323: Chapter 323 Traveling Together

Shen Yan squeezed Liu Hui's palm and replied in a low voice, "Whether you cut it or not, this is something you found yourself. Later, you can do whatever you want with it, whether it's a jade bangle or a jade ring."

Liu Hui beamed with happiness.

Since the size of the jade was already known, the Shop Owner's subsequent actions became much faster.

Five minutes later.

A piece of jade, smaller than two spans of a palm, appeared in the Shop Owner's hand.

The Shop Owner proudly packed the jade and placed it in Liu Hui's hand.

"I told you long ago that the stones in our shop are of excellent quality; they are absolutely not trash!"

Liu Hui nodded as she took the box, "Yes, yes, yes, the stones in your shop are excellent, but even if they are excellent, you can't try to cheat us just because we are outsiders!"

When this was mentioned, the Shop Owner felt a bit guilty. He cleared his throat and changed the subject, saying to the curious crowd of customers, "Everyone has seen it; someone actually cut out jade in my shop. This isn't about the price of the stones I sell. So, if you want to buy, hurry up and buy!"

"For the smaller ones, it's eight thousand yuan each, and for the larger ones, it's ten thousand yuan each!"

The customers were instantly dissatisfied.

"Didn't you say seven thousand yuan each? Why are you raising the price again?!"

Hearing the figure seven thousand, the Shop Owner immediately understood that Liu Hui had revealed the price at which they bought the stone.

He secretly shot Liu Hui a glare, then said righteously to the customers:

"It's because they got the first success of the day that I gave them a preferential price. Besides, I can cut out jade in this shop, so what's wrong with raising the price a bit?!"

Although the customers were still very unhappy, some of them still went over to buy one or two, holding onto the thought of taking a gamble.

Since there was nothing left for them to do, Shen Yan and Liu Hui took the box and retreated.

Because they had cut out a piece of relatively good quality jade, Liu Hui was in a very good mood. As they walked, she asked Shen Yan, "Didn't you come here to look at stones? Did you see any stones you wanted?"

Shen Yan shook his head.

"The stones I want aren't here. But since we've already bought a stone, why don't we go see if there's a place to eat nearby?"

Liu Hui had no objection.

The two walked out of the stone gambling market and began looking for a place to eat nearby.

They had good luck.

Not long after, they spotted a dumpling shop with few people inside.

The two entered the dumpling shop, each ordered a portion of dumplings, and then began examining the freshly acquired piece of jade.

"This piece of jade is so beautiful. Do you think I should make a jade bangle or a jade ring?"

Hearing Liu Hui's question, Shen Yan thought for a moment and replied, "I think you should make a jade bangle."

Liu Hui tilted her head and asked, "Why?"

Shen Yan replied, "Because a jade bangle suits you very well, and a jade ring might be inconvenient for you when you go to work normally."

Liu Hui hadn't expected Shen Yan to consider even this. She nodded, her face flushing, and put the jade back into the box, saying, "Then I'll listen to you; I'll make a jade bangle."

After finishing their dumplings, the two strolled all the way back to the hotel.

Since they had taken a plane and gone out sightseeing, as soon as they returned to the hotel, they immediately took showers and rested.

At seven o'clock the next morning, the two of them opened their eyes one after another.

"Good morning..."

Liu Hui mumbled, rubbing her eyes sleepily.

Seeing her adorable, half-awake appearance, Shen Yan couldn't resist stepping forward and planting a kiss on Liu Hui's cheek.

"Good morning."

Liu Hui's face turned red again.

She pursed her lips and asked Shen Yan, "What are we doing today?"

She knew Shen Yan came here to buy stones, but she didn't know his specific itinerary.

Hearing Liu Hui's question, Shen Yan replied to her, "Today we are going to a stone gambling auction."

Hearing this, Liu Hui was somewhat surprised.

"A stone gambling auction?"

Shen Yan nodded.

Before coming, he had reviewed the wealth intelligence provided by the system.

Based on his repeated confirmation, he learned that those stones mentioned in the wealth intelligence were at the auction.

Knowing that the stones he wanted were at the auction, he had asked someone to help him get two auction invitation letters. The time was set for four o'clock this afternoon.

"The auction starts at four in the afternoon, so we only need to arrive by three-thirty. Let's go grab some breakfast first."

Liu Hui nodded without any objection.

After washing up, the two left the door directly.

Because he didn't know if they would be out wandering, Shen Yan specifically brought the auction invitation letters when leaving.

"Sir, Madam!"

"Sir! Madam!"

At first, Shen Yan and Liu Hui didn't realize that the 'Sir' and 'Madam' they heard were calling them.

It wasn't until the other party blocked their path that they realized the other party was indeed calling them.

"Is there something you need?"

Hearing Shen Yan's question, the other party straightened his clothes and replied, "May I ask if you two are also going to attend the auction?"

As soon as the words fell, Shen Yan and Liu Hui exchanged a glance.

They asked the short and slightly plump man in front of them, "What do you want?"

The man waved his hand and replied, "Please don't misunderstand. I'm also from out of town. I just wanted to ask if you came for the auction just like me. If you did, then the three of us can go together!"

Shen Yan: "..."

How could this guy have no social awareness?!

Thinking this, he replied to the other party with a forced smile, "I'm sorry, but my girlfriend and I have other things to do, so we won't be going with you."

Hearing this, the man waved his hand again.

"You misunderstood. I didn't mean to go somewhere else with you. I meant the three of us can enter the auction together."

Shen Yan raised an eyebrow.

"Why enter the auction together?"

The man looked at Shen Yan with some surprise and asked, "You don't know?"

Shen Yan tilted his head strangely.

"Know what?"

The man scratched his head and replied, "Well... there's a rule at the auction: to sit in a private box, the number of people must be three or more."

"I came alone, I have no companion, and I don't want to stand on the first floor crowded with other people, so I thought the three of us could keep each other company."

"You wouldn't want your girlfriend to stand on the first floor squeezed with others, would you?"

Shen Yan didn't know about this rule in the auction house, nor did he know that there were no chairs on the first floor and people could only stand.

After getting this information from the man, he unhesitatingly said to the other party, "Fine, then let's keep each other company."