Chapter 224
“810, going once!”
“810, going twice!”
Just as everyone anticipated that the final piece of jewelry would go to the
Verkade family that night, the voice of the mysterious man resonated from
the VIP room, declaring, “1,600!”
This price instantaneously sent shockwaves through the entire venue! A
golden jade piece, intricately carved by Thomas Cline, had reached a
staggering value of over 10 million. It truly was an eye–opener!
Hubert clenched his teeth upon hearing that, but before he could react, the
mysterious bidder in the next room raised the bid on his own again! “2,000!”
he declared.
It caused a stir among the crowd in the auction hall and everyone was left
speechless in astonishment. This was what it meant to possess immense
wealth! Having money truly bestowed the power to do as one pleased!
Beatrix, who had been on edge, suddenly rose with excitement. What the hell!
Emmanuel was so cool! Noticing Hubert’s bitter expression as if he had just
swallowed a load of sh*t, she hurriedly captured the moment as she planned
to hang the photo on the wall for a good laugh! Most importantly, her sister
would find it immensely satisfying.
“Listen, Verkade!” Emmanuel’s excitement surged as threatened, “This golden
jade phoenix is a gift I intend to buy for my wife. If you dare to raise the bid, I
dare to keep pushing it higher! Give it a try if you don’t believe me!”
As soon as these words were spoken, the uproar in the venue abruptly turned
into silence. It was undeniably cool and awe–inspiring! Who was this young
man in the VIP room? Unfortunately, except for a few young individuals who
witnessed Emmanuel entering the room, the rest of the audience remained
clueless. On the other hand, Terence observed the scene with a satisfied
smile.
His grandson–in–law needed to possess a certain dominance to match his
granddaughter! Hubert, who had been boasting in public, couldn’t believe
what just happened. He had assumed that no one in Yeringham dared to
challenge him, yet he had unexpectedly been publicly humiliated! He never
fathomed that there would be someone audacious enough to put him to
shame in Yeringhaml However, despite the humillation, he was powerless to
retaliate. His father’s sponsorship was capped at 10 million, and he couldn’t
continue raising the bid.
“2,000, sold!” the beautiful auctioneer announced with a firm strike of the
gavel which brought an end to the intense bidding. Although the auction had
concluded, the audiences were still shocked after spectating the process.
“Was it sold for just 2,000?” Emmanuel, who was seated in the VIP room, was
also perplexed. This pendant, regardless of its material, didn’t appear to be
worth only 2,000 given its exquisite craftsmanship! The skimpily dressed
women were equally astonished upon hearing his words. Goodness gracious,
who on earth is this man? He just spent 20 million on a piece of jewelry and
still deems it cheap?
“That’s about right! I knew you could afford it!” Terence was delighted after
spectating what just happened. Spending 20 million for such happiness was
well worth it! For him, money was only a string of numbers that held no
significance if it wasn’t spent!
“Let’s go, I’ll accompany you to collect the item!”
“Uh, okay!”
Emmanuel still couldn’t believe that such a beautiful item was valued at only
2,000. He proceeded to the item delivery room to verify if paying 2,000 would
indeed allow him to bring it home. In the auction item delivery room, à
beautiful female staff member smiled enchantingly at him and inquired, “Sir,
may I ask what payment method you would like to use?”
“Can I pay via Apple Pay?” he asked.
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“Should I scan and pay for it?” asked Emmanuel.
The woman was startled as she thought he was joking. After all, there was a
transaction limit. Thus, Emmanuel would need to pay multiple times to
complete the purchase.
Seeing the weird expression on her face, Emmanuel asked again, “Can’t I?
Should I pay by cash then?”
When the woman saw that he was being serious, the smile on her face
stiffened.
Just as she was about to say something, Terence gave her a golden card.
When the staff saw the special card, they immediately straightened their
back. As they were about to bow, Terence waved them off and said, “I’ll pay
with it by card!”
“Yes, Mister!”
Then, the staff began the procedure.
“How can I use your money, Grandpa? I’ll pay you back!” said Emmanuel. After
all, this was his first gift to Mackenzie, so there was no way he could use
Terence’s money.
“It’s fine! I don’t mind!” Terence laughed, feeling that Emmanuel was a funny
person. Does he still not know the truth? As expected from someone who
came from the army! Terence thought. He preferred Emmanuel, who
seemed kind of goofy, rather than those cunning men that roamed the
business industry. After all, although Emmanuel was kind of dumb, he wasn’t
a bad person.
