Chapter 1438 - 1452: Who Doesn’t Have a Little Kink?

Chapter 1438: Chapter 1452: Who Doesn’t Have a Little Kink?

It was unclear whether they had categorized the items or it was just a coincidence, but the next item turned out to be the diamond bracelet An Ran had donated.

Because An Ran donated it in the name of the Wenshan Group, compared with the one An Sijia donated, it was obviously less of a selling point, but since the charity night was organized by the Wenshan Group, people would still give some face.

The starting price was also eighty thousand. As soon as the auctioneer announced the reserve price, someone quickly raised a paddle.

"One hundred thousand!"

"One hundred and twenty thousand!"

"One hundred and eighty thousand!"

"Two hundred thousand!"

...

Anyone with eyes could see that although the bracelet An Ran donated had the same starting price as the previous one, its quality and value were far above that one, and getting on good terms with the Wenshan Group was something countless companies were eager for.

"Five hundred thousand!"

Lu Yi raised his paddle again.

This time the crowd of onlookers from earlier were confused.

"Again five hundred thousand. What’s the story with this bracelet? Don’t tell me it was donated by some celebrity too?"

"It was donated by the Wenshan Group. I heard it was something Young Master Huo’s female companion donated."

"Then I really don’t get what Young Master Lu means by this. Does he just have a thing for women’s diamond bracelets?"

"Who knows? These rich young masters nowadays, which one of them doesn’t have some special kink?"

...

"Lu Yi, you’ve really ruined your reputation tonight," An Ran teased him.

"It’s fine. How could I let someone else take your things? I’ll give it to you. I don’t know if you’d be willing to accept it?" Lu Yi still wore a gentle smile. Sitting on Lu Yi’s other side, Lu Zhenting couldn’t help sweeping a glance at his son beside him.

"That was just something Vice President Huo casually helped me prepare, it’s not some personal keepsake. If someone else buys it, then so be it, you really don’t need to care that much." An Ran understood what Lu Yi meant and explained to him.

"It’s fine, just think of it as a gift from me as a friend," Lu Yi thought. A gift between friends—she shouldn’t refuse that, right?

"Five million!"

The same voice again, coming from the same corner.

An Ran looked at Lu Yi in surprise. "I’m starting to think the one with special kinks isn’t our Lu Family’s eldest young master, but someone else entirely."

Lu Yi could only shake his head and smile at her teasing. Just as he was about to raise his paddle again, An Ran stopped him. "Lu Yi, has having too much money fried your brain? Someone’s willing to contribute to charity, why are you blocking them? If you really have so much money you don’t know where to throw it, just donate more later. Why bother butting heads here?"

Besides, in An Ran’s view, although the Lu Family had always maintained good relations with the Wenshan Group, President Lu wouldn’t necessarily be happy to see his son spend five million on a bracelet. After all, Lu Yi hadn’t yet taken over the Lu Family. Every move he made now would become the benchmark shareholders used to judge this new President when he eventually took over. President Lu would certainly prefer his son to act rationally.

"Number fifty-six, five million. Again it’s the gentleman with paddle fifty-six bidding five million. Is there anyone else? Anyone willing to continue? Five million once, five million twice..."

The auctioneer held the gavel high, rattling on eloquently, while the floor below was in an uproar. Someone was willing to spend ten million on two bracelets?

This wasn’t just being rich—there had to be something wrong with their brain too.

"Ten million!"

This time it was Huo Shaohua who raised his paddle. As the host, Wenshan donated a portion of funds every year; this year the company’s earmarked amount for the charity night was ten million.

Huo Shaohua knew exactly how to spend this money to just the right effect, so when the other side called out five million, he’d already done the math in his head.

Others might not know An Ran’s identity, but there were some in the room who did. How could he possibly let something she donated be taken by someone else?