Mr. Wood is in the North Pole, I am in the South

When night fell, the rain stopped, and the night sky washed by the rain was like a dark blue jewel, and the air was full of moist and fresh smell. Mu Nancheng said that he would take Xiao Ran to a fun place, and Xiao Ran was originally in high spirits. , but when he got out of the car and saw the building in front of him, he drooped his eyelids in dismay.

——Harbor City Auction House.

What's so interesting about the auction house? Firstly, Xiao Ran doesn't understand antique calligraphy and painting, and secondly, he doesn't like gold, silver and jade. He can't auction the latest intelligent robot here!

There really is a generation gap between him and Mr. Mu, Xiao Ran thought sullenly.

As soon as Mu Nancheng lowered his head, he saw that the child's lips were pouting so much that soy sauce was hanging on his lips, so he coaxed him amusedly:

"We'll take you to Lan Kwai Fong after we're done shooting. Haven't you been thinking about it for a long time?"

The child's face immediately smiled like a flower.

Mu Nancheng is different from Fu Yuxing. Fu Yuxing completely raised Xiao Ran as a child. He was not allowed to touch alcohol, tobacco, or gambling. He had never even touched a steering wheel when he was 20 years old, let alone bars and casinos. However, Mu Nancheng felt that only when a boy has experienced a lot can he grow mentally, not to mention that Xiao Ran is a child with great self-control, he will keep a good balance between understanding and indulging.

Mu Nancheng never intended to isolate Xiao Ran into an impenetrable glass tower. He was a man, and Xiao Ran was also a man. He loved him, spoiled him, protected him, and let him touch the complete world.

Black and white, good or bad, like or dislike, all for him to understand, judge and choose.

Xiao Ran is not a bird in a golden cage, he is a young eagle, he has just taken off, what Mu Nancheng has to do is not to tie his ankles with ropes, but to lead him to fly freely.

If one day, Xiao Ran is willing to love him, pet him and be able to protect him, Mu Nancheng will also accept it and enjoy it.

Xiao Ran followed Mu Nancheng into the auction house. The resplendent hall was covered with gorgeous carpets. There was a long corridor leading from the hall to the auction hall. Li Zhan and Jiang Dongxian were standing at the entrance of auction hall No. [-], smoking and talking. Seeing them coming, Li Zhan waved his hands and shouted loudly:

"Xiao Ran, come here!"

The loud voice startled the three people walking a few meters in front of Xiao Ran, and the three turned their heads at the same time, and Xiao Ran immediately shouted happily:

"Brother Jiang, Brother Jin, Brother Han."

The people in front were Jiang Yingzhe Han Shu and Jin Yao who came to Hong Kong to meet them.

Xiao Ran walked a few steps quickly, with a very happy expression on his face, "Are you guys here too?"

Jin Yao looked at Xiao Ran with a smile, and patted his shoulder:

"Long time no see, Xiao Ran, the young man has grown taller and more energetic!"

Xiao Ran was wearing a silver-gray suit. His hair was cut to the ears a while ago, so he looked very refreshing. The sharp and smooth tailoring of the standard suit made him look like a tree, like a young poplar with straight hair.

Jin Yao is Xiao Ran's idol. Seeing idols, the little fan felt a little shy, and Xiao Ran pursed his lips in embarrassment:

"Long time no see, Brother Jin, aren't you making a movie? Why do you have time to come to Hong Kong City?"

"There is a commercial being filmed here. I stopped by to see Yingzhe and Han Shu. I didn't expect to meet you. This trip is really worth it!"

Jiang Yingzhe immediately feigned dissatisfaction:

"Co-authoring us just by the way? Han Shu, we're leaving, it's so sad!"

Jiang Yingzhe made a gesture to leave, but Jin Yao punched him on the shoulder:

"You can be more promising, you are still hypocritical in front of children!"

Several people were talking and laughing happily until Mu Nancheng came forward.

Although Jiang Yingzhe and Mu Nancheng did not deal with each other, they still had to greet each other on the face. Jin Yao saw Mu Nancheng for the first time, and the two shook hands. In an instant, there was a faint smile in his gentle and handsome eyebrows, and there was an imperceptible meaning in his tone:

"It turns out that you are Mr. Mu. You have been famous for a long time, but it is a pity that you have always been on the sidelines."

"Mr. Jin's name is also very famous to me," Mu Nancheng smiled politely, "I used to see Mr. Jin on TV and thought you looked very similar to an old friend of mine. When you look closely, you are even more similar. .”

"Oh?" Jin Yao raised his eyebrows, "I often hear people tell me this, there is no way, I am a well-known face in the circle, but I think Mr. Mu also looks familiar, maybe we used to really I don’t know where I’ve seen it before.”

