Chapter 136 Auction of Seven Star Flowers
"Qiaomeng, don't you really need to take a look?" Ye Anyun also looked puzzled, "I see that the people outside the door seem to have never left. Otherwise, you should go out and take a look first! Even if they go wrong, you should go out and tell them!"
"Yes!" Zhou Gu also said aside, "It doesn't seem very polite to keep letting people outside!"
"This—" Mrs. Zhuang's face showed a hint of embarrassment. She looked at Li Qiaomeng, as if she was waiting for Li Qiaomeng to make up her mind.
Now she is also panicking, especially when she has done something wrong. Although I don't know who the people outside are, I can be sure that they are not here to find them.
"Li Qiaomeng, isn't this your home?" Dong Qiuyi looked straight at Li Qiaomeng, with a hint of malice in his eyes, "Since it's your home, why didn't you dare to open the door? Could it be that you have done something wrong."
"I don't have one," Li Qiaomeng was impatient, and could only stand up, "I want to see who is so ignorant and will come to the door at this time."
Although Li Qiaomeng said so, Li Qiaomeng's movements were very slow, as if she was delaying time.
At this moment, the doorbell stopped abruptly.
Li Qiaomeng breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head, looked at everyone, and explained with a smile, "I'll just say it! I should have gone to the wrong door just now, and I just discovered it now."
Sister Zhuang also breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly greeted everyone, "Okay, everyone, hurry up and eat! Otherwise, the food will be cold."
Li Qiaomeng also returned to her seat and sat down, continuing to chat and laugh with everyone.
However, at this moment, a group of people suddenly poured into the living room.
"Who are you? How did you get in?" Li Qiaomeng exclaimed.
Seeing the person who suddenly appeared in the dining room, Aunt Zhuang and Li Qiaomeng's hearts sank immediately. They didn't know who came, but they saw a few men in police uniforms. This is enough to make them feel extremely flustered.
Others were also taken aback by this sudden change, especially when they saw the people and the police, they were even more confused.
"Hello." After all, Ye Anyun calmed down quickly after having seen the world. He got up directly, walked towards the group of people, and said, "Excuse me, how did you get in? Also, what's the matter for you?"
"Hello, we received a report that someone broke into a private house, so we came here to take a look." One of the policemen stepped forward and said, "Who are you?"
"We are invited guests." Dong Qiuyi got up immediately and said, "We didn't break into the house, Mr. Police, you have to check it out!"
After finishing speaking, she turned her head, looked at Aunt Zhuang and Li Qiaomeng, and asked eagerly, "Who the **** called the police?"
There was a trace of eagerness in her tone, obviously afraid of taking any responsibility. After all, it must not be a good thing now that the police are on the door. It is against the law to break into a private house.
In fact, not only Dong Qiuyi, but also several other people looked confused. Obviously, they didn't expect such a change to happen. They were all invited by Li Qiaomeng, how could they be linked to some kind of trespassing!
"We didn't call the police!" Mrs. Zhuang quickly stood up and said, "Is there something wrong? We invited a few guests over today, but no one called the police!"
"I called the police." A man in a dark suit and a pair of black-rimmed glasses stood up from the group of people and said, "I am the property manager of this community. I am entrusted by the owner of 103 to call the police."
"The owner?" Zhao Meiyu immediately stood up, "The owner is here! They didn't call the police."
"No." The property manager adjusted his glasses and said, "The owner is currently abroad. Through monitoring, she found that there are many strangers in her house, so she entrusted us to call the police."
"What?" Dong Qiuyi was about to jump up, and she asked Li Qiaomeng directly, "Li Qiaomeng, isn't this your home? Why do you say the owner is abroad? What's going on?"
Now that things are getting so big, even the police have come and said they broke into people's houses, which might cause trouble.
Not only Dong Qiuyi, but other people's reactions were not that big, but when they looked at Li Qiaomeng, they were also accused. They just came to visit today, but they didn't expect to get into trouble with the police. It's almost Chinese New Year now, who wants to see the police!
