As Xyla Quest was sitting with the vice president’s wife, she was the most prominent person in the room. The crowd’s attention would always fall on them from time to time.Since the auction had not started yet, those who were the upper echelons of the society tend to come over to greet Rebecca Robin by turns. In addition to responding to their greetings politely, Rebecca would also introduce Xyla to them. Some of these people were even the prestigious blue bloods among the rich and bigwigs.All of them were courteous to Xyla because of Rebecca’s presence as well as her own beauty. There were even some dignitaries who took the initiative to ask for Xyla’s WeChat.As a result, Xyla Quest could be said to be the illustrious and most celebrated in the crowd at the moment. There was not a single lady in the room who did not envy her, including Mary Sullivan. Mary was going to fly off the handle when she looked at how complacent Xyla was. Why was Xyla so lucky? She was lucky
Xyla Quest wanted to win the silver censer and give it to a person.“This item is known as the Silver Censer with Openwork Design of Grapes and Flying Birds from the Tang Dynasty… The entire body of the censer is made of pure silver, complying with the most popular openwork spherical design of that era.”“I wonder if any of you know the history of the silver censer? Please raise your hand if you know it. The one who answers correctly will get a delicate gift from us today!”As soon as she finished her sentence, a few hands rose into the air. Rebecca Robin followed suit and raised her hand too, so did Xyla. Mary Sullivan could not help but rolled her eyes as she noticed Xyla raised her hand in the middle of the air. She was certain that Xyla did not know anything about the silver censer. As for the questions she had just asked her about Tang Bohu, she must have randomly read it from somewhere.How could someone who was not interested in antiques at all be so knowledgeable abou
Xyla Quest’s speech won a round of applause from the crowd.Everyone was looking at her with admiration and approval in their eyes. Especially Rebecca Robin, who was literally on the verge of becoming Xyla’s fan. She could not take her eyes off Xyla. She had never imagined that Xyla would be so knowledgeable about this field at such a young age. Not only did she clearly explain the origin of the silver censer, she even managed to recall the sad, beautiful love story behind it.Xyla calmly sat down in the midst of the applause. Her eyes landed on Mary Sullivan as nothing had happened.Mary was about to explode with anger at this moment so she totally did not notice Xyla was looking at her. She was just staring at the silver censer on the auction stage with a gloomy dark face.Her intention of passing the question to Xyla was to make a fool out of her. Little did she know, not only did she fail to embarrass Xyla in front of everyone but she had also thrusted her into the limeligh
The starting price was eight million.Mary Sullivan immediately raised her bid card. “Eight million five hundred thousand…”After Rebecca Robin saw Mary raising her bid card, she looked at her coldly and raised her bid card. “Ten million…”The others proceeded to offer a price, the bidding price went up to twenty million.Mary raised her bid card again. “Twenty five million…”She must win this vase.Rebecca still increased the bid price. “Thirty million…”When Mary thought of her father’s exhortation, she refused to be outbid. “Thirty five million.”Rebecca snorted coldly. “Forty million…”After Xyla Quest heard those digits, she looked at Mary’s face.Forty million, the amount was already way past the original price of the vase.The vase was only worth thirty million at the most.For Mary to continue to bid a higher price was not odd to Xyla…After all, she would not even know the price of an antique.Xyla also knew that Rebecca would bid against Mary continuously. All b
Xyla Quest replied while smiling, “Of course…”Paying for more than fifty million for this item, it would be weird if Tony Sullivan was not mad.The next item was what Sharon Lindt wanted — A Jade Hairpin.After the auctioneer had given a brief introduction about the item, the crowd started bidding.The starting price was one million and it had increased to twenty million.Xyla waited for the bidding price to stop increasing so much and raised her bid card. “Twenty one million…”At this point, almost everyone had given up on bidding. In the end, Xyla succeeded in winning the bid and getting the hairpin. She felt satisfied.The next item that Sharon wanted was a 1950s Supreme Sapphire Necklace from F Country.When the necklace was put on the stage, the ladies were startled.Even though the necklace was old, it was still shining brilliantly.The chain of the necklace was made of individual round sapphires, at the bottom of the necklace was a big teardrop shaped sapphire that wa
Xyla Quest was even more stupefied.To use three hundred million to buy a set of jewelry does not seem possible for a person like Sebastian Brenand.As she was looking at their backs, Xyla was extremely confused, her mind full of questions. What is going on exactly? Or does Sebastian’s identity is not as she thought?Maybe, he’s a son of a rich and powerful person?If that was the case, why does he act like Five Batton is superior to him?Five is just a gangster.What capabilities did he have, to make a rich and powerful person’s son bow to him?Or maybe, Five’s real identity is superior to Sebastian’s.Or Five actually was not a gangster, but rather some super powerful person?Xyla thought that it was impossible, since why would Stanley Batton cooperate with her if he was someone this powerful? He would not have the time.But if Five Batton is not some powerful person, what exactly is this situation?At this moment, she could not think of an explanation…After Sebastian go
”There is only one powerful family in Atlantis that has the surname Brenand right?” The lady said while smiling.Xyla Quest could not believe what she heard.Powerful family in Atlantis with the surname Brenand?Other than the Brenand family that she knew of, there wasn’t a second. That family was a very famous family of nobles after all…In the so-called society there is a hierarchy. At the top is power and influence, and the second is being just rich.The Brenand family is definitely at the top.There’s not much information about the members in their family on Baidu.Xyla never expected Sebastian Brenand to have such a noble background.But why would he be with Five Batton if he had such a background? Logically speaking, the fifth master is way out of Sebastian’s league.Why would Sebastian bother mixing with peasants?Many thoughts ran through Xyla’s mind, as she stood there stunned.One of the ladies lightly shook Xyla back to reality, she laughed. “What happened? Did yo
Rebecca Robin said as she added Xyla Quest in WeChat. “Alright, let’s meet up again next time.”Xyla nodded. “Okay…”Xyla wanted to hangout with Rebecca again from the bottom of her heart, it was not a courtesy call. She had a good first impression of Rebecca.From the night’s experience, she had a good feeling about Rebecca.She could feel that Rebecca was only full of good intentions towards her, so she was happy to have become her friend.“Alright, it's settled! I’ll take my leave now, bye…” Rebecca said as she was being protected by bodyguards that escorted her to a black Rolls-Royce.After watching Rebecca leave, Xyla turned towards her car and prepared to leave.“Xyla… Were you proud of yourself today?”Mary Sullivan’s voice rang behind Xyla. Xyla could not help but frown as she turned towards Mary…At this moment, Mary was only one meter away from her, standing on the steps. Mary was looking down at Xyla from the steps proudly, her hands crossed. Her eyes were full of d