Chapter 26: Le Can will win, indisputably win. Yes, I’m not as good…
The two pieces of full gambling raw material were settled, so naturally, they came to the semi-exposed material area for the last one.
Unlike those materials on the ground with complete skins and high risks, where only groups of twos and threes would occasionally browse through, Le Can observed that in this area—one of only two with tables—every piece of jadeite raw stone had several people taking turns shining lights on it every minute, observing the window opening or the overall condition of the material.
Occasionally, if there was a raw material with an extremely good performance at the window opening, the people around it were simply an endless stream. Even if someone hogged the position next to it, people further away would still stretch their necks, unwilling to give up, waiting for a chance to squeeze in.
The reactions of these observers were also very interesting.
Le Can saw that after some people finished looking, they would discourse loudly with the people beside them about their views on the material, finally declaring whether they were optimistic or pessimistic about the material’s final performance.
Some people frowned, saying nothing from beginning to end. Occasionally, when asked by people next to them, they would only keep their mouths shut and shake or nod their heads.
The majority of people showed hesitation, repeatedly observing the material, then whispering with their companions about whether to take it now…
Clearly, the seller had already wiped a window, allowing buyers to see a corner of their product. Yet, the efficiency of card swiping in this area was much slower than in the other two areas.
Because changes inside the jadeite raw stone cannot be predicted by anyone before the skin is truly completely removed. Perhaps even nature couldn’t explain what geological processes these stones, buried underground without seeing the sun, had experienced.
“Gods find it hard to judge an inch of jade,” was not just a simple saying.
Unsurprisingly, Le Can bumped into the “Little Peacock” Gu Xinxue, who was still hesitating, here.
He glanced at the cart behind the other party; without exception, there was also an unfamiliar raw material inside.
One step away, Xie Jun was pulling Yin Wuyu tightly, following close to Gu Xinxue, supervising him to ensure he didn’t use any professional outside help.
The moment she saw Le Can, Xie Jun was pushing through the crowd to get inside. She only had time to shoot a domineering “Leave it to this old lady” look before turning back to continue her great surveillance undertaking.
Le Can reached out a hand, somewhat amused, but didn’t have time to call out to her.
He actually wanted to follow and see which semi-exposed material Gu Xinxue would choose in the end. But since loud noises were discouraged here, and Xie Jun didn’t see him, he let it be.
Xi Yun was a bit puzzled. Behind him, Yuan Cheng, who had resumed his role as a cart pusher, was so anxious he had poked him several times.
“Aren’t you in a hurry to choose material?”
One had to know that in the semi-exposed material area, the quantity of windowed and cut materials was limited. There was no shortage of onlookers or discerning eyes, and the seller had certain strength. Under normal circumstances, competition for materials with good performance would be fierce.
What was puzzling was that Le Can’s actions throughout were incredibly leisurely.
Xi Yun could tell that the youth wasn’t slow because he was ignorant or unaware. So, the reason prompting him to do this could only be one thing.
was he certain that the jadeite raw material he wanted to choose wouldn’t be bought by anyone else even if he went slowly?
As for the option of being sure he would lose and just giving up, although Xi Yun couldn’t say he understood Le Can particularly well, he knew that was absolutely impossible.
The moment he heard the question, Le Can, who was hesitating whether to squeeze into the crowd, turned his head and smiled lightly.
That handsome face, which could be spotted at a glance even if thrown into a crowd, relaxed from the inside out, appearing even more magnificent and dazzling.
“Oh my, you guessed it?
But there’s no reward for guessing right.”
Le Can was indeed as he appeared—not in a hurry. Because the material he wanted to buy was one that no one dared to buy even on the last day.
It was a piece of jadeite that the male lead missed in the original novel. Because Xi Yun’s ability upgraded unexpectedly, he hadn’t seen this raw material with his own eyes.
In the end, because this material was too controversial and no one dared to give it a shot, it could only be opened personally by its seller.
That year, the two most talked-about raw materials in the stone gambling circle came from the same private seller and finally belonged to a pair of half-brothers who were pitted against each other.
That’s right, that dust-covered pearl of a jadeite was bought back by Xi Ziyu.
This guy with a peculiar brain circuit gave the item to Weiyuanjing’s biggest competitor, diverting a lot of attention from many people during the spring auction preview and the formal auction that year.
