The next morning, Huo Sining and her two companions hurried back to Ruili nonstop because it was the day the gemstone bidding at Ruili was scheduled to begin.
The bus journey from Tengchong back to Ruili took six hours, and by the time Huo Sining and her friends arrived in Ruili, it was already past 2 p.m. The bidding had been underway for four hours, and most of the sealed bids had already been opened.
Upon learning that Huo Sining and her group had returned, Bai Yishan eagerly called Huo Sining, "Where are you guys? Hurry to the gemstone bidding building!"
"How did it go, did we win those two pieces of rough stone?" As soon as Huo Sining and the others arrived at the gemstone bidding building and found Bai Yishan, she couldn't help but anxiously ask.
