Ye Tian smiled and said, "Let's see."
A moment later, Su Yan also arrived. She searched for Ye Tian's location and after a while found him, then walked over quickly.
"Ye Tian, I have something to tell you," she said.
Lin Ziyi: "Say whatever you want to say here."
Su Yan glanced at Lin Ziyi, then looked at Ye Tian.
Ye Tian: "If it's about the bronze box, you don't need to explain. I don't mind."
Su Yan sighed softly, "I feel sorry for you about this..."
Lin Ziyi: "There's nothing to be sorry about. The money I helped you earn before can be considered compensation from Brother Tian. By the way, don't mention the child in your belly anymore. You should find its biological father."
Su Yan's expression changed, "You!"
Lin Ziyi sneered, "Take a look at who Brother Tian is. Whether it's his child or not, doesn't he know?"
Su Yan's face turned ashen, and she suddenly covered her face and burst into tears.
This stunned Lin Ziyi. She asked, "What are you crying about?"
Su Yan suddenly turned and ran away, leaving Ye Tian and Lin Ziyi looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Inexplicable," Lin Ziyi shook her head.
The auction soon began. The Su family put up many of their collections for auction. Although Ye Tian didn't understand much, he could tell that most of these items had little value, with only one or two being somewhat decent.
This disappointed many attendees, and some began to express their dissatisfaction, causing chaos in the venue.
At this moment, Su Yan's brother, Su Wenqiang, strode onto the stage and announced loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Su family has a peerless treasure, and we are now commencing the auction!"
As he spoke, someone brought up the bronze box.
Su Wenqiang smiled and said, "This treasure is extraordinary. Those with discerning eyes should all understand its value. The starting bid for this treasure is two billion!"
Upon hearing the two billion yuan, those who had intended to buy it for collection immediately lost interest. After seeing the pictures of the bronze box, these people knew it contained an ancient set of needles, but they didn't desperately need it.
Thus, after the bid was announced, the audience fell silent, as if everyone was indifferent to it.
Lin Ziyi then bid, "Two billion."
After five or six seconds, an elder bid, "Two point one billion."
"Two point two billion," Lin Ziyi also bid after three or four seconds.
The elder shook his head. He understood medicine, but he was unwilling to spend more money to buy this set of needles.
Seeing that the price was only two point two billion, Su Wenqiang was stunned. In his expectation, this bronze box should have fetched at least twenty billion. Why so little?
His eyes darted to someone on the stage. There was a plant there, and that plant immediately said, "Two point three billion."
However, after this bid, Lin Ziyi surprisingly did not speak again.
There was no choice but for Su Wenqiang to buy back his own box.
At this time, Lin Ziyi asked, "Brother Tian, why didn't you let me bid?"
Ye Tian: "That person hadn't shown any interest before. He's a plant for the Su family. If you competed with him, the price might have gone up to tens of billions."
Lin Ziyi was furious, "These Su family members are truly going too far."
Ye Tian: "Forget it. It doesn't matter if we get this thing or not."
The auction continued with more items. Ye Tian had lost interest and pulled Lin Ziyi to get up and leave.
Just as they reached the door, Su Wenqiang, holding the bronze box, chased after them, smiling, "Mr. Ye!"
Ye Tian stopped and asked indifferently, "Is there something?"
Su Wenqiang smiled, "Mr. Ye, thank you for helping our Su family before. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for my family to overcome this crisis. I heard from Su Yan that you wanted to buy this bronze box?"
Ye Tian: "I did want it before."
Su Wenqiang: "Then I'll sell it to you now!"
Ye Tian: "Wasn't it already auctioned?"
Su Wenqiang smiled, "I discussed it with the buyer and bought it back."
Ye Tian: "No need. After seeing the actual item, I'm not very interested in it anymore."
Su Wenqiang was anxious. He hadn't sold it for fifty billion before, and now he couldn't sell it. This was a huge loss. He quickly said, "Mr. Ye, you have been kind to us. Please name your price."