Knowing this, the moment Gu Xinxue proposed the betting conditions, Le Can nearly laughed out loud. In the end, relying on strong self-control, he managed not to reveal a single flaw.
Xi Yun wasn’t wrong, nor did he see it wrong. Living again, Le Can wouldn’t let himself suffer a loss for no reason.
Even if he lost the first round with the “Winter Melon Candy” he grabbed casually, the final result still couldn’t be shaken.
Le Can would win.
Would win indisputably.
He would also, as he promised, give Xi Yun and Weiyuanjing a grand promotion that was watched by everyone and couldn’t be snatched away by anyone.
Hearing the youth’s unique voice, and the confidence of holding the winning ticket contained in the teasing words, Xi Yun pursed his lips lightly.
“Okay.”
Although he said there was no reward, anticipation like never before rose in Xi Yun’s heart. He would wait, wait to see what kind of answer sheet Le Can would hand him…
Places with many people always arouse the curiosity of uninformed onlookers.
Le Can hesitated for two seconds but still didn’t drill into the crowd alone.
Finally, he chose… to hide behind Xi Yun’s chair, letting the male lead “charge into enemy lines” at the front.
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Sitting in a wheelchair and blindfolded—no one expected someone to come gamble on stones in such a style.
Anyone who felt the crowding behind them and couldn’t help but look back with a killer glare, upon seeing the appearance of the person behind, would be stunned for two seconds before silently making space for them.
As the person pushing the wheelchair, Le Can opportunely showed a bit of grief and guilt, and almost no one’s gaze stayed on him for more than a minute.
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Sigh, it’s not easy for the young lad either…
Yuan Cheng, being a beat slow, didn’t follow up. Seeing the crowd part like Moses dividing the sea and then merge back, he stood dumbfounded in place.
Tan Man, who also fell behind, burst out laughing.
She actually felt that since Xi Yun was usually so serious, he needed a lively and interesting young person like Le Can to properly stir up this stagnant deep pool.
Le Can was also helpless.
He had no intention of stirring up wind and clouds, but wind and clouds always came looking for him.
For example, when he successfully entered the center of the crowd using the “physically disabled but strong-willed” Mr. Fiancé as cover, the first thing he saw upon looking up was the Little Peacock and the Smelly Brother with hostile eyes.
The two tacitly looked at Xi Yun in the wheelchair at the same time.
Gu Xinxue was full of distress and disapproval: “Raw material is so heavy and so dirty, how can you let Brother Yun keep holding it? And holding two pieces at once!”
Xi Ziyu, as always, was full of damp, gloomy vibes. “Heh, hypocrite.”
Hearing two passages so rich in personal character, Le Can nearly rolled his eyes in public.
Great, congratulations to Xi Yun’s two big “toxic solo fans” for successfully merging.
If the occasion wasn’t inappropriate, he would have retorted: “Yes, I’m not as good as you guys at feeling sorry for Gege~”
Too lazy to play chickens pecking at each other with these rookies, Le Can quickly looked at the jadeite raw stone in the center of the crowd.
The stone, half the height of a person, was quite a big fellow. The seller cleverly opened a palm-sized window on one side of the top, allowing one to see at a glance the hazy interior resembling rock sugar.
Confirmed. It wasn’t the one Le Can wanted to buy.
However, although the new guest Le Can didn’t get a signal of attraction, there were quite a few people in the surrounding circle who were optimistic about this material.
Just standing there watching for a while, Le Can saw that after many people finished looking, they scanned the code to check the raw stone’s price and immediately held up their phones to make one or several calls.
The price of the raw material was likely not low, and mobilizing so much capital at once wasn’t easy.
Things that everyone was optimistic about had a high probability of being good things. Plus, with so many people taking action, the urgency suddenly spiked.
Maybe initially some people only had a four or five out of ten desire to buy, but after the competition started, it instantly doubled to eight or ten.
For example, the deeply influenced Xie Jun squeezed to Le Can’s side with Yin Wuyu, whispering urgently:
“Can-ah, good stuff, make a move quickly!”
Xie Jun’s ears hadn’t been idle while her eyes were watching Gu Xinxue.
Although she didn’t research deeply into jadeite raw stones and only knew about some beautiful finished jadeite products, she didn’t understand, but these people around her understood more or less better than her!
From the window of this material, one could tell that the jadeite inside was at least Sticky Rice Ice species (Nuo Bing). Looking at the size of the stone, as long as the species and water extended inside, who’s to say it wouldn’t reach Ice species, or one could even try their luck for High Ice or Glass species.
