Car-hailing Driver: Rewards from Complaints

Chapter 555 - 238: The Best Friend’s Pig-Butchering Scam (Part 3)

Then, the smile on his face gradually faded.

Mingcui Square is so unscrupulous, luring people to ruin their lives. How the hell is this different from real gambling?

Previously, the system rewarded Yang Chen with "Bian He’s Jade Collection," but he hasn’t had the chance to use it yet.

Why not try it out now and deliver some justice in the process?

Without further ado, Yang Chen immediately followed the navigation to Mingcui Square.

As soon as he entered, a pretty waitress came up with red wine and juice.

"Welcome, guest, to Mingcui Square. Do you have anyone familiar to accompany you?" the waitress asked.

Yang Chen shook his head and said, "It’s my first time here."

The waitress’s eyes lit up instantly; first-timers are easy to persuade.

She quickly said, "No problem, I’ll accompany you. Would you like wine or juice?"

Yang Chen: "No, thank you."

The waitress hurriedly handed the tray to a colleague nearby, then led Yang Chen to tour the raw jade stones.

"Boss, how should I address you? My name is Lin Jing. What do you do for a living?" the waitress asked.

Yang Chen: "Yang Chen. I am a rideshare driver."

Upon hearing the words ’rideshare driver,’ Lin Jing felt very disappointed.

She saw Yang Chen dressed very neatly, wearing a Patek Philippe watch on his wrist, initially thinking he must be a rich heir. But it turns out he is just a rideshare driver; his watch must be fake.

But, "Even small mosquitoes are still meat," a rideshare driver is fine too. As long as she can guide him to spend ten or eighty thousand, it’s better than doing nothing at all.

Lin Jing: "We are Hai City’s most reputable and largest stone gambling venue. Other places use machines to scan raw stones, picking out those with jade, leaving guests with stones that lack jade. We’re different; we ship directly from Southern Myanmar without machine scanning. The chances of finding jade are very high. We also have rules here; all players can only rely on their judgment and experience to choose, and no tools are allowed. So you see, we are very crowded with guests every day."

If what Lin Jing said is true, it’s indeed a good place.

However, who knows if she’s just sugarcoating the truth.

Lin Jing accompanied Yang Chen in looking at the materials. Her mouth was dry from talking, yet Yang Chen hadn’t picked a single one.

"Hell! Isn’t this guy just looking and not playing? Am I wasting all my breath for nothing?" Lin Jing thought to herself.

Yang Chen looked up at the second floor and asked, "Is there more upstairs?"

Lin Jing nodded and said, "Yes! But the second floor isn’t suitable for you. The stones there are larger, each counted in millions. If they don’t open to jade, those with weak hearts might collapse directly."

Yang Chen: "I’ll go take a look."

Lin Jing hurriedly stopped Yang Chen, saying, "Mr. Yang, I’m sorry. We have rules that ordinary customers can only play downstairs; upstairs is reserved for regulars or VIPs. Ordinary customers can’t go up."

Oh damn, this is just like a casino where big players can go upstairs, while small players can only stay in the lobby.

"If I insist on going up to play tonight, what do I need to do?" Yang Chen asked.

Lin Jing pointed at the raw stones and said, "Select any three stones, or purchase stones with a total over 300,000, and you can go to the second floor."

Yang Chen nodded and began seeking the stones he suspected had jade, as seen earlier.

"Bian He’s Jade Collection" states that stones containing jade have distinct veins differing from ordinary stones.

This requires careful observation; a keen eye can discern the vein patterns.

Yang Chen picked up his chosen stone, observed it closely for a while, then nodded and placed the stone in the basket.

Lin Jing promptly said, "Boss, I think you’d better take a closer look; don’t make hasty decisions. From my experience, the stone you selected won’t produce jade. But look at this one, isn’t it different from the others? I believe this one has a higher chance of producing jade."

Yang Chen was certain that the stone Lin Jing recommended didn’t contain jade.

Now Yang Chen understood why that female passenger lost her entire fortune; she must have followed the companions’ suggestions, step by step, into their traps—no wonder she lost everything.

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, putting the stone Lin Jing recommended into the basket.

Even knowing this stone doesn’t contain jade, why did he still pick it?

Because, according to his judgment, among the hundreds of raw stones in the first-floor lobby, the only two stones with jade were the ones he eyed; the rest were just stones.

Now he just needed to pick his second chosen stone.

Earlier, discerning the vein patterns allowed identification of stones with jade, but it’s not always possible to see clear veins on stones with jade.

If the stone is too large and the jade inside too small, the vein patterns won’t be visible from the outside.

At this time, mere observation won’t solve the problem; a little "tapping" is necessary.

Those who’ve bought watermelon know that green and ripe watermelons sound different when tapped.

Unripe watermelon sounds like tapping iron, understood as the watermelon flesh and rind being almost one.

Ripe watermelon has a hollow sound, understood as the flesh and rind being separate.

It’s the same with these stones; if no jade is inside, it’s a solid stone, sounding like an unripe watermelon when tapped.