The Promise of Happiness (Natalie and Samuel) novel Chapter 461

Chapter 461 This Is Supposed To Be Hers

After that, Yandel went to see to it that Natalie’s order was carried out.

He and Thomas placed their respective orders for about ten pieces of jade stones each.

The seller weighed the items and named the price. Yandel readily took out about a few million and made his payment, but as for Thomas, his expression betrayed his reluctance. What a waste of money. It will all go to the drain if there’s no jade at all.

I’d rather buy a handbag than stones that do not even promise any returns.

Thomas thought the whole thing was purely a gamble of fate, but he could not go back on his word since that would be too shameful for him. Besides, Yeva was constantly sweet-talking to him, so he had no other choice but to proceed with the plan.

Now that they made the payment, the final step would be to reveal the results.

“Mr. Nichols,” Natalie said, “there is only one machine to carve out the stone. What about I go first?”

“Why not?” Thomas replied, so Natalie went ahead and picked one stone and asked two of the workers to carry it over.

First, they ran some water over the raw stone to bring down its temperature. Then, they used a sharp and spinning handsaw blade to cut through it.

Everyone awaited the outcome anxiously as the workers set to work. Usually, the chances of having jade in raw stones were rare.

About ten years ago, Natalie saved an outlaw’s wife.

In return for her kindness, he taught her all the tricks he knew about stone-gambling. That was how Natalie came to know about this craft and the ways to go about swaying luck to her side.

Within a few minutes, Natalie’s stones were all processed, but to her dismay, her endeavor was fruitless.

Eight out of them turned out to be just regular stones, while the other three were small yellow jades. Their colors did not look promising and could only be sold for about tens of thousands in the market.

Yandel spent millions on the pile, but only clawed back tens of thousands of returns. They were running a huge loss.

Yandel was startled when he found out about the result. He had no idea what Natalie was trying to do since given her capability, there was no way she would make such a glaring mistake.

Natalie looked over at him and complained, “What are you looking at? I thought you said you’d do anything to make me happy just now? Don’t tell me you’re regretting spending the money now. I’m buying more! I just don’t believe I can’t have luck on my side today.”

Yandel was not in the position to stop her.

“Sure. Go ahead.”