently at the rough stone, not blinking an eye, as if she wanted to crawl inside and see if there was any jade inside!
With such concentration, she leaned slightly forward, her round and perky buttocks standing upright towards Li Yang, like two ripe watermelon slices of tender flesh pressed against the thin skirt.
His mouth was dry from looking at her, and every time he looked up, he saw her sexy, swaying breasts. Li Yang felt like he had entered hell. Damn it, he could only look but not touch or do anything, and he had found such a hot girl dressed so hot and sexy. Was he in hell or somewhere else?
Sizzle...
The rough stone, which looked quite promising, was finally cut open, but unfortunately, its color was as unsightly as the surface of the jade itself—a bluish-white expanse. There was no green to be seen.
"Miss, this, this..." The master stone cutter's face was also ugly, as if it was his fault that he couldn't cut the jade.
well!
The other Filipino maids, and even Yuzhuo, couldn't help but sigh. It was a loss for their mistress!
They all looked at Li Yang with disapproval, thinking how incredibly lucky he was to have won against the young lady; it was like he'd struck gold.
Chapter 404: It's Exploded
They all looked at Li Yang with disapproval, thinking how incredibly lucky he was to have won against the young lady; it was like he'd struck gold.
Yu Tihu's face was also very ugly. At eighteen years old, she had never experienced such failure and setback before, and it was really hard for her to accept it.
Various expressions flashed across her pretty face from time to time, but none of them were pleasant.
She didn't dare look at Li Yang; it would be too embarrassing! She was afraid that if she saw Li Yang's mocking face, she wouldn't be able to bear it and would do something even more shameful.
Prince Yu sighed inwardly, "Just as I thought! Yu'er's skill in gambling on stones is indeed on par with a master; her talent is truly rare."
But they still lost, partly because of their youthful competitiveness and partly because of their cunning.
But it's good that she lost; it will dampen her competitive and arrogant temper.
"Uh, I'm really sorry, I won. I don't want the prince's prize anymore, let's just leave it at that!" Li Yang said coyly, having gotten the better deal.