Li Qiaomeng was standing there at the moment, with her head down, not daring to say a word. She even started to tremble a little, and with just one glance, she could tell that she was guilty at the moment.
As for Mrs. Zhuang, her complexion was not much better. At this moment, there was no blood on her face, and there was only one thought in her heart, that is, it was over.
She never expected that Miss Ye installed a surveillance camera at home. When Miss Ye found out that there were strangers at home, the first thing she did was not to call her, but to notify the property management to call the police. Does that mean that Miss Ye no longer trusts her!
There is no need to wait until Ms. Ye comes back, she already knows that her job is absolutely impossible to keep. Not only that, but there may even be a lawsuit. This is not her house, but she uses it to entertain guests without authorization, which is obviously illegal. She didn't know what to do next.
I knew this would happen, so no matter what Mengmeng said, she would not agree.
"Li Qiaomeng, you should say something!" Yue Ruyi couldn't help but said at this time, "You invited us to come over, shouldn't you explain now?"
"Don't talk about it." One of the policemen said, "If you are the owners, then show evidence. Otherwise, come back to the police station with us."
"What?" Dong Qiuyi quickly explained, "Why are we going to the police station? We don't know anything, we just came here as guests. If you want to arrest them, arrest them mother and daughter!"
She pointed directly at Mrs. Zhuang and Li Qiaomeng. At this moment, what else does she not understand! She felt weird before, but now everything is clear. This villa does not belong to Li Qiaomeng's family at all, and I don't know how they can live here.
However, it is obvious that although the owner is far away abroad, he knows everything that happened here, and now he has called the police.
"I—" Li Qiaomeng opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't know how to explain it.
Ye Anyun's complexion was not very good. When he looked at Li Qiaomeng, he was full of disappointment. However, even so, he stood up, looked at the property manager, and said, "Sorry, comrade, this time it's our fault. I wonder if you have the contact information of the owner? We want to communicate with her personally and see how to solve it next."
"I'm sorry," the property manager didn't buy it. "It's not convenient for us to disclose the owner's information. However, what is certain is that the owner is now abroad, and you all entered her house without the owner's permission. It is considered trespassing."
"We didn't do it on purpose." Dong Qiuyi explained anxiously, "We were all deceived. If we knew that they were not the masters here, then we wouldn't have come in."
"We will investigate this clearly." One of the policemen said, "As for whether you are responsible, we will also make a determination at that time, and we will definitely not wrong any good person."
"Li Qiaomeng, why don't you explain quickly." Yue Ruyi said eagerly, "What is the relationship between you and the owner of this villa, and why do you live here?"
In one sentence, everyone's doubts were answered. Judging by Li Qiaomeng's appearance, he must know the owner of this villa. Otherwise, she couldn't say that the villa belonged to her family when the owner of the villa went abroad. So, at this time, she really should come out and explain.
Facing the eyes of everyone, Li Qiaomeng was really speechless. What would she say? Does she want to tell others that it is actually because her mother works as a servant in this villa, so she can live here during the holidays, and can invite so many people here when the master is not at home, saying that this is her home?
Although the matter has reached the point where it is now, she still can't say it.
"Comrade policeman, I'm actually a servant of this family." Mrs. Zhuang stood up at this time, raised her head, and said, "Miss Ye has gone abroad. Before she went abroad, she once said that I can live here temporarily during this time. Because it is a holiday now, my daughter's classmate happened to come to visit her, so it caused such a misunderstanding."
The matter has developed to the point where it is today, and there is no way to hide it. Instead of being secretive like this all the time, it's better to tell the truth now, to see if it can be made into a small one. As for Miss Ye, since she already knew what was going on here, she would plead for mercy at that time to see if there was any room for change.
Li Qiaomeng was relieved at Mrs. Zhuang's opening. However, at the same time, she also felt embarrassing. Because she felt that she wanted to take off all the fig leafs on her body at once. She couldn't even imagine how she would meet people in school in the future.
What happened today will definitely spread in the school. From now on, when everyone looks at her, they will have strange eyes.
The policeman looked at the property manager at the side, as if asking him if that was the case.
