"Shen Lin is such a shameless person." Sitting next to Xie Duo was Xue Chang, the head of Minjia Chain. Minjia Chain used to be a partner of Jinsheng, but after Shen Antu got into trouble, he immediately turned around and followed Ruiqian. He had completely offended Shen Antu, and in order to protect himself he could only cling to Ruiqian's thigh.
Xie Duo recalled the large-scale nude photo that Shen Antu had sent him two hours ago, and nodded in agreement, "Indeed."
"I heard that Jinsheng has taken away a lot of Ruiqian's business during this period?" Xue Chang asked.
"It's just the things Rui Qian doesn't want." After saying that, Xie Duo picked up the list of items for tonight's auction and started looking at it, looking like he didn't want to talk any further.
Xue Chang refused to give up. He hadn't asked the question he wanted to ask the most. After looking around cautiously, Xue Chang approached Xie Duo and whispered, "Boss Xie, has the person who hurt you been caught?"
Xie Duo glanced at him: "No, why?"
"There have been some rumors in the underworld recently. I don't know if you have heard about it. It is said that Shen Lin thinks that his plane accident was secretly instigated by you, so..." Xue Chang observed Xie Duo's expression and did not continue speaking.
Although this is a rumor, it is a fact that almost everyone believes, because on the day Xie Duo was injured, the Xie family released the news that they wanted to arrest Shen Lin. If Shen Lin had not gone to the police station and fell into the hands of the Xie family, it is unknown what would have happened. Who would have thought that after Shen Lin came back, he not only did not restrain himself, but took advantage of Xie Duo's injury to intensify his efforts to snatch Ruiqian's business.
Xue Chang was certain that Xie Duo must hate Shen Lin deeply.
The host has come on stage and the auction has officially begun. Xie Duo put away the list and covered his voice with the host's.
"I don't want rumors, I want evidence. If Mr. Xue can help me find any clues, I, Xie Duo, will reward you handsomely."
Tonight's auction will include ancient calligraphy and paintings, as well as some ancient musical instruments. All proceeds raised will be donated to the Z City Poor Children's Education Foundation.
The first items to be auctioned were several paintings and calligraphy from the Qing Dynasty. The auction atmosphere was still quite stable at this time. However, when a Tang Dynasty colored glaze animal xun appeared, the atmosphere suddenly became intense because Xie Duo and Shen Antu began bidding.
"The starting price for No. 1543 is 300,000, 310,000, 320,000... 500,000!"
At the beginning, everyone's bidding was relatively conservative, but Shen Antu was very impatient and raised the price to 500,000 in one breath. When the audience saw that it was Shen Lin who made the bid, they did not dare to follow suit. Unexpectedly, Xie Duo raised his hand next.
"600,000! Okay, 600,000, 600,000... 700,000, 800,000..."
Shen Antu and Xie Duo took turns bidding. They stared at each other from a distance with four or five people between them. Their eyes met as if sparks would fly. The people sandwiched between them didn't dare to breathe.
"1.8 million once, 1.8 million twice... OK! 1.8 million, congratulations to this gentleman!"
As the auctioneer struck the hammer, Xie Duo won the xiao for 1.8 million. Everyone applauded and congratulated him, but Shen Antu leaned lazily in his chair, looking at Xie Duo with a half-smile.
This scene at the auction tonight was photographed by reporters and was reported on the news the next day. The accompanying picture was the mocking smile of Shen Antu looking at Xie Duo after he failed in the bid. Some tabloid editors also listed the love-hate relationship between the two over the past three years, comparing them to Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, and even said that the two fell in love with Chong Shirui, the only daughter of the Chong family, at the same time, and both competed to propose to her. In short, it was extremely melodramatic, and Shen Antu himself was amazed when he saw it afterwards.
But no one knew that these two sworn enemies entered the same villa and slept on the same bed shortly after leaving the auction.
"Well... it's obviously my choice, can't you let me..."
On the big bed, Shen Antu lay on his back on the quilt with his pajamas unbuttoned. A few red marks dotted his fair skin, which looked like plum blossoms blooming on rice paper. Xie Duo stared at his work for a while and painted a few more.
"Then why don't you follow me anymore? I'll stop when you raise the price to 520."
Shen Antu was so angry that he opened his mouth and bit his shoulder: "The starting price is 300,000 and it has risen to 5.2 million? I will transfer the money directly to Mr. Xie's card. How many nights can Mr. Xie spend with me?"
"I'll give you a discount, 8 hours." Xie Duo curled the corners of his mouth, lowered his head and kissed Shen Antu. Before he knew it, he was pressed down by the furious Shen Antu. The two of them entangled, making the bedding a mess.
And that ancient xiao that I spent nearly 2 million to buy was just casually thrown into the cabinet in the storage room downstairs, lying next to another modern xiao that cost less than 20 yuan. It's hard to say which one felt more aggrieved.
The two people upstairs were kissing each other passionately, and each of them wished they could swallow the other. Suddenly, Xie Duo felt a cold, hard ring-shaped metal from Shen Antu's mouth. He opened his eyes and was stunned for a moment, then pushed Shen Antu away and spit the thing into his hand.
"What is this?" Xie Duo turned on the headlight.
Shen Antu chuckled. That was the ring he had just stuffed into Xie Duo's mouth when he wasn't paying attention.
While Xie Duo was still staring at the ring in a daze, Shen Antu took the ring from his palm, stood up and half-knelt on the bed, holding up the ring and said to Xie Duo: "Dear Mr. Xie Duo, are you willing to marry Shen Antu? No matter rich or poor, no matter healthy or sick, will you stay with Shen Antu for the rest of your life?"
Xie Duo didn't say anything, just stared at Shen Antu.