Chapter 53
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Gem washings along the Nangu River locates on the Sino-Burmese border area . Nangu River is one of the tributaries of Nanwan River, and a gem and jade zone which is a part of the Sino-Burmese gem and jade belt lies on its upper stream .
A nice ore belt which produces ruby and emerald lies along the Nangu River right between Ruili and Burma . For hundreds of years, dozens of large or small gem washings have opened in this area . However, gems there are sporadic and the mining cost is high, which lead to the close-down of all the gem washings .
Nevertheless, there actually are gems in this area . People in Ruili have a good idea— They manage to turn the mine field into a pleasure ground!
After paying the entrance fee, you can get a full set of tools and go gem-washing by the Nangu River . Players can take away all the ruby or sapphire they find within two hours .
The gem washings beside Nangu River can also help people process and appraise gem and jade . Also, they only sell real gem here .
Liu Zheng pays the entrance for both of them while telling Lin Luoran about the rules here .
Fifty yuan for each person, and they can use the tools for two hours and take away all the gem they find .
This is a place of pleasure . Seeing all those beautiful gems and couples holding hands, Lin Luoran feels a little embarrassed . Why does Liu Zheng choose to bring her here?
This place is nice . However, it is so misleading .
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“Come on . We only have two hours . ” Liu Zheng smiles at Lin Luoran with a fine basket in his hand which is used to screen the sand . Liu Zheng looks younger, as if he is no longer the strict and gentle young boss of Liu’s .
Lin Luoran smiles back . She casts her restraints aside and follows Liu Zheng into the gem washings .
It has been three days since the stone gambling . All the other traders have left early, so do Liu Zheng’s uncle . He goes back with many raw stones, including five leftover stones Lin Luoran buys from the Burmese man privately with 1 million yuan .
Liu Zheng brings Lin Luoran here to fulfill his promise of showing her around Ruili .
“How to use this?” Gem and jade are different . Lin Luoran can’t use Reiki to detect gem . For the first time, she looks at all the tools and doesn’t know where to start .
It seems that this is not Liu Zheng’s first time here . He neatly takes off his shoes and rolls up his trousers . Liu Zheng stands on the silver sand in the water and laughs, “Gems on the shore have long since being taken away by others . We have to walk a few steps in the water to find more gems . ”
Lin Luoran takes off her boots, rolls up her trousers and goes into the water .
“The water is so cold!” Lin Luoran screams . She doesn’t expect the river water to be so cold since the weather in Ruili is nice .
Liu Zheng looks away and tries not to stare at Lin Luoran’s smooth calves . He explains, “Beautiful gems exist in the cold water . This is the marvel of nature . ”
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Stepping on the sand, Lin Luoran feels the warm sunlight in Ruili . She copies Liu Zheng’s action and digs into the sand with the basket .
The two of them dig in the shallow water for a while and find nothing . Lin Luoran laughs, “Seems that we don’t have the luck to find gem today . ”
Lin Luoran is about to pour the sand in her basket while saying so . Liu Zheng holds her back on the wrist with his fast hands, “Don’t move!”
With a masculine hand with slender fingers grabbing her wrist, Lin Luoran freezes up because of the fervent male charm . A blush of red crawls behind her ears .
Holding Lin Luoran’s wrist, Liu Zheng picks out a black rectangle stone in the size of a fingernail from the sand inside of the basket .
“Who says we don’t have the luck? Isn’t this a sapphire?”
Lin Luoran looks at the random-shaped stone in Liu Zheng’s palm . She has a hard time connecting it with the shiny sapphires in the counter of Treasure House .
“This is…a sapphire?”
Seeing Lin Luoran’s surprise, Liu Zheng laughs, “It’s just like that jade is contained in raw stone . Before processing, gem looks exactly like this . ”
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He puts the stone in Lin Luoran’s hand, “You find it . You shall keep it . ”
Lin Luoran grips the gem . Liu Zheng’s smell seems to be lingering around it, which makes her a little embarrassed . Later, they discover that Liu Zheng is still holding Lin Luoran’s wrist…
“Hee hee, where are you going!” A couple runs over them . The girl scoops up some water and pours on the boy . The boy runs beside Lin Luoran, laughing . Cold water splashes on Lin Luoran’s face . She subconsciously tries to dodge the water but slips—
“Ah…” The stone in her hand falls out . Somehow, Lin Luoran doesn’t want to lose it so she jumps out to catch it .
“Watch out!” Liu Zheng doesn’t know that Lin Luoran is trying to catch the stone . He just assumes that she loses her balance so he hurries to pull her back . Now Lin Luoran actually tumbles!
“Plop!” The two of them fall into the river!
Liu Zheng almost becomes Lin Luoran’s cushion and takes the impact of falling by himself . Even his gold-rimmed glasses are lost .
Lin Luoran wipes off the water on her face and notices that she and Liu Zheng are in an awkward position . She hurries to get up .
Liu Zheng is unaware of Lin Luoran’s embarrassment . Instead, he asks nervously, “Are you ok? Did you hurt yourself?”
Without the glasses, Liu Zheng’s eyes look like raw jade . Lin Luoran is stunned then comes to herself after hearing his questions .
“I’m alright . Where are your glasses?”
Liu Zheng finally notices that he can’t see things clearly . They fumble in the river and find his glasses, which luckily are not broken .
The young couple who causes the accident comes timidly to apologize, and they run away after being forgiven, holding hands .
Though their two hours are not up yet, Lin Luoran and Liu Zheng can’t keep searching for gems with the wet clothes . They go ashore ahead of time .
They change into new clothes and Liu Zheng leads Lin Luoran to the gem processing workshop nearby . The worker congratulates them with a smile, “This is a nice gem . You guys are lucky . I can make it into a ring for the lady as a souvenir . Is that ok?”
Liu Zheng thinks this is a good idea . He looks to Lin Luoran with an inquiring face .
Ring . Souvenir . Lin Luoran’s heart starts racing . She calms herself down and decides that she shall keep a distance from Liu Zheng because no matter how nice the man in front of her is, he is already engaged with Baojia .
“I think a pendant is better!”
Lin Luoran’s cold voice puts out the fire in Liu Zheng’s tender eyes .