76: Mysterious Youth 0074 76: Mysterious Youth 0074 A man in his fifties, dressed in a suit, stepped out of the car and made his way through the crowd to stand directly in front of Huo Qian.
“Young Master, having received the master’s instructions, I hurried over here.
Seeing that you are unhard puts my mind at ease,” the man sighed with relief.
Acquaintance?
Ye Qiu watched the man.
Despite his age, he was full of vigor, his hair glossy, and his eyes bright and piercing, indicative of a keen mind.
Huo Qian quickly went up to him, smiling as he said, “Uncle Hua Ying, I didn’t expect you to co yourself.
Let introduce you to soone.
This is Brother Ye, a good friend I’ve just made.”
Ye Qiu nodded to Uncle Hua Ying as a greeting.
Uncle Hua Ying sized up Ye Qiu, found nothing particular about him, and returned the nod indifferently.
“Hey, hey…
Now isn’t the ti for catching up.
Are you treating us like air?” said a man standing nearby, clearly impatient.
“Uncle Hua Ying, I haven’t explained everything to you.
The reason I called my father was because…” Huo Qian tried to explain, but Uncle Hua Ying interrupted him, saying, “No need to explain now, let’s deal with the imdiate situation first.”
Having said this, Uncle Hua Ying stepped forward alone.
Ye Qiu showed a hint of surprise, and even Huo Qian looked astonished.
“Young man, soone must have sent you here,” he said.
“Old man, who are you?
Don’t ddle in things that don’t concern you or it might be said that we’re bullying the elderly,” the youth retorted rudely.
“Hehe, I’m an old bag of bones now, not fit to fight with you young people,” Uncle Hua Ying chuckled.
“However, if you ntion the na Hua Ying to the person behind you, they should show so respect for .”
“Haha, old fool, all this Hua Ying, pee Ying nonsense.
I don’t care who you are, I advise you not to throw your weight around here, or I’ll beat you up as well,” the youth threatened nacingly.
Uncle Hua Ying’s eyes suddenly shifted, and an aura of authority spread out in an instant.
Ye Qiu felt a tremor—Uncle Hua Ying was not a simple man!
At that mont, a subordinate poked the brash young man and whispered sothing to him.
Skeptically, the young man made a phone call.
Uncle Hua Ying stood alone up front, waiting for the other party’s reaction.
After a while, the young man hung up the phone with an odd look in his eyes.
It seems that on the other end of the phone, soone had indeed backed off because of the na ntioned.
“Lucky for you, old man, we’re leaving,” the youth snapped, throwing his hand up to gesture for his followers to get into the car, and just like that, the tension quickly dissipated.
As he watched their car drive away, Uncle Hua Ying turned and said with a smile, “Young Master, let’s head back.”
Huo Qian stayed rooted to the spot.
Today he had witnessed a different side of Uncle Hua Ying; the ordinarily gentle man had exuded an aura that truly shocked him.
“Young Master…” Uncle Hua Ying called out again, and only then did Huo Qian lead Ye Qiu into the car.
Ye Qiu’s gaze remained on Uncle Hua Ying; he had sensed an aura of a strong man about him.
Although it was fleeting, it was quite surprising.
Now, however, Uncle Hua Ying seed just like any ordinary old man, his aura gone as if a great dragon had gone back to sleep.
“Young Master, you should tell what you did to provoke the Li family!”
“The Li family?” Huo Qian was taken aback, genuinely unaware of this fact.
Uncle Hua Ying smiled, “If I’m not mistaken, that person just now was Li family’s youngest son.
He looks as if he was carved from the sa mold as his father.”
“Oh, I understand now.
The man who spent ten million on a worthless stone is from the Li family.”
“In Suzhou, the Li family’s enterprises are a force to be reckoned with, nearly dominating half of the city’s market, and this year they have started expanding to other provinces and cities.
They’re not to be underestimated.”
