Master Wang, driven to madness by Lin An's rebuke, glared menacingly and threatened:
"Young man, I advise you not to act rashly, lest you get the things but die before you can use them."
In front of everyone, Master Wang's blatant threat frightened everyone into silence. Zhou Ya patted Lin An's hand with her sweaty little hand: "I'll make an exception and let you withdraw your bid. Stop arguing, okay?"
Zhou Ya was worried for Lin An. Even if the Zhou family intervened, they might not be able to deal with Master Wang.
Lin An felt the coldness in her palms, smiled slightly at her, and whispered, "Don't worry."
Zhou Chen, standing to the side, was ashen-faced. He was intimidating the bidders, which was completely breaking the rules. He was torn about whether to step in as the organizer to stop them.
At this moment, Lin An spoke calmly: "Stop talking nonsense. If you want my life, you'll have to wait until the auction is over. If you have money, then continue."
After several verifications, Lin An was full of confidence in the skills taught in the "Collection of Life Skills". With these two beads, he would dare to fight even if a celestial being came from heaven, and he did not take Master Wang seriously at all.
Zhou Chen was astonished by Lin An's words. As the future heir of the Zhou family, he was wary of Master Wang. Where did Lin An get the confidence to offend Master Wang like this?
Xu Mo wanted to find a place to hide. He had come with Lin An, who was carefree and had no family to worry about. But the Xu family had dozens of members. If Master Wang lost his temper, the Xu family would be finished.
He even suspected that this was Lin An's new way of retaliating against the Lin family. Maybe Master Wang would be so angry that he would perform a ritual to cut off the Lin family's luck.
Master Wang's face turned from red to pale, his eyes bloodshot, and he said, barely suppressing his anger:
"Young Master Lin, I have a great use for this item. Please be lenient and consider it a favor I owe you. Just come to me if you ever need anything in the future."
While Master Wang said this, what he really thought was that he would kill this fool after the auction ended.
Lin An had studied the art of judging character, and from the murderous intent in his eyes, he knew that this Master Wang was a ruthless character who would hold a grudge and seek revenge. He knew that Master Wang's favors were likely to be given away but not received.
"No need. I don't know you. Your favor is useless to me. Live in the moment and deal with the future later. I won't sell you my favor."
Master Wang broke down. He stared fiercely at Lin An, with only one thought in his mind: he must make sure Lin An died without a burial place.
Seeing that the master had stopped speaking, the auctioneer brought down the gavel.
Lin An casually swiped his card and received another treasure.
Undoubtedly, Master Wang chickened out and became Lin An's defeated opponent.
The final treasure was auctioned off, but the atmosphere in the room was incredibly tense. Many people admired Lin An's courage to fight to the end, but even more were worried that his life was in danger!
After the auction ended, Master Wang stormed off. The occasion was inappropriate; if he wanted to make a move against Lin An, he would have to find a better opportunity.
Zhao Gancheng wanted to exchange a few pleasantries with Zhou Ya before leaving. A good woman is afraid of a persistent man, and he wanted to show himself in every way.
"Xiaoya, I photographed three things today just to support you."
Zhao Gancheng adopted a confident demeanor and stepped forward to speak to Zhou Ya, intentionally or unintentionally swaying his wrist, which was adorned with a Vacheron Constantin watch.
Zhou Ya casually replied, "Thank you."
Her gaze remained fixed on Lin An, not even glancing at Zhao Gancheng for a second. Seeing Lin An pack up and prepare to leave, she quickly instructed him, "Lin An, be careful on your way back. I'm afraid Master Wang won't let this go so easily."
"Don't worry, I'm definitely not the one who will get into trouble."
Lin An was overjoyed to have obtained such a treasure. As for Master Wang, he was prepared to face any challenge head-on, taking life and death lightly and ready to fight anyone who dared to challenge him.
Seeing Zhou Ya's eyes filled with nothing but Lin An, Zhao Gancheng was immediately consumed by jealousy:
"Xiaoya, he's definitely finished. Master Wang will definitely kill him. You'd better stay away from him to avoid getting involved."
"You should mind your own business," Zhou Ya rolled her eyes at him, then went out to see Lin An off.
Zhao Gancheng watched Zhou Ya's departing figure and said, "Fine, you're going after Lin An, right? Then I'll go find Master Wang."
"Master Wang, wait for me, I have something to tell you..."
Zhao Gancheng followed Master Wang.
......
Disheartened, Lin Xia returned to the Lin family villa and huddled in her room crying.
Lin Wan opened the door and came in. Seeing her like this, she asked with heartache:
"Xia, what's wrong? Did Dad ask you to do something again?"
Lin Wan couldn't accept Lin Haoran's betrayal of his sister. How could he sacrifice his daughter's happiness to protect the Lin family's business? Was this something a human being could do? She tried to stop him, but Lin Haoran pointed his finger at her and cursed her.
"Big sister, Dong Shu doesn't want me anymore either."
"What?" Lin Wan was somewhat shocked that someone like that had actually dumped Lin Xia.
“We offended Lin An at the Zhou family’s auction, and his mother forbade him from being with me anymore. But he’s a good person, and he said he wouldn’t withdraw the 100 million yuan he invested in our family.”
Lin Xia sobbed again, "Big sister, I'm scared. I'm afraid Dad will find out and introduce me to other people."
"Xia, I'm sorry to have put you through this. Why don't you come with me? I'm planning to go to Beijing to find a job."
On those nights spent alone with her mother in the hospital, Lin Wan's heart turned completely cold. Instead of trying to gain her parents' respect, she decided to love herself and live her own life.
Lin Wan had made up her mind that once Zhang Wanru had recovered sufficiently, she would venture out and make her own way in the world. Zhang Wanru was educated and capable; as long as she worked hard, she was sure she wouldn't fare badly.
Lin Xia asked incredulously, "Go to Beijing? Stay in a rented room and eat takeout? Sister, are you crazy? We can't stand that kind of life."
Lin Wan sighed, not knowing what to say, and could only wipe away her sister's tears.
"Big sister, I saw Xu Mo. He seems to be rich and handsome now. He used to like me so much. If I go back to him now, will he accept me again?"
Lin Wan's hand holding the tissue trembled, and she said with a wry smile, "No way, have you forgotten? You defrauded him of more than three million."
Because she was her own sister, Lin Wan didn't say it directly: "First you go to Huang Mao, then you go to Fei Zhu. Do you really think Xu Mo is a sucker?"
“But Lu Xun said that to love someone is to forgive all their mistakes,” Lin Xia said, looking out the window with a melancholy look in her eyes.
Lin Wan's mind went blank. How come she didn't remember Mr. Lu Xun ever caring about this? Where did this toxic chicken soup come from?
"You can't hide the look in someone's eyes when they love them. Xu Mo looked at me with a smile in his eyes. He must have already forgiven me."
Lin Xia recalled the look Xu Mo gave her; he seemed to want to laugh, but he was probably afraid she would see through him, his pride holding back his laughter.
Lin Wan couldn't imagine what Xu Mo's expression would be when he saw Lin Xia, but if he did smile, it would most likely be mocking her for finding a cube.
"If thinking this way makes you feel better, then let's leave it at that. But listen to your sister's advice, whatever you do, don't go looking for Xu Mo, okay? Be good."
Lin Wan was genuinely afraid that Xu Mo would beat up her brainless younger sister.
Lin Xia clearly hadn't listened; she had already started planning how to bump into Xu Mo.
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