My Sexy Female CEO

Chapter 1798 - 257: Getting Slapped in the Face Reluctantly

"Ah! Youth is youth."

"Whose kid is this? If he were mine, I'd have already beaten him into a plump pig."

"It's infuriating just to think about it. Who could accept such a wasteful son?"

...

The crowd indulged in more cold and sarcastic remarks, bored senseless.

Lin Yifan couldn't help but criticize: "Give up, you're never going to win."

"Brother Lin, give me another chance." Lei Ming pleaded.

"Didn't you say you'd leave after three tries? Are you going back on your word?" Lin Yifan questioned sternly.

"I... I..."

Lei Ming dared not refute.

If Brother Lin gets angry, it's no joke; he might really abandon this unreliable promise-breaker if Lei Ming doesn't stick to his word.

After a struggle, he accepted it and followed Lin Yifan to leave.

However, he looked back at every step, reluctant to part.

Seeing his behavior, Lin Yifan was exasperated, asking patiently: "Are you upset because you couldn't learn my tricks or because you didn't win the bet?"

"Didn't win... the bet." Lei Ming bowed his head, answering meekly like a child who made a mistake.

That was his genuine feeling; in his first stone betting, he was truly unwilling to walk away empty-handed, even if he lost completely, he'd do it without hesitation.

"Alright! Then keep going!"

Lei Ming was ecstatic, grinning from ear to ear, asking: "Really?"

"Yes, yes, go on then." Lin Yifan nodded in response.

Lei Ming didn't waste words and immediately knelt down to pick stones.

When he was about to lift a yellow saltstone, Lin Yifan stopped him: "Hey hey hey, this stone looks bad, don't pick it."

After losing so many times, Lei Ming reluctantly trusted this sibling mentor once and left the stone.

After choosing again for a while, he found a stone with better quality and intended to buy it.

However, Lin Yifan stopped him again: "Hey hey hey, this one has poor lines, don't buy it."

Lei Ming was exasperated, thinking internally: "How can you bet stones? You said you couldn't bet stones, what makes me trust your judgment?"

Even though he was disgruntled, Brother Lin had always been kind to him and wouldn't harm him, so he reluctantly trusted again.

After picking several stones he thought were of good quality in succession, all were denied by Brother Lin.

He was left without temper, casually grabbing a stone, asking: "What about this one?"

"This one has poor texture, doesn't look good, unclear lines, plain and unremarkable; but often stones like this have the highest chance to contain a gem, go with this one." Lin Yifan was unusually excited, speaking nonsense.

"Pfft!"

The crowd couldn't help but laugh.

The young man's companion was also clueless, pretending to understand, truly "from the same school," same foolishness.

Lei Ming couldn't bear it either, questioning: "Brother Lin, can this ordinary stone really have a gem? Did your brain get fried? Spouting nonsense?"

"Come on, do I look like someone having a fever?" Lin Yifan angrily knocked on Lei Ming's head, very annoyed.

He meant to cater to Lei Ming's competitive streak, only to be mistaken for being sick, how could he not be upset?

Lei Ming felt wronged, timidly asking: "But why did you determine there's a gem in this rotten stone?"

"I assumed based on things being inconsistent inside and out. Some things look perfect outside yet terrible inside, and some things seem ugly yet are pure inside, without imperfections. Just because the surface of this stone is bad, are you sure the inside is bad too?" Lin Yifan replied.

Lei Ming pondered, realizing Lin Yifan made some sense.

But to believe there's a gem in this rotten stone, he maintained a skeptical attitude.

Not just him, everyone thought Lin Yifan was talking nonsense, having no little experience.

If he guessed correctly like this, the Gambling Stone Workshop wouldn't need to operate; Ore miners wouldn't need to sell stones.

The decision lay in Lei Ming's hands.

After much deliberation, Lei Ming decided to trust this elder brother who had imparted him valuable experiences, then he bought the stone and cut it open right there.

"Shizzz!"

With one cut, a verdant object emerged before everyone's eyes.

"Whoa! Mysterious Jade, it really is the legendary Jade treasure - Mysterious Jade, what am I seeing?"

"This... This rotten stone really had a gem!"

"My God! This overturned all my perceptions."

"How was this done? Is it really necessary to think in reverse?"

"A master indeed, even random guessing led to a win."

...

Countless astonished praises came flooding in, Lin Yifan basked in pride.

These clueless youths pretended to understand, thinking they were skilled, acting proud. But in front of stone betting experts, it's all trash, utterly worthless.

The shop owner and Lei Ming were equally astonished.

The owner felt he lost big, such a seemingly insignificant item had such a large gem hidden inside, had he known back then, he would've cut it open.

But isn't betting stones like that, who can anticipate the final outcome?

As a Gambling Stone Workshop owner, he should've expected this kind of major loss someday, unless all he brought were barren stones. But then, who would buy his stones?

So there are gains and losses, since he made money before, he should let it go; otherwise, he'd only hurt himself.

Lei Ming's astonished expression lingered for a long time.

This unbelievable occurrence has no competition.

He increasingly couldn't comprehend this Brother Lin, unsure whether he truly couldn't bet stones or pretended.

Reflecting on the recent events, he was more convinced that this guy had some skill, not the average person lacking in stone betting techniques.

"Silly boy, you hit the jackpot, quickly pack up the gemstone and leave."

Lin Yifan patted Lei Ming's shoulder as he was still in shock, urging.

Lei Ming snapped back, joyously and eagerly asking: "Brother Lin, do you know how to bet stones?"

"Didn't I tell you already? I don't." Lin Yifan replied.

"If you don't, then how can you pick a winner every time?" Lei Ming refused to believe Lin Yifan's nonsense.

"As I said, deduced based on the inconsistency of things inside and out." Lin Yifan responded.

"I don't believe it, you must know a little stone betting technique."

"Really don't, trust me."

"Alright, Brother Lin, you hide it well!"

Lei Ming detected a hint of cunning in Lin Yifan's eyes, concluding that the latter had been tricking him throughout.

"No, really, you've got to trust me. Someone as pure as me wouldn't lie."

Lin Yifan placed a hand on Lei Ming's shoulder, fixing his gaze on him, answering honestly and earnestly.

"You're pure? If you're pure, there's no one pure in this world."