How I Became The Devil's Last and Only Love
Chapter 27: Guessing His Little Schemes

Chapter 27: Chapter 27: Guessing His Little Schemes

Fang Anning experienced her first auction.

These people’s money seemed not like money at all, they spoke it freely.

From one million, two million, ten million, to twenty million.

A seemingly ordinary trinket could actually fetch a high price of fifty million.

"Is it really worth it?" Fang Anning seriously doubted.

He Tingchen said, "The items brought here, those who want them, mostly do it for sentimentality. Worth is not considered."

"Cut it out, just burning cash," Fang Anning scoffed.

Like when she was poor, buying a steamed bun she had to decide between a two yuan meat bun or a one-and-a-half yuan vegetable bun.

Sentimentality? When you can’t even fill your stomach, screw sentimentality!

"The next auction item is the jade cups," He Tingchen said slowly.

Fang Anning immediately perked up, focusing intensely and carefully observing Zhou Zhaoguo and Chen Fengjiao’s reactions.

He Tingchen had just talked to her about sentimentality, she now realized that Zhou Zhaoguo and Chen Fengjiao wanting to bid on the jade cups might also be due to sentimentality.

If only she had money too, she could compete with them.

After all, seeing them unhappy made her happy.

"One million."

"Two million."

"Three million."

The bidding for the jade cups starting at one million quickly reached three million.

Zhou Zhaoguo and Chen Fengjiao had not yet made a move.

Chen Fengjiao looked anxious, tugging several times at Zhou Zhaoguo’s sleeve. However, Zhou Zhaoguo gave her a look to calm her nerves.

When the price reached five million and no one continued bidding, Zhou Zhaoguo frantically raised his bidding paddle, jumping straight to eight million.

The whole room was shocked; Zhou Zhaoguo displayed a resolve to win.

Five million was already the highest price many had in mind, his direct bid of eight million assured no competition.

"You just said you wanted to gift me a trinket, can I ask for this one?" Fang Anning asked He Tingchen urgently.

"How will you thank me if I gift you this?" He Tingchen asked.

Fang Anning bit her lip, saying, "Whatever you ask me to do, I will do. I promise to be obedient from now on."

She was already very obedient, making this promise wasn’t a big deal.

"Mhm, be obedient from now on," He Tingchen said.

Then, he waved to summon a bodyguard forward.

He whispered something to the bodyguard, who nodded.

Soon, someone below held up a sign, directly doubling the price to sixteen million.

The crowd was in uproar again.

A small set of jade cups reaching sixteen million. Even for sentimentality, the price was beyond searching sentimental worth.

"What should we do? Who is bidding like this?" Chen Fengjiao asked angrily.

Zhou Zhaoguo also looked upset, saying sternly, "I don’t know, this price is beyond our budget."

"No, we must get this set of jade cups. If we can’t bring them back, how can we explain to Aunt? This is an excellent opportunity for us."

"Twenty million."

Zhou Zhaoguo, determined, raised his paddle, bidding twenty million.

Although the price was outrageously high, far beyond his expectation.

But to get the jade cups, he felt it was still worth it.

He Tingchen expressionless, waved his hand again.

A person below immediately lifted the sign.

"Forty million."

Directly doubling it again.

Zhou Zhaoguo almost fainted, forty million?

The opponent wasn’t trying to win the jade cups, but was intentionally challenging him.

No matter how much he bid, the opponent would probably always double it, heavily suppressing him.

"Can’t keep bidding, it’s no use. I don’t believe he would really spend forty million on these jade cups?"

Zhou Zhaoguo said in a deep voice to Chen Fengjiao.

Chen Fengjiao also understood this, but what if the other party really bought it?

Wouldn’t she have wasted all her efforts in vain?

"Don’t worry, he won’t really buy it. If he abandons the bid, we will get this set of jade cups at the lowest price," Zhou Zhaoguo reassured her.

Chen Fengjiao nodded.

Both hands tightly clasped together, waiting for the final verdict from above.

"Forty million once."

"Forty million twice."

"Forty million three times."

"Congratulations to this gentleman, for the successful bid."

"The auction was successful," Fang Anning happily shook He Tingchen’s arm as she spoke.

He Tingchen slightly lifted his lips, his eyes deepening even further.

Soon, the set of jade cups was brought up.

Fang Anning picked one up to take a closer look, but couldn’t see anything special about it. She really didn’t know what Zhou Zhaoguo wanted with this set.

"Is it really for me?" Fang Anning asked.

He Tingchen said, "I always keep my word."

"But, why do you want to give me something?" Fang Anning asked, puzzled.

He hadn’t expelled her from school nor punished her, especially after hearing her conversation with Liao Hanfeng, he hadn’t gotten angry or fired up. Instead, he brought her to this auction late at night, deliberately outbidding Zhou Zhaoguo to give this to her.

This was too abnormal!

There must be a reason behind all unusual actions, He Tingchen must have a deeper meaning.

"What do you think?" He Tingchen countered.

"What do I think?"

Fang Anning pursed her lips, thinking that this man must be a weirdo, not thinking straight. How could she possibly guess his real intentions when dealing with someone whose mind is off?

"Boss, Zhou Zhaoguo requests to see you."

At that moment, the bodyguard knocked and entered, reporting in a low voice.

He Tingchen glanced at Fang Anning and said, "You go meet him! I’ll give you half an hour."

Fang Anning’s spirits lifted, and she immediately nodded excitedly.

Great, she finally got a chance to one-up Zhou Zhaoguo.

She suddenly recalled the incident of Zhou Musen and his sister blocking her at the school gate a few days ago.

Her eyes lit up, and she looked at He Tingchen and asked, "You wouldn’t know about Zhou Musen blocking me at the school gate and did this to get revenge for me, would you?"

He Tingchen’s expression darkened, and he said sternly, "Don’t flatter yourself."

"Haha, you really are taking revenge for me."

His reaction only made Fang Anning more certain. She couldn’t help but point at him and burst into laughter.

However, after laughing twice, seeing He Tingchen’s expression become even more somber, she immediately covered her mouth and scurried out.

"Where is he?"

After Fang Anning went out, she asked the bodyguard.

The bodyguard answered, "In the guest room."

"Does he know who he’s meeting?" Fang Anning asked again.

The bodyguard shook his head: "No."

Fang Anning’s lips curved up, and she immediately instructed, "Get me a hat and a pair of sunglasses."

The bodyguard was puzzled but quickly fetched them for her.

She was quite impressed by the bodyguard’s efficiency; she was dressed very sweetly today. To match her outfit, the bodyguard had picked out a particularly sweet and cute style of hat.

With a large brim, it covered half her face.

With the hat and sunglasses on, forget Zhou Zhaoguo who barely knew her,

even if Li Xiaoxiao stood in front of her, she might not recognize her at a glance.