Chapter 3625 — Not a Single Piece Less
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"And why should I?" Wei Zhao shot him a sidelong glance, a faint, ambiguous smile on his face. "I'm doing just fine in Mining Zone Seven. I can dig up good jade without even trying. And now you want me to go back to that godforsaken dead zone and waste my time? Senior Brother Meng, do I look like I've lost my mind? Or is it you who's lost yours?"
"I knew you wouldn't agree—but no matter. I'll make you say yes." Meng Jueming gestured for Meng Zhou to set the sack of spirit jade on the stone table. "Give it three months, and that miserable little pit of yours in Zone Seven will earn you six or seven pieces of spirit jade at best. But if you agree to switch zones, I can give you ten right now. What do you say?"
"Ten pieces of spirit jade? All just to get me back to Mining Zone Ten? Spending that much—do you really think it's worth it, Senior Brother Meng?" Wei Zhao broke into a laugh, then put on a show of suspicion. "Nothing falls from the sky for free. You two aren't digging a pit for me to jump into, are you?"
"Tch! Junior Brother Wei Zhao, a man shouldn't think so highly of himself. Spending this much just to dig a pit for one person—do you really think you're worth that price?" Meng Jueming gave a scornful sneer, paused, then explained, "I'll be straight with you. Young Master Xu found out I had you transferred to Zone Seven. He was furious. So I had no choice but to find a way to swap you back. This cost is forced on me—there's nothing left for you to doubt, is there?"
Heh. They clearly just want to trick me back to the dead zone with a few pieces of waste jade, and yet they've spun the lie quite neatly!
Still, though he saw through their little trick at a glance, Wei Zhao was more than happy to play along. When people come rushing to hand you spirit jade, who in their right mind would turn them away at the door?
Top-tier good Samaritans like Meng Jueming and Meng Zhou were truly rare—practically one in a million. Wei Zhao genuinely felt lucky to have run into them the moment he set foot on Cloud Terrace Island.
"Well then, since you've put it that way, Senior Brother Meng, it'd be unreasonable for me, your junior brother, to keep refusing. But—don't you think ten pieces of spirit jade is a little on the low side?" Wei Zhao feigned reluctance, deliberately dangling the bait.
"Ten pieces... that's already a lot..." Meng Jueming said, pretending to ponder.
"Good heavens, you're haggling up the price again!" Meng Zhou saw that Wei Zhao had taken the bait just as planned, and inwardly he was already gloating. Wasting a few more pieces of waste jade was nothing to him, but on the surface he deliberately played along with Meng Jueming, putting on a show of great displeasure. "Ten pieces of spirit jade is already plenty—it far exceeds what you'd earn from mining, all right? Don't push your luck! Not a piece more—this is already an astronomical price!"
These two are really getting into character! Wei Zhao laughed inwardly, but kept his face stony and feigned anger. "Senior Brother Meng, have a conscience when you speak! A couple of days ago you had me transferred out, and today you want me transferred back. From start to finish it's been you jerking me around, and I haven't uttered a single word of complaint! Since you feel you're getting the short end of the stick, then fine—I won't switch zones at all. Satisfied?"
Seeing Wei Zhao about to throw up his hands and walk off, Meng Jueming hurried to block him. "Now, now, Junior Brother Wei Zhao, don't be hasty. I never said ten pieces of spirit jade was the absolute ceiling and couldn't go higher, did I? That was Meng Zhou who said that! Tell you what—I'll add two more. Twelve pieces of spirit jade!"