As for the small window having high transparency and sufficient water but seemingly lacking color? Xie Jun expressed that this was absolutely no problem.
Because someone pointed out a python belt encircling the waist of this big fellow, and on the python belt were scattered green pine flowers—there must be color inside!
Listening to Xie Jun’s hurried, whispered explanation, the layman Le Can listened with gusto while unhurriedly taking out his own phone and scanning it like everyone else.
After the familiar “beep,” the big fellow’s price jumped into view.
Le Can hissed in a small breath of cold air.
Counting the string of zeros, it was exactly thirty-six million, no more, no less—an amount he might not be able to scrape together even if he blackmailed Le Wenxin three times.
Le Can knew without thinking that this was something he couldn’t afford with his current balance. Giving it a nice name: Destiny has not brought us together.
“Uh, how about…”
Let’s not.
Before the words of refusal could be spoken, there was a sudden uproar beside him.
Le Can and Xie Jun turned their heads together to look. Gu Xinxue, at the center of attention, raised his hand cleanly and swiped his card.
After swiping, the guy whose head seemed held even higher smugly clamped the transfer payment receipt between two fingers and waved it demonstratively at Le Can across the noisy crowd.
That blatant little look was just short of mocking directly in Le Can’s ear: “Let’s see what you have to compete with me!”
“It’s over! It’s over, over, over, over…” Seeing this scene, Xie Jun looked as if she had lost her soul.
Le Can didn’t feel like he was “over” anywhere.
But the Little Peacock, who had been left free-range waiting to be plucked, was too arrogant. Seeing this, the youth with peach blossom eyes couldn’t help narrowing his eyes, instant rebellious psychology rising within him.
The next second, right under Gu Xinxue’s gaze, he grandly leaned onto one of Xi Yun’s shoulders. The moment the other turned his head in confusion, Le Can hooked his lips and leaned up.
Warm breaths intertwined; soft lips nearly pasted together, separated only by a thumb located in a visual blind spot.
Le Can, having an attack of mischief, tilted his head and stared straight at the furious Gu Xinxue. His eyes shifted and bumped into the similarly defensive-broken Xi Ziyu.
Haha, the little trick of forced perspective achieved the unexpected effect of killing two birds with one stone. Seeing this, Le Can’s unhappy heart instantly turned from cloudy to sunny.
As for the male lead being taken advantage of by him, there was a momentary pause in breathing, but because it was too short, it wasn’t noticed by anyone.
After “kissing,” the youth half-leaned softly against the side of the black-clothed man in the wheelchair as if he had no bones, looking around the noisy surrounding crowd with seemingly dissatisfied eyes.
Xie Jun, who had been lost in despair a second ago, pulled her bodyguard Yin Wuyu with a sallow face, blocking the husband-husband pair who seemed to form their own little world together.
“Cough cough cough, we are still outside, you guys restrain yourselves a bit.”
“But the best material in the semi-exposed area has been taken by Gu Xinxue; what do we do next?”
Could it be that she had to watch with her own eyes as Le Can handed Xi Yun over? Just thinking of this scene gave Xie Jun a heart attack.
No, no, no, no, she wouldn’t accept it!
Le Can didn’t panic in the slightest. He rubbed the white silk ribbon sticking to the side of his face with his thumb, curiously picking up a corner to paste over his eyes for a look.
Mm, hazy and indistinct, but not to the point of not seeing things.
“Huh? Sister Jun, don’t worry. I chose the raw material long ago. While watching the excitement just now, I already contacted Yuan Cheng and asked him to secure it.”
Xie Jun was curious: “Which piece is it?”
Considering she hadn’t followed Gu Xinxue for nothing, Xie Jun had seen almost all the famous raw materials in this area.
As long as Le Can said it, she would definitely recall which one it was.
Le Can frowned in thought for a moment, then raised his phone to check the chat history with Yuan Cheng. “It seems to be the material with the last four digits 2817.”
Xie Jun realized: “Oh, so it’s 281… What?! 2817!”
Jadeite raw stones that people could remember by number were definitely few and far between, and each one was a “superb piece.”
If Xie Jun remembered correctly, 2817 was not only a superb piece but a famous, super-absolute dud!
Ahem, what’s the point of betting?
Might as well scrub Xi Yun clean and just give him away…
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