Chapter 661: Chapter 658: The Diancui Hereditary Family Chapter 661: Chapter 658: The Diancui Hereditary Family Everyone had heard of the high-stakes gambling on the high seas, but nobody had actually seen it. Now they had the chance to broaden their horizons; how could these guys pass up such an opportunity?

Huo Sining couldn’t stand up against these people, and could only shamelessly ask Song Xiaochen for a few spots.

The arrangements were made quickly, and they only had to wait ten days. Huo Sining and the others would head to Xiangjiang, but at this moment, she was unaware of the unknown storm that was waiting for her.

“Damn it, she actually got away!”

Liu Yuxuan was so angry that she smashed a lot of things at home, grinding her teeth with hatred for Huo Sining.

“You might escape the monk, but not the temple. Huo Sining, do you really think you can escape the palm of the Qin family?”

Not having won against Huo Sining at the banquet, and having been slapped in front of so many people by her grandfather, Liu Yuxuan felt both angry and resentful, blaming Huo Sining for all her misfortunes and wishing she could tear Huo Sining into pieces.

After Huo Sining left, Liu Yuxuan couldn’t swallow this humiliation and immediately decided to employ people from the Guangcheng underworld to help solve her problem. However, she didn’t receive any news from the hired help until Huo Sining and her group had left Guangcheng.

“Yuer.”

Liu Chongren came looking for Liu Yuxuan and saw the broken pieces on the ground, frowning deeply and glancing at Liu Yuxuan with guilt, “Grandpa had to slap you; you don’t blame me, do you?”

Hearing Liu Chongren speak this way, Liu Yuxuan’s expression softened considerably, but she still felt aggrieved inside. Especially when she thought about her family losing ten billion for no reason, her anger had no outlet. Unable to find Huo Sining, Liu Yuxuan stamped her foot in frustration and said to Liu Chongren:
“Grandpa, you’re so confused. That piece of Worm Jade originally belonged to our family and had nothing to do with that cheap woman! How could you give her the ten billion? Without that money, how are we going to make it through this half-year?”

Liu Chongren sighed at his granddaughter’s unwillingness. “Yuer, Grandpa doesn’t mean to criticize you. You have great talent for betting on stones, but you’re always just short of the needed restraint. Do you know why? It’s because you aren’t steady enough. Patience is the most critical aspect of this art; without it, no amount of skill matters.”

“So, Grandpa is blaming Yuer for not being skilled enough, and that’s why we lost ten billion?”

Liu Yuxuan felt wronged and became sensitive; with setback after setback at the hands of Huo Sining, her mood was even worse. So, after hearing Liu Chongren’s remark, she immediately took it to heart, believing that he was blaming her for causing such a disaster.

Liu Chongren was experienced; just one look at his granddaughter’s annoyed face revealed to him exactly what she was thinking. He couldn’t help but shake his head and say:
“There, I just mentioned that you are not patient enough, and you get agitated. Talking about composure alone, you’re a notch below Huo Sining. Grandpa has spent so many years in this business; I can usually judge people accurately, but this Miss Huo, she really puzzles me. During that stone-betting session at the banquet, her smile never changed from beginning to end, not giving away the slightest hint, let alone her stone-betting skills.”

“Are you saying my stone-betting skills are inferior to hers? Are you trying to boost her morale by putting down your own family? Huo Sining has only been exposed to stone betting for a short while. She hasn’t even learned the systematic knowledge; she was just lucky!”

Liu Yuxuan, feeling diminished by her grandfather’s words, glared at Liu Chongren with displeasure and retorted angrily.

“Why should Grandpa flatter her ambition? If she can’t compare, she simply can’t compare. Do you really think Grandpa would deliberately put you down? This matter isn’t for Grandpa to decide, nor you, but the facts will speak for themselves!”

Liu Chongren’s face froze over, his eyes flickering with a cold light, “Do you know what Grandpa found after studying the video of her stone gambling?”

“What did he find?” Liu Yuxuan asked with a lack of enthusiasm.

Qin Lianshan said blandly, “Grandpa watched the videos from the Ruili gambling tables and the ones from this birthday banquet very carefully, which has made me even more certain of this idea: Huo Sining’s method of inspecting the raw stones is different from ordinary people, she doesn’t use strong lights or magnifying glasses!”

“Are you joking, Grandpa? Inspecting raw stones without a strong flashlight and magnifying glass, how then can you see the Python Band or identify the Pine Flower patterns and fractures?”

Liu Yuxuan believed that her grandfather was blatantly lying; besides, she had seen Huo Sining gamble on stones herself, and Huo Sining clearly used those tools during the gamble.

How could Liu Chongren not be aware of what his granddaughter was thinking? But if he had not observed it himself, he would also never have noticed the hint; Huo Sining’s disguise was just too perfect: “Haven’t you noticed one detail?”

“What detail?”

“Huo Sining, she doesn’t really know how to use a strong flashlight and magnifying glass at all! When she uses them to look at raw stones, she’s very casual, so I am certain that it’s just a ruse to deceive others! She has some other method of inspecting the stones, it’s just that we haven’t discovered it yet!”

A strange and excited gleam erupted in Liu Chongren’s eyes, as if he had stumbled upon some earth-shattering secret.

“What?” Liu Yuxuan exclaimed, her mouth gaping open, staring incredulously at her grandfather, “She used a different method to gamble on stones? What method?”

Liu Chongren shook his head, “This woman seems young, but she’s highly scheming. She’s very good at covering her tracks while gambling on stones; not a single clue is visible. Do you remember the legendary Diancui family that Grandpa told you about? I suspect she might be a descendant of Dian Cui. Otherwise, with your skills, you wouldn’t have lost to her time and again.”

“The Diancui family? You mean the Yue family?”

Liu Yuxuan suddenly lifted her head and stared steadily at Liu Chongren, and after a moment, the corners of her mouth subtly twisted into a peculiar smile, “Grandpa, are you suggesting we play the long game?”

A sly smile spread across Liu Chongren’s face.

Three days before leaving for Xiangjiang, early in the morning, Huo Sining and Yan Feng were having breakfast in the dining room when Bai Yishan stormed into Huo Sining’s house, carrying a bag and looking furious, her eyes swollen like walnuts, and her face exceptionally unsightly.

What had happened? Huo Sining wondered, just about to ask, when Bai Yishan’s phone rang.

Bai Yishan sneered at the phone in her hand and answered it with a barrage of accusations, “Bai Guoming, you think I really don’t know about what happened back then? I’m telling you, Lawyer Zhang has told me everything, you know very well what Dad’s will contained as he lay on his deathbed!”