Chapter 8: Finding the Cause is Worry-Free

  It's all black, with only a little bit in the middle that can be seen as a blurry 3D image. This is completely different from two days ago. Why did this happen?

  Li Yang looked at the piece of pure wool in front of him, then glanced at the other half-wool fabrics, and slowly analyzed and speculated in his mind. However, there was one thing he could be certain of - that he indeed possessed an unexplainable special ability on his body.

  Is it because of the full and half bets? It shouldn't be like this, whether it's a full or half bet, they're all the same stones, can't become different just because they've been cut by a knife?

  "Older brother, how much is this piece of fabric?" After thinking for a while, Li Yang decided to still give it a try. Although the possibility was low, there was always a chance. If the fabric wasn't expensive, trying it out wouldn't hurt.

  "This piece of wool is cheap, little brother, if you want it, take it for 2,000 yuan!" The seller's face showed a smile again, and he hastily replied to Li Yang while neglecting the introduction to others.

  "After a moment of silence, Li Yang asked again: 'Can you make it cheaper?'"

  Yesterday was because of Wu Xiaoli's eagerness that Li Yang didn't haggle over the price, now since it's decided to use this stone for experimentation, it would be best to get it at the cheapest price.

  "If it were someone else, I wouldn't give them a discount, but for you, little brother, you're an exception. If you really want it, 1,800 will do, a lucky number!"

  The seller smiled and ended his introduction to the others, walking over to Li Yang's side. It seemed that today he could finally get rid of this piece of stone that had been unsold for a long time.

  " Fifteen hundred!" Li Yang said again.

  "Old Li wants to stay here and carve stones, I'll sell it to you for 1,500!" The seller thought for a moment and said:

  Li Yang looked up at the seller and a hint of surprise appeared on his face: "The exhibition has already ended, and the exhibition center is about to close. Is there still time to unlock the stone?"

  "Haha, Li seems to really not understand our side. The exhibition hall is about to close, but we won't end until 8 pm tonight, so there's still time for the stone unsealing!"

  "Alright then, let's settle on this!" Li Yang nodded. Although the raw materials area was connected to the exhibition area, it was an independent pavilion. Many jewelry company owners would only come to select raw materials after the exhibition ended, which was for their convenience.

  The seller's smile grew even brighter. "Alright, Li, let's settle the account and part ways here!"

  Li Yang pulled out fifteen red tickets from his wallet and handed them to the vendor, who quickly counted them and put them directly into his pocket. Then he asked Li Yang to help him lift the wool onto the stone grinder. This piece of stone weighed at least seventy kilograms, which was really hard for one person to lift.

  Seeing someone solving the stone, many people gathered here immediately. Zhang Ying, who was about to leave with Li Yang, also came here and saw that Li Yang was going to gamble on the stone again. Neither of them said anything, but walked to Li Yang's side and watched the solution together.

  "Little brother, where would you like me to cut it from?" The seller asked again after setting up the cutting machine.

  "From here!" Li Yang walked forward and casually drew a line on the fabric, cutting open the part that was just black.

  The seller stopped talking, put on his glasses, aimed the semi-automatic cutting machine at the line drawn on the fabric, turned on the motor and slowly pressed it down. With the operation of the cutting machine, the ear-piercing sound rang out again.

  The crushed gravel mixed with water flowed down quickly, and the crowd gathered around grew larger. Many people had been watching this piece of wool for several days, carefully observing the seller to see if any green would come out of it.

  "Ka!" The cutting machine finally cut the not-so-small piece of fur into two halves. The seller wiped the opened window, and everyone saw the pitch black on both sides.

  Nothing happened at all.

  "Little brother, do you want to cut again?" The seller spread out the cutting surface and asked Li Yang once more. If it weren't for Li Yang bringing up re-cutting on a flawed jade stone yesterday, he wouldn't be asking this today.

  "No need, I'd like to take another look at this fabric!"

  Li Yang shook his head, went up and hugged the smaller stone. Even though it was a bit smaller, this stone weighed more than 20 kilograms, so it was impossible to hold it with one hand, he could only squat there and hug it.

  His palm stuck to the woolen fabric, Li Yang quietly waited for that special ability to reappear.

  This time the wait wasn't long, and the result didn't disappoint Li Yang either. After the itchy feeling in his palm appeared, that three-dimensional scene reappeared in his mind.

  However, the screen is still blurry and shaking. The dark screen, although not as much as before, still occupies more than half of it.

  Li Yang hastily threw the stone on the ground and shook his head vigorously, and the dizzy feeling came again.

  No, it's not because of the cutting reason, but what is the real reason that still needs to be found.

  "Li Yang, this thing of gambling on stones is very dependent on luck. There are many rumors about people getting rich overnight from it, but there are also many who lose everything and get nothing back. It's just like winning the lottery - if you win once, that's already pretty good; don't get too caught up in it!"

