護花近衛 - 第531章 再砍一砍 - 清風書屋

"Heh heh, I'm selling it to you at half what I paid — isn't that cheap enough?" Kang Jinglong said with a smile. "I paid over a hundred million for it, you know!"

"Didn't you buy that snow lotus or whatever? This thing's just a freebie thrown in!" Feng Xiaoxiao sniffed. "Ten million. If that works, I'll have him buy it. If not, forget it — I'm a little girl, so what if I go back on my word?"

Feng Xiaoxiao's words were close to outright shamelessness, but her last sentence made the point plainly: she was a girl, and a young one at that. Even if she played the rogue, what could Kang Jinglong do about it?

Kang Jinglong drew a sharp breath. He had underestimated Feng Xiaoxiao. Earlier he had counted on Fatty Lai not backing out in front of everyone for the sake of his reputation — but it had never occurred to him that Feng Xiaoxiao would be the one to renege.

And once Feng Xiaoxiao reneged, no one could really say a word against her. She had simply said she no longer liked it, that she did not want it anymore — so naturally Fatty Lai did not have to buy it. Everything had been set off by Feng Xiaoxiao in the first place; if she did not want it, why should Fatty Lai buy it? There was no question of losing face at all!

Kang Jinglong frowned. This really was a bit of a bind. Things had gone against his expectations. When it came to Feng Xiaoxiao, there was simply no easy way to get the money out of her!

"Ten million? That's a little too low, isn't it? Not even enough to cover the odd change!" Kang Jinglong naturally could not keep insisting on fifty million; if he did, the deal would be dead for certain — they would simply walk away.

But the ten million Feng Xiaoxiao had named was also a little hard for him to swallow. They wanted to save face and save money at the same time — since when did such a fine thing exist?

"All right, twenty million, and that's the absolute limit! I'll remember this!" Fatty Lai said coolly. "Don't think you're so clever. We'll see each other again — just wait."

"Deal!" Hearing Fatty Lai's tone, Kang Jinglong knew he had no way to hold out. The other side had already gone back on their word. Still, something was better than nothing; selling it for twenty million seemed to him quite good already — what more could he ask?

After Kang Jinglong had gone, Fatty Lai was utterly prostrate with admiration for Feng Xiaoxiao. She was far too good at playing people! Kang Jinglong must have accumulated eight lifetimes of bad luck to run into her!

"I didn't realize you had so many tricks up your sleeve!" Wei Zhao could not help admiring Feng Xiaoxiao. In the blink of an eye, she had knocked another thirty million off the price.

"Of course! Heh heh, now you know what happens to people who provoke me, don't you?" Feng Xiaoxiao looked at Wei Zhao smugly. "Let's see if you dare cross me again!"

"Hah..." Wei Zhao shrugged and did not answer her.

Kang Jinglong returned to his seat with the check for twenty million. He had not gotten the fifty million he had expected, but even so, Divine Doctor Kang and Kang Guifeng were delighted! If it had been left to them to handle, whether they could even win the thousand-year snow lotus at auction would have been a question — let alone selling a worthless box for twenty million.

Though this storm over the thousand-year snow lotus had drawn plenty of attention, it came quickly and went quickly. Soon the auction was drawing to a close. In the meantime, the Kang family's Gold Wound Medicine in its gift-box edition, a staple of the auction every year, was smoothly snapped up as usual, with no surprises at all! And before the auction ended, the moment the Kang family had been most excited about arrived.

The auctioneer cleared his throat and announced loudly to the room: "Today, in addition to the items in the catalogue, we have added one mysterious lot as the grand finale of today's auction!"