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Indeed, many people had noticed something unusual.
As large chunks of the rough stone were shaved off by the grinder, the hidden jade finally revealed itself.
"From the looks of it, the jade inside isn’t very big and probably isn’t worth much," said the buyer from Xinyuan Jewelry Company, who was undoubtedly experienced in jade.
Although he was standing about ten meters away from the grinder, he subconsciously believed that the jade within the stone wouldn’t be of significant value.
In fact, this wasn’t surprising, as the thoughts of the majority of the onlookers on the scene were more or less the same.
"This piece of jade might only be worth a few thousand or tens of thousands."
"It’s already one-fifth of the whole rough stone. It seems this young man’s investment is destined to lose money."
The other two bidders were rejoicing in their hearts, thankful that Li Changlin hadn’t agreed to their transfer requests. Otherwise, they might have been the ones suffering the losses.
At this time, the stone-cutter had switched to a smaller grinding wheel.
As the rough stone got increasingly smaller, the stone-cutter became more and more careful. In the end, what remained of the rough stone was only as big as a plate, and most of the jade within had been exposed to the eyes of the onlookers.
"Eh, this piece of jade seems to be yellowish."
"It’s not yellow, just slightly off-white, sort of like the color of glutinous rice at home."
"Holy cow, it couldn’t be ’glutinous rice’ type, could it?"
Among the onlooking crowd were not a few who were well-versed in jade.
Even though a small part of the jade had not been polished out yet, some had already recognized the type of jade.
"Glutinous rice type?"
"Impossible, how could it be ’glutinous rice’ type!"
"This is the third-ranked type in the world of jade. How could this young man be so lucky!"
Hearing the discussions around them, the faces of the earlier three bidders all changed slightly.
Even the buyer from Xinyuan Jewelry Company stepped forward beside Li Changlin, peering at the jade in the hands of the stone-cutter.
"Indeed, it’s ’glutinous rice’ type. I never imagined I could uncover a jade of the third-ranked category. This really is lucky!" Before long, the stone-cutter had fully polished out the entire piece of jade.
He looked at the jade in his hands, truly overjoyed.
"Glutinous rice type, it really is ’glutinous rice’ type!"
"My god, such a piece of ’glutinous rice’ type could be worth several million, right!"
"That young man is really lucky. Someone was interested in this rough stone before, but in the end, when he needed thirty pieces, he gave up."
"Brother, how about you sell me that jadeite? I’ll offer three million!"
Listening to the discussions around him, the purchaser of Xinyuan Jewelry had long been itching with desire. At this moment, he gazed greedily at the jadeite passed to Li Changlin by the cutter and couldn’t help but speak up with a deep voice.
"Three million?" Li Changlin held the jadeite in hand and turned to give the man a dismissive glance, "Sorry, but I’m not short on cash."
"No, that’s not what I meant." The color drained from the Xinyuan Jewelry purchaser’s face as he hurriedly added with an awkward smile, "Brother, I’m sincere about wanting to make this deal with you. Just name your price if you’re willing to sell. As long as the price is reasonable, I will buy it from you."
Although the piece of jadeite wasn’t very large, it was still ranked third in its category. If it were to be processed into various jewelry ornaments, it would undoubtedly greatly increase the value of the jewelry.
Even just carving the jadeite into a jade pendant or some other ornament, it would be worth at least tens of millions.
So, faced with this situation, the Xinyuan Jewelry purchaser was naturally tempted. This was a deal with nearly a hundred percent profit, and he wanted to buy it no matter what.
"I’m sorry, but I won’t be selling the jadeite." Li Changlin shook his head. Then, he casually handed it to Lin Ruonan, "Ruonan, it’s for you."
"For me?" Lin Ruonan looked up at Li Changlin, "This is a glutinous rice-type worth millions. Are you sure you want to give it to me?"
"Didn’t we already agree? If jadeite came out of the raw stone, it would be a gift for you." Although the piece of jadeite was valuable, Li Changlin wasn’t a greedy person.
Especially since his feelings for Lin Ruonan had always been unchanged.
"Li Changlin, you said all the jadeite that comes out of the raw stone are to be given to me, you won’t regret it later, will you?" Lin Ruonan said with a sly smile, then looked up at the large raw stone that was still four-fifths uncut on the cutting machine, "Besides, you’ve only cut one-fifth so far, with four-fifths left."
"How could I possibly regret it." Li Changlin chuckled and firmly placed the jadeite in Lin Ruonan’s hands, then suddenly leaned in to whisper in her ear, "Also, there’s actually no more jadeite left in that big raw stone."
"How do you know?" Upon hearing this, Lin Ruonan quickly looked up deeply at Li Changlin, "You... "
"Shh!" Knowing what Lin Ruonan was about to say, Li Changlin quickly raised his finger to her lips, "Let’s talk about this when we get back."
"Alright." Lin Ruonan didn’t overthink it and nodded, choosing not to ask further. However, she rapidly remembered something and said, "Changlin, the raw stone belonging to Bai Ziyu doesn’t actually contain jadeite, does it?"
"Yes, it does." Li Changlin smiled, "I was initially considering choosing that stone, but luckily she took it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have found this glutinous rice-type!"
In retrospect, Li Changlin felt quite fortunate because initially, he hadn’t planned to pick the best jadeite from the pile of raw stones.
Since Bai Ziyu had taken that raw stone, he had no choice but to select another.
That was also the reason why Li Changlin used another bottle of Clairvoyance Potion, which led him to purchase this raw stone for three hundred thousand.
"Does that mean I’ve lost my bet?" To Li Changlin’s surprise, at that moment, Lin Ruonan was mysteriously not even thinking about that.
"Ahem, ahem..." Li Changlin coughed dryly and quickly said in a low voice, "Speaking of which, I should thank Bai Ziyu. If she hadn’t taken that raw stone, we wouldn’t have found this glutinous rice-type!"
"So you’re saying, the jadeite inside her stone isn’t as good as mine?" Lin Ruonan looked up at Li Changlin, a glimmer of joy flashing in her eyes.
"Of course." Li Changlin nodded, about to explain to Lin Ruonan about the type of jadeite in Bai Ziyu’s stone when the cutter suddenly called out, "Boss, congratulations! The heart of the large raw stone on the cutting bed is ready to be cut. I need a hint from you, please."
Hearing the cutter’s words, Li Changlin couldn’t help lifting his head.