CH 184

The moment Liao Sufan fell in front of the museum and he turned him over to see his face, he had fallen.

But the love between men was incestuous, so he did not dare to say it easily, for fear of arousing Liao Sufan’s disgust.

This secret love had been in his heart for four years and had always made him sleepless.

The feeling has been tormenting him, and he often dreams of Liao Sufan looking at him tenderly, making his heart flutter.

On that day, he was overjoyed to learn that Governor Liao had had Wen Xuyao beaten 20 times for trying to sue him.

He had always disliked Wen Xuyao and sometimes expressed this in his casual conversations with Governor Liao. So Governor Liao must have taken it to heart.

[Hehehe. This boy has a spring in his step. Tell him directly if you like him]. A childish joking voice rang out in his head.

Fang Xuelin blushed and looked at Liao Sufan with shy eyes, “Governor Liao, it’s thanks to you for that day.”

“What day?” Liao Sufan asked, frowning.

“Thank you for believing me and standing up for me that day Wen Xuyao tried to sue me and for not listening to the slanderous words of the villain. ” Fang Xuelin said in a low voice.

Liao Sufan’s face suddenly darkened. His small friendship with Fang Xuelin was not a secret in the city. He had Wen Xuyao beaten because of the “ghosts and gods” story, but from an outsider’s point of view, they would think that he was avenging Fang Xuelin. If Fang Xuelin felt that way, then what about Wen Xuyao.

The two were already at odds with each other, and he had made Fang Xuelin look good while suppressing Wen Xuyao, so how could Wen Xuyao not blame him?

He felt Wen Xuyao was already benevolent for not driving him out of the Wen family’s ancestral home that day, but he still felt that Wen Xuyao was cold towards him.

He had seen him twice and hurt him both times. Wasn’t he to blame?

Liao Sufan frowned, “Mr. Fang, you may have misunderstood. I was not sticking up for you. I misjudged the matter and I am very apologetic about it. There are many original stones in this garden, so I will not disturb Mr. Fang in his selection, goodbye. ”

The stones in the garden were all obtained by Wang Baiqian, and he had divided them into dozens of stalls, placing them at different starting prices. If a person chose a stone, they could buy it at the starting price, but if two people wanted the same stone at the same time, it would be auctioned to the highest bidder.

Gambling on valuable stones was a one in a million chance. If you are experienced and lucky, you will be able to buy this one valuable stone and then live in luxury.

That is why gambling on rocks is a matter of one stroke of poverty and one stroke of wealth.

The people in the garden were not only from Fengcheng. Many people from outside the city came to the garden in admiration.

Fang Xuelin had been involved in the stone gambling trade for several months and was already well known in the market, so after Liao Sufan left, several people gathered around to greet him.

Liao Sufan had excellent ears, so he heard someone ask, “It looks like Mr. Fang and Governor Liao are very close, I didn’t expect you two to have such a friendship.”

“Mr. Fang has a friend like Governor Liao, yet he still keeps a low profile, unlike the flamboyant Wen Xuyao. ”

“No, no, no. I am only a gentleman’s friend to Governor Liao. Besides, Lord Liao beat up Wen Xuyao because he was at fault. Lord Liao has always been strict, so how could he stand up for me? You must not misunderstand him.”

“Haha, you have a great relationship with Lord Liao and are thinking of him in every way. It is a blessing for Lord Liao to have a gentleman’s friend like Mr. Fang.”

“Yes, yes, it’s just that Mr. Fang is kind-hearted, but there are always people who want to be the clown. Look, isn’t that young master Wen who was beaten by the governor? ”

“He’s so uneducated, he dares to come to a place like this. It seems that beating hasn’t made him remember enough.”

“I think it’s because his family has fallen on hard times and he wants to come here to gamble. But this gambling house is much more brutal than others. So Young Master Wen should not lose his money and even his ancestral home. ”

The crowd of people surrounded Fang Xuelin, laughing and joking, praising him and pointing out to Wen Xuyao.

A wave of nameless anger arose in Liao Sufan’s heart when he heard this, and he gave those people a glance out of the corner of his eye, taking note of them one by one.

There were hundreds of people in the garden, but his eyes could always find Bai Lixin’s figure at a glance.

Bai Lixin had lowered his head and seriously examined the stone, his lean waist straight, not paying any attention to the comments of the people around him.

