In the auction hall, a heated bidding was taking place.
Loomis smiled, not looking ruffled in the least. The price of this ginseng had scaled up to 4 billion dollars. He did not think the guest over at private room number 16 would still be able to follow.
It was getting more and more entertaining.
Meanwhile, Willa was curious about the other person who was bidding for this ginseng.
"4.5 billion dollars!"
Hearing Chuck making his bid, Loomis continued hiking up the price as well. Everyone in the auction hall exclaimed incredulously.
"This is crazy! All that money for a thousand-year-old ginseng?"
"I can't believe it!"
The crowd had not experienced such a scene before.
"It doesn't make sense! How can this ginseng be worth 4.5 billion dollars? Goodness!"
The crowd roared.
Chuck's face was expressionless. 4.5 billion dollars was nothing to him. After all, he had bid 50 billion previously at Alexandrina's casino.
"Hubby," Yvette called out to him anxiously. The other bidder was completely out of their mind!
"It'll be fine," Chuck said, shaking his head.
"Chuck," Black Rose, who was sitting in the corner, finally spoke up.
Chuck looked towards her.
"Don't you think that this person is making fun of you?" Black Rose asked. Whenever Chuck called a price, the other bidder would double the bid. It was indirectly demeaning and a challenge.
Chuck was essentially being targeted.
Even Black Rose herself had the illusion that the other person who was bidding with Chuck was playing with him.
He was toying with Chuck.
"It doesn't matter," Chuck shrugged.
He did not care a bit.
On the other hand, Black Rose was astonished. How could Chuck feel fine even though he was being toyed with?
His nonchalance rendered her speechless.
She settled back into her corner again, closed her eyes and simply thought, "Forget it. Why should I care about this? I just need to protect him. I don't need to care about anything else."
"Thank you for the heads up though," Chuck spoke up once more.
Black Rose blinked her eyes open, feeling shocked when she saw Chuck smiling at her. His smile looked slightly sinister...
She closed her eyes again, pretending not to acknowledge him.
"5 billion dollars!" Chuck announced flatly.
All the guests in the hall went crazy. This was just getting out of hand!
It seemed like they did not think that money was anything but numbers on paper.
It was honestly horrifying to watch.
"How interesting..." Loomis smirked as he prepared to bid again.
He was going to see this through, no matter what. He would not give up so easily.
To him, a member of a hidden family, money was nothing but numbers.
"Are you going to keep this up?" Willa asked, slightly confused. She felt that Loomis should stop.
"What do you think?" Loomis asked her in return.
He wanted to curry Willa's favour.
"I think you should stop now. They must be really desperate for it... " Willa answered, shaking her head.
This competitive bidding was not necessary for mere ginseng. An item that was originally worth tens of millions of dollars had been raised to 5 billion dollars now.
Even if the ginseng was a thousand years old, it was not worth that much.
It was absurd.
"Alright, I won't if you don't want me too," Loomis smiled as he said.
However, he was secretly sneering.
The other bidder had to thank their lucky stars for Willa's interception.
Willa, on the other hand, continued to look towards the other party's private room.
There was no sound on Loomis's side now. The hall was left with complete silence.
Had the person in this private room stopped bidding?
Could it be that they could not afford it?
There was a minute of silence.
Chuck did not know why the other person did not continue.
He would've kept it up no matter the cost.
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