Chapter 252

Chapter 252: In the End, He Still Got the Better Deal

Du An Rao thought for a moment: “That stone is much bigger than the last one. You should be able to make a lot more jewelry from it, right?”

“That’s true. This piece of jade is several times larger than the last one. A rough this big will have a much higher usage rate. Just roughly estimating, we should be able to get at least a dozen, maybe even twenty or more pieces of jewelry from it.”

Du An Rao’s eyes lit up: “In that case, you can arrange it as you see fit. I just want to keep one piece each for my parents and my brother and sister as gifts. For the rest, Auntie Qiu and Manager Qiu should also each keep one piece.”

The two of them were stunned: “We… also keep one each?”

Du An Rao nodded. Her eyes turned slightly as she thought, then she decided to drop them a hint: “Jade is buried in the earth, but what it absorbs is heaven and earth’s spiritual energy. It is nature’s gift to people. As they say, jade nourishes people. Especially this kind of rare jade. It is something you can come across but cannot seek out. If you can wear it all the time, in every way… it can only help and not harm you.”

The Qiu family mother and son froze for a moment. They dealt with jade and treasures all year round. How could they not understand the hidden meaning in her words?

If someone else had said this, they would probably just laugh it off and not take it seriously.

But the one saying it was Du An Rao. These two rough stones were also both opened by her. And when they saw that piece of Zhengyang green ice-grade jadeite rough, the two of them had already guessed that these two precious rough stones most likely came from the same original piece of raw material.

It sounded ridiculous, but they just had this kind of feeling: no matter how strange something was, as long as it was connected to Du An Rao, it somehow became reasonable.

The appearance of these two rough stones was strange from the start. Maybe, just like she said, besides being beautiful and precious, they also had other effects. If that was true…

The Qiu mother and son were both shocked in their hearts. They could not help showing a little surprise and excitement on their faces.

Especially Ms. Qiu. After realizing that these two rough stones might not be ordinary, she suddenly remembered that the master craftsmen in charge of the Fu Lu Shou Xi Jadeite Rough had joked with her a few days ago.

Normally, after working overtime several days in a row, taking turns day and night, they should have been exhausted. But for some reason, even though they had done so much work and worked such long hours this time, they did not feel tired at all. Instead, the more they worked, the more energized they felt. They did not have any of the usual side effects of staying up late.

When Ms. Qiu heard their talk back then, she only thought that those master craftsmen had not seen such rare good material for too long, so they forgot about their tiredness for a while.

Now that she thought about it again, she felt that their strange state actually proved her current guess. She almost could not hold back her excitement and lose her composure on the spot.

Then she thought of the pair of Four Blessings pendant plaques that had been bought for five hundred million. Maybe Mr. Xi had already known these stones were not ordinary, so he rushed to spend a huge sum to reserve those two plaques first…

Ms. Qiu secretly glanced at Xi Jing Yue, her expression complicated. As expected, sticking close to An An meant you got to eat meat. In the end, this guy still took advantage of the little girl.

Xi Jing Yue saw the changes in the Qiu family mother and son’s expressions. His eyes flashed slightly, and he sighed inside. Talking to smart people really was easy. You only needed to hint a little and they understood. It saved a lot of trouble.

He had just been thinking of saying a few words to remind them that even if they understood, it was best to keep this secret in their hearts.

Before he could speak, he was hit by a small, hard-to-describe look from Ms. Qiu.

Xi Jing Yue: “???”

Ms. Qiu glanced, as if by accident, at a certain someone who had almost eaten all the benefits alone. After thinking for a while, she nodded: “Since this is your kindness, An An, we mother and son will accept it. When the finished pieces are done, I will keep one bangle and one Guan Yin pendant and carry them with me. As thanks, all the processing fees for the finished jewelry made from your two stones will be covered by me and Ji Chen. You don’t need to pay any more.”

Ms. Qiu had actually wanted to give back the one hundred million they had lent Du An Rao before. But after most of the money she had spent in the auction came back, Du An Rao’s first action was to pay back all the money she had borrowed, including the one hundred million from them.

So now, the only idea Ms. Qiu could come up with was to waive these fees for Du An Rao, and she did not have to worry about being refused.

Sure enough, after thinking for a moment, Du An Rao nodded and agreed: “Then thank you, Auntie Qiu!”

“No need to be polite. Later, these pieces of jewelry will probably have to be sent to you in batches. I just don’t know if by then…”

Du An Rao understood that Ms. Qiu was asking where she should send the finished pieces. She rubbed her chin and thought: “After I finish attending my granduncle’s wedding here, I’ll go back to my hometown. When you finish the jewelry, you can mail them all to my house.”

“Hmm, it’s not long until the New Year. Can you see if the craftsmen at your company can rush out a batch of simpler designs first, so I can give them as gifts during the New Year? As for the overtime costs, you can charge them separately. I’ll pay them myself.”

Hearing this, Ms. Qiu could not help laughing: “There is no need for you to pay that. In this line of work, overtime is normal, and it’s not just for your sake. The company has a complete overtime system and benefits. You really don’t need to worry about that. As for mailing…”

Ms. Qiu turned to look at her son: “Mailing jewelry is too unsafe, especially treasures like these. If something gets lost, that would be a big problem. How about this? Every year at the end of the year, Ji Chen and I go to inspect the branch offices in different places. When the time comes, we’ll move your hometown toward the end of the schedule and let him deliver the jewelry to you in person.”

“Won’t that be too much trouble for Manager Qiu?”

“No, no, it’ll just be on his way. How could that trouble him?”

Qiu Ji Chen: “…”

[Even if that’s true, Mom, you don’t have to look down on me so much. The president already thinks Miss Du is more like your real child than I am!]

Luckily, Ms. Qiu did not know what he was thinking. Otherwise, she would definitely have agreed with his guess. [Miss Du is so sweet and lovable. As long as I treat her a little better, even if I can’t eat the meat, at least I can drink some soup. As for my own little debt collector, if he doesn’t turn around and gnaw on my own flesh, I should already be thankful. How could I hope to drink his soup? He’s dreaming!]

So the matter was settled like this. With no psychological burden at all, Du An Rao and Xi Jing Yue followed the Qiu family mother and son and had a very good meal.

As soon as they walked out of the hotel and got into Xi Jing Yue’s car, Du An Rao could not wait to pull out the infinite-stream novel related to Liu Tian Yuan and read it carefully, trying to find more useful information in it to help herself and her family avoid those messy, unreasonable world rules.

Xi Jing Yue knew exactly what she was doing but did not expose her. He quietly turned the steering wheel and started to take a longer way home, while quickly thinking through in his mind which roads in City B would be the most jammed at this time, so he could finish enjoying this juicy gossip before he had to drop her off.