Second pregnancy, sixth child: The beloved mom's disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 80 The Jade Market, see Bruce

After eating two candies, Ning Yao remembered that the man had helped her earlier.

If it weren't for him, Huo Zhijing would never have agreed to let her perform first aid on his daughter; the little girl would likely be dead by now.

But they had never met before, so why would the man believe that she could cure the little girl?

Thinking of this, Ning Yao glanced at the man beside her and asked in a gentle voice, "Sir, why are you so willing to vouch for me? Aren't you afraid that if I can't cure that little girl, you'll get into trouble?"

"I believe you can do it." The man didn't even look at Ning Yao. He took out a thin notebook and his fingers flew across the keyboard, seemingly handling official business.

"You don't even know me, so why should you trust me?" Ning Yao still didn't understand. As she spoke, the sweet aroma of gummy candy lingered on her lips and tongue, making people feel happy.

She glanced at the man's notebook casually, only vaguely making out a few letters before looking away.

The man closed his notebook, looked at Ning Yao seriously, and spoke in a deep, magnetic voice.

There's a saying in Z country: "Treat a dead horse as if it were alive." Besides, I've never been afraid of "getting into trouble."

This last sentence was truly flamboyant and unrestrained, yet it also gave Ning Yao a strange sense of familiarity.

She inexplicably saw the shadow of another person in this man; the two figures overlapped strangely, yet there was no sense of incongruity.

The plane quickly landed on the tarmac in Country Y. Ning Yao got off the plane and parted ways with the black-haired, blue-eyed man.

Upon arriving at the hotel, Ning Yao checked in at the front desk, took the elevator to her room, and then swiped her card to enter.

Without even removing her makeup, she put down her luggage and called Bruce.

"Mr. Bruce, I'm already in Country Y. When would be a convenient time for you to meet and discuss cooperation?"

The background noise on the other end of the phone was loud, and Bruce's voice was intermittent until a minute later when it gradually became clear.

"Miss Bella, I'm at a jade gambling convention. Would you do me the honor of joining me?"

Bruce refused to discuss the collaboration, instead inviting Ning Yao to have fun at the jade gambling convention.

Ning Yao thought for a moment and then agreed. After receiving the address, she said she would arrive as soon as possible.

After leaving the hotel, Ning Yao took a taxi to the jade gambling convention. Coincidentally, the driver was Chinese.

The driver glanced at Ning Yao in the rearview mirror, assuming she was just a naive young girl, and asked enthusiastically, "Miss, are you going to the jade gambling convention?"

Ning Yao felt a sense of familiarity upon hearing his fluent English with a Chinese accent, and immediately nodded in response, replying in fluent Mandarin.

"Yes, I went to participate in jade gambling."

Jade gambling is actually a way of trading raw jadeite. When jadeite is mined, it is covered by a weathered skin, making it impossible to know whether the jadeite inside is good or bad. It must be cut to see the quality of the jadeite, which is the gambling element.

Seeing that Ning Yao looked innocent and spoke fluent Mandarin, the driver immediately warned her, "The jade gambling convention is a ruthless place that preys on people. If you don't know anything about it, don't spend a lot of money on stones, or you might lose everything!"

Ning Yao smiled and nodded at the driver's kindness.

The meeting place was soon reached. The driver parked the car steadily in the open space, and Ning Yao paid the fare and got out of the car.

The first thing you see is the building of the jade gambling convention. The building is extremely tall, as if it reaches into the clouds, and the decoration is luxurious. It is glittering everywhere, with luxury cars and crowds of people. It is very lively.

Ning Yao showed the security guard the electronic pass Bruce had given her as she entered the door and was able to enter the lobby smoothly.

The hall was spacious, with two long rows of tables near the entrance, displaying a dazzling array of uncut green gemstones.

Bruce called her to the jade gambling site, most likely to test her eye for jade.

Without Xiao Liu's help, Ning Yao felt somewhat uncertain. With a calm expression, she walked to a stall, picked up a rough stone at random, thought about what Xiao Liu had said before, weighed it in her palm, and then took out a small flashlight to shine inside.

After examining it for a long time, Ning Yao still couldn't figure it out and felt a little discouraged.

Just as she was about to put down the raw stone, she was suddenly jolted by a spatial sensation. Her eyes became uncomfortable, itchy and painful, so she had to close her eyelids to relieve the discomfort. After closing them, she discovered that she could actually see the jadeite inside the stone through spatial perception.

Ning Yao was overjoyed, never expecting that the space would trigger her golden eye ability at this moment.

The space spirit explained, "The essence of space is transformed from white flame blood jade, which is the king of jade. Any jadeite rough will reveal its original form when it encounters white flame blood jade."

It turned out to be like this...

Ning Yao then understood why her stepmother, Feng Meiyi, had gone to such lengths to fight for the White Flame Blood Jade.

The space provided by White Flame Blood Jade not only has the ability to repair with spiritual springs, but also can prolong life and nourish the skin.

It can even make the host of the White Flame Blood Jade a god of gambling on stones, invincible, and this huge wealth is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Seeing that Ning Yao was holding onto the raw stone tightly, the stall owner assumed she was hesitating and immediately put on a smile, enthusiastically promoting it to her.

Ning Yao absentmindedly hummed in response, picking out a few stones of decent quality from the stall while dealing with the vendor. She then asked the vendor to find a handcart to load them up for her.

I bought five or six stones, which cost a total of 20,000 yuan in gold, equivalent to about 130,000 yuan in Chinese currency.

Ning Yao was already outstanding in appearance, and coupled with her generous spending, she actually spent so much money to buy some worthless raw materials. Many people around who saw this scene were secretly shocked and laughed at Ning Yao for not knowing anything about the industry. They said that in the end, she would probably lose so much that even her own mother wouldn't recognize her!

Ning Yao didn't care what people around her were saying about her. Whether she was a naive and innocent girl or not, she would find out when the stone was cut later.

Pushing a cart full of raw materials, Ning Yao walked past the mocking gazes of the crowd. At this moment, two people walked towards her, one of whom clapped his hands and applauded. It was unclear whether he was maliciously mocking Ning Yao or admiring her naivety and fearlessness.

Bruce walked over side by side with an elderly man with white hair wearing a navy blue Tang suit; it was the man who had clapped earlier.

Ning Yao nodded slightly to Bruce, then turned her gaze to the old man beside him.

The old man was Asian, very elegant, with a smile on his face that made him seem kind and friendly, but his eyes were incredibly shrewd, not someone to be trifled with.

Seeing that Bruce treated the old man with great courtesy, and even lowered his tone of voice, Ning Yao understood.

This old man is no ordinary person; he is most likely a top figure in the jade gambling industry.