"Great heavens!" Ye Chen couldn’t help exclaiming, "Such a huge object, it must have a remarkable history!"
"Who do you think would bring it out for auction?" Zhang Yantong imdiately leaned over to Ye Chen and whispered in his ear, "Such a fine item, unless they’re in urgent need of money, they wouldn’t part with it so easily, would they?"
"Exactly!" Ye Chen nodded in agreent.
At the scene, besides Ye Chen and his friends who were quick to accept the situation, the rest of the audience was completely silent, imrsed in the glow of the ruby. The dazzling and colorful ruby indeed made them feel incredulous. Soon, soone snapped out of the ruby’s charm and exclaid, "Oh, my God, such a beautiful ruby! I wonder who is willing to auction it off!"
"That’s right, if I owned such a ruby, even if it cost my life, I wouldn’t be willing to sell it!" said a man nearby, clutching his cara and taking frantic shots. The ruby was fully captured on his storage card.
"Co on, what’s the use of having this ruby if you’re dead!"
"If this ruby were mine, its existence would be more important than my life!"
The controversy arose from the audience, everyone was comnting on the ruby, with their voices growing louder. So people started shouting, "Let’s start the auction now, just na the price, as long as I can afford it, even if I go bankrupt I want to buy it!"
"Oh man, do you think you’re the only one who can afford it? I can buy it too!"
The crowd below the stage began to bid, surprisingly to everyone’s expectations, as they didn’t want more people to see this ruby, fearing the price would skyrocket to unprecedented heights. Most of them hoped to auction off the ruby as soon as possible to take it ho. Only a few people remained watching the spectacle, attracted by the dazzling ruby.
"Everyone, please calm down!" The museum manager quickly waved his hand and said, "You won’t achieve anything like this, the ruby is currently just in the exhibition phase. In half a month, the ruby will be auctioned here. I hope everyone can follow the rules."
With the joint effort of many security guards in the museum, the commotion finally stopped, and they quietly stood by, watching the ruby. Most of them were holding caras to take pictures. The cara flashes were not allowed, but the museum was willing to turn on the lights on site to et everyone’s desire to take pictures.
...
In the following weeks, the ruby exhibition was almost full-house every day, and everyone showed absolute curiosity about this exquisite treasure. Everyone who ca to see it in person agreed that the ruby was unbelievably beautiful. Just stunningly gorgeous.
With the broadcast from TV dia, the news of this ruby beca known almost worldwide. Far away in the Night Color Bar in Jianghuai City, Ms. Yan was quietly working in the bar. A 42-inch LCD TV hung on the bar wall, broadcasting a foreign relay program, where the museum’s live footage of the ruby was shown. The cara zood in, and nearly the entire TV screen was filled with the ruby.
"Ah!" Ms. Yan, who was originally focused on mixing drinks, was startled when she suddenly saw the ruby on TV, causing the glass in her hand to drop to the ground.
Bang...
With a crisp sound, the glass shattered into pieces. Li Ling and others hurried over and asked, "Ms. Yan, are you... are you okay?"
"I... I’m fine, just accidentally dropped it!" Ms. Yan quickly replied.
"How could you be so careless?" Li Ling imdiately said, "What if the glass shards hurt you?"
"I... I’m fine!" Ms. Yan said, still shaken, as she walked out from behind the counter. She took a few steps to a booth and sat down, her eyes never leaving the TV screen for a second, seriously watching the ruby on TV, muttering to herself: "Looks like it, exactly like it, how could this be? Could it be that... Could it be grandma and the others..."
Thinking of this, Ms. Yan hurriedly dialed Ye Chen’s number. This matter must be told to Ye Chen. If the ruby appeared in New York, then the Old Madam and the others must also be in New York. Because Ms. Yan was very familiar with this ruby, this unparalleled treasure was actually embedded in the scepter of the Old Madam. The question was, why would the Old Madam put this ruby up for auction?
Could it be...
At this thought, cold sweat broke out all over Ms. Yan, thinking perhaps the Old Madam intended to use this ruby as bait to trap Ye Chen and the others. But this possibility didn’t seem very high. Ms. Yan cald herself for a mont and imdiately called Ye Chen.
Ye Chen had already returned from New York to Canada. He didn’t go to et Li Ruo because he knew it wasn’t the best ti to see her. The real best ti to et Li Ruo would be at the auction. Ye Chen had already planned it out: he would personally bid for that ruby and present it to Li Ruo on the spot, as a gift of apology. He believed Li Ruo would surely be moved by his sincerity.
Just as Ye Chen was busy, a call suddenly ca in.
"Hello, Ms. Yan, is that you?" Ye Chen answered the call cheerfully. Usually, Ms. Yan seldom called him unless there was sothing special or so difficulty to discuss.
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