Chapter 45: Gambling on Stones (Part 1)

  Night, deep as water.

  Under the night, Rui Xiang community was quiet and peaceful. In Building 7, 15th floor, under the bright white light, the figure sitting in front of the bed suddenly closed the book, then stretched out a big lazy waist, picked up the hot water on the desk in front and took a sip.

  "It's past 12 o'clock again, and I can re-paint the talisman."

  He took a sip of water, and Zhou Ming's face still had a faint smile on it, as if he had already completely gotten rid of the humiliation brought by Liang at dusk.

  This is also a fact, before the birthday banquet began, he had already thoroughly adjusted his mentality and clearly knew that he was now powerless to deal with such a spoiled young master. No matter how angry or painful he was in his heart, it would not work, and it would be better to calm down and increase his strength.

  Zhou Ming has not only understood this principle but also been able to put it into practice through years of tempering.

  After Zishi Liang took the longevity peach and left, Ren Zhongshan's birthday banquet entered the right track. There was nothing much to say about the rest of the time. Throughout the banquet, Zhou Mingluo was accompanied by Ren Liheng, and sat in a corner with Ren Lijuan and Yang Dan for a meal.

  Perhaps due to Ren Zhongshan's instructions, during the birthday banquet, Ren Liheng was extremely hospitable and treated Zhou Mingluo with great comfort. Moreover, when the banquet was about to end, he mysteriously said that tomorrow he would take him to a good place to have some fun.

  He did not comment on this and even returned to the residential area after the birthday banquet was over.

  He didn't want to waste this great time, so after going home, he picked up his book and started studying.

  Sitting till deep into the night, as he indulged in the ocean of knowledge, his state of mind became increasingly calm.

  Only by enriching his knowledge and collecting more antiques can he find more "wenqi" to fill the yellow skin book, thereby expanding his own power.

  The next moment, Zhou Ming Luo directly walked into the living room, spread out the rice paper, prepared the pen and ink, and started painting.

  ………

  "Has the dawn broken? Are you awake?"

  The next morning, Zhou Ming Luo was still fast asleep when a ringtone from his mobile phone suddenly woke him up. It was Ren Li Heng, and the other party's tone was even more relaxed and pleasant.

  Of course, although Zhou Ming Luo and Ren Zhong Shan are on an equal footing, Ren Li Heng would not really call him "Grandfather Zhou". As early as yesterday's birthday banquet, the two sides had already made a new agreement, that is, each took care of their own affairs. No matter how he addressed Ren Zhong Shan, when facing Ren Li Heng, the two were still on an equal footing.

  "What's going on?"

  Perhaps Ren Liheng had underestimated him before and didn't trust him, but that was temporary. Any two strangers getting to know each other can't possibly have complete trust from the first glance. Yesterday at the birthday banquet, Ren Liheng also made an effort to make Zhou Mingluo happy, trying to make him forget the humiliation brought by Shi Liang. Zhou Mingluo still remembered this kind intention, so after one night, the relationship between the two had progressed quite well.

  "I'm telling you, kid, have you forgotten? Yesterday we agreed that today I'd take you to a great place. Hurry up and come down, I'm already at the foot of your apartment building." Upon hearing this, a slightly melancholic laugh was transmitted from the other end, which shocked Zhou Ming Luo even more. Of course, he still remembered what was said yesterday, but he thought it was just an offhand comment, never expecting Ren Li Heng to actually show up right at his doorstep?

  "Where is it?" Zhou Ming Luo couldn't bear his curiosity and opened his mouth again.

  "Hey, don't worry about it for now, you'll understand when you get there, I guarantee it's worth your trip." Ren Liheng smiled again, "I'll wait for you downstairs."

  "Good."

  Zhou Minglu could only nod, and after hanging up the phone, he found that it was already past 9 o'clock in the morning.

  After getting dressed and washing up, it took no more than ten minutes for him to arrive downstairs. As soon as he did, he saw a black Porsche Cayenne in front of him, with Ren Liheng sitting inside looking around at the building. When he spotted Zhou Ming, he immediately smiled and waved.

  "Where exactly are we going? This is so mysterious!"