Mu Nancheng nodded, and casually agreed:

"Maybe, the world is small after all."

Li Zhan shouted impatiently at the other end:

"I said what are you two talking about? The auction here is about to start!"

"Here we come!" Mu Nancheng hugged Xiao Ran's shoulders, "I'm sorry, we're going to be excused, I'll be the host when I have time someday, please tell me."

Jiang Yingzhe also smiled generously:

"Let's get together again when we have time."

They knew each other well that it was all just politeness, if they sat at the same table, except for Xiao Ran, no one would be able to eat.

As soon as Mu Nancheng and Xiao Ran disappeared, Jin Yao's smile faded away:

"I know him."

Han Shu didn't take it seriously:

"Of course you know him..."

Mu Nancheng is also a figure who often appears in various media.

"No," Jin Yao shook his head, "I mean, I met him in Mianbei."

Jiang Yingzhe and Han Shu looked at each other in surprise, Jin Yao continued,

"He's one of Hayden's security guards. He used to be my instructor."

"Instructor?" Jiang Yingzhe was surprised, "Isn't he a businessman? If he can be your instructor, isn't he very skilled?"

"Very powerful, better than me, not better than ordinary people,"

Jin Yao used three "powerful" in a row, one by one, he looked to the left and right, and said in a low voice,

"Hayden is divided into the light department and the dark department. The light department is the security department, and the dark department trains the world's top killers. He is the only person who works in both the light department and the dark department. When I left Hayden, he was already the boss. gone."

"What does Boss mean? He bought Hayden?"

"It wasn't he who bought Hayden, it was Hayden who recognized him as the master, but fortunately he was in charge of Hayden back then, otherwise I would not have been able to retreat. During the truce between the north and the north, he was a middleman, and the government army once demanded my execution. , He said something in the middle, which is considered to have saved me once."

Jiang Yingzhe has always had a bad impression of Mu Nancheng, so it's inevitable that he doesn't believe it now:

"He actually saved you? Will you recognize the wrong person?"

"I won't admit the wrong person," Jin Yao sighed, "I used to hear you say the name Mu Nancheng all the time, but I didn't expect it to be him. How could it be him?"

"Then what's his name in Hayden?"

"Hunter," Jin Yao said, "PoorHunter."

Han Shu frowned:

"The name sounds familiar."

"Of course it is familiar. The civil war in Mibei depends on his mediation to truly end. After that, the country's recuperation and recovery will be promoted by him. He is the uncrowned king of Mibei. Sixty percent of the emerald mines in Mibei have his shares. Huamian The oil pipeline was only able to open smoothly through his mediation. If it wasn’t for him, most of the North Koreans would still be fighting to plant poppies. He has a high prestige in the local area, and the North Koreans said that if he ran for president, he would definitely pass the vote unanimously.”

Jiang Yingzhe pouted:

"So arrogant?"

"It's awesome," Jin Yao laughed, "When he let me go, he also told me, 'Everyone is a peer, and we are all Chinese, and we can live together as one'... How could he talk to Jiang Dongxian? together?"

"Everyone has his own aspirations, time will change everything, especially once a man enters Vanity Fair, many times he can't help himself."

Jiang Yingzhe patted Jin Yao's shoulder, "Let's go, the auction is about to start."

……

"What good things are here? Why do you feel that all the rich and powerful people from Hong Kong and Mainland China have come?"

At eight o'clock, the auction started, and everyone took their seats one by one. Mu Nancheng was on Xiao Ran's left, and Li Zhan was on the right. He turned his head and looked around, and recognized many familiar faces. Jiang Yingzhe and the others were two times wrong with him Ranking, everyone who watched him look around smiled at him.

Mu Nancheng gave Xiao Ran an auction booklet. He flipped through it casually, and found that there were indeed many good things, but it was not enough to attract such a crowd.

Li Zhan whispered to him:

"There is something good for the finale tonight, it's not in this booklet, you'll find out later."

"What is it?"

The value of items that can be kept absolutely secret before the auction is often difficult to estimate, and Xiao Ran couldn't help being interested.

Li Zhan smiled mysteriously, and pretended:

"You'll know then!"

Xiao Ran turned to ask Mu Nancheng again, and Mu Nancheng also smiled and patted his head:

"Be patient, I'll let you know."

One and two are so mysterious, Xiao Ran's curiosity was completely aroused.

The auction items are listed in order of price from low to high, and the ones at the back are more precious. Mu Nancheng asked him several times if he had anything he liked, and he shook his head like a rattle.

