Lin Feng suppressed the urge to punch someone, gritting his teeth. "Fine, the price you bid, you pay yourselves."
What could have been settled for over a hundred thousand, these two had escalated to millions.
Did money grow on trees?
Lin Feng was both amused and exasperated.
"Ah!? We pay? Brother-in-law, I've already been kicked out of the Tang family, how could I possibly have money?"
Tang Pinliang's face fell, and he became deflated at the mention of money.
"Brother Feng, I don't have money either. We were bidding to help you. You're my big brother, how could you bear to make your little brother spend money? Brother Feng, stop joking!"
Sun Xiqing, the stingy one, also started crying poverty.
"Little Feng Feng, it's okay, I'll pay the five million. My money is your money. From now on, you'll just be beautiful and I'll earn money to support the family!"
Sun Pengfei, with his manicured fingers, pulled a five-million check from his bag.
"Do as you please. All I want are the items. You figure out the money yourselves."
Lin Feng was weary and didn't want to speak anymore.
Shen Yunfei, watching from the backstage monitors, was equally baffled, completely confused by Lin Feng's group's actions.
He had already instructed his people not to bid.
Yet Lin Feng and his companions kept driving up the prices. What was the meaning of this?
Shen Yunfei couldn't quite understand. He was confident in his own intelligence and wit, but now, he found himself increasingly unable to figure Lin Feng out.
Could it be that Lin Feng had already uncovered the secret of this stone tablet fragment?
And that was why Lin Feng was willing to pay such a high price to obtain it?
Shen Yunfei frowned, pondering for a long time, unable to grasp the logic behind it all!
Soon, the second stone tablet fragment was brought out by the staff.
Without any surprises, Lin Feng secured the fragment for a sky-high price of five million.
"Let's go. What are you two standing around for?"
Lin Feng gave Sun Xiqing and Tang Pinliang a sidelong glance, picked up the fragments, and stood up to leave.
However, as Lin Feng and his group exited the auction hall, they heard a woman's cry for help from not far away.
"Help! I'm being molested! Save me, save me! Ah, don't come closer!"
The voice grew louder, accompanied by the woman's sobbing.
"Brother-in-law, there's a beautiful woman being bullied over there. Should we go take a look?"
Tang Pinliang frowned, his mind leaning towards righteous intervention.
"Look at what? Do you think anyone would dare cause trouble at the entrance of an auction?"
Lin Feng gave Tang Pinliang an exasperated look, finding his intelligence to be rather lacking.
In high-class events like auctions, security was always top-notch.
There was no one foolish enough to act unruly in such a place.
"That's true. Let's go then."
Tang Pinliang realized his oversight and simply ignored it, following Lin Feng.
Meanwhile, the disheveled woman, seeing that Lin Feng and his group weren't paying attention to her, clenched her fists in frustration.
"Miss, they aren't looking this way at all. Should we continue the act?"
A few burly men dressed as thugs asked somewhat awkwardly.
"Perhaps they didn't see. Keep acting!"
Shen Xinyue said, feigning distress and running towards Lin Feng's group.
She refused to believe Lin Feng still wouldn't notice her.
"Brother-in-law, that beauty is running towards us! Are we really not going to do anything? This woman is quite good-looking!"
Tang Pinliang, noticing Shen Xinyue's beauty, felt a pang of sympathy again.
Lin Feng cast a casual glance, and indeed, he was momentarily stunned by Shen Xinyue's beauty.
The woman wore a floral dress, her hair was messy, and tear streaks marred her delicate face. The front of her clothes appeared to have been torn, revealing a large expanse of fair skin.
"Help! Someone, please save me!"
Seeing Lin Feng looking at her, Shen Xinyue cried even more theatrically.
"Little beauty, don't run. You can't escape our grasp. In this place, we are the law!"
"Heh heh, come over quickly, let us have a good look at you!"
The thugs rubbed their hands together, leering lewdly at the woman.
"Brother Feng, I can't stand it. These scoundrels are bullying such a beautiful girl. They're beasts!"
Sun Xiqing was indignant, also captivated by Shen Xinyue's beauty.
"Oh, no intervening! No one is allowed to intervene! Am I not pretty? You're all paying attention to that little vixen, ignoring the beautiful woman right beside you. Why are you so annoying!"
"Little Feng Feng, don't interfere, let's go quickly! Stay away from this little temptress!"
Sun Pengfei was a bit jealous, clinging to Lin Feng's arm and trying to stop him.
Lin Feng was truly annoyed by Sun Pengfei, but at the entrance of the auction hall, a few thugs trying to molest a beautiful woman struck him as odd.
He thus went along with Sun Pengfei's wishes and didn't get involved in what he perceived as a trivial matter.
Seeing that Lin Feng had once again ignored her, Shen Xinyue felt a surge of anger.
Was this guy even a man?
Even like this, he was pretending not to see?
Was she not attractive enough, or was this guy a coward?
Shen Xinyue gritted her teeth in anger and ran directly in front of Lin Feng and his group.
She refused to believe that even now, Lin Feng could still feign ignorance.
"Gentlemen, please save me. They are bullying me, they want to molest me. I beg you, help me stop them, please!"
Shen Xinyue wiped her tears with a show of helplessness, appearing utterly pathetic.
"Who dares to help her? If you don't want to die, get lost!"
The thugs caught up, shouting arrogantly.
"Oh, stop shouting. We'll just move away. We didn't see anything. You carry on."
Sun Pengfei flicked his fingers dismissively and, pulling Lin Feng, walked around Shen Xinyue.
"Young Master Liang, are we just going to ignore this?"
Sun Xiqing seemed reluctant.
"Ignore what? If my brother-in-law isn't intervening, should we go get beaten up? Let's go quickly!"
Tang Pinliang felt powerless and could only pretend not to see, hurrying to catch up with Lin Feng.
At this point, Shen Xinyue was at a loss as to how to continue her act.
What kind of people were these?
They had no sense of chivalry at all!