This painting is actually worth at most two million, but she's trying to drive up the price.
Ideally, she should push it to 20 million, then abruptly stop, leaving Yun Suiwan to painfully cut her losses.
"12 million!" Yun Wanqing shouted with her eyes closed.
"15 million!" Yun Suiwan accepted the challenge.
"18 million!" Yun Wanqing shouted again.
At the same time, she was very excited, just waiting for Yun Suiwan to shout out 20 million.
Her trip today was worthwhile.
"18 million?" Yun Suiwan asked in surprise, then added, "Wanqing is so straightforward!"
Yun Wanqing suddenly opened her eyes.
What does that mean?
Why isn't she raising the price?
"...18 million for the third time! Congratulations, ma'am, the item is yours!"
With a resounding "bang!", the auctioneer brought down the gavel.
A round of applause erupted from the audience, with Yun Suiwan clapping the loudest.
Yun Wanqing was completely stunned.
After the auction, Yun Wanqing went to her office alone.
"I remember you can have items here sold as unsold items, right?" she asked the auctioneer.
The auctioneer was taken aback. "Miss Yun, are you trying to back out?"
Yun Wanqing hesitated and couldn't bring herself to say it.
"She doesn't want to back out, she just doesn't have that much money." Yun Suiwan and Gu Fanyan walked in.
The auctioneer exclaimed in surprise, "Our auctions follow legal procedures. Ms. Yun, what you're doing constitutes fraud!"
“Who says I can’t come up with the money?” Yun Wanqing immediately retorted. “I’m the betrothed young mistress of the Lin family. What’s a mere 18 million?”
The auctioneer didn't dare to offend her, so he said, "Miss Yun, we have a three-day turnaround period. You can transfer the money to our account in three days."
“Yes, auctioneer, your approach is excellent,” Yun Suiwan praised deliberately, “You not only closed the deal but also gave Miss Yun face.”
Yun Wanqing bit her lip tightly.
If she really comes back in three days, wouldn't that be admitting that she has no money in her pocket?
How could she possibly lose face like that!
When this got back to Lin Zhibai's parents, how could she possibly stand up in the Lin family?
“No need to wait three days,” she said immediately. “I’ll have someone send the money right away.”
She went to a corner to make a phone call.
Yun Suiwan gave a cold laugh and left with Gu Fanyan.
"She... can't come up with that much money, can she?" Gu Fanyan guessed.
“Of course,” Yun Suiwan raised an eyebrow, “unless Lin Zhibai is willing to help her.”
“She is his fiancée now, and even for the sake of the Lin family’s reputation, he will help her,” Gu Fanyan said.
"Do you know how she used to bully me?" Yun Suiwan asked coldly.
She had very little pocket money back then.
Yun Wanqing deliberately went to a store near the school to buy things, and remembered that all of them were Yun Suiwan's bill.
Later, when the debt became too large, the boss went to the school.
But Yun Suiwan had no idea about this and argued with her boss.
Later, rumors started circulating at the school.
It is said that Yun Suiwan is vain and uses the Yun family name to borrow money everywhere.
To say that Yun Suiwan is ill-mannered is an understatement. Although he is a member of the Yun family, he has developed many bad habits outside.
Others say that Yun Suiwan is too scheming and wanted to use this method to frame her own sister.
She was so young then, and her parents weren't on her side.
Surrounded by public opinion, she was unable to defend herself and was at a loss.
She still can't forget that despair.
Therefore, "it's only right that she experience this feeling," Yun Suiwan snorted.
Gu Fanyan sighed softly.
"Do you think I did something wrong?" Yun Suiwan asked.
Gu Fanyan shook her head. "I just regret that I can't help you. Otherwise, if Lin Zhibai finds out, he'll think I'm jealous."
"Hahaha." Yun Suiwan let out a hearty laugh.
Yun Wanqing kept calling Lin Zhibai's phone.
His assistant always answers the phone.
"Excuse me, Miss Yun, Mr. Lin is in a meeting."
"I'm sorry, Miss Yun, Mr. Lin has a meeting all day."
"I'm sorry, Miss Yun, this is such a large sum of money, I can't make the decision myself. Let's wait until Young Master Lin finishes his meeting before we talk about it."
"..."
As dusk fell.
The auction is over.
The art exhibition has also ended.
The staff members left one after another.
Yun Wanqing stopped the auctioneer: "You can't leave yet. I will definitely give you the money today, and I will also take the painting with me."
“Miss Yun, there’s no need for that,” the auctioneer said with a disdainful yet polite smile. “That painting has already been bought by someone else.”
"What?!" Yun Wanqing exclaimed angrily, "That painting is mine! How could you sell it to someone else!"
The auctioneer chuckled coldly: "Since you haven't placed a deposit, I'm already being generous by waiting for you for eight hours. Miss Yun, my time also has a price."
"Actually, I have a piece of advice for you: think things through before making a decision, and it will save you a lot of trouble."
After saying that, the auctioneer left without looking back.
Yun Wanqing stomped her foot angrily!
She stormed home, throwing her bag down with a loud thud.
"Oh, you've lost face outside, trying to make up for it at home?" Chen Lizhen said sarcastically as she walked out of the room.
Yun Wanqing glared at her angrily.
What's the meaning? !
"Don't glare at me! Go glare at the people who bullied you!"
Chen Lizhen tossed the phone to her.
Chen Lizhen also has a group chat where everyone exchanges various gossip from the entertainment industry every day.
Yun Wanqing immediately understood; the painting had still been bought by Yun Suiwan.
However, Yun Suiwan did not take the painting to her own home, but instead had it delivered to Gu Fanyan.
"Look how close these sisters are! They gave away a painting worth 18 million without even blinking an eye."
"Yun Wanqing, I remember you were the second young lady of the Yun family, so how come you didn't get a single penny of the Yun family's assets?"
Chen Lizhen, disregarding everything, added fuel to the fire.
Yun Wanqing was so angry she was about to explode.
She immediately picked up her phone and dialed Gu Fanyan's number.
Gu Fanyan didn't bring her phone; she was standing in the room, staring blankly at the painting.
Why did Yun Suiwan give this painting to her?
Did Yun Suiwan see through her deepest secret?
She clenched her fists tightly, and countless memories flashed through her mind...
The torrential rain of the night stretched endlessly.
The blade was cold. Completely devoid of warmth.
Blood flowed everywhere...
She quickly pulled herself out of her memories, but she still couldn't stop trembling all over...
"Young Miss!"
The cries of the nanny, Aunt Li, saved her.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Young Miss, what's wrong?" Aunt Li asked with concern.
Her face was terribly pale.
"I...I'm fine." She shook her head.
Aunt Li said, "A Miss Yun called downstairs and said she has something urgent to discuss with you."
Gu Fanyan assumed it was Yun Suiwan and, without thinking much of it, went downstairs to answer the phone.
“Gu Fanyan,” the other party was Yun Wanqing, who addressed her by her full name without any politeness, “you and Yun Suiwan set me up!”
Gu Fanyan curled her lips indifferently, "Playing with you? Are you worth our trouble?"
"What's the deal with that painting! Why did she spend so much money to buy it and give it to you?" Yun Wanqing demanded angrily.
"Is she going to announce to the world that Lin Zhibai bought the painting I wanted and gave it to you?"
Gu Fanyan was speechless for a moment.
Yun Wanqing has quite a wild imagination.
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