"Two million."
The woman suddenly opened her eyes and looked in Jiang Youli's direction, her eyes filled with shock.
She hadn't expected this wealthy young lady to drop two million right off the bat!
Qi Xiuyuan was furious. His monthly expenses were strictly controlled; he was only given five million, and he could spend a maximum of two million on women!
It was just a crappy pendant! At best, the designer was somewhat famous, but the material costs were nothing special! As the first auction item, fetching one million was already exceeding its value!
But now, Jiang Youli had opened her mouth and offered two million. Was she out of her mind?!
The auctioneer tapped his small gavel again:
"Two million going once!"
"Two million going twice!"
Qi Xiuyuan gritted his teeth. This was intolerable! Jiang Youli had just provoked him. He could lose to anyone, but absolutely not to that bitch Jiang Youli!
"Two million, one hundred thousand!"
Qi Xiuyuan gritted his teeth and placed the bid, breaking his rule of never spending more than two million on a woman in a month.
At that moment, Jiang Youli's crisp voice echoed through the loudspeaker again.
"Two and a half million."
After calling out the bid, Jiang Youli deliberately provoked him, "Qi Xiuyuan, with your stingy way of bidding, you shouldn't even bother competing with me. It's embarrassing."
Qi Xiuyuan immediately flared up, "Shut up! I have plenty of money! Two million, eight hundred thousand!"
Jiang Youli followed up the very next second, "Three million!"
Qi Xiuyuan clenched his jaw and glanced at the beautiful face of the woman beside him.
"Three and a half million!" Qi Xiuyuan shouted, feeling his heart bleed. In the past, this much money could have gotten him three women!
The woman's initial pleasant surprise and anticipation turned back into panic and unease. She hadn't expected Qi Xiuyuan to jump the bid to three and a half million just because of the other party's provocation!
Would that wealthy young lady still be willing to continue bidding against Qi Xiuyuan?
Or perhaps the other party was just deliberately trying to anger Qi Xiuyuan, making him spend unnecessary money, and would stop now that her goal was achieved.
Sure enough, Jiang Youli stopped and didn't follow up with a bid immediately like before.
Seeing this, the woman deflated like a balloon, her expression becoming despondent.
"Three and a half million going once!"
Qi Xiuyuan finally leaned back against the sofa with satisfaction. This time, that bitch Jiang Youli finally didn't have the capability to keep bidding!
"Three and a half million going twice!"
Qi An'an gloated, "Cousin-in-law, you really made Qi Xiuyuan bleed money this time!"
But Jiang Youli just smiled. "Who said I was going to let him have it?"
"Huh?" Before Qi An'an could react, Jiang Youli turned on the loudspeaker and placed another bid.
"Five million."
This time, the number completely shocked everyone present.
"To be honest, three and a half million was already a severe premium. Spending five million on a pendant is truly being a sucker!"
"Does the true heiress of the Jiang family think the family fortune is already hers, treating money like dirt?"
Qi An'an also felt surprised. "Cousin-in-law, I thought you were bidding against Qi Xiuyuan just to make him bleed money. Are you actually going to buy it? Isn't five million a bit too expensive..."
Jiang Youli smiled dismissively. "It's fine. I really like this pendant, so it's worth five million. Besides, I get to slap Qi Xiuyuan in the face along the way. It's not a loss."
It was impossible for Qi Xiuyuan to keep bidding for a crappy pendant, so he turned on his loudspeaker and mocked, "Jiang Youli, I'll let you be the sucker then!"
Jiang Youli immediately retorted, "Qi Xiuyuan, you clearly just don't have the money to keep bidding. How do you have the nerve to call me a sucker? If you can't afford to play, then don't play. I can't believe you even dare to sit in the VIP rooms with the rest of us. You're really lowering our status."
Speaking of this, she looked toward the backstage and said loudly, "Boss Lin, next time, don't let someone who can't even take out ten million pretend to be a big shot in a VIP room. It lowers the class of your establishment, the biggest auction house in Jing City."