  Following the invitation, Zhou Ming Luo got on the car again with a puzzled expression. However, at this moment, Ren Li Heng didn't speak, but instead stared at Zhou Ming Luo's face with his eyes, making Zhou Ming Luo feel uneasy until he finally looked away and sighed with a smile, "Ming Luo, I suppose you've also figured it out, yesterday I was indeed instructed by Old Master to deliberately console you, fearing that you would do something impulsive. However, now it seems that neither I nor Old Master have underestimated you."

  This is a fact, yesterday's situation was really depressing, Ren Zhongshan was worried that Zhou Mingluo couldn't bear the stimulation and would do something impulsive. However, after last night's and this morning's observation, Ren Liheng had to admit that Zhou Mingluo had really put down that matter, this magnanimity is not something ordinary people can achieve.

  Just for this reason, he felt that Zhou Ming Luo seemed more mature than him, who was almost thirty.

  Moreover, the other party also has the ability, and the level of antique appraisal and ceramic restoration is really very proficient.

  Having ability, having tolerance, and having a sense of propriety, coupled with Zhou Mingluo's humble personality, even gave rise to a strange idea in Ren Lixing's mind that if he were to put aside their respective backgrounds, he would probably not be able to achieve as much as Zhou Mingluo.

  "Alright, stop flattering me. Where are we going anyway?" Zhou Ming's smile froze, he was just being realistic after all.

  "Hey, wanna go gamble?"

  Zhou Ming changed the subject, and Ren Liheng didn't mind either. He started the car and drove out of the neighborhood, excitedly speaking during the process.

  "Gambling?" Zhou Mingluo was taken aback, looking at Ren Liheng with great suspicion. Could it be? This guy had been mysterious since yesterday, and today he came to pick him up early in the morning, actually wanting to take him gambling?

  "Don't get me wrong, it's not just ordinary gambling, but stone gambling. You've been in the antique circle for a long time, you should know about stone gambling, right? Today I'm taking you to gamble on stones, which is much more exciting than regular gambling." Ren Liheng smiled again, his face filled with excitement.

  Zhou Ming finally understood, gambling on stones? He really did have some understanding of it. Gambling on stones, to put it bluntly, is betting on whether a piece of stone contains jade or not.

  This also has something to do with the antique business. Although he had never been in contact with it before, he had a general understanding of this type of profession after running around for several years. However, he did not expect that Xinjiang would have a place for gambling on stones.

  "Men, there are hardly any who aren't interested in gambling at all. There's always some degree of a gambler inside them. It's very thrilling, and going once will guarantee that you'll be so tense you'll forget everything else. Today, just leave it to me, I'll make sure you have fun."

  In Zhou Ming Luo's contemplation, Ren Li Heng smiled and opened his mouth again. His original intention to bring Zhou Ming Luo over was just to let the other party use the stimulation of gambling stones to forget yesterday's troubles.

  Although it seems unnecessary now, since he has already come, he won't make a wasted trip.

  "Thank you." Zhou Ming's heart suddenly rose with a warm feeling, no matter whether the other party was instructed by Ren Zhongshan to do so or not. However, he truly wanted to let him forget his troubles, which was enough for him to sincerely thank him.

  Especially under such a threat yesterday, Ren's family still did this, which makes people feel precious.

  "Hey, don't be polite with me. If you really want to thank me, just help me pick out two good pieces of wool when we get there. I'm counting on rubbing off some of your good luck." Ren Liheng chuckled and said with a relaxed tone.

  Of course, he was joking, although he knew that Zhou Ming was very good at antique appraisal, almost as good as his grandfather, but gambling on stones had nothing to do with antique appraisal, and what they were betting on was jade.

  He didn't think Zhou Mingluo could help him at all.

  However, Zhou Ming Luo who was standing beside him heard this and his heart skipped a beat. Betting on jade, it's just an uncut raw material from the jade mine, letting you bet whether there is jade inside or not. Currently, there is no technology that can see through the raw material to detect if there is jade inside, but his [Mì Wén Fú] could see through it. Although he also didn't know if [Mì Wén Fú] could really see through the raw material, but if it really could, then he might be able to help Ren Li Heng out with ease.