Chapter 216: Teasing the Playboy (4)

To be honest, the performance of the stones here at Hou San's place is decent; out of thousands of seed materials, one can actually find two crystal stones.

As for the remaining eight pieces, Su Luo chose them entirely as a smokescreen. She had a backup plan for selecting these scraps.

Watching Su Luo pick only the high-end seed materials, Hou San felt such heartache he nearly fainted. He kept bowing and pleading, "Miss, please show mercy, you must show mercy…"

In that central location, there were originally only five or six pieces, yet she insisted on taking four of them. It really pained him to death.

Su Luo narrowed her eyes and said nonchalantly, "Alright then, that's enough. Come, since you, Hou San, claim to have good luck, cut all of these open."

Su Luo kicked the pile of raw stones at her feet with bravado. She didn't have the time or energy to take them all back to cut, and besides, she had other schemes in mind.

Hou San's heart ached intensely, and he was tangled up in a state of living misery.

Because Su Luo had given him a huge problem.

Asking him to cut the raw stones himself—if a crystal stone were cut out, wouldn't he go mad with jealousy?

But if nothing was cut out, wouldn't that give his shop a bad reputation?

Therefore, regardless of whether anything could be cut out, he wouldn't be happy.

Hou San truly couldn't understand; this girl looked only fourteen or fifteen, so how could her mind be so eccentric? She was setting a trap for him in broad daylight, a blatant, open conspiracy.

Hou San felt depressed for a good while, but the jeering from the surrounding crowd was too lively, and coupled with Su Luo's seemingly mysterious identity, Hou San had no choice but to pull himself together and cut the raw stones for Su Luo.

He might as well hope for a crystal stone; if that happened, all the raw stones in the shop today could fetch a good price. Hou San finally figured it out. He prayed continuously for a crystal stone, but as his hand moved and the blade fell, the first cut went straight through the middle like slicing a watermelon.

The two exposed halves were both a dull, dusty color, without a trace of crystal stone color.

Hou San was unwilling to give up; he cut it slice by slice into ribbons… but still, there was no trace of any crystal stone.

"Hou San, your luck isn't as good as Liu Qi's. Look, he just cut one raw stone today and got a crystal stone. What's going on with you?"

"Exactly, exactly. Hou San, you need to step it up. If you cut out a crystal stone, I, Old Zhao, will buy all the raw stones in your shop!"

The people around loved to join in the fun and jeer, constantly putting pressure on Hou San.

Hou San was annoyed, but he had no choice. He picked up the second piece and cut it. However, even though he cut it into powder, there was still nothing.

The third piece, the fourth piece… still not a trace of any crystal stone.

Hou San began to panic, cold sweat beading on his face.

He stole a glance at Su Luo, only to see the girl still looking as calm as the wind, standing casually with a relaxed gaze, seemingly indifferent.

That's right, it wasn't her money being spent to cut these raw stones! If she found something, she profited; if she didn't, it was his reputation that suffered. Either way, she wouldn't lose anything. It was no wonder she looked so fearless. Thinking of this, Hou San felt a wave of stifling frustration and deep regret.

This little girl looked so pure and indifferent, yet who knew she would be this cunning! In the future, even if he were given ten thousand guts, he wouldn't dare to oppose this little demoness again.

Hou San felt pent-up in his heart, yet his hands did not stop. With a wave of his hand and the fall of the blade, the fifth piece… still had nothing.

The sixth piece… Hou San hesitated.