Chapter 562: What Exactly Is Her Background?

The auction began soon after.

Recently, the Lin and Sun families had become much more financially flush; after the auction started, they successively bid on three or four items, totaling around twenty million.

Their spending was undeniably lavish; as they kept winning bids, many in the crowd cast envious glances their way and politely offered congratulations.

Before arriving at the auction, Yu Moxun had set his sights on two or three items; with Rong Ci’s input, he bid on a jewelry set worth over ten million.

The Lin and Sun families had been keeping a close eye on Rong Ci all along.

Ren Ji and Yao Xinbo hadn’t paid much attention to Rong Ci and Yu Moxun, but they occasionally cast glances their way.

Everyone present assumed that Yu Moxun had bought the jewelry set solely for Rong Ci because of his extravagant spending.

Yao Xinbo couldn’t help saying to Ren Ji, “This Miss Rong and General Feng are clearly entangled, yet Yu Moxun is still so devoted to her—throwing money at her like it’s nothing. Clearly, he’s truly in love. But honestly, Miss Rong just keeps getting more beautiful—if it were me—”

Ren Ji frowned.

He knew Yao Xinbo was speaking the truth.

But he had no desire to discuss Rong Ci further, so he said nothing.

The Lin and Sun families had recently struggled with money, living relatively tight lives; now that they were flush, they’d been quite proud—until they saw Yu Moxun casually gift Rong Ci such an expensive jewelry set, and their expressions darkened.

Sun Liyao was consumed by envy and resentment: “Over ten million for something, just given away like that—could Yu Moxun really be that foolish?!”

Lin Wu and Sun Yueqing said nothing.

Yu Moxun and Rong Ci paid no attention to anyone else.

Rong Ci had come along to advise Yu Moxun, but as the auction neared its end, she became interested in the main attraction—a master’s ink painting.

The starting bid for the painting was already over ten million.

As soon as the bidding opened, Rong Ci raised her paddle without hesitation.

Seeing Rong Ci raise her paddle, the Lin and Sun families, along with Ren Ji and the others, froze in surprise.

Sun Liyao nearly jumped out of her seat: “It started at over ten million—she, she actually—”

With a starting bid of over ten million, the final price would be at least thirty to fifty million.

That was thirty to fifty million—not thirty to fifty thousand—and Rong Ci was bidding anyway—

Sun Liyao’s jealousy twisted her face into something monstrous.

The Lin and Sun families said nothing, but their smiles had vanished entirely.

Sun Liyao had already underestimated the painting’s final price, guessing it would take at least thirty to fifty million to win.

She didn’t realize many others in the room had come specifically for this painting.

Whenever others bid, Rong Ci almost always matched them.

At first, the Lin and Sun families, Yao Xinbo, Ren Ji, and many others assumed the painting was what Yu Moxun wanted—but after Rong Ci raised her paddle twice, they began to notice: her bidder number was different from Yu Moxun’s.

Yao Xinbo blinked, then asked Ren Ji: “So this painting is for Miss Rong herself? Not a gift from Yu Moxun?”

Remember, it was Yu Moxun who raised the paddle for the jewelry.

Ren Ji was also taken aback.

Then someone suddenly remembered: “Isn’t this Miss Rong the super buyer who spent 1.8 billion last year on a top-tier diamond? Just recently she spent nearly 2 billion—now she’s bidding on this priceless ink painting. Just how rich is she? What exactly is her background?”