C37 (1/2)

The next morning, Zhang Yaxin knocked on my door. She took me to eat breakfast, then pulled me along to the mountain beside the villa to paint.

How could I have the heart to chat with her now? Last night, I thought of a way to help her, but luckily, in the end, I thought of a story that no woman could resist. Now, I finally had the chance to be alone with her.

She drew seriously and casually replied, ”I don't know much about the items in Grandpa's auction. Is there something wrong with the necklace?”

I took a deep breath, puffed out my chest, and said, ”Then let me tell you a story about the Angel's Heart.”

She stopped what she was doing and turned around to look at me seriously. ”Sure.”

”According to legend, this necklace was a token of love given to the princess by a prince during the Middle Ages. After the war, the necklace was lost, and fifty years ago, a travelling merchant obtained it by chance, and gave it to a woman he loved for a long time, as a token of their marriage. After they had successfully arranged a marriage, this merchant returned to his hometown to tell his family the news, and when he returned, he found out that the town had a plague, that none of the people in the town were alive, and that his grief-stricken fiancée had buried the ashes in his hometown, and the necklace disappeared as well.” This was a story that he had painstakingly fabricated last night. Now, he was seriously talking nonsense with her.

When I looked at her, the corners of her eyes were wet and glistening with tears.

F * ck me! I didn't expect this effect to be so good!

”So that necklace had such a sad love story. I feel that the merchant was really pitiful.”

She was snorting with a sobbing tone.

”I'm not done yet. After that, that businessman remembered that necklace and searched for 50 years but still couldn't find it. But recently, he found out something about that necklace.”

”Are you saying that the” Angel's Heart ”at the auction this afternoon was the necklace he gave to his fiancée? We've finally found it! That's great! ”

I told her that the old man was too old and unwell to come to China in person, but that someone had been asked to help him bid, but he was afraid there were too many people to bid on the necklace, and he asked if she could think of a way to help the old man.

After hearing this, she agreed without a second word, saying that she wanted to help the old man fulfill his fifty year old wish.

I contacted Qin Yan at noon and had her send someone to act as the old man's representative. Before the auction, I gave them a simple introduction to each other before we entered the venue together.

There are a total of five items for auction in this long auction. I am completely uninterested in other items, such as antiques or works of art. Finally, on the third item, this ”Angel's Heart” appears on stage.

”The starting price is thirty million, 100,000 at a time …” After the auctioneer introduced the items, the bidding began.

There were two or three people bidding for the necklace and they were bidding against each other. Soon, the price was raised to 80 million, and only two people were still bidding against each other.

”One hundred million!” Zhang Yaxin raised her plate and stood up as she shouted loudly, her voice resonating throughout the entire competition grounds.