"Please wait, Master Zhou."
The rough outer layer fell away, revealing the intact jade inside. "Although this piece of jade is synthetic, the one inside is real."
"The one inside?"
“It’s not a big piece, but it’s more than enough to extend debt repayment or as interest.”
After witnessing his skill, Master Zhou handed him the hammer again. Just as he was about to smash it with force, everyone was a little afraid to watch.
With a sound, the outer layer cracked open, revealing a complete piece of jade inside. From the outside, it looked like jadeite, and it seemed to contain even more treasures. However, someone with ulterior motives wanted to make the jade look bigger and more valuable, so they added an outer shell.
Actually, there's no need for that; the part inside is already perfect.
The cracked stones fell to the ground, and when Zhou Erye looked at the one inside, his eyes softened slightly.
“Ading…”
A subordinate named A-Ding understood and gave Shen Shixun a sum of money.
"I knew you were the Xiang family's son-in-law, but I didn't know you had this skill."
Having been in the jade gambling market for so long, this was the first time Zhou Erye had ever met someone as talented as Shen Shixun.
“I have several top-notch appraisers under my command, and my overseas business is also lacking someone like you.”
"I'm available to help whenever you need me."
Shen Shixun accepted the money he was given, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, Master Zhou."
"Following Zhang Yandong might not necessarily earn you more than following me. As the Xiang family's son-in-law, you must be under a lot of pressure, young man?"
Xiang Nanzhi thought he could fool everyone with his fake name, but in reality, everything was under Zhou Erye's watchful eye.
"With your abilities, you could still be a respected person even without the Xiang family."
"Old Ding..."
"I'll see you off."
Shen Shixun took the black eye mask without asking, a cigarette dangling from his lips. Old Ding tried to pull him away, but he shook his head as before, saying, "No need, thank you."
He was very sensitive to everything around him. When Lao Ding stopped pulling him and walked ahead of him, looking back at him, he was able to keep up with his pace so that he wouldn't fall.
Old Ding had never seen anyone like this before.
"You can identify jade so quickly and accurately. Do you have some kind of ancestral skill?"
Old Ding suddenly said, "I've been by Second Master's side for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen someone judge stones so accurately."
Shen Shixun didn't speak, and Lao Ding continued, "If you want a future, work for Second Master."
Finally, they arrived at the place he had come from. Old Ding removed his blindfold with one hand and said, "If you want to get ahead, follow Second Master. Second Master is a very good person. He will never treat you unfairly if you do things for him."
"Thanks."
Shen Shixun thanked him, took the car keys, and left.
He wanted to make a name for himself in the ancient city, but Zhou Erye was a member of the underworld, and his path was completely different from that of the Xiang family.
A few days later, the real estate project invested by Xiang Ciyuan and Zhang Yandong was finalized, including the location and the start date.
Zhang Yandong took the initiative to talk to Shen Shixun about this matter, saying, "You're also in charge of the new construction site, which isn't far from here. You should cancel your ride-hailing service as soon as possible. It's just a matter of getting your security deposit back. I'll take care of it for you."
"No, I'm not going. You've helped me a lot."
"This time, I didn't specifically ask you to come over."
Zhang Yandong knew his personality, so he would be careful when helping him. "Xiang Zhengyi personally suggested it. If you don't go, it will be inconvenient for me to transfer funds from the Xiang family."
Shen Shixun frowned, and Zhang Yandong teased, "You're the Xiang family's treasure now. Your father-in-law loves you so much. If I were you, I'd gladly accept it. It makes your father-in-law happy, and it also..."
"Brother Dong."
Zhang Yandong patted him on the shoulder, "I know you don't want to rely on the Xiang family, and you don't want people to say you're living off a woman, but Shen Shixun, this isn't the grasslands. You don't need to follow any rules; you just need to abide by the law."
"I will eventually have to go back."
"Don't say such things. You can't go back. Your woman is Xiang Nanzhi. You have to make a name for yourself in the ancient city and have a wife, children, and a warm bed."
No one would believe that Xiang Nanzhi, a pampered young lady from the city, would one day go to live on the grasslands with him, and Shen Shixun understood this in his heart as well.
He refused to go on the new project that Zhang Yandong and the Xiang family were working on together. Zhang Yandong glanced at the grass in the distance and said, "Then you'll have to wait for Xiang Nanzhi to come and invite you."
In the end, they had no choice but to ask Nan Zhi to come and invite him in person, which seemed rather pretentious.
Shen Shixun finally agreed, "I will go on time."
"That's right."
Meanwhile, as Xiang Nanzhi was making jade bracelets, inspiration struck her as she drew design sketches for jade products for the company that had previously invited her to design them.
She submitted about ten designs, and the other company ultimately selected two and paid the full amount upfront.
Xiang Nan asked when the jewelry exhibition would be held, as she wanted to go and see it, but the other party immediately stopped replying.
That's how it is when you sell designs; the other party is only interested in her designs, not in anything else, and doesn't want to spend much time negotiating.
Xiang Nanzhi saved the money he had earned, lamenting that the more prestigious the jewelry design company, the more indifferent it was to the designers, while bowing his head to fix the broken jade bead.
She was fully armed, afraid that the flying pebbles would hurt her.
Suddenly, she felt dizzy, lost her balance, and fell to one side.
Ma Xiaorong was eating sunflower seeds when she quickly went over to help her up. "Are you alright?"
"fine……"
Xiang Nanzhi's vision quickly cleared. "I couldn't see very clearly just now."
"You've been working too hard lately, doing design work and this, you should take a break."
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