Chapter 107 Force A Donkey To Dance
In the front hall.
After Andy stepped down the stage, there were still guests coming forward and chatting.
She was not good at disguising herself. She forced a smile and her face was almost stiff.
“I’m sorry.” A husky and magnetic male voice suddenly broke in and saved Andy.
It was rare for Edward to wear a formal tuxedo. He said stiffly, “I want to talk to Miss. Jian about the old days. Is it convenient?”
The guest made way for them.
Andy heaved a sigh of relief and said, “thank you.”
“It’s not a big deal.” Edward smiled and said, “you look beautiful tonight.”
“thank you.” Andy had heard too much praise today, so she was immune to it. She changed the topic and asked, “I haven’t seen you recently. Are you busy?”
The first child kept nagging her about him.
“there is a mission.” Edward said honestly.
They chatted casually, and the scene was quite relaxed.
But when Bill saw this scene, there was an inexplicable sense of ambiguity in his eyes.
He couldn’t help clenching the champagne in his hand, and his heart suddenly rose an impulse to tear this scene apart.
He didn’t calm down until Linda came over and took Andy away.
“When won’t you feel awkward?” Said Peter, who had already walked behind Bill.
Lowering his eyes, Bill squinted at him and asked, “is it difficult not to beat around the Bush?”
“Not really.” Looking at the champagne in his hand, Peter said casually, “I just think it’s interesting. I didn’t expect your weakness to be so serious.”
“I have a weakness? Ridiculous.” Bill ignored him and walked towards the side hall.
“Alas, so the outsider sees more clearly in love.” Looking at his back, Peter shook his head slowly. Suddenly, something occurred to him, so he raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp.
In the side hall.
Linda took the best seat in the party with Andy, and Lucy was next to her.
“Mrs. Pei.” Lucy thought that the grudge between the two was offset by the invitation from Linda, so she greeted them in a flattering way.
As expected, Linda turned around and smiled at her. “Mrs. Jian is here too.”
“Yes, of course I will support Mrs. Pei.” Linda smiled courteously.
“thank you.” After saying that, she turned around and whispered in Andy’s ear.
Linda didn’t feel annoyed. Instead, she looked back at those rich ladies who were second to her.
She could feel that when she talked to Linda just now, those people wanted to tear her up, but she enjoyed it.
She just wanted these people to envy her and feel the feeling of sitting on the cold chair in her daily life!
Being sneered at by her cold eyes, the rich ladies’ face was full of disgust. They secretly cursed all her ancestors repeatedly.
The charity auction began soon.
The first few pieces were all sold at a high price, and the fifth one was a limited edition bag of a big brand in the world, which was the most important play for rich ladies.
The bidding was extremely fierce. In just one minute, the original price of the bag of two hundred and fifty thousand had risen to five hundred thousand, and the price had doubled.
At this time, Linda, who had never made a move, suddenly raised her slender arm and said, “I’ll pay eight hundred thousand.”
The main place of Pei family, of course, was no one to spoil her mood. Without any suspense, Linda won her bag.
“Congratulations, Mrs. Pei. You’ve got your favorite auction items.” At the same time, the host attracted all the attention.
The spotlight was on her.
At this time, Linda stood up gracefully and raised her voice, “thank you, thank you for your mercy. Then I will give this bag to my adopted daughter’s stepmother, Mrs. Jian.”
Lucy was still sighing that Linda was generous when the spotlight came. In a daze, she stood up, gave a good hug to the her, and then sat down in a daze.
It took her a long time to come back to her senses. She expressed her thanks to Linda, “Mrs. Pei, it’s so expensive. How can I accept it…”
“We are family. You don’t have to say that.” Linda smiled kindly.
Lucy thought she had got a big advantage, so she was secretly pleased. She glanced at the empty back of the ladies, and her tail was almost raised to the sky.
At this time, Linda’s voice sounded again in a neither too light nor too heavy voice, “if you are really sorry, Mrs. Jian, please bid for the number eight collection later and give it to me.”
“What?” Lucy was confused. How could this be different from what she thought?
“After all, so many people are watching. courtesy requires a return of visits received. If she didn’t, it seems that Jian Family wants to take advantage of Pei Family. What do you think?” Linda looked at her with a fake smile, as if she was thinking for her.
Lucy’s smile froze. What could she say?
Now, she had no choice but to agree.
Before she could answer, Linda began to show off all around. “Mrs. Jian, you are so polite. You insisted on taking the number eight collection and giving it to me…”
For a moment, all the upper class people around looked at Lucy with new eyes. “I didn’t expect the simple family to be so good.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the host began to introduce, ‘the auction item No. eight starts at five million. The bidding price is two hundred thousand every time. Now the bidding begins!”Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.
“Five million and two hundred thousand.”
“Five million and four hundred thousand.”
…
In a few seconds, the price had risen to six million.
Lucy was so anxious that she couldn’t sit still and shouted, “eight million! I’ll pay eight million!”
She clenched her hands. Anyway, the money was given by Pei family, so she thought she should return it to them!
It was a charity theme. Seeing that she was determined to get it, others didn’t have the heart to take what she wanted, so they all kept silent.
When Lucy breathed a sigh of relief, a low male voice came from the corner, ‘ten million.”
Everyone looked at the disharmonious voice. Andy couldn’t help but turn around, only to see an unfamiliar face.
She had only seen him once at the banquet. His name seemed to be Mr. Ji, a man from the capital.
Just as she felt strange, the man called Mr. Ji looked into her eyes and nodded gentlemanly.
After a short pause, she nodded politely as a response.
However, Lucy didn’t seem to know the identity of the man. She glared at him with resentment and bid again, “eleven million!”
Mr. Ji raised his hand again. ‘thirteen million.”
Lucy’s face turned ghastly pale. If she kept shouting, she would not only spend all the money she had got from Andy and Lucy, but also lose her own money.
Before she came to her senses, another man’s voice sounded, “fifteen million.”
The voice was so familiar to Lucy. She turned around and saw the unruly face of Bill, who was competing with the man who had just raised the paddle.
Beside her, Linda was still urging, “Oh, Mrs. Jian, I’ve already said that. Can’t you buy it?”
Lucy stood up and said, ‘twenty million!”
Then she turned around and said fiercely, “can you two be more graceful? Don’t compete with me!”
The crowd quieted down. But she had achieved her goal, so neither Mr. Ji nor Mr. Huo bid again.
In the end, Lucy bid four times the price.