Behind the scenes, Boss Lin was also keeping an eye on the auction through the live surveillance screens. Hearing this, he immediately responded, "No problem, Miss Jiang!"
Jiang Xing, who had come backstage to find Boss Lin, saw how accommodating Boss Lin was to Jiang Youli's words and couldn't help but feel puzzled. "Boss Lin, you seem quite familiar with Jiang Youli?"
Boss Lin smiled politely. "Quite familiar. Miss Jiang is my money tree, after all."
"Money tree? Why do you say that?" Jiang Xing felt even more confused.
Jiang Yonghe didn't want to hear about Jiang Youli and urged, "Big brother, you'd better ask about the Poison Doctor first. Your poison can't be delayed."
Of course, the most important thing was that she needed to restore her own looks!
Jiang Xing suppressed his doubts about Boss Lin describing Jiang Youli as a money tree and asked instead, "Boss Lin, didn't you tell me that the Poison Doctor would be coming to the auction house today? Has she arrived yet?"
Boss Lin looked at the live surveillance screen and gave a teasing smile. "She's here. The Poison Doctor is your biological sister, Jiang Youli."
...
Back at the auction center.
Qi An'an laughed uproariously, holding her stomach. "Hahaha... Cousin-in-law, your words are absolutely savage!"
People in the other VIP rooms also let out teasing chuckles in unison.
Qi Xiuyuan was so angry he nearly spat blood!
The woman beside Qi Xiuyuan couldn't help but laugh out loud as well.
"What the fuck are you laughing at! Do you think you can escape the palm of my hand?!" Qi Xiuyuan flew into a humiliated rage, turning his head to threaten her viciously.
The woman froze, then widened her eyes and said, "Qi Xiuyuan, you broke your promise!"
Unable to vent his bellyful of anger on Jiang Youli, Qi Xiuyuan decided to take it out on this woman. "It's your blessing that I took a fancy to you. So many women throw themselves at me, so don't you fucking play innocent with me!"
The woman gritted her teeth and stood up, intending to leave the VIP room. However, she had only taken two steps before the two bodyguards Qi Xiuyuan brought grabbed her and dragged her back.
"Let me go..." The woman struggled desperately, but due to the disparity in strength between men and women, she had no way of breaking free from the bodyguards' restraints.
In Qi Xiuyuan's eyes, there was no longer even a trace of the fake tenderness he had shown the woman earlier; all that remained was the most genuine contempt. "You think you can leave? No way! Not until you give yourself to me tonight!"
The woman knew she had no way out.
Her only hope was still that wealthy young lady who had gone against Qi Xiuyuan!
So, she raised her foot and stomped her high heel fiercely onto one bodyguard's instep, while simultaneously lowering her head to bite the other bodyguard's wrist. In the instant the two bodyguards recoiled in pain, she broke free from their grip with all her might, rushed in front of Qi Xiuyuan, snatched the loudspeaker button, and screamed, "Save me!"
Everyone immediately looked toward Qi Xiuyuan's room.
"What's going on?"
"It's probably just Qi Xiuyuan doing some roleplay with his woman again. We'd better mind our own business."
After recovering his senses, Qi Xiuyuan immediately raised his hand and slapped the woman across the face, then quickly turned off the loudspeaker. "Luo Yutong, I've been too fucking nice to you! Do you really think anyone here would dare meddle in my business to save you?!"
The woman named Luo Yutong was slapped to the ground, but ignoring the pain, she looked up toward Jiang Youli's direction, wanting to know her reaction.
Unfortunately, the person over there remained sitting steadily, without any movement.
Qi Xiuyuan was so agitated by Jiang Youli that he was no longer in the mood to stay at the auction house. He stood up, ordered his bodyguards to take the woman away, and stormed out of the VIP room in a huff.
"Holy crap! It turns out Qi Xiuyuan took that woman by force. She wasn't with him willingly!" Qi An'an was dumbfounded. "This bastard is a total monster!"
