Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 928: Chapter 924: Stalling for Time?

Huo Sining almost wanted to facepalm, silently grumbling in her heart: Girl, aren’t you celebrating a little too early? You’re this happy over a Hibiscus Kind, is it necessary?

Huo Sining really didn’t think much of the quality of the Hibiscus Kind. In the past, even if she got her hands on it, she wouldn’t bother with it. When she was in Ruili, to stockpile funds, she gambled dozens of these mid-to-low-grade jadeites and sold them off after cutting, because she couldn’t use them at all, and even Guan Yu Beauty Studio wouldn’t accept such material.

Initially, Huo Sining thought Hattori Keiko with all her antics would produce some rare jadeite, but after all that, it was just a Hibiscus Kind.

Originally, Huo Sining had some apprehension, fearing that this woman would cut out imperial green and crush the crystal jade material in her hands. Seeing that it was a Hibiscus Kind, her heart finally settled down.

A Hibiscus Kind is not a valuable jade material. Even if there’s a variant inside, at worst, it’d be just a glutinous kind. Furong Rises with Green Roots, compared to what’s in her hand, the gap is tremendous. It’s not even worth her concern.

Seeing Hattori Keiko smugly content, Huo Sining felt reluctant to disturb her fun. With a calm face, she found a pen on the side and began to draw lines on her crystal jade material.

Over there, Hattori Keiko’s subordinate’s movements were neither slow nor fast, and about twenty minutes later, they finished cutting the entire jade material, revealing a jadeite weighing about five to six pounds inside. Just as Huo Sining had predicted earlier, this Hibiscus Kind had evolved in the deeper fleshy parts to reach glutinous kind, but it was only as big as a child’s fist and couldn’t even make a bracelet.

Seeing this, Huo Sining couldn’t help but shake her head inwardly.

However, the onlookers were all showing expressions of surprise. Even though the glutinous kind wasn’t particularly rare, it was still considered high-grade jadeite. Even if it was only fist-sized, it was a significant increase.

After a brief silence, someone in the crowd started applauding, and others followed suit, clapping, drawing in nearby tourists with the enthusiastic applause.

Hattori Keiko’s jade material had indeed cut profitably, but Huo Sining’s material was still in her hands.

Hattori Keiko turned her head with a smug and determined look: ”Miss Huo, I’m going to politely accept these beautiful eyes of yours.”

Huo Sining replied with a smile: ”The outcome isn’t decided yet. Miss Hattori, don’t you think it’s a bit too early to draw conclusions now?”

Hattori Keiko couldn’t help but laugh at Huo Sining’s words: ”Do you really think you can cut out imperial green from a brick-like jade material? Miss Huo, you just won’t admit defeat until you see the coffin. Fine, even at this stage, you’re still stubborn. Let’s see what tricks you can pull!”

Huo Sining smiled and shook her head, her neck lifted gracefully like white porcelain, exuding a cool pride:

”Miss Hattori, it seems you aren’t very experienced with stone gambling, otherwise you wouldn’t maintain such a good mindset at this point. Stone gambling, stone gambling, since it’s a gamble, it means no one knows which jade material will cut profitably or poorly. Until my jade material is completely cut open, Miss Hattori, it’s better not to prematurely speculate on the outcome. Speaking too soon, if you lose, it won’t look good on your face!”

Hattori Keiko was almost amused by Huo Sining’s words to the point of laughter, casting a cold look at the inconspicuous jade material in Huo Sining’s hand: ”It looks like Miss Huo is quite confident. Alright, I won’t waste any more time. Go ahead, Miss Huo! Let’s reveal the truth through stone cutting!”

Huo Sining, unwilling to tangle with Hattori Keiko anymore, directly carried the jade material to the stone cutting machine. Unlike Hattori Keiko’s previous actions, Huo Sining started boldly, cutting about an inch of stone skin from the surface of the stone straight away.

After cutting six times in succession, the seven or eight-kilogram jade material was reduced to two fist-sized pieces.

After cutting such a thick layer of skin, no green emerged from the jade material, causing some impatience in the crowd, who began to shout: ”What else is there to cut? Six cuts and no green, this jade material is already a failure!”

”Exactly, dallying around, can a brick material really produce High Jade?”

”Just announce the result already. In this bet, Miss Hattori is for sure the winner!”

”Miss Hattori? I knew I’d seen this lady somewhere, turns out she’s Miss Hattori from Yu Shenmu, no wonder she could produce a glutinous kind. With Miss Hattori’s abilities, she must be very skilled in stone gambling!”

”Which Yu Shenmu are you talking about, Yu Shenmu Jewelry Company?”

”Of course, it’s her. It’s said that this company was built from the ground up by Hattori Keiko herself. Truly impressive!”

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The surrounding chatter fell into Hattori Keiko’s ears, and she reveled in the process of being praised, almost floating, while watching Huo Sining still working. She became even more smug and couldn’t help but turn her head to look at Huo Sining, joking:

”Miss Huo, given the circumstances, your jade material is undoubtedly a failure. You might as well not waste your effort and time. Let’s settle this quickly!”

Huo Sining paid no attention to Hattori Keiko, her expression unchanged, as she quietly continued working on her jade material. After cutting off all the stone skin, she stared at the jade material for a few seconds, then suddenly took a grinder from the side and started to grind the jade material.

The grinding process, of course, required more precision than cutting stone skin, and the speed slowed down as well.

Since the jadeite within this jade material was very small, cutting it directly could easily ruin it without caution. Therefore, Huo Sining had to be extra careful.

When the stone was ground down to a fist size, Huo Sining stopped.

Hattori Keiko had long decided that Huo Sining’s stepping stone couldn’t possibly contain jadeite, so seeing Huo Sining’s grinding actions and that piece of material no bigger than a fist, her eyes grew more smug, and the smile on her face widened.

Hattori Keiko thought Huo Sining was deliberately stalling for time, but what’s the use of that? A failure is a failure with so many people watching, and on her turf, could this Miss Huo even start playing tricks?

Hattori Keiko didn’t believe Huo Sining would win, so she looked at Huo Sining as if she were a dead person. The outcome was already destined. What difference would a few dozen minutes’ delay make to Huo Sining?

At this moment, Hattori Keiko was very calm, and even when Huo Sining abandoned the grinding wheel for sanding paper, she didn’t get angry. Instead, she watched Huo Sining work with a friendly expression, full of smiles.