Chapter 1276 — Bidding High Again
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The message read: "Hubby Wei Zhao, you may jump in to stir things up and push the price higher, but An Liwen has to be the one to win it!"
"'Hubby Wei Zhao'?" Gu Pengzhan blinked, thunderstruck. How had he become Wei Zhao's hubby? Surely this had gone to the wrong person? He hurriedly checked the sender's number—but the message had come from Wei Zhao, so it must have been forwarded by Wei Zhao himself.
The original message, he guessed, had come from either Tang Zhi or Feng Xiaoxiao, telling Wei Zhao to drop out of the bidding.
Which meant they had no intention of auctioning off Gu Mengyao's kiss at all, but were holding something in reserve. At this, Gu Pengzhan felt a pang of regret at his rash bid. Would it scare An Liwen off?
And he had leapt the price by three hundred thousand in a single breath! Would An Liwen still dare to bid on?
Sure enough, Gu Pengzhan's sudden bid gave An Liwen a tremendous shock. He had never expected Gu Pengzhan to intervene. What did it mean? Was he determined to keep the kiss from An Liwen—or was he probing him?
And why had Gu Pengzhan held back all along, only to bid the very instant Wei Zhao dropped out?
So An Liwen wavered. "Taizao, what do you make of this? Why did Gu Pengzhan suddenly bid?"
"Well... Brother An, I reckon Gu Pengzhan is probing you, seeing just how much you care about Gu Mengyao. She's a rich man's daughter too; five hundred thousand for a first kiss is honestly not much. So on the one hand he means to drive up Gu Mengyao's price, and on the other he wants to test whether you really are sweet on her. If you are, you won't mind spending a few hundred thousand more; if you're not, you'll probably just give up." Su Taizao analyzed.
"Mm, that makes sense!" An Liwen clapped Su Taizao on the shoulder. "Then tell me—when Wei Zhao was bidding, why didn't Gu Pengzhan join in? Could it be that Gu Pengzhan favors Wei Zhao?"
"Not necessarily. While Wei Zhao was driving the price up, Gu Pengzhan had no need to act. Now that Wei Zhao has dropped out, only then did he step in to raise the stakes," Su Taizao said.
"Is that so? Then is Gu Mengyao's kiss really her first? It isn't just Shen Yushu shooting her mouth off, is it? Last time she swore that Gu Mengyao had already given her first kiss to Wei Zhao!" An Liwen asked, half in doubt.
"Since when can you believe a word Shen Yushu says? That girl talks through her hat—we've been taken in rotten by her for years! I'd say her own first kiss may well have gone to Wei Zhao, but Gu Mengyao's? Absolutely not." Su Taizao mused for a moment. "Can't you see it? That little Shen seems to have a bit of a soft spot for Wei Zhao, and she can't bear to part with Gu Mengyao, so she's forever egging Gu Mengyao on to marry Wei Zhao too—so they can be his senior and junior wives together!"
"Mm, put that way, it does add up! That girl has a wicked heart—steer well clear of her from now on!" An Liwen nodded, now convinced. So when Shen Yushu called in bitter disappointment, "Eight hundred thousand—third and final call!" An Liwen bid once more!