Chapter 178: Being Schemed Against
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Just as the host landed his hammer, Lin Yuan belatedly realized that something was wrong. She pondered for a moment and looked up at Mo Zhu, who was standing quietly not far away. She said coldly, “You, you raised the price on purpose?”
Mo Zhu shrugged and replied nonchalantly, “You can’t spout nonsense. Everyone is just competing fairly and the highest bidder wins. There’s no such thing as it being intentional or not…”
Realizing that she had been schemed against by Mo Zhu, Lin Yuan was so angry that she panted heavily. She pointed at Mo Zhu and scolded her ruthlessly, “You! Where did this wild girl come from? What a sharp tongue she has!”
Seeing that Lin Yuan did not look very well, Kang Ying quickly went forward to support her. As she patted the woman’s back to calm her down, she comforted, “Mom, she’s just a country bumpkin. Let’s not stoop to her level.”
Lin Yuan turned her head with a cold expression and resentment. Her anger was burning in her chest and she did not want to look at Mo Zhu anymore.
Previously, when she heard Huo Qing and Kang Ying mention Huo Xuan’s fiancée, she had thought that the two of them had exaggerated. Now that she saw it today, she realized that Mo Zhu indeed had some ability.
The people from the Gao family were very efficient. Just as the host announced that the necklace was won by Kang Ying, a waiter wearing gloves went on stage personally to take the necklace and quickly sent it to Kang Ying who was on the second floor.
The drama only came to an end officially after the servant from the Kang family had swiped his card and accepted the necklace. It was only then when everyone in the living room came back to their senses. In a few minutes, they understood what had taken place. Seeing the deflated expressions on Lin Yuan and Kang Ying’s faces, everyone wanted to laugh, but they could not and all of them had a hard time holding it in.
After the two of them helped each other back to the private room, everyone could not help but start whispering and discussing.
“It’s really funny. The Kang family actually spent 10 billion to buy a necklace worth at most 200 million. I’m afraid no one will believe it even if I tell them!”
“That’s right, that’s right. You didn’t see the expressions on Mrs. Kang and Ms. Kang’s faces just now. It was really exciting. After losing so much money, if it were me, my old man would definitely break my legs!”
As everyone discussed excitedly, the auction continued in an orderly manner.
The emcee slowly pushed out the next auction item from backstage. It was a rare antique bottle that the Gao family’s master, Gao Rong, had bid for by chance many years ago. It was said that this ancient bottle had been lucky enough to be placed in a sleeping chamber by an emperor of a certain dynasty.
Although most of the people who came to participate in the auction today were here for the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb, there was no lack of people who truly liked antiques. After a few rounds of bidding, this ancient bottle was finally won by a VIP in a private room for 500 million.
The third item was a small incense burner. The emcee placed it in the gift box and presented it on the stage. The emcee took the treasure introduction from the appraiser and began to introduce this item in detail.
“Now we are showing everyone the legendary incense burner that was made by the divine doctor. The Zhao family had commissioned us to auction it on behalf of them.”
“Everyone knows that many years ago, before the previous master of the Zhao family passed away, he was fortunate enough to be diagnosed and treated by the divine doctor. This incense burner was personally refined by the divine doctor at that time. The incense burning from this burner can extend one’s life if one uses it for a long time.”
When the host said this, everyone below the stage looked at the gift box in surprise. Clearly, they did not believe his words.
In the private room.
Xu Huan placed a hand on the half-opened window and raised his head to look at the stage downstairs. He saw that the small incense burner was not refined so exquisitely and he sneered in disdain, “The Zhao family is so daring, they actually dare to take out a random thing for sale. In order to sell for a good price, they even fabricated the lie that it was made by the divine doctor. It’s so funny.. Given the time spent to make this, the divine doctor would have been able to save so many lives instead.
