Urban's Fury: The War Dragon God
Chapter 174: Throwing Money in the Face

Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Throwing Money in the Face

Just as the atmosphere became tense, the lights in the hall suddenly dimmed, and a spotlight lit up on the stage.

A hostess in an evening gown gracefully walked onstage and picked up the microphone, "The charity auction is about to begin, please take your seats as soon as possible."

Li Feng glanced as Lin Hao pulled out a chair for Wang Jin’er to sit, while he himself took the seat next to Cui Changjing.

"Welcome everyone. The theme of this charity auction is to aid disabled children. Here, we would like to thank those kind-hearted people who have donated their cherished belongings for auction. All proceeds from today’s auction will be donated to the Disabled Children’s Charity Foundation."

The hostess finished her brief speech on the stage, and the auction began.

"The first item up for auction is a Diamond ring, donated by the diva Xu Meilin. This ring is a classic creation by Tiffany and also a witness to the diva’s perfect love. Now that her lover has passed, the diva offers this piece of jewelry, wishing all loving couples in the world may unite."

"This Diamond ring symbolizing true love has a starting bid of zero."

"Brother, I want it."

Li Feng cringed as he heard the coquettish voice coming from behind him, Cui Changjing’s voice was sweet but a bit too aggressive.

You want it, what do you want?

"Okay."

"Do you also like this diamond ring?"

Li Feng noticed Wang Jin’er’s expression and asked softly, she nodded then shook her head.

"Have you not heard about the love story of the diva Xu Meilin? She had an enviable love, but fate was unkind. Just as they were about to marry, her partner was diagnosed with cancer, and Xu Meilin gave up her career to take care of him."

"Until two years later, in a wedding dress, she bid farewell to the love of her life and composed that classic, ’The Only One.’"

"After that song, Xu Meilin announced her retirement from the music industry, never to sing again."

"Isn’t it beautiful?"

A look of longing appeared on Wang Jin’er’s face.

"One million."

Suddenly, someone directly bid one million, only to be met with cold laughter.

"One million? You dare to speak that out loud? No wonder, some people are ignorant and do not understand the significance of this Diamond ring."

"I bid 9,999,999 yuan."

A young man mocked the first bidder and directly named his own price, nearly ten million—a price far exceeding the value of the Diamond ring, and by countless times at that.

However, this price drew the admiring glances of many beauties present, an endless series of nines symbolizing ’forever and always.’ The expressions of the women sitting next to the young man softened.

"Snort."

Lin Hao watched the young man surrounded by admiration and affection, and let out a cold snort.

"I bid thirteen million, three hundred fourteen thousand, five hundred twenty-one yuan."

"One life, one love, only you."

"Oh my, who is this rich person?"

A spotlight generously shone on Lin Hao, and of course, also on Cui Changjing who was embracing him.

"Isn’t that Lin Hao from Lin Group?"

"Damn, Lin Group is one of the top ten conglomerates in Sea City, no wonder."

"Who’s that woman with him? She looks pretty good, and her figure isn’t bad either."

"Tch, really splurging millions just to pick up girls, over ten million and just like that."

Even though all mingling in high society and fairly wealthy, many were living off their families, having only petty cash each month in the range of several million.

Those who could whip out ten million were still a minority, unless they controlled some financial power, but even so, spending so much just to impress girls seemed a bit much.

What woman is worth over ten million? With that kind of money, you could have a new plaything every day for a year.

This was the men’s envy and jealousy, and the women present felt similarly envious and jealous, wishing they were his companion.

Spending over ten million on a diamond ring, now that’s what real men do.

Lin Hao felt the envious and jealous gazes around him and slightly curled up his lips in a smug smile, it was just over ten million; he was on a mission to impress the girl, budget fully covered.

Lin Hao’s peripheral sight shifted unintentionally and Wang Jin’er just happened to look over. Lin Hao thought to himself, feeling envious now, aren’t you? If you had agreed earlier to be my girlfriend, you would be in the spotlight.

Lin Hao was still coveting Wang Jin’er, after all, what you can’t have is always the best, and Wang Jin’er, in terms of family background and appearance, was top-notch.

Sadly, good produce has been wasted on a beast.

"Oppa, you are so good to me."

Cui Changjing went straight up and kissed Lin Hao, which drew quite some attention, and Lin Hao laughed proudly, looking at Li Feng who turned his head towards them.

"Heh, some people can only seethe with envy and jealousy, what a poor loser. Let’s not even talk about this diamond ring; even a regular one costing tens of thousands would probably be out of his league."

"Wang Jin’er, as a friend, I’d kindly advise you to choose a man of equal status."

"Miss Wang, if you like this diamond ring, I wouldn’t mind winning it for you as a greeting gift."

Sun Yuzhou interjected suddenly, causing his date a great deal of embarrassment though she couldn’t do anything about it.

Wang Jin’er shook her head: "I only liked the story behind this ring, not the ring itself."

"Hehe, is that so?"

Sun Yuzhou glanced at Li Feng with a sneer clear in his eyes.

"Five million, two hundred and eleven thousand, three hundred and fourteen dollars."

Right then, another voice rang out in the venue, causing the host on stage to tremble upon hearing this new bid.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva nervously.

Having started with nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand which was already ten times more, the one million three hundred and fourteen thousand was already sky-high.

Who would have thought, in a flash, this bid was again nearly quintupled, shooting up to over fifty million.

This was over fifty million.

"Who is it?"

"Insane, over fifty million for a ring worth no more than a million? This person has lost his mind, this isn’t just splurging, this is selling everything you own."

"Li Feng, have you lost your mind?"

Wang Jin’er’s mouth fell open, looking at Li Feng who had made the bid, not knowing whether to be thrilled or to check his temperature, though this was a charity auction and real money was needed; otherwise, dream on about mingling in this circle later.

"Tch, tch tch."

After a moment of shock, Lin Hao suddenly clicked his tongue: "Fifty million, can you even produce fifty million?"