AMTBYIGA Chapter 53
by VolareLin Sui was dumbfounded by this sudden turn of events, and started counting on his fingers how long it would take him to earn five million.
Uh, never mind.
Lin Sui silently put his hands behind his back.
The auction concluded perfectly with a final price of five million. The auctioneer, beaming, carefully took the jade bracelet down, and Jiang Sheng paid on the spot and took it away.
However, after obtaining the bracelet, Jiang Sheng didn’t rush to leave. Instead, he waited for a while at the stairwell on the second floor.
He wanted to see if he could encounter the person who had bid against him.
Everyone today was curious about the person who had started bidding on the bracelet first. Jiang Sheng was especially so, after all, he had spent more than ten times the planned amount, and even though it wasn’t his money, it still pained him just watching.
So, he really wanted to see what this real sucker looked like.
Since the other party had been bidding so closely with him, they should come out for a meeting, right?
Thinking this, Jiang Sheng waited in the cold wind at the stairwell for half an hour. Besides the waiters, not even a hair appeared. Instead, he, only wearing a thin suit, was freezing. Finally, sniffling, he walked back to the private room.
“Did you see him?” Zhou Shan, who was equally curious, asked.
As the only outwardly wealthy second-generation in their small group, Zhou Shan naturally had an invitation to this event.
“No.” As soon as Jiang Sheng closed the door, he immediately dropped his charming gentleman act, slumped into a chair, and pouted, “I thought that since he liked that bracelet so much, he would definitely come out to meet me. I waited for half an hour and nearly froze to death.”
As he spoke, he picked up a cup of hot tea and gulped it down, collapsing into a “Ge You slouch” in the chair, completely different from his elite persona outside.
Zhou Shan secretly rolled his eyes, then turned back to concentrate on the auction.
The ripples caused by the bracelet were quickly forgotten by the crowd. What followed were various precious antiques, making the simple table seem even more inadequate. If there hadn’t been that incident of madly increasing the price, someone would have secretly mocked the person who brought out the bracelet.
How could things be so coincidental? It was most likely deliberately arranged by Gu Zhong. He and Gu Zhi had always liked to use various methods to suppress Gu Nian.
Lin Sui’s mood was complicated. He also saw through Gu Zhong’s trick. On one hand, he was glad that the other party’s scheme had failed. But on the other hand, it also meant that it might be a long, long time before he could buy that bracelet back for Gu Nian. Maybe by then, Gu Nian wouldn’t need him to buy it anymore.
For the second half of the auction, Lin Sui was distracted. Gu Nian simply assumed that he wasn’t interested in this kind of event. He ordered some snacks in between, and also instructed Jiang Sheng to deliberately raise the price for Gu Zhong, stubbornly doubling the price of several auctioned items.
It should be known that Gu Zhong valued face the most. The things he liked were all starting at millions, and he had already announced what he wanted to buy before coming. So even if his budget was running low, he had to grit his teeth and compete with Jiang Sheng to the end.
And Jiang Sheng was indeed Gu Nian’s right-hand man, with a very good grasp of emotions. He always stopped before Gu Zhong was about to collapse, causing trouble for Gu Zhong without spending an extra penny.
When Lin Sui was pushing Gu Nian back to the first floor after the auction, he happened to hear Gu Zhong being scolded in a corner. He was holding a phone, and under Gu Zhi’s voice, he didn’t have any of his previous momentum, and didn’t dare to stand up straight.
“Serves him right.” Lin Sui muttered softly as he passed by, and then cheerfully pushed Gu Nian to the restaurant on the first floor.
For auctions like this, socializing is actually more important than the auction itself. The after-party was naturally indispensable. Lin Sui hadn’t originally planned to go, but although the snacks were delicious, the small portions weren’t filling. He had also been angered by Gu Zhong, and now his stomach was growling with hunger.
Gu Nian chuckled when he heard it and said softly, “I’m a little hungry. Shall we go over there and eat something before leaving?”
Lin Sui pressed his stomach nonchalantly and nodded seriously, “Since that’s the case, then there’s no helping it.”
The two of them turned and entered the restaurant. As soon as he went in, Lin Sui couldn’t help but gasp slightly.
This was a world he had never set foot in before.
The lights overhead were so bright that they made one dizzy. The air was filled with the scent of luxurious perfumes. Everywhere he looked, there were elegantly dressed people. They were talking in low voices, holding beautifully colored wine in their hands, with appropriate smiles on their faces, as if nothing could change their expressions.
This seemed to be the upper class he had imagined. A hint of curiosity flashed in Lin Sui’s eyes, but his mood wasn’t good.
The expressions on these people’s faces inexplicably gave him a feeling of being painted on paper — no, it would be more accurate to say they were photocopied.
Even a painting made with the worst charcoal pencil was more real than the expressions of these people.
Gu Nian raised his hand and squeezed Lin Sui’s wrist, and whispered, “Don’t be nervous, they’re just some boring people. Let’s eat something and leave.”
Lin Sui nodded lightly, and the faint feeling of revulsion in his heart disappeared. The two came to the table with exquisite food and started to pick up things to eat.
In this place full of hypocrisy and calculation, no one escaped the scrutiny of others. However, most people were only glanced over. But that obviously didn’t include these two guests who had just entered.
Most of the people present knew about the Gu family’s situation. Suddenly seeing one of the protagonists, they couldn’t help but take a few more glances. But soon, their attention was drawn to the young man standing behind the man.
