Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 658: Chapter 655: Liu Family’s Stock Plummets

Huo Sining fell silent for a moment before she understood the implication of Bai Yishan’s words.

Given the power of the Liu Family, they would definitely not be willing to lose ten billion on such a bet; without Ouyang Jun tonight, she would have definitely suffered a silent loss.

But even now that she had obtained these ten billion, it was like holding a hot potato.

This money was spat out from the mouth of Liu Chongren, and it definitely wouldn’t be easy to digest. Bai Yishan said this because she was worried that if the Liu Family became desperate, they might resort to underhanded tactics.

However, Ouyang Jun laughed and said, ”You all just relax, with Xu Zi here, the Liu Family wouldn’t dare to do such a stupid thing!”

Not to mention Huo Sining, who had now gained the favor of the Lu Family; if the Liu Family weren’t blinded by greed, they wouldn’t commit an act tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock and courting their own destruction. Besides, Gu Xu was there, so there was no need to worry at all.

Gu Xu glanced at Ouyang Jun, which was taken as an acknowledgment of his statement.

What Bai Yishan didn’t know was that, aside from being the head of Shengtang Group, Gu Xu also held the status of a Falcon Special Forces soldier. Hence, when she heard Ouyang Jun’s confident declaration, she couldn’t help feeling somewhat puzzled.

This Gu Xu, who even the Liu Family feared, what kind of background did he have to possess such an immense deterrent power?

Filled with doubts, Bai Yishan and the others made their way back to the hotel.

The person who was not only anxious but also Bai Yishan. After returning to the hotel, Huo Sining also couldn’t fall asleep.

Perhaps it was because she had unexpectedly come into such a vast sum of money, she felt unsettled. Therefore, after tossing and turning in bed, she suddenly picked up her cellphone and called Su Qingqing.

”What did you say? Ten billion?”

Awakened in the middle of the night by Huo Sining, Su Qingqing groggily answered the call, only to hear Huo Sining drop a bombshell, which instantly jolted her wide awake.

Thinking she must be dreaming, Su Qingqing pinched her own cheek hard, yelping in pain. She leapt out of bed, exclaiming in shock.

”Oh my God, you’re faster than a money printer—are you a cash cow or what? No, you can’t stay in Guangcheng tonight, hurry back here so we can figure out how to deal with this! With Liu Yuxuan’s temperament, she definitely won’t let this go easily!”

Huo Sining was used to Su Qingqing’s dramatic nature and could easily imagine her gesticulating wildly with her mouth agape—even though she was in Guangcheng.

”You don’t need to worry about that, Gu Xu and Ouyang Jun are here. I’ll be coming back tomorrow, there won’t be any danger,” Huo Sining assured her.

Su Qingqing responded with an ’oh’: ”Then why did you call me? You can’t be thinking of giving me a share just because I happened to be there, can you?”

Huo Sining couldn’t help but laugh, ”If you really wanted it, I could share some, yes.”

”That’s generous of you,” Su Qingqing said skeptically, ”But never mind, I wouldn’t know what to do with that much money anyway.”

Huo Sining also fell silent. She was just as perplexed as Su Qingqing. Ten billion was a number she had never imagined in her past life or even this one, and yet she had obtained it so effortlessly.

Now that the money was in hand, she felt an emptiness inside, uncertain about what to do with it.

That’s how it is with money; pile it up, and it just becomes a set of numbers, leaving Huo Sining somewhat lost.

”Gu Xu, you’ve made so much money with your company, have you ever thought about what it’s for?”

After some thought, Huo Sining sent a text message to Gu Xu.

Gu Xu, who was sleeping in the next room, instantly opened his phone when he received the message and his lips curved slightly upon seeing the message from Huo Sining.

”To realize my own value.”

To realize my own value? Huo Sining stared at the text message, zoning out.

Although many of the guests at last night’s banquet had some business interests with Liu Chongren, this did not stop the jewelry traders from indulging in hot gossip.

That morning, rumors began to fly about the Mysterious Miss Huo winning against the Jade Gambling King’s granddaughter again.

——Tianyuan Jewelry Store withdrew ten billion in liquid funds, forcing seven projects to halt.

Overnight, many were speculating whether there would be a major change within the Liu Family soon and, as the stock market opened in the morning, Tianyuan Jewelry Store’s stocks plummeted, and many took a wait-and-see approach.

Not only that, but someone had also posted an article about the events that occurred at the banquet the previous evening.

This post not only thoroughly exposed the identity of Huo Sining, the partner at Guan Yu Beauty Studio, but also widely publicized how Huo Sining had boldly gambled with Worm Jade the night before, overpowering the Liu grandfather and granddaughter, clearly lionizing Guan Yu Beauty Studio.

Once the post appeared, everyone linked the incident to the Liu Family withdrawing a substantial amount of liquid funds and instantly had an epiphany.

Although the Liu Family was wealthy, no one would leave ten billion Yuan sitting in the bank untouched. Now, to retain the entirety of the Worm Jade, Liu Chongren suddenly withdrew so much money, causing the company’s operations to become tense.

With the stock market plunging, Liu Chongren was greatly troubled and deeply regretted allowing his granddaughter to provoke Huo Sining into gambling the night before.

But it was useless to regret now; he was very clear that even if he could do it all over again, he would still make the same choice.

Fortunately, the piece of Worm Jade was extremely precious, worth far more than twenty billion. The fact that he hadn’t cut the Worm Jade in half was a silver lining amidst the misfortune.

Although disrupted by Huo Sining, Liu Chongren had lost ten billion, but he was no ordinary person and immediately reacted to the market.

Even though he was reluctant to display the Worm Jade, in such a crisis, Liu Chongren had no choice but to leverage the stone.

Soon, photos of Worm Jade leaked from within Tianyuan Jewelry Store, and before long, the stone was featured on the front pages of major newspapers and websites, allowing virtually the entire country to see this stunningly real piece of jadeite.

”My god, is this even called jadeite? Can there actually be insects inside jadeite? Surely this can’t be fake?”

”What kind of insect is that? I’ve scoured the insect encyclopedia but haven’t seen this kind of insect. Is it an ancient species?”

”There’s an insect hidden inside an icy jade piece? This is a priceless treasure! And to think they gave it away for ten billion to the Qin Family, Miss Huo has lost a lot this time...”

As soon as the photo of the Worm Jade hit the internet, it caused an uproar, with countless people marveling and exclaiming, both amazed by the stone’s peculiar uniqueness and lamenting Huo Sining’s actions.

Of course, many felt sympathy for the Liu Family, thinking Miss Huo should not have gotten the money. Those sympathetic were scolded by other netizens, because from start to finish, it was the Liu Family who had been aggressively pressing, and Huo Sining had merely complied with the Liu’s request to participate in the gamble, without a single direct counterattack.