Damn, How could my family be so wealthy?!-Chapter 470 - 469 Lingering Shadow

At this moment, the entire auction hall found Old Man Gu to be in the most dilemma.

He had already raised his paddle twice following Su Junqiang’s bid.

In other words, it had become blatantly obvious that Old Man Gu intended to bid with Su Junqiang for Tang Bohu’s "Thoughts on Returning Home on Donkey".

And, what’s more ironic was that Old Man Gu dared to only increase the bid by one million each time.

Now Su Junqiang had doubled the stakes, directly raising the bid by twenty million.

At this moment, Old Man Gu truly didn’t know whether to follow with a higher bid or not.

If he continued to bid higher, Old Man Gu couldn’t be sure if Su Junqiang would keep escalating the price.

Old Man Gu had been confident, believing that Su Junqiang had become much gentler now, and wouldn’t be so aggressive.

However, the continuous bidding by Su Junqiang was genuinely beyond Old Man Gu’s expectations.

Old Man Gu’s supposed deep understanding of Su Junqiang was merely arrogant self-delusion.

But if he didn’t follow with a higher bid, wouldn’t that just make him the laughingstock of everyone present?

Old Man Gu had hoped to snatch this authentic Tang Bohu painting from Su Junqiang to prove something to the crowd.

If he didn’t continue to bid, not only would he fail to prove anything, but others would look down on him even more.

Old Man Gu pressed his lips together even tighter.

Grinding his teeth, right when the auctioneer was about to call out the third price, Old Man Gu raised that extremely annoying bidding paddle.

The auctioneer just happened to glance at Old Man Gu at this precise moment.

Because Old Man Gu’s timing was exactly right.

This was precisely the time when the auctioneer was ready to move on to the final part of the process.

The auctioneer’s glance was also a subconscious sweep.

In the auctioneer’s mind, this was the last time he would look at Old Man Gu.

After all, the auctioneer was planning to complete the third call and hammer down the gavel in one breath.

Yet this glance gave the auctioneer the urge to curse.

Old Man Gu really was persistent, still raising his paddle at this critical moment.

Old Man Gu was just holding up the paddle; his mouth, however, was clamped shut.

That meant Old Man Gu’s bid was still just an additional one million.

Compared to Elder Su’s twenty million, this one million really had no appeal whatsoever.

The auctioneer also harbored a nagging concern. Old Man Gu was happily raising his paddle now,

but what if Elder Su got angry and stopped bidding?

What if, when it was time for Old Man Gu to pay, he couldn’t come up with the money?

After all, you can’t buy on credit at an auction house.

If Old Man Gu couldn’t come up with the money, it would mean that the final auction item wasn’t truly sold.

As a result, the auctioneer naturally wouldn’t get any commission.

This way, if a big client like Elder Su didn’t finalize a deal, wouldn’t the auctioneer be at a big loss?

But, the auction house had its rules.

Since Old Man Gu had raised his paddle, the auctioneer couldn’t act as if he hadn’t seen it.

Regardless, Old Man Gu was a guest in the auction hall.

Even if the auctioneer couldn’t treat everyone with complete impartiality in his heart, he couldn’t openly ignore Old Man Gu’s bid on the surface.

"Boss Gu bids one hundred and twenty-eight million."

Helpless, the auctioneer, despite his reluctance, could only announce the latest bid for Tang Bohu’s "Thoughts on a Donkey’s Return."

At this, all heads turned in unison, except for three: Su Mu, Elder Su, and Ah Fook.

It seemed that ever since Old Man Gu offended Su Mu, Elder Su and Su Mu had not deigned to glance his way again.

Despite Old Man Gu’s ongoing attempts to assert his presence, Su Mu and Elder Su carried on as if he simply did not exist.

They wouldn’t even spare an extra glance, let alone deliberately turn their heads to look at him.

The others, however, did not share this composure.

In their minds, Old Master Su had raised the bid by twenty million, the equivalent of Old Man Gu raising his bid card twenty times.

Everyone thought, surely Old Man Gu wouldn’t follow that, right?

If Old Man Gu were to raise the bid by another million after Old Master Su’s twenty million, everyone felt this would truly become the laughing stock of Huadong City.

Having already made up their minds about the situation, people had stopped paying attention to Old Man Gu.

They were already thinking about how to congratulate Elder Su later on.

Naturally, they did not want to waste any energy on those who were irrelevant.

Regrettably, this time Old Man Gu took stubbornness to the extreme.

Amidst everyone’s astonished gazes, Old Man Gu slowly lowered his raised bid card.

The auctioneer had already announced Old Man Gu’s bid; there was no need for him to keep holding up his bid card.

"Is Old Man Gu really mad, adding another million?"

"I think the older Old Man Gu gets, the less he uses his brain. Competing with Old Master Su in bidding, does Old Man Gu have the financial capacity?"

"It seems like the men of the Gu Family are channeling their energy in all the wrong places. I’ve heard Old Man Gu is still quite popular with young girls."

"Really? I must warn my daughter when I get back; she must stay far away from the men of the Gu Family."

"Right, I also have to remind my family when I return; as the saying goes, ’A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow,’—all men from the Gu Family are cut from the same cloth."

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The criticisms that needed to be voiced had already been said. Now, due to Old Man Gu’s third bid, people directly escalated the object of their condemnation to include all men of the Gu Family.

It could be said that in the future, it would be very difficult for Young Master Gu to find a well-matched wealthy young lady to marry.

Due to Old Man Gu’s lack of awareness, the Gu Family had become the public enemy of the entire Huadong City.

Especially the men of the Gu Family, who had now become notorious.

But this notoriety wasn’t good.

Their reputation for being philanderers had become well known.

Both Old Man Gu and his son were already married and of a certain age, so the problem wasn’t too significant for them.

The one most affected by Old Man Gu’s recent actions was likely Young Master Gu.

You have to understand that Young Master Gu had reached the age where finding a suitable partner and discussing marriage was expected.

The Gu Family, being less influential than the Su Family, of course wanted to find a powerful girl to enhance the Gu Family’s standing. free𝑤ebnovel.com

Strategic marriages were not just for ancient times.

In today’s society, the concept of matching social status remains very particular.

Moreover, most of Young Master Gu’s generation were only children.

If Young Master Gu were lucky enough to marry a woman with greater financial strength than the Gu Family, wouldn’t he strike it rich?

But now, that seemed nothing more than a daydream.