"This—" The property manager showed a bit of embarrassment on his face, "I don't know if she is a servant of this house. However, the owner must not know about the arrival of these people. Because the owner personally called me to call the police to deal with it."
"Okay, don't talk about it." The policeman said directly, "It's not clear what the situation is now. But since the owner has already reported to the police that someone broke into the house, then we have to deal with it. You all go back to the Public Security Bureau with us now! As for the others, we will make plans after contacting the owner."
After speaking, he stopped listening to these people's nonsense, and took everyone back to the Public Security Bureau.
Sister-in-law Zhuang and Li Qiaomeng kept their heads down, not knowing what they were thinking. As for the others, they are full of complaints. They didn't expect that they just went to a classmate's house as guests, and they ended up making trouble at the Public Security Bureau. It's almost the Chinese New Year, and such a thing happened at this time.
When Ye Anyun was in the car, he had already started contacting the company's legal affairs, asking the lawyer to wait and go directly to the Public Security Bureau. He also knew that as long as he contacted the legal side, his parents would know about it soon. But now he has no other choice.
However, considering that his parents are still abroad, if he hears the news that he has entered the Public Security Bureau, I don’t know what kind of reaction he will have! Originally, tomorrow, he should fly to Paris to meet his family and celebrate the New Year together. Now I'm afraid there is no other way.
Moreover, after what happened today, the relationship between him and Li Qiaomeng is over. He thought he had found a suitable person, but unexpectedly, he turned out to be such a vain person in the end. He can accept that his other half's family background is not good, but he can't accept that the other half deceives him out of vanity.
In another car, Aunt Zhuang and Li Qiaomeng were sitting in it together. The mother and daughter didn't say anything, and the car was extremely quiet. This kind of silence makes people feel a little scary. They don't know what to do next.
Paris, auction site—
Ye Leng'an doesn't know what's going on in the country. At this moment, all her thoughts are on the auction stage. Or, to be precise, what she was staring at was the Seven Star Flower on the auction stage.
Ever since the Seven Star Flower was taken out, her gaze has been fixed on it. It can even be said that when she saw the Seven Star Flower, her eyes were shining.
"Don't worry, the seven-star flower will be yours." Looking at Ye Leng'an's appearance, Huangfu Ruiling's tone was slightly sour, "So you don't have to be so anxious."
Ye Leng'an looked at the Seven Star Flower with hot eyes, just like looking at his lover. How can this make him not jealous! He even had a dark thought in his heart, that is, to destroy the Seven Star Flower.
Of course, this is just a thought. He knew very well how much Ye Leng'an liked this seven-star flower. In order to photograph Seven Star Flower, she has already made a lot of preparations. If the Seven Star Flower was destroyed, she would be very unhappy.
In another box, Zhong Yuyiran also sat up straight. She hasn't raised her cards even once since the auction was held. All night today, she has been waiting for the Seven Star Flower to appear. Now that the Seven Star Flower finally appeared, she was naturally ready for battle. She didn't know how many people present were interested in Qixinghua. However, she knew that no matter what, she had to take pictures of the Seven Star Flower today.
It was Ye Miner who asked her to take pictures of Seven Star Flowers this time. As long as she can make friends with Ye Min'er, her frail body will be saved. The Ye family is a well-known alchemy family in the hidden world, as long as she can get the medicine from the Ye family, her body will be saved.
So, no matter what, she must take a picture of the seven-star flower.
What worries her most now is that Ye Leng'an's target is also the Seven Star Flower. If this is the case, then she is not sure that she will be able to win the night. Because standing behind Ye Leng'an was Huangfu Ruiling.
At this time on the auction stage, the auctioneer also began to introduce, "Dear distinguished guests, do you find it strange that our auction will auction a plant today? This is not an ordinary plant, but a rare spiritual plant. Those who can come to our auction should have seen the world, so naturally they know how precious spiritual plants are."
"Our boss got this spiritual plant by chance. It's just that our boss doesn't know much about these aspects. In order not to waste everything, he decided to put it up for auction. Everyone, such an opportunity is rare, so don't miss it!"
