“Mr. Ellis, it’s not like that, really! I didn’t team up with anyone to scam you!” Branden exined frantically.


    “I… I just made a mistake! But I didn’t mean to!” Kacper sat there in shock, staring at the mess on the floor.


    “How is this possible? It can’t be true…”


    At this moment, Miranda smirked and turned to Harlow. “Harlow, you found yourself a great boyfriend who knows how to cheat and deceive. Thank goodness L exposed him. Women should always find reliable men; don’t let anyone fool you. Hehe…”


    Although the words came from a goddess CEO’s mouth and sounded light-hearted, they almost made Harlow furious.


    “You… I…” Harlow was so angry she couldn’t even speak properly. Her boyfriend who had just been used as a show-off item was now in shambles.


    “You didn’t mean it? One or two coincidences may be possible but all of these are coincidences?” Anton coldly questioned Branden.


    Branden had no response; his heart sank deep into his chest because he knew that Anton would never trust him again after this incident.


    His reputation in this circle would also be ruined forever; no one would ever pay him high prices for his services again and he wouldn’t be able to survive anymore.


    But at this moment, L waved his hand and said, “Mr. Ellis, you may have misunderstood him. His appraisal is actually correct. The problem lies with these raw stones.”


    “Oh? What do you mean?” Anton was taken aback that L would speak up for Branden.


    Branden looked at L in confusion and surprise, but also with gratitude and anticipation.


    L picked up a piece of scrap material and pointed to the cut surface saying, “You see here, there are faint traces of green inside the raw stone along with some extremely poor quality jadeite. In fact, all of these were originally beautiful jadeite stones.”


    “As we all know,” he continued, “a good piece of jade can nourish people because it absorbs the spiritual energy from heaven and earth. The better the quality of jadeite stone is, the more concentrated its spiritual energy will be! These materials have be like this because their spiritual energy has been sucked dry but it’s not visible from outside.”


    As soon as he finished speaking, Anton eximed in surprise,”Oh? It seems like that’s really what happened!”


    Branden took a deep breath and carefully observed everything before his face changed slightly.


    Kacper was even more startled as he got up from the ground staring intently at these scraps. “How could this happen? Who sucked out all their spiritual energy?” Kacper shouted angrily with a grim expression on his face.


    At this point, Anton’s face looked a little better, knowing that Branden didn’t mean to trick him.


    “Who hase into contact with these materials?” L asked in a deep voice.


    The ability to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within jade was not something an ordinary person can do.


    Kacper’s face kept changing and he thought for a moment before saying, “This batch of raw stones was brought back from Moclington. Before being shipped to Mr. Ellis, my dad’s friend helped some foreign clients take a look at them. They even picked out some pieces of beautiful jade. Could it be…”


    “I’m not sure about that…” L said lightly.


    This was the Atkinson family’s business and had nothing to do with him personally.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    “Mr. Ellis, my family really didn’t mean to deceive you. Fortunately, you haven’t paid yet. We’re really sorry about this,” Kacper exined while wiping his sweat off his forehead.


    Anton waved his hand without saying anything else but clearly held some resentment in his heart.


    Kacper forced out a bitterugh as he led everyone away dejectedly without the same confidence or pride as before.


    Harlow followed suit but before leaving gave L a deep look filled with surprise and resentment.


    How did this guy figure it out?


    Why did it seem like he knew everything?!


    At this moment, Branden gratefully arched his hand towards L. “Mr. Willis, thank you so much! If you ever want to gamble on jade or buy antiques, feel free toe to me. I’ll be happy to help you for free.”


    He was truly grateful for L’s help! He never expected someone would stand up for him and clear his name.


    Anton probably wouldn’t invite him again in the future, but thanks to L’s exnation, at least his reputation wasn’tpletely ruined.


    “Uh… okay,” L rubbed his nose and nodded a little speechlessly.


    Branden realized he might have been presumptuous andughed at himself. Did L really need his help with identifying jade?


    “Young man, thank you so much! If it weren’t for you today, losing 80 million would be nothingpared to the damage my family’s reputation would suffer!” Anton came over and grabbed L’s hand while thanking him repeatedly.


    “It’s nothing. Your daughter is my friend after all. Besides, I won 2 million myself,” said L nonchntly.


    “Hahaha… it is Betty’s good fortune to have a friend like you.” Anton suddenly remembered something, “By the way, were you here today to gamble on jade? I happen to have a top-quality jade product that I can give directly as a gift if you’re interested.”


    Betty stood beside them proudly lifting her chin towards her father’s direction.


    Anton had alwaysined that she only knew how to y around and didn’t take her work seriously. But today, she finally had something to be proud of.


    A momentter, L and Miranda left the gambling den with a jade Buddha in their arms. The jade was exquisite and sparkling, made from the finest emperor green carving. It was worth a fortune, as big as a newborn baby.


    “Men wear Guanyin and women wear Buddha. How about we give this jade Buddha to your mom? She should like it, right?” L asked with a smile.


    “It’s okay,” said the beautiful CEO with a slight pout for some reason, seeming somewhat unimpressed.


    “Then keep it secret for me. Don’t tell her beforehand so I can surprise herter,” L instructed.


    Miranda responded with an “oh.” Then suddenly she stared at L and said, “By the way, you should stay away from Betty in the future.”


    L was taken aback and asked, “Why? Her dad did have an attitude problem towards me at first but that’s understandable human nature. You see how he eventually expressed his sincerity?”


    As he spoke, he shook the jade Buddha in his hand thinking that maybe Miranda was referring to Anton’s initial attitude towards him.


    “It’s not her dad; it’s Betty! Haven’t you noticed how she looks at you? Her eyes are practically shining with admiration!” eximed Miranda with a tsk tsk tsk sound.


    Miranda’s tone carried with jealousy as she spoke. Hearing this, L looked at the goddess CEO strangely, a mischievous smile appearing on his face.


    “Are you jealous? Betty and Orion are a couple, you’re thinking too much,” he said.


    “Don’t talk nonsense. I told you not to get too close to her. Did you hear me?” Miranda said dominantly.