Messing With Her? Are You Crazy! novel Chapter 851

Serena asked, "The hosts are the Doyle family?"

"Yeah," Mr. Harrison said, clearly surprised. "You knew? The Doyle family has risen rapidly in recent years, supposedly backed by offshore capital. Of course, that has nothing to do with our institute. Just keep a low profile, grab the item, and leave. Our Oracle, we're counting on you!"

After hanging up, Serena returned to her family.

"Serena, did Mr. Harrison need something?" Old Mr. Lancaster asked. He knew his granddaughter was a lifeline for the national research institute; they called her whenever there was an emergency.

"It's nothing major. He just wants me to attend an auction and bid on something for them." She paused. "Can I have an invitation to tonight's Doyle family auction?"

Old Mr. Lancaster frowned. "The Doyle family? You mean the ones who have been making waves lately?"

Serena nodded.

"They sent an invitation a while ago, but I heard from Julian... this Doyle family is backed by foreign money, and we didn't plan on associating with them." The old man thought for a moment. "Ask Julian about the invitation."

"Alright," Serena said.

She called Julian Lancaster.

He promised to have the invitation delivered to the estate shortly, but his tone made his disdain for the Doyle family obvious.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Nicholas let out a low scoff. "Their agenda couldn't be more obvious. Putting on a show this massive is just their way of announcing they consider themselves top-tier elites now."

"Top-tier elites?" Serena arched a brow. "Are they publicly challenging the Lancaster family?"

"You didn't know?" Nicholas toyed with a pair of black and white angel masks, his long, elegant fingers brushing over the white one. "The Doyle family has always targeted the Lancasters."

They were an old Vaelion City family with decent standing but had always been relegated to the second tier. Over the past year, however, their momentum had surged. Last month, after securing a massive round of financing, they began acting like a first-tier dynasty, eager to go toe-to-toe with the Lancasters.

"No wonder Julian sounded so dismissive." Serena reached over, plucked the white angel mask from Nicholas's hand, and slipped it on. "They want to arm-wrestle the Lancaster family? I'd love to see if they even qualify for a seat at the table."