Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 127: Chapter 124: Enemies on a Narrow Road

The middle-aged woman couldn’t help but burst into laughter when she heard Huo Sining’s layman’s talk, counting the five thousand yuan in cash Huo Sining handed her, while agreeing, “Big size is good, the bigger the piece, the more jadeite you get, the more valuable it is. Since they’re all five thousand yuan each, of course, you have to pick the biggest one to get the best deal!”

Huo Sining didn’t know whether she was being praised or mocked. Her face showed an expression as if it were a matter of course, but her mind was full of complaints.

Su Jinyuan had previously thought that among the three women who came along, Huo Sining was the smartest and the most rational. However, he realized he was wrong. His cousin was also a simpleton, who had been conned out of five thousand yuan for a chunk of raw material, and to his frustration, he couldn’t stop her.

He watched helplessly as Huo Sining handed a stack of bills to the middle-aged woman, clutching the raw stone material she had picked with a delighted face. Su Jinyuan sighed internally and pursed his lips, ultimately holding back the words of reproach he wanted to say.

It was just five thousand yuan after all. Letting these women learn a lesson was good, so they could experience firsthand how cruel stone gambling was and would not be tempted to lose their heads in the upcoming stone gambling fair.

The rain came quickly and left just as fast. In less than half an hour, it had stopped, the sky cleared up, and the sun quickly came out again. The rain had wetted the clothes of Huo Sining’s group earlier, but after a breeze, they dried in no time.

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Not just Su Jinyuan, even Su Qingqing and Bai Yishan were unwilling to return to the hotel just like that. Since Huo Sining had already bought a piece of raw material, it made Su Qingqing and Bai Yishan somewhat tempted, with all three women displaying a competitive spirit.

They arrived at a shop, and while Su Jinyuan and the two buyers were busy looking at raw materials, they couldn’t always watch over the three women. When he came out after examining the raw materials, he saw each of the three women holding a piece, all of them in a great mood with a trying attitude.

“Brother, does my piece of stone gambling material look like a big watermelon?” Su Qingqing flaunted the spherical watermelon-like raw material she had chosen in front of Su Jinyuan.

“Yours is nothing; mine is way better. It looks like a soy sauce rice cake, it must be a winning bet!” Bai Yishan wasn’t to be outdone, lifting up her dark and shiny “soy sauce rice cake.”

Su Jinyuan was about to faint, seeing these three clueless women, he somewhat regretted his decision, bringing these three was utterly a mistake.

“Let’s go, to the Stone Cutting Factory.” Holding the piece of raw material he had just purchased, Su Jinyuan said weakly.

Every few dozen meters along Jade Street was a small Stone Cutting Factory. Su Jinyuan led the eager women to the nearest Stone Cutting Factory, but as they walked into the entrance, they ran into some familiar faces head-on.

“Brother Jinyuan! What are you doing here?” A surprised shout drew everyone’s attention to the newcomer.

Wu Linger was looking at Su Jinyuan with joy, with Zhou Zhen and Ye Zixin standing beside her.

Huo Sining couldn’t help but facepalm, it truly was a small world, how could they bump into these idiots everywhere?

Seeing that there was a middle-aged man standing next to Zhou Zhen, holding a piece of raw material, it seemed he was also here to gamble on stones.

The middle-aged man clearly recognized Su Jinyuan and his eyes flickered with surprise when he saw him, then he greeted Su Jinyuan respectfully with a “Mr. Su.”

Su Jinyuan simply acknowledged with a faint voice, but his face grew gloomy. Without sparing a glance at the four idiots nearby, he walked straight past them, heading directly to the Stone Cutting Factory.

Wu Linger’s face stiffened, and only then did she notice that there were three women accompanying Su Jinyuan.

Her gaze swept over Su Qingqing and Bai Yishan before finally settling on Huo Sining’s face. Her expression froze for a moment, as if she had realized something, and her complexion changed dramatically. She extended her hand in shock and exclaimed, “It’s you! What are you doing here?!”

A look of hate and anger flashed in Wu Linger’s eyes. Setting aside their first encounter in Donghua, Wu Linger had negotiated with Huo Sining at the ambergris auction, and she had been rendered speechless by Huo Sining’s few pointed words. She had a fresh memory of Huo Sining, a sharp-tongued romantic rival.

Seeing Huo Sining now, she quickly recognized her as the woman rumored to be involved with Su Jinyuan.

How could this woman be here with Su Jinyuan in Pingzhou?!

Wu Linger felt a mix of shock and anger, and her gaze towards Huo Sining was naturally hostile, as if she was the legitimate girlfriend who had been cheated on.

“If you can be here, why can’t I?” Huo Sining shrugged indifferently, not really having the desire to fight with Wu Linger. To her, this woman was all brawn and no brains, making her terribly weak in a fight.

Zhou Zhen and Ye Zixin were also stunned and hadn’t expected to run into an acquaintance here. Ye Zixin timidly stepped forward to greet Su Qingqing, “Qingqing, you’re also here to gamble…?”

Su Qingqing snorted and pretended not to hear, pulling Bai Yishan and Huo Sining with her inside. Ye Zixin’s face stiffened as she watched Su Qingqing’s retreating back, a mix of embarrassment and anger in her eyes.

“She’s ignoring you, why bother cozying up to her?” Seeing Ye Zixin get rejected by Su Qingqing once again, Zhou Zhen’s face darkened, and he couldn’t help but chastise her.

Ye Zixin hung her head, feigning aggrievement, “After all, she and I are good sisters. Even though I’m with you now, I really didn’t mean to hurt her. I always hope she can forgive me and that we can be good sisters again. But it seems Qingqing isn’t receptive…”

“You cherish her, but does she cherish you? The Su Family is cold-blooded and selfish one and all; that woman doesn’t understand love or friendship at all!” Zhou Zhen couldn’t help but burst into flames when he thought of what his family had been through recently.

Because Zhou Zhen had thrown away his engagement ring and claimed in front of Su Jinyuan that Ye Zixin was worth more than a finger of Su Qingqing, it was naturally impossible for Su Qingqing and Zhou Zhen’s engagement to continue. So, more than two months ago, Su Zhenhua and Su Jinyuan personally visited the Zhou Family to call off the engagement.

Zhou Zhen had thought he’d be completely free without the engagement, and that his love for Ye Zixin would be approved and blessed by his family, but he was mistaken. The daughter of the Su Family was not someone to be trifled with.

The first thing Su Jinyuan did after the engagement was severed was to terminate the collaboration. Zhou’s Jewelry had only been established for over a decade and had risen gradually solely with the support of Donghua. Without the Su Family’s protection, the Zhou Family lost its backing.

Upon hearing the news, dozens of intermediary business partners terminated their contracts with the Zhou Family, and at the same time, the Zhou Family-owned stores became the focus of regulatory enforcement, and several of them were soon shut down due to allegations of fraud.

Within just a few months, the Zhou Family’s business took a drastic fall, causing Master Zhou to take ill and become bedridden. Zhou Zhen’s father took over Zhou’s Jewelry, trying to clean up the company’s mess.