This unremarkable stone, with its dull luster, was actually used to pad a table.
It looks exactly like discarded garbage.
Ye Chen squatted down in front of the table, examining the piece of discarded stone in front of him.
A burst of true energy shot towards the discarded stone material in an instant.
A dozen seconds later, Ye Chen's lips curled up slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Good things lie beneath an unassuming appearance."
"Ye Chen, what are you looking at?"
A voice came from behind Ye Chen, and Lin Ruoxi, who had finished paying, walked towards him.
Ye Chen looked at Lin Ruoxi and smiled slightly.
"Ruoxi, I've seen something amazing. There are some really good treasures inside."
"Ah, a good treasure?" Lin Ruoxi was slightly surprised, looking at Ye Chen with her eyes.
"Ye Chen, where's that good stuff you were talking about?"
Ye Chen pointed to the discarded stones and said, "Ruoxi, this is the good stuff I was talking about. I suggest you buy it."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ruoxi immediately looked at the discarded stones.
An unremarkable stone with a dull luster came into her view.
Lin Ruoxi frowned slightly, a hint of seriousness emanating from her expression.
"Ye Chen, are you sure this is something good, and you're not joking?"
Lin Ruoxi was a little incredulous and questioned Ye Chen's words.
There's no way around it; anyone would be suspicious if they saw this kind of stone.
"Is this also stone? It looks unremarkable to me, with a dull luster, and it can't compare to top-quality stone at all," Lin Ruoxi said.
"Ruoxi, sometimes you can't judge the value of something just by its appearance."
"If you trust me, I'll buy it. I guarantee you'll be pleasantly surprised."
Seeing Ye Chen's confident demeanor, Lin Ruoxi said, "Okay, if you want me to buy it, then I'll buy it."
Lin Ruoxi had complete faith in Ye Chen.
Even if this piece of discarded stone ends up being worthless, she doesn't care.
"Boss, how much is this stone?" Lin Ruoxi immediately called out to the boss.
The boss came over quickly.
When the boss saw the discarded stones used to prop up the table, a strange look appeared on his face.
"Beautiful lady, are you sure you want to buy it?"
Lin Ruoxi nodded, her eyes fixed on the boss.
"Yes, boss, so name your price, I want to buy it."
The shop owner paused for a moment, then said, "Miss, let me remind you, this is waste stone."
Do you know what waste stone is?
“Discarded stone is just discarded garbage; it's impossible for it to contain jade.”
"I just grabbed it and used it to prop up the table."
"If it weren't for its usefulness, I would have thrown it away long ago."
I must say the boss was quite conscientious in giving me that reminder.
“It’s alright. Ye Chen said it’s a good thing, that there are some treasures inside, so just name your price,” Lin Ruoxi said softly.
"Forehead……"
The boss's forehead was covered in black lines; he was completely stunned by Lin Ruoxi's words, they were just too funny.
The boss has been in the stone business for many years, so he knows a thing or two about it.
Besides, he just threw this here to use as a table mat.
It was unremarkable in appearance, with a dull luster, and didn't look like it contained any valuable treasure.
The boss thought only a novice like Lin Ruoxi would think that way.
"Beautiful lady, since you bought five pieces of high-quality stone, you can just give me a hundred for this piece of scrap stone," the shopkeeper said.
"Okay," Lin Ruoxi replied, then swiped the money to the shopkeeper.
The boss immediately handed the waste stone to Lin Ruoxi.
Holding the discarded stone, Lin Ruoxi looked at Ye Chen and said, "Ye Chen, I've bought it. Will it really surprise me?"
“There’s a piece of jade here that’s quite valuable,” Ye Chen said confidently.
"Wow!" Lin Ruoxi exclaimed in surprise.
Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, the shopkeeper couldn't help but shake his head and say, "Young man, this is just a piece of scrap stone; there's no jade in it."
“I’ve been in the stone business for many years, and I usually just throw away stones like this.”
"I only kept it because I thought it could be used as a table mat."
"If it really contained valuable jade, wouldn't I know? Would I use it to prop up a table?"
"Young man, don't pretend to know what you don't."
The boss assumed that Ye Chen was trying to impress the beautiful women by pretending to know everything.
"Anything is possible; isn't that how you find bargains?"
Ye Chen said softly, "No one knows more about jade gambling than me."
"It seems you won't turn back until you hit a brick wall."
"I'd like to see if you can still be so stubborn in a moment," the boss said.
The conversation between the boss and Ye Chen attracted a lot of attention.
After learning about the conversation between the two, they all sided with the boss.
Some of the people at the scene had several years of experience gambling on jade.
They certainly knew which stones had a higher probability of yielding jade.
They wouldn't even glance at such discarded stones.
Even a complete novice wouldn't choose this kind of waste stone.
"Hmph, dreaming before it's even dark."
"That's right, this kind of waste stone is just garbage, don't even think about making jade out of it."
"Even a complete novice like me wouldn't choose this thing. It's wishful thinking."
"This kid is pretending to know what he doesn't; he'll embarrass himself later."
Lin Ruoxi was the only one who believed Ye Chen; everyone else thought Ye Chen was just pretending to know what he didn't.
There was all sorts of schadenfreude and gossip.
"You're not allowed to talk about Ye Chen like that."
Lin Ruoxi was furious when she saw some people gossiping about Ye Chen.
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