Many in his circle were already making fun of him for not being able to get the girl. He was about to becoming a laughingstock.

He lowered his eyes and, looking innocent, he said, “As long as she doesn’t have a boyfriend, I still have hopes.”

Shi LuLu was just about to say something when a skinny figure approached her. Her look was bright like a fire and her slightly curly hair looked like waves on an ocean. She could make others eyes lit up.

Zhong Yi smiled at her, “XunYin is upstairs, right?”

While Fang JunRong was busy like a bee, Li XinYun, her daughter, started her winter vacation.

Li XinYun had finished packing up well ahead of time and was waiting for Zhou Yi’s arrival, bored. This was the female dormitory and her bodyguards could not come inside, nor would she want them to.

Those in the dormitory didn’t really know of her background. Those who attended the same high school as her who knew of her background did not attend the same college. The only one who knew something about her was Zhao Xue but she wasn’t one who’d spread the words. As such, most others only knew that she was from a wealthy family and her possessions were of top quality but they didn’t know exactly how rich she was – that she had billions of yuan under her name.

“What’s up with her?”

Duchess Capet, who had just walked over with the rocks in her hand, was baffled. Neither she nor Fang had done anything. How did this person just pass out? Besides, it’s the even and it’s chilly. It wasn’t like she had a heat stroke or something.

Then, something occurred to her. With an enlightened look, she said, “Fang, is this what you Chinese called peng ci?”*

Her pronunciation of peng ci was impeccable.

Her two remaining rocks were not any better. The second piece looked like there were a lot of quality jadeite on its surface but once it was sliced opened, one could see those did not extend into the interior of the rock. It was worth at most 10 million yuan. Definitely nowhere close to the 98 million yuan that it had fetched in the auction.

The third one was very translucent but the problem with it was that it had too many contaminants, which had affected the price of the raw gem.

She smiled brightly at her. “Sure, let’s extract a few for the fun of it then.”

Then, casually she said, “Extracting the gems alone can be boring. Why don’t we have a wager too?”

Bai Shiyuan frowned and had a bad feeling. Fang JunRong looked very confident. Why was it that made her so confident in herself?

Nevertheless, she looked over at the experts standing next to her and, once again, felt that she had nothing to worry about. She said, “Sure, what would you like to wager?”

Fang JunRong said casually, “How about 2 million yuan?”

Fang JunRong’s target was the stone No. 134, one of the ones that were very promising. This rock was sliced directly into two halves and the parts that were exposed were of excellent quality of the glassy species. The outer layer looked to be lime with no crack. It was about as good as it could get. Its starting price was 28 million.

Fang JunRong recalled that the mystical qi of this piece was very mediocre. It was obviously that the interior of the piece did not match what one could see from its exterior – a perfect specimen for Bai Shiyuan.

As nobody could see what others were bidding, the atmosphere was much less aggressive.

By the afternoon of the second day, the result was out. Out of the ten that Fang JunRong had picked, she won seven of them for a total of 16 million yuan. She was quite pleased with the outcome.

As Duchess Capet put down very high amounts, she won all 26 of them that she had bid on.

The real auction started on the third day of the event.

Fang JunRong took a quick look and all the one that would be auctioned off regularly started at 3 million yuan.

Bai Shiyuan saw that Fang JunRong had on a hunter green gown today that matched the color of the bracelet that she was wearing. Her skin so fair that it almost seemed like there was a glow. Her bracelet looked to be emerald green but, when she wore them, it didn’t seem overpowering. Instead, it complimented her beauty and her classy temperament perfectly.

Because of the weather, she had a white shawl over her shoulders. Her look was casual but the charm within her elegance was very attractive.

All Duchess Capet could think of right now was “WTF”. Embarrassing. It was very embarrassing. To make matters worse, she had embarrassed herself in front of her new friend. While she felt that she and Fang could relate to each other, there was certainly also some sense of competition between the two beautiful women. Now that she had embarrassed herself so much, she just wish she could bury herself in a hole right now.

