14 – BKing Behavior
During the auction, Xie Yurao used her budget to successfully bid on about six pieces of jewelry she fancied.
The wealthy young gentlemen watching were utterly dumbfounded.
Damn, she really is a princess?!
She wasn’t interested in the remaining items, so she nestled contentedly in her chair, ready to pay after the event and take her beloved little treasures home.
“Next, we have a final highlight piece of jewelry.”
Xie Yurao was taken aback. “Huh?”
The host smiled warmly and introduced to the audience below, “This is a mysterious item not listed in the auction catalog for today.”
Xie Yurao: “??”
Then, staff wheeled out the final auction item covered with a black cloth.
As the black cloth was slowly lifted, a dazzling ruby necklace came into view.
Its deep pomegranate-red hue, with a luster that seemed to flow like fresh blood, captivated everyone’s attention the moment it appeared, leaving them with nothing but awe in their minds.
Xie Yurao: “Shit.”
Tan Shen glanced down at her and said calmly, “No swearing.”
At this point, Xie Yurao couldn’t care less about swearing or not. “How can there still be a final highlight item?!”
So frustrating.
She counted on her fingers, then put them down in frustration.
“Can’t afford it, no money left.”
She had already bought six little treasures and couldn’t afford this last big treasure.
Tan Shen said, “Then forget about it.”
He couldn’t see any difference between these pieces of jewelry either.
“Hmm…”
Xie Yurao responded gloomily, “Guess I’ll have to let it go.”
Though she said that, her eyes remained fixed on the ruby necklace on the auction stage, watching it with reluctance.
Even her rosy lips were pouting.
Tan Shen silently watched her for a while, then stood up and said, “I’m stepping out for a moment.”
Normally, the little fox would ask him where he was going and when he’d be back.
But today, she was too heartbroken by the sudden final highlight item to bother asking.
She mumbled, “Okay.”
Tan Shen chuckled helplessly, then strode out of the auction hall.
After Tan Shen left, Xie Yurao slumped dejectedly in her chair, staring at the ruby on stage.
It wasn’t that she absolutely had to have it, but missing out in this way was something the young lady really disliked.
On stage, the host announced with a smile, “This ruby necklace, named ‘Flowing,’ has a starting bid of ten million, with each increment no less than one million. Bidding is now open.”
Xie Yurao was considering whether to try bidding for it, as it was simply too beautiful.
Then, a staff member approached quietly and whispered something into the host’s ear.
The host’s expression immediately turned odd, and they double-checked.
The staff member nodded solemnly.
The host then turned to the bidders and apologized to everyone, “I’m very sorry, everyone, but this ruby necklace will no longer be available for auction.”
Instantly, murmurs filled the room.
Among them were those who had taken a liking to the necklace, angrily exclaiming, “What do you mean? It’s already been put up for auction. How can you back out now?”
“Yeah, I was ready to raise my paddle.”
Faced with the dissatisfaction from the audience, the host calmly explained, “It’s not that the owner of the item changed their mind.”
“It’s that a mysterious guest has used the ‘ceiling’ method to secure this necklace.”
Hearing this, Xie Yurao’s eyes suddenly lit up.
Ceiling, as the name suggests, means placing a bid that tops all others.
At the auction venue, such a move was extremely rare, after all, it was a show-off act for the gullible—securing the item outright at the ceiling price without knowing how others bid.
The audience was briefly stunned, and then someone, unwilling to concede, continued.
“Ceiling price? Is his bid higher than mine? I bid thirty million.”
The necklace had a starting bid of ten million, with increments of one million each time.
Now, with a direct bid of thirty million—three times the starting price—it could already be considered quite high.
“I bid fifty million!”
The audience below seemed rather unwilling to back down, with each bid more aggressive than the last.
Everyone present was a well-known wealthy individual, and encountering someone who openly challenged the entire room naturally left no one willing to concede.
At that moment, a gentleman stood up slowly and leisurely raised his bidding paddle.
“I bid one hundred million.”
The entire room erupted in murmurs.
All eyes turned to the gentleman. “Isn’t that the youngest son of the Mining King? No wonder he’s so rich.”
“He’s not just from a family with mines—his home is literally in the mines!”
Hearing the discussions from below, the gentleman revealed a calm, unhurried smile.
“Nothing much, really. I just can’t stand someone showing off in front of me.”
He looked up and asked the host, “Did my bid exceed the ceiling price?”
The gentleman wore a confident, assured smile, seemingly convinced that the ceiling price was around one hundred million.
The total value of this ruby necklace was only about fifty million. Bidding one hundred million was already generous, but it was all for the sake of venting frustration.
The host’s smile remained gentle as he shook his head.
“Sorry, everyone. None of the bids here have surpassed the ceiling price.”
The crowd: “…??”
Not even one hundred million surpassed it? Are you joking?
Hearing this, the gentleman’s expression froze for a moment.
Frowning, he asked skeptically, “What is the ceiling price?”
Under the intense, probing gazes of everyone present, the host calmly uttered a string of numbers.
“Nine hundred ninety-nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand.”
“……………”
“……………………”
The entire room fell into an eerie silence.
No one could believe what they had just heard. “How much?!”
“Nine hundred million… holy shit!”
“What do you mean nine hundred million? Add another ten thousand, and it’s a billion!”
“You make that ten thousand sound as light as a single dollar!”
“Did his money fall from the sky? Even if I started working as a monkey, I couldn’t earn that much.”
“Don’t even mention it. Even if my ancestors three generations back started working as monkeys, we still couldn’t earn that much.”
“Is this what the ceiling price is? Absolutely, utterly inhumanly extravagant.”
The confident gentleman who had stood up earlier was first shocked, then shook his head and slowly sat back down. “I concede defeat.”
Finally, everyone present witnessed what the legendary ceiling price truly meant.
A number that could absolutely secure the desired item and was utterly impossible to surpass.
This wasn’t just showing off.
This was the ultimate BKing!!
As the auction came to a close, the mysterious tycoon’s ceiling-price ruby act was still being discussed with awe and admiration.
Xie Yurao was genuinely disappointed this time, but she accepted it wholeheartedly.
“Miss Xie, this way, please. Proceed to the backstage to complete the handover formalities.”
Xie Yurao stood up. “Alright.”
She was about to welcome the six little treasures she had just acquired.
Suddenly, Xie Yurao glanced around in confusion. “Where did Tan Shen run off to? Why hasn’t he come back yet?”
She decided not to bother with Tan Shen anymore. That dog of a man was utterly unprofessional.
Xie Yurao followed the staff directly toward the backstage, noticing that other guests who had successfully bid on jewelry were also among them.
Then it occurred to her.
Huh?
When she went through the procedures, would she have a chance to see the true face of that mysterious tycoon?
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The auction plot is purely fictional; do not relate it to reality.
The contract is signed. If conditions allow, feel free to send free gifts and flowers, darlings～