Chapter 59 - I
Xie Qi and Qin Yizhi found a remote seat and sat down.
A charity gala was just a bunch of rich people buying some things that might not be very valuable – what they bought was not the value of the items themselves, but a fame, the money they paid would be donated to poor people in the name of charity. The more money they had, the more they could donate—a good opportunity to show off their wealth and status.
But obviously, Qin Yizhi didn’t seem to have this intention. He gave the sign to Xie Qi and whispered to him, “You can take a bid of whatever you like and I’ll give it to you.”
Xie Qi lowered his voice and said to him, “How to bid it?”
Qin Yizhi said patiently, “If you want it, just hold up the sign. If someone competes with you, you can keep bidding until the host makes the final decision.”
“Oh,” Xie Qi said, “I know how.”
The preliminary process started quickly. After the host finished speaking about the scene, he used an exciting tone to bring out the first auction item. It was a crown inlaid with rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. The first owner was a queen from a certain country, and the crown had gone through five queens in a hundred years, finally falling into the hands of a businessman because of the demise of the country. It was bought by someone in Xiangjiang for 10 million. The starting price was 2 million, and the starting price increase was 500,000.
People were raising signs one after another, but Xie Qi came close to Qin Yizhi’s ear, lowered his voice, and said to him, “There are five queens in a hundred years, and the country is also destroyed. Isn’t this thing very unlucky?”
His breath was very close to Qin Yizhi, fluttering on Qin Yizhi’s ears and neck, arousing a wave of warmth. The lines on Qin Yizhi’s face suddenly tightened. He also lowered his head slightly and calmly lifted his ear, turning away, he said softly, “Maybe.”
Xie Qi whispered to Qin Yizhi, “I’ll see which unlucky guy will take this home.”
Just as he finished speaking, a powerful voice came from behind them, “5 million.”
Xie Qi: “…”
The voice sounded a little familiar. He looked back. The lights in the venue were a little dim, and it was not possible to clearly see the faces of the people on the left and behind. This was an effective method at the auction venue, so that everyone could focus on the auction instead of looking around to see people’s faces.
Xie Qi sat up straight and thought, it really sounded familiar, but he just couldn’t remember it.
After this familiar voice, someone raised a sign, “5.5 million.”
“Seven million.”
“7.5 million.”
The familiar voice seemed to lose his composure and directly raised the price to 10 million. Because it was the price paid by the original owner, it didn’t cause any sensation.
Xie Qi listened to it several times, and the feeling of familiarity became heavier and heavier, and he looked behind him from time to time.
Qin Yizhi noticed his movements and asked in a low voice, “Do you want it?”
Xie Qi: “Huh?”
Qin Yizhi pinched his wrist and raised the sign in Xie Qi’s hand, “15 million.”
Qin Yizhi’s voice was calm and cold. It seemed because his voice was somewhat recognizable, there were some voices in the venue, not loud, just like whispers.
Xie Qi: “…”
No, he didn’t want it!
Xie Qi grabbed Qin Yizhi’s hand, quickly shook his head, and lowered his voice and said, “I don’t want this.”
Qin Yizhi held Xie Qi’s hand with his other hand and said softly, “You want it.”
Xie Qi: “???”
No! He really didn’t want it!
Was this some stupid plot about a boss spending huge sum of money.
Xie Qi’s tone became a little more serious, “I really don’t want to.”
Qin Yizhi said: “You want it.”
Xie Qi: “…”
No, was Qin Yizhi so incapable of understanding human speech? It was obviously a royal crown for women, he couldn’t wear it, so there was no need to take a bidding of it. Also, fifteen million?? If this money was given to him, he could have spent it very happily.
Xie Qi was a little angry.
If he thought about it carefully, Qin Yizhi was very rich. Ten million was nothing to him, and it was his right to spend his money. He did not need to be angry at all.
Xie Qi couldn’t hold back and pinched Qin Yizhi’s waist. Qin Yizhi was very tolerant and not moving at all.
Xie Qi: “…”
‘What are you doing? Has the dad addict reached this point?’
Just when he was angry, the familiar voice spoke again: “17 million!”
Xie Qi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly pinched Qin Yizhi’s arm and said, “Don’t bid anymore. I told you I don’t want it. Why are you so stubborn about it?”
Qin Yizhi ignored him and still squeezed his wrist tightly. His big hand could wrap the whole Xie Qi’s hand, allowing him to still hold up the sign, “20 million.”
Xie Qi: “…”
He almost had a heart attack. Could any woman really tolerate a man like Qin Yizhi? He didn’t listen to him at all. They could communicate before, but why couldn’t he communicate now?
Xie Qi angrily pinched Qin Yizhi’s waist again, pursed his lips heavily, and the tips of his teeth turned the flesh of his lips white. Qin Yizhi still endured it and was not afraid at all.
Xie Qi: “…”
Forget it, Xie Qi comforted himself in his heart. Qin Yizhi was already very rich, so just consider the bid as if he was playing around. It was a charity gala anyway, and the money would be used for charity. It didn’t matter, he was doing a good deed.
While he was frantically comforting himself, he watched the two of them raise the bid for a broken crown to thirty million.
Unknowingly, no one made a sound in the entire venue, only the sounds of Qin Yizhi and that other person bidding.