My Ares Son-in-Law

A hostess carried an item to the stage, lifted the red cloth, and revealed the item underneath.

Qin Mian announced loudly, "This porcelain piece is a late Qing dynasty imitation of an official kiln piece from the Yongzheng period. While not too old, its craftsmanship is exquisite, and it is remarkably well-preserved. The starting bid is 500,000. The auction begins now, with each bid increment no less than 50,000!"

"Five hundred and fifty thousand!"

Six hundred thousand!

"Eight hundred thousand!"

……

From the moment the item was displayed, bids poured in, driving the price up until it finally sold for 3.1 million.

Yun Yuyan was extremely excited. Although she couldn't afford to take a picture, she could still feast her eyes on it.

"The first item sold for over three million, so the following items must be even better! I'm really going to have a feast for the eyes today!"

"Hey? Why aren't you bidding? Aren't you very rich?"

She suddenly looked at Xiao Chen, only to see him sitting there playing on his phone, seemingly uninterested in what was on stage.

Xiao Chen waved his hand casually: "Don't disturb me while I'm playing the game."

Xiao Chen nodded, but he wasn't particularly interested in the porcelain vase.

Yun Yuyan pouted, pinched Xiao Chen's arm, and then went back to admiring herself.

She was interested in things that Xiao Chen wasn't; she loved every single item on the stage.

The next seven or eight lots were each priced at least three million, with the highest-priced item reaching eight million.

There were all sorts of things here, such as calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, jade and so on, which made Yun Yuyan keep sighing that she had come to the right place today.

She didn't care whether Xiao Chen cared or not, and just kept talking excitedly.

"Little brother Xiao Chen, look at that jade pendant, it's so beautifully green."

"I've seen that vase in a magazine before; it's the kind that big bosses like. I never expected to actually see it here."

"Wow, that person spent two million in one go, that's incredibly rich."

Xiao Chen simply responded with "uh-huh," his mind completely elsewhere than on these treasures.

"Next, please welcome the ninth item."

The hostess then walked onto the stage carrying a tray.

A wooden carving was placed on the tray.

The ornament is small, about the size of a palm, and it is carved into a pine tree.

The pine needles are fine and dense, the trunk is upright, and the craftsmanship looks particularly exquisite.

"This piece is carved from natural sandalwood," Qin Mian explained. "Sandalwood itself is very precious, and combined with the craftsmanship of a master carver, this piece is extremely rare. The starting bid is 100,000 yuan."

Xiao Chen wasn't really interested.

His gaze swept over the ornament, preparing to move it away.

But in that instant, his gaze suddenly stopped.

He sensed a special aura within the wooden ornament, which seemed to possess spiritual energy, similar to the spiritual energy found in the spiritual bone and jade tablet.

Although the amount was small, even a tiny bit of spiritual energy was extremely precious to Xiao Chen. After all, the spiritual energy in the secular world was too thin, almost negligible. If he wanted to cultivate, he had to rely on spirit stones or such treasures.

He estimated that the spiritual energy inside this ornament was equivalent to that of thousands of spirit stones.

Two hundred thousand.

Xiao Chen quickly raised the sign in his hand. Since this thing was useful to him, he had to get it no matter what. What the secular world lacked most was spiritual energy.

Every antique imbued with a spirit is invaluable and should not be overlooked.

The entire room fell silent for a moment.

When someone in the VIP area speaks, everyone unconsciously takes a second look.

Some people turned to look at Xiao Chen, their eyes filled with curiosity.

The auctioneer realized what was happening and raised his voice: "Two hundred thousand, is there anything higher?"

"Three hundred thousand." A voice came from the general area at the back.

Upon hearing the voice, Xiao Chen frowned slightly and turned his head to look in the direction from which the sound came.

The man happened to look up at him, and their eyes met. Xiao Chen's expression instantly turned sour. The man was none other than Chen Jianguo's son, Chen Shaocong.

Damn it, why is there this bastard everywhere?

Last time, Xiao Chen specifically reminded Chen Jianguo to tell Chen Shaocong to stay at home obediently and not to run around.

But now, Chen Shaocong has actually appeared at the auction, which shows that Chen Jianguo didn't take his words to heart at all.

Chen Shaocong was actually very flustered. He had secretly run away today. Chen Jianguo had originally placed him under house arrest to reflect on his actions, but he couldn't hold back any longer and sneaked out.

It just so happened that his family had also received an invitation to the auction, and he had also heard that Master Huang from Hong Kong Island was coming, so how could he miss it?

Having just seen that Master Huang and Xiao Chen had a bit of a conflict, he thought that he could use his wealth to humiliate Xiao Chen and leave a good impression on Master Huang.

So, foolishly, he saw Xiao Chen call out a price and followed suit.

"Four hundred thousand."

Xiao Chen ignored the idiot and bid again.

"Five hundred thousand."

Chen Shaocong gritted his teeth and followed.

One million.

Xiao Chen raised his sign again.

"One million?"

"A wooden ornament with a starting bid of 100,000?"

"Are you crazy?"

Everyone turned to look at Xiao Chen, puzzled. Who would spend a million to buy a wooden ornament? It didn't seem worth that much.

"One million! Is there any higher?"

Chen Shaocong wanted to bid, but he felt he was losing money. Even though he didn't know much about antiques, that wooden ornament wasn't worth a million. No one around him was bidding, so he didn't want to either.

His family is wealthy, but it didn't come from thin air. Most importantly, he also wants to film some useful things for himself, and he can't spend all his money.

Ultimately, he gave up bidding.

"One million, for the first time."

"One million, for the second time."

"One million, for the third time. Sold! Congratulations, sir, the treasure is yours!"

With a "smack," the hammer fell, and the wooden ornament became Xiao Chen's.

Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, the hostess approached Xiao Chen with a tray.

Xiao Chen took out the black card given to him by Chen Jianguo and swiped it to pay. There were at least 300 million yuan in the card, so spending a million yuan was no problem at all.

Transaction successful!

The crowd started discussing it again.

"Who exactly is that young man? Why is he so generous?"

"I don't know, I've never seen it before."

"He's in the VIP section, he must have connections."

"I wonder which family's young master this is. He's really spending money like water. That ornament is worth at most 800,000, a million is a bit much!"

"That's right, young people don't know any better."

Hearing these comments, Yun Yuyan's face immediately fell, her previous good mood completely gone: "Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, what are you doing? If you have too much money, give it to me to spend! Why did you spend a million to buy a piece of wood?"

She was truly on the verge of tears, completely baffled as to what was going on in Xiao Chen's head. (End of Chapter)