Reborn As Super Heiress

Huo Sining smiled and looked up at the man surnamed Lai:

"Boss Lai, this material is indeed good, but a million is too expensive."

That man surnamed Lai was stunned, then got anxious and said:

"Such good material, with Python Band and Songhua, it’s sure to produce High Jade. Madam, you seem like someone well-off, why worry about this amount of money? Besides, I see you are going to have a baby, that’s why I brought out this material for you. If you gamble right and get good jade, you could make some jewelry sets for your little one, and it would be a nice family heirloom. If it really pays off, it’ll be a good omen, and the baby will be born smoothly, don’t you think?"

Huo Sining had to admit, this man named Lai was truly a con artist, a smooth talker, no wonder so many people got tricked by him without realizing it.

If any ordinary rich person saw this material and heard his auspicious talk, they’d probably be coaxed into shelling out money.

Unfortunately for him, he wasn’t dealing with an ordinary person, but Huo Sining, this female devil.

Huo Sining smiled faintly, "Family heirlooms aren’t that simple, and besides, my husband would naturally prepare something like that, I don’t need to worry. I gamble on jade for fun, I don’t have such great ambitions or aspirations."

The man surnamed Lai was immediately choked, but he was unwilling to give up. This woman looked rich, and now that he had brought her in, there was no way he would let her leave empty-handed, so he considered for a moment and continued:

"So, madam, what do you think is a suitable price for this rough stone?"

Huo Sining didn’t intend to expose this man surnamed Lai so quickly, because if she said this was waste material, he’d probably realize that she recognized the outside ones as waste too.

If she startled him, the conman might immediately become alert and pack up and run as soon as she walked out the door.

So, Huo Sining didn’t bargain too harshly. After a brief contemplation, she said, "I haven’t bought such a large rough stone before, I usually just play with small pieces. I’m pregnant now, if I spend a million and it turns out bad, I might not be able to take the blow, and it’d be bad if it harms the baby."

Upon hearing this, the man surnamed Lai was covered in black lines, secretly grumbling, if you worry about harming the baby, then stay at home and don’t mess around, let alone come gambling on stones, which is all about thrilling the heart. If you think it’s inappropriate, why come to gamble?

However, he dared not openly express this, afraid of offending the potential rich customer in front of him. His goal was to extract money from Huo Sining’s pocket, not drive the customer away.

Huo Sining found a bunch of random excuses, to say that a million was too expensive, so expensive that she didn’t want to buy it.

This man surnamed Lai was almost coughing up blood from all of Huo Sining’s excuses, wanting to get it over with: "Just tell me, how much do you think this rough stone should be?"

Huo Sining acted troubled, thought for a while, then held up five fingers.

Seeing this, the man surnamed Lai secretly rejoiced.

He hadn’t spent a penny on these pieces of waste material, he got them in Tengchong after someone failed at stone gambling and agreed to let him take them for free.

At the time, he had a plan in mind and painstakingly brought these waste materials back by car. Later, he found a master in forgery, paid tens of thousands in labor fees, and restored the material to its original state.

Now seeing Huo Sining showing five fingers, he thought she meant fifty thousand, making him overjoyed—the effort finally catching a big fish.

"Fifty thousand? Your bargaining is too much, I can’t even recover my costs with fifty thousand, I’d be losing money. How about adding a bit, what about eighty thousand?"

The man surnamed Lai pretended to be troubled.

Huo Sining’s expression froze, looking at Boss Lai with a shock and dumbfounded look: "No, Boss Lai, I meant I can only offer five thousand, I can’t come up with fifty thousand."

Upon hearing her words, the man surnamed Lai was dumbfounded, and the next second almost spat out old blood.

Five thousand? Five thousand for a seventy or eighty-kilogram rough stone, are you kidding me? Even knowing there’s a problem with this material, selling it for five thousand was unprecedented for him. This rough stone had taken a lot of effort, waiting to reel in a big fish, five thousand didn’t meet his expectations, absolutely not agreeing.

"Madam, are you kidding me? Five thousand for such a large rough stone, that’s a joke, right? Look across the entire Huaxia—no, even in Myanmar, the rough stone’s origin, if you could buy such a big piece for five thousand, I’d write my name backwards. You’re someone important; don’t you find five thousand embarrassing? Uttering such a number doesn’t align with your stature, you’re obviously not sincere about doing business with me."

His face was as dark as coal, but he couldn’t outright get angry at the customer, fearing she’d yell upon leaving, affecting his business among those buying rough stones.

This was a short-term business venture, relying solely on these few days to make money, he absolutely couldn’t allow setbacks or unexpected incidents.

Thinking this, the man surnamed Lai had no choice but to keep a smile, although his expression was evidently becoming impatient.

Huo Sining wasn’t bothered at all, just smiled and said, "Boss Lai, while there’s truth in what you say, this jade gambling is about the jade inside, not which rough stone is bigger and heavier. If a big piece guaranteed big jade, I wouldn’t hesitate. But this gamble is about luck, no one can say for sure if it’ll pay off."

"Besides, this rough stone is so big and looks so good, and since you’re the expert, why not cut it yourself?"

Huo Sining put on an expression as if saying ’I’m smart, don’t fool me,’ and smiled at the man surnamed Lai:

"Additionally, there’s something I don’t know if I should say. Boss Lai, you keep saying this rough stone looks good, likely to produce High Jade, but with such a high chance of producing green, why haven’t you cut it yourself?"

"You business people surely speak highly of good things, but we customers aren’t all fools either. If you don’t dare cut it yourself, maybe there’s something amiss I haven’t noticed, and I didn’t bring a jade gambling master today; I can’t tell just by myself."

Hearing this, the man surnamed Lai’s heart sank, wondering if this woman had noticed something amiss.