Dickinson wasn’t the only one who was appalled.Everyone in the crowd had widened eyes and mouths agape. They were pushing against each other, trying to peek at the stone as much as they could.Some even took out their phones to take pictures—they wanted to post about it on their social media pages. This was a once in a lifetime experience.As for the store owner, Mr. Will, he was turning green as soon as he saw the emerald in the ore. Even just from its slightly exposed surface, he could see it’s magnificent glow and vibrant color. This was an exceptionally rare piece. Based on its market value, it could be sold for more than 100 million.This was 100 million that they were talking about!He had stored this ore for more than a year, yet he didn’t realize its value at all. He regretted his decision immensely.However, gambling was solely based on luck after all.As someone who had been in the mining industry for quite some time, this was the first time that Mr. Will had ever see
Due to Waltz’s competitiveness and sudden improvement in fighting, she had wanted to teach this loathsome piece of sh*t a lesson. Thus, she didn’t hold back when she slapped him.“Heh, you’ve lost to me before, Fleur. Did you forget? Does your arm no longer hurt?”Back then, he had dislocated Waltz’s arm.Upon hearing the exchange in provocation, the crowd dispersed immediately.However, the big fight didn’t happen as expected.Dickinson flung his leg towards Waltz, yet she was able to grab him by the ankle and threw him to the ground. Dickinson’s arm smashed against one of the ores. With a loud crunch, his arm was fractured.“Holy sh*t! You, you’re advanced now!”Waltz appeared proud, a smug look was plastered on her face. “Hey Dicky, remember to avoid me if you can. Oh, by the way, suck it up, loser.”She picked up a small stone and shoved it into Dickinson’s mouth. The sharp ends cut the insides of his mouth, causing it to bleed profusely.The color drained from Kayden’s fa
Alex excused himself and rushed off to Assex Villa by car. He couldn’t help but mumble complaints in his mind on the way there.‘Who knew Claire was stone gambling at the Antique Street too? Did she see me? If she knew that I got myself rare glassy emeralds from all three ores I bought, she would surely force me to hand them over like she always does!’Unfortunately, Alex ran into California’s rush hour—every road was as jammed up as they could be.Alex took forty-five minutes to reach Assex Villa.Upon entry, he realized that all three members of the family were present.There were another two men and a woman in the villa too. Alex was able to recognize the woman—a middle-aged woman and one of Claire’s best friends. They often hung out together. He vaguely remembered that her name was Lucia Whitney.Lucia was speaking to Claire. “Oh Claire, Brandon is a good man. I watched him grow, you know? He’s now the department manager of a listed company and his yearly salary is over a mil
Claire jumped up from her seat, her eyes lit up. “What? This car costs two million? Where did you get all that money from?”Alex paid no attention to her.All he wanted to do was resolve the issue and head home immediately. He wanted to keep researching on the alchemy stove. “Show me the IOU and give me your bank account number. I’ll pay you back for the amount she owes.”Lucia stared back at him in disbelief. “Do you even have the money? Everyone knows that you begged and grovelled for 100 thousand dollars. Don’t make such a bluff if you can’t bear the consequences!” Alex glared coldly at Lucia, as if he was looking right into her soul. She trembled, a chill went down her spine.“Lucia, my mother-in-law may not be the brightest bulb, but don’t you dare try to scam her. If I were to find out that you two were working together to scam both her and her money, you’re dead meat. No one would save your sorry *sses.” Alex said in a cold tone.Claire stomped her feet. “Who are you call
Beatrice took out her phone and opened up her class group chat. She then found the video that she was talking about.Both Dorothy and Claire huddled closer to watch the video together.Even the CEO of the City South Branch of Assex Constructions, Dorothy, was interested in making 500 million from 500 thousand dollars. Her heart was pounding hard. She wanted to see how great this Stone Gambling Prince was as well.She had looked into the stone gambling industry after all.Back then, she had a friend who loved to gamble on stones. But now they’ve lost everything; their debts were all over the place; and all they could do now was abandon the life they had to hide from loan sharks. They were nowhere to be seen now…Thus, Dorothy knew how stone gambling works—it really does rely solely on luck. Even their most advanced technology couldn’t tell if the ores had jadeites within before cutting them open.However, this Stone Gambling Prince was able to get rare emeralds from all three ores
With both Claire and Beatrice being as unhelpful as they could, it was just a disaster to Dorothy.Claire pointed to Alex. “Go make us some dinner, we haven’t cooked anything yet!”Dorothy said, “It’s quite late already, you don’t have to cook. Let’s just eat out, I’ll treat all of you to hotpot.”Suddenly, Claire turned to Alex and said, “You may leave now, we don’t treat outsiders to dinner.”Beatrice added. “Exactly, we’re no charity.”Dorothy was losing her mind. ‘Alex came all the way here to help us out, spending 500 thousand just because of you. How could you still say that with a straight face? Have you no shame?’Just as Dorothy was about to speak up, Alex said, “That’s alright, I have other things to tend to anyway. I’ll be off now. Dorothy… don’t push yourself too hard. If you don’t have enough money, I’ll come up with something.”Claire huffed. “You’ll come up with something? And what would that be? Another fake check? All you will ever be is a loser. Get lost! I’m a
Alex grabbed the stove and pulled his head out of it.He then rushed to the table excitedly and started scribbling on a notebook. He had used up seven notebooks for the past two days. All of them were filled with weird symbols that Waltz did not recognize.“I love nerds. Brother, you look so cool when you’re focused on work!” Waltz sat on the table and shoved a spoonful of ice cream into Alex’s mouth. Alex was still focused on writing, hence he completely ignored her. After noting down all the sigils that he had figured out, he put down the pen and let out a sigh of relief, as if a boulder had been lifted off his chest.Suddenly, he felt extremely thirsty. A spoonful of ice cream wasn’t enough for him, hence he snatched the whole bucket of ice cream and gobbled it all up.“Brother, I couldn’t finish the ice cream in the bucket, so I actually spat the rest out back into it.”Alex froze.He immediately spat out the mint ice cream onto Waltz's face.Half an hour later, Alex start
“No problem, just give me the time and address, I’ll be there.” Alex smiled.“I can pick you up.”“There’s no need for that, the journey is quite troublesome.”“Alright!” Cheryl said softly, before adding, “I’m only inviting you because my grandpa wants to see you, don’t you dare misunderstand!”Alex froze. “I don’t, I know you don’t have other intentions.”“I… Just come over quickly, I’ll hang up now!” Cheryl’s cheeks were now painted in a slight shade of pink, she seemed annoyed.‘What do you mean by other intentions?’After obtaining the address, Alex looked it up online. Apparently Cheryl lives in a residential area in City South, California.After informing Brittany about the invite, he went to absorb some Chi from his emeralds to energize himself. He then headed towards his destination.Cheryl was picking an outfit in front of her mirror. Clothes were all over the room, yet she still couldn’t find the right one.Suddenly, an old lady walked in with a sweet smile. “Cherr