"Clap! Clap! Clap!"
Listening to the loud applause coming from outside, Gu Youlan felt no joy but was filled with resentment and discomfort.
After all, the divine weapon she had put up for auction was merely a means to lure Mei Yinxue to her for draining.
Now that Mu Jinyu had stopped competing, although the auction would not force her to spend fifty billion to buy back her own item, the commission fee she had to pay was unavoidable.
Even at the lowest discount, she would still have to pay over a hundred million in fees!
This in and out, just to retrieve her own item, yet she had to pay over a hundred million in fees; this was a terrible loss!
Thus, the applause outside was like a slap to Gu Youlan's face, one after another.
"I'll settle the score with you all later!"
Fuming, Gu Youlan rose from her seat and went backstage at the auction to settle the commission fees for this event.
By then, the applause outside had gradually thinned out.
Abruptly, a voice, under the effect of the venue's sound system, echoed throughout the entire auction hall!
"Host, I have a question now. Does the young lady in booth number three actually have fifty billion in cash to bid on this sword? If not, isn't she deliberately causing trouble? Or did your auction house have her shill to fleece me?"
The speaker was naturally Mu Jinyu.
He could not possibly give up bidding and continue to endure being deliberately schemed against by Gu Youlan.
If Gu Youlan couldn't come up with fifty billion, along with her scheming with the auction house, her reputation would be utterly ruined, and as for Gu Youlan...
He would make her realize what happens when she schemes against him.
As Mu Jinyu's challenging voice arose.
The host on stage, and Gu Youlan inside booth number three, both had their expressions change immediately.
Although they knew Mu Jinyu must have guessed that they had teamed up to set him up in a big scam, since he had already given up on the bidding, why constantly hold on to it?
Could it be that he wasn't afraid of offending the major families of Jinling?
The rich attendees sitting below, hearing Mu Jinyu's skepticism, which they already found somewhat questionable, chose to remain silent.
And those trying to curry favor with the Su Family burst out angrily:
"What do you mean by this? Madam Su is a young madam from a prestigious family in Jinling with a personal fortune exceeding a hundred billion already. Couldn't she get fifty billion?!"
"It's really interesting, you can't outbid others due to lack of money, and you question others right after they bought this divine weapon! What do you think you are? Do you think with a bit of rotten money, you can challenge the Su Family?!"
"Madam Su conspiring with the auction? Her acting as a shill to scam you? Aren't you thinking too much? Do you have a persecution complex?"
"If you don't have the money, don't come to Jinling and embarrass yourself!"
"…"
The crowd was agitated, as if Mu Jinyu's questioning was an outrageous affront.
Mu Jinyu sneered, pushed the door of his booth number seven open, then stood in the corridor on the second floor, hand on the railing, overlooking those mocking him from below, and sharply stared at the host, saying:
"About my doubt just now, can you give me an explanation?"
The host, unable to meet Mu Jinyu's piercing gaze, dodged and shifted his eyes away, sweat forming on his forehead. He then explained:
"I apologize, sir. The lady in booth number three is financially capable, and our auction house does not engage in hiring shills. Besides, the lady's status means she wouldn't participate in such activities for our auction, so you can be assured, but we need to keep our clients' identities confidential and cannot disclose specific transaction processes…"
Mu Jinyu scoffed, cutting off the host's nonsense:
"Stop with the 'young lady in booth number three.' You think I don't know who she is?"
Saying this, Mu Jinyu turned around and strode to the entrance of booth number three.
Then, under the astonished and disbelief-filled gazes of the crowd below, Mu Jinyu kicked toward the doorway!
"Bang!"
The first kick.
Mu Jinyu didn't use much force, just causing the security door to tremble slightly before emitting a dull thud.
Although the thud wasn't loud, in the silent auction room at that moment, it sounded exceptionally piercing and loud, making everyone's heartbeats involuntarily echo it as if their chests were also hammered heavily, causing their faces to turn pale.
"Bang!"
The second kick.
Mu Jinyu had now exerted his Inner Strength, and instantly, the extremely sturdy security door was kicked open by him.
"Clang!"
The security door heavily fell to the ground, shattering the marble floor beneath it, dust billowing, barely revealing the pale figure of Gu Youlan inside.
After that, Mu Jinyu sneered and directly stepped inside.
Under Gu Youlan's frightened and terrified gaze, Mu Jinyu extended a hand, grabbed her by the throat, and, like lifting a small chicken, hoisted her up.
"Whimper, whimper, whimper…"
Because her throat was constricted, Gu Youlan couldn't really say anything and could only emit sobbing noises.
Mu Jinyu didn't care about these things, and holding Gu Youlan like a small chicken, he walked out of room number three.
After that, Mu Jinyu carried Gu Youlan step by step from the second floor to the ground floor auction room, under the incredulous gazes of the crowd, and directly threw the hand-held Gu Youlan onto the ground!
The crowd looked on, their faces turning pale.
This was Madam Su, the woman Young Master of the Su Family loved the most!
This guy, to actually dare treat Gu Youlan like this!
His audacity was boundless.
Those who had earlier rebuked Mu Jinyu, seeing this scene, dared not utter another bold word.
Mu Jinyu, this guy, even dared treat Gu Youlan this way, what were they in comparison? If they dared say a word more, they feared Mu Jinyu might break their legs!
And, with Young Master Su coming over later, if he asked about the recent events, would he suspect that they were deliberately inciting trouble, leading Mu Jinyu to lose his reason and thus treat Gu Youlan in such a way?
If that was the case, they were doomed!
'Done for, done for, things are really going to blow up now!!'
The host and the person in charge of this auction, seeing this scene, all had faces as white as sheets, knowing that they wouldn't be able to escape responsibility when Su Xuezhen arrived.
As for the security guards responsible for the order and stability of the auction, seeing Mu Jinyu kick the security door open, how could they dare to approach and stop Mu Jinyu's rampage?!
"You actually dare treat me this way, I'm going to fight you!"
At this moment, Gu Youlan caught her breath, no longer feeling the suffocation and got up from the ground, flailing her arms, ready to fight Mu Jinyu desperately!
"Slap!"
Mu Jinyu, seeing this, without any pity for beauty, directly slapped Gu Youlan's stunning face!
Gu Youlan, struck by Mu Jinyu's slap, heard ringing in her ears and her cheek swelled up high, appearing both comical and miserable.
Her eyes, filled with disbelief and frenzy, stared at Mu Jinyu and she screamed, "You actually dare to hit me, you dare hit a woman? Are you even a man?!"
"How doesn't hitting a woman make me a man?"
Mu Jinyu sneered, "As for me, aside from my mom, my wife, my daughter whom I won't hit, if any other woman dares to offend me, I always smack without hesitation!"