Chapter 1658 - 1653: Not an Ordinary Person

Seeing Song Wen’s stern expression, the young man chuckled...

Soon, he waved his hand and quickly said, "Uncle Song, you’re really overthinking this. He’s just a young guy who got lucky with his shop; it’s no big deal. At worst, we’ll just refund him the money he paid earlier."

"This..."

Hearing this suggestion, Song Wen was slightly tempted.

But he still said nothing...

...

Knowing Song Wen well, this young man knew Song Wen was already tempted.

Confirming this, he smiled and quickly seized the opportunity, "Uncle Song, high-end jadeite is becoming increasingly scarce on the market. We have some high-end jadeite left in our inventory, but only a little. In the short term, the consequences aren’t too bad, but in the long run, they could be terrifying."

Hearing this, Song Wen squinted his eyes.

Song Wen knew that he was right...

Song Wen controlled a lot of raw stones and owned his own jadeite shop.

Due to his proximity to the source, his shop had always had a lot of high-end jadeite.

This attracted a large number of customers to him.

But it’s only temporary; without enough high-end products, people will eventually leave...

Seeing Song Wen deep in thought, he continued, "Uncle Song, although we don’t know what’s inside this jadeite raw stone, it’s clearly very likely to be incredibly valuable, so we have to find a way to keep it. That way, our future supply of high-end goods will be endless!"

"But if we do this, we can’t easily tell Hu Xiaobei. He’s not someone easily fooled."

"Why don’t we just swap it for another raw stone?"

"Another one?"

"Yes, we have many raw stones in the warehouse about the same size, let’s just pick one for him."

Shaking his head, Song Wen responded directly, "If we do that, he’ll see through it right away."

"That’s exactly the point, let him see through it, then we can say the previous stone got lost and offer him a new one. If he disagrees, we can just refund him."

Hearing this, Song Wen thought carefully and slowly nodded...

Song Wen felt this seemed like a good move...

Soon, Song Wen suddenly thought of something and said, "Regarding the raw stone that Hu Xiaobei opened, do you really think it can yield something good? If not, we’re really screwed."

"It should be able to, and even if only a small piece of glass species is revealed, we’ll profit hugely, right?"

"That makes sense!"

Nodding hoarsely, Song Wen suddenly squinted his eyes, "Then which one should we give him?"

"The worst-performing one! Our experts have examined it; there’s almost certainly no jadeite inside."

"Okay, then the worst one it is!"

If you’re going to do it, do it thoroughly!

Previously, he didn’t intend to go against Hu Xiaobei, so it didn’t matter; but now that he’s chosen to confront Hu Xiaobei, he must go all the way.

"Since Uncle Song agreed, I’ll handle everything!"

"Go ahead!"

Watching the young man leave eagerly, he slightly furrowed his brow...

He wasn’t sure if what he was doing was right or wrong.

"Risk it for wealth; go for it!"

After thinking for a long time, Song Wen finally decided to take the risk...

...

"Xiaobei, what are you tidying up here for!"

"Exactly!"

In Xiaohe Village, seeing Hu Xiaobei tidying up the tea room on the second floor of the villa, Guo Meiyu and the others squinted in surprise.

Earlier, after Hu Xiaobei returned, he was tidying up here...

They didn’t know the reason, so they curiously asked.

Hearing their curious inquiries, Hu Xiaobei paused temporarily, "Earlier, I bought a very good stone, and I’m planning to place it here soon."

"Stone? You must be joking! Stones should be placed outside in the flower bed, right?"

"Right!"

Sensing their confusion, Hu Xiaobei rubbed his nose and said softly, "It’s not the kind of stone for decoration you think, but a stone with jadeite inside."

"Jadeite?"

"Yes! Jadeite! You’ll see once it arrives, and you’ll definitely like it a lot."

"Really?"

"Definitely!"

With that said, Hu Xiaobei continued tidying up, and at that moment, his phone rang.

Taking a glance, Hu Xiaobei quickly answered.

"Is this Master Xiaobei?"

"Yes, it’s me. Who’s this?"

Hearing the inquiry from the receiver, Hu Xiaobei quickly responded and then curiously asked.

The reason was that Hu Xiaobei had no impression of the person on the other end of the phone.

"I’m Song Yiyi, helping out my uncle, who asked me to deliver a jadeite raw stone to you earlier. I’m at your village entrance now!"

"Oh! You got here quickly; just drive straight ahead!"

"Okay! Got it!"

"Alright, I’ll wait for you at the end of the road."

"Okay!"

Hearing the affirmative response, Hu Xiaobei hung up the phone with a smile.

"It’s here! Soon you’ll see what the stone I bought looks like."

"Then we’ll wait to see!"

Chatting like this, the three quickly walked out...

Over at the village entrance, after hanging up the phone, Song Yiyi looked around calmly, "This place has good vibes; it seems Hu Xiaobei is quite something indeed!"

"Exactly, Brother Song; maybe we shouldn’t go through with this!"

Song Yiyi frowned and directly said, "Stop? Why stop! We’ve done this kind of thing countless times before, and we’ve never failed!"

"Yes, we did it before, but it was always small scale! This time, it’s a jadeite raw stone worth millions."

This driver, along with Song Yiyi, frequently helped Song Wen deliver goods, so they had experience in this kind of swap, but it was always small-scale before. Thinking about how this time they were swapping out a raw stone worth several million, he trembled all over...

He knew if they failed, the consequences would be very dire!

Sensing his shock, Song Yiyi smiled and said calmly, "I know we’ve always done small scale! But you can’t get rich from small scale! This time, my uncle and I discussed it, and he agreed to it!"

Hearing Song Yiyi’s explanation, he widened his eyes and asked incredulously, "Brother Song, are you kidding me? The boss really agreed to this?"

Previously, he and Song Yiyi did such things secretly many times, so it was unexpected that Song Yiyi had discussed it with Song Wen this time...

"Yes! My uncle really agreed; otherwise, I wouldn’t dare do such a big thing, right? How about this: once it’s done, I’ll give you a million, and let you have a year’s break to rest well. How does that sound?"

"Alright! I agree!"

He thought about it and finally agreed...

In his view, since Song Wen agreed, there likely wouldn’t be any issue.

"In that case, let’s head out now!"

"Alright!"

After agreeing, he took a deep breath and started the car once again. Just like that, the car headed up the newly paved road toward the mountain villa...