The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 576 - 0578: Auction Ends

Chapter 576: Chapter 0578: Auction Ends

Actually, that wasn’t the case.

Chu Ge was waiting for Ren.

He was waiting for the masked man to initiate the bidding.

He wanted to see how much this masked man was willing to bid for the Jade Buddha.

During the bidding earlier, this masked man hadn’t shown any response, always sitting with his head down, like a child who had done something wrong, contemplating in silence. But Chu Ge knew the reason he kept his head down was due to his eyes—those blood-red eyes were peculiar, and by keeping his head down, he might only appear shy, but once people noticed his eyes, it would be a different story.

Among Ancient Martial Artists, Blood Eyes only meant that he cultivated through illicit means, breaking through his bottlenecks via abnormal methods.

His Blood Eyes were different from those of Nangong Man Sha; such a person was extremely dangerous.

Chu Ge’s curiosity about the masked man grew; he looked up at him, just in time to see him quietly raising his bidding sign.

The host, seeing this, flashed a delighted smile and quickly announced, "Bidder number seven offers one hundred and fifty million."

As the host’s words fell, the crowd erupted. Who could be so liberal as to spend a hundred million on a mere collectible?

Everyone’s gaze turned towards the masked man, who continued to keep his head down, making it impossible to see his face clearly.

One hundred fifty million was no small amount for those present, and now they could only watch, bidding further was out of the question.

Chu Ge silently watched, knowing in his heart that the masked man had made a conservative bid; he definitely wouldn’t stop at this price.

Was he waiting for him to make a bid?

As Chu Ge pondered this, he heard the host calling out the second time, "One hundred fifty million, is there anyone who would bid higher?"

People whispered to each other, looking around, but no one was willing to raise the price too high.

Chu Ge hesitated for a moment, then slowly raised his bidding sign, "One hundred ten million."

Raising it by five million, the crowd murmured in surprise.

Their attention turned to Chu Ge, unexpectedly discovering that he was the bidder of the previous secret manual.

People close to Chu Ge curiously asked, "Brother, what do you do? It feels like you’re playing with money."

"Yes, brother, you should think it over. I don’t see anything special about this Jade Buddha, at most it contains some Spiritual Energy. If you really want Spiritual Energy, you should rather search for a Spirit Vein."

People around him advised Chu Ge to reconsider, but Chu Ge remained unmoved, still holding up his sign.

The host naturally beamed with joy; as long as someone continued to bid, it meant the Jade Buddha was recognized by someone.

"One hundred ten million and ten thousand!" Someone in the crowd shouted.

Chu Ge glanced at the person, a corpulent middle-aged man, and was somewhat speechless looking at him.

This person was purely here to cause a stir.

Chu Ge quickly withdrew his gaze from the man, looking at the masked man, who coincidentally looked up at him.

But after a brief glance, he lowered his head again. Moments later, he raised his bidding sign. "One hundred fifty million."

It wasn’t an ordinary leap; everyone present suddenly grew curious about the masked man.

The hall also gradually became noisy.

"Two hundred million," Chu Ge raised his sign, stating nonchalantly.

He spoke these two words effortlessly, as easy as lips moving to form sounds.

Compared to others, Huo Tianqian was also very calm, because he knew that two hundred million was nothing to Chu Ge.

However, Huo Tianqian felt something odd whenever he caught people glancing their way from time to time.

It wasn’t that he was afraid of being watched, but rather, he felt like he was being treated like a monkey at a show.

The way people looked at them was indeed like watching monkeys at a circus.

Yet, he also believed that since Chu Ge was so determined to obtain this Jade Buddha, he must have realized the secrets within it, which is why he was willing to spend so much on it.

The masked man suddenly looked up, his gaze sharply locking onto Chu Ge, his blood-red pupils growing increasingly enchanting.

This was a sign of his anger.

Chu Ge simply glanced at him faintly, realizing in his heart, "It seems that one hundred and fifty million is his final line."

As Chu Ge guessed, the masked man did not continue to bid. He quietly put away his bidding number and prepared to leave.

Finally, Chu Ge won the auction with two hundred million for the second auction item of the day.

Such an event had never happened in their underground auction house; one person winning two auction items forced the host to report this to the organizers.

Yet, Chu Ge was indifferent to this, his entire focus was on the masked man.

Seeing him leave, Chu Ge also stood up.

He had barely walked a few steps when Huo Tianqian hurriedly approached from behind, "Mr. Chu, where are you going?"

Chu Ge shook his head, instructing Huo Tianqian, "Stay here, take care of the two items I’ve won. Here’s a bank card, there’s no password, just swipe it directly."

Chu Ge pulled out a bank card from his chest pocket, handed it to Huo Tianqian, and then quickly turned and left.

Chu Ge followed the masked man for a considerable distance until they arrived at a deserted little grove where he finally sped up to catch up.

In no time, Chu Ge flew in front of the masked man.

With a vigilant look, the masked man stared at him, "Who are you?"

Chu Ge shrugged, "I should be asking you that, who are you?"

The masked man was already upset, having come to Shanghai specifically for the Jade Buddha, only to have it snatched away by this person in front of him, igniting a sense of humiliation.

"You’re not from Shanghai." Chu Ge could tell from his accent that he wasn’t local, "Did you come from Beijing?"

The masked man snorted lightly, a hint of a cocky smile curling up under the mask, "Brat, I’ve noted this debt. No matter where I’m from, I’ll definitely come to reclaim the Jade Buddha!"

Knowing Chu Ge’s martial arts were likely superior to his, the masked man decided against a direct physical confrontation.

After saying this, he immediately turned and swiftly left.

Chu Ge narrowed his eyes slightly; he had actually come out to inquire what kind of martial arts the man practiced that caused his pupils to change.

His eyes carried a trace of evil energy, which was akin to Demonic Qi. If he truly belonged to the Demon Path, the nature of the event would become much graver.

Chu Ge stood there, deep in thought for a while before collecting his thoughts and heading back.

By the time he returned to the underground auction, it had already ended.