Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 314: Chapter 313 Shameless Zhou Family

”Seven million!” Zhou Jun cried out in shock.

Zhou Yinghao also swallowed hard, his hand holding the bidding device trembling. He dared not bid any higher.

”Seven million for the first time! Seven million for the second time!”

The auctioneer below made the final confirmation, and Zhou Yinghao and the others were almost in despair. They really didn’t have the courage to continue bidding.

Just then, Su Yang snatched the bidding device from Zhou Yinghao’s hand and said coldly, ”Ten million!”

As this price was called out, there was a sudden commotion below. Those who had been following the bid also started whispering among themselves.

Seven million was already seriously overpriced. Someone bid ten million? Had they gone mad? Were they throwing money away?

”Su Yang...” Zhou Yinghao’s face turned pale, ”This... this jade pipe isn’t worth that much...”

”To me, the jade pipe is worthless,” Su Yang calmly stated, ”But for you, it is a priceless treasure. No amount of money is key!”

”This is our family’s business...” Zhou Jiren said in a low voice, ”How can we let you spend the money?”

”He is my brother-in-law, this is also my family’s business!” Su Yang said very decisively.

Zhou Yinghao’s eyes immediately reddened, and he gripped Chen Fei’s hand tightly. His brother-in-law moved him deeply!

Zhou Jiren nodded repeatedly, patting Zhou Yinghao on the shoulder, ”Yinghao, you really found a great wife!”

Chen Fei’s face flushed, she said softly, ”Great-grandfather, we’re not married yet!”

”Oh, you should hurry up, then!” Zhou Jiren said with a laugh, ”I’m in Pingnan Province, why don’t I preside over your wedding?”

”Great-grandfather...” Chen Fei hung her head, coquettishly protesting, but her face was full of happiness.

Su Yang was also smiling. In his family, he recognized only three relatives. His father, Su Ping, his sister, Su Xia, and his sister with no blood relation, but who had been fiercely fighting for him since childhood, Chen Fei.

For these three people, Su Yang could give up everything. As for money and wealth, those were trivialities!

Just at this moment, someone below called out again, ”Fifteen million!”

”Someone raised the bid?” Zhou Yinghao was stunned. Who was so desperate?

Su Yang narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly, ”Twenty million!”

”Su Yang!” Zhou Yinghao wanted to speak, but Su Yang stopped him with a wave of his hand.

Su Yang stared straight at the screen and said softly, ”Someone wants to take us for fools!”

”Then... then don’t bid anymore!” Zhou Yinghao said in a low voice.

”Heh...” Su Yang smiled, ”If I don’t win this jade pipe, how will I know just how big their appetites are?”

”Twenty-five million!” the person below called out again.

”Thirty million!” Su Yang was very calm, as if he was talking about numbers and not money.

However, the Zhou family members were all dumbfounded. A jade pipe worth five million had been bid up to thirty million. What was this concept? Even if Su Yang had the money, he couldn’t just throw it away like this, could he?

With the price reaching that number, finally no one below bid any higher. The Jade Pipe was successfully purchased and immediately brought upstairs.

However, the expressions of several members of the Zhou Family were downcast.

”Thirty million!” Zhou Jiren sighed. ”Spending thirty million on this Jade Pipe... this transaction is a huge loss!”

Zhou Yinghao was also uneasy. Su Yang had spent an extra twenty-five million just for him.

Su Yang, on the other hand, was relatively calm. He said with a light smile, ”Grandfather Zhou, it seems the Zhou Family’s people aren’t very friendly towards you!”

”What do you mean?” Zhou Jiren asked in surprise.

”Thirty million...” Su Yang said with a smile. ”The other party drove the price up to this position and then gave up. Hehe, do you think they have money, or do they not?”

”This...” Everyone was silent.

Su Yang spoke softly, ”If they truly had the money, to shout a price of twenty-five million, much higher than the original, it shows that this person was determined to obtain the Jade Pipe. Then, another ten million shouldn’t really matter to them!”

”So, this person is out of money?” Zhou Yinghao asked curiously.

Su Yang laughed, ”You say they’re out of money, but they still raised the price to that number. Without money, who would dare to do such a thing?”

”Then what exactly is going on?” Everyone looked confused.

Su Yang smiled and said, ”It’s simple. The ones bidding against us were from the Zhou Family itself!”

”Ah?” Zhou Jiren could not help but be startled. ”This is the Zhou Family’s auction, why would they bid themselves? What’s the meaning of this?”

Su Yang asked, ”Grandfather Zhou, did the Zhou Family know you were coming back to Pingnan Province to bid on this Jade Pipe?”

”Of course, they knew. I’d met with some of the older brothers and talked about it,” Zhou Jiren said.

”That’s right!” Su Yang nodded. ”The people on the Zhou side should know that you are determined to obtain the Jade Pipe. So, they covertly intervened. By participating in the bidding and driving up the price of the Jade Pipe, as long as you bought it, you would spend a lot more money, which ultimately goes back to the Zhou Family, to their greatest benefit!”

Zhou Jiren’s face was filled with astonishment as he said, ”Didn’t they consider that by pushing the price to twenty-five million, I could bear it? If I didn’t buy it, wouldn’t the item just end up back in their hands?”

”Having it end up back in their hands isn’t a problem, since it’s just their own money buying their own item; they won’t lose anything,” Su Yang laughed. ”Later, they can come to you with the Jade Pipe, asking for six hundred or seven hundred thousand, and you’d still have to buy it back!”

Zhou Jiren and Zhou Yinghao fell silent. Su Yang’s words indeed made sense. If they hadn’t won the bid this time, then in the future, if someone approached them to sell it for a lower price, they would still have to buy.

Zhou Jiren said in a grave voice, ”To put it bluntly, whether or not the item sells at the auction, they won’t lose money!”

Zhou Yinghao clenched his teeth and said angrily, ”Those bastards from the Zhou Family, their hearts are so dark. They kicked us out of the family and forbade us from using the Zhou name, and now they’re doing everything they can to swindle our money. It’s too much!”

”At auctions, such occurrences are quite common,” Su Yang said with a smile. ”However, the Zhou Family’s methods are indeed a little vile.”

”What do we do now?” Zhou Yinghao asked anxiously. ”A Jade Pipe worth five million, and we’ve spent thirty million to buy it... that’s a grievous loss indeed!”

”Don’t worry, they won’t get away with the money!” Su Yang said with a smile. ”It’s not that easy to swindle money from me. You all sit tight, I’ll be back after going out for a bit.”

After going downstairs, Su Yang found Ling Zi and asked him to take him to the Zhou Family’s people.

Ling Zi was mainly in charge of maintaining order at the auction on the ground floor, and in front of the Zhou Family, he was merely a minor figure.

However, when Su Yang wanted to see the people from the Zhou Family, he naturally wouldn’t ask any questions and immediately led Su Yang upstairs to the private room of the Zhou Family members.