chapter 46 :auctions

After dinner was ready, Gabriel Chen, Mabel Su and Monica Su sat around and drank a glass of wine happily. Monica Su raised a glass alone and said to Gabriel Chen: "Gabriel Chen, thank you for saving me last time. I'd like to toast you with this glass of wine." "You're welcome." Gabriel Chen touched her and did it. Monica Su smiled and said, "I listened to outside rumors before, and I misunderstood you a little and said some unpleasant things. I hope you won't be offended." Gabriel Chen smiled and waved his hands: "I don't take it to heart." "That's good…" Monica Su also breathed a sigh of relief. If it hadn't been for Gabriel Chen that night, something would have really happened to her. "Monica, there's no need to talk about this." Mabel Su stopped the topic and served Gabriel Chen some food: "Come on, Gabriel Chen, this fish is very fresh, how about you try what I cook?" "Okay, thank you , Mabel..." Gabriel Chen smiled, and after taking a bite, he praised her craftsmanship, which made Mabel Su face burst into laughter, and she continued to pick up vegetables for him... Monica Su, who was sitting in front of them, looked at them and suddenly said: "Sister, Gabriel Chen, are you together?" "Well, what together?" These words stunned Gabriel Chen and Mabel Su on the spot. "that is…" Monica Su made a gesture with her hands together: "Let's fall in love!" ...and there was brief silence. "Monica, what nonsense are you talking about..." The next second, Mabel Su's pretty face turned red. She didn't dare to look at Gabriel Chen and glared at Monica Su with a strange look... Even Gabriel Chen was embarrassed and silent. "It's okay. If you really get together, I won't object. On the contrary, I will support you."Monica Su said with a smile. This made Gabriel Chen and Mabel Su even more embarrassed, and their minds leaped... After eating, Gabriel Chen stayed for more than two hours before Mabel Su sent him downstairs to leave. Watching Gabriel Chen's car drive away, she couldn't bear to go upstairs for a long time... Back home, Gabriel Chen called Betty Yu, and the two of them went to the top of Cloud Sea Mountain to practice alone. Now that Gabriel Chen has reached the fifth level of Qi training, it can be said that his cultivation speed is extremely fast. I'm afraid it won't take long to reach the ninth level of Qi training, and then you can hit the foundation building realm. However, we must first find a way to refine the Gathering Spirit Pill elixir as an aid. Therefore, at tomorrow’s auction, we must win the cauldron alchemy furnace! The two of them practiced all night... At ten o'clock in the morning, Chen Hao brought Yu Wei back. He happened to see Celeste Ye visiting at the door of his house. Laura spotted them and shouted: "Miss Ye, where are they..." Celeste Ye turned her head and immediately went to greet Gabriel Chen and the others, asking curiously: "What were you doing so early in the morning?" Gabriel Chen didn't answer her and asked, "When will the auction start?" "It's noon."Celeste Ye said. Gabriel Chen nodded and invited them into the home. Betty Yu went to the kitchen to make food... Gabriel Chen was making tea in the pavilion, and Celeste Ye asked curiously: "Gabriel Chen, is that Betty Yu really your nanny?" Gabriel Chen poured her a cup of tea and said, "I am determined to get that bronze vessel at the auction!" Seeing that he had not answered her question, Celeste Ye looked very helpless and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely help you take pictures when the time comes." "Good work." Gabriel Chen nodded, let Celeste Ye sit down first, and went upstairs to take a shower... "Young Lady, what on earth does he mean?"Laura snorted very dissatisfied. Celeste Ye also sighed. She was so obvious, but Gabriel Chen was indifferent. Could it be that he really looked down on her? It was almost noon, and Gabriel Chen and Celeste Ye drove to Linhai City Auction Hall together. "Dr. Chen, Miss Ye, I didn't expect you to also participate in this auction?" Saxon Zhang and Harry Wu, who were about to enter, as well as several new faces they didn't recognize, greeted Gabriel Chen and Celeste Ye as they came over. This auction is very special. Several of the auction items are precious medicinal materials that are hundreds of years old. That’s why Saxon Zhang and others from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association came to participate... "Well, let's go in." Gabriel Chen didn't talk to them much and took Celeste Ye and Laura into the auction hall. According to the seats on the invitation, they sat in the first row of VIP seats. There were also some prominent people in Linhai City sitting around. Seeing Celeste Ye appear, everyone looked surprised. It seemed that they did not expect that the Young Lady of the Ye Family would also participate in such a small auction. "The young man next to Miss Ye is that pretty boy, Gabriel Chen, right?" "That's right, it's him. I never thought that Miss Ye would fall in love with a pretty boy like him!" "Oh, yes, I don't know what kind of bad luck that boy has, but he actually has a marriage certificate with Miss Ye. I'm so envious!" "What's there to envy? What does it matter if there's a marriage certificate? He's just a pretty boy who feeds on soft food. How could the Ye Family marry Miss Ye to a nobody like him?" "Yeah…" The people around him pointed at Gabriel Chen, whispered to each other, and discussed in low voices. But even though they were very quiet, Gabriel Chen still heard these words... Celeste Ye, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help turning her face and squinting at Gabriel Chen with her beautiful eyes, wanting to see his reaction. What disappointed her was that Gabriel Chen looked calm and had no emotions... 