Chapter 2641 — The Final Auction Item

If it was the first case, then it was only natural, and Wang Xinyan could understand it. But if it was the second—at this thought, Wang Xinyan could not help but blush.

Toward Wei Zhao's feelings, Wang Xinyan found it harder and harder to refuse. Some things were beyond her power to control, no matter how she wished otherwise. Yet she also feared that Wei Zhao and Kang Jinglong would come to blows—at least for now, it seemed unwise for Wei Zhao to make an enemy of the Xuandan Sect.

Last time at the school gate, when Wei Zhao fought Little One, it had been perilous beyond words. Had Bai Lingtou not stepped in in time, the outcome would truly have been impossible to predict. So Wang Xinyan was deeply afraid that Wei Zhao would clash with an even more formidable power, and thus, whenever she was with him, she was always cautious, as if treading on thin ice.

Hearing that it was Wei Zhao who had bid, Kang Jinglong felt a sting of shame and anger—but the more so, the less he could give up. If the jade bracelet really did go to Wei Zhao, where would he put his face?

"Two million!" Desire clouded his judgment. However shrewd Kang Jinglong might be, when it came to competing with Wei Zhao over a woman, he grew hot-headed and doubled the price outright!

Kang Jinglong's manner of bidding made the several bosses who had originally been interested in the bracelet give up the contest altogether. It seemed Kang Jinglong was determined to have it, and there was no point competing with him.

"Five million." Wei Zhao raised his paddle placidly.

Wang Xinyan was startled. Though she did not object to Wei Zhao driving the price up, raising it so much would inevitably earn him Kang Jinglong's enmity. She did not want Wei Zhao and Kang Jinglong to clash, yet she had no idea how to stop it.

"One—" Kang Jinglong was about to bid ten million when he snapped back to his senses, realized ten million was far too much, and hastily corrected himself: "Six million!"

"Ten million," Wei Zhao said, still utterly calm.

The corners of Kang Jinglong's mouth twitched twice. Ten million—he had not said it, but Wei Zhao had. He was trembling all over with rage! Wei Zhao, just you wait. One day, when my brother Kang Jingming is cured, I will finish you off!!!!!!

"Eleven million!" Kang Jinglong drew a deep breath and said.

Fortunately, the Kang family was no longer the Kang family of old. Having taken over the Xuandan Sect's and part of the hidden You family's sales of low-grade pills, the Kang family was raking it in hand over fist!

Do not look down on low-grade pills. Such pills had little effect on cultivation, but they possessed a unique efficacy for strengthening the body and prolonging life, and so they were extremely popular at high-end auctions in the secular world. Just as at the auction the secular Yu family had once held, a single life-prolonging, toxin-expelling pill of Wei Zhao's could fetch a sky-high price of several hundred million—yet the price of a second-grade pill in a cultivators' market was only around ten million.

This time, however, Wei Zhao did not bid. The price was about right; it would be no good to push past what Kang Jinglong could bear.

Wang Xinyan breathed a sigh of relief as well. The bracelet meant nothing particularly significant to her—it was merely a gift. If it could be exchanged for so much money to donate to orphans in need, she was quite happy, so it did not matter to her if Kang Jinglong won it.

"Congratulations to gentleman number 73 on winning this item..." Zhen Huanzi announced the ownership of Wang Xinyan's bracelet. The next item up for auction was something He Meiyue had donated—also a piece of jewelry, though made of gold.

Judging by market price, this gold jewelry was worth roughly several thousand to ten thousand yuan, not especially precious, so the starting bid was set at twenty thousand yuan.

Even so, twenty thousand yuan was a high price for Bai Weituo. He glanced at He Meiyue, weighing matters in his heart. He could scrape together twenty thousand, but he feared others would raise the bid.

And so, rather than call out a price he could not possibly win with, it was better to keep silent.

He Meiyue naturally saw what Bai Weituo was thinking. She smiled slightly and said, "It is only a piece of jewelry—it does not matter. It has no commemorative significance anyway. Didn't Wei Zhao also fail to win Xinyan's bracelet?"

"That is true..." Hearing He Meiyue's words, Bai Weituo relaxed considerably.

And this gold jewelry, just as Bai Weituo expected, was indeed won by Zhang Duopan, and He Meiyue said nothing about it.

The auction continued, and soon the final climax arrived!

"The next item is very special!" Shen Yushu took up the microphone again as the finale host. "This item is a kiss! Everyone knows who the beauty of the Economics Department is—this kiss comes from the Economics Department beauty Gu Mengyao! Of course, it is not a real kiss, but a safe kiss through glass. Anyone who wants to taste the lips of a goddess must not miss out!"

Zhong Yongliang had come to the auction today for another purpose. He intended to use this auction as an occasion to find a chance to go up on stage and then announce his challenge to Wei Zhao!

Ever since returning to school, Zhong Yongliang had kept a very low profile—he had not publicly set up a challenge ring, nor promoted himself. But today, he would shock the world with a single feat! In a public setting, he would once again challenge Wei Zhao!

With the Hundred-Drunk Centipede in his possession, there was naturally no way he feared Wei Zhao this time. So Zhong Yongliang would challenge Wei Zhao before everyone, his purpose being to make all those present bear witness, lest Wei Zhao back out after losing.

He had been worrying over how to get on stage, and now the final auction item turned out to be a kiss from Gu Mengyao—instantly he was excited as if injected with chicken blood! If he could go up and kiss Gu Mengyao, and then deliver his challenge to Wei Zhao, what a lightning-flashing, absolutely awesome thing that would be!

Though it was a safe kiss through glass, Zhong Yongliang could still fantasize about it in his heart. At least it was better than that idiot An Liwen, who had bought a lousy piece of glass and smashed it. So Zhong Yongliang grew eager to try.

Especially since, back in high school, he had proposed holding this very activity, hoping for a safe kiss with Gu Mengyao—but things had turned out contrary to his wishes. The draw had picked two girls beautiful as "flowers," and Zhong Yongliang had nearly been sick to death.

Now that such an opportunity had come again, how could he let it slip?

"This safe kiss is also the very last auction item, and it will be completed on stage before all the guests, so please do not miss it!" Shen Yushu said.

He really could go on stage? And before all the guests? Zhong Yongliang was even more tempted. His only fear was that when the time came to make good on it, Shen Yushu would play tricks and not let him kiss her—then his money would have been spent for nothing!

But before all the guests, Shen Yushu could not possibly play tricks—if she did, what meaning would the auction have left? So Zhong Yongliang was completely reassured.