Chapter 2640 — Who Got the Better of Whom
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
It was Kang Jinglong who was now preparing to make his move! All this time he had been suppressed by Wei Zhao, and he felt utterly stifled. Watching his own fiancée parade about with his sworn enemy, he counted himself among the most wretched fiancés in history. But there was nothing he could do—Kang Jingming had not yet secured a firm foothold in the Xuandan Sect, and even the Hidden You family did not dare provoke Wei Zhao lightly. To oppose Wei Zhao head-on was simply to court death.
So, with no other choice, he had opted for temporary forbearance, hoping to take a roundabout route and work on Wang Xinyan instead! If Wang Xinyan's heart belonged to him, then presumably Wei Zhao would have no recourse—given Wei Zhao's character, he would simply let it be.
"Two hundred thousand!" Kang Jinglong announced his bid.
"Gentleman number 73 bids two hundred thousand. Is there any higher bid?" Zhen Huanzi asked.
The Kang family might be wealthy now, and Kang Jinglong might be groomed as the Kang family heir, but he was not about to throw money around like a fool! He was older than You Panhu and Zhao Qibing, and he would not act too impulsively. In his view, this bracelet was worth only two hundred thousand, and paying more would be burning money!
As for donating to some orphanage, Kang Jinglong had no such charity in him. Whether those children lived or died had nothing to do with him—he was a selfish man.
Fan Ganhe heard the bid and felt his heart stir. After all, this raise was not as absurd as the earlier bidding. Before, when those entrepreneurs and bosses wanted to donate, they would not bid such a low price—they would raise it by at least a hundred or two hundred thousand each time. But this time, the bid was only two hundred thousand!
He glanced at Zhang Duopan and hesitated.
"If it stays under five hundred thousand, I'll cover it for you," Zhang Duopan said, seeing how Fan Ganhe had followed him like a shadow for so many years. But in his heart he figured the jade bracelet would never sell for five hundred thousand, so the promise amounted to nothing—it was merely a way to win Fan Ganhe over.
Fan Ganhe was overwhelmed with gratitude and immediately called out, "Two hundred fifty thousand!"
Kang Jinglong frowned. That someone else was bidding was no surprise; there had been bids on the better items before as well. After all, it was all for charity—who would not want to buy something of relatively decent value?
"Three hundred thousand." Kang Jinglong announced his price, still unhurried.
"Three hundred fifty thousand." Fan Ganhe was thrilled. For the first time he felt the thrill of competitive bidding—this was hundreds of thousands, flung out just like that.
"Five hundred thousand." Kang Jinglong was getting impatient. The other man kept bidding just above him, refusing to pay a cent more, so Kang Jinglong simply jumped to five hundred thousand to test the waters.
"..." Fan Ganhe had been enjoying himself, but Kang Jinglong's five-hundred-thousand bid jolted him awake, and he wanted to weep! The dream was over...
"One million." Wei Zhao naturally did not mind raising the price a little. In fact, he had wanted to bid earlier, but Fan Ganhe had beaten him to it, so Wei Zhao had waited.