Ace of the Dragon Division

Chapter 312: Can I Refund this Wife of Mine? (Part one)

Lin Guiren felt that Xu Cheng was taking this too lightly and directly said, “I don’t have the equipment to open rocks here.”

Benjamin snorted, “Brother-in-Law, don’t hide it anymore. You refine stones in your spare time anyways, I know where you put the equipment.”

As he said that, he directly walked to the curtain, slid it open, and revealed a closet that was storing the equipment for cutting stones.

“Isn’t this is? Let’s open the stones now. I can let you go first.”

Xu Cheng didn’t really care. “I can open yours, I will just wipe mine down.”

Xu Cheng’s stone wasn’t good for opening and needed to be wiped. After all, the stone itself was only the size of his palm, and it would be a pity to cut the stone and accidentally damage the bulk of green inside. It would be best if this palm-sized emerald could be retrieved as a whole so they could make a bracelet out of it, plus some other little things.

If the jade could make a complete bracelet, then its value would not be able to be compared with bracelets with different jade pieces pieced together.

For instance, when a piece of jade goes on auction, people would first look at the size to see if it’s big enough to be made into a bracelet. If not, people would start bidding at 500 thousand. If it was big enough to be made into a bracelet but the material has a little flaw, then the bid would most likely start at 800 thousand. However, if it was perfect jade without any flaws, and its size was large enough to be made into a bracelet, then the initial bidding price would be at least 2 million!

After all, green was already quite rare to find, and green that was the size of a palm was even rarer. On top of that, pure flawless green of that size would be one of the most scarce finds. Even back in ancient times, only emperors were qualified to wear them.

So, that was why many people would try to wear down the surface first, as they were afraid that a careless cut into the stone may chip the green inside and damage a perfect piece that was originally large enough to be made into a complete bracelet. With his penetrating vision, he could see that his stone wasn’t fit for machine-cutting and needed to be wiped down. Slowly, after he wore down the surface layer of the stone, he would be able to shine a light into it to determine its worth. Previously, the jade was covered by a black outer layer, so people couldn’t shine light into it and just treated it as a low-value rock and marked it at a low price. 

Benjamin started the machine and began cutting himself. He first shined a light into the rock, then he estimated at what location he should cut in. After marking the lines, he placed it into the cutting machine.

As the machine operated, he looked at Xu Cheng wiping away the surface of his palm-sized rock. He couldn’t help but tease, “I’m serious, not to mention betting the value of that small rock against my 3 picks, even if your rock can have a value of over 10 thousand yuan, I will eat sh!t right away.”

Xu Cheng wiped as he responded, “Don’t be so absolute with your words. If you lose, are you really going to go and eat sh!t?”

Benjamin: “I will! I will do it for sure, and I’m a man of my words. If I go back on my words, I will get struck by lightning! But, if you lose, you have to eat as well. Deal, young man? I heard you young people are all pretty wild? Are you scared now?”

Xu Cheng nonchalantly responded, “I’m not scared, I’m just wondering where I can retrieve sh!t for you to eat. You know as well, the toilets in this house all have auto-flush, it will be hard to get a fresh pile.”

Lin Chuxue pinched his arm on the side. “You are so disgusting.”

Xu Cheng was speechless. “You uncle wants some, what does that have to do with me?”

Then, he immediately said to Benjamin, “You see, we don’t really have any fresh poop laying around. How about this, whoever loses just have to go outside and lick our pet dog’s poop.”

Benjamin: “Yeah, deal. I will lick it if you win.”

“Alright.” Xu Cheng smiled and he began speeding up his rubbing process. His hand speed was incredible, and plus the extra power he could put in, his speed was no slower than a machine.

Chapter 312: Can I Refund this Wife of Mine? (Part two)

Not long after, Benjamin was done opening his first rock.

He was a bit disappointed looking at the rock that was now in halves. There was a bit of jade in the middle, but it was the generic rice white kind. The color wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t the semitransparent kind.

Lin Guiren looked over and snorted. “So this is the rock you spent 2 million yuan on from Asia? Looking at the result, you are lucky to be able to sell it for 200 thousand yuan.”

Benjamin subconsciously responded, “What 2 million, I just spent 500 thousand yuan, so the company only lost a couple hundred thousand.”

After he finished saying that, he immediately realized that he exposed himself for pocketing company money.”

Lin Guiren sneered. “But the price you quoted the company was 2 million yuan, you know? Originally, I told you to just buy processed jade because the price is right there so you won’t be able to trick me. But you insisted on gambling with raw stones. Right, the margin could be huge, but all the facking margin went into your own pocket.”

A hint of awkwardness flashed past Benjamin’s face, but he pretended to not hear it and tried to move past it. “Don’t worry, I will open the other rock. It will make more money than the cost and that will offset the loss on this one. It’s a business. You think the company doesn’t have to take risks and can make a profit on every rock? Jesus!”

Then, he began drawing lines on the second stone before putting it into the cutting machine.

He looked at Xu Cheng still rubbing away and laughed. “I already know that you are very nice and want to give a gift to your uncle-in-law. I guess I will just take that 2% of shares.”

Xu Cheng sneered and waved the Lin Family’s butler over.

The butler walked over. “Yes, Young Master?”

Xu Cheng had a mischievous smile as he whispered something into his ears.

The butler had an odd expression. “Is it alright?”

Xu Cheng: “It’s fine, just do it.”

Butler: “Alright, I will go do it right away.”

Seeing him still rubbing away, Lin Chuxue asked with a bit of concern, “Are you confident in winning?”

“You knew me from a young age, you think I would do this if I’m not confident? You are just this unconfident in your man?” Xu Cheng said. 

Lin Chuxue rolled her eyes at him. “But the problem is, you’ve never played this before.”
Xu Cheng laughed and said, “You’ve seen how I play cards, right? How about let’s make a bet on this too?”

Lin Chuxue acted as if she were a bit angry, “What do you want to gamble?”

Xu Cheng pointed at his lips and said, “You just kissed my forehead before but haven’t kissed me here. If I manage to get some green from this rock, can you give me a kiss?”

Lin Chuxue’s charming face immediately blushed. “Why are you still so immature.”
“Wait, wait, when did I kiss your forehead?” Lin Chuxue immediately asked.

Xu Cheng felt he leaked something. “Did I say something about you kissing my forehead?”

Lin Chuxue immediately realized what was going on and her suspicious blue eyes immediately shot onto Xu Cheng’s face, “You b@stard! You were faking your sleep back at the military? You b@stard!”
Last time before she left the military camp with the filming crew, she went to Xu Cheng’s room and gave him a kiss on the forehand. And now, she realized that this guy wasn’t actually asleep!”

Xu Cheng hurriedly exclaimed, “Ah! You see? My stone’s showing a little green! It’s green!”

But this attention transfer method was already too late, and Lin Chuxue already pinched Xu Cheng’s waist and did a 180degree twist.

“AH!” Xu Cheng cried miseribly, and he took in a breath of cold air. “Dad, Mom, can I return this wife of mine and get a refund?”

A smile flashed past Lin Chuxue’s sweet face and she pretended to be angry. “No way, I’m telling you, if you want a divorce, you have to pay for my lost youth as well!”

Xu Cheng: “How much?”

Lin Chuxue smiled and said, “Just pay me back with your next 50 years of time!”

Xu Cheng was almost crying. “Damn, it sure is different to have a wife with a good education, I feel so touched every time she opens her mouth. I’m becoming addicted.”

Lin Chuxue reached out her hand for Xu Cheng’s waist again.