Chapter 390: Chapter 390: Men Definitely Won’t Like a Woman Who Squanders Money!
Bao Gucheng took the lead in supporting Zuzi’s ten-thousand-year old dragonstone jadeite.
The stimulated crowd immediately swarmed to follow—
I bid ten million and twenty thousand!
I bid eleven million!
I bid fifteen million!
...
However.
Something terrifying happened to everyone.
The prices they shouted got stuck, lodged in their throats, no sound could come out.
No matter how hard they tried, they just couldn’t speak up.
Anxious, afraid someone else might get ahead, they rushed to the auction stage, frantically gesturing to the auctioneer. Some tried to write it down, others twisted their arms and bodies into numerical shapes...
But, at the Imperial Auction House, the rule is you have to hear it to believe it, only bids personally acknowledged by the bidder are considered valid.
"Ten million and ten thousand, once."
"Ten million and ten thousand, twice."
"Ten million and ten thousand, three times! Alright, the ten-thousand-year old dragonstone jadeite is sold!"
Bao Gucheng got the jade for just ten thousand over the auction price.
Zuzi smiled cheerfully, "Xiao Chenger, I said they wouldn’t be able to snatch it, and they couldn’t... well, you snatched it too quickly."
Originally, she had no intention of selling this jade.
It was just a way to gain entry with Xi Rubao to see the excitement, and she also took the opportunity to look for materials to make Spiritual Medicine.
As long as she didn’t allow anyone to make a verbal bid during the auction, it would naturally be unsold, and the jade would return to her hand undamaged.
But now Bao Gucheng had snatched it up...
Gu Shiyin, who had been silent all along, gently said, "Miss Xi, your joke may have gone too far, having Mr. Bo spend a fortune to redeem the Jade Pendant for you, this seems..."
She stopped mid-sentence.
Someone beside her naturally continued—
"Mr. Bo’s money doesn’t grow on trees, it’s hard-earned pay from the weather and the battlefield, and here you are, squandering a million and ten thousand of Mr. Bo’s money in one night! Zuzi, you wastrel!" Chu Qiaoen mocked bitterly.
Bao Gucheng gave her a cool glance, which made Chu Qiaoen swallow her words.
"Does this lord need your opinion on how I spend my money?"
Chu Qiaoen dared not speak further.
Only Gu Shiyin softly continued, "Mr. Bo, Miss Xi also bid six million for a Moonstone tonight, it’s no small amount. I’m not worried about you, just a bit worried about her. I heard this money is listed as a debt..."
She didn’t believe Zuzi could afford it.
As Chu Qiaoen said, Zuzi is from the town, how much money could town folks have, it was easy to guess.
So this six million would likely also fall to Bao Gucheng to settle.
Which means that tonight Bao Gucheng would end up paying a total unjust debt of over sixteen million for Zuzi.
She didn’t believe a normal man could like such a spendthrift woman.
Just as Gu Shiyin voiced her doubts and before Bao Gucheng could respond, Zuzi chuckled, her red lips curving slightly:
"What a waste of Miss Gu’s worry on behalf of the Ancestor."
Saying that, she turned to Qiu Guosheng on the stage, "Tonight, I’ll note it down as sixteen million and ten thousand on your account. This money, the Ancestor isn’t planning to give it to you."
Everyone: "...!" Damn, it was the first time seeing someone so brazenly racking up debts.
Qiu Guosheng had seen Zuzi say too many shocking things tonight, but this time he was more composed, smiling apologetically, "Alright, alright, Miss Xi, tell me. I’m listening."
Zuzi was quite satisfied with Qiu Guosheng’s attitude, "Hmm, Ancestor has a jar of wine here, why don’t you just keep it here and auction it off slowly. Find a good buyer, and we split it eighty-twenty."
Qiu Guosheng was bewildered, "... Wine? A jar of wine?"