Chapter 132 The Gems on the Bride Are Fake

Chapter 132 The Gems on the Bride Are Fake

Yu Yingting was also surprised to spot staff from the Xuehe stall at today's banquet. After learning that the bride, He Siqin, was from J City, it no longer seemed strange to her.

People from small towns have limited horizons; it's not surprising they'd flock together.

It was all because of that Xuehe stall incident where she had lost face in front of her professors and classmates. She harbored dislike for the Xuehe stall staff and now extended that resentment to He Siqin.

Anyone associated with Xuehe was clearly no good!

Yu Yingting withdrew her gaze, sitting there bored and spacing out. Just then, a friend sitting next to her spoke up.

"Xinyue, your cousin's family is really good to this new bride. That gem on her tiara, if I'm not mistaken, is the Deep Sea Dream Blue Sapphire, right?" Cen Linghui's family was in the jewelry business. She recognized at a glance that the jewelry the bride was wearing was extraordinary, so beautiful it was mesmerizing.

"Deep Sea Dream Blue Sapphire? I remember a Deep Sea Dream Blue Sapphire bracelet was auctioned for twenty million last month." Lan Xinyue had heard of this gem. She had initially just thought the bride's attire was beautiful, but now her curiosity was piqued further.

"Exactly, that gem is extremely precious. A small piece costs several million. The one on the tiara is so large, and there are also the necklace and earrings. I'd estimate it's worth around two hundred million." Cen Linghui looked at the bride's attire, a happy smile appearing on her face.

This whole look was exactly to her taste. It would be even more perfect if she could get a closer look or even touch it.

But she wasn't familiar with the bride and wondered if Lan Xinyue could conveniently pass along her request.

Hearing Cen Linghui's words, Lan Xinyue also nodded thoughtfully. She'd long heard that her cousin was deeply in love with that bride and insisted on having her. If that were true, then her cousin's wedding today was truly sparing no expense.

Listening to their conversation, Yu Yingting snorted derisively. She sneered, "What a joke. The Deep Sea Dream Blue Sapphire on the bride is fake."

As soon as she finished speaking, several girls nearby turned to look at her in unison.

"Really? That can't be, right?"

"The Lan family wouldn't wear fake jewelry, would they?"

"It looks pretty real to me."

...

Cen Linghui frowned and said, "Yu Yingting, why do you say it's fake? What evidence do you have? Don't just say things without proof."

"Yu Yingting, you need to back up a claim like that." Lan Xinyue felt a surge of irritation. Today's bride was her cousin's wife. If it got out that someone from the Lan family wore fake gems, it would shame the whole family.

Yu Yingting shot an arrogant glance at the bride on the stage and said slowly, "Hah, you want evidence, right?"

With that, she directly revealed the deep blue bracelet on her wrist, saying coyly, "This is what Wen Yu gave me last month." This was from her fiancé, Wen Yu.

The girl next to her, Shen Jiaxuan, piped up, "Is that the bracelet that sold for twenty million? The Deep Sea Dream Blue Sapphire bracelet?"

Yu Yingting nodded haughtily, "Exactly!"

Shen Jiaxuan said enviously, "It's so beautiful, much prettier than the bride's!"

The other young women around Yu Yingting all looked at her bracelet. She generously made a show of displaying it to everyone.

The deep blue gemstone bracelet was utterly captivating, as mysterious and intoxicating as the deep sea.

Yu Yingting said, "This one on my wrist is real. The gem's color is deeper. As for the color of the gems on the bride... well, you can compare for yourselves. That's the evidence."

She smiled slightly and continued, "The bridesmaids are from the bride's side, right? Two of them are street vendors."

After she said this, the girls nearby who heard it found their gazes toward the bride turning contemptuous and disdainful.

Having street vendor friends made the suspicion of wearing fakes even stronger.

Cen Linghui found this logic completely flawed. "Gemstones naturally come in varying depths of color. That can't be used as evidence to judge authenticity. Moreover, I think the set on the bride is more brilliant and of higher quality."

The color of the gems on the bride was like the azure sea, dreamy and wonderful, invigorating and delightful, superior to Yu Yingting's bracelet.

If the gems on the bride were made from proper material, then Yu Yingting's were made from scraps.

Then, Cen Linghui said, "Street vending is a form of self-reliance. What's there to mock?" If any of them left their families, what could they do? They're not even as good as the street-vending bridesmaids.

Yu Yingting scoffed at Cen Linghui's words. She rolled her eyes and lowered her head to admire her own bracelet, occasionally responding to the sycophantic praise from those around her.

Lan Xinyue was displeased with Yu Yingting's attitude internally, but didn't let it show. She smiled gently and said, "Linghui, could you tell me more about the Dream Deep Sea Sapphire?"

Cen Linghui smiled, "Of course." She hoped to get an introduction to the bride through Lan Xinyue.

*

The day after attending the wedding, Jiang Yingxue bid her grandparents farewell and went out with Ji Fu.

The two of them first browsed several clothing stores at the mall, buying two new outfits each for her grandparents and Xiao Yang, and also buying a princess-style pet bed for Xiao Zhao and Xiao Kui.

After storing the purchased items in a storage ring in a secluded spot, they turned and headed for the deep, remote mountains located within Y City.

Unlike Beidan Mountain, which was a tourist attraction, Xilei Mountain was an undeveloped, sparsely populated mountain.

Jiang Yingxue and the others entered Xilei Mountain. The further in they went, the fewer traces of human presence there were.

The dense forest had no proper paths; more often than not, there wasn't even a place to set foot. But this didn't pose a problem for them as cultivators.

With a wave, a clean path was created.

The two of them traversed through the jungle for over half an hour, arriving at a cliff.

Ji Fu said, "Sister, there's a cliff ahead. No path."

Jiang Yingxue smiled faintly and said, "Look carefully. There is a path."

"A path?" Ji Fu was now at the late Golden Core stage. A Mermaid's eyes could naturally see through lower-level formations.

But she couldn't see through the natural illusion formation before her. It seemed this formation was relatively high-level.

"This is a natural illusion formation." Jiang Yingxue sent a stream of spiritual power into six different positions.

The six streams of spiritual power were absorbed by the illusion formation. In the blink of an eye, the original appearance of the place appeared before them.

The ground was covered in black stones and pitch-black trees. Bolts of lightning of varying thickness struck the stones and trees, yet the scene was desolate and eerily quiet.

A flash of surprise crossed Jiang Yingxue's eyes. "It's actually a natural electric field."

She smiled. "Let's go in. This opening only stays open for fifteen minutes. It will automatically close after fifteen minutes."