Chapter 207 Two-Stage Reversal: The Kong Family are Robbers
Murong Ting glanced at her phone screen, a cryptic smile playing on his lips.
On stage, upon hearing the price of 520 million, Kong Zhizhao's blood pressure spiked.
Zhou Liru, standing nearby, was even more excited: "Old Kong, did you hear that? Five hundred million! Five hundred million!!"
Kong Mengjiao exclaimed excitedly, "Mom, this is worth so much! Aren't we going to be rich?"
Kong Zhizhao's face turned bright red, but he still tried to remain calm: "Shh, don't rush, we haven't hit the hammer yet."
Zhou Liru and Kong Mengjiao nodded and remained silent.
The host looked at the crowd from the stage.
"Five hundred and twenty million, for the first time!"
"Five hundred and twenty million, the second time!"
"The third time, 520 million! Okay, no one's competing, it's a done deal..."
As the host's voice was about to fall, everyone's hearts were in their throats.
"Old Kong, it's going to be a success!!" Zhou Liru exclaimed excitedly.
Kong Zhizhao finally couldn't hold back his laughter and exclaimed, "Hahaha, the day has come for the Kong family to turn the tables!"
"I can't believe we're going to have so much money all of a sudden?" Kong Mengjiao was in a daze.
However, just as the host was about to finish the word "hand over"—
"Wait a minute."
Suddenly, a deep yet striking voice rang out.
Everyone was stunned and looked towards the left corner of the audience.
Then Murong Ting straightened his collar and stood up from his seat.
Kong Wange looked surprised and tugged at his sleeve: "What are you doing? Don't worry, I've arranged everything. The jade won't be sold."
Murong Ting smiled and said, "Wanwan, you're so adorably silly. Didn't you notice that the extras you hired didn't even show up? Actually, I got the invoice back a long time ago. I'll act in this scene for you today. With my looks and acting skills, I'm definitely better than the extras, right?"
Kong Wange finally understood what was going on with those inexplicable smiles the man had given her earlier.
She gritted her teeth: "Murong Ting, so you knew about my plan all along! You were following me?!"
Murong Ting patted her head: "Wanwan, I'm just worried about you!"
After saying that, he strode forward and walked onto the stage.
Seeing the transaction interrupted, Kong Zhizhao's expression turned somewhat unpleasant: "Young Master Ting, we are at a crucial stage of the auction. Is there anything you have to say that can't wait until it's over?"
“I certainly can’t wait until the end to say what I have to say.” Murong Ting calmly walked onto the stage from the side, glanced at the jade stone, and then said in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, “I want to ask, Mr. Kong is fine with holding an auction, but it’s a bit unreasonable that the jade stone being auctioned belongs to my Murong family. What do you think?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire audience erupted in uproar.
"What does Murong Ting mean? Is he saying this jade belongs to his family?"
"How is that possible? How could his family's jade end up with Kong Zhizhao?"
"Yes, it's utterly absurd. Is Kong Zhizhao really that stupid? Daring to openly auction off the Murong family's jade?!"
Kong Zhizhao was also a little confused by Murong Ting's words, but he reacted quickly and then his face darkened: "Young Master Ting, what do you mean by that? This jade belongs to our Kong family, how could it possibly belong to your Murong family?"
Murong Ting glanced indifferently at the crowd below: "Oh? Then tell me, how did you obtain this jade?"
Kong Zhizhao glanced quickly at Zhou Liru, who gave him an affirming look. He felt a little more at ease and turned to Murong Ting, saying loudly, "This jade was left by my late wife, Wen Xing. When she passed away, she left behind some belongings. I found a stone among them. Considering my late wife's exceptional medical skills, I guessed that this stone might hold some secret, so I had someone take a look. That's how I found the jade. Is there a problem?"
Upon hearing this, the audience members nodded in agreement.
When confronted by Ting Shao, Kong Zhizhao showed no remorse and spoke with reason and evidence, suggesting that he was mostly telling the truth.
If this stone was left behind by Wen Xing, then it would indeed belong to the Kong family.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Murong Ting again.
Murong Ting's lips curled into a slight smile, his eyes filled with mockery: "You mean, this jade was cut out of the rock by you?"
Kong Zhizhao didn't know why Murong Ting kept pursuing this point, so he immediately took another look at Zhou Liru.
Zhou Liru coughed lightly and stepped onto the stage: "That's right, I had someone cut this stone. Does Young Master Ting have any questions?"
"There really is. After all, I bought this jade from a small town in the south years ago. I really don't understand why Madam Zhou insists that you had someone cut it?"
Zhou Liru was stunned: "You're saying you bought this jade?"
Murong Ting nodded slightly.
"What evidence do you have!" Zhou Liru said sharply, "You say you bought it, so you did? Even though Young Master Ting is wealthy and powerful, you can't bully people like this, can you?"
"Unfortunately, I do have evidence."
Murong Ting curled his lips and opened a complete invoice to show everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the invoice for the ancient jade I bought in a small town in the south. It cost a total of 230 million. If you don't believe me, please take a look."
Then, the invoice was projected directly onto the big screen.
The date, purchased product, and purchase amount are clearly written on it, and there is an official seal next to it.
Everyone was stunned; no one had expected things to turn out this way.
Kong Zhizhao, who was standing next to her, was also stunned. He whispered a reprimand to Zhou Liru: "What's going on? Didn't you say it was cut out?"
Zhou Liru was also panicking, but she still refused to admit it.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Invoices can be faked too. Besides, Young Master Ting, how can you prove that this invoice was for this piece of jade? Everyone wants good things, but you can't just try to get something for nothing and fool people in front of so many people, can you?"
Murong Ting hadn't expected the Kong family to be so shameless, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Zhou Liru, you really won't give up until you see the Yellow River."
From below the stage, Kong Wange suddenly spoke up.
Everyone was taken aback when they saw her gracefully walk onto the stage in a nude pink tulle dress.
Because her skirt was a bit long, she frowned slightly as she went on stage. Murong Ting immediately dropped his aura and arrogance as someone who had been in a superior position for a long time and quickly helped her up.
He then whispered in her ear, "Wasn't my acting good? The Kong family is indeed troublesome. Luckily, you still have a backup plan."
Kong Wange replied, "It's alright."
She brushed past the man, walked a few steps to Zhou Liru's side, and said with a sneer, "I happen to have a video here, which can be shown to everyone."
She then retrieved a video recording and played it directly.
On the big screen, although the eyes of the two petty thieves were blurred out, it was still easy to tell that they were the two people Zhou Liru had hired.
The moment Zhou Liru saw the two of them, her face turned pale, and she staggered, almost losing her balance.
Kong Wange pretended not to see it and clicked "Start" with a blank expression.
The two people in the video were crying as they said, "That's right, we were ordered to rob the young mistress of the Murong family of her jade, but we really didn't know that piece of jade was so valuable, otherwise we would never have dared to rob it!"
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