Chapter 54: A One-Hundred-Million-Dollar Wager!

"Whether I am qualified to help Miss Murong has anything to do with you?"

Jiang Cheng looked coldly at Huang Chengye, his knuckles cracking as he clenched his fists, not sparing Huang Chengye a single shred of face!

As soon as these words fell, Huang Chengye's expression instantly turned frosty, cruelty brimming in his eyes.

Glancing at Jiang Cheng's tightly clenched fists, the corners of Huang Chengye's mouth curled into an arc, and he sneered, "Ha! What? I speak a bit of truth and you're already flying into a rage? Are you going to hit me? A middle-school dropout trash really has zero class!"

"Huang Chengye, that's enough! Can't you ever stop? Who I choose to cooperate with is my own decision! You have no right to interfere!"

Seeing Huang Chengye's aggressive posture, Murong Xue, standing nearby, could no longer stand it and rebuked angrily.

Huang Chengye frowned, his tone softening as he said, "Xiaoxue! Uncle and Auntie both told me that you were only constrained by Jiang Cheng because of your strange illness. Now that I've brought Master Chen to cure you, there's no need for you to keep cooperating with this piece of trash! Isn't cooperating with me a hundred times better than cooperating with this loser? Xiaoxue, I know you need top-tier raw materials right now, and my Huang family can help you!"

Murong Xue looked at Huang Chengye's bootlicking expression with utter disgust.

For the sake of family interests, the two families had intended to betrothe her to Huang Chengye. This kind of love bound by family interests was something Murong Xue would rather die than accept.

This was precisely the main reason why she was determined to build her own jewelry brand!

Because as long as she had her own career, she would never become a pawn for family interests!

Murong Xue said coldly, "There's no need! Did I ask you to cure my illness? Even without you, I'll be just fine by Jiang Cheng's side. Did I ask you to stick your nose into other people's business?"

"You!" Huang Chengye was choked with sudden rage, feeling as heavy and uncomfortable in his chest as if a thousand-jin boulder was pressing down on it.

He was the one who cured Murong Xue's illness, yet Murong Xue was blaming him for meddling!

And even after all this, Murong Xue was still protecting Jiang Cheng, which made his anger flare up even more intensely.

The Murong and Huang families had deep cooperative ties, and the Huang family was the Murong family's largest jade raw material supplier. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that without the Huang family's support, Murong Shan's Tiansheng Group could never have become number one in Qingzhou!

Murong Shan understood this principle deeply, which was why he also intended to arrange a marriage between the two families.

You could even say it was not an exaggeration to consider Murong Xue as Huang Chengye's woman!

Yet right now, his own woman was protecting another man—and a stinky loser dressed in cheap street clothes who hadn't even graduated from high school!

How could Huang Chengye possibly tolerate this?

Glaring coldly at Jiang Cheng, he said, "Heh! Jiang Cheng, I heard all about it from Auntie. Even the money you used to bid on the raw stones came from Xiaoxue. Spending a woman's money is one thing, but after the stones were cut, you still had the nerve to sell them back to her at a markup? So basically, you just flap your gums and the money rolls right into your pocket? Damn it! Prostitutes working in massage parlors don't make money as easily as you do! You're a master at getting something for nothing!"

Murong Shan and Ye Rong simply stood to the side in silence, watching coldly.

If they had previously shown Jiang Cheng some deference out of concern for their daughter's strange illness, that was in the past.

Now, their daughter's strange illness had been cured by the middle-aged Daoist priest!

How could high-and-mighty people like them continue to have any association with a stinky loser like Jiang Cheng?

Naturally, they wouldn't say a single word in Jiang Cheng's defense.

The benefits the Huang family brought to the Murong family were definitely something Jiang Cheng could never compare to.

Furthermore, everything Huang Chengye said was precisely what they had wanted to say themselves!

Therefore, they didn't mind at all if Huang Chengye cleared this Jiang Cheng out of their daughter's life.

Hearing Huang Chengye's taunts, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but smile coldly.

"Young Master Huang, apart from flashing your father's resources everywhere to show off and boost your own ego, what else are you capable of? If you could win top-tier raw materials just by flapping your gums, if I were Miss Murong, I'd gladly spend money on you too. Unfortunately..."

"You..."

Huang Chengye's face turned green with rage; how could he possibly miss the subtext in Jiang Cheng's words?

Jiang Cheng's remark carried two layers of meaning.

First, it mocked him for being incompetent, completely useless except for relying on his father's resources to show off everywhere!

