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Chapter 666: Trouble Resurfaces! Kim Jae-eui Steps In!

Chapter 666: Chapter 666: Trouble Resurfaces! Kim Jae-eui Steps In!

Superstar Park En-lie’s... personal painting...

When Li Xinen heard these words come from the host’s mouth, she was completely stunned.

Who was Park En-lie?

She knew him, one of the hottest young idols in South Korea at the moment.

What kind of painting skills could an idol have?

As expected, when she looked at the stage, that painting... it was indeed just like its name, sloppy! Extremely sloppy!

You couldn’t even tell what it was supposed to be; it was just like a child had been scribbling aimlessly with a pen.

Li Xinen couldn’t believe she had actually spent two hundred thousand US dollars on such trash.

No wonder Chen Wei wasn’t willing to bid!

Li Xinen’s insides were practically turning green with regret.

She indeed wanted to use charity to earn herself a good reputation, to grow her business bigger.

But the original plan was that, after spending the money, she could kill two birds with one stone.

Like Chen Wei, after spending money, he not only got the reputation for doing charity but also got a string of extremely precious gemstone necklaces.

In contrast, she had spent two hundred thousand US dollars for a worthless painting.

If it hadn’t been in front of so many people, Li Xinen truly wanted to curse out loud!

It was simply too infuriating!

"Congratulations," Leng Qianqian said, unable to suppress her laughter.

"..." How could Li Xinen not feel that Leng Qianqian was mocking her?

Anger surged to her chest and exploded in an instant, uncontrollable!

She clenched her hand on her thigh, trying to distract herself with the pain.

Having already lost face once, Li Xinen didn’t want to lose it again.

Her gaze turned to Chen Wei, hatred saturating her eyes!

You little bastard, you actually dared to play me! I won’t let you off!

Though this incident itself had little to do with Chen Wei.

But that didn’t stop Li Xinen from aiming her spear at Chen Wei, pushing all the blame onto him.

After all, Li Xinen could never admit that all this was her own fault.

"The next auction item is a treasure from Great Xia, painted by the Emperor himself..."

Hearing it was related to Great Xia, Chen Wei and Leng Qianqian exchanged a glance, their attitude turning serious.

After carefully examining the painting, Chen Wei confirmed it was a treasure looted from the land of Great Xia by invading forces a hundred years ago!

Great Xia had been striving to retrieve these historical heritages.

Leng Qianqian didn’t expect to encounter one of them at such a place.

"Should we buy it?" Leng Qianqian asked Chen Wei’s opinion.

"Of course," Chen Wei nodded affirmatively, without any hesitation.

Upon hearing this, Li Xinen sneered.

Oh? So you want this item? Sorry, but I’m not going to let you have your way!

Li Xinen fixed her gaze on the landscape painting on stage, determined to outbid everyone no matter what.

Then, to show off in front of Chen Wei and Leng Qianqian, to step on their heads!

If Leng Qianqian agreed to be his woman, Li Xinen wouldn’t mind giving this painting to her.

It was now time for fantasies.

Snapping back to reality, she heard someone had already bid the price up to three hundred and fifty thousand US dollars.

Li Xinen immediately raised her hand, "Five hundred thousand!"

"Six hundred thousand!"

"Seven hundred thousand!"

"..." Li Xinen didn’t expect that, aside from Chen Wei, there would be so many others coveting this ancient painting from Great Xia.

So, gritting her teeth and steeling her heart, she raised her hand and shouted again, "One million!"

The moment the price of one million US dollars was voiced, the entire venue fell silent.

Everyone looked at each other, uncertain whether to continue bidding.

If they could really secure the purchase it would be fine, but if not, and having driven up the price, offending Li Xinen—it wouldn’t be worth it no matter how you thought about it.

Perched on the fence, caught in a dilemma.

"One million US dollars for the first time!"

"One million US dollars for the second time!"

"One million US dollars..."

Seeing that he still couldn’t speak, Chen Wei raised his hand, calm and composed, "Two million."

Two million?!

Has this guy gone crazy?

Li Xinen seriously suspected that Chen Wei was deliberately targeting him.

Did he actually not want the painting that badly but simply aimed to make him the sucker, spending more money to buy the painting?

Indeed, it was a distinct possibility.

"Two million US dollars for the first time!"

"Two million US dollars for the second time!"

"Two million..."

"Two million one hundred thousand!" In the end, Li Xinen couldn’t hold back and raised his hand to shout.

He didn’t want to watch Chen Wei get his way.

He wagered, wagered that Chen Wei wanted this item.

In Li Xinen’s understanding, the people of Great Xia held their national pride dearly; they definitely wouldn’t pass up on this item. Continuing to bid was surely the right move.

"Three million!" Chen Wei was still as casual as a cloud, not even glancing at Li Xinen.

Three million?!

At this price, the crowd gasped in shock.

Turning heads and craning necks, everyone’s gaze shifted toward Chen Wei to get a good look.

They wanted to see who was so generous with their money.

"Three, three million and ten thousand!" Li Xinen sounded somewhat defeated.

"Five million!" Chen Wei raised his hand again, and in comparison, he seemed utterly at ease.

Even five million, even in US dollars, was no big deal to him.

Bringing this painting back to Great Xia would be a more meaningful deed.

"Five, five..." Words on the verge of escaping Li Xinen’s lips, he ultimately swallowed them back down.

He lacked the courage to engage in a psychological battle with Chen Wei any longer.

Especially given his confident demeanor from start to finish.

It threw Li Xinen’s heart into upheaval.

Seeing this, the host called out, "Five million US dollars for the first time!"

"Five million US dollars for the second time!"

"Five million US dollars..."

"I bid ten million!" However, just at that moment, another unfamiliar voice came from upstairs.

The crowd looked in the direction of the voice, taken aback with surprise.

"My goodness! Isn’t that Old Master Kim?"

"Even Old Master Kim has stepped in. It seems that the young man will have a hard time taking the painting away."

"Be confident, drop the word ’probably’; it’s absolutely impossible."

"Yeah, if it were someone else, he might have had a chance, but he’s up against none other than Old Master Kim, a member of the Financial Conglomerate!"

Kim Jae-eui, as a VIP, sat on the second floor.

His gaze was unabashed as he looked straight at Chen Wei.

Kim Jae-eui?!

Leng Qianqian recognized him at a glance; he was the person she was supposed to assassinate.

Chen Wei grabbed Leng Qianqian’s hand that was on his thigh under the tablecloth, signaling her to stay calm.

"Fifteen million!" he immediately called out.

Fifteen million!

Listening to the bidding war between Chen Wei and Kim Jae-eui, everyone suddenly felt that they weren’t so wealthy after all.

Was this painting really worth fifteen million?

Some admired Chen Wei’s courage, for daring to compete with the Kim Family for something—was he not tired of living?

But on second thought, if he dared to call out that price, could he really be someone without any background or status?

Racking their brains, they couldn’t figure it out.

They had little impression of his face.

"Twenty million!" Kim Jae-eui was determined to cut down Chen Wei’s arrogance that day.

He wouldn’t let a junior undermine his own dignity!