Chapter 378

Roderick continued bidding.

“One billion.” Jayla showed no signs of letting up. As she was deliberately targeting the gem, the price of the red gemstone hit the billion–dollar mark, which had far exceeded the valuation of the gemstone. It would be a great loss for the winning bidder.

“It seems like they’ve come head–to–head with each other.”

“I have a bad feeling something is going to happen to Big Buck Brooks for offending Ms. Grant.”

“He’s just wealthy. How does he have the guts to challenge such a prominent family?”

The crowd pointed and gossiped fervently, clearly enjoying the farce.

“1.5 billion dollars.” Roderick raised his paddle again, boldly increasing the bid by 500 million

dollars.

dollars.” Jayla continued challenging

Roderick then told her in an impassive tone, “Ms. Grant, if you raise it

She wasn’t interested in the red gemstone. It would be disadvantageous for her if she continued increasing

much, I’ll be the generous one and let you have it,” Jayla said with a mocking smile. She had raised the price of a two- to three–hundred million–dollar gemstone to two billion dollars, forcing the

satisfied.

bid of 2 billion. Any other contenders? Going once, going twice… sold!” The auctioneer struck his hammer, signifying Roderick as the winning bidder of the red gemstone at the staggering

look tells me you are from new money. You don’t have any sense. You just had to pay two billion for something that could be

the box containing the thousand–year green lotus and taunted, “See this? This is a real, invaluable

from Dustin’s lips. “Ms. Grant, you sure are overconfident. Take a good look at it. Is your green lotus really

This precious item is pure,

course, it’s a

thousand–year green lotus has ten petals and ten seeds. Count them. Does it have enough?”

matter how many times she counted, there were only nine petals and nine seeds.

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