“It’s up, the Qiemu sugar-white jade,” Zhai Wei glanced at the screen and then smiled. “Congratulations, little junior sister.”

The posted prices showed Su Qingran in first place, with the second-highest bid being 8,000,099 yuan, and the other bids were around the same amount.

Su Qingran won by a narrow margin, proving that the extra 1,000 yuan she added was just the right touch.

“Next is the ink flower jade.” Su Qingran had been hoping to carve a landscape ornament for her father, and this ink flower jade was perfect for that.

But soon, the displayed price left her stunned.

“I’m ranked tenth! The highest bid was over a million more than mine!” She sighed. “Has the price of ink flower jade really gone up that much?”

Zhai Wei was also a bit surprised. “No worries, let’s wait for the Loulan three-color jade.”

As the bids were revealed one by one, Su Qingran saw Master Zhang’s driver nearby and instinctively straightened her posture.

Soon, the price for the Loulan three-color jade was posted.

Seeing the bid, Su Qingran’s heart, already racing, nearly jumped out of her throat.

“We got it,” Zhai Wei breathed a sigh of relief. “Just 80,000 yuan difference! Master Zhang really wanted it badly, but fortunately, we were determined!”

Su Qingran clutched her chest, feeling like she had just returned to a safe haven after a long, exhausting journey.

Next was the contract signing and payment. By the time they had finished everything, it was almost 9 p.m.

The sky was just beginning to darken.

The stones Su Qingran had bought would be sent back to Beijing by the bodyguards, while there was still a small, private gathering happening in the next two days. Since Su Qingran had come all this way, she wanted to check it out.

After returning to the hotel and taking a bath, Su Qingran was just about to video call Jiang Chenlin when a news notification popped up on her phone—

“Xu Family Jewelry Heiress Allegedly Has a Boyfriend, Spotted Entering a Hotel Together, Left Two Hours Later.”

Su Qingran had only heard Xu Yin’s name today, and now she was seeing her gossip online. Curious, she clicked on the article.

Xu Yin was never low-key in Beijing’s socialite circles, and she had even started her own outdoor brand, serving as its spokesperson. She was quite savvy with media management.

Unlike Su Qingran, who wouldn’t be recognized even if she stood face-to-face with a reporter, Xu Yin was different. She would be followed even while wearing a mask in public, not only because she was the heiress of Xu Family Jewelry but also because she had nearly a million followers.

In the nine-photo grid on Weibo, there were pictures taken at the entrance of a hotel.

Su Qingran immediately recognized Xu Yin—not because of anything else, but because the young lady had a perfect front-facing shot. She was subtly angling her jawline and showing off a left hand adorned with an emerald ring, pretending to nonchalantly brush her hair.

From her hairstyle to her posture, everything about her exuded elegance and flamboyance. It was clear that once she noticed the paparazzi, she decided to strike a pose.

But the man rumored to be her boyfriend remained mysterious. Su Qingran could only tell that he was a tall man.

That’s right, because he was walking a meter ahead of Xu Yin, dressed in nondescript black clothing. The photo was so blurry that Su Qingran couldn’t even tell if he was wearing casual clothes or a suit.

Let alone his face—it was just a pixelated blur.

All the photos were equally fuzzy.

Su Qingran recalled that this seemed to be Xu Yin’s first “hotel rumor,” so she thought for a moment and gave the entertainment gossip post a “like.”