The Real Heiress Has an Appraisal System

The items in this treasure appraisal competition were incredibly rare. Take the "three-faced man" from Black Africa—many people had never even heard of it, Gu Shengsheng included. Her previous answer had been a complete guess, as the artifact was obscure...

This competition’s methods were just too unconventional. The System was completely useless, and her own knowledge base was clearly insufficient.

So, it was no wonder people said Qiu Xiaojun and Zhang Rulan were the ones vying for first place. They were right.

Even Gu Shengsheng felt the same way.

But she had to give it her all.

’Even if I know I’ll probably lose, I have to keep going. There’s always a chance for a miracle in a desperate situation...’

Lunch and dinner could only be eaten in the cafeteria after the competition rounds were over.

If you got hungry on the competition floor, you could only eat food you brought yourself. Otherwise, you couldn’t get up and walk around, nor could you receive any outside help.

If you didn’t have food, you just had to go hungry until the end.

Today’s first round ended early for everyone, so they all ate lunch and dinner in the cafeteria, getting a chance to enjoy the lifestyle there, which was quite fun.

When it was time to leave that evening, the drawing for the second day began.

Once again, they were paired up.

Gu Shengsheng was a little nervous. Zhang Sanwang and the others watched her. "Hope your luck is better this time."

"Yeah, it will be."

No sooner had she said it than she drew her lot with a swift, decisive motion. She had drawn Zhang Rulan.

The three of them were silent for a moment before bursting into laughter.

"Gu Shengsheng, what kind of luck do you have?!"

"You’re total cannon fodder! You barely survived the first round, and now they’re throwing a top player at you in the second? Are they trying to get you completely slaughtered?"

The netizens in the livestream chat were also on edge, hoping Gu Shengsheng’s luck would be a little better and she wouldn’t draw one of the two titans.

But it was as if the heavens were against them, making her draw one of them anyway.

Gu Shengsheng: ’...’ ’Sometimes, I feel so helpless.’

Netizens: "Streamer, your luck is cursed! You should go pray at a temple after this is over!"

"We feel bad for you too. We bet on Cai Pingfan last round, and this round, we still can’t bet on you."

"Yeah, we have to be rational when we place our bets. We really want to cheer for you, but the situation just doesn’t allow it..."

"Streamer, just do your best."

Gu Shengsheng: "Thanks, everyone."

Faced with a match she had no chance of winning, Gu Shengsheng didn’t seem to react much.

She had won the first round, earning 500,000. As for the second round’s five million prize, she had to win just to break even on her costs.

Gu Shengsheng thought, ’No matter what, I’ll just do my best to win.’

So, while everyone else was anxious for her, Gu Shengsheng ate a hearty meal by herself and had a good night’s sleep.

The next day, she carried a large backpack, bulging with unknown contents.

After being led blindfolded to the competition’s castle, Gu Shengsheng had breakfast there before preparing to take the stage.

Those who had lost yesterday also came to watch today.

They looked at Gu Shengsheng and said, "Looks like you came prepared today. What’s in the bag?"

Gu Shengsheng: "No preparations. I’m just going with the flow."

"It’s food in the bag."

Zhang Sanwang: "..." ’It’s truly hard to imagine. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I’d never have believed such a skinny little girl could eat more than a whole group of us old geezers!’

’The main thing is, she really wasn’t prepared!’

’Last night, the few of us old men were so worried about her we couldn’t sleep. But her door was shut tight, and she was sound asleep inside...’

’Carefree and full of hope...’

Zhang Sanwang sighed. "Forget it. Just get on stage. If you finish early, we can wait for you to have lunch with us."

"That old woman, your opponent, she didn’t bring anything. She went up there in plain clothes. She’s probably planning to make quick work of you."

Gu Shengsheng nodded. That was to be expected.

In the eyes of these Treasure Appraisers, someone like her really wasn’t worth a second glance. It would be strange if they actually took her seriously.

The match began. Gu Shengsheng and she sat facing each other.

The old woman was clearly not one for conversation. She sat opposite Gu Shengsheng, a black box between them.

Gu Shengsheng smiled at her. "Hello, Senior."

She nodded in acknowledgment.

Then, when Gu Shengsheng placed her large bag on the floor, the old woman’s brow furrowed slightly.

’This little girl doesn’t have much skill, but she’s brought a whole pile of flashy, useless things.’

But she didn’t say anything.

’There’s no need to give her any pointers.’

When a staff member opened the black box, they saw a smaller box inside.

Opening the small box revealed a transparent, round bead.

Out of courtesy, Zhang Rulan gestured for Gu Shengsheng to look first.

In that case, she didn’t stand on ceremony. She took it, but the System didn’t react at all. However, the System’s appraisal attributes did include jadeite and jewelry.

But this round bead was neither... It wasn’t a pearl, nor was it a chemically treated imitation pearl.

Gu Shengsheng examined it all over, running through everything she had ever seen in her mind and carefully observing its external and internal characteristics.

It was no use. She still came up with nothing.

When an hour was up, if she couldn’t appraise it, she would have to give it to her opponent. If her opponent also couldn’t figure it out within an hour, it would be returned to Gu Shengsheng.

At first, Zhang Rulan was indeed very unconcerned. But after looking at it for over half an hour, she also frowned, having not discovered what it was.

’It doesn’t match any known characteristics. How strange.’

’Not a single impurity, perfectly crystal clear... What on earth is this thing?’

After an hour, she hadn’t identified it.

Gu Shengsheng rang the bell, signaling that it was her turn.

But the old woman held on to it, refusing to let go, as if determined to identify it no matter what.

The staff member standing by also pretended not to see.

This was the great Zhang Rulan. Who would dare rush her?

Around them, many people had gradually left for lunch. Two other competing pairs had also finished their matches with a loss. Now there were just two pairs, four people, sitting here appraising.

The biggest stalemate was between her and Zhang Rulan.

Gu Shengsheng was getting hungry too. She directly pulled out no fewer than eight lunch boxes from her bag, along with two fried chickens and a roast duck. Afraid of getting tired of the food, Gu Shengsheng had also brought seaweed and egg soup.

Everything was packed in thermal containers, which she now spread out.

She started eating right there.

Everyone around was stunned. ’You can do that?’

A staff member explained with a smile, "This is allowed. In previous years, many people have brought lunch to eat."

Zhang Rulan was hungry too. She hadn’t felt it before, but the aroma made her glance at Gu Shengsheng.

Her eyes were filled with disdain.

’How can she have the nerve to eat when she can’t even identify the artifact?’

She was also very anxious. She had been looking at it for two hours and still didn’t know what it was. She had examined all the parameters to death, but still had no results.

She had appraised so many things, yet she had no memory of anything like this.

Finally, after Gu Shengsheng had eaten her fill, there were still six lunch boxes left. Zhang Rulan watched, hoping the girl would be sensible enough to offer her one.

But Gu Shengsheng seemed completely unable to take the hint. "You’ve been looking at it for two and a half hours. It’s my turn now, right?"

"Yes." Zhang Rulan nodded, which was equivalent to admitting she hadn’t been able to identify it this round either.

Then Gu Shengsheng put her remaining lunch boxes back into her bag.

Zhang Rulan’s eyes nearly popped out of her head.

She thought: ’This girl has no social graces. Why isn’t she bringing a box over?’

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