I Spy With My Secret Eyes

Chapter 5

Hailey sobbed sorrowfully.

Oliver handed over a tissue to Hailey and she took it to wipe away her tears. With swollen, red eyes, she asked him, “Tell me! What did I do to offend Samuel, Tiffany, and Ariana? Why did they lie to me and trick me?”

Oliver sighed and replied after a while. “Who knows? People’s hearts are hard to read. I need money to save my father, who’s in the hospital. I went to borrow money from relatives. My aunt said she would give me some pin money, another uncle gave me 100 dollars, and my youngest uncle… forget borrowing money from him. He hasn’t even returned the 2,000 dollars he borrowed from us!”

“You need money? I…”

The thought that came to Hailey’s mind was to write him a check right away, but in an instant, she remembered the lessons Samuel, Tiffany, and Ariana had given her. Her thought was dismissed immediately.

After pondering for a while, she asked, “Oliver, have you heard of stone gambling?”

Oliver nodded knowingly. “Of course. It’s the art of gambling on raw jadeite, isn’t it? Even with the so-called experience, skill, and keen eye, they only offer a mere 15% certainty. A correct bet can lead to overnight riches, while a wrong one can send you back to square one.”

Hailey turned her head and looked at him. “You seem to know quite a bit. Why haven’t I seen you try it before? Were you hiding your skills? Besides, I think you have good eyes for identifying luxury goods. How about stone gambling?”

After thinking for a moment, Oliver replied, “It’s hard to say. I have to see it to know. Maybe I do know a little.”

Hailey immediately pointed to the intersection. “Well, since you’re in urgent need of money, I’m going to offer you an opportunity to carn some. Willie Cox, the largest jade ware merchant in Jeahron, has just returned with a shipment of raw jadeite from Radford. He invited me over, which is why I set out so early this morning. Originally, I had planned to bring Samuel along, but now I’m giving you a chance. It’s your moment to prove yourself and maximize your earnings. I’ll take care of the bidding expenses, and we’ll split the profits equally. What do you say?”

Oliver agreed without any hesitation. “Okay, Ms. Fox. Thank you very much!”

Hailey replied calmly, “Don’t thank me just yet. Whether you can make money or not is still uncertain.”

nevertheless. He said with a grateful and eager expression, “Ms. Fox, no matter what, I’m very

of the blue, it wasn’t easy to come up with a large sum of money all at once. Little did he expect Hailey to present him with such an opportunity to make a big

couldn’t resist asking him, “Why didn’t

him money. Hailey would have agreed if Oliver had taken the opportunity and

with genuine sincerity and said, “Ms. Fox, if I can earn money on my own, why should I resort to borrowing? I have an aversion to borrowing money unless necessary. It can taint many matters. I’ve already learned my lesson after dealing with my relatives yesterday, which only reaffirmed my

words sent a shiver down Hailey’s

was true. Did she not treat people like Samuel, Tiffany, and Ariana

taint

Motors. They sold me a Rolls-Royce Dawn that was involved in a water damage incident and passed it off as a new car. The total cost was 1.44 million dollars.

he listened. He thought to himself, “Darn it! The more beautiful a woman is, the

can be!”

located in the eastern suburb of the city and not further in. It had moved there because operating machinery for stone cutting and carving

occupied a large space of nearly three and a third acres. However, a bulk of it was still undeveloped land and

in his thirties. It was during a visit to Radford that he discovered the

brought back a batch of scrap that nobody wanted from Radford and organized a raw stone exchange session. It was during that session that an owner of a gold store won

a few hundred dollars’ worth of stone, he got some ice jadeite. With the stone, he was able to craft three bracelets and create seven or eight pendants, ultimately raking in more

and over a few years, it flourished on a substantial scale. With each venture, he could make

well aware of one thing-he never gambled personally. Instead, he focused on

someone started gambling, it would have turned into an insatiable pit they could not escape from. No matter how much they earned, it was never going to be enough to fill

over to greet him. No one needed to be reminded that anyone driving a 1.4 million dollar luxury sports car was

west zone. The east zone housed the area for raw stone auctions, as well as the trading of semi-finished and finished products. The west zone, on the other hand, was dedicated to processes

the east zone, where most of the visitors were