"The starting price of this seven-star flower is 50 million US dollars. The auction starts now."
"Sixty million!"
"Very good, now guest No. 11 on the first floor is bidding 60 million US dollars, is there any higher price?"
The price suddenly soared by 10 million, but this is just the beginning.
"Sixty-five million!"
The sound of price bidding kept ringing out one after another.
Ye Leng'an's attention was on the auction house, but she didn't call the price right away. She is watching, because she knows very well in her heart that the people who really want to compete have not yet started bidding.
Zhong Yuyiran in the private room on the second floor also kept an eye on the situation of the auction.
Finally, she couldn't help shouting "100 million!"
As soon as the price was shouted out, many people stopped. Obviously, such a high price has exceeded the budget of many people.
Moreover, although the seven-star flower is a precious spiritual plant, if it is not necessary for alchemy, it is considered to be obtained, and it does not have much practical value.
Next, only a few people continued to shout prices.
Zhong Yuyiran was no longer in a hurry, and began to increase the price slowly. At the same time, she also calmed down a lot. Because until now, Ye Leng'an hadn't asked for a price. Then, it is very possible that Ye Leng'an did not intend to take pictures of the Seven Star Flowers.
However, it is true, although Ye Lengan's medical skills are very good, but he may not be able to make alchemy. Not all doctors know how to make alchemy, or in other words, most doctors don't know how to make alchemy. You know, alchemy is not an ordinary thing, not everyone can learn it. In addition to talent, the most important thing is inheritance. Therefore, the Ye family can become a well-known alchemy family in the hidden world. It is the accumulation of generations of the Ye family that has led to today's achievements.
The price has been called to 320 million, and most of them have stopped calling. Now the highest bidder is Zhong Yuyiran.
"Okay, now the guest in Box No. 5 on the second floor is bidding 320 million. Is there any higher bid?"
The auctioneer is still mobilizing everyone's enthusiasm to see if they can fetch a higher price. However, even though he did this, he knew in his heart that being able to fetch such a price was almost regarded as the pinnacle.
After all, although the seven-star flower is precious, not everyone can use it. If you can't use it, it's just a waste of money to take pictures.
"320 million for the first time!"
"320 million for the second time!"
Just when everyone thought the sale was about to be completed, a crisp voice sounded, directly interrupting the auctioneer's voice.
"Three hundred and fifty million."
It was none other than Ye Leng'an who was asking the price. At this point, it is obvious that she has entered the final stage of competition, and it is time for her to make a move, otherwise, the Seven Star Flower will really be photographed by others.
"Very good, now the customer in Box 1 on the third floor has bid 350 million. Has there been a higher bid?" The auctioneer raised his voice a few degrees, and there was a hint of excitement in his tone, "Everyone, such an opportunity is rare, so don't miss it!"
He didn't expect that someone would increase the price when the deal was about to close. Moreover, this addition is 30 million. Sure enough, those who can attend this auction are rich people! However, the higher the auction price, the better. You know, the final transaction price is linked to his commission.
Different from the excited mood of the auctioneer, Zhong Yuyiran's face was gloomy at this moment, and her eyes were full of coldness. Originally, she was still secretly glad that Ye Leng'an didn't compete with her for the seven-star flower, but now it seems that she was too happy. It's not that Ye Leng'an didn't fight, but he didn't bid until the last moment.
Moreover, such a bidding method is obviously a posture that must be won. Now her heart is beating drums, because she doesn't know if she can win the night.
However, even so, she did not intend to admit defeat just like this, she bid again, "351 million!"
Fortunately, this time in order to be able to photograph the Seven Star Flower, she mobilized almost all the funds she could use. Moreover, Ye Min'er also remitted 200 million US dollars to her. Therefore, the biggest bottom line she can bear now is about 430 million.
It's just that if Huangfu Ruiling helps Ye Leng'an, then her little funds will not be enough. After all, just now, in order to take a picture of a bracelet, Huangfu Ruiling made a move worth 100 million yuan. So what she is most worried about now is Huangfu Ruiling's intervention.
(end of this chapter)