Xu Hao couldn't help but smile wryly. Elder Dong, who appeared to be a very serious and solemn person, also liked to joke around.
After what he said, could Liu Ruyan and the others still sit still?
As expected, he instantly felt both sides of his waist being pinched.
Xu Hao hastily said with a laugh, "Spare me, big sisters, I really don't know her."
Jiang Xuezhun snorted, "Humph! You fickle radish, aren't the four of us enough for you? And yet you still go around flirting with others!"
"Don't include me!" Chen Suyi frowned and said displeased.
Liu Ruyan said, "Xue Zhu is right, he must be using this method to give that girl pocket money."
Xu Hao instantly felt like he had a big headache—she had almost guessed what he was thinking. It was truly terrifying.
He glanced at Qin Yao, who was not the least bit angry, and thought to himself that Xiao Yao, the goddess he had a crush on back in the day, was better. Look, she didn't argue or compete for anything.
Xu Hao grabbed the hands of both women and said with a smile, "What are you jealous for? Tonight, you can buy whatever you want, whatever you want to buy, I'll cover it all."
"I'm just afraid you won't be able to pay up when the time comes," Le Wanqing murmured softly behind him.
Xu Hao exclaimed that Le Wanqing was a good person— he was just worried about how to divert their attention, and Le Wanqing bumped right into the spotlight himself.
He quickly turned around and said, "Damn, are you a mad dog with a leash? Always needing to bite someone? I can spend freely up to fifty billion…"
Le Wanqing sneered coldly, "Everyone can brag, right? If you really can spend fifty billion, then I will..."
"Then you'll go and kiss Elder Dong!" Jiang Xuezhun shouted, fearing the world wouldn't be in chaos.
Elder Dong was introducing an item on stage, and with his excellent hearing, he heard Jiang Xuezhun's words and was rendered speechless. What was that girl from the Jiang Family thinking? Wanting someone to kiss him? But he didn't give it much thought, as business was more important.
Le Wanqing looked at Xu Hao with disdain and said, "Fine! If you really can spend fifty billion, I'll kiss Elder Dong, how about that? But if you lose, you have to run around the auction hall naked for three laps. Do you dare?"
Xu Hao successfully diverted Liu Ruyan and the others' attention and turned back to continue watching the auction.
In the meantime, the ladies bought some items, mostly precious jewelry, but all together they cost less than one billion.
"The much-anticipated Nine Star Chain Ring is here!"
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Boss Dong said with a laugh, "Honestly, I also really want to buy it and give one to each of my daughters, daughters-in-law, granddaughters, and granddaughters-in-law, but unfortunately, I don't have the money!"
Old Mr. Li from below suddenly laughed, "I'll give you a raise, increase it tenfold, so you can save up for a thousand years, and that should be about enough to buy it."
Elder Dong immediately pointed at him and said, "Old Man Li, you said it yourself. If you don't give me a raise this month, I... Damn! Old Man Li, you're insulting me!"
It was only then that Elder Dong realized what Old Mr. Li meant by making him save up for a thousand years—wasn't that the same as calling him a thousand-year-old turtle?
Li Ta Tian said with a laugh, "Since you're unwilling, then we won't increase it."
Elder Dong cursed under his breath, "Fine, don't increase it, I will save up for ten thousand years and then..."
The audience erupted into laughter.
Ten thousand years, that would make him a turtle of ten thousand years.
Amid the playful banter of the two elderly men, the atmosphere of the entire venue was enlivened, because the auction items that had been up for bid a moment ago didn't cause much of a stir, making the scene a bit dull.
Looking a bit angry, Elder Dong threw off the red cloth with a flourish and said loudly, "Here comes something even I can't afford after saving for ten thousand years, the Nine Linked Star Rings, called Nine Stars, which actually consists of ten stones, crafted by the world's most famous diamond cutter, Che Guevara, over a full year's time. Each ring has its own fantastical name, the largest being 520 carats, representing the Sun, called Sunlight.
The remaining are all 131.4 carats, named respectively Phantom Blue Star, Brilliant Star, Star of Hope..., representing Mercury, Venus, Earth... The starting bid, one hundred million!"
Almost all the women in the venue were boiling with excitement.
A diamond is forever, a gem passed down for eternity.
Every woman has an almost obstinate desire to possess these shimmering objects.
But at the same time, the high starting bid of one hundred million also excluded the vast majority of people.
"One hundred and ten million..."
The first person to bid hadn't even finished speaking before being squeezed far into the distance.
"One hundred and ten million!"
"One hundred and twenty-five million!"
"One hundred and thirty million!"
Even women like Chen Suyi couldn't help themselves.
And Chen Suyi had already joined the bidding.
Xu Hao glanced at Liu Ruyan and the others and saw that they were all staring intently forward but no one was bidding.
He understood that both Liu Ruyan and Qin Yao, who each managed a corporation, had been through extremely difficult times and knew that money was hard to earn, so they wouldn't spend it recklessly. Even if they really wanted it, they wouldn't bid.
And just like the Chen Family, the Jiang Family was not a big business family; in terms of financial strength, the Sun Family was definitely streets ahead of them. So even though Jiang Xuezhun's face was filled with desire, she also didn't join the bidding.