Second, it implied: Murong Xue would rather cooperate with him, Jiang Cheng, than with you, Huang Chengye. Don't you have any self-awareness about what kind of person you actually are?

With eyes full of anger, Huang Chengye said sarcastically, "Heh! Jiang Cheng, just because of those few uncut stones you've got, do you think you're really something special? Do you think you're omnipotent and already the biggest raw jade merchant in Qingzhou City? How about my Huang family hands the top spot over to you, then?"

Jiang Cheng wasn't angry at all; he just smiled faintly. "Omnipotent is a bit of a stretch, but becoming the biggest raw jade merchant in Qingzhou City doesn't seem entirely impossible either! As for the Huang family? They're just so-so."

Jiang Cheng wasn't just spouting empty words; he was speaking the absolute truth.

However, heard in the ears of the others, it sounded like the most ridiculous joke in the world!

Everyone's expressions turned playful and mocking!

Who didn't know that the largest raw jade merchant in Qingzhou City was none other than the Huang family?

Their capital reached a full ten billion.

Yet this Jiang Cheng had to borrow money just to buy a single raw stone, and he actually had the nerve to mock the Huang family!

It was truly hilarious.

Huang Chengye sneered, "Fine! I heard you still have four stones left that haven't been cut. Let me, Huang Chengye, witness your skills!"

Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes and smiled coldly, "The stones I bid on—why should I let you witness anything? Are you my son? Do you think you're qualified to take a look?"

"You..."

Huang Chengye's back teeth were itching with hatred!

He could simply not understand how a poor ghost who hadn't even finished high school could be so arrogant.

"How about this! I, Huang Chengye, will make a bet with you. Let's not even talk about all four—if even just one of those four stones you have is cut and turns out to be worth over one hundred million, I, Huang Chengye, will pay you ten million! But if it's worth less than one hundred million or turns out to be worthless trash, I want you to get down on your knees and beg to lick the soles of my shoes!"

Jiang Cheng looked at Huang Chengye as if he were an idiot.

Ten million?

"Young Master Huang, you want to make a bet with me for just ten million? Are you worthy? What? Do you really think I'd sell my dignity for ten million and lick your shoes? Why don't we flip it: if you lose, you get on your knees and lick my stinky shoes; if you win, I'll give you ten million. How about that?"

Huang Chengye's smile grew even wider, his expression dripping with playfulness. "Alright, Jiang Cheng. I thought ten million would be enough to buy your face, but it seems I still underestimated you! Name it then! How much do you want to bet? Twenty million? Thirty million? I'll accompany you anytime!"

Jiang Cheng coldly raised a single finger. "One hundred million! I'll only cut one piece! If the cut material is worth more than one hundred million, you lose to me one hundred million! If it turns out to be trash or worth less than one hundred million, I'll get down on your knees, inspect your shoes, and lick them clean. How does that sound?"

Hearing this, Huang Chengye's mouth split into a massive grin!

Was this Jiang Cheng an absolute fool?

With a fierce look in his eyes, he said, "Only cutting one piece? You said it yourself. But I'm going to add one more condition: if you lose, I want both your hands and your eyes!"

If he won, he could cripple Jiang Cheng once and for all!

If he lost, it was merely one hundred million anyway!

One hundred million was nothing to him.

No matter how he looked at it, he didn't feel he would suffer any loss.

Besides, he didn't believe for a second that he would lose.

That was a jade material worth over one hundred million!

How could it be so easy to find?

In the jade-producing country, the probability of gem-grade jade coming out of raw stones in an entire year was barely 1%!

Let alone a material worth over one hundred million—it was practically unheard of.

And most crucially, Jiang Cheng was stupid enough to say he would only cut *one* piece!

Getting a one-hundred-million-worth material out of a single piece was pure daydreaming!

Furthermore, the value of jade wasn't something you could just establish by running your mouth!

If you say it's worth one hundred million, and I say it's worthless, what can you do about it?

Today, he was definitely going to cripple this Jiang Cheng!

Jiang Cheng naturally guessed Huang Chengye's little schemes, but he didn't care at all!

He nodded directly: "Alright! I'll take the bet! However, I want to invite Elder Liu Ruiming to serve as our independent appraiser!"

Huang Chengye's gaze flickered slightly; this Jiang Cheng had actually seen through his petty tricks.

Still, it didn't matter.

Huang Chengye smiled with a wicked charm: "Done! Elder Liu's authority is trustworthy! I, Huang Chengye, accept this bet!"