Chapter 231: Nine Out of Ten Gamblings Are Losers
Fu Xiaoxue, Zeng Yan, Yu Xiangwan and Gu Qingning, as laymen who know nothing about jadeite, choose jadeite raw stones based entirely on their visual sense. They choose whichever stone they think is good.
It didn't take them long to pick out the stones.
Yu Zhiming discovered that Fu Xiaoxue and Gu Qingning mainly chose raw stones with smoother appearance.
The fifteen pieces Zeng Yan selected were all about the same size.
As for Yu Xiangwan, he just picked out the biggest ones and selected the ten largest raw stones.
In her words, the rocks are big and they may be big.
It was already past 11:30 in the morning, and since cutting the raw stones would take time, everyone decided to go have lunch first and leave the raw stones here. After lunch, they would come back to watch the cutting of the raw stones.
Yu Zhiming pretended to be polite and invited Lin Qingyan to have lunch together, but he didn't expect that he was not polite at all and agreed.
This really depressed Yu Zhiming...
Under the leadership of Yan Ling, Yu Zhiming and his group of five, plus Lin Qingyan and his beautiful female companion Wang Min, came to a beautifully decorated private room in the restaurant and sat down.
The waiter came with the food very quickly.
The first thing served was a large ceramic pot of milky white mutton soup.
Yu Zhiming filled a bowl with soup and took a sip. It had no smell of mutton and was full of aroma.
After drinking two small bowls of mutton soup, Yu Zhiming felt his stomach and intestines were soothed, his whole body was warm, and he felt very comfortable.
This made him look forward to the upcoming mutton dinner.
They didn't have to wait long as various mutton dishes were served in a continuous stream.
There are hand-pulled lamb, charcoal-grilled ribs, stir-fried lamb with scallions, lamb skewers, lamb baked buns, braised lamb, and mutton hot pot. The staple food is grilled naan and the special hand-pulled rice...
The mutton was delicious and Yu Zhiming was very satisfied with the meal.
While chatting while eating and drinking, Lin Qingxuan suddenly mentioned that he was learning to dive, which gave Yu Zhiming a start.
"diving?"
Yu Zhiming reminded him, "I know this is a very dangerous project. I heard that every year, diving trainees die from various accidents."
Lin Qingyan smiled nonchalantly and said, "Doctor Yu, accidents can happen while walking and eating."
"As long as you are fully prepared and don't go into deep water or places with complex underwater environments, there will be no accidents."
He pointed at the gorgeous woman beside him and said ostentatiously, "Don't be fooled by Amin's petite figure. Once underwater, she's a slippery mermaid, incredibly agile."
"She's a seasoned diver with five years of experience. She can dive to depths of 20 to 30 meters without any diving equipment and can hold her breath underwater for up to six minutes."
"With her by my side, I have nothing to fear even if something unexpected happens."
Yu Zhiming took a deep look at Wang Min, who was eating the mutton in small bites with very elegant movements.
He guessed that Lin Qingyan was most likely learning the dangerous diving because of this woman.
Having heard the suggestive conversation between the two men before, and now accidentally meeting the diving trainee Lin Qingyan, Yu Zhiming concluded that there must be a deep connection between them.
Thinking that Wang Min, a veteran diving player, might have been specially arranged to be next to Lin Qingyan, Yu Zhiming did not give Lin Qingyan too much advice.
Besides, he had already informed the police and reminded Lin Qingyan of the dangers of diving.
It depends on whether this guy can escape this disaster...
Around noon, after having eaten and drunk their fill, Yu Zhiming, Lin Qingyan and others happily returned to the jade counter in the gift area to watch the cutting of jadeite rough stones with their own eyes.
The shop assistant had already prepared two cutting machines and was busy humming...
Yu Zhiming thought it was too noisy, so he went outside the building, and Gu Qingning followed him out.
"Zhiming, that guy is just a college classmate, an ordinary friend. He once pursued me, but I rejected him without hesitation."
Yu Zhiming waved his hand and said, "I don't doubt your relationship with him, nor do I think too much about it."
"Hey, is his family rich?"
Gu Qingning hummed and said, "There are several factories that make car parts and accessories."
"I also heard that when the real estate market was booming a few years ago, his family seized the opportunity and made a lot of money speculating in real estate."
Yu Zhiming said "oh" and asked, "He is an only child?"
Gu Qingning recalled, "I've never heard him talk about brothers and sisters. He might be an only child."
She smiled again and said, "Zhiming, why do you care about him so much? Are you really jealous?"
Yu Zhiming snorted softly and said with a look of disgust, "I wish someone could take you away so that you don't have to bother me anymore."
"Hey, Qing Ning, how come a lot of people who know you, like your cousin from the Hibiscus Club, and this guy, all take it for granted that I'm your boyfriend?"
Gu Qingning chuckled and said, "It must have been from that party. Someone used a loud speaker to publicize it."
Yu Zhiming snorted twice to express his protest.
Gu Qingning held Yu Zhiming's hand, raised her other hand and pointed at the lake in front and the surrounding mountains.
"Zhiming, how's the scenery here?"
"Green mountains and clear waters, the mind is relaxed and happy, very nice."
Gu Qingning chuckled and said, "Waking up in the morning and taking a walk along the mountain path surrounded by birdsong and flowers is so comfortable."
