Adam had been enduring a truly miserable existence for the past few days.


    After getting into trouble recently, he had suffered a severe beating from his father, who also imposed a strict ban on him from leaving the house.


    Despite this confinement, Adam’s deep passion for antiques made it impossible for him to miss the uing auction.


    Determined, he plotted his escape from the house in order to attend the auction. However, he was taken aback to find Charlie present at the event.


    Adam had always looked down on Charlie’s abilities, believing that his second uncle had beenpletely fooled by this young man.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    Yet, he didn’t have the courage to confront Charlie directly. When he saw Charlie bidding on a pearl ne, he quickly ced a bid himself, eager to challenge him.


    Charlie nced at Adam briefly before turning his attention back to the auctioneer, continuing to bid. “Seven hundred thousand dors!”


    Adam echoed his move. “Eight hundred thousand dors!”


    Jacob, unable to remain seated any longer, stood up and warned Charlie, “Charlie, just let it go. There’s no point in getting into a bidding war with him.”


    Charlie simply smiled and replied, “Just watch how I handle this.”


    Then, he raised his hand decisively and announced, “Eight million dors!”


    A wave of shock swept through the auction hall at that moment.


    While someone else was bidding eight hundred thousand dors, Charlie had just jumped to eight million? Was he out of his mind?


    Adam was equally stunned; Charlie was clearly breaking the conventional bidding rules. Typically, a bid of eight hundred thousand would prompt a response of nine hundred thousand or a million at most. Why would he leap to eight million for the pearl ne?


    Was he truly insane, or did he simply have too much money to waste?


    With raised eyebrows, Charlie smiled at Adam. “Mr. Quinton, please continue!”<fnf80e> ??? ????? ???????s ??? ?????s??? ?? FιndNovel</fnf80e>


    Adam coughed nervously and retorted, “Do you think I’m crazy? Why would I spend eight million dors on a worthless pearl ne? Forget it! You can have it.”


    Although Adam was reluctant to lose face, he certainly didn’t want to shell out eight million for the ne.


    After all, the ne was valued at a maximum of seven hundred thousand dors. If he actually spent more than eight million, he would face severe consequences from his father when he got home!


    That would be an utter waste of money!


    Charlie regarded Adam with disdain and said, “Mr. Quinton, are you giving up already? You seem to be struggling to keep up.”


    At that,ughter erupted in the room.


    Adam’s face turned red as he shot back, “You’re infuriating! Who says I can’t afford the pearl ne? I’m just not foolish enough to pay eight million dors for something worthless. I’m really curious to see how you n to pay for it!”


    Charlie smirked and replied, “If you can’t afford it, just admit it. There’s no need for all this back-and-forth.”


    With that, the auctioneer brought down his gavel.


    “Eight million dors. Sold! Congrattions to Mr. Wade!”


    As the assistant approached Charlie with a wireless credit card machine, she said, “Mr. Wade, please process your payment now.”


    All eyes were on Charlie in that moment. Adam sneered, “Charlie, why don’t you give it a try? Let’s see how you can manage to pay eight million dors!”


    The crowd was equally eager to see how this would unfold. With Charlie so self-assured about his bid, could he really afford to pay for it?


    With a smile, Charlie pulled out Graham’s ck card from his pocket and swiped it on the credit card machine.


    No password was necessary.


    He sessfullypleted the transaction!


    The assistant handed Charlie the receipt and said, “Mr. Wade, your pearl ne will be delivered to you before the auction concludes!”


    “Perfect!” Charlie responded with a nod.


    The room was filled with shock.


    It appeared that Charlie was indeed wealthy!


    What a bold move to purchase a pearl ne for eight million dors when its actual value was only around seven hundred thousand!


    Charlie then turned to Adam with a grin and asked, “Mr. Quinton, are you satisfied now?”


    Laughter erupted as someone quipped, “I think Mr. Quinton can’t afford this because he’s gotten into so much trouble with his family, right?”


    “Hahaha. It seems Mr. Quinton is too weak to even lift a knife!”


    “Hahaha!”


    Adam felt a flush of embarrassment wash over him.


    How infuriating! That young man actually had the funds to pay for the ne!


    Feeling humiliated, Adam gritted his teeth and dered, “Charlie, I won’t back down in the next bid!”


    Charlie nodded casually and replied, “Alright, let’s see how it goes with the next item.”


    Adam could notprehend Charlie’s boldness, nor did he realize that his uncle had given Charlie ess to his ck card.


    Before long, several more items were auctioned off, leading up to the introduction of a semi-finished topaz jade.


    Half of the jade was encased in rock, emphasizing its natural authenticity. The starting bid for the jade was set at eight hundred thousand dors.