Chapter 458 I'm Here to Trap You
Wen Luoyun has no real power in the Wen family and no way to make money on her own. Large sums of money still have to go through the Wen family's accounts.
The lotus is precious, but it's far from worth 14 million. The 5 million she just mentioned was already the ceiling price in her estimation. Kong Wange actually raised the price to over 10 million in one go. Has she gone mad?!
But the more she went mad, the more it showed how important this medicinal herb was to them.
The more important something is, the less she can let her two sisters have it!
Thinking this, Wen Luoyun hardened her resolve and turned to look at Tang Minghao, who was playing on his phone next to her.
Tang Minghao was playing with a sheep, completely absorbed in the game, when he suddenly felt a resentful gaze directed at him from the side.
He shuddered, raised his head, and instantly met Wen Luoyun's gaze.
"Brother Minghao..."
Tang Minghao: "...Speak properly!"
Wen Luoyun cleared her throat and said, "You ate my noodles back then, causing me to misunderstand for so long. Shouldn't you make some compensation?"
Tang Minghao: "?"
He glanced at the auction and immediately became wary: "You're not going to ask me for money, are you?"
Wen Luoyun, having been hit where it hurt, simply said, "Yes, I won't borrow more, how about two million?"
Are you kidding me? She's going to use this money to go against her second sister-in-law. If he borrows it and her second brother finds out, he'll be skinned alive!
Tang Minghao immediately sighed: "Xiao Luoyun, it's not that I don't want to lend it, it's that I don't have it!"
Wen Luoyun immediately said with a mournful tone, "Brother Minghao, how could you, the second young master of the Tang family, not even have two million? If you don't want to lend it to me, just say so."
Tang Minghao: "Then I'll be blunt, I won't lend it!"
Wen Luoyun: "?"
Seeing that Tang Minghao had gone back to playing with the sheep, looking like he didn't want to pay attention to her, and that the auctioneer had already called twice and was about to strike the gavel for the third time.
Wen Luoyun couldn't care less about anything else anymore, and with a determined effort, she raised 15 million.
As she held up the sign, she thought to herself, "At worst, I can just embezzle public funds from the Liuhetang main store to make up for it. Anyway, I'm the store manager now."
The auctioneer was so excited his voice cracked. The price of the lotus far exceeded his expectations; it was enough to meet his annual KPI!
The repeated bidding had made the auctioneer lose himself; he even felt that the price of the lotus could go even higher. Therefore, after Wen Luoyun made a bid, he hesitated to bring down the gavel. Instead, he looked around the room, especially focusing on Kong Wange: "Anyone else want to bid?"
In her seat, Kong Wange also looked shocked by the price. She pulled Wen Yue and asked, "Yueyue, I'm nearsighted and can't see clearly. Can you quickly help me look over there and see who is so rich that they actually bid 15 million?"
Wen Yue exclaimed "Ah," and although she was puzzled, she still answered truthfully, "It's Cousin Luo Yun."
"What? Luo Yun is at the auction too? Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Kong Wange sighed and said, "I didn't expect that Uncle Zheng Ning not only sent me to bid for the Xuwei Lotus, but also sent my cousin Luo Yun. What a double insurance move! Her eyesight isn't good, so she probably didn't see that I was the one who kept raising the price. Now that I know she's the one bidding, I won't compete. We both represent the Wen family, so it doesn't matter who buys."
After saying that, she turned to Qin Feng and said, "Master Qin, I have done what I promised you. The Wen family has already bid for this fake Xuwei Lotus. If you find the real lotus, you can send it to the clinic at the east end of Wen Family Street. The Wen family will arrange for someone to sign for it."
Qin Feng bowed slightly and said, "This time, we are very grateful for Miss Kong's help. If we can retrieve the real Xuwei Lotus, we will present it to you immediately."
"Thank you, Master Qin."
On the stage, with the final hammer blow, the auctioneer announced that the lotus plant belonged to Wen Luoyun.
With that, the auction came to a successful conclusion, and the crowd began to leave.
After saying goodbye to Qin Feng, Wen Yue still tugged at Kong Wange's sleeve and asked with some unease, "Sister Wange, do you think Master Qin can find that Xuwei Lotus?"
Kong Wange comforted him, "The Shadow Gate is well-informed, and the probability of Lao Xu escaping is extremely low. Even if he does escape, the Shadow Gate will owe us a favor, and it will be easier for them to find a new Xuwei Lotus."
Wen Yue became happy: "That's great! Sister Wange, you were just deliberately trying to steal that fake Xuwei Lotus from Wen Luoyun, weren't you?"
Kong Wange teased her, "What, you don't call me Sister Luo Yun anymore?"
Wen Yue pursed her lips: "Sister Wan Ge, I can tolerate her in other matters, but I will hold a grudge against her for the rest of my life for what happened today."
Although Wen Zirou's side had always been stingy with them, they had never been so blatant because the old lady was still alive.
The fact that Wen Luoyun openly tried to take the Xuwei Lotus from her today clearly shows that she didn't want her father's leg to receive treatment.
Her intentions were so malicious that the thought of them calling each other sisters filled her with disgust.
Kong Wange patted her hand and said, "Alright, Wen Luoyun has really gone all out today. Fifteen million is no small sum. We just need to wait for her to walk into our trap and use her money to buy the lotus. What a happy thing that would be."
Wen Yue pursed her lips and nodded, her gaze involuntarily turning towards Tang Minghao and Wen Luoyun, only to find that Tang Minghao was no longer there.
Wen Luoyun walked towards them with smug little steps: "Cousin, you're too kind. Now the Xuwei Lotus is mine. If you really want it, you can beg me. Maybe I'll give it to you in a good mood."
Kong Wange scoffed, "Now that I've returned to the Wen family, you'll never have a happy day again. You'll have a lot to cry about for the rest of your life. Take care!"
The three of them went straight out of the auction hall.
"You slut, let's see how long you can keep up your stubbornness!" Wen Luoyun cursed under her breath, followed the person in charge of the auction to the warehouse, and then used the public funds account of the Liuhetang main store to pay the money.
After obtaining the lotus, Wen Luoyun carried it out of the hotel, but as she walked, she vaguely felt that something was off.
She had seen an introduction to the lotus in an old book in the Imperial Library.
It seems there was no mention of it glowing?
The lotus in the jar was exquisite. The blue pearlescent light on the veins of the leaves was faintly visible under the sunlight. Just now at the auction, she thought it was the reflection of the lights in the room and didn't pay attention. But now that she held it in her hand and looked at it carefully, she realized that it was not reflected light, but the faint light of the veins themselves.
She quickly took out her phone and started searching.
On her phone are photos she took of descriptions of the lotus from ancient books.
She read it over again from the beginning and confirmed that the records for this *Echeveria elegans* did not contain any substance that could make its leaf veins glow!
Is it that the book's record is incomplete, or... is what she holds not a real lotus at all?
The moment the thought crossed her mind, a cold sweat broke out all over her body.
She thought about Kong Wange's state today, and an incredible yet most likely answer came to her mind.
Wen Luoyun trembled uncontrollably—had she been tricked?!
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