Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 547: Chapter 544: Someone Wants to Apprentice

Liu Yuxuan sat on the sofa in her hotel room in a sullen mood, while the white-haired Master Liu was beside her with a complex expression.

”Grandpa, don’t you think that woman’s luck is a bit too good? She actually found jadeite within Mogang Rock!”

Liu Yuxuan clenched the pillow in her hands and helplessly hammered it in frustration: ”Those were seven Glass-type Emerald Heavenly Beads, and I have never suffered such an insult in front of anyone before!”

Master Liu frowned: ”You said she’s not even twenty years old?”

”Yes, Zhou Jiajia knows that woman. Her surname is Huo, and it seems she’s attending college in S City, and has some distant relative connection with S City’s Municipal Party Secretary Su Zhenhua.”

Liu Chongren nodded: ”Tell me again in detail what happened at the Stone Gambling Square.”

Liu Yuxuan recounted the day’s events once more to her grandfather. Seeing that Liu Chongren remained silent, Liu Yuxuan panicked and couldn’t help asking anxiously, ”Grandpa, is there a problem?”

Just then, Liu Yuxuan’s phone rang. On the other end, there was someone with even more shocking news:

”Miss Liu, there’s big news again. The Miss Huo who dissolved the Jade Heaven Beads that day, she has dissolved another piece of Mogang Rock in the residential area, and inside, a huge piece of Glass-Type Imperial Green was cut out, reportedly weighing three to forty kilograms, worth over a hundred million!”

This sentence completely stunned Liu Yuxuan.

Those seven Jade Heaven Beads could be sold for tens of millions on a flip. Yet, that woman actually thought the noise wasn’t big enough, and then she cut out a Glass-Type Imperial Green!

Why do such good things always happen to that Miss Huo?

Liu Yuxuan was using speakerphone, so the person on the phone was also heard by Liu Chongren.

Learning about the thirty to forty kilograms of Imperial Green, Liu Chongren was also startled by this news.

Consecutive two-times surge in value — if that Miss Huo wasn’t just outrageously lucky, then she truly hid her skills well! It seems that this time, Liu Yuxuan had fallen into the hands of an expert!

Thinking this, Liu Chongren’s spirits lifted. How long had it been since he had met a worthy opponent? For years he had stood at the pinnacle of Huaxia’s jade gambling realm, facing no real competition. The glory was flattering yet lonely at times, so hearing about a new master surely excited him.

”Yuxuan, have someone investigate this Miss Huo for me, find out who she really is!”

Liu Chongren smiled with profound meaning, a glint of excitement and anticipation flickering in his eyes.

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Huo Sining was unaware that she had caught the attention of the Liu family, as she was busy gambling on stones in Gambling Stone Street.

In just one week’s time, Huo Sining had sliced open superior jadeite from two worthless pieces: first, seven invaluable Emerald Heavenly Beads, then a superior Emperor Green. Such skill evoked both envy and admiration from others.

Overnight, Huo Sining became famous in Ruili, her popularity even surpassing that of the Jade Gambling King. Wherever Huo Sining went, people of all sorts would greet her, and some even went out of their way to visit her at the hotel where she was staying.

The celebrity effect isn’t always a good thing, at least for Huo Sining, because after cutting the imperial green, basically everyone on Gambling Stone Street recognized her.

So, whenever she went to any store, as long as she had looked at the raw materials there, even the scraps she didn’t want soared in price. Not to mention the materials she was interested in—the asking prices from those gambling stone shop owners were ridiculously high.

Those shop owners were all crafty merchants. The raw materials that Huo Sining showed interest in were usually priced at more than ten times the normal cost.

The mentality of those owners was basically this—if Huo Sining really liked it and found it expensive, she could choose not to buy it. But as soon as she put down the material, someone would immediately follow in her footsteps and purchase it without a second thought, and it happened without fail.

After experiencing such incidents several times, Huo Sining felt extremely frustrated seeing those who benefited from trailing behind her smug with their gains. She itched with hatred inside but was powerless against these people, and eventually, she simply lazed around in the hotel, unwilling to even look at raw materials.

When Su Qingqing and the others learned about the reason for this, they didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Seeing Huo Sining’s frustrated expression, they also found it amusing.

Fortunately, Huo Sining’s trip had been quite fruitful. Even if she didn’t go to Gambling Stone Street again, with the stones she had gambled on in the past few days, she felt this trip to Ruili was worthwhile. Otherwise, she would have been furious to the point of spitting blood.

The night before the Ruili gambling market opened, Huo Sining received a call from Su Jinyuan, who had also arrived at the hotel. She was just about to go meet Su Jinyuan when, to her surprise, she found Jiang Xiaoqin, who hesitated at her doorway, blocking her exit.

Because she knew the trouble the imperial green had caused Huo Sining, Jiang Xiaoqin felt a bit embarrassed, somewhat hesitant to approach her. However, thinking of her own ideals and goals, she struggled internally and after pondering for a day and a night, she finally mustered the courage to look for Huo Sining.

”So you’re the mysterious Miss Huo who cut the Jade Heaven Bead at Stone Dissolution Square that day. No wonder you’re so amazing! Sister, can you teach me how to gamble on stones? My uncle said you’re very impressive and that I should learn from you!”

The young girl stared straight at Huo Sining with big, wide eyes full of hope and admiration.

Huo Sining quite liked Jiang Xiaoqin, this spirited young girl, but she found it a bit strange: ”Why aren’t you going to school?”

Jiang Xiaoqin was only fifteen or sixteen years old, so she should have been in high school at her age. Why wasn’t she at school but instead hanging around Gambling Stone Street?

Hearing this question from Huo Sining, Jiang Xiaoqin blushed a bit and said with an awkward laugh:

”I’ve always been poor at studying since I was little, and I’m especially terrible at math and English. I didn’t get into high school, so I stopped attending. My uncle saw that I liked to play with gambling stones and antiques, so he kept me by his side to learn from him. He also teaches me basic knowledge occasionally, but mainly, I’m just too foolish to learn anything well.”

Huo Sining shook her head: ”I think you’re quite smart. Those who deal with gambling stones and antiques don’t necessarily need to be brilliant scholars. What’s most important is to be diligent and studious, always observant, paying attention to details, and being especially good at interpreting words and expressions.”

”Does that mean you’re willing to teach me?”

Jiang Xiaoqin’s eyes shone as she looked at Huo Sining.

Huo Sining was inclined to refuse, since she herself was still a student, and even this body’s age was just eighteen or nineteen years old. How could she possibly take on a student?

But just as she was about to speak, an idea suddenly flashed through her mind.

At present, the only people she could rely on were Wu Jun and Li Quan. If she opened both the jadeite store in Wangfujing and the antique store in Liulichang in the future, she would definitely be short-handed.

Jiang Xiaoqin might be young, but she was feisty and sharp-witted. Indeed, she could be considered talent. If trained well, she could definitely become a capable assistant for Huo Sining in the future.