(2) Reincarnation of the Businesswoman at School

1956-1960

Chapter 1956: I Didn’t Expect Gu Ning to Be So Well-Connected

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Gu Ning was not deliberately hiding the truth. It was just that since they had not met recently, she did not have the chance to tell Master Leng about it. Now that the auction was taking place, it was inappropriate to talk about it and she did not know whether Cai Wenhong told Master Leng about it.

She decided to tell them about this later.

“Then are you staying for the rest of the auction in the afternoon?” asked Gu Ning. She was only planning to attend the auction in the morning.

“Probably not. I am only here to see the bronze chimes,” replied Master Leng.

“Let’s do lunch then!” said Gu Ning. Now that all of them were present, it would be rude to not buy them lunch.

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Gu Ning was not simply suggesting to eat together out of courtesy. She genuinely treated them like they were family. Now that they finally had the chance to meet, she wanted to eat with them.

“Sure!” agreed Master Leng quickly. Even if Gu Ning did not suggest having lunch together, he was planning on asking. After all, he had not seen Gu Ning in ages!

Most of the people were here to see the bronze chimes get auctioned off, so the guests were not as interested in the other auction items. The other auction items did not get sold at exorbitant prices. All of them kept talking about the bronze chimes while they waited for them to get auctioned off.

“Many people are here to bid for the bronze chimes. I wonder who will walk away with it.”

“That depends on who is the most willing to spend the money. Since it is a complete set of bronze chimes, it would probably fetch over $5 billion.”

“Uh huh! Most of the time, antiques get auctioned off way above the market price, so the bronze chimes will probably go for as high as $7 billion!”

“Maybe even higher.”

“I am so envious of Xiangyun Antique-store for discovering such a rare antique.”

“Even though they obtained it through illegal means, they were able to auction it publicly. It goes to show how well connected the store is.”

“Look! Mr Chen, the store manager of Xiangyun Antique-store, is sitting in the second row right in the middle.”

“You’re right! I can’t believe he is sitting in the second row. I was looking for him further back, but couldn’t find him. I was just wondering where he was! Even though I saw him walking into the auction hall, I could not find him. However, he ended up sitting in the second row!”

Not everyone was aware that Gu Ning was the owner of Xiangyun Antique-store or knew of her background.

Yuan Yilin was unaware that Gu Ning was the owner of Xiangyun Antique-store as well. She only knew of Gu Ning’s other establishments.

“Was Mr Chen able to sit in the second row because the bronze chimes were provided by Xiangyun Antique-store?”

“I don’t think so. See that woman dressed in beige sitting beside him? Or rather, the young woman sitting beside him! She is the owner of Xiangyun Antique-store, Gu Ning. See the man sitting on her right? He is Master Leng.”

“What? Did Gu Ning get to sit with Master Leng?”

“Also, Master Xu, Master Jiang, and Curator Cai of the Palace Museum took the initiative to go with Master Leng and sit beside Gu Ning. They were previously assigned to the first row.”