“This…” The expression on the master cutter’s face was somewhat subtle, because when he cut down with his knife, all he got was stone material, not even a hint of green.
“Indeed it’s just a piece of waste.” Katherine sneered. At first she had been nervous for a while, but now that she thought about it, she realized how foolish she had been.
“It seems like you’ve never played with gambling stones before,” said one person in the crowd.
“Yes,” another agreed. “You picked such a big piece and now it looks like there’s nothing inside.”
“You’re probably going to have to spend quite a bit of money to break into it,” added someone else.
However, the chatter around her didn’t affect Jane at all. She rubbed her chin and carefully examined the stone material.
“Did I make a mistake?” She muttered to herself before pointing at the remaining half of the stone material. “Let’s start cutting from here.”
The master cutter who had originally intended to leave was taken aback by this decision, “You still want to cut?”
“Of course! Hurry up!” Jane stepped aside with an eager look on her face.
“This piece really doesn’t seem like there’s anything valuable inside; maybe you shouldn’t bother cutting anymore.” Perhaps seeing Jane play for the first time made him kindly remind her.
But Jane just laughed softly at him and replied, “It’s okay; keep cutting! Besides, we still have so much left over – if we don’t cut it then isn’t that wasting money? What if there really is something surprising inside?”
The master cutter shook his head helplessly and began cutting again. However, Katherine saw this as an opportunity to mock Jane once more, “Even if you grind it into powder, you won’t find anything good in there! I’ve already won this round – don’t waste your energy.”
As she spoke these words, Katherine turned her gaze towards Patrick but found that he had been watching every move made by Jane instead.
Katherine tightened her grip on her palm, refusing to believe that Jane had spent so much money and displayed such confidence, only to open a worthless piece of stone. She couldn’t fathom how Patrick could still like her.
She was certain that she would win Patrick over sooner or later.
However, this time, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the result of the cutting was still disappointing. The revealed surface was just an ordinary stone.
The onlookers lost interest, and laughter could be heard from the crowd. Perhaps it was directed at Jane or perhaps at something else.
“You see, young lady, I told you there was nothing here. Don’t waste your effort. This is just a piece of junk. I’ve seen that man keeping it in the corner for who knows how long. Now you’ve taken it out, and you’ve been fooled,” said the cutter with a light laugh.
Hearing this, Jane didn’t get angry. She crossed her arms and looked at the cutter, pointing at the remaining material. “Then please cut the rest of my material as well.”
This drew various discussions among the crowd, considering Jane to be a foolish rich girl.
Kevin, seeing the situation, walked up to Patrick and said, “Mr. Pansy, you have lost. It seems that all those things belong to me now.”
“We haven’t finished cutting yet, so how can you declare victory? You seem a bit too eager,” Patrick said calmly, smiling.
Hearing this, Kevin furrowed his brows displeased. “What’s the matter? Are you going back on your word?”
However, just as Kevin’s words came to an end, a cry of surprise came from the cutting area.
“Oh my, how is this possible!”
This voice attracted everyone’s attention. Jane curved her lips, realizing that the old man hadn’t deceived her after all.
“It’s green! It’s green!” The cutter shouted excitedly, a faint green light emanating from the stone under his blade.
“It’s actually… it’s actually imperial green… Type of Dragon Stone!”
The cutter’s voice trembled with awe, and he couldn’t believe it. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn’t seeing things.
“What!” Upon hearing the words “Dragon Stone,” Katherine immediately walked over to inspect the jade on the cut surface.
The so-called Dragon Stone referred to jade that perfectly combined both the seed and color, with no flaws in either aspect. The overall color blended seamlessly into the texture of the jade, appearing uniform without any cotton-like or impurity marks. It was considered the most perfect type of jade and was extremely rare.
“Look, I told you I had good luck,” Jane curved her lips and laughed softly.
Katherine’s face turned pale. She glanced at Jane and pretended to remain calm as she said, “Don’t get too excited. Who knows how big this piece of material is? Besides, it’s just Dragon Stone of imperial green, which falls short compared to emperor green.”
“Perhaps,” Jane shrugged indifferently, gesturing for the master to continue cutting.
Observing this, Katherine couldn’t help but feel disdainful. She thought it was merely Jane’s good luck, and such jade was also rare. She absolutely didn’t believe that the remaining large piece of stone would all be jade.
However, reality slapped Katherine hard. The master made another cut at the edge of the stone, and immediately, green emerged.
The jade Jane had revealed was as big as a brick, with pure color and obviously valuable.
The people around them were filled with excitement, some even starting to search the corner for stones that had gathered dust. Just in case they could open such a large piece of jade like Jane did, they would become wealthy.
“Not bad,” Jane looked at the translucent jade on the cut surface and already had an idea of what gift to give Mike.
Katherine’s face turned unpleasant. She turned to look at Kevin and snorted, “Now, the two of us can only be considered a draw at best. Although the jade you opened is large, it’s ultimately just imperial green, not as precious as my emperor green.”
“A draw?”
Feeling that this term was inappropriate, Jane picked up the remaining scraps of material and looked at Katherine.
“Who said we must be a draw?”
Seeing Jane’s actions, Katherine furrowed her brows deeply. “Do you think there will still be jade in these broken scraps?”
“I’ve already said that I have good luck.”
Jane handed the stone back to the cutting master. Seeing this, the master’s eyes lit up. He now believed that as long as it was a piece of material touched by Jane, something good would come out of it.
For some reason, witnessing Jane’s confident expression, a sense of unease arose in Katherine’s heart, but she forcefully suppressed that thought.
Under the gaze and anticipation of everyone, the cutting master once again made a cut, working on the remaining material.
However, this time, it didn’t take long for someone to see the green inside the stone.
“Oh my god, it’s actually there!” someone couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment.
“No, this color doesn’t look like imperial green!”
“Emperor green! It’s emperor green! It’s actually Dragon Stone of emperor green!”
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd erupted in excitement once again. Katherine turned her head abruptly, her face filled with shock.
How was this possible? How can this be?