'Well, this guy is really calm...' Celeste Ye couldn't help rolling her eyes, complaining silently in her heart. Soon, the auction began, and one by one the auction items were put on the auction stage for auction... A very beautiful female host in a cheongsam introduced everyone. In just twenty minutes, several paintings, calligraphy and antiques were auctioned. But Gabriel Chen is not interested in these... Finally, the next auction item was a wild ginseng that was hundreds of years old. After the host made an introduction, he shouted: "The starting price for this century-old wild ginseng is 500,000, and each bid will not be less than 100,000." , everyone started bidding..." "I'll pay 700,000!" "I will pay 800,000..." After all, wild ginseng that is hundreds of years old is so rare that even if you have money, you can’t buy it... "I'll pay four million!" In a short time, the price increased by four million. "Four million is almost reaching the limit!" Saxon Zhang frowned. Although this ginseng was a hundred years old, it would not be worth it if the price were raised. "Five million!"Gabriel Chen called out the price. When Saxon Zhang and Wu Demao saw this, they looked at each other and saw that Gabriel Chen was determined to get this ginseng, so he asked for such a high price... "Five million once, five million twice..." As the auction hammer hit, the host pointed at Gabriel Chen and said with a smile: "Congratulations to this gentleman, for buying this century-old wild ginseng for five million..." "The same price is 500,000 yuan, starting at 100,000 yuan..." "five million!" As soon as he finished speaking, Gabriel Chen raised his racket and shouted the price. Suddenly Saxon Zhang, Wu Demao and others looked dumbfounded, and everyone around them also looked at Gabriel Chen and exclaimed: "How can this pretty boy bid like this? Is he rich?" "Haha, even if you don't look at who is sitting next to him, I'm afraid it's all Miss Ye who pays for it!" "Huh, what a shameless pretty boy..." Sure enough, this century-old Polygonum multiflorum was also captured by Gabriel Chen. The next lot was also a medicinal material, a 150-year-old Ganoderma lucidum. Gabriel Chen also successfully bought this Ganoderma lucidum at a high price of eight million, which aroused discussion among everyone present. But everyone agreed that Celeste Ye paid for him... Next came the auction items of antique calligraphy, paintings, and rare treasures. Gabriel Chen did not continue to auction, but was waiting for the bronze alchemy furnace! After more than forty minutes, the host finally shouted: "The next item to be auctioned is a three-hundred-year-old bronze vessel!" As two people lifted up a bronze stove with a height of 60 centimeters, a diameter of 40 centimeters, and bronze rust on the surface, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone present. Someone asked: "Is this an incense burner?" The host shook his head and said: "This is not an incense burner, but an ancient vessel for preparing medicinal materials." "Although it has been more than three hundred years, I can still smell a faint smell of medicinal herbs!" "Is this an alchemy furnace?" Saxon Zhang recognized this object and exclaimed. "It's a pity that the method of preparing elixirs has long been lost. Even if we take this alchemy furnace, we can only keep it as a souvenir." Wu Demao sighed. Immediately, the host shouted: "This bronze vessel is exquisitely made. The starting price is one million, and the price will increase from 200,000 each time. The bidding starts now..." Gabriel Chen saw that no one around him knew the value of the alchemy furnace, so he asked for a high price to win it in one fell swoop: "Ten million!" "What, ten million, is this pretty boy crazy?" "It's really not his money. If I were Miss Ye, I would have dumped his big mouth a long time ago...!" When people around him saw Gabriel Chen calling him 10 million, they all complained. Among the people present, only Saxon Zhang and the others knew that this was an alchemy furnace, but the price of 10 million was far beyond this value. "Once in ten million..." When the host saw that no one was asking Gabriel Chen for a price anymore, he started to take readings. When Gabriel Chen saw that no one around him was shouting, he felt excited and thought that it was worth ten million to win this cauldron alchemy furnace... "Twenty million!" Suddenly, a man's voice came from behind to ask for a price. Gabriel Chen raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but turn his head and look over...