  Zhang Ying patted Li Yang's shoulder and whispered words of comfort, thinking that Li Yang was addicted to gambling on stones, so he advised him a few words.

  "Thank you, Manager Zhang, I won't let you down!" Li Yang looked up and smiled, showing a grateful gaze to Zhang Ying, he could feel that Zhang Ying was really looking out for him.

  "Okay, let's head back and get some rest early. We've all had a long day!"

  "Alright, let's head back!" Li Yang nodded, the specific reason could only be thought about after they got back, otherwise it would be a waste of Zhang Ying's kindness.

  That piece of opened jade was not even wanted by Li Yang, it's been ruined like that, probably no one would want it, in the end it will be thrown away as trash by the seller anyway, after all he has already gotten his money.

  Back at the hotel, after a simple meal, the three of them returned to their room to rest. Today was indeed very tiring, and Zhang Ying fell asleep soon after lying down on the bed. Only Li Yang remained sitting in front of the computer, lost in thought.

  Wang Jiajia was not online, Li Yang searched randomly on the internet and did not find any information related to his situation, it can be said that there was no clue at all.

  It has nothing to do with cutting, but what it has to do with, Li Yang feels like his brain is about to explode, just like he discovered a great treasure, but was locked outside and couldn't get in, making him anxious and uncomfortable.

  Lying in bed, Li Yang was still thinking about this problem, until midnight, Li Yang was so tortured by this problem that he couldn't sleep. He really wanted to get up now and go back to the raw materials area to continue observing the experiment and find the reason.

  The next day, Li Yang and Zhang Ying took a taxi to the exhibition center, with Li Yang visibly red-eyed. Zhang Ying advised him a few more times, finally sighing heavily several times.

  The exhibition became even more crowded, with many people from nearby cities in Qingdao rushing to attend the exhibition, as well as a large number of tourists visiting Qingdao, and even some tourists from Rizhao came. The entire exhibition center was packed with people.

  As soon as the exhibition ended, Li Yang ran back to the raw materials area, where he knew even more people now.

  Last night before falling asleep, Li Yang thought of another question, is this special ability related to the size of the gambling stone? The first day he saw a small piece of gambling stone, and the second day he observed a large piece of gambling stone. Even after cutting it down into smaller pieces, they were still much larger than the one from the first day.

  As soon as the exhibition was over, Li Yang couldn't wait to come and try it out. He rushed to the raw materials area and went straight to the original seller, where there were still many small gambling stones.

  "Hey Li, want to play again today?" The seller smiled when he saw Li Yang. Although Li Yang had lost money yesterday, it didn't have a big impact on him. Those who understood knew that losing in stone gambling was normal, especially with full bets on rough materials.

  "Let me take a look first!" Li Yang still said this, after dealing with the seller, Li Yang directly grabbed a piece of whole wool fabric that weighed only three kilograms, with yellow sand skin, and its appearance was not good either.

  This piece of jade is not large, elliptical in shape, and can be held in the palm of your hand. Li Yang simply held it like this, with his other hand stroking the wool fabric in a pretentious manner, waiting for the moment when his special ability would manifest.

  Within a minute, Li Yang's mood suddenly became tense. As the clear and vivid image appeared, his heart rate accelerated sharply, almost exciting him to shout out loud.

  He finally found the reason, and it was indeed due to size. This piece of fabric is very small, so it's very obvious, and there's no shaking phenomenon.

  "How about it, little brother? Have you taken a liking to this one?" The seller asked casually. This piece of fur was too small and looked bad, the price wasn't high either, so the seller didn't show much concern.

  "En? Want, how much money?" Li Yang was stunned for a moment, and then replied. The 3D diagram was still in his mind, this piece of wool fabric was small, but inside it was actually green, although the green color was much lighter than that day, but it was still green, and it would rise when cut open.

  "Three hundred yuan, if you want to play, let your brother cut it yourself, and take it as a practice!" The seller smiled, the wool was small and cheap, this kind of wool was indeed suitable for beginners.

  "Alright, I'll cut it myself!" Li Yang excitedly nodded his head. This piece of fabric wasn't all green, and cutting it himself would allow him to control the size, so he wouldn't accidentally cut off the green parts. Although Li Yang didn't fully understand, he knew that keeping things intact was better.

  Zhang Ying came to the raw materials district again, and Li Yang started gambling again. Zhang Ying couldn't help but shake his head, it seemed that Li Yang was still a bit obsessed with gambling for jade. This wasn't good, he would have to advise him well when they got back. Now the stakes were small, but who could guarantee that in the future Li Yang wouldn't bet tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands? Many gamblers started small and gradually increased their bets.

  If that's the case, Li Yang's winnings of over a million wouldn't be enough for him to play with. In the jade market, it's not uncommon for tens or hundreds of millions to disappear in an instant. Zhang Ying, who has been rolling around in the jewelry industry for eight years, deeply understands this point.