Chapter 61 Auction House
Although Ji Zeqiu's fever has subsided, his body is still somewhat weak. The agent saw that he had two or three days of leave left, so he simply asked him to go home and rest.
Back in the apartment, after Ji Zeqiu took the medicine, he lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
He frowned, as if he was sleeping uneasily.
Ji Zeqiu dreamed that he was huddled in a dark corner, waiting for Wen Li's arrival.
The ticking of the clock kept ringing in his ears. At first, he followed the ticking and recited silently, thirty, three hundred, three thousand...
Later, slowly, he didn't know how many he counted. How many millions? Or tens of millions?
The ticking sound was just like that, bit by bit torturing his will to wait.
But the door was always closed and no one came to see him.
He buried his head between his legs and bit his lip. Just when he was about to give up, there was finally movement at the door.
A beautiful figure in a skirt came in, stretched out her hand towards him, with a gentle smile on her lips, "Mom is here to take you home..."
He put his hand on hers tremblingly On the palm of my hand, I raised my head to see the person clearly, but I was awakened by the sound of ringing bells in my ears.
He opened his eyes hazily, escaped from the dark and scary room, and his tense emotions relaxed.
The noise started again.
“Ah, the oil splashed!”
"Hiss, it hurts!"
Ji Zeqiu rubbed his temples irritably, got up and went to the living room. When he saw Lin Xu in the kitchen, he was immediately shocked, "What are you doing?!"
"You're awake, I'm thinking of cooking something for you to replenish your health." Lin Xu waved the spatula in his hand.
Ji Zeqiu glanced at the slightly burnt meat in the pot, his expression a little subtle for a moment. Thinking of the unpalatable fried meat before, he took the spatula from Lin Xu's hand and brought her to the living room, "Cooking It's the nanny's job, just let her do your own thing."
"But I have nothing to do now," Lin Xu blinked.
"Then check your phone or read a magazine." Ji Zeqiu couldn't help but put a magazine into her arms.
"...Okay." Just think of him as a considerate and overworked mother.
Lin Xu flipped through the magazine in his hand.
Seeing the nanny taking over the spatula, Ji Zeqiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, only a quarter of an hour later, he heard Lin Xu's exclamation again.
"What's wrong?" Ji Zeqiu asked.
Lin Xu turned the magazine over and pointed at a jewelry necklace on it, his eyes shining: "This necklace is so beautiful!"
Ji Zeqiu had no interest in this kind of thing and glanced at it briefly. He said softly: "It's not bad."
"Let's go buy it!" Lin Xu said enthusiastically.
"Go and go by yourself." He didn't want to go out with her.
"How can I buy it if you don't go?"
"You don't want me to buy it for you, right?" Ji Zeqiu was surprised.
"Isn't it possible?" Lin Xu blinked at him, those crystal clear eyes flashing, making people's hearts soften.
Ji Zeqiu turned away his head suddenly, his voice stiff, "Of course not!"
He was not Ji Tingyang, why would he buy it for her, and his tone was so matter-of-fact. "Is it really not possible?" Lin Xu reached out and touched the necklace on the magazine with a look of regret.
Her lips pursed into a straight line, her expression that had been so excited just now softened, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, looking pitiful.
"Actually..." Ji Zeqiu's eyes flashed, a little awkward, "It's not that I can't buy it for you..."
How about letting Ji Tingyang buy it for her? As soon as this idea came up, I heard him change his mind.
“Really?!” Lin Xu raised his head suddenly, his dim eyes suddenly burst into light, looking straight at him, “I knew you were the best to me!”
A blush quietly appeared on the ears hidden in the broken hair. Ji Zeqiu rubbed his neck and shouted: "I didn't buy you the necklace because I was nice to you! This is a thank you gift for protecting me on the cliff before and taking care of me yesterday. We'll settle down after the delivery."
"Okay, okay, I understand." Lin Xu held his cheek happily.
"It's good if you know." Ji Zeqiu muttered, taking the magazine over, "I'll see how to buy it."
"I've seen it, it's over there at the auction house, time It's this afternoon, so it's a good time for us to set off." Lin Xu had already memorized the relevant information and was about to go out with him.
Ji Zeqiu is a public figure, and it is not convenient for him to appear in front of so many people with Lin Xu. If someone takes a photo of him, it will become a hot search in minutes.
So he contacted the staff at the auction house, asked for a separate box, and took Lin Xu there.
There were still about ten minutes before the auction started. Lin Xu passed the time by picking up the brochure of the exhibits being auctioned tonight and flipping through it.
Another pink diamond-encrusted bracelet attracted her attention. She counted the long string of zeros behind the starting price and immediately gave up her intention of giving it to Ji Zeqiu.
There are too many zeros at the end. My son still lives in a pitiful small apartment, so forget about this bracelet.
Ji Zeqiu, who was sitting opposite, was completely unaware. Lin Xu pitied him in his heart, otherwise he would have dragged her to check his bank card balance to prove his strength.
People who came to participate in the auction came in one after another, and the auction began.
The front was full of antique calligraphy and paintings that Lin Xu had no interest in. At midfield, the staff pushed the gem necklace she was interested in onto the stage.
Many men who came with their female companions raised their signs to increase the price. Within a moment, the price was shouted to one million.
“One million and two hundred thousand.” Lin Xu quickly increased the price.
"One and a half million." Soon someone surpassed her.
Lin Xu: "1.6 million."
"1.8 million." was surpassed again.
After going back and forth several times, the price was raised to three million, and Lin Xu's bids were suppressed every time.
This feeling is so unpleasant.
Lin Xu was so angry that his eyes widened, and he even had the urge to directly increase it to five million, but he felt sorry for Ji Zeqiu's money, so he had to suppress the urge and drank tea glumly.
Ji Zeqiu clicked his tongue, and with the first hammer blow of the staff, a deep voice came from the box, "Seven million."
He directly added an extra four million boldly, full of doubts about this The necklace is a must-have.
The man downstairs who had been bidding with Lin Xu was stunned for a moment, and then put down his number plate.
He gave up.
No one continued to follow the price, and this necklace belonged directly to Ji Zeqiu.
Ji Zeqiu looked away and met Lin Xu's eyes that were shining with emotion.
“I didn’t expect you to spend so much money to buy me a necklace.”
Ji Zeqiu turned away his eyes and said in a stiff voice: “You, don’t get me wrong, I just looked at that man Just unhappy!”