42: Chapter 42: You’re here again?

42: Chapter 42: You’re here again?

Qin Han planned to make another round at the Jade Market to see if he could find a few more jade pendants, though he knew the chances were slim, he still held on to a bit of luck.

“Qin Han, do you also understand the art of bet stone?” Zhou Wenfeng followed behind Qin Han, inquiring further.

“Not very much, I just had a few friends who liked to bet on stone, so I picked up some skills.” Qin Han said with a smile.

“Then just now?” Zhou Wenfeng asked in surprise, wondering why Qin Han was so certain that the raw stone would not yield green.

“I looked!”

“My Qin Han, don’t always speak in half sentences, how did you look?” Zhou Wenfeng, feeling unbearably curious, pressed for an answer urgently.

Qin Han stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and said with a smile to Zhou Wenfeng: “Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes inspection, listening, feeling, and questioning, where inspection refers to observing the aura.

It generally involves looking at the direction of the body’s aura to discern if there are any illnesses inside.”

“Inspection is divided into four stages.

First, inspecting appearance, which is judging illnesses through one’s facial features, as many illnesses manifest through the skin.

Second, inspecting aura, wherein one can see the flow of the body’s aura.

Third, inspecting vitality, which is to observe the patient’s vitality.

There’s a saying in traditional Chinese medicine ‘a look reveals life or death,’ which refers to this.

Fourth, inspecting the source, which means looking through all appearances to see the essence of matter.”

Having said this, Qin Han halted, not continuing further, his eyes scanning the displays within the stone field.

Zhou Wenfeng, as the eldest grandchild of the Zhou family, was certainly no fool, and he suddenly understood.

Stammering, he said, “Qin Han, have you reached the stage of inspecting the source?

Is that how you could see through that raw stone?”

Qin Han just smiled and did not answer.

“Qin Han, you’re only in your twenties, aren’t you?

How did you reach the stage of inspecting the source?

I’m also in my twenties, and if I could do that, I’d be set for life,” Zhou Wenfeng said as he calculated with his fingers.

“Many years ago, I reached that stage.”

“Pfft!

Qin Han, stop talking, you’re making me feel inferior,” Zhou Wenfeng covered his face, looking dejected.

Seeing Zhou Wenfeng’s playful behavior, Qin Han was somewhat amused and decided to ignore him.

He was about to take a walk to the market area when a stone some ten meters away caught his attention.

After pondering for a moment, he turned back to Zhou Wenfeng.

“Wen Feng, you want to start a business, do you have to rely on your family to provide funds?”

“Yeah, sigh, so you see, as a rich second-generation, you know how hard it is for me to start my own business, right?

Qin Han, no matter how hard you work, you’ll always be labeled as a rich second-generation, and your success will never be attributed to your ability.”

At this, Zhou Wenfeng showed a rare glimpse of a disheartened expression.

“How about trying to earn some startup capital here?” Qin Han said with a light smile.

“How could that be possible?

Qin Han, although this place is considered a decent-sized jade market, it has never seen stones with a high cost-performance ratio emerge.

The originals from the top ten markets would not appear here; it’s tough!

While it’s plausible to make one or two million, obtaining a large amount of funds from here is impossible.”

Zhou Wenfeng shook his head as he spoke.

“Come on, accompany me to check out those raw stones over there.

Who knows, with good luck, we might just extract some Imperial Green?” Qin Han pulled Zhou Wenfeng with him as they headed towards the original stones.

“Imperial Green?” Zhou Wenfeng didn’t take it to heart at all.

Qin Han and he entered the premium raw stone area.

Looking at the stones in the showcase, Qin Han couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement; any random stone here was worth hundreds of thousands, money that ordinary people wouldn’t earn in a lifetime, yet here it could only buy one stone.

“How much did you spend just now on bet stone?” Qin Han asked Zhou Wenfeng.

Zhou Wenfeng’s expression was somewhat embarrassed as he scratched his head and said, “Eight…

eight hundred thousand.”

“Eight hundred thousand?!” Qin Han gasped in shock, yet he was said to be relying on pocket money from his family…

that pocket money was too much!

The premium area had relatively fewer people than the standard area, Qin Han had his eye on a raw stone and was just about to reach out when another hand blocked him.

Looking up, it turned out to be Gong Mingyu.

Qin Han had not seen Gong Mingyu in the standard area earlier and thought he had left, only to find him in the premium area instead.

Gong Mingyu also had his thoughts.

He had a small reputation in the jade gambling circle, and to stumble today because of a novice would surely be a laughingstock in the circle.

Therefore, he hoped that getting green out of the stones in the premium area would help him regain some face.

“This raw stone, I’ve already claimed it!” Gong Mingyu said coldly.

“Did you pay for it?

Just because you say it’s yours, it’s yours?” Zhou Wenfeng saw it was Gong Mingyu, his fighting spirit burst forth instantly—never mind whether he really wanted it or not, the feud between their families warranted a confrontation first and foremost.

“Young Master Zhou, Young Master Gong has already paid for it.”

At that moment, a staff member from the stone yard came over and placed a tag on the raw stone in front of them.

Indeed, the tag bore the name Gong Mingyu.

Since Gong Mingyu had already purchased it, Zhou Wenfeng could only walk away in frustration.

“Never mind, it’s just ordinary jade,” Qin Han waved his hand at Zhou Wenfeng and turned to leave.

“You little brat, you’re still here?” Gong Mingyu boiled with anger when he heard Qin Han say that his raw stone could only yield ordinary jade.

Just earlier in the standard area, this very kid had downplayed the potential of his stone, and sure enough, he ended up with nothing to show.

Of course, he would not believe that Qin Han truly had the gift for jade gambling, but it was such bad luck!

“Indeed it is!” Qin Han said innocently.

“Clever boy, dare you gamble with me one more time?” Gong Mingyu had just lost five million and was naturally not willing to let it go.

Seizing the opportunity, he wanted to make a comeback.

“Why not?” Qin Han looked at Gong Mingyu and replied with a faint smile.

“Good, let’s each select three raw stones from the premium area, and the outcome will be determined by the quality of the jade unveiled.

The bet is ten million!

Do you dare?” Gong Mingyu was clearly losing his rationality.

Not even his secretary, trying to pull him back, got a response.

“Do you have ten million?” Zhou Wenfeng asked Gong Mingyu.

“I’ll stake my jade store on it!”

Zhou Wenfeng was taken aback.

The Gong family was in the jade business, and the value of the jade store owned by Gong Mingyu was definitely much more than ten million.

“Alright!” Zhou Wenfeng calculated the money he had on him, and with the five million he had just won from Gong Mingyu, it was about enough for ten million.

“Your first business venture is about to start,” Qin Han said, stirring the pot.

“Pfft!” Gong Mingyu felt like he was about to spit blood from anger.

“Go buy raw stones number 13, 35, and 59 over there.

Hurry,” Qin Han whispered in Zhou Wenfeng’s ear.

Zhou Wenfeng’s eyes lit up, excitedly he said, “Qin, are these three stones really good stuff?”

“No comment!” Qin Han deliberately kept him guessing.

Zhou Wenfeng approached the three raw stones, hesitating for a moment—none of them looked like they had the potential to yield green.

But recalling the recent events, he grit his teeth and bought all three stones.

Soon, Gong Mingyu also chose his three raw stones.

Both parties went to the stone-cutting area, followed by a bunch of onlookers.

After all, such events were not common in Shengli Market.

Even the manager of the stone yard was alerted and came out personally to oversee the wager.