âOne million!â Xia Yanyan raised her sign, breaking the pattern of auction increments of ten thousand. Ye Xingguang, who was about to bid five hundred and fifty thousand, swiftly put down her sign, surprised that Xia Yanyan also had her eyes on the Dragon and Phoenix Auspicious Grandmotherâs Emerald Jade Pendant.
It wasnât that she didnât want to compete with Xia Yanyan, but she understood Xia Yanyanâs temperament. If she entered in a bid war with her, Xia Yanyan would feel the need to compete, leading to escalated bids just to save her pride.
âOne million and one hundred thousand.â
âOne million and two hundred thousand!â
âOne million and three hundred thousand!â
âOne million and four hundred thousand!â
â¦
âTwo million!â Xia Yanyan raised her sign again, breaking the pattern of hundred thousand increments.
Ye Xingguang handed the bidding sign to Xiao Mi Hu: âYou start bidding, I want that Jade Pendant.â
Xiao Mi Hu said: âWhy donât you bid yourself?â
âIâm afraid Iâll trigger Xia Yanyanâs competitive spirit. If I step in, she wonât back down.â
Xiao Mi Hu asked quietly: âSo whatâs your limit?â
Ye Xingguang held up five fingers, saying, âNo more than five million, I donât want it if itâs over five million.â
âOh, oh, oh. I too think that the Jade Pendant isnât worth five million. I understand, wait for me to win it for you.â
Xiao Mi Hu held up the sign: âTwo million and two hundred thousand!â
âTwo million and five hundred thousand!â
âThree million!â
â¦
Unexpectedly, everyone participating in the auction was so affluent!
A few million might seem like a lot to Ye Xingguang, but for the luminaries of the entertainment and music industry, it was a paltry sum. They could afford it and were willing to pay, as long as they could curry favor with Madam Shen. The money was absolutely well spent!
âTen million!â Xia Yanyan raised her sign for the third time, causing a ripple of surprise to run through the room.@@novelbin@@
A national treasure deserved to be treated as such; after all, it was both good looking and expensive. Xiao Mi Hu only managed to raise her sign once before losing hope.
She lowered her head, âXingguang, should we keep bidding? I only bid once, yet Xia Yanyan has already hiked the price several times. Your limit was five million. Should we raise the bid?â
Before Ye Xingguang could respond, someone else had placed their bid.
âTwelve million!â
âThirteen million!â
âFifteen million!â
â¦
âTwenty million!â Xia Yanyan raised her sign for the fourth time.
Ye Xingguang, with her modest budget, replied, âForget it. Weâre not wealthy tycoons. Letâs just sit back and watch.â
Twenty million for a Grandmotherâs Emerald Jade Pendant, has she gone mad? Grandma Shen would certainly mock her for being a fool if she were here. Forget it. Grandma Shen, you can buy your granddaughterâs engagement present yourself.
By comparison, if Grandma Shen were present, she wouldnât have continued bidding either.
ââThirty million!â
At that moment, bidder number thirty-five raised his sign.
Ye Xingguang instinctively turned to see who was so extravagant. She couldnât understand the world of the wealthy; sure enough, her imagination was limited by poverty. Thirty million for a piece of Jade Pendant? Sheâd rather buy a mansion!
Xia Yanyan also turned to look at number thirty-five.
Number thirty-five was an unfamiliar face, not a celebrity from the entertainment or music industry or a famous businessman, but a normal high school-looking young man wearing school uniform. He had spent the previous time buried in his papers, solving math problems.
Now, he had finished his math problems and raised his sign.
Xia Yanyan raised an arrogant eyebrow: âForty million!â
The young man: âFifty million!â
Xia Yanyan: âSixty million!â
The young man: âSeventy million!â
Suddenly, everyone else fell silent, with only Xia Yanyan frowning, about to raise her sign: âEighty million!â
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