Chapter 2639 — Is There Something Wrong with Your Head? Lai the Fatso frowned, but pressed on: "Ten million!"

Anyway, this money was all going to the orphanage. Even if he did not donate it this way, he would have donated it separately. So he still had to complete the task Wei Zhao had given him—he was just puzzled as to why Zhao Qibing would compete with him for this auction item!

Lai the Fatso knew the inside story of this thing perfectly well: Wei Zhao had simply whipped it up on a whim, and it had no value whatsoever. What was Zhao Qibing thinking?

Lai the Fatso was baffled, and Zhao Qibing was no different. Zhao Qibing was about to explode with rage—was this Lai the Fatso sick in the head? He was just one of Wei Zhao's flunkies; did he really need to brown-nose this hard? Could Wei Zhao have sent him to drive up the price?

No, that did not make sense either. Wei Zhao had no idea at all that Zhao Qibing would attend the charity auction, and he could not possibly have guessed Zhao Qibing's follow-up plans, nor his aim of currying favor with Wei Zhao. So the odds of price-shilling were quite small.

"Fifteen million!" The moment this thought crossed his mind, Zhao Qibing was furious and raised it straight by five million! If he had not been wary of Lai the Fatso being Wei Zhao's flunky, Zhao Qibing would have wanted to have someone warn him off. But if he really did warn him, then forget about having his legs broken—he would lose his head outright.

"Twenty million!" Lai the Fatso was getting irritated too, but he was not afraid of Zhao Qibing.

"..." Zhao Qibing was truly speechless. What kind of person was this! Although he could afford twenty million, spending twenty million just to inexplicably curry favor with Wei Zhao—when he did not even know whether Wei Zhao would appreciate it—felt a bit too unfair.

So Zhao Qibing hesitated. He had already made his gesture; if he gave up now, surely Wei Zhao could not say anything about it, right? It was his flunky who kept raising the bid, not Zhao Qibing who did not want to bid. So Zhao Qibing fell silent...

"Twenty million..." Tai Weiliang was exceedingly excited: "The gentleman in seat 60 bids twenty million—who dares to top it?"

But this time, Zhao Qibing did not bid. He was no sucker. Currying a little favor with Wei Zhao was fine, but going too far was pointless.

On the stage, Shen Yushu saw that Zhao Qibing had stopped bidding and immediately grew a little anxious. Lai the Fatso's twenty million would go to the orphanage no matter what, but Zhao Qibing's would not. If Zhao Qibing did not bid this time, there would not be such a high price next time.

"Oh, the gentleman in seat 74 has already bid eight million. It seems he is determined to have it—if he fails to win it, I daresay he will be quite the tragic figure, and the owner of this auction item will probably be unhappy too... So, twenty million going once..." Shen Yushu glanced at Zhao Qibing and said unhurriedly.

Damn it, you big-breasted cow, are you trying to scare me?

Yet Zhao Qibing really was scared. He raised the paddle in his hand again: "Twenty-two million!"

Lai the Fatso was about to bid, but Shen Yushu seemed to wave him off absent-mindedly. Lai the Fatso was startled, then stopped bidding. Although Wei Zhao had not given him a direct order, Shen Yushu's orders were the same.

"Twenty-two million going once... twenty-two million going twice... twenty-two million going three times, sold! Congratulations to the gentleman in seat 74 on winning this item." Shen Yushu had successfully made Zhao Qibing play the sucker once.

This bizarre auction left many people baffled. Even for a donation, was there any need for this? Bizarre—very bizarre!

And judging from what had just happened, it was not so simple as a donation at all. If Zhao Qibing wanted to donate, he could simply have bid the high price of twenty-two million outright; there was no need to raise it bit by bit while someone competed with him. And that final price had clearly been bid through gritted teeth!

But to say this auction item had value was nonsense too. What value could an ordinary thing have? Baffling—everyone was utterly baffled!

Even Wei Zhao was puzzled. Was there something wrong with Zhao Qibing?

Yet no matter how bizarre things got, the auction had to go on, and the auctions that followed were much more normal. There were no more outrageous situations like before. Even Lai the Fatso casually bid on an inconspicuous item for five million, and did not quote a high price of twenty million.

"The next auction item is a tablet computer containing a set of study notes, provided by Han Jingyi, a student in the Biology Department's pharmaceutical program. These are the notes she has taken from her daily study of pharmacology. The starting bid for these notes is five million. Anyone who wants them had better not miss out! Once this chance is gone, it is gone for good!" Shen Yushu picked up the newest auction item and said.

The moment Shen Yushu finished speaking, the whole hall erupted. Five million? For a set of study notes? Was the bizarre situation repeating itself? What on earth could be worth five million? Even if it was loaded on a tablet computer, it could not be that expensive!

This was, by far, the item with the highest starting bid since the auction began!

Even the item that had previously sold for the high price of twenty-two million had started at a very low bid. How had a set of study notes suddenly appeared with a starting bid of five million?

Tai Weiliang and Zhen Huanzi were getting a little anxious too! On the auction item list, this thing was clearly estimated at a starting bid of five hundred yuan—how had it suddenly become five million? Had Shen Yushu misspoken?

Thinking this, Tai Weiliang and Zhen Huanzi hastily shot Shen Yushu looks, but Shen Yushu ignored them, staring straight ahead at the audience seats.

Five million? Study notes? A tablet computer? The moment You Panhu heard Shen Yushu's introduction, he could not sit still! Had it been any other study notes, he would not have cared, but these were Han Jingyi's study notes—and the starting bid was shockingly high!

Could it be... that this was Wei Zhao's doing on purpose? Earlier, You Panhu had told Wei Zhao that he wanted to trade for Han Jingyi's notes on alchemy, and Wei Zhao had refused on the grounds that You Panhu had nothing to trade. Now Wei Zhao was putting them up for auction—did that not mean Wei Zhao wanted money?

Yes, that was it. Wei Zhao had seemed to say before that he was short of money, and had even told You Panhu to go donate ten or eight million. Could these notes on alchemy be exactly that?

Thinking about how this auction was led by Wei Zhao, with donations going to that Songshan City Orphanage, You Panhu was now almost certain: these notes had been prepared by Wei Zhao for him, so that he would spend money to buy them!

And thinking again of Shen Yushu's earlier hint, it had to be so! So You Panhu hastily raised the auction paddle in his hand and called out: "Five million and ten thousand!"

"Whoa—"

The whole hall erupted again! Someone actually wanted to buy it? What was going on now? There had already been one bizarre incident earlier, and now this... When everyone's eyes fell on You Panhu, they suddenly realized—he was sitting together with Zhao Qibing!

So they were in cahoots? Was there something wrong with these two?

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