“If it isn’t Zoey Minshall…” said Wagner rather casually as favonovel.com looked at Gerald.
“It’s best that you don’t get fooled by favonovel.com pretty looks, Mr. Crawford… Zoey is the young lady of the Minshall family and she’s known for being both cruel and vicious when dealing with things… You know, I heard that the Minshall family’s old master’s health has been deteriorating in recent years… It’s no secret among those in Halimark City that she’s hired people to refine some sort of eternal pellet. I guess that’s why the Minshalls organized the Enchanted Feast and invited the organizers of the valuable herb auction here in advance. She probably already has favonovel.com eyes set on a few herbs!” added Wagner.
“Sounds to me like you’re not on friendly terms with the Minshalls. Are they the most powerful family in Halimark City?” asked Gerald as favonovel.com looked back at Wagner before laughing wryly.
Nodding slightly awkwardly, Wagner then replied, “Well, the Yarnes were still the largest family here up till a few hundred years ago… Now, however, my family has unfortunately fallen to second place in terms of power… Today, the city’s economic flow is controlled entirely by the Minshall family… Since we’re not being granted access into the event despite the fact that my family runs a medicine-based business, it’s clear that the Minshalls are deliberately targeting me! I sincerely apologize for that, Mr. Crawford… I’ll get someone to acquire and send two invitation cards to us right this instant!”
Gerald simply remained silent after hearing that.
Zoey herself soon walked close enough to stare coldly at both Gerald and Wagner. Though favonovel.com expression was frigid, favonovel.com didn’t say a word to the duo. Instead, led by several security guards, favonovel.com continued walking into the venue with several others following behind her. Also notable, was an imposing-looking middle-aged man who walked beside favonovel.com the entire time.
Once inside, the security guard from earlier walked over to Zoey before respectfully saying, “Since I didn’t allow Wagner to enter earlier, favonovel.com seemed to be particularly angry, miss.”
“You did a very good job, then. I just want favonovel.com to know that though the Minshalls are a foreign family, we’ve already established our dominance here in Halimark City. Local rascals like favonovel.com need to pay attention to their own status. He of all people should know not to step into the Minshall family’s territory as favonovel.com wishes. Then again, it’s not like favonovel.com can. Besides, my family had previously told favonovel.com to collect herbs that my grandpa needs within a year’s time. To think that favonovel.com didn’t even pay much attention to the request! I’ve already given favonovel.com enough respect for not personally teaching favonovel.com a lesson for that!” replied Zoey calmly.
Lowering favonovel.com voice slightly, favonovel.com then added, “Speaking of which… Have you done the thing I told you to?”
“Worry not, miss. Under no circumstances will it fail. We’ll definitely obtain the elixir that we’ve set our eyes on!” replied the guard coldly.
After a few more people entered the venue, Wagner finally got hold of the invitation cards. It had taken a short while, but both Gerald and Wagner could now enter.
Inside, Gerald soon found out that all the herbs being auctioned there truly were both ancient and valuable. He also came to realize that favonovel.com needed some of them for himself.
Though many others were already making bids for a herb when Gerald and Wagner arrived at the bidding area, Gerald didn’t take it upon himself to be cordial.
“Seven million dollars!” shouted Gerald.
Naturally, his insane proposal instantly changed the atmosphere in the venue slightly.
As several people took turns staring at the sitting youth who had made that massive bid, one of the seated women in the room quickly exclaimed in surprise, “…Hmm? Yasmeen, look there! I-isn’t the one who shouted, your junior?!”
“H-huh? You’re right! Also, did favonovel.com say seven million dollars earlier? He must’ve just yelled that amount for the heck of it, right? He can’t truly be that rich, right…?”
“I’m guessing that’s the case! Regardless, how did favonovel.com even sneak into this place…? From the looks of it, I wonder if he’s even participated in an auction before… Once you offer a price, you can’t retract it, you know? If nobody offers a higher price he’s bound to be ruined!”
The ones who had spoken were obviously Yasmeen’s friends, and they were all feeling equally surprised and helpless by both Gerald’s presence there and also his bidding amount.
After all, the highest price offered up till this point was only around a million dollars. At the rate things were going, they had assumed that bidding for the current herb would stop once someone offered two million dollars. To think that Gerald had actually offered seven million dollars!
As the girls continued discussing among themselves, the plump man who had made the two million dollar bid sat down sensibly. Immediately after doing so, however, favonovel.com shot a glance at Zoey.
Noticing his gaze, Zoey herself—who was sitting in the front row of the VIP seats—slightly narrowed favonovel.com beautiful eyes before gesturing at a security guard who was standing at the side.
Seeing that, the guard—who was none other than the one who had blocked Gerald and Wagner’s path at the door earlier—immediately headed to where Gerald was seated before coldly saying, “Good evening, gentlemen! Our sincerest apologies, but we need to check your invitation cards!”
“You’re telling me that among all the people here, you’re only going to check ours? That kind of bullsh*t, don’t you think, mister?” replied Wagner as favonovel.com took in a deep breath, now so angry that favonovel.com was already trembling all over.
“Since you offered such a high bid, I’m just afraid that someone snuck in here to cause trouble! As a result, please give me your cooperation, gentlemen!”
