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Chapter 94
Chapter 94
Chapter 94
How Do the Top Aristocratic Families Shop?
The top luxury brands line up to come to your doorstep, presenting their newest limited edition items to you one by one, and you just nod your head yes or shake your head no.
Yu Shu now sat on the sofa, watching the salespeople from each boutique bring products in front of her. But the one nodding and shaking their head wasn't her.
Shen Youlin's nagging voice kept ringing in her ears: "The slit on this one is cut down to the navel. Take it away. I don't want those backless ones either..."
Yu Shu covered her face. "You might as well just get me an Arab robe."
"That's not a bad idea," Shen Youlin's eyes lit up. "Do you sell those full coverage robes that go from head to toe?"
"Stop messing around."
Finally, Yu Shu picked out a simple yet elegant white cocktail dress for herself. It had only a black embroidered trim accentuating the waist, making it both modest and not stuffy.
Shen Youlin still wanted to buy all the other conservative dresses, but Yu Shu stopped him. She didn't need that many cocktail dresses.
When looking at jewelry and handbags, Shen Youlin said to keep them all. Yu Shu glared at him fiercely.
Shen Youlin pleaded, "I... I just can't help wanting to spend money on you, to give you all the best things."
Yu Shu squeezed his fingers. "But I already have plenty of jewelry."
"Not enough. You've barely even started. You should see my mother's jewelry vaults - she has enough to open a jewelry museum."
Yu Shu laughed. "Then I really don't need to buy any more. Her jewelry will all be mine someday."
Shen Youlin was delighted by the hidden meaning in her words. He smiled and said, "No need to wait until someday. Let's go rob her in a couple days."
Yu Shu tried not to laugh as she praised him. "What a filial son you are."
When they arrived at the event venue, Yu Shu and Shen Youlin got out of the car and immediately attracted everyone's gaze.
Yu Shu gracefully held onto Shen Youlin's arm, maintaining a serene smile and standard etiquette on her face. But inside, she marveled at how effective her lessons in manners and deportment had been - she had to keep up appearances in settings like these.
Shen Youlin sighed lightly. "I regret this. I should have wrapped you up like a mummy."
"With my figure, I'd attract attention even wrapped up as a mummy." Yu Shu bragged.
"Too true," Shen Youlin conceded, no longer arguing like he used to. "Hey, let's get you some qipao dresses made tomorrow. You'll look amazing in them."
"Sounds good."
Chatting, they entered the venue following the staff's guidance and took their seats.
Yu Shu boldly and calmly looked around, checking out the layout.
The setup here was similar to the opera house, with a high stage in front and rows of seats behind it. They had arrived a bit late, so the seats were already mostly filled. Their spots were in the front row on the right. There was a small tea table between their chairs, simple yet elegant. Yu Shu could tell it was made of yellow rosewood.
No matter the wood, Shen Youlin disliked that tea table. He called for it to be removed so their chairs could be pulled together. Satisfied, he took her hand.
Yu Shu couldn't help but think back to her past self. In unfamiliar surroundings, she would feel flustered and awkward, not knowing what to do with her hands and feet, only able to awkwardly look at her phone to cover it up. She could only stealthily observe her environment.
Over this past year, she had changed tremendously, in visible and invisible ways, gradually transforming completely.
"What are you zoning out thinking about?" Shen Youlin asked softly, squeezing her fingers, feeling like something was missing from her hand.
"Thinking of you," she replied.
"How's your mouth so sweet today? Have you been sneaking candy? Let me taste."
Yu Shu pushed him away in disgust. "Get away. We're in public."
Yu Shu's phone kept ringing. She silenced it, also seeing explosive messages in the sisters' group chat - Lin Fangyu's engagement banquet had become a wedding banquet.
The reason was she hadn't worn her seatbelt properly while driving, resulting in a fatal accident. After both sets of parents found out, they forced her into a shotgun wedding.
In the chat, Lin Fangyu cried to the heavens: [Damn Bai Xuan'an, I'm still so young, now I have to live a miserable life of diapers and milk powder...]
Yu Shu joked: [Run away, I Wang Duo Yu support you!]
Yang ZhiXia: [I Wang Duo Yang have also invested in this project!]
Lin Fangyu: [Forget it... they gave too much...]
Yu Shu could tell she was willing, just had some pre-wedding jitters and was unsure of the future. She was just venting to them.
Happily chatting with her sisters, she was utterly unaware of Shen Chaowen and his assistant entering the venue from the other entrance and taking the center seats in the front row.
On the other hand, Shen Chaowen noticed the two of them and watched them for a long time. Unfortunately, one was distracted by her phone while the other was distracted by Yu Shu, so neither saw him.
The auction officially began, and the lights in the venue dimmed, leaving only the stage brightly lit.
That antique biwa was the second item up for auction, opening at 600,000, with increments of 50,000. When the price reached 1 million, Shen Youlin lazily raised his paddle. "1.2 million."
No one else bid, so the small leaf zitan ivory phoenix neck biwa sold for 1.2 million.
"Was that price too high?" Yu Shu whispered.
"Not at all, could have gone even higher."
Yu Shu was skeptical, immediately seeing through Shen Youlin's bluff, but had to save face for her man in public, so she dropped it for now.
For the later auction items, whenever the host introduced them, Shen Youlin would ask her, "Do you like it?" Yu Shu shook her head each time.
After a long wait, that pink diamond finally made its appearance - a flawless vivid pink square diamond, an extremely rare treasure in the world. The opening bid was 75 million, with increments of 1 million.
When the price reached 89 million, Yu Shu tugged Shen Youlin's sleeve. "Let's stop now, okay?"
"No, it's rare you like something."
"You can give me the cash value, I like money more."
Shen Youlin laughed. "I'll buy it for you and give you the cash value. I'll give you both."
Ignoring Yu Shu's attempts to stop him, he raised his paddle. "100 million."
Yu Shu covered her face. This wasteful jerk.
"120 million."
Hearing someone else bid, Shen Youlin instantly exploded. "Who is it! Daring to compete with me!"
When he stood up to look, the bidder was Shen Chaowen's assistant. And the one competing with him was none other than "his father."
It took no effort to deduce Shen Chaowen was buying it for Ye Fanxing.
So Shen Youlin became even angrier.
"Pink and tender, your wife now is..."
Yu Shu swiftly covered his mouth, stopping the "how old" from coming out.