That should be the nanny that Old Master Gu chose for his grandson before he died, many people thought lightly, while also couldn’t help but keep their eyes on Lin Sui.
This was a person who was out of place in their world.
This wasn’t a derogatory term, but a kind of sigh that no one would admit, but everyone would have.
The young man in an exquisite white suit came to the table full of curiosity, his eyes shining like stars. His pink lips seemed to be muttering something, and then he picked up a strangely shaped cake and took a bite. Immediately, his fair face wrinkled into a ball, and he frantically picked up a glass of yellow cocktail next to him.
Anyone could tell that he was unfamiliar with this kind of place, but strangely, no one thought he was unsophisticated or low. Instead, they naturally felt that he was a child who was well-protected by his family and didn’t know the ways of the world. So no matter what he did, it became taken for granted.
The reason for this might be because the young man’s eyes were too clean, filled with a pure curiosity and vitality, without the slightest bit of anxiety.
A strangely flavored cake, an overly stimulating drink, seemed to be given a unique meaning in the young man’s eyes. The world was incredibly beautiful in his eyes, and even the most ordinary things were worth stopping to admire and cherish.
This was fatally attractive to these people who had been running around for results for many years and were already accustomed to the coldness of human relationships.
Who wouldn’t want that kind of gaze to linger on them?
In a corner of the banquet hall, a man with long black hair lazily looked at Lin Sui, who was gradually becoming the center of attention without realizing it, and a chuckle escaped from his lips. Then, he turned away indifferently and continued to search for his target in the crowd.
Lin Sui blankly looked at the drink he had casually picked up to get rid of the greasiness, with a strange dazed expression, and a flush appeared on his face.
“Gu Nian.” He tugged at Gu Nian’s sleeve, his eyes shining like a cat who had found a new toy, “This is so good.”
Gu Nian saw that he was holding a glass of low-alcohol champagne, and didn’t pay attention. He only instructed, “This wine has a low alcohol content, but you still can’t drink too much.”
Lin Sui’s eyes lit up even more, and he grinned and nodded vigorously. Then, he picked up another tall glass and gulped it down, holding it in both hands.
The strange expression on his face became a little more ethereal, as if he was walking on clouds, light and floating.
Lin Sui happily went to find a new wine glass, wandering around the nearby tables like a little prince looking for treasure. In a short while, there were several empty wine glasses on the table. Lin Sui’s expression became even more cheerful, and his warm amber pupils seemed to be coated with a layer of oil, shining brightly under the lights.
The secretly attentive gazes became even more eager.
Gu Nian keenly noticed this. He coldly glanced at the people in formal attire, and raised his hand to beckon to the young man who was flying around like a little butterfly.
“Lin Sui, let’s go back.”
His voice wasn’t loud, and it was also very gentle, without any power.
But the young man who was immersed in the happiness created by the alcohol obediently walked over, like a small robot with GPS navigation, stopped beside Gu Nian, and said in a slightly hoarse voice that was stained with the wine, “Then let’s go back.”
Thus, the center of those gazes returned to Gu Nian, but this time it was no longer gloating, but a bit of jealousy that they themselves didn’t want to face.
Gu Nian ignored them all, not letting Lin Sui push him, but holding Lin Sui’s hand and swaggering out of this arena of fame and wealth.
The familiar Benz was already waiting in the parking lot. Lin Sui’s alcohol was kicking in, making him dizzy and unable to find the license plate number. He was walking crookedly, so Gu Nian simply pulled him along.
“Boss.” The driver said, “Should I help Mr. Lin into the car?”
Gu Nian’s expression was faint, and he didn’t loosen his grip on Lin Sui’s hand in the slightest. The driver knew he had been too talkative, and retreated from the car window to wait intently for the order to drive.
Lin Sui was really a little drunk now, and he saw double images of Gu Nian. He tried very hard to put the two people together, muttering, “Gu Nian, why are there two of you? There won’t be enough room in the car.”
Gu Nian was speechless. He looked at Lin Sui’s somewhat unfocused eyes and realized that he was already drunk.
That glass of champagne really had a low alcohol content. Gu Nian could drink it like water, but he didn’t expect it to have such a great effect on Lin Sui.
Of course, it might also be because Lin Sui drank too much.
Gu Nian found it a little funny and didn’t try to reason with a little drunkard. Following his words, he coaxed him and said, “Then let’s go up first, okay?”
“No.” What he didn’t expect was that Lin Sui refused decisively. He frowned at Gu Nian, a little angrily, “You said you were going to throw Gu Nian away! Bad guy!”
Gu Nian was slightly stunned and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
This kind of Lin Sui was too rare, and he was rarely interested in teasing him.
“Then what should we do? We can only be two people, are you saying we should throw you away?”
“Me? Throw me away?” Lin Sui seemed to be confused by this logic. After repeating it several times, he shook his head seriously, “No, can’t throw me away, Gu Nian, like me, will be sad! Me too, reluctant!”
Gu Nian’s heart was beating faster. He continued to ask, “Then what should we do?”
Lin Sui quieted down, looking like he was thinking seriously.
A few minutes later, the young man spoke.
“Must, work hard to earn money!”
Gu Nian was surprised, “Why?”
“Must, work hard to earn money! Then, buy big car, take Gu Nian, go play!”