"What’s the matter?"
Cheng Shujin saw her stand up and walk over to the floor-to-ceiling window, so he followed.
"Look, isn’t that the girl from earlier? Last row, last seat."
She pointed downward.
The view from the upstairs box was almost panoramic, and even though the lighting below wasn’t great, you could still make things out if you stared closely.
The main reason though was that she wasn’t subtle; she hadn’t even taken off her raincoat from earlier.
Chi Youyou recognized her almost instantly.
"Number 60, 4 million once!"
"4 million twice!"
"4 million three tis! Sold!"
The gavel pounded down three tis.
In the end, the Purple Cloud Ganoderma was successfully auctioned off to Number 60.
And that Number 60 was indeed the girl from earlier.
"She’s that rich? She doesn’t look like it! Maybe she stole soone’s money earlier and ca here to buy things?"
"Big cousin, can you stop with the movie scenarios every now and then?"
Chi Youyou shot him a sideways glance, but truthfully, she was also very curious about that girl, especially since her painting could create a ghost fire effect—truly amazing!
What she didn’t expect was that they would et again so soon, and that girl spent 4 million to buy the Purple Cloud Ganoderma.
Judging by her attitude, it seed like a sure thing for her. Each ti she increased the bid decisively, without any of the earlier awkwardness.
But soon, it seed like she had an idea why.
"Next, we’re auctioning a replica from the AMY series. Amy’s previous piece ’No Man’s Land’ fetched a high price of 24 million. Unfortunately, her works are too few and far between. Her ardent fan, the oil painting master Kevin, created a painting ’Crow’ in her style. Starting bid is 3 million!"
Chi Youyou looked at the painting styled identically to the one she held, and a thought seed to form in her mind.
"Why is it always these morbid kinds of paintings?"
Cheng Shujin frowned slightly upon seeing the painting. The problem was, many were still eager to bid on it.
"Master Brother, who’s this Amy?"
"You don’t know Amy?"
Chi Youyou shook her head.
"She’s practically an art genius! In your Huaxia terms, it’s like the work of ghosts and spirits!"
Amy was a na given by others. It first appeared in a border area, right after the end of a war there. A dark-thed painting appeared on a wall in the small town, called No Man’s Land.
Nobody knew who painted it, but the na Amy was left in the corner of the painting, so everyone called her Amy.
"That painting was sold for 24 million. After that, there were so graffiti pieces in border towns, all in the sa series. This painting, ’Crow,’ is a copy of her piece ’Silence,’ which sold for 30 million. But until now, no one has ever seen her, or knows if she’s male or female."
That’s amazing!
Chi Youyou looked at the seat numbered 60, her intuition growing stronger.
"Master Brother, could you help ask if the seller who bought the Purple Cloud Ganoderma is willing to et? You can tell her that besides the Purple Cloud Ganoderma, I also have Cloud Ear mushrooms."
The Cloud Ear mushroom is a type of fungus, also quite niche. Where there’s Purple Cloud Ganoderma, there’s usually Cloud Ear mushrooms.
That’s sothing her dad had told her. Many people seek Purple Cloud Ganoderma for dicinal purposes, but having Cloud Ear mushrooms would improve the effect. So she planned to give it a try.
Take a gamble.
"Do you want to et her?"
Cheng Shujin initially wanted to ask, but after receiving a warning glance from Chi Youyou, he opted to stay quiet. Darren didn’t notice this little detail.
In the past, there were also situations like this where sellers wanted to et, but both parties had to agree before they’d arrange it.
"Yeah, I find her interesting."
"I’ll have soone arrange it shortly."
He didn’t ask further and just set it up straight away.
"Number 10, 10 million once!"
Chi Youyou heard the bid from Number 10 and glanced over to Cheng Xueyi. She couldn’t believe she wanted to buy this painting.
Thinking it over, she pressed the button.
"Number 1, 13 million!"
She raised the bid by 3 million directly.
Cheng Shujin looked surprised, "You want this painting?"
Chi Youyou made a small gesture towards Cheng Xueyi, "She’s being too petty, Master Brother. I’ll help you earn a little more."
Cheng Shujin quickly understood her point!
"Aren’t you worried that when you want to buy sothing later, she’ll do the sa to you?"
Chi Youyou raised an eyebrow, "That’ll depend on if she still has money left～"
"You’re impressive!"
Cheng Shujin couldn’t help but give her a thumbs up.
Darren watched his little junior sister with squinted eyes. What a clever little fox, he admired her!
Of course, it was only admiration; he wasn’t a pedophile～
Though Darren remains single, he’s a hot-blooded golden bachelor in M Country!
years old, successful in his career, and worth over a billion!
"15 million!"
Cheng Xueyi heard Number 1, turned around to look, and saw Chi Youyou and Cheng Shujin talking and laughing happily.
She gritted her teeth and continued to raise the bid!
"16 million!"
"17 million!"
...
"20 million!"
Cheng Xueyi, gritting her teeth, called out 20 million, her limit.
"20 million once!"
"20 million twice!"
"20 million three tis! Sold!"
Hearing the final gavel, she excitedly turned around intending to give a victorious look, only to find that there was no one by the window anymore.
The next second, a bad feeling rose in her heart.
She had been played!
Damn it!
"Master Brother, a neat 10 million profit～"
Chi Youyou raised an eyebrow.
Wasn’t Cheng Xueyi always so confident? A re 10 million shouldn’t be hard for her.
"Honestly, I didn’t think Cheng Xueyi would buy such a painting, her taste is quite unique."
Cheng Shujin felt like giving her a thumbs up too, spending 20 million on a replica painting—what a champ!
In fact, a fair market price for this painting would already be 10 million, but Chi Youyou deliberately hyped it up, leading to a steep mark-up.
Of course, Chi Youyou was also risking that Cheng Xueyi would bid maliciously against her later, just to tease her.
They say what goes around cos around, and soon it would be ti to pay up.
"Next, we’re auctioning a piece of amber!"
As the host’s voice faded, the red cloth was lifted, revealing a giant piece of amber before everyone.
Chi Youyou gasped in surprise, "Such a big piece of amber!"
"Do you like it?"
Cheng Shujin chid in, their real intention was to get it, but to avoid any trouble, even in front of Darren, they had to act.
Chi Youyou nodded eagerly like a pecking chick, "I’ve never seen such a large piece of amber! It’s beautiful!"
Her big eyes sparkled, clearly expressing her fondness for it. Much like most girls, she couldn’t resist sothing so shiny.
Darren didn’t perceive anything wrong, and clapped his big hand.
"Junior Sister, since you like it, let this amber be my welco gift to you. You better not refuse; otherwise, if the director finds out I didn’t give you a welco gift, I’ll be in big trouble!"
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