Chapter 725 Catching the Thief and Recovering the Stolen Goods

The media spotlight instantly focused on Li Tingxi.

The moment everyone has been waiting for has arrived!

You have to give your wife face, no matter what!

However, even without Li Tingxi, Su Youling's performance tonight was the best of the night, proving herself with absolute talent.

Seeing Li Tingxi make his move, the competitive noise subsided, and someone even excitedly shouted, "Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, happy wedding!"

A smile appeared on Li Tingxi's cold face: "Thank you."

Su Youling gave him a speechless look.

Didn't I tell him not to interfere?

Seeing this, Hao Tianyi lowered her head in disappointment and turned to leave.

"You're leaving already?" Yue Yixun appeared out of nowhere and gently comforted Hao Tianyi, "Her work wins because of its sentiment, but your designs are just as good. You just lack experience. Once you have a life as rich and colorful as hers, you might be able to design even better works than her."

Hao Tianyi's heart skipped a beat, and she glanced at him in surprise: "I didn't expect you to comfort me like this... But, a loss is a loss. I shouldn't stay here and make people uncomfortable."

"Qi Xiang'an plagiarized Su Youling's work. This matter hasn't been investigated yet, and you're one of the suspects." Before the little girl could explode, Le Yixun quickly said, "Don't you want to find out the truth?"

Hao Tianyi's expression shifted, and she turned to look at him: "You know everything? You don't doubt me?"

“You wouldn’t waste your talent like that; you do have a good eye for people.” Seeing the little girl’s dejected look, Le Yixun rubbed her head. “Let’s go, just wait and see the show. Li Tingxi won’t let his people suffer such injustice. Qi Xiang’an betrayed Yitao Culture and has been causing trouble for so long; I don’t believe he has no tricks up his sleeve.”

Hao Tianyi hesitated for a moment, then followed him and sat back down.

Soon, the French collector gave in, giving Li Tingxi a friendly smile: "This belongs to you."

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"I won't snatch the gift."

At this point, the price had already reached 100 million!

Everyone thought this was already an astronomical price, and that no fool would be willing to pay even more.

Li Tingxi nodded and was about to put the sign down.

Ding Muyan suddenly raised the sign again: "150 million. I really like this work. I'm very sorry, President Li."

boom!

The area below suddenly exploded.

Why would Mr. Ding add such a huge amount of money, 150 million?

If the purpose is to promote the art exhibition, the gimmick of Li Tingxi bidding against someone else is enough to cover the production of promotional materials. Why spend so much money?

Could it be that he, a pure businessman, actually likes this kind of artwork?

Su Youling was also somewhat surprised, but when she saw Li Tingxi still holding up the sign, she immediately glared at him and stopped him with her eyes.

Li Tingxi: "..."

How could such a meaningful work fall into the hands of others?

He hesitated for a moment between his wife and her work, but ultimately decided to put the sign down.

Su Youling immediately smiled slightly at the auctioneer.

Finally, the decision was made.

"150 million, congratulations to Mr. Ding for winning the highest-priced masterpiece of the entire event."

Thunderous applause erupted.

This time, the atmosphere was mixed with shock and envy, as well as countless gazes with varying expressions.

Seeing this, Qi Xiang'an's face changed with anger, and he turned to leave, but Qin stopped him.

Lang and his men blocked the entrance to the auction hall.

"Please wait a moment, there are still some things to be resolved."

"What are you waiting for!" Qi Xiang'an gritted his teeth and said, "I'm fine here, why are you stopping me? What right do you have to restrict my personal freedom?"

"Don't rush, it'll only take a minute!" At this moment, Li Tingxi walked onto the stage, stood next to Su Youling, and had someone pull up Qi Xiang'an's design drawing. "Qi Xiang'an, this is the first and last time I'll ask you—is this your original design?"

This question startled everyone, and they instinctively looked towards the door.

Qi Xiang'an's expression changed. "What do you mean? I'm a well-known and respected designer. Are you trying to accuse me of plagiarism? Today's contestants are all juniors. Which one of them is qualified to be accused of plagiarism?"

"Are you deaf or blind? Even disregarding the fact that Mr. Ding and I are both stakeholders with ties to Su Youling, Wending Studio's work still fetched a high price of 80 million, securing the top spot in the entire auction." Li Tingxi said coldly, "Do I need to elaborate on the value of Su Youling's work? If you don't approve of her design, why did you steal her work?"

"You—" Qi Xiang'an looked as if he had been slapped hard across the face, his face turning pale and then red. "I didn't! You're slandering me! I can sue you! Su Youling, what evidence do you have?"

"Do you need evidence?" Su Youling sneered, turning to Ding Muyan. "Mr. Ding, according to regulations, all designers participating in tonight's auction must submit original drafts of their designs to ensure the authenticity of their creations. Could you please have someone bring Mr. Qi's design for us to review?"

Qi Xiang'an's expression changed, and something went through his mind in a blur, but he couldn't believe this was his fate. He made a last-ditch effort: "I'm going to sue you! Quick, get a lawyer..."

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At that moment, Ding Muyan's men quickly brought up Qi Xiang'an's design drafts, causing everyone to crane their necks to see what tricks were inside.

Su Youling and Li Tingxi exchanged a glance, then directly used the half-finished bottled water that the guests in the front row had been drinking to splash onto the draft paper.

Everyone: "!!"

That ruined the manuscript.

What exactly is she trying to do?

Kill 800 enemies, commit 1000 suicides?

Just as everyone was filled with doubt, the camera focused on the bottom right corner of the draft paper and magnified it on the screen through multimedia projection—it was clearly the logo of Wending Studio and Su Youling's signature!

"Mr. Qi, don't you ever wonder why you only received the design drawings the night before the auction and then rushed to produce the finished product?"

Su Youling smiled and said, "I gave you this little bit of time on purpose. If it weren't for the fact that I had to wait for you to make the finished product, you probably wouldn't have been able to steal the design drafts until this morning. But you poached the entire design team from Yitao Culture and even managed to bribe President Lu's trusted secretary to help you steal the design drafts. You really have some tricks up your sleeve."

"Unfortunately, from the moment you betrayed Yitao Culture, President Lu investigated your background thoroughly. This is not the first time you have stolen other people's manuscripts. It's just that no one caught you in the past. You are a talented designer from an artistic family, so public opinion naturally favors you."

"So this time we deliberately tampered with the draft paper. We asked Dr. Mi, Professor Richard's last disciple, to help design an invisible liquid to apply to the draft paper. Once it dries, the paper is no different from normal, but as long as you splash water on it, the signature and logo will appear, but it will not affect the design drawing made with the special pen."

Upon closer inspection, everyone saw that it was indeed true!

That design drawing was still flawless.