Chapter 254: Chapter 254

"I’ll check it out in a moment." An Yan turned to Mo Shiyan. "Could you arrange a separate sterile room for us? The research can’t stop."

"Sure!" Mo Shiyan beckoned a servant over, and the room was quickly prepared.

After An Yan went in, she once again ignored Mu Enyu’s eager eyes and began to seriously flip through their research materials.

Mu Enyu, after trying to speak several times and being ignored by An Yan each time, had no choice but to dejectedly start her own work.

Mo Yunkai’s family and Mo Yunying’s family had both arrived. Mo Shiyan had someone invite An Yan over.

In the main hall, An Yan witnessed their families’ bidding process.

As expected, Mo Shiyan’s twenty percent stake was acquired by Feng Jingnian.

Feng Jingnian, triumphant, immediately began to arrange for a shareholders’ meeting.

After he left, Mo Yunkai took his wife and children to the hospital, reportedly even involving a team of lawyers. It must have been to transfer his shares to the Old Master.

「At eight o’clock in the evening.」

While An Yan was pondering how to return to the mountain villa, Feng Jingnian suddenly stormed the Mo Family residence with a group of thugs, claiming Mo Shiyan and Mo Yunkai had tricked him.

During the scuffle, An Yan and Officer Xiaohe intervened to protect Mo Shiyan and Mo Yunkai’s family.

Overpowered, Feng Jingnian left, cursing and swearing.

As soon as he got home, he grabbed Little Squirrel. "Come on, follow me out to buy stones!"

Did Mo Shiyan think he could drive him into a corner ? He still had Little Squirrel!

Feng Jingnian took Little Squirrel to the night market. He planned to cut a stone first to get some cash, then use the money to buy more stones. Making several hundred million in one night would be no problem.

For this, he had specifically called several wealthy bosses. All of them were loaded.

Knowing Feng Jingnian was short on cash, they were all very generous. "Young Master Feng, as long as you can cut an emerald, we’ll buy it!"

However, the first Raw Stone yielded only mediocre quality. A stone worth a little over one hundred thousand sold for two hundred thousand; the extra amount was largely a gesture of goodwill from that boss.

Feng Jingnian was furious and glared fiercely at Little Squirrel. "Get your act together! Otherwise, I’ll tear you apart right here!"

Little Squirrel, startled, shuddered and shakily pointed to another stone.

This time, another stone of mediocre quality was revealed.

Feng Jingnian, knife in hand, was about to kill Little Squirrel.

His subordinates quickly stopped him. "Young Master, Young Master, could it be that the stones in this market are just not good? Why don’t we try a more high-end place?"

Feng Jingnian thought that made sense.

Carrying Little Squirrel, he moved to a mining yard and went straight into their warehouse to pick stones.

The yard had a rule: stones couldn’t be cut on-site. Customers had to buy them in bulk and take them back, regardless of whether they contained emeralds. Finding an emerald was a matter of luck, as the yard took no responsibility for barren stones.

Feng Jingnian held Little Squirrel up. "Choose!"

Little Squirrel began to point with its tiny paws. With so many stones and it being unable to speak, the transport workers couldn’t figure out which specific one it was indicating.

Having no other choice, Feng Jingnian opened the cage and let it out to choose.

Freed, Little Squirrel was ecstatic. It hopped and skipped around the warehouse, eventually selecting about a hundred stones of various sizes.

After weighing them, they totaled six thousand jin. At one hundred fifty thousand per jin, Feng Jingnian had to spend nine hundred million for these stones!

Feng Jingnian was out of money, but the bosses with him had plenty. They pooled their funds and bought the stones, making it clear the money was a loan to Feng Jingnian.

As Feng Jingnian wrote out IOUs for them, he said, "I, Feng Jingnian, will remember your kindness! After these stones are cut, I’ll give them to you at a friendship price. From now on, for any of my Feng Jingnian’s Raw Stones, you’ll all enjoy a friendship price!"

The bosses thanked him in turn. They had been paying attention to Feng Jingnian’s recent performance, which was why they dared to gamble so heavily with him.

Little Squirrel had become a legendary creature in their circle. Whether or not Feng Jingnian could take over the Mo Family, as long as he had Little Squirrel, he could quickly amass a great fortune.

After leaving the mining yard, the group arrived at one of Feng Jingnian’s villas. The stone-cutting master was already waiting.

Unexpectedly, the first stone cut open turned out to be a Waste Stone. Check latest chapters at novel·fiɾe·net

Feng Jingnian’s heart sank.

"No worries," one of the bosses said. "It’s impossible to get an emerald every time in this business. There are still over a hundred stones left; let’s continue cutting."

Feng Jingnian forced a smile. "Yes, let’s continue."

But one after another, of the five stones cut consecutively, only one yielded emerald, and it was of the lowest quality with flaws.

Even the stone-cutting master began to panic. Recently, all the stones from Feng Jingnian’s place have been top-notch. Why the sudden change today...?

"Don’t stop! Keep cutting for me!" Feng Jingnian roared, then turned to grab Little Squirrel, only to find Little Squirrel’s cage completely empty.

"Find it! Find that little beast for me!" He was going to butcher it with his own hands!

Unfortunately, his men couldn’t find Little Squirrel anywhere. Nothing could be seen on the surveillance cameras.

Several stone-cutting masters worked simultaneously. Of the more than one hundred Raw Stones, by the end, only that single piece of flawed emerald was found. All the others were Waste Stones!

Feng Jingnian was so angry he nearly exploded on the spot.

"Young Master Feng, this..." The bosses exchanged glances. They had loaned money to Feng Jingnian to buy these stones. Now that no emeralds were found, surely Feng Jingnian wouldn’t refuse to pay them back, would he?

"Don’t worry!" Feng Jingnian declared. "I, Feng Jingnian, am not so shameless as to welch on my debts to you! Although today’s stones were a bust, I still have some inventory!"

That was the inventory Feng Jingnian had set aside for himself, selected by Little Squirrel from his own warehouse.

Feng Jingnian took out his keys and led the bosses to his Raw Stone warehouse at the Sea of Flowers.

They bypassed the first few storerooms and went straight to the last one.

The stones on the shelves looked to be of exceptional quality. The bosses immediately felt relieved.

Feng Jingnian announced, "The stones in this warehouse are absolutely the best in terms of type and water content. Each one, once cut open, will be worth over a hundred million!"

"Shall we cut one open and take a look then?" a boss suggested.

The others quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, cut one open and let us witness it!"

This time, the stone-cutting master was much more confident. He moved a shoebox-sized stone onto the cutting machine. Just a few days ago, he had cut a similar one, and it had yielded a top-quality emerald!

This time... This time...

It was another Waste Stone!

"How is this possible?" Feng Jingnian swayed, reaching out to a nearby tree to steady himself. "Switch to another one! Quickly!"

He couldn’t believe it. All these stones were chosen by Little Squirrel... Little Squirrel! Little Squirrel, where are you?

"Men! Get everyone the hell out there and find it! I want that squirrel torn to pieces!"

No matter whether the next stones yielded emeralds or not, Little Squirrel was as good as dead!

Feng Jingnian’s men immediately rushed out. Some checked the surveillance footage, while others drove off in cars. A vast dragnet was spread, all because of Little Squirrel.