As soon as Shen Yuyan nad her price, the atmosphere fell into a brief silence.
However, it didn’t take long for everyone present to respond, their gazes collectively turning towards Shen Yuyan, filled with surprise.
They didn’t quite understand why, knowing that she might be at a loss, she still insisted on bidding for the Orchid Ice.
Although most of the people there didn’t understand, it didn’t an that Ning Deguang, who was in competition with Shen Yuyan, didn’t understand either.
All of a sudden, he burst into "haha" laughter before saying to the middle-aged man again, "Since Mr. Shen is willing to offer four million, then I might as well help you raise the price once more."
After a brief pause, Ning Deguang continued, "I bid four million three hundred thousand, Mr. Shen, if you dare to raise the price again, then this piece of Orchid Ice will be yours. I, Ning, will absolutely not contest you anymore, how’s that?"
Hearing Ning Deguang’s obviously provocative words, Shen Yuyan and Zhao Jing were imdiately infuriated, their beautiful eyes shooting fire.
They both understood very well that Ning Deguang was doing this deliberately.
To know, when Shen Yuyan just shouted the price of four million, that was already her true limit. She didn’t believe that with Ning Deguang’s ’keen’ insight, he couldn’t see this point.
But Ning Deguang, clearly having seen this point, still chose to talk to her like that in front of so many people. Wasn’t this a slap in the face?
In other words, even if she clenched her teeth and bought the Orchid Ice now, it would still greatly harm her Primordial Qi.
And this was exactly what Ning Deguang would also like to see.
Moreover, given Ning Deguang’s shaless character, he might not necessarily honor his pledge just now.
Thinking of all this, Shen Yuyan’s petite fra trembled with anger, and her jade hand clenched tightly into a fist.
"Sister Shen, I don’t think there’s much special about that Orchid Ice. Since that guy wants it, let’s just give it to him. I’ll help you pick a better one in a bit."
Just then, Zhu Fei suddenly spoke up.
He stretched out his hand, lightly patted Shen Yuyan’s fragrant shoulder as a sign of comfort, then without changing his expression, he subtly winked at Shen Yuyan with a smile, shook his head, and then nodded.
Although Shen Yuyan hadn’t completely understood the significance behind Zhu Fei’s series of gestures,
Out of her understanding and trust in Zhu Fei, Shen Yuyan eventually heeded Zhu Fei’s advice.
Taking a deep breath, she coldly said to Ning Deguang, "Mr. Ning, since you are so keen, I will follow my brother’s words and cede the Orchid Ice to you."
"Tsk—"
Who would have thought, upon hearing Shen Yuyan’s words, Ning Deguang couldn’t help but let out a disdainful snort of cold laughter.
He said in a tone brimming with mockery,
"Mr. Shen is truly magnanimous. However, I am curious to know what your brother referred to by picking a better one for you just now. Could it be that your brother has the ability to see through walls, to see what’s inside these jadeite rough stones? Haha...!"
When Ning Deguang reached the last sentence, he couldn’t help but laugh with a hint of savoring his own joke.
Of course, he did not believe Zhu Fei had any special ability to help Shen Yuyan select a piece of jadeite rough stone of good variety.
The reason he had said such a thing was simply to mock Shen Yuyan and her entourage on the pretext.
"Hmph! There’s no need for you to worry about that, Mr. Ning. You should ponder instead on how to convince this gentleman to sell the jade raw stone to you," Shen Yuyan retorted with equal resolve, her face cold as she taunted Ning Deguang: "It seems that after all our contention, we haven’t yet asked for this gentleman’s opinion on whether he’s willing to sell the jade raw stone."
Hearing Shen Yuyan’s rebuttal, Ning Deguang was sowhat prepared, yet he was still slightly startled by her words.
That’s right, in his focus on competing with Shen Yuyan, it seed he hadn’t even communicated with the owner of the raw stone. With things having progressed to this point, he mustn’t create any blunders now, for that would be truly embarrassing.
With this in mind, Ning Deguang could no longer spare the ti to argue with Shen Yuyan; he swiftly turned with a smile and began to converse with the owner of the raw stone.
Luckily, the owner of the raw stone, the middle-aged man, indeed had the intention to sell the raw stone.
The price of 4.3 million was already quite a considerable gain for this gambler of stones.
He didn’t dawdle with Ning Deguang; once Ning Deguang handed him a check for 4.3 million, the man happily took the money and left the jade stone shop.
During this transaction, unnoticed by all was the fact that at the very mont when the owner of the raw stone successfully dealt with Mr. Ning, a strand of True Qi, impossible to detect with the naked eye, shot from Zhu Fei’s fingertips and plunged into the jade raw stone that had revealed Orchid Ice.
"Haha, Mr. Shen, since we are all in the jewelry business and now that I have obtained this jade raw stone with Orchid Ice, I’ve decided to completely open it on the spot. I wonder if you would be interested in continuing to watch?" Ning Deguang’s smug and provocative words suddenly rang out once more towards Shen Yuyan.
Just as Shen Yuyan was about to coldly refuse, knowing full well that Ning Deguang was seizing the opportunity to show off, Zhu Fei suddenly smiled and said to her:
"Sister Shen, since Mr. Ning is so enthusiastic, why not stay and watch?"
"Huh?"
Surprised by Zhu Fei’s sudden interjection, Shen Yuyan’s eyes first flickered with confusion, and then a slight movent in her heart seed to indicate that she had thought of sothing.
She didn’t respond to Mr. Ning’s recent remarks, instead simply standing there with Zhu Fei and Zhao Jing, watching coldly as the remaining jade raw stone was cut open.
"Zzzzz..."
As the machine onstage whirred into action, producing a series of sounds from cutting the raw stone, Ning Deguang and the others had already widened their eyes, unblinkingly fixated on the jade raw stone on the platform.
Excitent and anticipation filled their faces—evidently, they were filled with anticipation for the stone they knew would yield sothing of value.
Approximately a mont later, when the shop owner had finished cutting the remaining piece of raw stone, Ning Deguang and the others’ excitent beca even more evident.
"Whoosh—"
The sound of water rinsing followed.
All present saw that on the stone-cutting platform, a piece of Orchid Ice the size of a fist lay quietly, emitting a clear and tranquil blue luster.
"Haha! It really is Orchid Ice, and it’s not small in size either!"
Ning Deguang laughed triumphantly, reaching out to grab the piece of Orchid Ice.
But in the next mont, his expression froze as soon as he held the piece of Orchid Ice in his hand.
Not only did he freeze, but everyone present who witnessed the scene also were stunned!
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