Spoiled By the Young Master After Reborn In the 80s-Chapter 59 - 58. Conspiracy

Chapter 59: 58. Conspiracy

Chapter 59: 58. Conspiracy

He reached out to pick up the raw stone, Luo Shu examined it carefully once more, and looked towards the stall owner to ask, “Boss, how much for this stone?”

Upon hearing this, the stall owner looked at the raw stone in Luo Shu’s hand and said with a smile, “Ten yuan! But young lady, this is not just any stone, it’s a raw stone, and inside, jade could be unearthed.”

Luo Shu lifted the corners of her lips into a smile, “Boss, could you make it a bit cheaper?” Ten yuan indeed wasn’t expensive, but she could not just accept whatever price the other party stated—wouldn’t that make her a big sucker?

After thinking for a moment, the stall owner gestured the number eight with his hand and said, “Eight yuan, that’s the lowest.” He thought this girl was young and was probably just asking for fun.

Luo Shu hesitated slightly, then extended her palm, “Five yuan, and I’ll buy it.”

The stall owner looked at Luo Shu with some surprise, unsure as he asked, “Do you really want to buy?” Five yuan could buy a lot of things—was she really willing to spend that on a stone? Although it’s possible that jade could be found inside the stone, the chances were slim.

At the beginning, he hadn’t expected her to buy it, so he had just quoted a random price. In fact, even for two yuan, he would have sold it. After all, these stones were dug up from the mountain; it was a business with no capital investment, and to sell was to earn.

“Yes!” Luo Shu nodded affirmatively. She was buying raw stones at this moment only for collecting, and in this era, even if top-quality jade were unearthed, it wouldn’t be worth much. Ordinary people were struggling just to eat—where would they find the extra money to buy jade?

“Alright then, seeing as you’re sincere, I’ll sell it to you,” the stall owner agreed without hesitation. He was happy to make a sale, as he had been setting up his stall here for almost a month, but had only sold a few raw stones. Moreover, many people bought these raw stones just to use them for weighing down pickles.

Luo Shu took out a five yuan note from her pocket and handed it to the stall owner. Currently, this raw stone truly wasn’t valuable, but in the not-too-distant future, it might become a priceless treasure.

“Young lady, would you like to look at other raw stones? I can sell them to you cheaply,” the stall owner said with a beaming smile after taking the money. A worker’s monthly salary was only about ten yuan; by selling a mined raw stone, he had made five yuan. If he could sell a few more, wouldn’t that be better than what those workers made?

Luo Shu once again carefully looked over the stall and indeed discovered two pieces of decent material.

“I’ll take those two as well, how much?” Luo Shu pointed at the two raw stones she had her eye on and asked.

“Let’s just make it five yuan each.” The owner generously declared, his heart already blossoming with joy.

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Luo Shu took out ten yuan, handed it to the stall owner along with the raw stone she was holding, “Please help me wrap them together.”

“Sure thing!” the owner took the money and the raw stones, picked up an empty bamboo basket at his feet, and packed the three raw stones Luo Shu had chosen into it.

Carrying the bamboo basket with the raw stones, Luo Shu had just left the stall selling raw stones when she was called out by another raw stone stall owner, “Young lady, I have a lot of raw stones here as well, come and have a look, I’ll sell them to you for four yuan each, you can choose any you like.”

Luo Shu stopped in her tracks, turned around to look, and her gaze suddenly fixed because she saw on the other’s stall a stone identical to the one she had obtained from Xiao Hu previously.

Regaining her composure, Luo Shu stepped forward, “Boss, are all these raw stones really four yuan each?”

“They’re all four pieces, just pick whichever,” the skinny boss chuckled and nodded.

“Alright, I’ll just pick two,” Luo Shu said as she set the bamboo basket on the ground and squatted to sift through the stall’s selection.

In the end, she chose a raw stone with a greyish-yellow skin, a variety called “smudge hill,” characterized by good Water and base, fewer cracks, and a high-quality jade variety of green or full green with bluish green hues, rarely containing impurities, with glass-like base being more common. However, in later times, when betting on stones really took off, this kind of raw stone became extremely rare.

After paying, Luo Shu placed the two raw stones into her bamboo basket, shouldered it, and headed back in the direction she had come. She didn’t plan to continue buying raw stones. She was already drawing enough attention as it was; buying more could invite unnecessary trouble. She understood the principle that one shouldn’t flaunt wealth.

Back at the guesthouse, Luo Shu inquired at the counter and found that Lu Hanmo hadn’t come looking for her. She felt a slight sense of loss, but she knew that Hanmo would be very busy these days.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!” Gunshots rang out continuously in the dense forest, startling the birds into scattering in all directions.

At this moment, Lu Hanmo was leading his men in pursuit of a fugitive. When he had taken people to wipe out Xiao Hu’s forces, he found that Xiao Hu’s men had already received the news and fled.

Following the traces of the escapees, they arrived here only to discover that the enemy had set up an ambush, lying in wait for them to fall straight into their trap.

Once he realized they were set up, Lu Hanmo made a decisive call to have everyone hide and wait for the right moment to act.

Lu Hanmo hid in the bushes, his sharp gaze like the blade of a knife, coldly scanning the surroundings. As soon as an enemy appeared, he wouldn’t hesitate to shoot. He knew that the reason the enemy was forewarned of their plans was surely because someone had informed them. And this trap was likely targeted at him; the person behind it wanted to put him to death.

After eating something, Luo Shu was about to start cultivating when the door to her room was suddenly knocked on.

Luo Shu lifted her face with a smile as she quickly went to open the door, only to find that the person outside was not Lu Hanmo but a strange man. She immediately became alert. “Who are you looking for?”

“You’re Luo Shu, right? I came to tell you that Lu Hanmo is in danger. He’s in the woods on the outskirts of the city,” the man said softly, then turned and walked towards the stairs.

“Why should I believe you?” Luo Shu watched the man’s retreating back.

“Whether you believe it or not is your business; I’m just responsible for passing on the message,” the man didn’t stop walking.

Luo Shu slowly furrowed her brows, her eyes thoughtful. Yesterday, when Xiao Hu disclosed that he had known about Lu Hanmo’s identity for a long time, she felt as if an invisible hand was manipulating everything behind the scenes. This mission was very likely a conspiracy against Lu Hanmo.

Someone coming specifically to inform her of Lu Hanmo’s situation wasn’t because they knew of her Strength and wanted her to help Hanmo. It was more likely an attempt to test her, to see how deep her relationship with Hanmo really was.

If she went this time, she could face endless trouble in the future. But if she didn’t go, she wouldn’t have peace of mind about Hanmo. Moreover, she suspected that the explosion from her previous life might also be connected to the person wanting to deal with Hanmo.

With these thoughts, Luo Shu closed her door and walked toward the staircase. No matter what the reason was behind the informant sharing that message, she had to go find Lu Hanmo.