"Young Master Xiang, the materials are here."
A moment later, two women, appearing to be service staff, approached with trays.
On the trays were the tools needed for carving, as well as several pieces of extremely high-quality jade!
After glancing at them, Ye Fei casually picked one and was about to tell Xiang Shao to begin.
"Hold on!"
However, before Ye Fei could utter his words, Xiang Shao suddenly spoke.
"Hm?"
Ye Fei's expression faltered upon hearing Xiang Shao's words.
Then, Ye Fei's gaze fell upon Xiang Shao, filled with confusion. "What's wrong? Is there something else?"
"To directly carve and compete like this seems rather uninteresting!"
Xiang Shao's gaze fell on Ye Fei, and he spoke slowly.
"Then what do you mean?"
Ye Fei's expression perked up, and he immediately understood what Xiang Shao intended.
"How about we add some stakes? That way, there will be motivation."
Xiang Shao's gaze fixed on Ye Fei, his smile becoming increasingly brilliant.
"Stakes?"
Ye Fei looked surprised and asked, "What are we betting on?"
"Heh, we bet that if you lose, you will voluntarily leave Qin Lan!"
"In Jiangdong, everyone knows that I, Xiang Shao, like Qin Lan! Now, she suddenly has a fiancé, and he appears at my banquet, which makes me very embarrassed!"
"However, I, Xiang Shao, am not an unreasonable person. Since this is a childhood betrothal arranged by elders, I won't question it."
"And as a man, one should have self-awareness. Qin Lan, being such an excellent and beautiful woman, you are not worthy of her! What do you say?"
Xiang Shao wasted no time and, without giving Ye Fei any face, spoke directly.
Swish! Swish!
The entire crowd at the scene, at Xiang Shao's words, spontaneously began to clap.
Then, a group of people turned their gaze to Ye Fei, full of schadenfreude and anticipation.
Everyone expected Ye Fei, upon hearing Xiang Shao's insult, to be ashamed and enraged!
However, to everyone's surprise, Ye Fei's expression remained calm and composed!
Hiss!
A wave of boos immediately erupted from the entire venue!
As expected, a good-for-nothing is a good-for-nothing. No wonder Xiang Shao would say that.
He didn't even retort when Xiang Shao belittled him to nothing in front of everyone!
How could such a man be worthy of a woman as excellent and beautiful as Qin Lan.
"What if you lose?"
Ye Fei ignored the boos from the crowd and asked.
"I lose?"
Xiang Shao stared at Ye Fei with wide eyes and replied.
"Mhm..."
Ye Fei nodded seriously.
"Pfft!"
Little did he know, it was better that Ye Fei didn't say it this way. The moment he did, Xiang Shao could no longer hold back and immediately burst into laughter.
At this moment, Xiang Shao looked at Ye Fei as if he were looking at an idiot!
"Do you think I, this young master, would lose?"
Xiang Shao said with a face full of mockery and confidence, "You must be dreaming with your eyes open."
"Whether I lose or not is hard to say! I'm asking, what if you really lose?"
Ye Fei shook his head and asked again.
"If I lose, I'll call you grandpa three times, how about that?"
Xiang Shao was provoked by Ye Fei's demeanor and immediately said coldly.
"That doesn't seem quite right?"
Ye Fei looked at Xiang Shao with a look of embarrassment and said.
"Heh! What's not right about it? I'm only saying this under the premise that you win me!"
"However, you cannot possibly win against me!"
Xiang Shao sneered and said confidently.
"Alas! A frog in a well..."
Ye Fei looked at the overconfident Xiang Shao and shook his head slightly.
What about the Four Young Masters of Jiangdong? Such an idiot could be one of them?
If even such an idiot is one of the Four Young Masters of Jiangdong, then what would a genius like him be?
"You go first. I'm afraid that once I start carving, you won't have a chance."
At this moment, Xiang Shao didn't rush to carve the jade first. Instead, his gaze fell on Ye Fei, and he said with a cold smile.
"No, no, no, you go first, you go first..."
Ye Fei looked at Xiang Shao and said this.
