The Lady is Beautiful and Sassy-Chapter 208: Violet Jade

"Sister, I think I’ve heard that the Rong Family has a Miss Jinlu, who’s incredibly lucky. Could that be her?" Qiao Jiezhe nervously looked at his sister. Although he wasn’t superstitious, gossip could be true sometimes.

"Jinlu? Isn’t that just a fish? It’s nothing to be afraid of. At worst, we’ll just lose a few stones. You pick them carefully for me," Qiao Qiqi laughed as she hooked her arm around her brother’s.

Qiao Jiezhe, "..."

Makes sense, the pretty ones are called Jinlu, and the not-so-pretty ones are just fish that might get stewed any day without anyone knowing!

Rong Yuan was also in a huff and refused to leave with Rong Nian Nian. Rong Nian Nian was furious, "If you don’t come with me, you’re sure to not find any jade you like!"

The brother and sister parted in a huff.

As they passed a stall, Qiao Qiqi spotted a nondescript one-meter-long, half-meter-high gray stone in the corner, looking particularly unimpressive, dust-covered and unswept!

Qiao Qiqi examined it carefully and suddenly noticed a roughly fifty-centimeter round piece of Violet Jade in the center of the stone, and it was icy semi-transparent.

At least, in the time she’s been in this hall, she hasn’t seen a raw stone better than this one.

Qiao Qiqi felt a bit excited. The reason this stone hadn’t been discovered was likely because it was too large and the jade inside too small for most tools to detect!

She stopped and deliberately started discussing with Qiao Jiezhe. She didn’t ask about the Violet Jade-containing raw stone at first but instead bargained with the owner over other things intentionally.

"Boss, how much for that stone?" Once she felt ready, Qiao Qiqi pointed to her target stone.

"That one, huh? I see you genuinely want it, so I’ll sell it to you for five thousand yuan. Take it away." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

The owner had long disliked that stone; he would let it go for even a thousand, as it was just taking up space!

Qiao Qiqi estimated that while Violet Jade wasn’t as expensive as Imperial Jade, it was quite rare. Once revealed, this piece would be worth at least ten million.

"Bro, what do you think about that one?" Qiao Qiqi tugged on Qiao Jiezhe’s arm.

"I think... it’s quite big!" Qiao Jiezhe looked at the dusty stone with mixed feelings; he didn’t understand this stuff at all. He would buy finished products, and from top-level jade stores, not from places like this.

"My brother thinks it’s quite good. I’ll take it! Swipe the card!" Qiao Qiqi, looking like a spoiled rich girl, quickly bought the stone.

The owner, after swiping the card, thought he’d swindled a gullible customer, finding it amusing and tried to sell more to this rich girl, but Qiao Qiqi shook her head, refusing.

"Bro, you’ve really got an eye for this. I just knew you were the best at picking raw materials," Qiao Qiqi didn’t want people thinking she was the one picking the stones, in case it attracted unnecessary trouble.

The credit was shared with her brother so that people would just think they were both lucky.

"I’ll go find someone to help us move it," Qiao Jiezhe looked at his delighted sister and felt that it was all worth it. He went to find someone to help move the stone quickly.

Once the stone was moved, the siblings continued browsing as they walked. Qiao Qiqi did indeed spot several quite good raw stones, but she couldn’t buy them all at once, as that would only raise suspicions.

So she had to pick the two best and most valuable ones and also choose some lesser-quality materials to buy. This way, even if a top-grade piece got revealed, people would just think she was lucky.