The Rogue Villager Chen Erbao

Chapter 259: A Winner with Every Cut

Chen Erbao decisively swiped his card and paid.

The surrounding tourists were all secretly amazed.

'This kid is really willing to spend a fortune to pick up girls!'

A million yuan in Banna was enough to have a good time with several of them!

As a staff member carried the raw stone to the cutting platform, Wenwen watched nervously as the cutting machine sliced away the outer layer of rock, inch by inch.

Chen Erbao could even feel her body trembling.

The onlookers stared without blinking, afraid of missing a single detail.

They were eager to see if Chen Erbao was just lucky or a true expert.

"Holy shit, it's jade!"

"Fucking hell, is this guy here to buy out their entire stock?"

When Wenwen saw that flash of green, she was so excited she hugged Xiaoqian and jumped up and down nonstop.

Xiaoqian was excited too, but she felt a pang of jealousy.

Finally, the jade was fully revealed to the crowd.

The factory offered to buy the one-million-yuan stone for 1.8 million.

Wenwen looked at Chen Erbao with pleading eyes. Of course, Chen Erbao understood that she wanted to sell it.

After all, no matter how precious the jade was, in Wenwen's hands, it was just a piece of jade. But if sold, it would be a huge sum of money!

"Sell it."

Chen Erbao made the decision for her. Soon, an extra 1.8 million was deposited into his account.

"I'll give you the money when we get back."

"Mr. Chen, you're the one who found it…"

Although Wenwen really wanted the money, she still tried to refuse.

Chen Erbao laughed. "Do you think I'm short on 1.8 million? I said I'd give it to you, so it's yours."

Hearing this, Wenwen was so moved she almost burst into tears.

Her small hands gripped the front of Chen Erbao's shirt tightly as she started telling him more about the Gambling Stone Factory.

Chen Erbao noticed that Xiaoqian seemed a little down, so he picked out another stone and gave it to her.

He couldn't bear the thought of these two best friends falling out because of him.

'Cutting one open is the same as cutting two,' he thought. 'It makes no difference.'

Another jade that sold for a profit of around seven or eight hundred thousand was cut and sold. Xiaoqian finally cheered up. Together with Wenwen, the two flanked Chen Erbao, one on each side, serving him attentively.

The people nearby were dumbfounded, and even the master cutter seemed dazed.

They had worked here for so many years and had never seen anything so outrageous.

Any stone Chen Erbao picked was a guaranteed win!

It was too absurd, like someone buying a lottery ticket and winning every single time!

The crowd's excitement was stirred up, and quite a few people, wanting to try their luck, began carefully selecting stones from the same areas where Chen Erbao had found jade.

However, the final results were far from satisfactory.

They were almost all worthless rock; only one or two lucky people cut open some low-grade jade.

Seeing this, Chen Erbao was speechless.

'There were so few stones in this Gambling Stone Factory that actually contained jade to begin with,' he thought. 'After I picked out so many, the rest are almost all worthless. How could they possibly find any more jade?'

"Mr. Chen, we should probably get going. If you keep cutting open stones, you might offend someone…"

Wenwen said this urgently when she saw that Chen Erbao still seemed eager for more.

She wasn't stupid; she knew how things worked at the factory. When a skilled person came along, the factory would consider it bad luck and could write off the loss of a few jades as a way to ward off greater disaster. But if you didn't know when to stop and treated the place like your personal supplier, they wouldn't be happy!

Chen Erbao agreed. 'You can't just fleece one place dry,' he thought. He was also getting a bit tired and figured he'd just find a different factory tomorrow to continue.

'I'm not even close,' he thought. 'This trip won't be a success until I've gathered about ten Spirit-Containing Objects.'

Seeing Chen Erbao leave, the manager on the second floor breathed a sigh of relief. If Chen Erbao had kept going, his performance targets for the year would have been wiped out!

The wealthy patrons who had wanted to network with Chen Erbao didn't even have a chance to strike up a conversation. They could only watch him leave, feeling helpless.

The three of them left the Gambling Stone Factory and headed straight for a restaurant in the city.

After a morning of scanning, Chen Erbao could feel the fatigue in his Divine Sense. It was much better than last time, though. Perhaps by adapting to this kind of probing, the strength of his Divine Sense had also increased.

After their meal, they went to a bank downstairs to transfer the money to the two women. Then, the three of them returned to the hotel. Chen Erbao was exhausted and went straight to his room for an afternoon nap.

Meanwhile, Wenwen and Xiaoqian stared excitedly at the long string of zeros on their bank balance on their phones, singing and dancing with joy.

"Xiaoqian, what's the deal with this Mr. Chen?"

Wenwen only remembered to ask after jumping around for a while.

Xiaoqian lay contentedly on the bed. She decided that after this trip, she was going to say goodbye to Fatty Song for good!

"I don't know, but Mr. Chen must be a very powerful figure. You know Fatty Song, right? In front of Mr. Chen, he was bowing and scraping. I've never even seen Fatty Song suck up to the Governor of Banna that much!"

Hearing this, Wenwen's eyes filled with longing. "Mr. Chen really is amazing. I've never heard of anyone who can pick a winning stone every single time at a Gambling Stone Factory…"

The two whispered for a while, then Xiaoqian reached out and grabbed Wenwen's chest. "Hey girl, are you thinking of giving yourself to Mr. Chen?"

"Hey! Xiaoqian, what are you talking about!"

Wenwen turned bright red and shyly buried her face in the blankets.

Xiaoqian sighed. "If you want to, you need to act fast. I can tell Mr. Chen is a good person. Last night, I offered myself to him, and he turned me down. He probably thinks I'm dirty…"

As she said this, Xiaoqian's expression grew dim, and her heart ached with sorrow.

Wenwen lifted her head and hugged Xiaoqian, comforting her. "Xiaoqian, don't say that… You have your own difficult circumstances. If it weren't for your grandmother's serious illness…"

Xiaoqian wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and gave a wry laugh. "Enough about me. We have so much money now, all our problems are solved. If you want to repay his kindness, go and keep Mr. Chen company. Besides, Mr. Chen is so handsome, it's not like you'd be losing out…"

"…"

Seeing Wenwen hesitate, Xiaoqian struck while the iron was hot. "Think about it! What if Mr. Chen takes a liking to you and wants you to be his girlfriend? You'd be set for life! …Well, that seems unlikely. A man like Mr. Chen definitely doesn't lack women. But even if you just sleep with him once, it would be worth it! Just think of it as repaying his kindness!"

These words completely swayed Wenwen.

Her family wasn't well-off; otherwise, she wouldn't have had to ask Xiaoqian to help her find a part-time job.

Chen Erbao had helped her so much, she didn't know how to repay him. The only precious thing she had to offer was her body…

"If you're going to go, then go! This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance!"

Xiaoqian egged her on from the side.

Finally, the two girls, chattering away, slipped out of the room.

Standing at the door to Chen Erbao's room, Wenwen grew hesitant.

She was so nervous she raised her hand several times but didn't dare to knock.

Seeing this, Xiaoqian grit her teeth and put her own small hand on the door.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK…

Wenwen was about to turn and run in a panic, but Xiaoqian grabbed her and whispered in her ear, "What if Mr. Chen likes you!"

"…"

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