A pot of Tianyi lotus is being auctioned on the stage, the starting bid is 600 million, and the price of each bid is at least [-], and the price can be jumped.

Tianyihe is the best in orchids, and it is priceless in the market. Many people competed to bid, and Li Zhan raised his cards a few times. Xiao Ran asked him strangely:

"When did you like flowers too?"

"I think this flower suits you, can I give it to you?"

"No, I don't care."

"Why are you so ignorant, kid!"

"I am ashamed, I am happy!"

"Oh, but if our little baby is soiled, there will be no foreign people in this world!"

Li Zhan stretched out his hand and wanted to pinch Xiao Ran's face, but Mu Nancheng, who was seated one seat away, knocked off his claw with a sharp "snap".

Li Zhan immediately became angry:

"I said, Mu Nancheng, can you understand something? When I got along with Xiao Ran, you were still eating dirt in Mibei!"

In such a blink of an eye, the pot of Tian Yihe was photographed by others, and Li Zhan mourned and sighed three times, as if someone had stolen his girlfriend.

"Xiao Ran, why do you have to be with this ice face? If you are kidnapped by him, you can wink with brother. Brother can't let you fall into this dire situation. We are so cute little people, and we are so cute. I don’t even like to smile when I bring ice cubes…”

Li Zhan complained to Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran rolled his eyes, the auction has passed for more than an hour, he got up too early in the morning, and didn't take a nap at noon, he was feeling sleepy at the moment, his head unconsciously turned to Mu Nancheng With a knock on his shoulder, his eyelids drooped.

Mu Nancheng embraced him, smiled in his ear and asked:

"Sleepy?"

Xiao Ran yawned, his eyes were misty, and he nodded.

"Wait a little longer..."

Mu Nancheng's voice suddenly paused, and Xiao Ran followed his gaze, and saw a man wearing a hat walking in from the front door.

This auction is of a very high level, and all the guests are specially invited. Generally, no one will be late. The person is wearing a dress with a hem that is longer than his knees. The hat covers most of his face, and he is tightly covered.

"Who is that person?" Xiao Ran asked Mu Nancheng softly.

Mu Nancheng shook his head, his deep eyes were full of confusion and deep thought.

It is very impolite to stare at someone in public, but Mu Nancheng and Xiao Ran felt something was wrong at the same time.

The man went all the way to the last row and sat in the corner. He didn't take off his hat. Looking at it from Xiao Ran's angle, he could see that half of his face under the hat was very clearly outlined, with a straight line from the corner of his lips to his jaw. Lines, as if carved out with a carving knife, his skin is very white, almost reflecting light under the crystal lamp.

It was an unusual white, like... Xiao Ran thought for a while, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, yes, it was like Bu Bu's metal skin!But the skin color is between silvery white and snow white, more natural than metal.

He lowered his head, sitting upright like a pine, neither looking left or right, nor looking at the auction table.

A very, very strange person, cold and unpopular.

Both Xiao Ran and Mu Nancheng's attention was attracted by that person, and they didn't notice the commotion in the whole hall, until Xiao Ran heard the auctioneer's high-pitched and passionate last words:

"...Let us see the unique purple diamond in the world, the priceless treasure - 'Hera's Tears'!"

Xiao Ran seemed to be stung by something. He grabbed Li Zhan's arm and asked in disbelief:

"What did he say? What did he say it was?"

"Purple diamond," Li Zhan was obviously excited, he whispered, "the only one in the world, very rare!"

"He said 'Hera's tears'..."

Even though he had tried his best to restrain himself, Xiao Ran's voice still trembled slightly.

"It's 'Hera's Tears'..."

Li Zhan nodded:

"Yes, Hera is the queen of mythology. According to legend, her eyes are purple, noble, elegant, and beautiful. So the name of the only purple diamond is 'Hera's Tears'... Do you like it? Then let's Just take a picture."

Xiao Ran stared at the auction platform in front of him. A tall and attractive model was walking in a cool sleeveless low-necked long dress, and a string of sparkling diamond necklaces around her neck was particularly eye-catching, especially the A heart-shaped purple pendant, exuding a mysterious and noble color under the bright light like flowing gold, has amazed the eyes of countless people.

The people in the hall, especially the women, are almost talking about it:

"My God! Is that the only purple diamond in the world according to the legend? I heard that it once belonged to a certain noble lady in China, but the necklace disappeared after the lady passed away. I didn't expect it to appear here. It's so amazing. Pretty!"

"The Queen of Country E once said that the biggest regret in her life was not being able to get this purple necklace. The royal family of Country E used to search for 'Hera's Tears' all over the world. No woman can refuse such a beautiful temptation!"

