When 'God' Decides To Start Over-Chapter 877 - 343: Ancient Gold Box (Part 3)

The next words from Liu He made Sun Wuxi understand why he was so confident in displaying it.

"No matter what comes out of the Ancient Gold Box, I'm willing to sell, anyone interested can contact me privately," Liu He said as he signaled his trusted aide to open the box.

It was Li Xiu's first time seeing someone open an Ancient Gold Box, so he couldn't help but watch closely to see how the person did it.

The person from the Liu Family walked to the Ancient Gold Box, pressed lightly on the pattern on top of the box.

As the pressure increased, the pattern slowly sank, and then the strange patterns on the Ancient Gold Box cracked open, revealing gears and components inside, the entire box blossoming like a flower, layer by layer, peeling away, the discarded parts scattering like fragments of tempered glass, falling to the ground.

Li Xiu finally understood why everyone was so confident and not afraid of anyone stealing the Ancient Gold Box; once opened, it was destroyed, impossible to restore.

As the layers opened, the contents within were finally revealed, packed full with many things.

When the crowd saw what was inside, they were stunned.

Liu He widened his eyes, and then, like a madman, lunged forward, pulling everything out to see if there was anything else beneath.

The great figures of the Changsheng world looked on with strange expressions as Liu He rummaged wildly, bikinis of every color tossed everywhere.

In his excitement, Liu He even tossed a black lace thong onto the face of a Liu Family member, making them feel very embarrassed, but not daring to say anything to their patriarch.

After turning the contents upside down, Liu He was numb, standing there blankly, staring at the bikinis scattered everywhere.

The entire Ancient Gold Box was filled with nothing but various styles of bikinis, nothing else.

Having spent 179 million on a box of bikinis, Liu He felt utterly dumbfounded now.

Sun Wuxi, beside Li Xiu, had a peculiar expression, seemingly holding back laughter; to laugh now would deeply offend the Liu Family.

"Thank you all for witnessing this," Liu He said with a bitter smile after a long pause. He turned and left, leaving the bikinis for servants to clean up, not wanting to look at them again, feeling worse with each glance.

"Good thing I didn't bid on that Ancient Gold Box," Wan Chaoxin said, looking equally uncomfortable, almost having secured it, relieved that Liu He was robust. Otherwise, spending nearly two billion on a box of bikinis, he wouldn't know how to face his family.

"Liu He really suffered this time," the old undead man shook his head with a wry smile.

"The one who must feel worse is Vice President Han. Look at her face, it's not good," Sun Wuxi chuckled.

Li Xiu looked over, seeing Han Minghui expressionless on the other side; although her face was blank, she probably felt bad inside.

She still had one more Ancient Gold Box unsold. Thanks to Liu He's antics, selling the next one at such a high price would be difficult.

The auctioneer hadn't expected this outcome either; they thought, at worst, there'd be a small loss. After all, the previous four Ancient Gold Boxes from Celestial Communication City had all revealed valuable items. Who could have anticipated this?

The auctioneer approached Han Minghui, whispering a few words, seemingly discussing something.

While their conversation wasn't audible, it was likely speculating about whether Han Minghui wanted to proceed with auctioning her second Ancient Gold Box, as continuing now could result in lower bids.

Soon, the auctioneer returned, announcing the continuation of the auction, bringing up the second Ancient Gold Box from Celestial Communication City.

"Looks like Han Minghui's funds are indeed tight; even in this situation, she continues the auction, likely resulting in lower bids than the previous one," Sun Wuxi said quietly.

The auction continued, with the auctioneer announcing a starting price of eight million, like the previous Ancient Gold Box, with each increment of at least ten thousand.

Only this time, after bidding started, there was a long pause with no offers, clearly because of the scare from the previous box of bikinis.

"Eight million one hundred thousand," Li Xiu raised his paddle.

Everyone's attention turned to Li Xiu, and soon someone else raised their paddle, increasing the bid to eight million two hundred thousand.

Li Xiu glanced at the bidder, seeing the bid came from someone in the Li Family.

Li Xiu raised his paddle again, adding ten thousand more, the Li Family member persisting, matching every bid, bringing the price to over nine million without breaking ten million. The Li Family member showed no sign of backing down.

Li Xiu, unfazed, directly raised his bid to twelve million.

The Li Family member raised the bid again without hesitation, but still only added ten thousand.

But before Li Xiu could raise the bid again, others joined in the bidding, several people now involved in the competition.

As more people joined, the bid quickly exceeded thirty million and continued rising, likely reaching over fifty million soon.

"Fourth Master, something's off," Wan Chaoxin leaned in to Li Xiu's ear, whispering.

"What's wrong?" Li Xiu asked.

"There's something off about that Li Family member," Wan Chaoxin looked at the person from the Li Family, whispered again, "because of the previous incident, the Li Family suffered significant blows, now acting very cautiously. Logically, with you in your prime, Fourth Master, the Li Family wouldn't provoke you in such matters, yet they're the first to compete with you. Their bidding approach seems peculiar, I suspect something's amiss."

After a pause, Wan Chaoxin looked at Han Minghui sitting expressionlessly on the other side, "During the last Ancient Gold Box auction, the same person bid against Liu He and others too. Doesn't that seem strange?"

"You think that the Li Family might be Han Minghui's shills? That's unlikely; I remember Li Changyin's defeat involved significant contributions from Han Minghui. Can the Li Family swallow that resentment?" Li Xiu understood Wan Chaoxin's implication.

"I noticed during the last auction, several times near the end, the Li Family person inadvertently glanced at Han Minghui. Han Minghui wasn't part of the bidding, why glance at her?" Wan Chaoxin remarked.

"Is that so?" Li Xiu squinted at Han Minghui, who seemed to sense his gaze, turning to meet his eyes with a charming smile.