When There Is Nothing Left But Love

As the bids were continued to be yelled out, she whispered, “Listen carefully. The bid is now at ten million. Normal people won’t be able to offer more than five hundred.”

I pursed my lips and sighed. There were some rules that we could never change.

The higher one rose, the more unscrupulous affairs they would witness. One wrong slip and you would end up amongst the muck, an accessory to the thugs.

Finally, an elderly person won the gold hair ornament with a bid of ten million.

Such events were common.

There was no point in being surprised.

The second item up for bid was a blood jadeite. Apparently, Robert had brought it back for his wife when he went overseas for business in the nineties.

Although this was premium jadeite, it lacked a bangle. Thus, the bid only went up to five million.

Joseph frowned and he seemed to be trying to puzzle something out.

was starting to bore me,

had swept the entire auction area and took in all that there was

to me and sighed in awe. “Wow, these are all worth tens of millions. These collectors are hoarding all these riches. Some of

these, the money they would make off of it would last them for a

being protected by diamond containers, and there’s two highly skilled personnel assigned to each item. There’s no way a regular person could

It was tough.

here. Look!” Stacey said as she pointed towards the

see. On the stage was the exact replica of the box that

enthusiastically introducing the sandalwood box. “All of you must be curious to know why we’re auctioning off this seemingly

The audience members nodded.

it was made from hundred-year-old sandalwood. You can’t find

host turned the box

noise, I can tell that you’re having the same reaction as I did. This is actually a box. The special part of this box’s design is that it looks like it can be opened. However, upon closer inspection, you’ll realize that it can’t be opened. Actually, this box has

you!” exclaimed