Chapter 2368 - 2377: Turn the Tables

Qin Yu had no intention of rooting out Chu Feng, the mole. Do you all want to resort to trickery?

Brother will play the game well with you.

Wandering around the exhibition hall, Qin Yu found as expected that the stones on display, which looked marketable, were actually all duds!

"Little Tian, keep Chu Feng entangled, I’ll go for a stroll across the street."

"Rest assured, Yu Bro, I definitely won’t let him take a step out of the office door!"

Although Liu Tian didn’t understand the purpose of Qin Yu’s actions, he resolutely carried out the instructions.

Qin Yu smiled slightly, applied an Illusion Technique on himself, transformed into Chu Feng’s appearance, and casually walked towards Exhibition Hall No. 53.

As soon as Chu Feng entered Exhibition Hall No. 53, someone immediately reported it to the general manager’s office.

Upon receiving the news, An Jianming and Hu Zhuoqing were puzzled.

"Boss An, isn’t Chu Feng being too reckless? At such a sensitive time, how can he just run to Exhibition Hall No. 53 without caution? Isn’t he afraid of being seen through by Chi Yanyan?"

"Chu Feng isn’t the type to be so reckless, what got into him today?"

While both men were clueless about the situation, there was a knock on the office door. An Jianming said sternly, "Please come in."

With a creak, Qin Yu pushed the door open and entered.

An Jianming frowned and asked, "Old Chu, didn’t we agree? Before this matter settles down, you’re not supposed to come to Exhibition Hall No. 53 at will."

Qin Yu blurted out a string of nonsense, "Boss An, it wasn’t me who came here of my own volition, it was Chi Yanyan who asked me to come over. That woman is desperate for any cure; she wanted me to buy a batch of stones from you first to tide over the crisis."

"Really? It seems like Chi Yanyan is indeed desperate!"

Hu Zhuoqing laughed and said, "Hahaha, Brother Chu, later you must show your prowess, appraise the stones properly! We absolutely cannot let you bring back even a bit of green to Chi Yanyan!"

"If I’m really not sure, isn’t Zhuoqing there to check as well?" Qin Yu smirked wickedly.

"Daring to scrutinize, I dare not claim, but, providing some suggestions, I certainly can." Hu Zhuoqing grinned and chuckled.

"Then let’s get started!" Qin Yu was the first to leave the office. Little rascals, you dare to play dirty behind the scenes, watch me take you down!

In the beginning, fearing ’Chu Feng’ would make a mistake, Hu Zhuoqing and An Jianmin accompanied him.

But seeing that Chu Feng was selecting stones of poor appearance, Hu Zhuoqing and An Jianming relaxed.

"Brother Chu, we trust you to handle things, but you can’t just pick ones of poor appearance. If Chi Yanyan pays attention, she will certainly realize something is wrong. Pick some with good appearance too."

"Alright, no problem."

"Brother Chu, we have some other matters to attend to, please excuse us."

Hu Zhuoqing and An Jianming felt very assured about ’Chu Feng’ and returned to the office together.

This left Qin Yu unguarded, and he let out a cold laugh, swiftly using methods for appraising raw stones to select a large batch of stones with green.

Qin Yu did not send the stones directly to Exhibition Hall No. 52 but to the warehouse instead.

In fact, he had already secretly stashed the high-quality stones into the Purple Micro Star Ring.

An Jianming’s secretary reported every move of Qin Yu to An Jianming, hearing that Qin Yu had casually picked out the stones after just a few glances, both Hu Zhuoqing and An Jianming were relieved.

After all, it’s easy to pick out the duds, but it’s not so easy to pick the good stuff.

"By the way, did Chu Feng send the stones to the exhibition hall, or to the warehouse?" An Jianming asked.

"To the warehouse."

"Good, get someone to keep watch in the warehouse, and if Exhibition Hall No. 52 pulls stock from there, remember to report it."

"Yes."

...

In just half an hour, Qin Yu had made his rounds of Exhibition Hall No. 53, sweeping up all the good materials!

