Don't underestimate her, Yuwen Cangxue was really butting heads with Zhu Bufan. Her idea was simple: either make Zhu Bufan shell out more money or piss him off to death.

Yuwen Cangxue felt that Zhu Bufan had a strong desire for this auction item—a disk, so she firmly believed she would not lose this time.

Therefore, right after Zhu Bufan placed a bid, Yuwen Cangxue immediately made her own offer. However, she was ultimately also taken in by Zhu Bufan's trick, so her bidding wasn't impulsive. She took her time raising the price carefully, fearing that if she suddenly bid five hundred million or a billion.

Zhu Bufan might simply ignore it, and then she would be the one getting fooled.

Yuwen Cangxue would no longer make a move like earlier, acting like a defeated general whose lady has been turned.

That would be no fun.

However, this time after Yuwen Cangxue had placed her bid, no one immediately raised the price.

At this moment, Professor Tang did not bid either. Although he was somewhat curious about the disk, he could tell that Yuwen Cangxue was vying against Zhu Bufan. There was no reason for him to blindly jump into the fray and get hurt in the end.

Since he wasn't determined to get the disk, why bother getting involved in someone else's conflict? Hence, after Yuwen Cangxue's bid, Professor Tang chose to stay silent!

This caused the atmosphere to cool down for a while.

"One hundred and fifty million now, is there a higher bid?"

With the auction scene cooling down, this was the time for the host to play her role, wasn't it? Look how the female host started to spice up the atmosphere.

"Any more bids? Although this item is unnamed, it certainly is of immeasurable value. Spending money on it won't bring you losses, you won't be swindled... Any more bids?"

The host was trying her best to showcase her verbal skills.

At this time, Zhou Xin had already arrived in the hall, standing in a corner, he glanced towards Zhu Bufan who had opened the window. Zhu Bufan didn't look towards Zhou Xin but casually nodded his head.

Zhou Xin immediately understood.

"One hundred and sixty million..." In an instant, Zhou Xin started bidding.

The moment Zhou Xin finished bidding, the female host exclaimed in surprise:

"Wow, one hundred and sixty million! Is there a higher bid? Anyone?"

People around were stunned at that moment, why was there someone else grabbing this unknown item? Could it be that the item was really valuable? But still, no one bid again.

Because they knew that sometimes, auction houses would have their people come out to hype up the crowd.

Actually, this was an open secret.

Some auction houses, in order to earn a bit more profit, often arranged for their people to be mixed in with the bidders, and at the appropriate moment, they would place bids to make the auction extremely heated, and then let the item sell at a higher price.

Now, it seems very likely that it was Huadu House's people playing themselves.

Firstly, look at this item, the unnamed disk, its purpose cannot be articulated, and they don't even allow people to examine it closely. These points suggest the item isn't anything good.

So, naturally, there shouldn't be many bidders, as everyone wasn't foolish.

And since Huadu House had put it up for auction, they certainly intended to bid it up for more money. Therefore, to bid up the price, they would likely have their people place bids.

And now, the person bidding surely must be from Huadu House.

Because with this lukewarm auction item, there are still two or three people bidding, so after this stir made by someone from Huadu House, the price is bound to rise.

Moreover, Zhou Xin hasn't returned to the Capital City for many years; lots of people don't recognize this young master anymore. Of course, there's also the fact that Zhou Xin hasn't frequented this place; naturally, no one here recognizes him.

So everyone's first thought was that Zhou Xin was a shill for Huadu House!

"House master, now three other people have joined the bidding!" That beautiful woman had by now returned to the room from before.

"Oh..." The elder was slightly taken aback.

"One is Yuwen Cangxue from the Yuwen Family, another is the young master Zhou Xin of the Zhou Family, and there's one more whose background is unknown. However, he's indeed with the Dongfang Family's young miss Dongfang Weimei!" The beautiful woman respectfully reported.

The elder frowned: "Could it be the Yuwen Family and the Dongfang Family also know about this?"

"House master, I think not! From what I understand, the man with Dongfang Weimei of the Dongfang Family is called Zhu Bufan; he isn't from Capital City, but from Tianhai City, and it seems he came with Zhou Xin of the Zhou Family. It is said that they came this time to trouble the Yuwen Family. The specifics are still being investigated, but it seems like Zhou Xin's bidding was prompted by that man! My guess is..." The beautiful woman spoke.

"You mean, the person we're looking for could be this man named Zhu Bufan?" The elder was taken aback.

"Yes, house master, I believe it's this person..." The beautiful woman said.

"Oh... I understand now, continue to monitor and get me all of Zhu Bufan's detailed information as quickly as possible. This matter has become complicated. If Zhu Bufan can sit together with the young miss of the Dongfang Family, we can be certain his relationship with her is not ordinary. This involves the Dongfang Family, which makes it difficult to handle!" The elder spoke with a deep gaze out the window.

"I understand, house master, I will get the information for you as fast as possible!" The beautiful woman replied, then left the room again.

"Dongfang Baitian, I hope you old bastard stay out of this, or else..."

Yuwen Cangxue saw that Zhu Bufan had not placed a bid, but another person had intervened, and her brow immediately furrowed.

In Yuwen Cangxue's heart, a doubt emerged: Could she be wrong again?

"Two hundred million..." Yuwen Cangxue bit her lip and called out the price.

The elder standing next to Yuwen Cangxue frowned and seemed about to speak, but in the end, he kept silent.

"Two hundred million, our Miss Yuwen is truly generous! Two hundred million... is there a higher bid?" The female host's eyes shone with excitement as she spoke.

Her tone was incredibly thrilled, as though she saw the prospect of a lot of money right in front of her eyes!

After Yuwen Cangxue made her bid, she also opened the window and directly looked at Zhu Bufan, her eyes brimming with challenge.

Yuwen Cangxue, it must be said, was quite beautiful, even surpassing the looks of ordinary celebrities. As she opened the window, the people around immediately began to stir.

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