“No, I can’t do that. I’ll transfer it to you now!” Since Emmanuel had Terence’s
Apple Pay account, he immediately transferred 2,000 over.
Terence received a voice notification on his phone. ‘You received 2,000 in
your account.‘
The staff was shocked by the outcome. After all, Emmanuel had bought the
golden jade phoenix with 20 million, yet only transferred 2,000 to Terence.
However, they didn’t dare to say anything and quickly went over the
procedure. Then, they gave the item to Emmanuel.
As they left the auction, Emmanuel said to Terence, “Let’s get you back home,
Grandpa!”
At this moment, Alfred was already waiting by the door with eight
bodyguards. However, they dared not come out since Terence had yet to
give them orders. After all, even Terence had to follow Mackenzie and
pretend to be a poor person in front of Emmanuel! Despite this, they still had
to protect his safety.
However, they didn’t expect Terence would agree to Emmanuel’s proposal.
“Okay. Let’s go back home together,” said Terence.
Terence still wanted to spend time with Emmanuel, so he glanced at Alfred to
signal them not to follow them.
Realizing this, Alfred was anxious. After all, there were many people who
wanted to kidnap the wealthiest man in Yeringham. there was no way they
would let Terence go home with only Emmanuel beside him.
Just as they were about to get into their own vehicles and follow behind
Emmanuel’s car, they heard Beatrix’s voice behind them. “Are you trying to
get fired, Mr. Grishaw?”
“Ah! Ms. Beatrix!”
“Grandpa wants to talk to my brother–in–law in private, so just let him be. You
guys won’t be able to pay the price if you get exposed and ruin our family’s
plan.”
“But…”
After working for Terence for almost thirty years, Alfred was genuinely worried
about Terence. He wanted to protect Terence even if that meant he would be
fired! However, he also knew that Terence wanted a grandchild very badly
and things might get out of hand if they exposed Terence’s true identity.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Grishaw! Emmanuel is a strong person. Honestly, he is much
stronger than all the bodyguards behind you combined!” Beatrix said
confidently.
“I see. Alright then.” Alfred could only oblige. However, he still had his doubts
as to whether Emmanuel was as strong as Beatrix said or not.
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In the Maserati, Terence was talking to Emmanuel happily. As they spoke of
the night he and Mackenzie stayed in the hotel, Terence couldn’t help but rap
his walking stick on the floor furiously.
“Are you a man, Emmanuel? Mackenzie is willing to sleep with you, yet you
decide to sleep in separate beds with her. If this happens again, you have to
do the deed with her! After all, you are her husband! I have put in so much
effort to hook both of you up. You have to be a man and do it! I want to have
grandchildren within a year!”
Emmanuel only smiled awkwardly as Terence scolded him. All he could do
was hope Mackenzie would stop going to the hotel with him. Otherwise, with
how he was right now, he wouldn’t be able to do it with her!
Suddenly, Terence got nervous and said, “Listen to me, Manny!” He looked
serious.
“I’m listening, Grandpa!” Emmanuel shuddered since he knew that Terence’s
next order would be more challenging than the one he received when he
was in the Northern Region.
As expected, Terence looked at him seriously and said, “Once you get home,
give this golden jade phoenix to Mackenzie immediately. If she’s even the
tiniest bit happy, just do the deed with her! If she tries to resist, just pin her
down! You are a man! You are her husband! If she dares to make a scene, I
will protect you! Don’t worry!”
Damn! Emmanuel almost stepped on the brake. After all, this was the first
time he had encountered such a person like Terence. It would be reasonable
if it were some ordinary woman, but this was Mackenzie they were talking
about! She was a woman with a cold personality! No man would ever dare to
treat her in such a way!
Seeing that Emmanuel was in a daze, he rapped his walking stick on the floor
of the car once more. “Are you listening?!”
“Yes. I heard you, Grandpa!” Emmanuel replied hastily.
Although he had heard it, that didn’t mean he would do it! After all, this had
nothing to do with courage, skill, or identity. It was because he was not a
b*stard. He would never do such a thing! Sigh… Grandpa sure is being pushy,
“Good. There are two months left before New Year. I hope you and Mackenzie
houses, so did Terence. This place was one of them and it was the cheapest
one, relatively. After all, he had to play along with Mackenzie!
“It’s dark here, Grandpa. I’ll walk you to the house.”
“Okay.”
he soon heard something.