It wasn’t long after Manager Leng’s introduction did Fang JunRong spot the Duchess. The Duchess was already 51 years old this year but, with good upkeep, she looked to be in her thirties. Her skin was fair with a healthy red glow. She was languid and sexy and her wavy long hair drew a lot of eyeballs. Her entire person was like a ripe peach. Her body, wrapped in her gown, was shapely. And her bodyguards were all tall and broad shoulders. It was obvious that she was one who enjoyed herself and would not compromise on anything.

After she had shown her invitation, she entered into the venue without further ado accompanied by Jiang DeXian. She and Jiang DeXian were a beauty with a handsome man. The two of them, at the venue, made a nice scenery. Fang JunRong even saw a few foreigners at the venue.

The worker took them to check out the materials for this auction first. There were two batches during this auction – a concealed batch and an open batch.

Fang JueMing looked at his own hand as though he was in a trance.

He still found it hard to believe. Jiang YaGe, who lived across from them, came over and gave him some medicine. He had already lost all hopes for his finger but, under her hopeful look, he gave it a try.

As someone in their circle, even though he had been down on luck for a long time, but he had still heard about incidents surrounding Jiang YaGe. All of them fairly negative.

“Who just came?”

“A doctor who I had come check on your hand. He just brought over this medication,” said Jiang YaGe.

She worried that Li ShiZe would ask more questions so she quickly opened up the bottle of medication and applied it on him.

Li ShiZe had been in pain the last few days. When the medication was applied, the cool touch immediately alleviated his pain and his brows unfurrowed.

Holding the bottles of medicines in his hands made him nervous. He worried about dropping them accidentally. Out of the five bottles that he has, three of them were White Jade Cream and two of them Detoxification Pills.

He hesitated for a little bit before he carefully placed a bottle of White Jade Cream into a box and drove over to a little district.

With the keycard in hand, he turned into this little district with familiarity and stopped in front of the second building from the end. Taking the elevator up to the 12th floor, he rang the door bell and waited. After a minute, the door opened and a delicate little face appeared.

“Bi, have you figured it out yet?” asked, Su QinYing, Zhang Bi’s mother as she walked up to him when he got home from his laboratory.

Her concerns for him, however, was nothing but an invisible pressure for him.

Zhang Bi received the White Jade Cream that could heal bones and grow flesh from Zhang ZhiYang a couple of days ago.

Fang JunRong didn’t want an extra brother so she declined him immediately. “No need. I don’t think my daughter will need an uncle that just a few years older than her.”

Zhang ZhiYang was just saying it. Right now, his mind was entirely occupied by the medicines and he wanted to head home as soon as possible.

After receiving the money, Fang JunRong didn’t want to bother putting up the front anymore and headed home as well.

As much as Fang JunRong were not familiar with this field, she was still aware of the two very well-known international publications. “I guess I should start getting ready to give you another raise.”

Fang JunRong’s faith in Jiang WenYu’s ability was very obvious.

Most others would be humble when they received a compliment as such but Jiang WenYu, on the other hand, accepted it openly with a slight smile on his face.

As much as Fang JunRong didn’t care for Zhang ZhiYang but she was willing to put up a front and feigned friendliness to him for the sake of money.

Zhang ZhiYang, being able to secure what he had wanted at a price that was lower than he had expected, was also very happy.

When the two happy people stood next to each other, the atmosphere was very harmonious.

As the mother and daughter chatted, they quickly arrived at Shengxing.

Fang JunRong wasn’t surprised that they would run into Zhang ZhiYang there at all.

Standing next to the boss of Shengshi, Zhang ZhiYang appeared particular handsome and suave. Smiling slightly, he said, “Ah, I didn’t think Miss Fang will be here today as well.”

Fang JunRong nodded at him slightly. “Yes, I accompanied my daughter here.”

On the other end, Li XinYun’s lawyer was looking through the contract one more time while she sat next to her, bored.

As Fang JunRong worked overtime regularly and had a full schedule, Zhang ZhiSu was hosting banquets every few days. Even the atmospheres between the two antagonized each other’s but they never openly antagonized each other.

After eating their melons for a period of them, people moved on.

As Fang JunRong sat around calmly minding her own business, Zhang ZhiYang, on the other hand, could not hold out for any longer.