My Sexy CEO Wife

"Did you see that? Three stones have collapsed in a row, it looks like this girl's good luck has run out."

"Luck is a very mysterious thing, you never know when it will come your way or when it will leave on its own, without any warning or way to hold onto it."

"Just watch, this miss might end up losing money today."

...

Around them rumbled a wave of discussion, people are so opportunistic these days, just a moment ago they were praising Shen Caidie for her good fortune, but after a few stones collapsed, the crowd's opinion immediately changed, starting to question Shen Caidie's luck.

After the fifth stone was cut open, the doubting voices at the scene suddenly disappeared.

"Another piece of jade has been cut, and it's Red Jade at that."

"It seems... this lady's luck hasn't disappeared after all."

"Five stones cut, and two pieces of jade, that's not a low success rate."

...

The onlooking crowd burst into a series of exclamations.

At Shen Caidie's gesture, the shop assistant cut open the remaining six stones, five of which yielded jade, with only one stone collapsing.

"My goodness, seven pieces of jade were cut from eleven stones, this luck is truly defying the heavens."

"Impressive indeed."

"So skillful!"

"Today has truly been an eye-opener."

"Miss, I am willing to offer a high price to buy those seven pieces of jade."

"I'm also interested in purchasing them."

"Name your price."

...

A bunch of people started vying for these pieces of jade, but unfortunately, Shen Caidie wasn't selling any of them.

At that moment, the shop owner Gu Dexi stepped forward; he looked painfully at the seven pieces of jade—this woman was really lucky, she cut seven pieces of middle to high-level jade in one go, which by market standards, would be worth at least thirty million.

"Mr. Gao, your eye for stones is as formidable as ever," Shen Caidie said admiringly.

"These stones were all picked out by yourself; I only helped you with some advice," Gao Fei waved his hand: "The greatest credit still goes to you." When advising Shen Caidie, Gao Fei deliberately left behind four worthless stones; he did so not to attract too much attention. Imagine, if all the picked stones were successfully cut into jade, it would definitely raise suspicion.

It's always best to keep a low profile in everything.

Next, the shop assistant began cutting the eight stones that Gao Fei had picked out.

The first stone revealed nothing upon cutting, it was a dud.

The second stone was also empty after cutting, another dud.

When the third stone was cut open, the scene instantly erupted in astonishment.

"It's Type-B jade!"

"It really is Type-B jade!"

"And the size is not small either."

"This man has struck it rich, this piece of Type-B jade could sell for at least ten million."

...

"Uh..." The shop owner Gu Dexi's mouth twitched severely, his sense of loss deepening.

"Sir, please sell me that piece of Type-B jade, you can name any price," someone shouted from the crowd.

Gao Fei waved his hand, "Sorry, this piece of jade is not for sale." With that, Gao Fei said to the stone-cutting assistant, "What are you dazing out for, keep cutting the stone."

"Oh... Oh." The stone-cutting assistant snapped back to reality and hastily continued to operate the stone cutter to slice the remaining stones.

The fourth stone was a dud.

After cutting the fifth stone, a piece of purple jade was taken out, the famous Violet Jade, a high-level jade.

The sixth stone was a dud.

After cutting the seventh stone, another piece of Type-B jade emerged.

...

"Two pieces of Type-B jade, one piece of Violet Jade, this sir's luck really is incredible."

"These three pieces of jade are valuable."

"Too bad he's not selling."

...

The crowd watching once again erupted in speculative chatter.

The shop owner Gu Dexi's face turned bright red with frustration; he almost wished he could rush forward and grab the pieces of jade. Fortunately, the last shreds of his sanity held him back; once the rough stones were sold, they were no longer his concern. If he were to renege, he would face condemnation and scorn from everyone, his reputation ruined. Besides, the law wouldn't allow it either.

In his heart, Gu Dexi muttered bitterly: If only he had known there were so many high-grade pieces of jade in this batch of rough stones, he wouldn't have sold them to the public.

"Mr. Gao, you are really incredible!" Shen Caidie gave Gao Fei a thumbs up. "Just picking a few rocks and you can cut such fine jade, I am thoroughly impressed by you!"

Gao Fei smiled slightly, "Just a streak of luck."

"Luck is also part of strength," Shen Caidie said. "I don't have that kind of luck."

"The last rock is about to be cut," Gao Fei said softly. "The moment to witness the miracle has arrived."

"Miracle? What miracle?" Shen Caidie didn't understand.

"Just watch, you'll understand soon," Gao Fei said with a mysterious smile.

"Making a big mystery of it, what exactly is—ah…" Shen Caidie suddenly cried out in surprise, her whole person stunned, "This… This is… I'm not seeing things, am I…" She rubbed her eyes vigorously, and when she lowered her hands and looked up again, the scene opposite her had not changed: "My God… I am not seeing things… This is real… Real Emperor Green…"

"Wow…"

The surrounding crowd was also full of excitement.

