My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 9

“Oh? This young lady wants to join the betting game?”

Tyson’s eyes lit up when he saw a stunning young lady raising her paddle, and he immediately sent someone to invite her over.

The guests inside the venue were shocked to see Xanthea raise her paddle.

“The Nightshade heiress? What’s she doing getting involved in a betting game?”

“So young, what does she know about gem betting? Maybe she just wants to make an appearance in front of everyone!”

“And making an appearance isn’t cheap. Tyson’s gem starts at 500 grand. Not everyone can afford that.”

“Exactly. If she gets even a little gem out of it, consider it good luck. Bad luck means just a piece of worthless rock and a waste of hundreds of thousands.”

“I’ve heard about the Nightshade family’s precious gem, who’s treated as a treasure by her family. To see her here, even her reckless actions are indulged, escorted by her two brothers no less.”

The protective brothers at that moment were massaging their foreheads, inwardly exclaiming that they were dragged into this, but as long as she was having fun, money was a minor detail.

When Xanthea passed by Lockwood rock identification and spotted Orion, it was clear he hadn’t expected her to join the betting game. A flicker of light passed through his deep-set eyes.

She smiled at him gently, her grin seemingly provocative or teasing, which dazzled h eyes.

Xanthea’s participation was just a brief interlude, and soon the focus returned to the professional gem appraisal teams, with only Orion’s intense gaze still lingering on h

Due to the mystery and unpredictability of gem betting, after many years, the inner ci still hadn’t found a reliable way to appraise them, relying instead on the color, shape, tiny fissures of the stones, with luck playing a major part.

might know a little about gem identification or was just guessing based on luck when choosing the stones. However, upon her entry, she requested

sorry, but according to the rules, you can’t touch the

is th

uttered, “I won’t touch it, just want to smell it; against

To smell?

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heard such an odd request. It was just a stone, what could she

closed her eyes, leaned forward, and

silicate, and silicon dioxide mixture, just an

young, she had discovered her unique sense of smell, able to detect scents that normal people could not,

until she took a chemistry class in middle school that she realized she

a freak or accused of making it up. She never expected it to come in handy at today’s

“All right, next one.”

a sniff, and she wanted the next one? The assistant, puzzled, opened the next

of stones, all ordinary, with at most one or two containing mediocre quality fragments of

as she was doubting whether this was all a scam by Tyson, smallest, most ordinary-looking raw stone at the

steps halted at

of jadeite? The assistant was about to cover it again when she

“Wait!”

again, unsure, and the pure,

stared at the raw stone, which was really. intricate to

the street, contained an extremely rare type of

“This one!”

The assistant looked at her as if she