"No! You two are mistaken. I'm just Miss Morrison's friend, not her boyfriend," Leon said before Renee could answer. "What? Is it embarrassing to be my boyfriend? Do you not think that I deserve you?" Renee's expression darkened. As the most beautiful woman in the western region, countless young bachelors fawned over her and they all were desperate to date her. Leon, on the other hand, jumped at the first chance to deny dating her back when Joshua and Ariella mistook him for her boyfriend. Now that Bucky and Aurelia thought the same, he reacted the same way as though she was not a worthy match for him. She took it personally as an insult and given her prideful nature, she got frustrated and shot Leon a dark look. "I-" Leon was taken aback by Renee's reaction. He was not her boyfriend to begin with and merely stated a fact, so he did not know why Renee was mad. However, he spent enough time with his confidantes in the past and knew women well enough to stay quiet when th
"Oh yeah." Leon recalled about the jadeite and opened his mouth to answer. However, Aurelia interrupted him before he could speak. "Bucky, that piece looks great and matches your looks." She glanced at it and pulled Bucky over. "How much is this?" she asked the saleswoman. "This costs 1.8 million," the saleswoman blurted out. "1.8 million? That's not that expensive! We will take it!" Aurelia said hastily. She already heard what the saleswoman said and guessed that Leon and Renee were interested in this piece of jadeite. Initially, she wanted to mock Renee for dating a man of low status to embarrass her. However, Renee remained unfazed and silenced her, which displeased her. Therefore, she decided to purchase the jadeite before Renee and Leon could do so. She only came here with Bucky because she wanted to purchase a few pieces of jadeites for her engagement party. The piece before her matched her taste and the price was reasonable as well. On top of that, she felt
"Madam, this is first come first serve. This gentleman here has already decided to purchase this jadeite and I can't sell it to you. Please understand!" The saleswoman forced a smile and maintained a polite attitude, hoping that Aurelia would settle down. "So what? He hasn't paid, has he? So long as he hasn't paid, I have the right to buy it!" Aurelia scoffed and remained arrogant. "But-" The saleswoman was rendered speechless. Though Aurelia was playing with words, she was right that Leon was yet to pay and the saleswoman could not argue with this logic. "Miss Underwood, what's the meaning of this? You know that Hugh set his eyes on this and you are causing trouble on purpose! Don't you think you are out of line here?" Renee questioned angrily. She knew that Aurelia was only fighting over the jadeite to undermine her. Facing such provocation, she could not maintain her politeness. Naturally, Leon was equally offended. He did not know Aurelia and they had no previous co
"That's not a bad idea! I'll pay 3 million!" Bucky chimed in. Like Aurelia, he also did not see Hugh as a threat. The jadeite was quite valuable, yet Hugh was willing to spend a fortune on it. Since they mistook Leon as Renee's boyfriend and that was later confirmed by the fact that Renee was out shopping with him early in the morning, he assumed that Leon was purchasing the jadeite as a gift for Renee. Bucky was in love with Renee so he refused to let Leon get his way. "You want to bid against me? That's interesting. I'll pay 4 million, then!" Leon scoffed. Considering how profitable Cynthion Group and Elegante Group were, he was not in short of money as the chairman of both firms. Since Aurelia and Bucky dared to bid against him to make him give up, they would have to learn the reality as he did not fear them. "I'll go for 5 million, then!" Bucky sneered and raised the price without hesitation. "7 million!" Leon said calmly. "Why you!" Bucky and Aurelia both paled
"Alright, you've won. If you want it so badly, you can have it," Leon said calmly. "Let us have it? Kid, get off your high horse. You're just giving up because you can't afford to bid against me!" Bucky mocked, sighing a breath of relief inwardly. After all, this piece of jadeite was hardly worth 9 million and if Leon continued to bid, he would have to consider giving up. Thankfully, Leon seemed to have reached his limit and gave up, so he defeated Leon as he wished. "Yeah. You're just a vice president, so what makes you think you can compete against us? Know your place!" Aurelia sneered in contempt. Wearing a triumphant look, Aurelia took the opportunity to mock Leon. "How foolish!" Renee laughed angrily as she observed the arrogant looks on Bucky and Aurelia's faces. She knew Hugh and Cynthion Group. During Jaxon's bouquet, Hugh spent 287 million and purchased all the rare herbs despite competing with all the others. In terms of financial power, Cynthion Group might
"I won't take it. Just sell this to them!" Leon shook his head. Leon caught on to the unspoken message of the saleswoman's words and understood that she wanted him to keep bidding before she eventually sold him the jadeite at its original price. However, he was merely buying the jadeite for the Energy Convergence Circle and had no preferences in terms of the craftsmanship. Hence, he did not have to obtain this piece. Since Bucky and Aurelia insisted on buying it, he saw no point in getting in their ways. "Well, alright, then." The saleswoman felt resigned that Leon did not want the jadeite any longer. She could only pack the jadeite and sell it at 9 million to them. "Hugh, let's just pick out another piece!" Renee grabbed Leon's arm and proceeded to check the other cabinets to select another piece. Watching them, Aurelia frowned. She assumed that Leon and Renee would be offended that the piece they set their eyes on was taken away. Renee might just leave with Leon out
"Just how formidable can a mere vice president be? Renee, don't bother bluffing. You'd just end up embarrassing yourself!" Aurelia chuckled. She never heard of Cynthion Group before, which meant that it was merely a small, insignificant firm. Leon was merely the vice president and not even the chairman, so his status was ordinary, and from Aurelia's perspective, there were plenty of people like him. It would be unrealistic to think that Leon was formidable and there was no way that she would believe Renee. Naturally, Bucky felt the same way as well. He assumed that Renee was just lying to protect Leon as that seemed to be the only explanation. "Why you!" Renee's expression darkened at Aurelia's laughter. Just as she was about to say something, she was interrupted. "It's out!""It's out!""That's a gigantic piece of glass jadeite!""Whoever bought it is going to win a fortune!"...Just then, there was a commotion from the rock gambling area, which alerted Renee, Le
In the rock gambling area, Renee and Leon approached and asked around, soon understanding what happened. A middle-aged man ended up with a piece of high-quality green glass jadeite. There was a variety of colors amongst jadeites and the shade of green that this piece of jadeite possessed was only one level away from the imperial green. Apart from that, the quality and worth of a piece of jadeite were often determined by the shine and level of transparency. The higher the shine and the more transparent it was, the better the quality. The jadeite found by this middle-aged man was wonderful both in terms of shine and transparency. On top of that, it was an enormous piece, weighing around four to five kilograms. The only drawback was that the color was not the purest of all and was considered slightly less valuable than imperial green. Still, given its size, its worth would be around 43 million or even higher. That was precisely why the crowd were all impressed by his goo