"But I heard that 'Hera's Tears' is very ominous. Its owners died unexpectedly. This is a cursed treasure!"

"It's worth being cursed to get such a treasure..."

……

The valve of memory was quietly opened. Also in the resplendent hall, a dignified and elegant woman walked from the open carved door with a smile. The young child stumbled and ran towards the woman. The woman held the most gentle smile Kneeling down and hugging the child, the child hugged her neck, and his fleshy little hands grabbed the purple diamond hanging from her chest, and the giggles were like crisp bells:

"Mom, this rock is so beautiful!"

"Baby, this is 'Hera's Tears'. After we marry a wife, mother will give this to her daughter-in-law, okay?"

……

The auctioneer on the stage is explaining passionately:

"This is our last lot today, 'Hera's Tears'. The starting price is 2000 million, and each bid is at least 1000 million. The price can be jumped..."

Li Zhan couldn't wait to shout: "Three hundred and thirty million!"

"4000 million!"

Bidding sounded one after another, and the auction was pushed to its climax.

Xiao Ran's eyes were red, "Hera's tears", which belonged to He Qiao during his lifetime, disappeared after He Qiao's death, but now they appeared at the auction!

Not long ago Qian Qian went to country F alone and found Qian Minglan, the nurse who took care of her mother back then. According to Qian Minglan, He Qiao was dressed very grandly that night, and even wore a string of very rare purple necklaces, but The police records of the crime scene did not include this necklace, and Xiao Ran did not see the necklace on He Qiao's body when he went back to attend the funeral, but it appeared at this moment.

No matter who the "Hera's tears" fell into, that person may have something to do with He Qiao's death!

A warm palm was placed on the back of Xiao Ran's hand, and when Xiao Ran turned his eyes, they met Mu Nancheng's smiling eyes.

Xiao Ran finally understood that Mu Nancheng knew that "Hera's tears" would appear tonight, and he brought him here specially!

"Mr. Mu..." Xiao Ran's voice was choked up, and wet mist suddenly gushed out from his eyes.

Mu Nancheng lightly touched Xiao Ran's flushed eye sockets with his fingers, and said with a mocking smile:

"Is this because you know we're going to bleed profusely, and you're so distressed that you're about to cry?"

Xiao Ran pursed his lips and wiped the corners of his eyes embarrassedly.

Although the starting price of "Hera's Tears" is astronomical, there are still an endless stream of bidders. The rare purple diamond, which is rare in a century, has attracted almost everyone's interest.

Li Zhan also saw that Xiao Ran wanted this necklace, so he shouted with great enthusiasm. It didn't take long for the necklace bidding to exceed [-] million, breaking the record of the world's most expensive diamond.

You must know that the diamond with the highest price in the world before was more than 100 carats, which is more than ten times that of this purple diamond!

The auctioneer was so excited that he broke his voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the moment for us to witness a miracle, 6000 million once, 6000 million twice..."

The auctioneer deliberately dragged his voice extremely slowly, giving enough room for the guests to continue bidding.

"Six hundred million!"

The low-pitched male voice was unhurried, tearing a gap in the deadlocked bidding scene and pulling the bidding into the six-figures.

When Li Zhan saw Mu Nancheng's voice, he immediately got angry:

"I said Nathan, can you stop arguing with me?"

Mu Nancheng didn't even look at him, my daughter-in-law's things, it's your turn to be courteous?

Li Zhan pointed at Mu Nancheng resentfully: "Okay, you're ruthless!"

Young Master Xiao Li withdrew.

When the necklace passed [-] million yuan, only three people including Mu Nancheng were left to bid.

The hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard, and everyone held their breath.

After the [-] million passed, the other two obviously began to hesitate, and one of them even started to wipe his sweat with a handkerchief. As far as a piece of jewelry is concerned, no matter how rare it is, the price is unlikely to have room for appreciation.

Xiao Ran was sweating in his palms, more than 7 million, this price is already too high, many people here have this asset, but it is absolutely impossible to come up with so much cash all at once, Mu Nancheng came prepared.

Finally, when Mu Nancheng calmly shouted "5000 million", the two tycoons didn't raise their cards again.

"5000 million once, 5000 million twice..."

Xiao Ran stared at the brilliant diamond necklace in front of him, almost couldn't sit still on the chair.

"Eighty million."

A sharp, cold and weird voice suddenly sounded, attracting everyone's attention.

After a second of silence, there was another commotion in the hall.

Xiao Ran and Mu Nancheng looked at each other, and at the same time looked at the man sitting alone in the corner.

With his hat on and his head bowed, he kept his previous sitting posture motionless, with one arm raised high, holding a number plate in his hand, and the number "[-] million" was announced from his mouth.