Li Xiu turned his head to look, seeing Li Qingyi and Bai Ying approaching, and it was Bai Ying who was speaking.

"Commander Li wants to buy diamonds?" Li Qingyi asked, looking at Li Xiu.

"I have some ideas," Li Xiu replied with a smile, without looking directly at Bai Ying at all.

"Buying a gemstone is like buying an antique; the biggest taboo is listening to stories. Commander Li should think it through before making a move," Bai Ying said from the side.

Li Xiu glanced at her, unable to suppress a frown.

Bai Ying's expression was normal, without the slightest abnormality, even gentler than usual when she saw him, which made Li Xiu dislike her even more.

Bai Ying is Bai Wanli's daughter; he just snatched back resources that originally belonged to the Technician group from Bai Wanli, leaving Bai Wanli quite upset.

Bai Ying couldn't possibly be unaware of this, yet she treated Li Xiu like nothing happened and even reminded him not to easily believe those gemstone stories.

If Bai Ying still sneered or mocked like before, it would only mean she's really foolish; put nicely, she's naive.

But seeing her current attitude, Li Xiu knew that Bai Ying wasn't foolish, which means she's truly malicious.

Li Xiu had no intention of bothering with her; he wasn't interested in wasting time and energy on such a person.

"If Commander Li wants to buy a gemstone, he should examine it carefully," Li Qingyi said thoughtfully, "There are many types of diamonds. Many laboratories can use tiny diamond fragments to cultivate lab-grown diamonds identical to natural ones. Lab-grown diamonds have all the same characteristics as natural diamonds, even purer, but the energy inside is far less than natural diamonds, so it's essential to take a closer look when purchasing diamonds."

"Ladies, I, Sun Tianlei, can swear to heaven, this one is definitely a natural diamond, not lab-grown… If it's a lab-grown diamond, let heaven strike me with thunder five times…" Sun Tianlei immediately swore an oath.

Bai Ying sneered, "Sun Tianlei, if your oaths were effective, your family would have died countless times. Who in the market doesn't know you're an expert in selling lab-grown diamonds? How many people have you conned before? Ji Qing from the Divine Pet group was tricked by you to the point of nearly committing suicide. Do you still want to deny it?"

"Miss Bai, you wrong me. I bought those goods from others; I didn't know the batch of diamonds sold to her were lab-grown from a laboratory!" Sun Tianlei quickly pleaded.

"And this Argyle Pink Diamond, you know it's not from a lab?" Bai Ying said with a smirk.

"How could I dare deceive Commander Li? This one is genuinely dug up by Gem Hunters from a castle ruin, couldn't be lab-grown, right?" Sun Tianlei said, somewhat ambiguously.

Li Xiu naturally could see that Sun Tianlei was probably insincere; it seemed the Argyle Pink Diamond was likely lab-grown.

Li Xiu had some understanding of lab-grown diamonds, after all, the technology is quite well-known. However, lab-grown diamonds aren't fake; they use a tiny amount of real diamond like planting a tree, making that small bit grow larger, so strictly speaking, lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds too.

It's just that the energy inside lab-grown diamonds is far less compared to natural diamonds of the same size, so the price of lab-grown diamonds is the price of lab-grown diamonds, and natural diamonds are priced accordingly. Generally, the price of lab-grown diamonds is less than one-tenth, even a fraction of one percent, of natural diamonds.

If clearly priced, and lab-grown diamonds are sold as lab-grown, there's no problem whatsoever.

But selling lab-grown diamonds as natural diamonds is rather unethical.

What intrigued Li Xiu was that if this Argyle Pink Diamond was lab-grown, it turned out to be a Demon Spirit Gemstone, meaning lab-grown diamonds could also give birth to demon spirits, which was very interesting.

"Sun Tianlei, are you certain this isn't a lab-grown diamond? I heard someone got a batch of Argyle Pink lab-grown diamonds from Tianhe Laboratory…" Bai Ying said casually.

Hearing this, Sun Tianlei's face suddenly changed slightly, and he forced a smile, "Ladies, that really has nothing to do with me, I'm selling genuinely…"

"Really a lab-grown diamond, right? Want me to call Old Qi to ask?" Bai Ying interrupted.

"Fine, with you here, Miss Bai, I admit defeat; I won't sell the diamond, okay?" Sun Tianlei sighed.

"How much do you want to sell this diamond for?" Li Xiu asked Sun Tianlei.

Sun Tianlei froze slightly; he initially thought not only that he failed today, but he had thoroughly offended Li Xiu, losing both the people and the benefits.

Though he wasn't concerned about offending or not offending Li Xiu, otherwise he wouldn't have tried to trick him.

But not obtaining benefits and offending someone wasn't what Sun Tianlei wanted.

"Commander Li, do you really want it?" Sun Tianlei looked at Li Xiu skeptically; even a fool now knew that the Argyle Pink Diamond in Sun Tianlei's hand was lab-grown, yet Li Xiu still wanted to buy it, leaving Sun Tianlei uncertain whether Li Xiu was serious or joking.

"Of course, I really want it, but the price must match the type of diamond, don't you agree?" Li Xiu said indifferently.

"Commander Li, didn't you hear what I said earlier? It's a lab-grown diamond with low energy value; why would you buy it?" Bai Ying looked at Li Xiu with wide eyes.

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