Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 208 Beat the master to death with random punches

Manager Wen's smile vanished, finally revealing a hint of authority: "Is guest number fourteen questioning the fairness of our auction house?"

Du Tianci's heart skipped a beat. He was about to say something more when his father ruthlessly suppressed him.

"It's just kids talking nonsense, Manager Wen, don't take it to heart, that's not what he meant."

"That would be best." Manager Wen didn't bother with any more pleasantries and went straight to the point. "If the guests don't trust our auction house, they are welcome to leave. Honesty is the most important thing in doing business. Without trust, there's no point in doing business."

This is a blatant threat. If Du Tianci continues to act so unreasonably, the auction house will throw him out, or even throw him and his two sons out!
Du Weilu understood his words, his expression changed slightly, but he had no choice but to sit down with a forced smile.

After all, even the gentleman behind them had to give the auction house some face when he arrived here, let alone these small fry.

With the troublemakers dealt with, the auction was able to continue.

With the confidence gained from those two billion, Du Anrao followed the bidding without any pressure. However, she soon noticed that some guests who hadn't gone with them to verify their funds were now starting to raise their paddles as well.

“These people…” Du Anrao subconsciously looked around for confirmation.

Xi Jingyue smiled and said, "They didn't verify the documents just now."

"So I wasn't mistaken, then they..."

"Their current behavior is in accordance with the auction house's rules."

In other words, whether or not they are willing to undergo capital verification is a personal decision, and if they are unwilling to undergo verification, the auction house cannot do anything about it.

Similarly, if they want to bid now, the auction house cannot stop them, because it is in accordance with the auction house's rules.

"...Can it really be like this?!" Du Anrao could understand, but was greatly shocked.

Xi Jingyue smiled but remained silent. He had already guessed this would be the result when Du Anrao suggested that everyone participating in the auction should have their funds verified.

The little girl is clever, but she thinks too highly of people and has too many principles.

This incident taught her a lesson: the adult world is full of shameless people.

As long as the benefits are great enough, saving face becomes secondary.

Du Anrao was indeed shocked for a moment, but only for a moment.

Since someone else has the right to bid, there's nothing she can do if they want to keep raising their paddle.

Ultimately, her focus remained on herself; faced with absolute financial power, these people's shameless behavior was utterly insignificant.

"Two billion."

"1.21 billion".

"..."

"1300000000."

"1.31 billion".

"..."

"1.4 billion".

"1.41 billion." "..."

Before this, the parties were neck and neck, with almost every time one party announced a price, another would immediately follow suit.

But when Du Anrao shouted "1.5 billion", the entire auction house fell silent. Even the guests who were a little caught up in the bidding suddenly sobered up as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over their heads.

"Fifteen billion? They actually bid fifteen billion! Even if that piece of land in the southern district has a great future, it shouldn't cost that much, right?"

"This is just the price of the land. A huge sum of money will be needed for subsequent investment and promotion. How long will it take to break even? Is this woman crazy?"

"Some people had previously estimated the value of that piece of land in the South District. The lower limit was 800 million, and the upper limit was 1.3 billion. With the preferential treatment given to that area by the authorities in the past two years, the total price has increased slightly, but it will be at most the current price. If it is bid higher, it will result in a loss."

"That makes sense. If we bid any higher, we'll lose money, and adding that wasteland in the northern suburbs will only make it worse. Haven't you seen that the representatives of those big families over there have already put down their signs and given up?"

"Hahaha, this is truly a case of a novice beating a master. Who would have thought that the land in the South District would end up in the hands of such a young girl? We've witnessed history."

"What little girl? In the end, isn't it all thanks to Ninth Master protecting her? Maybe it was Ninth Master's idea to bid for this land all along, and this little girl was just pushed into the open as a target, just like those people over there."

It was a pity that others gave up bidding, but they were also relieved.

After all, once it exceeded one billion, many people were just holding on out of face. Now that it has reached 1.5 billion, it would be ungrateful not to withdraw.

Even if they are held accountable afterward, the responsibility they will bear will be limited. After all, did they lose to a little girl? They lost to 1.5 billion!
However, compared to them, Du Tianci and his two sons were not so lucky.

“Impossible, how could she have so much money? Second Grandfather, he… he…” Du Tianci wanted to say that he deserved to die, but then he thought of all the people around.

Once he said those words, they might reach Du Desheng's ears, and then it's hard to say who would die first.

"Even if it's impossible, they've already raised 1.5 billion. Dad, what should we do now?"

"What can we do? The master only gave us 1.3 billion. The money we just bid on has already been poured in by our family. Even if we manage to win the bid, where am I supposed to find that much money?"

Du Tianci's face was gloomy, he really didn't want Du Anrao to take over those two plots of land: "Couldn't we have borrowed some from someone else?"

"...Do you want to kill me?"

Du Wei was nearly driven mad by his unfilial son. After a long while, he said, "Fine, let her be smug for a while. So many people are watching this place. I don't believe that such a young girl can get away with it so easily. Just wait and see. Some blessings may be obtained by chance, but not everyone will live to enjoy them!"

Du Tianci was stunned for a moment, but quickly understood what he meant, and his gaze toward Du Anrao became more gloating.

Du Anrao didn't care what these people thought. Seeing Manager Wen make the final decision on stage, announcing that he had won the last item, the huge weight that had been hanging over his heart was finally lifted.

At this point, all items in the auction have been sold. Those who won the bids need to follow the staff backstage to pay and collect their goods, while guests who left empty-handed can leave early.

As a distinguished guest who won two items at auction, Du Anrao would definitely have to go on this trip with the staff.

It's worth mentioning that, perhaps out of boredom or simply out of curiosity about whether she could really come up with so much money, many of the guests who should have left early stayed behind, following Du Anrao and the others, ready to watch the excitement together.

And as it turns out, sometimes leaving late can indeed allow you to witness more excitement and get more juicy gossip than others!

The group followed Du Anrao and the staff to the exhibition hall where they had first visited the exhibits. From afar, they saw an elderly man with white hair and a cane waiting in the hall.

As they got closer and saw the man's face clearly, a gasp suddenly rang out from the crowd: "He...how could he be here?"

(End of this chapter)