Ye Xinning looked up.
The woman in front of me was wearing a white dress, her hair was styled in a high bun, her makeup was exquisite, and she had a smile on her face.
Ye Xinning didn't recognize the woman, so she shifted her gaze to Shen Lin.
Shen Lin got up and spoke to the woman.
"You've come too."
"Well, since our CEO Sheng has gone to so much trouble to organize this event, I had to come and join in the fun."
"Hmm," Shen Lin replied lazily.
"By the way, when did you arrive in Beicheng? Didn't An'an come with you?"
An'an?
Ye Xinning had been listening to their conversation with ease, but those two words made her freeze instantly, and her gaze towards the woman became more inquisitive than before.
No way, could this woman in front of me have some kind of relationship with Jiang An?
"No."
The woman sighed in disappointment, "That's a real pity. I thought she was here too, and I was hoping we could see each other."
Shen Lin didn't speak. The woman's gaze fell on Ye Xinning, as if she had only just noticed that there were other people beside Shen Lin.
She pointed at Ye Xinning and tentatively asked, "And who is this?"
“My wife, Ye Xinning,” Shen Lin said in a low voice.
Upon learning Ye Xinning's identity, an awkward expression crossed the woman's face, and Ye Xinning could roughly guess why she was embarrassed.
Asking the mistress in front of someone's wife—isn't that embarrassing?
She sat in her seat, pursing her red lips, without saying a word.
The woman, having likely experienced some things herself, quickly composed herself and nodded to Ye Xinning. "Hello, Mrs. Shen. I am Ruan Yuan, Shen Lin's college classmate."
Ye Xinning nodded calmly, his attitude neither cold nor enthusiastic.
Jiang An and Shen Lin were from the same school as Ruan Yuan, so the reasons are obvious.
Seeing that Ye Xinning didn't say anything, Ruan Yuan touched her nose somewhat awkwardly and said to Shen Lin, "Mrs. Shen is really different from others."
Shen Lin frowned as well. He looked at Ye Xinning, his tone more severe than before.
She's saying hello to you.
Ye Xinning gave her an "I know, so what?" look. Was she supposed to enthusiastically express to Jiang An's friend that she regretted not meeting him sooner? That would be a real shame; she couldn't do that.
Ruan Yuan spoke up at this moment, "It's nothing. Mrs. Shen is just like that. My seat is over there. I'll go there first. If we have time later, we can have dinner together."
"Um."
After Ruan Yuan left, Ye Xinning no longer wanted to smile. With a sullen face and cold eyes, she fiddled with the bracelet on her wrist.
As Shen Lin sat down, he suddenly grasped her hand and covered the bracelet with it.
Ye Xinning subconsciously frowned. Shen Lin noticed this detail, his eyes darkened, and his voice was low.
"You don't like Ruan Yuan?"
"Is she RMB? Why should I like her?" Her cold attitude really didn't spark any interest in discussion.
"Even if you don't like her, you shouldn't embarrass her in front of so many people."
Ye Xinning said as if she had heard a joke, "Do you call that embarrassing? If I really wanted to embarrass her, I should have slapped her to teach her a lesson for deliberately bringing up Jiang An to provoke me."
Women understand women better. Before Ruan Yuan spoke to Shen Lin, she had already made eye contact with Ruan Yuan. She didn't believe that Ruan Yuan couldn't guess her identity and even mentioned Jiang An. What else could that be but intentional?
But Shen Lin was completely oblivious to the fact that something was amiss.
After hearing her words, Shen Lin frowned even more deeply.
"Ye Xinning".
"If you don't want to see me, I'll leave now." She wasn't really interested in the banquet anyway.
Shen Lin gripped her hand tightly. "Don't even think about leaving."
Ye Xinning knew he would say that.
The banquet officially began, and Shengting, as the organizer, gave a speech. After the speech, the formal auction and fundraising event began.
Ye Xinning wasn't interested and just kept her head down playing on her phone.
Shen Lin didn't make any move until he started bidding when he was bidding on a jade bracelet.
Ye Xinning looked at him suspiciously, not understanding his actions.
What are you doing?
"Take pictures."
Ye Xinning subconsciously wanted to ask, "Who is this photo for? It's not for me, is it?"
But she swallowed the words back.
Ruan Yuan mentioned Jiang An earlier, and Shen Lin suddenly took this picture, probably because he wants to give it to Jiang An when he sees him in the future.
The bracelet that Shen Lin took a liking to was called "A Match Made in Heaven". It was a rare and precious natural full-green jadeite, and its auction price was around 50 million.
As Shen Lin raised the price, a voice suddenly came from the back row.
"One hundred million."
Shen Lin said, "One hundred and fifty million."
"Two hundred million."
Shen Lin said, "Three hundred million."
Ye Xinning looked at Shen Lin and wondered if this man had gone mad. He was able to raise the price of a bracelet worth 50 million to 300 million for Jiang An.
In her view, this was utterly outrageous.
With Shen Lin's bid, the people behind him fell silent, and Shen Lin successfully won the bracelet.
When Ye Xinning looked at Shen Lin again, he felt that the words "sucker" were written all over his face.
This is utterly inhuman!
However, Mr. Shen, the person involved, did not feel that anything was wrong and remained calm and composed.
After the auction ended, Shen Lin and Sheng Ting went to retrieve the bracelet they had just won. Ye Xinning, feeling bored, wandered around the banquet hall.
Suddenly, a signature on a particular bouquet caught her attention.
She took out her phone and snapped a picture.
Open the chat app and find the person whose contact name is "him".
—I saw your name.
They replied very quickly.
—Is the auction over?
Ye Xinning felt a little bored when she saw that he wasn't surprised at all that she was at the auction.
—Hmm, you sent flowers to Shengting, but he didn't come?
—I'm not available right now, so I'll send someone over.
—It's not very convenient. Okay, I might have to go back to Nancheng tomorrow. How about I come see you before I leave?
—Don't come over. I'll come to Nancheng to find you when I have some free time.
Ye Xinning thought for a moment, replied "okay," and then chatted about other things for a while before putting down her phone.
Meanwhile, inside a villa in the southern part of the city.
A man, dressed in a white shirt, stood barefoot on the carpet, gazing into the distance with deep, unfathomable eyes.
The woman standing behind him spoke up, "Sir, the item wasn't photographed."
"What's going on?" the man asked in a low, cold voice.
"It was taken by people from the Shen family of Nancheng. The final bid was 300 million."
"Who gave you the right to give up on your own?"
"Sir, I just think that three hundred million for a bracelet is not worth it."
"Shut up. Whether it's worth it or not is up to me."
"I'm sorry, sir."
The man lowered his voice, "After this is over, she asked the family that helped the sick person to take good care of them."
"Yes, sir."
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