Chapter 151 The Sniper's Decisive Judgement

Xu Tongda’s face looked as uncomfortable as if countless ants were biting his heart. He watched as Ye Fei selected real jade stones from the rock heaps around them. He tried not to be anxious, but he had no way to avoid the feeling.

Ye Fei looked at all of the piles for a long time, trying to find the few jade stones hidden among the rest. It was difficult to find them, but eventually, Ye Fei chose another couple of stones.

At this time, Ye Fei heard Lin Qingwan shout, "Ye Fei, I think this stone is good. Come here to have a look."

Lin Qingwan had been watching Ye Fei look for jade and she wanted to participate as well. Out of a big pile, she selected an oval stone about 30 centimeters in diameter. Its appearance was quite nice with a pattern that appeared to be nearly floral, but its price was rather low, only 800,000 yuan.

Ye Fei thought this stone was likely artificially created. The probability of it being real jade was extremely slim.

"You can't buy that stone," Ye Fei insisted, but then he suddenly noticed the bottom of the rock. It appeared to be dark at first glance but changed appearance when the sunlight hit it. It was quite strange to look at.

Ye Fei thought for a moment, then walked over and picked up the stone from Lin Qingwan’s palm.

"It's so heavy!" Ye Fei cried. The stone’s weight was extraordinary for its size.

"Yes, I also thought it was rather heavy. Is jade usually heavier than other stones?" Lin Qingwan asked, tilting her head and blinking.

All the gamblers around them immediately laughed. Among them, a middle-aged man said, "Beauty, if jade was heavier than the average stone, then why would we be gambling?"

Another man shouted, "The ingredients in that stone are probably a mix of gold, silver, copper, iron and so on. It’s more likely to be a piece of garbage!"

Lin Qingwan heard these words and felt disappointed. She was about to put the stone back but Ye Fei suddenly said with a smile, "Since you think this stone is good, we’ll choose this one."

Ye Fei disregarded the ridicule of the gamblers and added this rock to the others, selecting six in total.

The stones were not large and were mostly priced between one and two million yuan, which was pretty inexpensive. Ye Fei would have liked to purchase larger ones but likely wouldn’t have been able to afford them.

Xu Tongda took out a calculator, pressed its buttons for a while, and whispered, "Six stones, seven million in total. If you lose, you will owe me double the price. That’s 14 million. Miss Lin, you have to think about it."

"14 million!"

Lin Qingwan took a deep breath and her facial expression became strained. She was a businesswoman, not a spendthrift. She knew it was not easy to make money and carefully considered every purchase she made. Taking out 14 million yuan to buy a few broken stones was difficult for her to imagine.

"Miss Lin, if you give up now, it's okay. You’ll just need to apologize to us for wasting our time."

Xu Tongda’s tone seemed to have no hidden cynicism. He sounded kind, like an understanding elder.

"Ye Fei...What do you say, will you gamble or not?" Lin Qingwan asked hesitantly. She believed in Ye Fei, but if he was wrong, then she would lose more than 10 million yuan.

This was the horror of gambling on rocks.

Seeing Lin Qingwan hesitate, Xu Tongda was relieved. He thought to himself, Lin Qingwan is a woman, lacking a man's decisive judgment. If her father, Lin Hongyuan, were present, he would definitely immediately make decisions.

Lin Hongyuan was a "big shot" in the city, and in all of Shanghai, very few people had his decisive judgment. However, his daughter certainly lacked it.

Almost everyone's eyes were now on Ye Fei, waiting for his answer.

In just a short time, he spoke decisively.

"Let’s gamble," Ye Fei said firmly.

"What?!"

Everyone immediately flew into an uproar. They did not anticipate that Ye Fei would make a decision so quickly.

"Ye Fei... Are you sure?" Lin Qingwan was still hesitant, "If--"

"Not if. If I were unable to quickly pull the trigger as a sniper, I’d never be able to shoot the enemy. I wouldn’t even deserve to be a sniper," Ye Fei flatly said.

"Well...all right," Lin Qingwan said. She determined that she had enough money for this gamble, and by this point, if she withdrew, she would lose face.

"Since you are willing to die, then I’m willing to bury you. Master Xing, come here to help Miss Lin cut these! Let’s see what stones she picked." Xu Tongda shouted his order to a middle-aged man next to the cutting machine.

The middle-aged man, surnamed Xing, was called Master Xing by everyone. Xu Tongda walked over to him, his right hand subtly twisting a jade ring on his finger. This was their secret signal. Master Xing lightly nodded at Xu Tongda.

Cutting stones required skill and technique. Different cutting masters could get completely different effects from the same stones depending on how they cut them. Xu Tongda’s meaning was very obvious. He wanted Master Xing to cut the stones badly.

However, he did not expect that Ye Fei would see this secret signal.

"I don’t want him to cut the stone. One of the masters over there can cut it, " Ye Fei said coldly, pointing to a few men standing nearby.

"Well, choose the one you’d like to cut for you, then!” Xu Tongda said casually, waving his hands. He’d already told all of the cutting masters about this secret signal.

Ye Fei glanced at the cutting masters, then finally he looked at a nineteen-year-old boy who was obviously an apprentice.

"I want him to cut this stone."

Ye Fei stretched out his finger and pointed to the young apprentice, who immediately looked incredibly nervous.