Chapter 325 The Right Stand (1/2)

Chapter 325: The Right Stand

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Although Li Du did not like Marate, he had to admit that what Marate had said was intelligent.

The church charity auction was not purely to get people to fork out their money; if that were the case, they could have just organized a donation drive instead. Since it was an auction, those bidding for the items would want the items to be useful to them.

The surrounding people were nodding their heads when they heard Marate’s words. Mr. and Mrs. Martin nodded as well. ”Yes, that’s right.”

Marate glanced at Li Du; he smirked as though he had just won a battle.

Li Du smiled as well, seemingly unaffected by Marate, and said to him, ”You’re right.”

Marate’s smile disappeared from his face when Li said those words.

Li Du’s smile made Marate feel as if his ”blow” earlier had hit nothing but air. Obviously, Li did not want to pit himself against him.

With that, he stayed silent. He was waiting—waiting for the next opportunity to assert himself and crush Li Du.

Marate liked Sophie—a lot. Both of them had been classmates in middle school. When they were still in the eighth grade together, there had been a welcome party.

Sophie had been invited to perform for the welcome party, and Marate had fallen head over heels with her when he saw her playing the piano on stage. Ever since then, he had been going after Sophie. But she never gave him a chance. Their relationship had always remained the same.

The last time he saw Sophie, he’d managed to invite her to the truck dealership through Natalie. He had wanted to show her he was talented and capable in his job so as to stir up some feelings in her.

However, things hadn’t worked out that way, and his plans were ruined by Li Du, who had appeared out of nowhere. He was still ashamed from the lost bet, and had been carrying a grudge against Li since. He wanted revenge.

The church event made him hopeful for a comeback. Li was obviously not a Christian, so the church was Marate’s territory. Moreover, everyone here had a good impression of him—he might even get some help from them.

The auction started; a young girl came out, carrying a tray. There was a piece of fine, brown-colored velvet on the tray. In the center of the velvet laid two golden bracelets.

The auctioneer, Lewis, had his white gloves on and picked up the gold bracelets so everyone could have a better look. ”These pure gold bracelets were donated by Old Mrs. Lynch, made by Cartier’s gold master, Tony Ralph. They are both 19.8 grams...”

As Lewis introduced the origin of the bracelets to everyone, Mr. Lynch and his wife helped an old lady stand up. Everyone clapped and the couple bowed to everyone.

As the first item to appear on the auction was a heavyweight, it sparked more interest from Li Du.

The two bracelets were not ordinary pieces of jewelry. Because they were donated by Old Mrs. Lynch, he had no reason to doubt the authenticity of the bracelets—they were made of real gold.

If one looked at the value of a gold bracelet of almost 20 grams, it would have been estimated at over 1,000 dollars.

As the bracelets had been created by Cartier’s gold master, the value would definitely be more than 1,000 dollars—it could be doubled!

The auctioneer started to announce the starting bid after the introduction: ”The starting bid for the bracelets is 1,000 dollars, every increase in bid must be no lower than 50 dollars!”

Immediately after he finished talking, a church member raised his bid paddle and said, ”1,000 dollars!”

Another person shouted, ”1,050 dollars!”

The event organizers had been smart to choose the bracelets as their starting auction item. The gold bracelets quickly grabbed the attention and interest of everyone, and the bid price kept increasing.

Li Du also liked the bracelets—their craft was exquisite. Moreover, Cartier rarely released such designs anymore. This was therefore appealing for nostalgic people such as himself.

And so, when the bidding enthusiasm started to cool off, he raised his hand and placed a bid: ”1,500 dollars!”