Qin Yu wasn’t in a rush to go back, but instead, he visited the general manager’s office once again.

"Old Chu, you must be exhausted. Have some tea and take a break."

An Jianming personally poured tea for Qin Yu.

Qin Yu chuckled and said, "Thanks a lot, Mr. An. By the way, later in exhibition hall number 52, they plan to repeat their trick, hoping to use the stones I picked to make a miraculous comeback. It could be a good chance for you to fight back."

"The same old trick, huh? Hahaha, but without that Mr. Qin around this time, I’d like to see how exhibition hall number 52 is going to make a comeback," said Hu Zhuoqing with a teasing look on his face.

"Since they want to turn things around, let’s just play along! Later, I’ll get some longtime clients and other owners to come and enjoy the show."

An Jianming seemed to see Chi Yanyan pleading helplessly to heaven and earth.

Acting concerned for An Jianming, Qin Yu suggested, "Mr. An, you could actually take advantage of the crowd and challenge exhibition hall number 52! Knock them out completely! It would be best to do it before Chi Yanyan gets the stones I picked out on display, as I’m not entirely sure if the stones I chose will turn out green."

"Great! What a fantastic idea! I’ll go arrange that right away. Old Hu, go pick out some stones that look promising and are likely to turn out green."

"No problem."

"Mr. An, Master Hu, it’s not convenient for me to stay here for long, so I will take my leave now."

After saying this, Qin Yu decisively turned and left.

Soon, Hu Zhuoqing had picked out a number of stones that looked very promising for producing green.

An Jianming, with his extensive network in the raw stone trading hall, swiped through a few WeChat groups and made some calls, and a large crowd gathered around exhibition hall number 52.

The crowd included An Jianming’s regular clients, as well as other owners who came to watch the excitement.

As soon as Qin Yu left exhibition hall number 53, he reverted to his own appearance and walked towards the main entrance of exhibition hall number 52, entering the manager’s office.

Inside the manager’s office, there was an atmosphere of gloom.

After Chu Feng’s appraisal, Chu Feng was sure and certain that their stones had been swapped out!

What was even more depressing for Chi Yanyan and the others was that the good reputation that exhibition hall number 52 had slowly built up was practically ruined in a single day!

After this morning’s practice, it seemed like exhibition hall number 52 had once again fallen under a curse, not producing a single speck of green!

And with the prices at exhibition hall number 52 being so high, no owner was willing to be the guinea pig again, and the business in the afternoon turned very bleak!

Exhibition hall number 52 was at risk of being beaten back to its original state!

"If only Mr. Qin were here, he would surely have a solution," Chi Yanyan said with a frown.

Brother Yu is already here! Liu Tian struggled to suppress his laughter and said pessimistically, "I have no idea how to deal with this either. I’ve called Brother Yu several times, but his phone has been turned off throughout."

"Such a pity. Just when exhibition hall number 52 was starting to do well, it’s about to be beaten back to square one."

No sooner had these words been spoken than Qin Yu pushed the door open, smiling as he said, "Why would we be beaten back to square one? I feel like this is another opportunity for exhibition hall number 52 to soar."

What? Everyone turned to look at Qin Yu at the same time.

"Mr. Qin!"

"Brother Yu!"

Chu Feng looked at Qin Yu with great interest. Was this the Mr. Qin who had beaten the Capital City’s Stone King? If he was here, could there be a twist?

Chu Feng quickly took out his cellphone, wanting to send Hu Zhuoqing a WeChat message.

But despite trying, Chu Feng couldn’t send the message, as it seemed like the Wi-Fi connection was unavailable!

Chu Feng wasn’t flustered; he still had data. He switched his network to mobile data and continued to try to send the WeChat message.

Yet, Chu Feng still couldn’t send the message successfully!

What the hell?

Network connection unavailable?

Qin Yu’s hacking skills were so impressive that Chu Feng’s phone had already been hacked. It looked fine but had lost all functionality, only good enough to be used as a clock.

Chu Feng was frustrated. After fiddling with his phone for quite a while, he still couldn’t figure out what was wrong.