"Four hundred million and one million yuan!"
Mu Jinyu's clear voice suddenly rose in the hall, immediately making the group of socialites and noblewomen who were previously envying Gu Youlan all pause in their expressions.
After that, they began to snicker to themselves.
It was indeed amusing that someone dared to cut in front of Gu Youlan when she was determined to get an item.
The host, who was standing on the stage to liven up the atmosphere, had thought the jade bracelet could only fetch four hundred million and was feeling disappointed, but upon hearing Mu Jinyu's bid, immediately became excited and shouted:
"Guest in Room 7 has offered four hundred million and one million yuan. Does anyone have a higher bid?"
"This Green Emperor Jadeite Bracelet, reportedly once worn by Old Buddha and personally nurtured over many years, has significant collectable value..."
The crowd sitting below, upon hearing the host mention Room 7, immediately recalled that Mu Jinyu and her companions had just entered Room 7.
"It was that woman's husband originally, just now I heard Madam Su talking with her, she seemed to have no qualifications to enter the auction but her husband brought her in, no wonder he's now confronting Madam Su, this is all out of deep love for a beautiful woman!"
"Tch, four hundred million. These people really do not treat money as money, totally burning it like paper, I'm so jealous."
"..."
Gu Youlan, sitting in Room 3, heard Mu Jinyu's bid, her face darkened even more.
She did not doubt at all whether Mu Jinyu's group could produce such an amount of money.
After all, just Mei Yinxue alone possessed over ten billion in assets, and Mu Jinyu's Jinyu Group, leveraging the Beauty Pill, had amassed a fortune.
Gu Youlan, who had sent people to probe Mei Yinxue in River City, would not have failed to investigate properly.
"Five hundred million!"
A cold glint flashed in Gu Youlan's beautiful eyes as she then shouted loudly.
No sooner had her words fallen,
Mu Jinyu immediately followed with a bid, "Five hundred million and one million yuan!"
The crowd below, hearing the seemingly spiteful bidding war between Mu Jinyu and Gu Youlan, couldn't help but feel it was a waste of money.
Although the Green Emperor Jadeite Bracelet had excellent quality and the gimmick of having been played with by the former court's Old Buddha, it was really worth at most between three and four hundred million.
Five hundred million was not worthwhile, and was completely a waste of money.
But rich people, ah, they just like to compete even for a breath!
In response, all they could do was harbor sour envy and jealousy, lacking the courage to splurge millions for the smile of a beautiful woman.
In Room 7.
After Mu Jinyu shouted the price of five hundred million and one million yuan, Mei Yinxue and Su Zijin finally came to their senses and then looked at him, frowning and said, "Jinyu, why are you bidding like this? It's unnecessary!"
"Don't you like it?" Mu Jinyu smiled and said, "I just saw that you seemed quite fond of it, so why not buy it, it's just a bit of money after all."
"It's okay, I don't like it that much," Mei Yinxue murmured softly, glancing at Su Zijin beside her.
Thinking that Mu Jinyu was preparing to buy it for his mother-in-law.
Although Su Zijin also liked that Mu Jinyu was willing to buy her a gift, she cared more about the gesture rather than the value of the gift.
So, she too shook her head and said, "I don't like it that much either, we have plenty of such bracelets at home, it's unnecessary..."
Pausing, Su Zijin then gently smiled and said, "By the way, our Su Family has a few ancestral jade bracelets that have been sitting collecting dust at home because your grandfather married only your grandmother. Since you have married quite a few wives now, when I return to Capital City, I'll bring some back for Little Xue and the others."
Mei Yinxue, hearing Su Zijin's words, was both shocked and delighted, and couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand.
The Old Buddha Jade Bracelet being auctioned outside sounded appealing, but to Mei Yinxue, it was just so-so.
But the jade bracelets that Su Zijin was going to give her were the Su Family's ancestral bracelets, meant to be passed down to daughters-in-law.
The meaning would be completely different then.
It would mean that they had gained the approval of Su Zijin!
"Mom, this…" Mei Yinxue looked at Su Zijin with excitement, wanting to say something but found herself at a loss for words.
Su Zijin smiled gently and said, "There's no need to be so excited, although you are the third daughter-in-law I've met, I remember you were the first to be with Jinyu, right? You've also given him a lot of help along the way, all of you have my approval…"
Speaking of which, Su Zijin stopped.
Because she realized that her approval didn't really mean much to people like Mei Yinxue, after all, Mu Jinyu and she didn't have an ordinary mother-son relationship.
In other families, if a mother-in-law didn't approve of the bride her son chose, the son would definitely reconsider.
But what use was it if she didn't approve of Mei Yinxue or Gu Xiyan?
Would Mu Jinyu listen to her?
Therefore, Su Zijin stopped talking to avoid saying too much and making Jinyu dislike her.
Meanwhile, in suite number seven, during the conversation between Su Zijin and Mei Yinxue.
In suite number three, Gu Youlan, upon hearing Mu Jinyu's bid of Five hundred million and one million yuan, was so angry that she threw her wine glass to the floor, causing the bright red wine to spill onto the expensive Persian carpet, staining it red.
"Seven hundred million!"
Gu Youlan spoke again, directly adding two billion, ready to settle the matter once and for all, to see if Mu Jinyu dared to follow.
If he were to call out seven hundred million and one million yuan, Gu Youlan had decided, she would just let him have the bracelet.
"Seven hundred million!" The auctioneer, standing on the platform, heard Gu Youlan's bid and his face flushed with excitement as he shouted, "Guest in suite number three bids seven hundred million, are there any other gentlemen or ladies who would like to make a bid?"
Inside suite number seven.
Su Zijin and Mei Yinxue, having heard Gu Youlan's bid, both shook their heads at Mu Jinyu to indicate that he should not increase his bid anymore, as it was pointless.
Although this might seem to give Gu Youlan the upper hand, they were not people who cared about vanity. What harm would it do to let Gu Youlan be arrogant for a bit longer?
Empty confidence comes from possession while real confidence comes from within.
For someone of Su Zijin's stature, was there a need to compete with Gu Youlan just to show her own strength?
Mu Jinyu, seeing that they didn't want to compete, also felt it was bland and then took the microphone and said, "Congratulations to the lady in suite number three."
As soon as he finished speaking.
The audience, who had expected Mu Jinyu to bid seven hundred million and one million yuan, were stunned.
Then, they suspected that Mu Jinyu had chickened out.
They couldn't help but let out a few snickers.
Some people, however, felt that Mu Jinyu didn't seem like he had chickened out but rather…
It felt like he had tricked someone else and then mocked them.
After all, if Mu Jinyu hadn't interfered, Gu Youlan would have bought the bracelet for four hundred million, but because of Mu Jinyu's meddling, she ended up spending three billion more.
Inside suite number three, upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Gu Youlan was so angry she almost vomited blood!
She had just decided to trick Mu Jinyu and then let it go.
How did Mu Jinyu guess her intent to back out so early?
Was he really that good at reading people's minds?
At that moment, Gu Youlan also remembered how she had sent her men to cause trouble in Mei Yinxue's underground casino recently, only to end up losing several billion due to Mu Jinyu's interference!