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"That bastard Ye Bai! Was he just putting on an act all along?"

After being reminded by Chen Feng, Zhao Wuyai also noticed Ye Bai's abnormality, and his expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

As a young master from a wealthy family, he may not be considered particularly smart, but he is certainly not stupid either.

Moreover, based on his understanding of Qin Wanqing, the way her hands trembled when she picked up the wooden box, and the sparkle in her beautiful eyes, was definitely not an act!

The Queen of Jingzhou has never bothered with acting!

Add to that Shen Lu's excited jumping and shoving, almost reaching the roof of the auditorium, and even a fool could see something was wrong!

“Young Master, I hadn’t noticed it before, but after thinking about it carefully just now, that Ganoderma lucidum is probably no ordinary plant. Its value should be over ten million. We all misjudged it…”

At this moment, the extremely burly bodyguard who had been following Zhao Yanwang suddenly spoke in a low voice.

"What did you say? A treasure worth over ten million?"

Upon hearing this, both Zhao Wuyai and Chen Feng were instantly dumbfounded.

They thought they had tricked Ye Bai and made him a sucker, but in the end, the other party got the better deal and made a huge profit.

Moreover, Ye Bai's previous attempts to make him bid ten times higher each time were probably not just to trick him, but rather to lay the groundwork for winning the Ganoderma lucidum and to lull him into a false sense of security.

If he had known this would happen, he should have increased the price tenfold again and gone for 41 million!

Ye Bai will definitely be scared away and won't dare to compete with him anymore.

Even if he still suffers a loss, at least Ye Bai won't get a free advantage!

Upon realizing this, Zhao Wuyai felt an unbearable tightness in his chest and an increasing urge to vomit blood.

That bastard Ye Bai is so damn mean, he's practically making a fool of me!

Soon, several more items appeared for auction, but this time Ye Bai did not bid again. He simply stared at the items and examined them carefully.

Ye Bai stopped filming, and Zhao Wuyai stopped filming this time, focusing all his attention on observing the changes in the other's expression.

He didn't know where this adopted son of the Ye family had learned his skills, but his eye seemed to be even better than the appraisers invited to the auction. However, he absolutely could not let the other party snag any good items at a bargain price.

"Young Master Zhao, there's no need to worry. I think Ye Bai just got lucky; he's unlikely to stumble upon another treasure!"

Seeing that Zhao Wuyai was becoming increasingly agitated, Chen Feng whispered words of comfort.

The Chen family has been in a bad situation recently. Cao Yuanhu, the backer that Chen Yin had previously befriended, has not shown his face for some reason. There are some things that she wants to ask him for help with, but she can't find him.

Left with no other choice, Chen Feng had to find a new backer, and Zhao Wuyai, the eldest son of the Zhao family, was clearly the best candidate.

Therefore, Chen Feng's main purpose for this trip was to take advantage of the auction to get closer to the other party.

"Hmm, that's true. This kind of trash couldn't possibly have that kind of ability."

Zhao Wuyai thought about it and felt that Chen Feng's words made sense.

The reason his burly bodyguard was able to recognize the value of the Ganoderma lucidum was because of his extraordinary background.

Moreover, due to their formidable strength, their eyesight far surpasses that of ordinary people.

Although Ye Bai's kung fu is not bad, he is definitely no match for the experts that the Zhao family has hired at great expense, so the possibility of him getting lucky is higher.

However, this raises a new problem.

If Ye Bai makes another bid later, should he accept it or not?

If he follows along, he might continue to be taken advantage of; but if he doesn't, he'll end up like that Ganoderma lucidum, letting Ye Bai get a huge bargain!

Neither outcome is something Zhao Wuyai wants to accept.

Fortunately, Qin Wanqing suddenly announced that Ye Bai would represent the Qin family in bidding.

After all, this is a charity auction, and the Qin family, as the most powerful family in Jingzhou, can't just not contribute anything.

Since Ye Bai no longer represents himself, Zhao Wuyai no longer needs to bid ten times higher, and the previous agreement is now null and void.

This made the eldest son of the Zhao family breathe a sigh of relief, and he felt even more that his goddess was the best, she was just too damn understanding.

In every respect, she is a hundred times better than that young girl Han Mengmeng.

The auction finally became more normal, and Ye Bai began to raise his paddle frequently, no longer just watching the spectacle as before.

However, the markup is not high, at most five or six times the market price, and then they will stop, appearing stingy.

In the end, only one item was successfully bid on.

This was only because Zhao Wuyai was worried about being taken advantage of again and didn't fight for it.

Otherwise, Ye Bai probably wouldn't have been able to bid on even one item.

There are so many wealthy families attending the charity auction today that it's impossible for any of them to not spend a single penny.

Even if there's no need to strive for first place like the Zhao family, at least we should show our faces and give the Admiral some face.

Because of Zhu Daji and Han Mengmeng, along with the Ye family, the Zhu and Han families wouldn't compete with Ye Bai for the auction, but the others didn't care about that.

This is why Ye Bai became increasingly listless as the auction progressed.

Seemingly knowing they wouldn't get a hand in the end, they became even more perfunctory in raising their placards.

Soon after, the auction entered its second half.

And as the host said, the really good stuff is starting to appear.

One of them was, surprisingly, an old medicinal herb.

A 200-year-old Panax notoginseng, which is still in relatively good condition, would be worth at least two million on the market!

Zhao Wuyai, who is now very sensitive to medicinal herbs, subconsciously looked towards Ye Bai after hearing the introduction. Sure enough, he saw that the adopted son of the Ye family, who had been almost asleep before, had his eyes light up.

Not only that, Ye Bai also raised his paddle without hesitation and directly bid three million!

"...Could this Panax notoginseng be another valuable item that the appraiser misjudged?"

The idea instantly came to Zhao Wuyai, and without hesitation, he raised his sign: "Five million!"

He wasn't entirely sure yet, but to be on the safe side, he decided to test the waters first.

Anyway, it's only a few times the premium, which is well within the Zhao family's affordability.

"Six million!"

As soon as Zhao Wuyai placed his bid, Ye Bai raised his paddle again and called for a price.

Moreover, this price increase wasn't just a matter of tens of thousands, but a full million!

"Seven million!"

Zhao Wuyai was naturally not to be outdone; he didn't care about this amount of money at all.

"Eight million!"

Ye Bai didn't hesitate and added another million.

"Ten million!"

Zhao Wuyai frowned slightly and simply rounded it up.

"Young Master Zhao, I think that's enough. Just in case there's a trap..."

Seeing this, Chen Feng hesitated for a moment, but still whispered his advice.

He genuinely couldn't believe that there were so many good things in this charity auction, and that Ye Bai could spot them all.

More likely, the other party deliberately lured Zhao Wuyai into a trap, making him a sucker once again!

"Heh, Ye Bai has already lied to me once. Do you think he can lie to me a second time?"

Zhao Wuyai sneered, his face full of disdain.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Bai raised his paddle again to bid.

"Eleven million..."