As soon as he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the room.

The auction hall was instantly filled with cheers and screams from the audience:

"Holy crap, are you kidding me? A divine pearl grass worth billions is just being given away for free?!"

"It must have taken a lot of effort for the auction house to get the Divine Pearl Grass, right? Back then, countless forces around the world were investigating the whereabouts of the Divine Pearl Grass, and the auction house owner just gave it away with a single sentence? It's like the Divine Pearl Grass is worthless!"

"Mommy! I knew before that the person behind the auction was powerful, but now I've seen just how powerful they really are! Please, auction owner, if you don't want the money, you can give it to me, I'm so poor!"

"Just who is the owner of this auction? They're incredibly wealthy!"

"..."

Li Mingyue's face cracked with anger, and she stood there stunned for a while, unable to react.

Giving it away to the Rong family for free? Are you kidding me?

She was arguing heatedly with Old Master Rong, and then the auctioneer just gave it to the Rong family with a single sentence?!

Grandpa Rong was also slightly taken aback. His smile froze on his face, and he felt even more bewildered than surprised.

The Rong family has no dealings with the auction house owner, so why would the auction house owner give them the Divine Pearl Grass? This Divine Pearl Grass is no ordinary treasure...

He quickly and curiously looked towards the VIP room on the top floor, where the curtains slowly drew, gradually obscuring Gu Momo's fair and delicate face.

It was as if something was deeply hooking into the depths of Grandpa Rong's soul, and a strange emotion was about to leap out of his heart.

The curtains were drawn quickly, so he didn't have time to see Gu Momo's face clearly, but the perfect contours of her face were still captured by Grandpa Rong.

That familiar silhouette looked remarkably like his wife when she was young…

Before he could think any further, Old Master Rong quickly got up and headed towards the auction hall to stop the people.

Seeing that Old Master Rong was walking so fast, Li Mingyue was furious and followed him. "That old man, he stole our Li family's things and dares to run away?"

People were coming and going in the hall, and everyone looked surprised when they saw Old Master Rong.

"So Mr. Rong is quite the expert; he even knows the person behind the auction?"

"Congratulations, Mr. Rong! You've really struck it rich! You'll save a lot of money in the future!"

Grandpa Rong's attention was not on them at all. He was nervously searching through the crowd. The moment he finally saw Gu Momo's back, his old eyes lit up with surprise, and he quickly chased after her.

"Miss, please wait!"

Gu Momo turned her head and saw Grandpa Rong rushing over, and she was slightly taken aback.

As expected of the once-renowned overlord of the capital, even though he is now old, he is still full of energy as he runs over.

He stopped in front of Gu Momo, and the closer he got, the more excited his aged eyes became.

That's right, he saw it clearly, this girl really looked just like his wife when she was young!

Gu Momo had probably already guessed something. A knowing glint flashed in her eyes as she smiled at Old Master Rong, "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"

When Grandpa Rong saw Gu Momo's innocent smile, he felt refreshed all over!

Look, this girl even looks so much like his wife when she smiles. It would be strange if she weren't from the Rong family!

Well, the Rong family only has three sons, and he keeps urging them to have a granddaughter, but these unfilial sons are either childless or single, so he doesn't even have a granddaughter to hold.

It turns out that it wasn't that they didn't want to have daughters, but that they secretly hid them away from home!

Grandpa Rong, afraid of frightening Gu Momo, asked with a kind smile, "Young lady, would you mind telling me who your father is?"

Gu Momo raised an eyebrow imperceptibly. Old Master Rong probably mistakenly thought she was his son's secretly kept daughter, which was why he asked who her father was...

She had heard her mother say that Grandpa Rong had three sons, who were her three uncles.

Gu Momo chuckled and replied politely, "Mr. Rong, my surname is Gu."

Surname Gu? Old Master Rong immediately sensed something was wrong.

This girl must be a descendant of the Rong family. Since she is his son's daughter, she should take his son's surname, Rong!

No! The descendants of the Rong family must not be allowed to wander outside!

He went back and tied up his three sons, tortured them severely, and got to the bottom of things!

Li Mingyue rushed over. She originally intended to question Grandpa Rong, but when she saw Gu Momo, she couldn't help but break down.

That bitch Gu Momo, what is she doing here?!

Oh right, she'd heard Gu Shanshan mention that Gu Momo was a platinum member of the auction house. If Gu Momo wasn't behind this auction, who else could be?

Li Mingyue sneered contemptuously. Wearing eight-centimeter high heels, she arrogantly slapped Gu Momo across the face. "Gu Momo, you bitch! Did you sleep with the auction's mastermind again to ruin my good time?"

A cold glint flashed in Gu Momo's eyes. Just as she was about to make a move, a domineering force pulled her behind her.

Li Zhanting stood tall and imposing in front of her, his strong hand gripping Li Mingyue's hand tightly, his icy eyes filled with coldness, "If you can be here, why can't she be here?"

Li Mingyue's wrist was gripped tightly by him, and she immediately looked grimacing in pain.

She wasn't seeing things? Li Zhanting was actually protecting Gu Momo again!

Even though she was terrified of Li Zhanting, she still tried her best to maintain the pride of a noble lady. "Li Zhanting, I am your sister! How dare you treat me like this? Let me go!"

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