The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot

Chapter 241: Chapter 241: Returning to the Gambling Stone Market

Chapter 241 -241: Returning to the Gambling Stone Market

Zhong Niangyao looked at the front desk, her expression far from pleasant, “Didn’t you hear me speaking? I said you’re blocking my way.”

The front desk clerk was taken aback, clearly not expecting such a response. She had assumed that since the other party was a young girl, she might be more tender-hearted, which is why she attempted to plead.

However, even so, she still didn’t give up, “Miss, please consider this as helping me just this once, and I will be grateful for the rest of my life. I know I made a mistake this time, but it really wasn’t intentional. I really need this job; my brother is still in university. If I lose this job, I won’t be able to afford his living expenses and tuition.”

“What does that have to do with me?” Zhong Niangyao’s face was full of indifference, “If you think your job is so important, then why make a mistake at all? You’re already an adult, and every adult should take responsibility for their actions.”

Hearing such indifferent words, the front desk clerk looked at Zhong Niangyao with resentful eyes, “I already know my mistake, so why can’t you be generous and forgive me this time? Are you trying to push me to death?”

If she left this hotel, she wouldn’t be able to find such a good job ever again, and it would affect her employment opportunities in the future. Other hotels that knew she’d been fired from this one would definitely not want to hire her.

“Is this moral kidnapping?” Zhong Niangyao scoffed, “If you really can’t live because you lost this job, that’s your own problem, not mine. Moreover, you’re the one who lost the job, so you’re the one to blame.”

For a moment, the front desk clerk was at a loss for words to refute.

“Why waste so much breath on her?” Lu Yichen pulled Zhong Niangyao away and said, “Just have the security escort her out.”

The front desk wanted to say something, but after seeing Lu Yichen’s icy gaze, all the words she had died on her lips.

Shortly after, Lu Yichen led Zhong Niangyao straight ahead.

The front desk stopped begging Zhong Niangyao any further, either having come to a realization or for some other reason.

For the next several days, Zhong Niangyao changed her plans. Rather than continuing to visit the Gambling Stone Market, she went sightseeing instead. It was only when she was about to return to the country that she once again visited the Gambling Stone Market.

Her purpose this time was to find a few more decent raw stones and then go back and carve several peace charms to give to the people around her.

However, because there were some issues at the Jade Vein, Lu Yichen needed to deal with them and thus didn’t have time to accompany Zhong Niangyao.

Zhong Niangyao had intended to go on her own, but at Lu Yichen’s insistence, she still took Ai Lun with her. Lu Yichen was right about one thing: it was good to have someone help carry things.

She thought about it and felt it made sense. After all, what she was buying wasn’t ordinary, and it would be difficult to carry by herself.

Different from her first visit, Zhong Niangyao’s selection process was much faster this time. She shopped for raw stones as if choosing cabbages, taking any that caught her eye.

Of course, she also exercised restraint, selecting only five raw stones.

After selecting the stones, Ai Lun pushed the cart and followed behind Zhong Niangyao to stone cutting.

Zhong Niangyao didn’t choose any further and directly went to the stall of the same stone cutting master from last time, asking the master to help her with the stone cutting.

Without Lu Yichen to help her mark the stones this time, she let the gambling stone master make the calls.

Two hours later, a crowd had gathered around the gambling stone master, drawn there not by anything else but because this was already the third jade to be uncovered.

Zhong Niangyao had selected only five raw stones, and now three had been cut, with jade found in each—top-grade jade at that.

The crowd around her grew larger and larger, with everyone eager to see how many of the five stones would turn out green.

However, not a single person called out a bid. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to, but because at the beginning, Zhong Niangyao had already stated that she wasn’t selling any of the jade uncovered.

At the first jade, many had made offers, but seeing Zhong Niangyao’s complete lack of reaction, not even acknowledging them, they stopped bothering.

Although Zhong Niangyao didn’t plan to sell the jade, that didn’t deter the surrounding crowd’s high spirits. They really wanted to see what jade would be uncovered next, even if they couldn’t own it.

Just being able to witness so many top-grade jades was worth it, especially for those gathered, many of whom loved jade.

Ai Lun, who stood by Zhong Niangyao like a guardian deity, started off shocked, but his expression turned to composure.

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He was surprised when jade was found in the first raw stone. By the second one, he was shocked. By the third, he was able to face it calmly. Even for the remaining two, if they also yielded top-grade jade, he was now ready to confront it with a cool head.

However, when he looked at Zhong Niangyao, his eyes were filled with admiration. He couldn’t help but wonder if Nianyao had some kind of x-ray vision or other abilities to see what was inside the stones.

Otherwise, how could every single one contain jade, and not just any jade, but top-grade jade?

As time ticked away, and the last raw stone revealed Imperial Green, everyone looking at Zhong Niangyao was unmistakably shocked.

The people around her started viewing Zhong Niangyao differently. Compared to the five pieces of top-grade jade, what they now valued more was Zhong Niangyao herself.

Choosing five raw stones and getting top-grade jade out of all of them, the odds were no longer describable by just luck.

Among them were some influential individuals, all starting to think about how to court Zhong Niangyao.

Of course, if they couldn’t win her over, they didn’t mind using special means. A person with such unique abilities, if they could be made to work for them, the benefits were apparent. Besides, she was a stunning beauty – the advantages of obtaining both wealth and beauty were too good to pass up.

Facing all sorts of looks from those people, Zhong Niangyao’s expression remained unchanged.