"It's Emperor Green! It's Emperor Green!"

"Is it really Emperor Green?"

"Absolutely true! I've lived so long and this is the first time I've seen such a big piece of Emperor Green!"

"How much is this piece of Emperor Green worth?"

"At least a hundred million!"

"If a master carves it, the price could double, even triple."

"Triple? Doesn't that mean several hundred million?"

"What do you think? This is Emperor Green, the emperor of jade, the most valuable jade of all."

...

After the Emperor Green Jade was cut out, the scene immediately exploded. Aside from Gao Fei who remained calm, everyone else was extremely excited, especially the shop owner Gu Dexi, who was so excited that he almost fainted. It might be somewhat inappropriate to describe him as just excited; a more fitting word would be "regretful."

At this moment, Gu Dexi was regretful to the core, this was Emperor Green... A piece of Emperor Green could buy several shops, regret, such regret! Gu Dexi had especially checked earlier: the raw stone containing Emperor Green had a selling price of only eighteen thousand. An eighteen-thousand-yuan raw stone resulted in an Emperor Green worth hundreds of millions; this was a huge loss on the deal.

If he could do it all over again, Gu Dexi would definitely seal all the stones away, close the door, and cut the stones by himself; then the Emperor Green would be his.

Before, when he saw other shops cut Emperor Green, he felt a bit of schadenfreude, mocking the shop owners as fools. Now that it had happened to him, he completely understood what true pain, frustration, and suffocation were...

The pain made him want to go mad, the frustration made him want to hit the wall, and the suffocation made him consider suicide.

Emperor Green is the jade with the best color and highest value, also known as "Emerald Green," imbuing a sense of serene nobility and magnificent beauty.

Emperor Green is a unique color that shows a dignified lake green under sunlight, at first glance resembling lake blue, turning bright green under strong light, and presenting a sunlit green under a digital flash, revealing capricious and stunning changes, making it extraordinarily beautiful.

Many high officials and nobles love to collect Emperor Green, for in upper-class society, Emperor Green Jade is a symbol of status, and those who possess more Emperor Green Jade are considered superior.

In ordinary circumstances, people would craft Emperor Green into objects like Pixiu, Guanyin statues, laughing Buddha statues, and so on, with the implied wish of expelling evil and bringing safety. Whether it truly has this effect, no one knows.

"Mr. Gao… the miracle you mentioned… is this…" Shen Caidie's eyes shone as she looked at Gao Fei.

Gao Fei nodded, "Yes."

"Did… did you know beforehand… that it was Emperor Green inside?" Shen Caidie asked.

"Well," Gao Fei touched his bare chin. "This stone gave me a very special feeling, extremely special. Based on my past experience, I could be sure that there was a high-grade jade inside. As for what level of jade… I wasn't quite certain." He added another sentence, "To tell the truth, I was also quite surprised to cut out Emperor Green."

"You can feel the extraordinariness of the stone?" Shen Caidie admired. "Amazing! Mr. Gao, you really are so impressive! I think you could very well become the Jade King in the future!"

"The Jade King?" Gao Fei paused.

"Do you remember what I told you before?" Shen Caidie excitedly said, "As long as you can cut ten pieces of Emperor Green, you can compete for the title of Jade King. Now you've already cut one; just nine more to go…"

"You're thinking too far ahead," Gao Fei shook his head. "Emperor Green is not that easy to come by." He was speaking the complete truth; Emperor Green was indeed too rare and too hard to find, and the idea of cutting out ten pieces of Emperor Green all at once was just too difficult.

"I have confidence in you!" Shen Caidie laughed. "You're so young, you have plenty of time to find Emperor Green."

"I hope I'll have that good luck then," Gao Fei laughed.

In just a short moment, a large crowd gathered around, all drawn by the Emperor Green.

"Young man, sell this piece of Emperor Green to me, I offer one billion," an old man said.

"Brother, I offer one hundred and twenty million for this piece of Emperor Green," a man in his thirties said.

"Handsome, please be kind and sell this Emperor Green to me; I'll give you one hundred and fifty million," a garishly dressed woman said.

"I offer two billion for this piece of Emperor Green," even the shop owner Gu Dexi joined the fray.

The allure of Emperor Green was simply too great, unimaginably so.

"I offer two billion five hundred million!"

"Two billion six hundred million!"

"Two billion eight hundred million!"

...

In the blink of an eye, the price of the Emperor Green soared to three billion five hundred million.

"Mr. Gao, if you want to sell this piece of Emperor Green, sell it to me," Shen Caidie also joined the fray. "You name the price."