Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 772: Chapter 768: Don’t Be Overconfident

Because Zhong Yuejin also appeared here, Zhong Zifan mistakenly thought that Zhong Yuejin was deliberately tracking and targeting him, wanting to buy the jade material before him, which made Zhong Zifan somewhat irritable at this moment.

Seeing the anxious and restrained expression on Zhong Zifan’s face, Huo Sining knew what was on his mind. She couldn’t help but sigh, quietly shook her head at Zhong Zifan, and leaned in to whisper, ”Be patient and calm!”

Zhong Zifan had been feeling a bit down, but upon looking up and seeing Huo Sining’s resolute and serene expression, he didn’t know why, but suddenly he was no longer in a hurry.

It was as if he had found his backbone. The anxiety in Zhong Zifan’s eyes receded, and the anger in his heart gradually subsided. He nodded slightly and calmed down to look at the jade material.

Wang Zhongwei naturally noticed the change in Zhong Zifan’s emotions as well. Seeing that Huo Sining, a young girl, had only whispered a few words to Zhong Zifan, and he suddenly snapped out of his agitation, Wang Zhongwei grew anxious, subconsciously looking toward Huo Sining.

Upon looking, a fleeting shadow passed through Wang Zhongwei’s mind, and he couldn’t help but ask, ”Miss Huo, have we met somewhere before?”

Huo Sining was taken aback and smiled as she shook her head, ”I’ve never met Boss Wang before, and this is also my first time in Fuzhou. How could I have possibly seen you?”

”I see, maybe you resemble a friend of mine,” he mused.

Wang Zhongwei also felt this was unlikely. If he really knew Huo Sining, he wouldn’t have failed to remember her.

But for some reason, a sense of familiarity had flashed through his mind just now without reason, yet when he tried to think more carefully, he couldn’t remember anything.

It wasn’t Wang Zhongwei’s fault that he didn’t remember. The encounter between Huo Sining and Wang Zhongwei in the restaurant corridor had been purely coincidental. Plus, at the time, Wang Zhongwei had only cared about whether the counterfeit jade material had been damaged and hadn’t taken a good look at Huo Sining’s face. This led to him feeling that she looked familiar upon seeing her again but being unable to recall where from.

Wang Zhongwei simply chalked it up to a misperception due to knowing many people and shook his head without giving it much thought.

Little did he know that his seemingly casual remark had given Huo Sining quite a scare.

Fortunately, Wang Zhongwei did not pursue the matter further, allowing Huo Sining to breathe a sigh of relief.

As a joke, if Wang Zhongwei had remembered her, the game she was playing wouldn’t have been able to continue.

This was a scheme, and Huo Sining had no intention of revealing it so soon. She had a taste for mischief. Since she had come across such an entertaining situation, she naturally wanted to make the most of it. If she didn’t use this opportunity to counter-scheme the two swindlers, she wouldn’t be living up to her title as the Mysterious Miss Huo!

A hint of wickedness flashed in Huo Sining’s eyes as she curled her lips at Wang Zhongwei, revealing a smile, ”Boss Wang, do you mind if I take a closer look at this jade material?”

”Of course, there’s no problem,” Wang Zhongwei shook his head. ”Please, Miss Huo, feel free!”

Boss Wang Zhongwei was brimming with confidence when he received the raw material from a man surnamed Hu. Upon seeing it, he couldn’t help but marvel at it. As an experienced gambler in the stone gambling industry, this wasn’t the first time he had encountered counterfeit raw material. However, the ability to craft something so convincingly real that it was indistinguishable from the genuine was something he had never seen before.

Even after acquiring the raw material, Boss Wang wasn’t completely at ease. He couldn’t spot any issues, but he was afraid others might. So he specifically sought out an Old Stone Solver Master to take a look, and surprisingly, even the experienced master was fooled.

With the satisfactory results, Boss Wang finally relaxed. After discussing with Zhong Yuejin, they set up the scheme to deliberately entice Zhong Zifan to bite the bait.

As expected, Zhong Zifan fell for it. He was very enamored with the raw material and felt an impulsive desire to purchase it. Yet, Zhong Zifan was also cautious and said he wanted to think it over before deciding, leaving only a deposit of ten thousand without a firm agreement.

Based on the performance of the raw material, Boss Wang wasn’t worried at all that Zhong Zifan would change his mind, especially after Zhong Yuejin analyzed the current situation of the Zhong Family Main House and Boss Wang became even more certain that Zhong Zifan wouldn’t miss this opportunity. He was sure Zhong Zifan would make a move, even if it meant paying a high price for the raw material!

So Boss Wang purposefully had Zhong Yuejin show up, firstly to drive up the price, and secondly to dispel any last doubts Zhong Zifan might have, making the trap appear even more realistic and less likely to raise suspicion.

Step by step, everything was going according to their plan, and Boss Wang felt increasingly confident. Now, when Huo Sining requested a look at the raw material, Boss Wang didn’t give it a second thought and agreed immediately.

In his opinion, Huo Sining was just a young girl, what did she know about raw materials? Let her look, then. It wasn’t like Zhong Zifan hadn’t brought stone gambling experts to see the material before, but the results remained the same—the old master didn’t notice anything special either.

Boss Wang was very confident. As for the counterfeit raw material, he believed deceiving Huo Sining and Zhong Zifan would be no issue at all.

Huo Sining smiled and reached out to pick up the raw material.

The size of the raw material wasn’t particularly large in the world of stone gambling, nor was it small. Huo Sining had seen it earlier in the restaurant and initially estimated it weighed around twenty or thirty pounds. Now holding it in her arms, she had a more accurate assessment.

It should weigh about thirty pounds, give or take no more than a pound. Its exterior really was from an Old Pit, with the Black Oosh and Python Band patterns present. Additionally, on the other side of the Black Oosh, there was the rarely seen red spotting in stone gambling.

Typically, the presence of red spotting meant a high probability of top-quality green jadeite, but since she knew the material to be counterfeit, the surface characteristics were of no interest to her. Huo Sining was not interested in the stone’s exterior; she wanted to understand how the counterfeiter had managed to create such a flawless fake piece of raw material.

Huo Sining carefully examined the raw material up and down for a long time while holding it in her arms, but couldn’t discern anything unusual. To all appearances, it was an entirely intact piece of material without any evident problems.

However, with her prior suspicions, she absolutely didn’t believe there was nothing wrong with the material. Since she couldn’t see it with the naked eye, she decided to use her Heavenly Eye.

Without dwelling on it further, she reached out and placed her hand on the stone, then silently used her concentration to activate the third eye on her forehead.

As the Heavenly Eye opened, the true nature of the stone was finally revealed.