Chapter 4: Gems from the Stones

Chu Wei felt the small internet celebrity's gaze drifting towards her, shamelessly trying to sidle up to her for the camera, irking Chu Wei internally.

It was almost time for the final ribbon-cutting segment.

The host, with a beaming smile and microphone in hand, announced, "Before the ribbon-cutting, we have a golden egg smashing event, which contains gifts of varying sizes..."

The host then teased, with a sly tone, "It includes a mystery grand prize. I wonder who the lucky person will be who gets to smash it."

Upon hearing this, the celebrities seemed eager to give it a try.

The sunny and cheerful Chen Yousheng was the first to step forward. He grabbed the small stone hammer beside him, smashed one of the golden eggs, and eagerly peered inside, only to find a few mall event discount coupons and felt slightly disappointed.

Seeing this, the host joked, "It seems Mr. Yousheng will have to go and pray to the God of Wealth for better luck."

The celebrities and fans laughed at the host's comment.

One after another, the guests on stage went on to smash the golden eggs.

A few guests struck it lucky and were met with applause and congratulations from those around them.

While the guests who didn't hit anything left with expressions of regret.

Only Jin Luo's gaze remained fixed on those spicy dried fish snacks.

The black fans finally took notice.

[What's she looking at? Is there anything worth seeing?]

[Besides some sunflower seeds, peanuts, and dried fish on the table, there's nothing else.]

[Just an ugly person seeking attention, trying to attract our notice. Everyone, just ignore her.]

It wasn't until the golden egg smashing segment, where Chu Wei hit the mystery grand prize, that a commotion erupted.

The celebrities looked on with envy.

[Ahhh! My goddess is so awesome!]

[Cheer for my baby Weiwei!]

[She's so lucky! I want to rub some of that luck off on me too.]

In Chu Wei's hands was a voucher for a half-month luxurious cruise, free of charge.

Even having hit the jackpot, her face, with its delicate makeup, maintained a proper, polite smile.

Facing everyone's envious and admiring gazes, she felt a sudden pride and enjoyment well up within her.

After today's round of luck, she was surely going to be tomorrow's hot search headline.

Subconsciously, she glanced at the small internet celebrity who was still standing there, dazed and unmoving, feeling a sense of disdain.

The excited host said, "Congratulations to our Miss Chu Wei for winning the mystery grand prize!"

The fans below shouted Chu Wei's slogan like crazy.

"Are there any guests who haven't smashed a golden egg yet?" The host looked at the celebrity guests with a smile, "Although you've missed the grand prize, there are still other minor prizes yet to be claimed."

Finally, Jin Luo, who had been fixated on the dried fish, heard words like "grand prize" and "golden egg," and managed to tear her gaze away. She raised her hand high, "Me, too!"

As she spoke, she quickly made her way over, her mind filled with thoughts of golden eggs. However, when she realized these golden eggs were not that sort of golden eggs, the excitement vanished from her eyes.

[What's that expression? Disappointment?]

[I think she's upset because someone else got the grand prize.]

[She was just here to make up the numbers; what's there to be unhappy about? They were decent enough to give her a chance to smash an egg.]

In the livestream, Jin Luo grabbed the small stone hammer beside her, feeling certain that the egg glowing in the center had to contain treasure, she thought to herself.

Her previously disappointed expression disappeared in an instant, and her eyes sparkled once more.

[Is this person an idiot or what?]

With a "bang", the golden egg was smashed open.

The host came over to look and found an ordinary green stone, and said with a touch of sympathy, "It looks like this young lady's luck isn't that great, huh."

The comments section was filled with sneers.

[Her luck is just unbeatable.]

[The people in the mall are geniuses, who stuffed a stone inside that, I'm dying of laughter.]

However, Jin Luo walked over, took the stone back from the host's hands, and protected it, saying, "This is a treasure."

Haters: [???]

Is she an idiot?

Just as the haters were about to mock her in the comments, they saw her clasp the stone with both hands and forcefully break it open the next second, revealing a glowing green gem within.

The comments stopped.

The guests and the fans on site were astonished, and the host's hands trembled.

This seems to be jadeite, emerald, right?

And the color, clarity, texture… it all seems to be of the finest quality.

This was just a stone picked up casually by the staff from the side of the road and stuffed in there, not expecting, not expecting…

What kind of freaking luck has she stumbled upon?

The heart of the host was bleeding, as were the hearts of the staff and the mall organizers.

When the online viewers found out that the green stone inside the rock was an emerald, they were dumbfounded.

Once everyone gathered their wits.

Countless comments shot up like rocketing fireworks across the screen, and a flood of people quickly surged into the live stream.

The online viewer count, originally at one million, swiftly broke through to one million one hundred thousand, one million two hundred thousand… and the number continued to soar.

[Excited!]

[To find a gem hiding within a piece of worthless stone, what kind of dogshit luck is this?]

Jin Luo's live stream clip of her breaking open the stone to find a gemstone rapidly rose to the trending search.

Chu Wei saw the once obscure internet celebrity suddenly becoming the envy of everyone due to her dumb luck, and her face colored a bit unpleasantly.

In a small work studio branded with the sign "Together with Gu," Gu Jinshen was watching the live stream of Jin Luo at the mall's opening.

His eyes were fixed on the snacks on the table from the beginning till his attention was grabbed by the startling discovery of jadeite.

Gu Jinshen's gaze was deep.

Some in the comments section still couldn't believe their eyes.

[A gemstone hops out of a stone? Is this for real?]

[This must be the secret grand prize, that travel voucher pales in comparison.]

[She must be a Fortune Cat by zodiac.]

Someone suddenly recalled a lady who also had such dogshit luck a few days ago, winning a top prize.

[I seriously suspect this is an intentional stunt by the mall.]

Replying to the above: [The mall wouldn't be silly enough to put something so valuable out there, especially not disguised as a worthless rock. Look at those staff members' expressions; they're clearly clueless.]

[Am I the only one focused on how strong this lady's hands are? How did she break that stone so easily?]

At this moment, the ringtone of Gu Jinshen's phone sounded in his pocket; it was his good friend Jiang Chang calling.

"Buddy, I've done everything I could. I only managed to get a slot on a declining food variety show. If it weren't for Jin Luo's slight fame due to the scandals, they wouldn't even offer this engagement. Thinking it's still a chance to appear on the screen, I came to ask you."

The person on the phone was spilling his grievances about repeatedly hitting walls these days.

Since they were a small studio with no fame, and their only artist at the moment was Jin Luo.

People couldn't care less once they heard their proposal.