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!”

usher beside him to light the incense.

a fitting silk gown carefully lit the incense with a lighter.

white smoke began to drip down the incense burner as though it was liquid, bringing out the detailed

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of the guests,

the incense burner. That’sgenuine ambergris made from a sperm whale’s digestive system, coupled with the fact that the item was handmade, it’s almost

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

most people in the crowd longed to have it. Several members

bid was made, and a collector managed to snag it with a price of one million six hundred thousand.

few artifacts were all

bid on them eagerly,

of collectibles meant nothing to him, no matter how

onstage carrying a porcelain plate that had a string of purple pearls that shone under the light in the

only manifest once in every

the string of pearl was only four hundred thousand, and

wanted to get his hands on it so that he could make a necklace for Stanley

essential for Stanley since he’s a growing child.

thousand!” Alex

contested him, since they did not see the

a voice rang from the other side of

“Six hundred thousand!”

Alex whirled around.

Desmond stared at him with a nasty grin as he said, “Sorry, Mr. Jefferson! It seems like I’ve

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froze for a second. Isn’t this punk pleading for mercy at my feet just days ago? Has he forgotten about that? Naturally, the events of that day were still fresh in Desmond’s mind.

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

the humiliation he felt when

hatred for Alex from that day onwards.

Alex, it only fueled his hatred for him.