Chapter 18 Treat him

When Zhu Wendong turned his attention to the auction, the item had already been auctioned to the last one.

"Next up is our final lot for today's auction. This necklace is from the Princess Collection, designed by the renowned designer Bubel. It's inspired by the magnificent natural butterfly and features a rare blue diamond."

The interest of the people below was instantly attracted.

"The Princess series designed by Bubel was discontinued more than a decade ago. I'm so happy to see a necklace here today. It's really beautiful!"

"Bubel's Princess collection has always been priceless, and the starting price for this one is expected to be tens of millions."

"I also heard that designer Bubel's inspiration for this collection came from his love for butterflies. I wonder if that's true."

Fake.

It wasn't Bubel himself who liked butterflies, but his daughter.

When she was little, she liked to chase butterflies in the sky. Every time she did so, she would fall and get hurt when she returned home. Later, Bubel was worried that her daughter would get hurt again, so she decided to make the butterfly the main element in the princess series.

Later, my daughter really stopped chasing flying butterflies and instead admired the sparkling necklace around her neck every day, never wanting to leave.

"The reserve price is 10 million, and each bid increment starts at 1 million."

As soon as he finished speaking, hands raised their hands one after another until the price reached 25 million, and then the number of people began to decrease.

Zhu Jianyi fell in love with the necklace at first sight, but because it was beyond her budget, she put her hand down and watched the show calmly.

There were no ladies in Lu Guanqi's family, so he wasn't very interested in this kind of jewelry. He supported his face with his hands and listened absentmindedly as the price went up little by little.

It was not until he heard the word "fifty million" that Lu Guanqi woke up instantly and looked around, not knowing what he was looking for.

Zhu Jianyi looked at him puzzledly: "What are you looking for?"

Lu Guanqi shook his head violently: "Nothing."

The voice just now clearly sounded like Qi Yanxue, why didn’t I see anyone?

Zhu Jianyi didn't bother to pay attention to him and muttered to himself, "This necklace was sold for 50 million. What a huge sum of money."

Everyone present looked towards the source of the sound almost at the same time.

Including Zhu Wendong.

She stared at him in disbelief with her eyes wide open under the mask, but was afraid it was too obvious, so she quickly looked away.

"Number 388 bids 50 million. Who else wants to bid?"

It was quiet.

"Fifty million, first time."

…

"Fifty million, second time."

…

"Fifty million, the first—"

"Fifty-one million." The man sitting in the corner of the auction raised his sign.

"Number 266 bids 51 million. Anyone want to match that?"

Zhu Wendong looked calm, acting like a bystander.

This price was completely beyond her estimation. Although the princess series designed by Bubel was priceless, she never thought it would reach this price.

A necklace is useless except as a gift to ladies or jewelry collectors. Anyone who wants to buy it above that is probably a fool.

"Fifty-five million." Qi Yanxue said calmly.

Everyone was shocked. Some people began to wonder who the man number 388 was, while others were curious about which lady was so lucky to receive this necklace.

There was a lot of discussion.

Zhu Wendong clasped his palms with his fingertips under his suit. Things seemed to be out of control.

"Fifty-six million." No. 266 bid again.

Qi Yanxue raised his sign: "Sixty million."

This time, No. 266 did not bid again. After three hammer strikes, the necklace was given to Qi Yanxue.

After the auction ended, Zhu Wendong bit her lip, not knowing whether she should be happy that she had made such a large sum of money, or worried that the necklace would fall into Qi Yanxue's hands.

Zhu Wendong wanted to ask him what he spent so much money on the necklace for, but in the end he didn't ask.

Since he paid for it, it is his.

It's none of her business anyway.

Zhu Wendong stood up and took small steps to the other side. Her graceful figure wrapped in the fishtail skirt was fully exposed, and her butterfly bones on both sides were slightly raised, like a sparkling butterfly necklace, flapping its wings as if about to fly.

Qi Yanxue tilted his head slightly, his gaze falling on her back, his eyes ambiguous until they disappeared.

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In a dark corner of the auction.

"Brother, why did you think of taking a picture of a necklace?"

The man holding the number 266 turned the number plate and said softly, "I originally wanted to give you a meeting gift, but it seems I can only change it."

"Brother, this auction is run by our Zhou family. If you wanted, you could have made a private deal with the seller right from the start."

Zhou Si'an smiled slightly, looking extremely grateful. "She will definitely not agree to this."

Zhou Jinxiu did not refute this time. He just thought about the sound of him grabbing the number with his brother just now. He couldn't tell how familiar it was, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

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After the auction ended, Lu Guanqi finally got rid of Zhu Jianyi who was chasing him relentlessly and walked outfield.

He made a phone call.

"Where are you? Are you here for the Bode Auction?"

The person on the other end just said "hmm", being very frugal with words.

Lu Guanqi didn't care: "I'm at the side door of the venue, come and pick me up!"

As if she was afraid that he didn't hear her, she raised her voice again: "If you don't come to pick me up, I'll tell my grandfather when I get home!"

Now the only one who can control Qi Yanxue is Old Man Lu. Whenever Lu Guanqi encounters problems, he will bring him out to discipline him, but whether this is effective or not depends on Qi Yanxue's mood.

In the past, Qi Yanxue was also undisciplined. At that time, Lu Guanqi didn't know that Mr. Lu could discipline him. He only knew that Qi Yanxue did whatever he wanted and was self-determined. Later, he was completely obedient under the control of one person and voluntarily indulged in depravity.

But that was in the past.

The Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped at the side door and slid out a graceful arc.

After Lu Guanqi got in the car, the gossip in his heart burned fiercely: "Did you buy that necklace?"

Qi Yanxue drove here by himself today. He turned the steering wheel with one hand and looked ahead: "No, whoever wants to take it away can take it away. It's none of my business."

“…”

Lu Guanqi was silent for a long moment, then sat up straight. "Qi Yanxue, be careful! Someone at the auction disguised their voice and bought that necklace. You'll be all over the internet tomorrow."

He counted on his fingers: "What about the second young master of the Qi family spending a fortune to buy a necklace, what about the information about the man that the second young master Qi is interested in being is questionable, and what about Qi——"

"Your first priority now is to quit reading novels." Qi Yanxue interrupted him, feeling speechless after hearing his nonsense.

Lu Guanqi didn't care: "My job is to read novels. I can't live without a job."

Qi Yanxue ruthlessly added: "It's all garbage. You might as well hurry up and change your brain."

Lu Guanqi curled his lips and was about to retort when the phone rang.

Qi Yanxue connected the Bluetooth, and Zhou Jinxiu's name appeared on the central control display.

Lu Guanqi swiped the call and answered it, then spoke first: "Zhou Jinxiu, I'm not impressed with the auction your family hosted. You need to practice more."

"Lu Guanqi? Are you with Qi Yanxue?"

"Yeah, why are you envious and jealous?"

Zhou Jinxiu: "Do you think everyone is as naive as you? If I had known you were so difficult to please, I wouldn't have invited you."

Lu Guanqi: "Hey, don't forget that I also bought a sample of tea set. I am your financial sponsor now, so what do you think of me?"

The two of them felt uncomfortable if they didn't make fun of each other for a day.

Qi Yanxue raised her eyes and interjected at the right moment, "What are you calling about?"

Zhou Jinxiu took a breath and asked, "Did you buy the necklace that was the last item?"

Lu Guanqi, who had just asked the same question, was about to answer no for him, but was interrupted by the person next to him.

Qi Yanxue said calmly: "Yes."