Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade by Mr. Adeel

Chapter 284 I Want It Too

“Are his talismans a gift from the gods or something? Why is it so expensive?” Alex blurted out.

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He had kept his voice down, but it was enough for Damian to catch what he said. Damian looked up and trained his eyes on Alex and his brows furrowed into a deep frown.

Pushing the crowd aside, Damian strode over to Alex and studied him from head to toe. “Do you have something against my talismans, my friend?”

“I just don’t think that it’s worth two hundred thousand,” Alex said flatly.

“What nonsense!” someone shouted. “Don’t you know that two hundred thousand is only the starting price?”

“That’s right! Even if it’s two million, there are still many people dying to get one.”

“I bet he’s the kind that could only afford those cheap charms from the temples!”

Damian glanced at Alex and scoffed. “Watch your mouth and use your brain. Don’t act smart when you’re clearly not!”

At that, he turned around and walked into the venue on his own.

Alex’s expression was impassive as ever, he did not see Damian as someone worthy of his attention.

Maggie, however, was a little embarrassed. “My apologies, Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Kline’s temper tends to act up.”

However, what she said was a lie since she was not close to Damian at all; she was just trying to make Alex feel better.

Alex shook his head nonchalantly. “Let’s go in.”

After the guests took their seats, Fabian walked onto the stage and spoke a few words as the master of Breezeworth Hall, before commencing the start of the auction.

“Let the auction begin!” he announced.

Due to the last–minute cancellation of the previous auction, the items to be auctioned off as well as the number of guests doubled this time around.

Two female ushers of the hall pushed a cart that carried the first item onto the stage. It was an incense burner made out of red copper, with a stick of incense inside emitting a fragrant white smoke.

The auctioneer, Frederick began his introduction. “This is a backflow incense burner from a thousand years ago, gifted to a talented artist by the emperor of that era. The incense that comes with it was used exclusively in the palace, and the common folk had no access to it. The manufacturing process of this incense has been lost over time, but its aroma has the ability to make one more alert and happier!”

to the usher beside

a fitting silk gown carefully lit the

incense burner as though it was liquid, bringing out the detailed carvings of a crane on

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nostrils of the guests, chasing away their fatigue and brightening their

the incense burner. That’sgenuine ambergris made from a sperm whale’s digestive system, coupled with the fact

knocked it against the table a couple of times. “The starting bid is eight hundred thousand, and every increment for the bid must be

in the crowd longed to have it. Several members

bid was made, and a collector managed

were all

guests bid on them eagerly, while Alex

of collectibles meant nothing to him,

a string of purple pearls that shone under the light in the room on

once in every one thousand clams! Each pearl is identical to the other, which is extremely

four hundred thousand, and

get his hands on it so that he could make a necklace for Stanley since he knew that

is essential for Stanley since he’s a growing child.

thousand!”

did not see the value in the pearls.

auctioneer was about to raise his gavel, a voice rang from the other side of the room.

“Six hundred thousand!”

Alex whirled around.

the person that contested him was none other than his nemesis, Desmond Jones of the Jones family. Desmond stared at him with a nasty grin as he said, “Sorry, Mr. Jefferson! It seems like

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mercy at my feet just days ago? Has he forgotten

a geomancer Alex was, it would never change the fact that he was a live–in

the humiliation he felt when he was forced to kneel

had nothing but hatred for Alex from that day

black card to Alex, it only fueled