Chapter 1996: Chapter 1996: Nathalie: I Don’t Know Stone Gambling, But I Can Mine Diamonds

His luck was good, and his eyes were sharp enough; with the third stone polished, the color inside was revealed.

It was evident that the stone had something inside.

Looking to the side, he saw that after Nathalie Quinlan’s stone was polished, it still exposed the bluish stone material inside—it seemed like another dud.

Hansel Kingsley felt at ease.

"Are you confident?" Amadeus Yancey asked the girl in a low voice at this moment.

Nathalie Quinlan raised her eyebrows slightly, her black hair falling to cover her brow bone, and she replied seriously, "I’m not into stone gambling."

Amadeus Yancey looked at her, surprised.

Because Nathalie Quinlan never did things she wasn’t sure about.

Since she had asked for the Kingsleys Family’s secret formula for black gunpowder, she clearly had confidence in making Hansel Kingsley lose face!

Indeed.

The girl shifted her line of sight back to the stage and added lightly, "But I do have experience in diamond excavation."

Amadeus Yancey hadn’t yet grasped the meaning of her words.

A burst of exclamations from the audience pulled his attention away.

"It’s out!"

"Wow, three stones in a row and all had materials inside!"

Looking over, he saw that Hansel Kingsley’s final stone had also revealed jade material.

Nathalie Quinlan’s stone was still being cut.

The person cutting the stone was halfway through, but still hadn’t found anything.

Suddenly, as the knife pushed down, it hit something solid, causing him to pause. He pushed harder, yet it wouldn’t move.

He adjusted the angle and cut from the side.

Before Hansel Kingsley’s smile could fully bloom, what he saw left him completely stunned: "A... a diamond?"

Emerging from the bluish stone was a crystal clear pink.

Proudly pink!

A pink diamond!

Anyone knowledgeable knows that diamonds, especially naturally formed pink or Blue Diamonds, are the most valuable, with even a slight increase in carat weight reaching tens of millions in rank.

The stone cutter quickened his pace, and rapidly the object wrapped in the bluish rock was sliced free—a diamond rough stone weighing dozens of carats, its lustrous sheen dazzling everyone present.

This wasn’t the most shocking part.

The most shocking part was that this diamond rough stone turned out to be a natural pink diamond.

Meanwhile, Hansel Kingsley’s stone had also been cut open, revealing jade material inside, looking quite decent.

But the outcome was already set!

Nathalie Quinlan had only one stone that produced something, whereas Hansel Kingsley’s three stones all yielded material. Yet, the reality was ruthlessly clear: the single find from Nathalie was enough to crush all!

"Damn! Nathalie, you..." Sadam Vinson was already wide-eyed, at a loss for words—it was absurdly unbelievable.

How could this happen?

"I immediately identified that stone as Kimberlite, also known as Pyrope Peridotite. It’s an ultrabasic volcanic rock in which diamonds are easily found." Nathalie Quinlan casually tucked one hand into her pocket, seemingly having expected this outcome, without any trace of surprise on her face, calmly cocking her head to speak with Amadeus Yancey.

"Is that an explanation?" Amadeus Yancey smiled slightly at her, eyebrows restrained, as if casually asking, "So how come I didn’t know about your diamond digging skills?"

"Ahem!" Nathalie Quinlan was quickly choked by her own saliva, her eyes immediately evasive, avoiding his question while walking forward.

She walked up to the now stunned Hansel Kingsley and James Lawrence, reaching up to lower the brim of her Duckbill Cap, projecting a hint of playful nonchalance: "You lost."