Chapter 238 It Will Definitely Yield an Emerald!
"This... how is this possible?"
Casey stared at the scene in disbelief.
What's going on?
How could this be?
Could it be that this pile of priceless gems didn't come from his stones, but from Isabella's stones?
Why? Isabella knew nothing about stones. How could her pile of junk produce such good raw stones?
Just then, Isabella's ninth stone was also cut open!
"Emerald! Emerald!"
The onlookers went crazy!
Nine stones, every single one a huge win!
Absolutely unheard of! Unprecedented!
Meanwhile, Casey had already cut open his eleventh stone. It was a very ordinary gem with ordinary color. Although it wasn't a loss, it wasn't worth much either.
Casey walked over and touched the pile of cut stones on the table. Fifty percent of them were worthless waste material. A few did produce gems, but only ordinary quality ones, nowhere near as good as Isabella's gems.
Casey furrowed his brow tightly.
A bystander looking at this pile of raw stones couldn't help but sigh, "What a shame. These stones all looked pretty good, but the luck was just too bad. Several of them, judging from the initial cut, should have increased in value dozens of times, but one cut later, all waste material!"
Casey naturally knew they were right. This pile of raw stones where you could see inside all looked like they would be big wins, but the results were all hugely disappointing.
In contrast, Isabella's stones, though you couldn't see inside them and couldn't tell their quality from the outside, had so far all increased in value by at least dozens of times!
Casey never expected things to turn out this way. He made the bet with Isabella to embarrass her, to make her realize that gem identification still required an expert like him. But he never expected Isabella to be so lucky—not only did she avoid embarrassment, but she actually cut out so many gems!
Casey glared fiercely at Isabella.
This shouldn't be the result!
"Casey, what do we do now? It looks like we're losing to Isabella," Alfonso said anxiously.
Casey's eyes swept over the remaining stones. So far only half the stones had been cut, and the one he was most confident about hadn't been cut yet!
He snorted coldly, "What are you panicking for? We've only cut part of them. Our best stone hasn't been cut yet! That one might very well produce an emerald!"
As long as his hundred-pound stone produced an emerald, then all those things Isabella cut out would be nothing!
"Can our stone really produce an emerald?" Alfonso asked nervously.
"I think it can!" Casey looked at the stone he was most confident about, a flash of strong confidence in his eyes.
He had complete faith in his judgment.
So no matter how smug Isabella was now, once he cut out the emerald, Isabella could just wait to cry!
After hearing Casey's words, Alfonso felt much better.
He knew it—Casey couldn't possibly lose. Casey was experienced, a giant in the gem identification world. If he said it could produce an emerald, it definitely could!
"Then let's save that emerald stone for last and catch Isabella off guard!" Alfonso said.
Casey stroked his chin, "Good!"
Let Isabella be smug a little longer.
She couldn't possibly think she'd already won, could she?
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Hospital.
Lyle Warner lay in bed wrapped in bandages from head to toe. He had fractures all over his body and had barely been saved.
A middle-aged woman with a sallow face stood beside him crying uncontrollably, "Honey! You have to hold on. The kid and I can't lose you!"
A boy about seven or eight years old also stood by the bed. He looked at Lyle with tears in his eyes, "Dad, Dad, wake up..."
Just then, the door to the room was pushed open and another middle-aged woman walked in.
"Mrs. Warner, how's your husband?"
"He hasn't woken up yet. How could a perfectly fine person get beaten up like this?"
The woman sat down and took her hand, "Mrs. Warner, I followed the girl who beat up your husband all the way, and I saw her go into Zalune Market..."
When Savannah Faith heard this, she stood up immediately, rolled up her sleeves and headed for the door, "I'm going to kill that little bitch!"
The woman quickly grabbed her, "Mrs. Warner, you can't do that. If that girl could beat your husband up like this, she's definitely not simple! How could you be a match for her?"
"Why? Why did she steal my husband's stone and then beat him up like this?" Mrs. Warner screamed angrily, "That bitch! I have to kill her!"
The woman held her tightly, "Mrs. Warner... Mrs. Warner, don't get excited, listen to me first!"
"After I followed her to Zalune Market, I saw her go to different shops picking out stones. She picked out a whole cartload, and guess what?"
"Every single one of those stones produced top-quality gems!"
Mrs. Warner froze, her face full of disbelief, "What?"
"Every single one produced top-quality gems? You didn't see wrong?"
The woman said with certainty, "Absolutely no mistake. That cartload of stones she picked was cut at Solmir Exchange. Solmir Exchange was packed with people all watching the stone cutting! This news has already spread throughout the whole street."
Savannah's expression changed, "How is that possible? Could she really be that good?"
The woman leaned over and whispered something in Mrs. Warner's ear.
Savannah suddenly understood, "That woman is from Novaria!"
They both knew that only people from Novaria, from those mysterious families, were really good at gem identification! And those people were especially good at fighting—ordinary people were no match for them. No wonder such a big grown man got beaten up like this by her!
Savannah had found her leverage, a vicious gleam flashing in her eyes.
"She's finished!"
"What nerve, actually daring to forge citizenship to come here and make money!"
If this matter was investigated, if the amount involved was large enough, she could be detained by Veridian police—a few years at minimum, decades at most!
"A thief who forged citizenship still dares to be so arrogant!" Savannah said viciously, "Blind fool, daring to hit my husband. Just watch me get the police to arrest her!"