The first raw stone was unraveled, and it turned out to be a nice piece of milky jadeite.
It was a child of a distant relative of the Liu Family who picked this piece of jadeite.
"Wow! A nice piece of jadeite with this water and color, it's a great milky jadeite, congratulations!"
"This piece looks promising, it seems your child is in luck and might represent the Liu Family!"
Seeing the jadeite was good, people around began to congratulate him.
"Not at all! It's still far off." Although his father was happy, he replied humbly.
The jadeite was quickly sent to Mrs. Liu Sr.'s hands.
After taking a look, Mrs. Liu Sr. calmly announced, "A fine milky jadeite, valued at 500,000!"
"500,000! Well done." Hearing the result, the distant relative shouted with joy, feeling that his son did not embarrass him and even hoping for an opportunity to shine.
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But soon he fell silent.
As more and more raw stones were unraveled, he became more depressed.
Indeed, the jadeite extracted by others was getting better and better, with prices rising accordingly.
Just a moment ago, one piece had been valued at 2.3 million.
By now, everyone else had unraveled their stones, leaving only a few direct descendants.
At this moment, the son of Liu Xue's third uncle brought up his raw stone.
"Wow! It's greened so fast?" After a single cut, everyone was surprised to see it was already greened.
Moreover, both the water and color were excellent.
Hence, the stone-cutting masters dared not cut further and chose to rub carefully.
Sure enough, under the master's skillful operation, a substantial piece of jadeite appeared before everyone.
"It's an ice-type, and a quite good one at that. Such a large piece, it must be worth a lot of money, right?"
"It seems that the third uncle's family is lucky, his son might represent the Liu Family in public auctions."
Upon seeing the jadeite, everyone was stunned.
Indeed, it was a very good quality ice-type jadeite.
"Haha! Well done." Liu Xue's third uncle laughed joyfully at the sight.
Although candidates were already decided by Mrs. Liu Sr., he was unwilling to give up, so he secured this raw stone to seize the opportunity.
Now, it seemed to have worked quite well.
"Hmm, a fine ice-type, valued at 5 million." After obtaining the jadeite, Mrs. Liu Sr. announced the corresponding price.
Seeing the son of the third uncle fetching such a good jadeite, others felt a bit discouraged.
Indeed, none of the others, except Liu Qingsong, managed to surpass this ice-type jadeite.
Seeing everything under control, Liu Qingsong sneered and brought up his raw stone to unravel it.
Simultaneously, he gave a provocative glance at Ye Feng.
"Wow! It's rising this fast again? This raw stone was already large, could the jadeite be even larger than the last?" After a cut, onlookers were even more astonished.
Indeed, this stone's momentum was better than the previous ice-type.
"This is impossible…" Seeing this scene, Liu Xue's third uncle's heart tightened, silently praying, "Please don't rise... it can't rise..."
However, things did not go as he wished.
As the raw stone gradually unraveled, a piece of top-grade ice-type jadeite was fully revealed to everyone.
"Wow! Such a large piece of top-grade ice-type jadeite? How much could this be worth?"
Seeing this top-grade ice-type jadeite, everyone was dumbfounded.
Holding the jadeite, Liu Qingsong looked at the third uncle's son and taunted, "Haha! This is what you call skill, understand?"
The third uncle's family looked as defeated as a cockerel, disheartened.
"Haha!" Hearing Liu Qingsong boast about skill, Ye Feng couldn't help but laugh.
Someone who relied on cheating had the nerve to claim skill; it was laughable.
"You loser, what are you laughing at? Hugging a worthless stone, you think you can win?" Hearing Ye Feng's laugh, the son of Liu Xue's third uncle thought Ye Feng was laughing at him and immediately got furious.
Liu Xue's third uncle also cursed angrily, "Go unravel your useless stone, let's see what you, a dependent freeloader, can come up with."
"I..." Ye Feng was a bit bewildered; if it weren't for Liu Xue's sake, he would have hit them by now.
"Good! A great piece of top-grade ice-type jadeite, with such good quality, it's truly rare." At the same time, when Mrs. Liu Sr. got the jadeite, she nodded in satisfaction and praised, "This piece of jadeite, valued at 15 million."
Hearing Mrs. Liu Sr.'s words, Liu Xue frowned.
This piece of jadeite, at most, was worth 12 million, but Mrs. Liu Sr. had overvalued it by several million. Wasn't this favoritism?
Thinking about it, it made sense. Liu Qingsong was among the young generation's elites besides her, to be arranged to take over when he had enough experience.
After all, she was just a woman; no matter how capable she was, they would never be comfortable leaving the Liu Family in her hands.
This left Liu Xue feeling inexplicably disappointed.
No matter how much she did, what was the use? It was just a gift for someone else.
Thinking about it, she felt a bit pathetic.
"Alright, all stones have been unraveled. I announce Liu Qingsong is..." After giving the value, Mrs. Liu Sr. prepared to announce the result, ignoring Ye Feng altogether.
"Grandma, wait a moment, I haven't unraveled my stone yet." At this moment, Ye Feng hugged his stone and called out.
"You? You better take that worthless stone slab back yourself, what can it possibly reveal?" Seeing Ye Feng, and then the raw stone in his hands, Mrs. Liu Sr. impatiently replied.
"Haha! Bringing this stone slab out to embarrass yourself, truly serves you right."
"This fool, is he Liu Family's useless son-in-law? Indeed, besides serving people, he is good for nothing."
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Following Mrs. Liu Sr.'s words, others pointed at and laughed loudly at Ye Feng.
This made Liu Xue's parents feel ashamed, wishing to drag Ye Feng down at once.
If it were someone else, Ye Feng would have been outraged, but this was Liu Xue's grandma.
Moreover, Ye Feng was accustomed to such disdain and ridicule, appearing quite calm: "But what if there's jadeite inside? You can't take away my right to unravel it, right?"
"Fine! If you want to humiliate yourself, I won't stop you." Seeing Ye Feng insist, Mrs. Liu Sr. allowed it.
After Liu Xue's grandma gave permission, Ye Feng turned around and smiled at Liu Xue's third uncle's family: "Didn't you want to see what will be unraveled? Don't blink, or you'll miss it."
Then, Ye Feng carried his stone up.
Liu Xue's third uncle disdainfully glared at Ye Feng and cursed, "Ha! Do you really think you're something special? What a joke!"
"Carrying a worthless stone slab, and actually dare to step up?" Not far away, Liu Qingsong cruelly laughed: "This is what you asked for. Soon you'll find out what losing face really means."
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