"Alright, thank you, Miss Qiao," the auctioneer said, holding a small gavel. "Next, let’s begin the auction for the necklace brought by Miss Qiao Qianmo, the Heart of the Sea. Starting price: 500,000!"
Qiao Qianmo walked back upright, her chin held high, as she heard the crowd below eagerly waving their paddles.
"Six hundred thousand!"
"Eight hundred thousand!"
"I’ll bid 1.2 million!"
Qiao Qianmo’s montum kept climbing—
It was worth noting that the previous items had only sold for tens of thousands at most.
And as for Qiao Qianmo?
In just a matter of seconds, soone had already offered over a million!
And it seed like the bidding wasn’t going to stop anyti soon.
On the contrary, it kept escalating.
"Five million once, five million twice—" the auctioneer stood on stage, his gavel poised to strike, "for the Heart of the Sea brought by Miss Qiao Qianmo. Any higher offers?"
The spectators who hadn’t joined the bidding were clicking their tongues.
Say what you will, five million was already jaw-dropping.
That sapphire was precious, sure, but at most it was worth around one to two million on the market.
But because it was personally designed by Qiao Qianmo—
It was driven up to a sky-high price of five million!
The combined amount for the previous items couldn’t match Qiao Qianmo’s single item!
For a mont, the atmosphere seed charged, building up with every shouted bid.
Another paddle went up, "Six million!"
These people had gone mad—utterly mad.
Was a necklace personally designed by Qiao Qianmo really worth this much?!
Were these bidders even real?
Xiyan’s eyes widened in disbelief.
But no one expected that a voice suddenly cut through the crowd, silencing the entire venue: "Fifty million!"
It was Qiao’s father!
The auctioneer confird, "Sir, your bid was fifty million?"
"That’s right," Qiao’s father stood up. "Sothing my daughter designed is absolutely worth that price!"
This must be what it ans to be obscenely wealthy.
Fifty million—to back and glorify his daughter!
The necklace’s price had skyrocketed from the starting bid of 500,000 to fifty million.
It was simply a miracle!
The auctioneer struck his gavel decisively, "Fifty million, sold! The Heart of the Sea, designed by Miss Qiao, has been sold for fifty million—the highest price in tonight’s auction thus far!"
The crowd erupted in gasps and whispers.
"That man’s Qiao Qianmo’s dad, isn’t he? Damn, that’s over-the-top!"
"Fifty million!! That’s fifty million! Man, the universe owes a dad like that!"
Amid the chatter of astonishnt around her, Qiao Qianmo was overjoyed. She threw a provocative glance at Xiyan.
Xia Xiyan, I’ve got my daddy.
Can your items fetch a price higher than mine? Can you?!
"Now, let’s move on to the next item, brought to us by Sumr..."
Xiyan saw the smug expression on Qiao Qianmo’s face and pursed her lips before rising to the stage.
Where was Ou Jue? Why hadn’t he returned yet...
Without him here, Xiyan felt completely unconfident.
Wahhh, had she beco too dependent on him?
"What I’m bringing to everyone is..." Xiyan turned her head and pointed to the box in the model’s hands, which was slowly being opened. "It’s a..."
But the words "pearl necklace" got stuck in her throat as she froze completely in place.
What the hell was in that box?!!
Where was my pearl necklace?!
Why was there, inside the box, what was clearly a ridiculously cheap plastic bead necklace?
The kind you could buy at an accessory shop for ten bucks...
How could this happen!!
The auctioneer was also a bit dumbfounded, but forced himself to carry on, "Miss Sumr’s necklace has a starting price of 500,000!"
User Comments
0 comments from readers