Car-hailing Driver: Rewards from Complaints

Chapter 558 - 239: Your Ride-Hailing Driver Is Such a Spendthrift_2

Yang Chen: "No, I’m going to play on the second floor. Let’s open it together later. What do you two say, dare to burn the boats and gamble one last time?"

Middle-aged man: "I advise you two to think it over, he’s just a ride-hailing driver, and it’s his first time here. You trust him, but trusting Lin Jing would make more sense. At least she can pick out stones with a hint of jade in them."

"Haha..." The crowd burst into laughter.

Zhou Wenqi looked at her husband, waiting for him to make a decision.

After much hesitation, Wang Zheng gritted his teeth and said: "Alright! Buddy, I trust you! Go ahead, lend us another 500,000. Round it out, and worst-case scenario, we’ll work for you the rest of our lives."

The middle-aged man laughed heartily, asked someone to bring paper and pen, and let Wang Zheng write the IOU in their format, sign it, and leave a fingerprint.

Then, the middle-aged man had someone bring over a check for 500,000 and handed it to Wang Zheng, saying: "Good luck to you!"

Yang Chen led Wang Zheng and Zhou Wenqi away, and Lin Jing immediately followed with her entourage.

"Scared?" Yang Chen asked with a smile.

Wang Zheng: "It’s all nonsense to say I’m not scared, but I believe our benefactor won’t harm us."

Yang Chen: "What if this is the second trap?"

Wang Zheng and Zhou Wenqi were stunned.

Then Wang Zheng burst out laughing and said, "If this is the second trap, then we accept it. You arranged it so meticulously that it’s only appropriate we fall for it."

"Haha..." Yang Chen laughed too.

Wang Zheng helped carry the stones to the second floor.

The raw stones on the second floor were indeed large, some even almost as tall as Yang Chen.

If a jade stone as tall as a person could be found, it would just take off.

Of course, it’s not necessarily true that bigger stones are better or that they definitely contain jade, but it feels like the bigger the stone, the higher the chance of finding jade inside.

At the moment, a group of people was gathered around a half-man tall stone and discussing it.

"In my opinion, there’s definitely green inside this stone."

"Young Master Ning, take it?"

"It’s a pity it’s priced at 25,000,000. I really can’t afford it. If it were half that price, I’d take it!"

"Many experts have appraised this stone, and everyone believes there’s green inside. They’re just not sure how much, so no one dares to take the plunge and buy it."

...

The Young Master Ning in everyone’s mouth was a glasses-wearing, gentle-looking young man.

He was frowning, unaffected by the outside world, continuously studying the stone on his own.

Yang Chen led Wang Zheng and Zhou Wenqi over.

As soon as the old customers saw Zhou Wenqi again, they suddenly started discussing her.

"Wow! You’re back again? Didn’t you say you lost it all?"

"Did you bring two more helpers to keep playing? You’re really impressive, even more addicted than we are."

"Have you already paid off the 1,500,000 you borrowed from Mingcui Square? You don’t seem like a little rich lady at all!"

"Haha..."

"Come on, little rich lady, dare to buy this stone? Many experts have appraised it, and there’s definitely jade inside. Dare to want it?"

...

Seeing the stone priced at 25,000,000, Zhou Wenqi backed away quickly in shock.

Wang Zheng smiled and asked, "Benefactor, tell us how to buy it, and that’s how we’ll buy it. As a couple, we’ll both listen to you."

Yang Chen handed the basket with the stones to Wang Zheng and then walked closer to observe the stones.

"Oh wow, here comes an expert! Knows how to examine the texture and veins too."

"Young Master Ning, you’d better hurry. Here comes an expert; don’t let someone beat you to it."

"That’s right, you’ve been watching this stone for over half a month; don’t let someone else snatch it away now."

...

Young Master Ning looked at Yang Chen and smiled, "Brother, what do you think of this stone?"

Yang Chen didn’t speak. He pressed his ear against the stone, tapping it rhythmically to listen to its echo.

"Haha... Kid, you think you’re buying a watermelon, tapping to see if it’s ripe?"

"Haha..."

"Don’t speak that way; what if he’s an expert and can judge if there’s green inside based on the sound?"

...

Yang Chen looked up at the most talkative ones and said, "Please be quiet, you’re affecting me."

"Oh wow, he actually seems legit!"

"Everyone stop talking now. If he makes a mistake, he’ll blame us for interference."

"That’s right, keep quiet. He might blame us later, and we can’t afford the compensation."

...

After those few sarcastic remarks, the crowd quieted down.

Yang Chen tapped around the stone, essentially concluding there was jade inside, but it wasn’t large—about 200-300 grams.

According to Mingcui Square’s recovery prices, even if it’s a top-notch imperial green jade, such a small amount would only be worth 7-10 million.

But this stone is priced at 25 million; wouldn’t that mean a loss of over 10 million?

Yang Chen smiled and said, "I think there’s indeed jade inside. I’ll leave it to you."

After speaking, Yang Chen gestured for Wang Zheng and Zhou Wenqi to look at other stones.

"Haha... isn’t that just stating the obvious?"

"Clearly doesn’t know how to play, just agreeing with us."

"Ignore them, Young Master Ning, are you going to take it?"

...

Young Master Ning was already hesitant, and now Yang Chen, after examining, said there’s jade inside but wouldn’t buy it; this made him more confused.

Yang Chen and the other two went to the side to look at other stones.

Wang Zheng asked softly, "Benefactor, is there really jade inside that stone?"

Yang Chen nodded and said, "Yes."

Wang Zheng: "Huh? Then why aren’t we buying it?"

Zhou Wenqi: "It costs 25 million. How can we afford it?"

Wang Zheng nodded and said, "That’s true; it’s too expensive."