Even a god can't judge the value of a piece of jade, and there's a saying that one cut can make you poor or rich. Which jewelry company hasn't ruined a piece of jade bought at a high price by cutting it?
Tens of millions wouldn't cripple the Ouyang family; they might even find a good piece later, recouping their losses. What displeased Old Master Ouyang was that he had just publicly declared his optimism about the material, only to be proven wrong by it. Now, people would likely question his judgment. But that wasn't the worst part. What truly infuriated him was that Ouyang Yu and Ouyang Huan had openly challenged him!
After all this commotion, what integrity does he have left?!
Those two beasts have completely disgraced him!
He glared angrily at Ouyang Yu, who pushed through the crowd, dragged Gao Wanning over, and insisted on giving her an explanation. If it weren't for the fact that there were so many distinguished guests present, he would have slapped Ouyang Yu across the face!
“Don’t worry, buddy. He’s just a kid. He doesn’t have your experience. It’s normal to make mistakes,” Father Shen said with a kind smile. “Although the material has been cut open, it’s been roughly. Let’s cut it open little by little. Maybe we can find an imperial green glassy jadeite. Back then, my nephew Ouyang Xianhui’s eye will still be so good. We won’t have to push all this onto him…”
He seemed to realize he had misspoke, so he smiled, turned around, patted Shen Wangshu's hand, and said with a smile, "It was indeed the right thing to break off the engagement." Although he spoke amiably, everyone understood the hidden meaning, and the gazes of the crowd immediately became ambiguous.
They all silently looked at Ouyang Yu.
This handsome young man, who was once admired as a gentleman, is now met with disdain.
He was the one who bought the rough stone, and when it was a good piece, he decisively bought it. Now that it's about to fall apart, he's blaming it on a woman.
They have absolutely no sense of responsibility; they can't even handle a small sum of 30 million, which shows how despicable their character is.
You can't tell before they've experienced something, but they're exposed when they encounter even the smallest thing. How can you not despise them?
It's only 30 million. Although it's a lot in the eyes of these successful businessmen, it's not so much that they have to shirk responsibility.
For a moment, those who had been making strange remarks about the dissolution of the engagement between Shen's Jewelry and Ouyang Jewelry suddenly realized what was going on. Their complicated gazes fell on the eldest daughter of the Shen family, who was standing quietly beside Shen's father and had not shown any schadenfreude or gloating even at this moment.
She stood silently yet aloofly before everyone. Although she may have been hurt or slandered by Ouyang Yu in the past, she would not lower herself to the same despicable level as Ouyang Yu. Her aloofness and pride were so moving.
It may seem a bit silly, but it reveals a noble character.
"No wonder Miss Shen didn't marry him."
Ouyang Yu was exceptionally beautiful. When the engagement was dissolved, everyone laughed at the eldest daughter of the Shen family. But now, thinking back, she probably wouldn't have bothered to marry such a despicable person.
The eldest daughter of the Shen family stood up by stepping on the shoulders of the second young master of the Ouyang family.
Old Master Ouyang had obviously thought of that too, and immediately became so angry that he trembled all over.
Fortunately, despite his age, he was in good health and didn't faint even at this moment. He knew that Shen's father had used the Ouyang family to whitewash his own family's reputation today, and he felt resentful but had no way to refute it. In any case, Ouyang Yu and his sister's loud shouts earlier were indeed outrageous. He knew that Ouyang Yu's cowardice and lack of accountability, coupled with her poor character, meant she was now looked down upon by the eldest daughter of the Shen family, and even with his age and experience, he didn't know how to handle the situation.
Gao Wanning's "No" just now neatly and decisively put Ouyang Yu in a desperate situation.
What should I do if I try to shift the blame to a woman, but she won't admit it?
"Cut it again." Although he was annoyed by his father's sarcastic tone, he still pinned his hopes on the material and pointed with a trembling finger to the spot where two small windows of jade had been rubbed open.
The sound of the stone-cutting machine began again in the silence. This time, even the employees of Ouyang Jewelry held their breath, not daring to provoke Old Master Ouyang again.
"You'd be in trouble even if you were cut into mahjong tiles," Mr. Shen said in a low voice, sounding very smug.
The phrase "a petty person who gets ahead" perfectly describes Shen's father, but Shen Wangshu found him quite endearing.
She knew that she was protected by her family and that she didn't have to lift a finger to be protected.
My image is more radiant because of these people.
"We'll ask him for it later, then we'll go back and play mahjong," Shen Wangshu couldn't help but tease.
"You two are really..." They're just stirring up trouble. Even Madam Shen could see that Old Master Ouyang's face had turned pale.
"Serves him right." Father Shen sneered and said in a low voice, "This old man will have something to watch from now on." Ouyang Yu and Ouyang Huan's loud shouts were a challenge to the authority of Old Master Ouyang. Not only that, but they also provoked their cousin. It was clear that the brothers were fighting over the property. How could he not be angry?
“Let’s just watch for fun, but I think our company can start preparing.” Shen Wangshu felt that this was the time for Shen’s to expand its business. Taking advantage of the turmoil in the Ouyang family, she wanted to take a bite out of the market first. Of course, although S City was a very important market, Shen Wangshu did not intend to monopolize it.
With such a vast country and people's lives improving day by day, the jewelry industry has always had a promising future. With her eyes, it wouldn't be difficult for her to leave S City and carve out a path across the country. Why bother getting entangled with the Ouyang family?
Before her lay a glittering market; there was no trace of Ouyang Jewelry.
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