Chapter 148


    At this time, Jasmine felt a little awkward as she said, "Mr. Wade, please don’t take it to heart. Mr.


    Valeman has a rather short fuse." 3


    Charlie shook his head indifferently before he said," Let''s head inside now." 2


    The guests entered the venue one after the other. The host was none other than Finn Baxendale,


    the owner 0 f Treasure Pavilion. He went on stage and gave a routine speech to start the auction


    section. 2


    After that, the auction officially began!


    Due to the sudden cancetion of thest auction, there were twice as many guests present at the


    auction today. 1


    The first item that was ced on stage, courtesy of twodies, was an antique copper incense


    burner covered in white mist and a fragrant smell.


    At this time, the auctioneer introduced the first item." This is a Reverse Incense Burner, which is one


    of the treasures used by the king in the past. No one was allowed to use it without authorization


    from the king himself. Moreover, the production method for this incense burner has already been


    lost for generations and it is almost impossible to reproduce the same item today!” 1


    As soon as he finished speaking, he motioned for his


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    assistant to light the incense.


    At this time, the assistant, who was dressed in a cheongsam, carefully dug a handful of incense


    with a silver spoon before she lit it up.


    As the white smoke slowly cascaded down the incense burner like a waterfall, the pine cranes on


    the incense burner looked extremely vivid, as though they were faintly pping their wings.


    The faint smell of incense filled up the auction hall and it was very refreshing.


    Charlie nodded before he said, "This is indeed authentic ambergris made out of sperm whale. It is


    almost impossible to buy this kind of handmade incense nowadays."


    The auctioneer knocked the gavel twice before he said, "The starting price for this Reverse Incense


    Burner is eight hundred thousand dors and the price increase for each bid is one hundred


    thousand dors." 4


    The incense burner was indeed exquisitely made and i t was a rare collectible. Therefore, the


    auction price was very reasonable.


    After a short while, the incense burner was auctioned away for 1.6 million dors.


    After that, the auctioneer began auctioning several other high quality antiques.


    The atmosphere in the auction hall was very tense as the guests continued bidding for items that


    caught their interest.


    Jacob watched the auction excitedly. He would have participated in the auction a couple of times if


    he had the money to do so. 5


    However, Charlie had no interest in those items at all. 1


    Even though they were all very rare and precious antiques, all of these items carried little to no


    value to him at all. 1


    At this time, the assistant suddenly brought out a ne with purple pearls that seemed to be


    glowing.


    The auctioneer introduced the item. "These natural purple pearls are from the East China Sea. Only


    one of these purple pearls can be picked out from one thousand pearls. The beads are round and


    uniform in size and this is an extremely rare product." 2


    The auction price for this string of purple pearls was not too expensive, with its starting price being


    only four hundred thousand dors.


    Charlie raised his hand immediately to bid for the ne.


    "Five hundred thousand dors!"


    Jacob''s eyelids twitched as he said, "What are you doing? The pearl ne is probably worth just


    tens 0 f thousands of dors. Why are you paying five hundred thousand dors for this? Don''t be


    ridiculous!" 2


    Charlie stared at the purple pearls and he could only think of ire at this time. After that, he smiled


    before he said, "I think that ire will definitely look very beautiful in that pearl ne. Purple


    pearls help to calm the nerves. ire has been under a lot of pressure and she has not been


    sleeping welltely." 2


    As soon as he heard that Charlie was buying the pearl ne for his daughter, Jacob closed his


    mouth because he did not have anything else to say. 2


    As the value of the pearl ne was not too high, no one else bidded for the ne.


    Just as the auctioneer was about to hit the gavel, a voice suddenly sounded from the back of the


    auction hall.


    "Six hundred thousand dors!"


    Charlie searched for the sound to look at the person who made the bid.


    At this time, he saw Adam from the Quinton family staring at him as he sneered. After that, he told


    Charlie, "I''m sorry but I''m also in love with this ne!" 4


    Charlie could not help but frown as soon as he saw Adam. What was he doing here? Didn''t Graham


    say that he had already locked him up at home?