Chapter 21: Amber!
All the guests: ???
Chen Fan: !!
Oh my god, big brother, you really are insane!
Without a second thought, Chen Fan grabbed Li Youran’s arm and put down his bidding paddle.
“Number 36 withdraws from the auction!”
Damn it, two million for a broken fan!
You’re something else, I admit defeat, alright?
What a lunatic.
The auctioneer finally struck the gavel!
“Congratulations to our VIP number 2 for winning this folding fan!”
“Final price: two million!”
Uh...
For a moment, the entire hall was at a loss for words.
Ah, the world of the rich.
Truly incomprehensible.
In fact, the face of VIP number 2 was already beginning to ache.
That’s right, VIP number 2 was none other than Chen Fan’s senior, Nangong Tian!
He had his reasons for bidding.
Not only had Li Youran noticed Chen Fan’s interest—
He had noticed it as well.
The sense of being watched that Chen Fan felt had come from Nangong Tian.
So, he intended to buy it and gift it to his junior disciple.
Well, just having come down from the mountain, it’s natural to give a little gift, isn’t it?
At first, his competition with Li Youran was all because he wanted to give Chen Fan a present!
One million!
That was actually his limit!
He knew Li Youran too—she was an extremely rational woman.
Nangong Tian was convinced that a bid of one million would absolutely put an end to Li Youran’s intentions to compete with him!
Who could have imagined...
He’d underestimated just how much Li Youran was willing to give for Chen Fan!
Uh...
Li Youran raised her bid again!
Given that, Nangong Tian had no choice but to continue raising the price!
He had felt the cold gaze Chen Fan threw his way.
But he couldn’t stop!
Why not?
If Chen Fan found out he had been bidding against Li Youran...
And in the end, Li Youran had to spend over a million!?
Chen Fan would skin him alive...
“What a headache, I’ll have to keep this from my junior brother.”
“I’ll wait for the right time to give him the present.”
Nangong Tian let out a long sigh.
None of the remaining antiques incited such a heated bidding war!
That is, until the star of the auction—the amber prayer beads—took the stage!
“Orchids of Lanling, tulip wine, jade cups brimming with amber light!”
Magnificent!
“Damn, I love this—even though I can’t afford it!”
“To see something like this in my lifetime, I could die without regret!”
“Now comes the real battle of the immortals!”
Li Youran was utterly enchanted; indeed...
The fourth fairy sister was completely captivated by this piece.
“Fourth sister, you like it, don’t you?”
Chen Fan smiled slightly; he knew it.
Luckily, he’d brought along his old man’s bank card today.
Buying this treasure shouldn’t be a problem, right?
“It’s alright, I’ve just never seen such exquisite prayer beads before.”
Li Youran tried to hide her fondness.
She actually felt a little guilty—after all, she hadn’t managed to win the folding fan.
She waved her hand, smiling at Chen Fan.
A thought surged wildly within her heart!
Work hard, earn money, support her little brother!
Her failure to win it was simply a matter of her own capability!
If she couldn’t even buy what her brother wanted, then she was unworthy as his fourth sister...
“Fourth sister, I see you’re still the same as when we were kids,” Chen Fan said with a smile.
Li Youran was taken aback—what did he mean?
“Hmm?”
“When you lied as a child, you’d always touch your nose out of habit.”
“Fifteen years have passed, and you’re still the same.”
“You really like these prayer beads, don’t you?”
Li Youran sighed, her face full of smiles.
Xiao Fan...
Chen Fan gave her a mysterious look.
His right hand rubbed the old man’s bank card.
Nine digits!
He was sure it held that much!
Though his old man liked to boast, he had real substance.
Besides, Chen Fan had searched the entire house and found only this one card.
This was his old man’s entire nest egg.
It had to be a fortune.
Chen Fan resolved to win the prayer beads for his fourth sister!