Here are a few people who have been keeping a close eye on Ye Meng.
And Yin Tianyu and the others only followed Ye Meng here, only to see that Ye Shaohua had also appeared in this place.
The look of surprise on their faces was obvious.
“Why are you here?” Ye Qing stared at Ye Shaohua, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly.
Ye Shaohua looked up. “You won’t give me any money, so I had to figure something out on my own.”
She let out a fake sigh.
With that one sentence, Ye Qing couldn’t even be bothered to ask any more questions. All she ever talked about was money. If she were a little smarter and could realize something was off about Fei Sheng, he might have given her a hint or two.
“Do whatever you want.” He just replied indifferently.
Meanwhile, quite a few onlookers were still gathered around. Zhuo Ping had just heard the rich businessman talking about the mysterious air around Ye Meng.
Now, seeing Ye Meng stare at the rough stone Ye Shaohua had picked out, he couldn’t help but ask an extra question. “Is there something wrong with the rough stone she picked?”
What Zhuo Ping asked was exactly what most of the onlookers were wondering.
The moment he opened his mouth, almost everyone around turned their gaze toward Ye Meng.
“Nothing,” Ye Meng said, hesitating for a moment as she saw all those eyes back on her. Her feelings toward Ye Shaohua were complicated right now. Even though she had been jealous of her for over ten years, seeing her struggling like this now made her feel a bit of pity. “It’s just… this stone might not be very good.”
That was also what all the experts present were thinking.
Earlier, the manager of the trading venue, trying to please Ye Shaohua, had also warned her about it.
But Ye Shaohua hadn’t listened to him and stubbornly stuck with her original choice.
So what Ye Meng said wasn’t anything particularly rare or surprising.
Quite a few people had already tried to talk Ye Shaohua out of picking those stones.
But Ye Shaohua didn’t care. She just picked out two more on her own. Noticing the exchange manager beside her kept watching her as if wanting to warn her again, she glanced at him briefly.
The manager saw the look on her face and decided not to say anything more.
He figured this rich young lady was just playing around. If he warned her too much and she got annoyed, it would backfire.
That night, Ye Meng picked out a few more rough stones for Ye Qing, and each one showed green inside. The quality wasn’t the absolute best, but they were still rare jade pieces, because almost every stone she picked had a hit rate.
This stirred up another wave of excitement in the venue.
“Another one showing green,” Zhuo Ping said, staying close to Yun Qinghe and Ye Shaohua. Hearing the bidding voices from upstairs, he clicked his tongue in amazement. “This Ye Meng really has some skill.”
He was just in charge of this operation and didn’t know much about stone gambling.
But he had seen plenty of big stone gambling events. The scene in Qingcheng was still relatively small compared to some of the massive events Zhuo Ping had witnessed.
But even then, he had rarely seen someone like Ye Meng.
Her track record was almost spotless. At this point, calling it luck would be a bit unreasonable.
After all, even masters make mistakes sometimes.
“Boss, do you think Ye Meng qualifies to be the Yun family’s stone gambling master?” Zhuo Ping looked up at the lively scene upstairs, suddenly remembering this question. He turned to Yun Qinghe, who was standing nearby.
Yun Qinghe raised an eyebrow at the question, his tone casual. “Let’s wait and see.”
Zhuo Ping was stunned by his attitude. “Wait longer? But… what if another group snatches her up?”
“Then they snatch her up,” Yun Qinghe said, deliberately lowering his voice when he saw Ye Shaohua picking out another stone.
When he noticed Zhuo Ping still wanted to say something, he shot him a glance.
That one look made Zhuo Ping stop. Glancing out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ye Shaohua approaching and immediately swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
“Picked out another one?” Yun Qinghe watched her carrying a rough stone no bigger than two hands cupped together.
Ye Shaohua casually tossed the stone in the air. Hearing the sounds of amazement from upstairs, she narrowed her eyes slightly. “Yep. Not a bad haul.”
Zhuo Ping saw her toss that heavy stone so effortlessly, looking completely relaxed, and gave her an astonished glance.
“Why aren’t you going to the second floor?” Yun Qinghe could already tell what was going on from her demeanor.
“The second floor doesn’t have what I want.” Ye Shaohua shook her head.
The exchange manager saw that Ye Shaohua was finished picking and asked, “Miss Ye, shall I have your stones cut now?”
Ye Shaohua figured that if these three stones were cut in front of so many people, she might have a hard time making a clean exit. With that thought, she decisively shook her head. “Let’s wait a bit longer.”
“Got it.” The manager nodded, thinking he understood.
He had just learned that Ye Meng upstairs was Ye Shaohua’s sister, and Ye Meng had pulled valuable jade out of every stone she cut. If Ye Shaohua had none showing green on the spot, the contrast would be a bit too harsh.
Before Ye Meng and her group returned, Yun Qinghe led Ye Shaohua in another direction, allowing the two groups to avoid running into each other.
Ye Meng had actually wanted to see Ye Shaohua before leaving, but after looking around and not finding her, she left with Ye Qing and the others, feeling a bit disappointed.
On the third floor, which wasn’t open to the public.
Ye Shaohua squinted and scanned the area. The third floor was very quiet, with hardly anyone moving around.
But Ye Shaohua’s mental strength, accumulated across multiple worlds, had reached a level that could only be described as terrifying.
She could naturally sense many people lurking in the shadows.
If anyone tried to start trouble at this stone factory, they’d be in for a world of hurt.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Yun Qinghe, who was leading the way. For the first time, she found it a bit difficult to read his identity. And by extension, she couldn’t quite figure out what kind of world this was.
Based on the current situation, it seemed she wasn’t dealing with a standard entertainment industry mission.
“Miss Ye, shall we cut the stones now?” The exchange manager had led them here and now looked at Ye Shaohua.
Ye Shaohua shrugged indifferently. “Go ahead.”
She waved her hand, not particularly concerned.
The manager instructed a stone cutter to help her cut them.
The stone cutter found it unusual to see someone so completely unconcerned during a cutting. But based on his many years of experience, these few stones didn’t look like anything special.
No wonder these people were so casual about it.
Thinking this, he made a casual cut.