"What, afraid of losing embarrassingly?"
Xiang Shao's expression was surprised, he glanced at Ye Fei and asked in a deep voice.
"It's not that I'm afraid of losing embarrassingly. It's that once I start carving, you might be so ashamed that you'll find a piece of tofu to kill yourself with."
"So, to avoid dampening your enthusiasm for showing off, it's better for you to go first."
Ye Fei looked at Xiang Shao and said with a serious expression.
"You!"
Xiang Shao's face turned cold upon hearing Ye Fei's words. He was so angry.
"Good, good, good! Since you're so confident, I'll see how you plan to win against me later!"
Xiang Shao laughed in anger and then directly picked up a piece of jade and a carving knife and began to carve!
"Wow! As soon as an expert makes a move, you know if they've got it! Young Master Xiang's carving skills, without thirty years of practice, you definitely wouldn't achieve this!"
"Go to hell! Young Master Xiang is only in his early twenties, where would he have thirty years of carving experience!"
"Do you understand? This is called personification! It means Young Master Xiang is a favored child of heaven, learning carving for one year is equivalent to others learning for five or ten years!"
"No wonder even Master Wang praises Young Master Xiang's carving artistry!"
As Xiang Shao began carving, a group of people immediately started flattering him without restraint!
The Qin family, after all, was in the jade business!
Therefore, Qin Lan could immediately tell how high Xiang Shao's carving skill was.
Without exaggeration, Xiang Shao's carving skill had indeed reached the level of masters!
The title of one of the Four Young Masters of Jiangdong was not given in vain!
In comparison, Qin Lan looked at Ye Fei beside her and felt a bit worried for him!
However, thinking about it carefully... it seemed Ye Fei wouldn't lose anything!
After all, Ye Fei came to Jiangdong this time to break off the engagement with her!
So, if Ye Fei lost later, he could just take the opportunity to break off the engagement!
And as long as the engagement was broken off, Xiang Shao would likely stop giving Ye Fei a hard time!
Qin Lan thought this and felt a little more at ease.
But, for some reason, when she thought about breaking off the engagement with Ye Fei immediately, she felt inexplicably restless.
She herself didn't understand this feeling, nor did she comprehend it.
"Wow! A perfect work of art! This is simply the most exquisite and perfect work of art of this century!"
"It's so breathtaking! Young Master Xiang's carved artwork is simply flawless! I've never seen such exquisite and beautiful art!"
After an unknown amount of time, accompanied by exclamations of admiration, Xiang Shao's carving was completed!
It was a double fish pendant!
To be honest, from Ye Fei's perspective, the carving skill of this pendant was only passable.
However, in the mouths of the sycophants present, it became a perfect work of art achieved by celestial craftsmanship!
Damn, don't these sycophants feel ashamed for flattering with such a clear conscience?
"It's alright. Although it's not my best performance, it at least shows eighty percent of my skill."
At this moment, Xiang Shao spoke.
"What? Eighty percent skill?"
However, it was better that Xiang Shao remained silent. The moment he spoke, everyone present immediately exclaimed!
"With eighty percent skill, one can achieve this level? If that's the case, then if he performed at ten percent skill, in the entirety of Jiangdong today, apart from Master Wang, no one could surpass him!"
"That's for sure! He is the star disciple of Master Wang, and one of the Four Young Masters of Jiangdong, how could he be weak?"
Everyone seized the opportunity again for a round of frantic flattery!
Ye Fei listened, and goosebumps formed all over him!
What the hell! Are these so-called noble circles of Jiangdong so lacking in integrity?
"Alright, alright! Everyone quiet down, now let's all admire the carving by Master Ye Fei!"
At this moment, Xiang Shao raised his hand and gestured for quiet.
Instantly, the entire venue fell silent.
Then, he flatteringly addressed Ye Fei as "Master" and made a welcoming gesture!
"Hiss!"
Seeing this, the crowd immediately erupted in boos!
Their gazes towards Ye Fei were filled with contempt and mockery.
This fellow who came from some unknown mountain valley dares to call himself a master?
Is this trying to be funny?