Seeing that Tang Xiaoxiao had returned unscathed, Sun Yating, Ying Feifei, Zhao Nena and the other female celebrities naturally didn’t show any nice expressions. Cheng Mu also glanced at Tang Xiaoxiao with worry. When he received a glance telling him to calm down, he finally let out a soft sigh in relief.
The charity auction had finally begun. In the buffet-style banquet, red mahogany chairs were placed in front of the stage. Those of higher status and regard, such as the important officials and elite family members, took their seats in the front, while the wealthy billionaire merchants took their seats at the back. Of course, the remaining people had no right to sit. They could only stand at the back. Everyone had been given a call tag for the auction.
The server had given the tags out accordingly. When he arrived in front of Tang Xiaoxiao, Cheng Mu was about to say that there was no need to give her one when the server handed Tang Xiaoxiao a tag respectfully with both hands. He asked her carefully, “Miss Tang, we’ve arranged a seat for you in front too. How about you go in front and rest for a while?”
Tang Xiaoxiao was a little speechless, then she said calmly, “There’s no need. I’ll just stand at the back.”
“Alright then. Miss Tang, if you have any needs, please call for us immediately.”
As she watched that server leave, Cheng Mu’s expression changed a little as he glanced at Tang Xiaoxiao intently. “Xiaoxiao ah, what’s wrong? Are you really…”
“Hey!” Tang Xiaoxiao hit Cheng Mu with the call tag, not knowing whether to be angry or to laugh. “Since when were you so nosy too? You actually believed these types of rumors! I only happened to know the Wei Young Master. When the people from Shengshi Entertainment sought trouble with me, the Wei Young Master happened to help me get out of that sticky situation. I just saw Wei Yanmo earlier, and that’s why the servants here are probably so polite to me.”
Cheng Mu’s eyes darkened a little as he forced himself to remain energized. Then he teased, “Xiaoxiao, could that Wei Yanmo want to woo you? Tsk tsk, he’s the Wei Young Master after all and is one of the diamond-tiered bachelors. He was born in an elite family and his family is extremely wealthy… You must catch such a golden man tightly.”
He was probably the only one who knew how much jealousy was laced in his words.
Tang Xiaoxiao sent Cheng Mu a white eye playfully. “Although Wei Yanmo is good, he isn’t my cup of tea. If you continue to speak nonsense, I might just make you lose your job!”
Hearing so, Cheng Mu seemed to let out a sigh of relief.
“Tsk tsk, what’s with the servers here?” Sun Yating’s annoying voice rang once more. Her tone was still filled with cold ridicule and mockery. “They actually gave a tag to poor dirt like her. Everyone knows she won’t be able to afford anything here just by looking at her dressing.”
Ying Feifei cupped her small mouth as she smiled alluringly. “Miss Tang, not everyone deserves to hold the tag here. You have to know that tonight’s charity banquet has millions and millions of dollars involved… Of course, the millions are proper millions of dollars and not the several dozens of dollars you use to go buy groceries in the market.”
“That’s right.” Zhao Nena glanced at Cheng Mu, before she smiled and said with a strange tone, “Cheng Mu, why aren’t you looking after your little play toy properly? She’s really thick-skinned to even dare take the call tag here… Oh, I forgot. My apologies, your little play toy has already caught onto the big tree known as the Wei Young Master. Miss Tang, why aren’t you looking for the Wei Young Master? Could it be that you were dumped after he played with you?”
Yang Shan was standing at the side as well and she added with ridicule, “Xiaoxiao ah, I almost forgot, you seem to have something with that Young Master Liang Zhenxuan from earlier too, right? Tsk tsk, I don’t want to say you, but it’s best if you take note of yourself. If the two young masters found out that you’re cheating on them, it won’t be good.”
Cheng Mu massaged his aching temples. It was his first time realizing so, but why were these women’s mouths so annoying?
On the other hand, Tang Xiaoxiao had already put down the glass wine she was holding and was currently fighting hard with the lobster from the long buffet table. Although she was the Tang family’s little princess, she had given all of her allowance to Old Antony to act as the company’s cash flow. Meanwhile, she was often running about outside too, so she couldn’t eat whatever she wanted. It had already been a few days since she ate such large lobsters and crabs. How could she let this opportunity go to waste!
Tang Xiaoxiao had always loved meat and everything that she had eaten had grown in places they should grow in. Besides, she really loved seafood. Now that she caught the chance to eat them today, why shouldn’t she reward her stomach?
As for these women… they can just chatter and say whatever they want!
Of course, what Tang Xiaoxiao didn’t notice was that there was a pair of eyes in the dark observing her every move. Seeing the way she was eating like a glutton, the person couldn’t help but smile.
The emcee of the auction was an old gemologist from the auction company. He was wearing a black silken robe and was holding onto a small hammer. He walked up on stage and glanced around the entire room, before he cleared his throat and began to speak, “Dear guests, it’s a great honor to host this charity auction tonight. As a representative of the Wei Corporation, I hereby promise that every cent earned from today’s auction will be donated to the building of water resources in the areas that lack water in western China. I also hereby invite the entire community to supervise this project.”
Claps resounded across the room. Old Master Wei, who was sitting amongst the audience, held onto his walking cane and stood up slowly. He bowed behind him in the different directions before he took his seat once more.
“Alright, let’s not delay this any further. Please bring up the first auction piece today!” With the old gemologist’s loud voice, the first auction piece was finally brought on stage. It was a retro-styled watch.
“Today’s first piece is a watch that Young Master, Wei Yanmo, has donated. Its outer shell is made from pure gold while its make is exquisite. After confirmation, we found that this watch is a rare watch President Yuan, Yuan Shikai, had worn back during his term. Its starting price is one hundred thousand Chinese Yuan. Alright, please start your bids, everyone!”
Since this was an item that belonged to the Wei Young Master, Wei Yanmo, even if one could ignore the historical value of this watch, several rich ladies and socialites raised their tags just with the fact that it was from Wei Yanmo.
“One hundred and twenty thousand!”
“One hundred and fifty thousand!”
Voices that sounded like warbler crows rang after another. From the beginning, there was already a thick tension between several young misses as each of them called their prices without showing any weakness. Wei Yanmo’s expression grew happier. If the item he had donated was able to fetch a good price for the charity banquet, it was a matter to be proud of.
As the price rose bit by bit, a voice finally rang, “Five hundred thousand.”
Everyone turned around, only to see that the price was given by the young miss of Donghai City’s Liu family, Liu Kailing.
When she saw everyone’s surprised gazes, Liu Kailing couldn’t help but puff her chest up, exuding her arrogance and pride without fail. Her gaze turned even happier when she saw Wei Yanmo looking towards her.
Donghai City’s Liu family could only be counted as a small elite family. Their family assets had barely hit a billion and they barely qualified as an elite family, so it was naturally incomparable to the great Wei family. She only did what she did to attract Wei Yanmo’s attention. If she could attract an arranged marriage between the Liu family and the Wei family, it would definitely bring about unthinkable benefits to the Liu family.