Chapter 32: Green

"You still have 850 yuan with me." Yi Zichen said, "Why don't you buy a stone? If you win money, it's on you. If you lose, it's on me!"

Guo Xiang shook her head. She didn't want to take advantage of him. They share a professional relationship. If she took his things for free, she would feel inferior. She didn't like this feeling.

"You'd better give me my money first. Then, I can decide whether I want to buy it or not!" Guo Xiang said.

Yi Zichen nodded. After spending two days together, he knew that Guo Xiang was a very opinionated person, so he didn't force her.

He asked Huang Zhengli to wrap up the red jade and gave her the money that should be given to Guo Xiang first.

Guo Xiang held the money in her hands and began to have complicated feelings. Originally, this money could be considered a "huge sum", but compared to them, it was literally nothing. She really felt a little cowardly.

"Little sister, I also have some cheap raw materials here. Do you want to take a look?" The shopkeeper greeted Guo Xiang warmly.

She came with Xiao Binglin and the others, so he naturally welcomed her as well. Moreover, he had many raw materials of poor quality, and no one wanted them. He would like to get rid of them when he had the chance. 

Guo Xiang took a look. She couldn't afford to spend 100 yuan, so she could only look at the cheaper ones. 

Among them, some fist-sized stones were piled on the ground. On it was a sign that read "300 yuan per piece".

It was not that she could not afford 300 yuan, but if she really bought a stone and lost, the money she would have to return to Gu Zhennan would be gone.

However, she had already used up a few dozen yuan, and it was not enough. Why not take a gamble?

Guo Xiang thought to herself and smiled. "I'm just looking around!"

She bent down to look at this one and that one. She couldn't decide. 

Even if she could memorize the book that she had read last night, she would not be able to use it so quickly.

On the other side, Xiao Binglin pulled Yi Zichen to look at other raw materials.

Guo Xiang picked up a piece of stone with a thicker skin and a grayish-yellow color. She remembered that the book said that this stone was called "Mogang," and it was very likely to contain jade. Moreover, they usually contain jade that's quite transparent, but there wouldn't be much. She did not know if she had that kind of luck.

Suddenly, Guo Xiang noticed that there seemed to be a green color in the stone. She looked again and saw that there was no green color. Could it be that she had seen wrongly?

She looked again and suddenly felt a sharp pain in her eyes. She blacked out.

"Guo Xiang!"

Yi Zichen, who had kept an eye on, turned pale with fright. He threw the stone in his hand and rushed over to hug Guo Xiang who had collapsed. He shouted anxiously, "Guo Xiang, Guo Xiang, are you okay?"

...

When Guo Xiang woke up, she found herself in the hospital. She asked in a daze, "What's wrong with me?"

"When you suddenly fainted in the gambling den, it scared Zichen," said Huang Zhengli.

"How do you feel now? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Yi Zichen asked worriedly.

Guo Xiang shook her head. "I just feel that my eyes are a little painful."

"Exactly. Your eyes are frighteningly red. Take a look for yourself!" Huang Zhengli took a mirror and handed it to Guo Xiang.

Guo Xiang took a look and found that it was true. Her eyes were red, so red that it seemed like blood was going to drip out.

"What did the doctor say?" Guo Xiang asked.

"The doctor doesn't know what happened either. He just said that it was because you were too tired and didn't get a good rest." Yi Zichen said, "Did you not sleep at all last night because of what happened?"

"Maybe!" Guo Xiang said vaguely, but even if she didn't sleep at all, it wouldn't be this bad?

"How are you feeling? Can you see us clearly?" Huang Zhengli waved two fingers in front of Guo Xiang's eyes. "How man fingers am I holding up?"

"Two!" Guo Xiang rolled her eyes.

"I'm not blind, just in pain." Guo Xiang closed her eyes and covered her eyelids with her palm.

"By the way, the doctor prescribed eye drops. We didn't give you any when you were sleeping. Why don't you use it now?"Yi Zichen said as he handed over a bottle of eye drops.

"Thank you!" Guo Xiang took the eye drops and lay down again. She dripped on drop into each of her eyes and closed her eyes.

"How are you feeling?" Yi Zichen asked.

"A little better. It feels cool, but I feel better!"Guo Xiang nodded.

"Sleep a little earlier tonight. You shouldn't stay up late," Yi Zichen said. "By the way, I still have the stone you wanted. I paid for you."

"The stone I wanted?" Guo Xiang didn't react in time.

"When you fainted, you were still holding the stone tightly in your hands. You wouldn't let go, so Zichen bought it for you," Huang Zhengli said with a smile.

Guo Xiang nodded. "I'll pay you later!"

"No Rush. You should rest first," Yi Zichen said with a faint smile.

After resting for the whole morning, Guo Xiang was discharged from the hospital. There was nothing wrong with her except for the sore eyes, so there was no need for her to stay in the hospital. 

She picked up her own stone and looked at it carefully. She saw that the surface of the stone was grayish-yellow and there was nothing there. Could it be that the green color she saw yesterday wasn't real? 

She focused her eyes again but they started to hurt again. Moreover, she couldn't see anything.

Guo Xiang closed her eyes. Forget it. Maybe she was really seeing things. She didn't want to see it anymore because she didn't want to blind her eyes.

"What should I do with this stone? Should we cut it" Huang Zhengli asked.

"Do it. Otherwise, why would I bring the stone back? Even if I lose, I have to know for a fact that I did," said Guo Xiang.

"Good. We still have to go to the gambling den. I'm going to use all the money I brought, so I can satisfy my family when I go back,"Yi Zichen said.

The three of them returned to the gambling den after lunch. Guo Xiang took her stone to the stonecutter to cut it. 

"How do you want to cut it?" The stonecutter asked.

"Whatever!"G uo Xiang smiled. The raw material bought with 300 yuan looked like an ordinary stone she could find on the side of the road. She doubted she would get anything valuable from it. 

The stone cutter smiled and understood what she meant. He directly cut off one-third of the raw materials.

As expected, it was all white and just stone. 

Guo Xiang wasn't disappointed. She was just buying for fun. If she lost, so be it.

The stone cutter was a little impressed by her calmness. He didn't cut down so aggressively for the second cut. Instead, he cut a little deeper, almost in the middle.

"It's green!" Someone suddenly cried out.

A streak of rich green appeared in front of them.

"Let me see!" Xiao Binglin picked up the stone in surprise and wiped it with a wet cloth. "It's Yang Green. It's a pure ice-type Yang Green. Not bad, not bad!"

Seriously? Guo Xiang was surprised. She didn't see wrongly yesterday? But why couldn't she see it today?

Xiao Binglin picked up a pen and drew a few times on the raw material. Since it was already green, he had to make sure it's cut properly. He didn't want to waste the good material.

The stonecutter also became careful. Finally, he ground out a piece of jade the size of a walnut.

Xiao Binglin handed the Jade to Guo Xiang. "Although it's a little small, it's still pretty good because it's classic Yang Green. There aren't any impurities. It's also an ice species. It's already very rare."

"This color is not bad. It's almost as good as Emperor Green!" Someone said.

"Miss, are you selling this jade? How about three thousand?"

"Five thousand, I'll buy it!" Someone shouted.

Although the jade was small, it was enough to carve a Buddha amulet or two bezels. If it was handled well, it might also be enough for a pair of ear studs. There was still money to be made.