"It's so hard to get out on vacation, let's put everything aside and just eat, drink and have fun."
Yu Zhiming hummed, his gaze fixed on the blue sky and white clouds in the distance...
Just then, his cell phone rang.
It was He Yingjun calling again.
Yu Zhiming frowned slightly and answered the call.
"Secretary He, what's up?"
He Yingjun's voice rang out on the phone, "Doctor Yu, I'm sorry to disturb your vacation."
"Look, Dr. Yu, didn't you diagnose pancreatic cancer a while ago when Dr. Ged Kanter from Johns Hopkins Hospital in the United States came to exchange medical expertise?"
“This incident caused quite a stir in Dr. Ged Kanter’s hospital after he returned home.”
"Johns Hopkins Hospital has now sent another medical exchange team directly to our hospital. They said they came for you, Dr. Yu."
"Doctor Yu, what do you think about this?"
Yu Zhiming chuckled and said, "Don't foreigners pay the most attention to the division of personal time and work time?"
"Vacation is vacation, work is work. Why did you rush over during our National Day holiday?"
He Yingjun said sarcastically during the call, "Doctor Yu, this is the inherent arrogance and double standards of foreigners. The separation of vacation and work is for foreigners themselves."
"For them, if they want to work, people from other countries have to come over and cooperate immediately."
Yu Zhiming couldn't help but laugh and said, "Are you angry?"
He Yingjun sighed softly, "Though those guys were polite in their words, they didn't hide their doubts about your medical skills, Doctor Yu, and their domineering attitude at all."
Yu Zhiming laughed and said, "In that case, let them wait, if they are willing to wait."
"Secretary He, please tell them that I'm on vacation out of town and don't have time to come back."
He Yingjun's excited voice came from the phone, "Doctor Yu, did I really say that?"
"That's all I'm saying. I'm not begging them..."
Yu Zhiming ended the call with He Yingjun, and then Gu Qingning's voice rang in his ears.
"This Secretary He seems to be fanning the flames."
Yu Zhiming smiled and said, "Anyone whose vacation plans were interrupted and who had to go back to the hospital to work would be filled with dissatisfaction."
"Those Americans came at the wrong time."
Gu Qingning hummed, then smiled and said, "This also shows how much they value you."
"Once they confirm your ability, they will definitely offer you very generous conditions and invite you to the United States."
Yu Zhiming shook his head and said, "I won't go."
“Not to mention that the very early cancer project has just begun and will take several years to complete.”
"In my situation, the environment abroad is so different that I won't be able to adapt for a while and might even go crazy."
"besides……"
Yu Zhiming said leisurely, "My parents put so much effort into giving birth to me and raising me, but it was for the purpose of continuing the family line and providing for me in my old age."
"If I ran away abroad, my father would probably break my legs with a stick."
Gu Qingning chuckled and said, "That shouldn't be the case, right?"
"I chat with my aunt and elder sister on the phone, and occasionally I'll say a word to my uncle. He seems quite kind."
Yu Zhiming smiled and said, "I'm just exaggerating. If I were to go abroad, my parents would agree verbally, but they would definitely be unhappy in their hearts."
"Some people say that children who are not good at studying are actually filial children arranged by God to repay his kindness."
"I think what you said makes a lot of sense."
"Those who leave the country and never come back, their parents have raised them in vain."
After a pause, Yu Zhiming suddenly realized something and quickly asked to confirm: "Qing Ning, besides contacting my eldest sister, have you also spoken to my mother?"
Gu Qingning said with a smug look on her face, "It's not often. It's only in the last month or so. Every time I video chat with my elder sister, I always talk to my aunt for a few minutes or even ten minutes."
"Who told you not to talk to your parents on the phone more often?"
Yu Zhiming argued unconvincedly, "I call home at least once a week."
Gu Qingning exposed the situation, saying, "Every time he talked for less than three to five minutes, he would hang up."
"Hey, Zhiming, now that we have some time, let's use the scenery here as a backdrop to make a video call with our family..."
With Gu Qingning interjecting from time to time, Yu Zhiming's conversation with his parents and elder sister lasted for more than an hour.
The two returned to the jade counter area. The cutting of the raw stone had not yet been completed, but Xiaoxue and Zeng Yan both looked depressed.
"No emerald was cut out?"
Fu Xiaoxue pouted and said, "We've cut through all thirty pieces of rough stone, and not a single one has green."
"So far, I've only found one piece of jade. They say it's enough to make a few small pendants, and its value won't exceed three thousand yuan."
Yu Zhiming laughed and said, "When it comes to gambling, nine out of ten times you'll lose. Don't even dream of getting rich..."
By nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, they had finished cutting all the raw stones they had selected, and had cut out three small pieces of jadeite of very ordinary quality, with a total value of no more than ten thousand.
Fortunately, they just wanted to have fun, and the important thing was not to spend their own money, so it did not affect Yu Zhiming and his group's mood for travel.
They decided to go swimming.
But when he asked about the price of the swimsuit, Yu Zhiming kept saying "WTF" in his heart.
A pair of men's swimming trunks costs seven or eight hundred yuan.
Even if it's a luxury brand, it's just a pair of swimming trunks. Isn't this just money grabbing...
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