It turned out that four men had been lurking in the darkness, and they were
Hearing their words and laughter, Emmanuel frowned as he looked at them.
million!” Although Terence seemed nervous, he was secretly telling the men
Since Emmanuel was focusing on the robbers, he didn’t notice Terence’s
expression. He stood before Terence and said, “Get back into the car,
“Aha! Kid, you have something valuable on you, don’t you? Give it to us, and
we might spare your life!” One of the men grabbed a knife while his other
would earn a living by snatching others‘ stuff. At that moment, he cut to the
one go. However, to his surprise, the man was quick to react.
Before Emmanuel could grab him, the man withdrew his hand and went for
Emmanuel’s head with the knife. It happened so quickly, and Emmanuel
They are experts! In that split second, Emmanuel made up his mind and
quickly dodged aside. Although he was in a different position, he still reached
the process. The man lost his grip on the sharp weapon due to the searing
Who exactly is this man?! That was the question that crossed their mind at
Though, Emmanuel didn’t cower when facing four opponents. Soon, he
realized these were not typical robbers, as they were all highly skilled. Not
“This is awesome!” Terence was excited. When he first chose Emmanuel, he
looked up to his straightforward personality. Plus, Emmanuel didn’t look like
someone who would be addicted to lust or money. However, Terence was
surprised to find that he had gotten himself such an outstanding son–in–law
people? Is he trying to test my limits? Or is he trying to take back the golden
jade phoenix? Is this a scam?! Although he was confused, he didn’t ask
anything. After all, Terence treated him nicely and even married Mackenzie to
At this moment, the security guards rushed out, arrested the four men, and
accompanied Terence back to the apartment. Then, Terence reminded him,
As expected of Grandpa, he knows my wife better than anyone else. When
“Alright, Grandpa, stay safe. Let me know when you get home. Gotta go now!”
As soon as he finished his words, he quickly went back to his Maserati and
was already past 11.00PM. After all, he had been forced to sleep outside a few
when he was fighting, yet he was afraid of my granddaughter. I guess even a
The next moment, Alfred emerged from the darkness in the night and jokingly
said, “It looks like you’re concerned that Ms. Mackenzie would take things a
little too far with him. Are you afraid that your grandson–in–law can’t handle
her?”
“Exactly!” Terence sighed and reacted with a long face. “Well, you sent four
men to rob me, so what do you expect?”
Alfred responded with his head down, “It was all my fault, Old Mr. Quillen. But it
“You’re technically right, but it was also a little embarrassing. After all, that
family if word about it gets out.”
“But what if people find out he is the Quillen family’s grandson–in–law?
They’re going to think that the Quillen family has grown stronger, don’t you
think?” Alfred made his point heard, his words resonating with Terence’s mind
can handle Mackenzie. If he can, my future great–grandson will certainly be
By the time Emmanuel drove home, it was already past midnight. When he
reached the seventeenth floor and tried to open the door to his home, he
realized it was locked. Damn it! It’s locked!
call for her to open the door? In that instant, an idea came to his mind, and
me; if it doesn’t, she is probably asleep, which means she has no intention of
letting me into the house. If that’s the case, I’ll just sleep outside, then.
downstairs and settle down there, a bright light suddenly shone from behind
on her face, which made his heart sink. “I’m sorry, Mackenzie! I didn’t know the
auction would take so long!”
“Auction?”
The woman knitted her eyebrows because he didn’t tell her anything earlier
he went to an auction, she stood behind the gate and asked, “What did you
Emmanuel quickly explained, “I only got into a fight because someone tried to
him; after all, he had already gotten into four fights in the same month of his
marriage.
“So, you went to the auction with my grandpa?” Mackenzie had a bad feeling
again. No way! I can’t let him in, or he is going to act up!
Emmanuel had no idea what she was worried about, only nodding his head
and saying, “Yeah, we did, and I got you a present, so would you please open
the door?”
No, I can’t open the door! He could be up to something! Mackenzie was
on that jewelry, she asked in surprise, “You bought this?”
“Yeah, I paid with your grandpa’s card. I already transferred three thousand
back to him after that, though. I must say it’s not cheap!” Emmanuel said
“Are you dumb or what?!” Mackenzie directly called him a fool.
Ms. Quillen? Why are you being so mean? This thing is worth twenty
is in this world!” Mackenzie was rendered speechless. She could tell that the
“Fine, fine! I’m dumb! Happy now?” Emmanuel directly admitted it and took
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