Rebirth 1990: The beginning is sweet and cool Bai Yueguang

This seemingly inconspicuous little bowl turns out to be such a precious cultural relic.

As soon as the treasure was unveiled, the atmosphere at the scene immediately became lively. The auction house guaranteed its authenticity, which made people feel at ease. Soon, buyers began to bid.

"205 million, 220 million, 240 million..." Prices rose rapidly and competition was fierce.

Du Qianqian glanced in Liu Zhaoqing's direction and saw that he was listening carefully to an old man's speech, nodding his head occasionally, as if he agreed with the old man's words. It seemed that this treasure was indeed worth a lot of money.

"Zhou Qi, you can take action now. Liu Zhaoqing should follow." Du Qianqian said softly.

But Zhou Qi seemed not to hear it. His eyes were fixed on the small porcelain bowl on the screen, especially on a small notch on the edge of the bowl.

This small white bowl from the Ru Kiln of the Song Dynasty has this special gap. What a coincidence!

"250 million!" Liu Zhaoqing suddenly raised his hand and shouted, then looked at Shang Baochang provocatively.

Shang Baochang felt Liu Zhaoqing's gaze, but ignored it. Instead, he turned to Zhou Qi and asked, "Mr. Zhou, how much should we pay?"

Zhou Qi didn't say anything, just raised the number plate in his hand.

"Five million!" He quoted a shocking price.

What? The price just doubled?

Shang Baochang was stunned. Didn't Zhou Qi say he was a master bidder? Why did he bid like that? Even if it was a Ru kiln from the Song Dynasty, even if it was once used by the royal family, it couldn't be worth so much, right?

Following Zhou Qi's offer, the entire auction hall fell silent in an instant, and everyone's eyes were focused on him, wanting to see who this person was who dared to offer such a high price.

"Haha..." Liu Zhaoqing laughed and gave Zhou Qi a thumbs up.

"You're amazing! Five million! That's awesome!"

Du Qianqian pulled at the corner of Zhou Qi's clothes.

"What are you doing? Raising the price like this, are you helping Uncle Shang or harming him..."

"I even suspect that you are a spy sent by Liu Zhaoqing." She said half-jokingly.

Zhou Qi smiled, but before he could speak, Shang Baochang spoke first: "Mr. Zhou, it's not that I don't trust you, but this bowl is really not worth so much money."

"Even if you want Liu Zhaoqing to pay a high price, you can't raise the price like this!" Shang Baochang seemed very embarrassed.

"Aren't you harming me?" he said with a frown.

Although Du Bowen didn't understand Zhou Qi's intention, he still came out to smooth things over: "Lao Shang, don't be anxious. I believe Xiao Zhou must have his reasons for doing this."

Despite this, Du Bowen felt a little uncomfortable. After all, he was the one who introduced Zhou Qi, and now that things have turned out like this, he couldn't save face.

Zhou Qi turned to Shang Baochang. "Mr. Shang, don't you want this bowl?"

Shang Baochang frowned, his face full of bitterness, and did not answer.

Shang Zizhe, who was standing by, was secretly delighted, thinking: I let you act so pretentiously, thinking you were so capable. I didn't expect that you turned out to be a big fool!

At this time, the auctioneer struck the gavel three times.

"Congratulations to this gentleman for winning a Song Dynasty Ru Kiln bowl at a price of five million!"

Shang Baochang sighed.

Shang Zizhe said, "Dad, why are you sighing? He took the photo himself. What does it have to do with our family?"

"Shut up!" Shang Baochang shouted at his son, but this time he didn't say anything more.

Obviously, he was unwilling to admit the value of the bowl, but Zhou Qi bought it in his name, so he had to admit it.

Zhou Qi handed the number plate to Shang Baochang. "Mr. Shang, I bought this bowl in your name. I will transfer the money directly to you when the payment is made."

"As for the bet you made with others..."

"If we lose because of this, the responsibility will be all mine," he said firmly.

Shang Baochang looked at Zhou Qi, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just shook his head.

"Mr. Zhou, that's not what I meant. I just..."

"Mr. Shang, I understand."

Zhou Qi interrupted him, turned to Du Bowen, and briefly said a few words about Liu Zhaoqing. Du Bowen nodded to show that he understood, and then Zhou Qi stepped aside and stopped asking questions.

"I was wrong……"

Du Qianqian gently took Zhou Qi's arm, swayed like a little girl, and said:

"You have always been cautious. There must be a reason for your behavior today. It just happened too suddenly and I couldn't accept it for a while. You can't blame me for it, right? Can you tell me in private why you did this?"

"No." Zhou Qi refused directly.

"Others don't understand you, but I should understand you. Are you angry because of this?"

Du Qianqian shook his arm again and pleaded, "Okay, I've apologized. If you still don't forgive me, then... I'll double compensate you tonight?"

"Or do you like my hands? I'll let you touch them now..." As she said that, she put her hand into Zhou Qi's palm. That hand was delicate, soft, and a little cool.

Zhou Qi lifted her hand, looked at it carefully, then smiled at her and said, "It's actually no big deal. If I'm not mistaken, that porcelain bowl is worth at least 30 million!"

Thirty million? Starting price? To Du Qianqian, this was just a small sum. In the past, land auctions were often worth hundreds of millions. But she was surprised that such a seemingly ordinary bowl could be worth so much money.

More importantly, the auction was quite large, and it was almost impossible to find a bargain. If this bowl was really worth 30 million, couldn't even the experts see that?

"Do you feel you've been at a disadvantage and want to withdraw your hand?" Zhou Qi asked.

"No..." Du Qianqian held Zhou Qi's hand tightly and said firmly: "Even if you lie to me, I am willing to let you get some benefits."

“I don’t believe what others say.”

"But you are an exception, I believe you!"

"But since you knew the value of this bowl, why didn't you tell us earlier and let everyone misunderstand?"

Zhou Qi chuckled and replied, "Isn't it a good thing to be able to see a person clearly through this?"

After hearing this, Du Qianqian stared at Zhou Qi, seeming to understand something.

Although Shang Baochang's attitude just now was not made clear, it was enough to show that no matter whether the bowl was really worth 30 million, the knot between the two of them could not be untied.

But my father wanted to ease the relationship between the two, but it seemed that things were not that simple. In the end, he might return empty-handed.

But speaking of it, Shang Baochang's attitude just now did make her feel a little uncomfortable.

She understood that the reason Zhou Qi could still sit here was entirely to give face to his father Du Bowen.

At first, Shang Zizhe felt happy when he saw Zhou Qi's miserable appearance.

But when he saw Zhou Qi and Du Qianqian having an intimate conversation, he felt as uncomfortable as if he had been scratched by a kitten.

"You are still embarrassing yourself here. If it were me, I would have hidden away somewhere long ago."

"This is too shameless." He muttered softly, but his voice was still heard by the people around him.

Du Bowen's face turned ugly, but he said nothing for the sake of Shang Baochang, who pretended not to hear.