“How did you guys end up angering soone from the Li family?” Uncle Hua Ying asked, puzzled.
Following that, after Huo Qian recounted his secret trip to Su City to gamble on stones with Ye Qiu, Uncle Hua’s gaze fell on Ye Qiu for the second ti.
“You’re very accurate in assessing stones, how do you do it?” The first ti he saw Ye Qiu, he just thought Ye Qiu was ordinary, nothing special.
But from what Huo Qian had just described, he realized that Ye Qiu was a very intelligent person, playing everyone round and round, whether in evaluating stones or purchasing the last raw stone.
Quite enchanting!
Ye Qiu smiled and said, “You flatter , Uncle Hua, it’s just luck.” He didn’t explain too much, and his eyes t Uncle Hua’s, revealing a smile.
Huo Qian looked at the two of them with their strange deanors and interrupted, “Brother Ye, how about we go back to my place and cut the last piece of the raw stone?”
“Sure, I too am curious to find out how much we can make from this trip,” Ye Qiu casually replied.
Before long, the car carrying Ye Qiu, Huo Qian, and Uncle Hua entered a villa complex.
This was a private villa, very lavish, with its own security personnel.
When Huo Qian and Uncle Hua got out of the car, several security guards imdiately ca over to ask what needed to be done.
Then, with the combined efforts of a few guards, the raw stone was carried into the room.
After summoning the specialized stone-cutting tools, the cutting began.
The raw stone, weighing over a hundred jin, had part of its surface cut away, and as the dust settled, everyone’s gaze fixed on the cut surface of the stone.
The stone cutter wiped the cut section with his hand, and it instantly shone like a mirror.
This.
Such beautiful green.
The stone cutter was stunned, forgetting even to withdraw his hand.
Even Huo Qian, who was used to seeing a lot of the world, couldn’t help but open his mouth wide and muttered, “Erald…
top-quality erald…
no, there are other colors, purple…
my God, auspicious purple-green!”
“An extraordinary jade!” Uncle Hua comnted calmly, his heaving chest indicating that even he was taken aback by the raw stone they had just cut.
“Worth at least a billion yuan, Brother Ye, we’ve hit it big,” Huo Qian said excitedly.
He had been in the stone gambling business for a decent stretch, normally cutting out jades worth just several hundred thousand yuan.
To hit over a million was a rarity, just occurring once before.
However, today, on the very first occasion he partnered with Ye Qiu, they had cut a priceless top-grade jade, an incredible stroke of luck.
Ye Qiu had no real concept of the amount of a billion, but he knew it was a considerable figure.
After the initial surge of excitent, he quickly regained his calm.
“I’ll call my father.
This jade, if we auction it, will definitely fetch a big price.
Heh, now my father can’t say that I’m always irresponsible,” Huo Qian declared proudly.
Uncle Hua’s look towards Ye Qiu was one that seed to want to see right through him.
Unfortunately, he was disappointed.
No matter how he looked, Ye Qiu’s casual deanor appeared to be that of an ordinary person.
But could an ordinary person casually cut out a jade worth tens of millions, and even more this ti, creating such a masterpiece out of thin air?
What was the background of this young man?
He was so elusive!
Uncle Hua shook his head; there weren’t many people he couldn’t see through, but Ye Qiu was one of them.
Just as Ye Qiu had cut out an extraordinary jade on his end, in a luxurious room in Su City, Li Jinglong relayed the news brought by his brother to their father.
His father was silent for a while and said nothing, only instructing not to entangle with that matter anymore; it was then that Li Jinglong relaxed.
“Forget it, in the end, it was just an uncut stone.
But this matter can’t just be left unresolved.
I must find out who you are, causing a loss of ten million.
Okay, let’s start with the Huo family; I’m sure I’ll find out your identity soon!” Li Jinglong’s face carried a faint smile, the ergence of Ye Qiu making him feel that his life had gained so interest.
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