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Chapter 41: All Are Useless, Purely Selfish:
"It's you again!"
Why, why was it always him?
Long Tian felt a surge of murderous intent.
At this moment, everyone at the auction could see it clearly that there was bad blood between Ye Liuyun and Long Tian! This was going to be entertaining. After all, people naturally love to watch a good drama unfold.
"Keep bidding!"
Long Tian didn't waste any words. Since it was an auction, the highest bid would win, and that was all that mattered. However!
"Captain, the person bidding against us is from the Zhao family!"
Although they were gangsters with money, their wealth was nothing compared to the Zhao family, a billion-dollar household.
"Bid!"
But Long Tian didn't care about that. All he could think about was that jade monkey!
There was no choice. Despite the dilemma, Jiang Cang decided to bid after he hesitated for a second.
"11 million yuan!"
"12 million yuan!"
This time, the bid came from Tang Gulan! Additionally, Qu Yingmeng and her friends had already made arrangements in their chat group.
Qu Yingmeng: Everyone bids once; whoever gets it in the end depends on luck!
Yao Huaimeng: Sounds good!
Tang Gulan: This is fair!
You Yu: Hurry up, I can't wait anymore!
Goodness, Long Tian probably never imagined he was being played so thoroughly. Neither did Ye Liuyun, for that matter.
[What's going on?!]
It was one thing for Qu Yingmeng to bid, but now Tang Gulan was joining in too. But the real surprise was yet to come!
"13 million yuan!"
"14 million yuan!"
This time, it was You Yu, eagerly shouting her bid.
"15 million yuan!"
"16 million yuan!"
Now it was Yao Huaimeng's turn.
Compared to the others, Yao Huaimeng remained much calmer. However, noticing Ye Liuyun's astonished expression made her a bit embarrassed.
The bidding continued!
"17 million yuan!"
"18 million yuan!"
"21 million yuan!"
"31 million yuan!"
No one at the auction expected a jade monkey with a base price of fifty thousand yuan to fetch such a high bid. The auctioneers were grinning from ear to ear.
The most critical part was that no matter how high Jiang Cang bid, Qu Yingmeng, Tang Gulan, You Yu, and Yao Huaimeng kept taking turns to raise the price.
If it wasn't clear at the start, it became obvious by the end: these women were doing it on purpose. Even though they didn't have a grudge against Long Tian, they were helping Ye Liuyun settle a score.
"Good heavens, the Zhao family, the Tang family, the You family, and the Yao family. Who is this young man?"
"No idea, but we certainly can't afford to offend him!"
"Isn't that obvious? Do you need to say it?"
Silently, they all memorized Ye Liuyun's appearance, planning to warn their children not to cross him in the future.
Meanwhile, Long Tian was furious. He wasn't stupid; he could tell these women were helping Ye Liuyun. Damn it! Damn it all!
"These beauties should belong to me; they should all be me!"
In Long Tian's mind, he should be in Ye Liuyun's position, not sitting here humiliated.
"Captain!"
By now, Jiang Cang was also feeling frustrated. They still had enough money, but this back-and-forth bidding seemed endless.
"Just give our final bid!"
Facing Jiang Cang's question, Long Tian's face darkened as he spoke in a low voice, "I'm done waiting."
"Understood!"
Jiang Cang nodded seriously and continued to bid.
"100 million yuan!"
Jiang Cang's liquid assets were just over a hundred million yuan. He couldn't go any higher. No one expected a jade monkey with a base price of 50,000 yuan to reach 100 million yuan.
Would there be more bids?
Everyone looked toward the second-floor balcony.
It was Tang Gulan's turn, and she calmly said, "101 million yuan."
"Wow!"
She really bid! Exactly 1 million yuan more!
Jiang Cang could raise the bid by a few million more, but it seemed pointless now.
"Captain, we’re out of money!"
Long Tian didn't say anything and stared intensely at the jade monkey on the auction stage.
Damn it! Damn it all! Not only did he resent Ye Liuyun, but even Jiang Cang earned his disdain for being useless and broke.
Why didn't this Jiang Cang have more money?
Why was he so incompetent?
This was pure selfishness: do ten good deeds and it wouldn’t matter, but make one mistake, and he would be eternally hated.
"Bid more! Bid more!"
You Yu clenched her small fists, hoping Long Tian would continue bidding since it was almost her turn to bid again. But!
"Sold!"
The hammer fell, and the final bidder was Tang Gulan!
"What a waste!"
You Yu was visibly unhappy, feeling that she had been so close to gifting the item to Liuyun. Just a little more!
Soon, the auction ended.
Tang Gulan, who won the jade monkey, wasted no time approaching Ye Liuyun.
"Mr. Ye! This is for you."
Even though she knew the jade monkey contained a pill that could enhance physical strength tenfold, Tang Gulan didn't hesitate.
"For me?"
[Wow!]
Ye Liuyun blinked and was genuinely surprised.
Next to him, Tang Ming laughed and said, "Hehe, brother-in-law, don’t be shy. My sister has never given anything to any man before!"
He called him brother-in-law so smoothly!
Hearing this, Tang Gulan blushed but didn’t argue.
"Then I won’t be polite!"
Even though he didn’t really need it, it would be rude to refuse a gift.
"Thank you, Miss Gulan!"
Ye Liuyun smiled at Tang Gulan.
Embarrassed by his gaze, Tang Gulan whispered, "It’s... It’s nothing. You can call me Lan."
"Then you can stop calling me Mr. Ye. Just call me Liuyun."
"Okay!"
Though it was just a change in names, it made Tang Gulan very happy, as it meant she was closer to Ye Liuyun.
-To be continued!
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T/N: Thanks for reading!