Chapter 816

The friend beside her didn't hear clearly, "What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly."

Xu Zihan's face darkened, her mood visibly poor, "Gu Lao has always been a man of integrity; how is it that now, at this age, he can no longer control himself?"

She said these words in a low voice.

After all, there were many people at the auction today, and some of them knew Gu Lao; it wouldn't be good if they heard this.

"What do you mean he can't control himself?" The friend was confused and looked in the direction Xu Zihan was looking.

First, she saw Gu Lao.

Gu Lao was chatting with a young girl beside him; although she couldn't hear what they were talking about, she could see Gu Lao's closeness to the young girl.

Realizing something, she immediately widened her eyes.

This was a huge piece of gossip!

"That girl is quite something. I've never heard of anyone being by Gu Lao's side before, and Gu Lao's grandson is almost twenty, right? That girl looks like a college student; at such a young age, even if it's for money, she's too good at enduring!"

Disgust was clearly visible in Xu Zihan's expression, "I've seen her before; she has connections with both Li Yuan and Jiang Tu. To marry into a wealthy family, she really will eat anything."

"What?" The friend was surprised, then immediately laughed, "Actually, it's normal. For girls from ordinary backgrounds like her, if they can't cast a wide net and be shameless, they'll only be scraping by in their current social class for the rest of their lives. There aren't just a few girls like her; how many female celebrities in the entertainment industry don't scramble and fight to climb higher? My dad and my brother even keep a few little starlets."

Xu Zihan frowned, "Enough, don't say any more; it's unpleasant to listen to. A perfectly good auction, turned into a foul mess."

"Fine!"

The auction began shortly after.

Although Xu Zihan tried her best to focus on the auction items—having been influenced since childhood, her grandfather and father both loved collecting antiques, and their birthdays were coming up soon, first her grandfather's and then her father's two days later—she had heard there were many antiques brought back from abroad at today's auction, so she wanted to bid on two pieces to give to her grandfather and father.

However, inevitably, her gaze would always sweep toward Shu Xia in front.

She admired Shu Xia; they had met by chance three times, and every time, Shu Xia could act so composed, completely unconcerned about being discovered in her intentions.

"Look at that Han Dynasty double-eared celadon pottery jar; it's very rare. I come to auctions often and have almost never seen one." The friend's exclamation brought Xu Zihan back to her senses.

Xu Zihan looked over immediately, and after just one glance, she raised the paddle in her hand, "Eight million."

Someone followed with a bid.

Shu Xia and Gu Lao turned their heads at the same time to look at Xu Zihan.

By this time, Xu Zihan had already raised the price to twelve million.

Seeing Shu Xia looking at her, Xu Zihan raised her eyebrows slightly; it seemed Shu Xia liked it too, so was Gu Lao planning to bid on it to give to Shu Xia?

Sigh!

The once wise Gu Lao had now grown old.

He had actually become indulgent.

It was a pity, but she had to win this bid today.

After meeting Xu Zihan's determined and somewhat condescending gaze, Shu Xia turned back and said to Gu Lao, "There should be some problems with it."

Gu Lao frowned, "Items that have entered the auction have been inspected; I have no way to inform others that these antiques have problems right now."

The auction involved a great deal.

Even though he was a person of status in Jing City and everyone gave him face, regarding these mysterious and unfathomable matters, unless it was someone who truly trusted him, others would certainly not believe it.

"I will bid on it," Gu Lao made his decision.

He would bid on all the items tonight that had problems, so as to prevent these things from harming people.

Gu Lao then placed a bid.

Xu Zihan was determined to win and continued to raise the price.