Liao Sufan felt a dull pain in his heart. He wanted to help Wen Xuyao, but in the end, the one who brought the most harm was simply him, the confused judge.

It was because of his order for a beating that made others think Wen Xuyao had fallen so low that he could be bullied by others, and it was him, Liao Sufan, who took the lead.

As his eyes followed Bai Lixin, Liao Sufan noticed that he had stopped in front of a stall and squatted down to pick up a stone and talk to the vendor about something, as if he was asking for a price.

After the two had talked for a while, Liao Sufan saw a frown on his face. Seeing this, he walked straight over and asked the peddler, “What is the price of this stone?”

The peddler was just a stall-holder and did not know any officials. He only thought that Liao Sufan was a young master who had come to buy goods, so he smiled and said, “This young master, you have a good eye. This stone has just been brought back by our master, and you will only be charged two taels. ”

Liao Sufan nodded and looked at Bai Lixin beside him, “Do you want this stone?”

Liao Sufan noticed that Bai Lixin’s frown deepened when he got closer to him, and he sighed in his heart and asked again, “Do you want this stone?”

Only then did Bai Lixin seem to come back to his senses and shook his head, “No, I was just casually asking.” After putting down the stone, Bai Lixin stood up, pulled Huang Hongyuan, and walked past Liao Sufan to the next stall to ask.

Liao Sufan, who had been ignored to one side, gave a bitter smile and took the stone that Bai Lixin put down and weighed it with his hand.

The stone, which the peddler had described as freshly mined, was even colder than normal stone. It felt colder than ice.

If he felt this way, then Bai Lixin, who had picked up the stone for so long with his bare hands, must have got frostbite.

When he put down the stone and looked in Bai Lixin’s direction, he saw that the latter was also looking at him, and his frown was getting tighter.

A lightning bolt passed through Liao Sufan’s mind. After yesterday’s meeting, he knew Wen Xuyao was not the kind of person who held grudges, so why would he scowl at him in such a place? Could it be that there was something wrong with these stones?

He looked at Bai Lixin in confusion and found that the latter had nodded to him unnoticeably as if he had already guessed what he was thinking.

The stones on the stall were only small stones, with prices fluctuating between a few pieces of silver. It was not that the stones were small, but rather that they were of little value. An experienced gambler would not put too much effort into these small stones but wait for the really expensive ones to appear.

After waiting in the cold for nearly an hour, Wang Baiqian, the head of the Wang family, arrived wearing a fur coat made of fox fur.

He was followed by dozens of his men, carrying a dozen boulders.

The boulders were carefully placed on the table one by one before Wang Baiqian smiled and said, “Thank you all for your support. I am very grateful to you. These are stones of good colour, so you can appreciate them for a while before we start the auction in half an hour. ”

When the real prize came up, everyone flocked to the auction to appreciate it.

Fang Xuelin also came up, surrounded by the crowd, and began to look at the stones with his golden eye.

[I’m so hungry.] The Jade Soul’s voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

Fang Xuelin’s body lurched and he frowned, [Can you wait a bit? Let me buy the stones first, and when I have money, I will go to the antique market to pluck some antiques for you. You’ve eaten up all the aura of the huge Wen family house. How come you’re already hungry?]

[That was three months ago. I haven’t eaten any aura for three months, and you use your golden pupil from time to time, so I can’t hold on for long. You should hurry up. I’m so hungry. I’m afraid I won’t be able to maintain your golden pupil.]

[Okay, okay, I know, I’ll be ready soon.]

According to the Jade Soul, activating the Golden Pupil would consume its aura, and the more the ability is used, the more aura that is consumed.

Fang Xuelin did not dare use his Golden Pupil so much, and as soon as the boulders came up, he activated his Golden Pupil to phase in on the stones.

Only after he had decided on the stone to be auctioned did he pretend to be cautious and look over the other dozen or so boulders carefully.

Some of these stones had been cut out by Wang Baiqian, revealing a small hole to reveal the emerald water inside, while others were still hard stones covered in grey.

Some of these stones were weighed, some were illuminated with a very bright light, and some were observed for their weathered shape and colour.

Some were waiting for Fang Xuelin to ask for a price.

Fang Xuelin laughed coldly in his heart and lingered for a few minutes on one of the stones with a window already opened. A look of amazement flashed in his eyes before he moved his eyes to the side again.

These people had their minds made up when they saw this and targeted the stone that Fang Xuelin had just put attention on.