Chapter 90: The One Who Ruins the Scene
As soon as Lin Yilan and Huo Juncheng got out of the car, the media gathered outside surrounded them. The flash lights made it difficult for Lin Yilan to open her eyes.
Lin Yilan covered her eyes with her hands, but it didn't seem to have much effect.
Seeing this, Huo Juncheng handsomely took off his suit jacket and stood in front of Lin Yilan. He glanced at the security guard standing beside him and shouted, "Don't let the media get too close."
"This is the first time the Huo family has participated in a charity dinner. I would like to ask if the Huo family intends to get involved in the charity industry in the future?"
"Boss Huo came here with his fiancée this time. Is this a sign of good things to come?"
The overwhelming number of questions made Lin Yilan dizzy, and she herself didn't know how she arrived at the banquet hall.
Huo Juncheng put on his suit jacket and took Lin Yilan's hand: "Don't worry, I'm here."
"Who should I give this to later?" Lin Yilan held the wooden box in her arms reluctantly. She felt very uncomfortable when she thought about giving the glass hand-held ornament to someone else soon.
Seeing Lin Yilan's expression, Huo Juncheng couldn't bear it and took the initiative to say, "Since you like it so much and can't bear to part with it, we can just buy it back when it goes unsold."
Is this kind of operation actually possible?
Lin Yilan looked at Huo Juncheng in surprise. Before she could come to her senses, Huo Juncheng had already handed the thing in her arms to Old Madam Zhang beside her.
"Juncheng, look at you. Every time I wanted you to come here to support me, an old lady, your grandma always said you were busy with work. You brought your fiancée here today. Does this mean that good things are coming?" Old Lady Zhang took the wooden box from Huo Juncheng's hand with a smile on her face, while looking at Lin Yilan beside Huo Juncheng.
There were rumors that Huo Juncheng's fiancée was a country girl. But today, I saw that she was not only pretty but also had an extraordinary temperament. She was not like what they said at all.
"Madam, I don't understand what you mean. It was Yilan who didn't want to get married to me. Grandma has long regarded Yilan as her daughter-in-law and handed over all the power in the family to her. Today she is also attending the meeting on behalf of the mistress of the Huo family." Huo Juncheng smiled and took Lin Yilan's hand while introducing Lin Yilan to Madam Zhang beside him.
What mistress of the Huo family? Lin Yilan blushed with shame and glared at Huo Juncheng fiercely in private.
Old Madam Zhang was overwhelmed with the guests coming and going. She glanced at Huo Juncheng and hurriedly reminded him, "If there's anything we haven't done well today, please forgive us. Your names are written on the table reserved for you."
After saying this, Mrs. Zhang was already busy receiving other guests.
Not long after they were seated, the oil tycoon Chu Jia also showed up.
The person who came was Chu Siran, the only daughter of the Chu family.
Although they both have the surname Chu, Lin Yilan couldn't help but sigh that the lives of Chu Siran and Chu Xi are so different.
As soon as Chu Siran appeared, she was surrounded by many people, and they invited her to take a seat like the moon surrounded by stars.
Chu Siran's seat was next to Lin Yilan's. After she sat down, she looked around and seemed a little unhappy.
"Are you Huo Juncheng? I've seen you on TV before. This is your lovely wife with superb martial arts skills?" Chu Siran said as he took out a powder puff to touch up his makeup.
Even though Lin Yilan herself thought that her personality was quite carefree, she didn't expect that Chu Siran's temper seemed to be even more aggressive than hers.
Before Lin Yilan could come to her senses, Chu Siran started chattering again: "It's all charity anyway, Mr. Huo, please do me a favor and buy the jar that my grandfather asked me to bring here."
Could there be such a good thing?
Lin Yilan was shocked and stared at Chu Siran beside her with wide eyes.
Chu Siran put on a pitiful expression. "Please help me take the photo later. I really have an urgent matter today. My dad originally told the Zhang family that he wanted to take the photo of the things our family sent last, and he even wanted that Zhang Aoran to show his affection to me in public. It's so greasy. I don't want any political marriage. I've already had someone do something. Zhang Aoran shouldn't come so early. Please help me take the photo later. I know, Mr. Huo, you are not short of money!"
Chu Siran looked at Lin Yilan pitifully. She chattered on and on for a long time, and only then did Lin Yilan understand the reason.
Among the people who came today, no one else is as wealthy as Huo Juncheng. Chu Siran obviously didn't want to delay any further, and she didn't want to have anything to do with Zhang Aoran.
"I'll try my best." Huo Juncheng looked at Chu Siran meaningfully and said calmly.
He was half-believing and half-doubting what Chu Siran said.
However, soon, everything Chu Siran said was verified one by one.
The Chu family's auction items were presented first. Old Mrs. Zhang, who was originally sitting in the audience, was now obviously a little anxious.
Old Madam Zhang walked out of the audience without caring about her image, looking around.
When the auction failed, Huo Juncheng directly raised his bid: "I'll offer eight million."
"I'll give you nine million."
Before the host shouted out the number "eight million" for the first time, a sign at the back of the audience was raised. A man stood at the back of the crowd and gave Huo Juncheng a sly smile.
Shen Shenyan! Why is he here?
"Fifteen million." Huo Juncheng blurted out without thinking.
Then, Shen Shenyan quickly raised the price again: “30 million.”
Chu Siran, who was standing nearby, quickly grabbed Huo Juncheng's arm and said, "It's just a broken jar. Stop raising the price. Are you really that stupid and rich?"
Chu Siran tugged at Huo Juncheng's sleeve.
This made Lin Yilan, who was caught between the two of them, very embarrassed. Lin Yilan looked at Chu Siran and said, "We really need that tank. I broke an identical one some time ago..."
"What? You did it?" Chu Siran looked at Huo Juncheng and Lin Yilan in surprise.
Then, just when Huo Juncheng was about to raise the price to five thousand, Chu Siran pulled the sign out of Huo Juncheng's hand.
"It's already 45 million, Huo Juncheng, you're crazy!"
"I heard my grandfather was selling the family jar, and he said the other one was broken, so there was no point in keeping it now. The jar your fiancée knocked over, wasn't it in a small farmyard in the Xilan area? Oh no, the clubhouse?"
Huo Juncheng was stunned after hearing Chu Siren's next words. He was stunned and stopped what he was doing.
"Forty-five million for the first time, forty-five million for the second time..." the host's voice was filled with excitement.
Lin Yilan glanced back at Shen Shenyan at the back of the audience, with a winner's smile on his face.
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