The CEO's Substitute Wife Is A Genius-Chapter 385: Speak, what is your purpose in pretending to be Miss Seven and seeking me?
Chapter 385: Chapter 385: Speak, what is your purpose in pretending to be Miss Seven and seeking me?
The dishes at the dinner party were all ginseng and abalone, extravagantly decadent.
Jiang Man occasionally moved her chopsticks and found the taste of the dishes mediocre.
She ate a few more bites, then simply put down her chopsticks and pulled out her phone to play a game.
She had recently met a friend online in the game who kept calling her "boss."
This friend had a good sense of limits, always asking "boss, you free to carry me?" only after she logged on.
Sometimes Jiang Man would carry him, sometimes she wouldn’t.
The friend didn’t get upset but was very persistent; as long as she was online, he would definitely come and ask.
Today was no exception.
As soon as Jiang Man logged on, a message popped up on the left.
Juju Rabbit: [Boss? Wanna play with me?]
Maybe because the dinner was so boring, Jiang Man, exceptionally, typed a reply.
[Sure, but I might log off anytime.]
Juju Rabbit: [Boss, I only have half an hour tonight, my online time isn’t fixed.]
[Hmm? How old are you?]
Juju Rabbit: [Elementary school...]
Seeing the reply, Jiang Man couldn’t help but chuckle.
Juju Rabbit: [Boss, you won’t look down on me, will you?]
Jiang Man didn’t reply because the auction had already started.
She was tapped on the shoulder by Chen Anna, "Manman, tonight’s auction items are all related to cosmetic medicine, feel free to bid, your third brother will pay."
"Okay," Jiang Man smiled.
Her third brother was indeed fabulously good to his wife.
He might not have come himself, but his money sure did.
How could any girl escape his palm with such pampering?
Although Jiang Man agreed verbally with an ’okay,’ she wasn’t interested at all.
She didn’t wear makeup on a regular basis, so she didn’t need cosmetic medicine.
As for giving them away...
Hmm.
She thought of Jojo, Wen Rui, and also Mao Lili, Zhang Ziqi; they might like them.
With that in mind, she rested her chin in her hand and watched the auction proceed, forgetting about the kid in the game.
The prices for the first few items started at several hundreds of thousands to millions. freewebnσvel.cѳm
They were finally bid up to a million.
Jiang Man glanced at the auctioneer’s introduction of the product and shook her head.
Where did they get so much placenta to make all this cosmetic medicine?
Obviously, there was a lot of deception involved here.
But the wealthy ladies believed it without a doubt and bid very eagerly.
These items, without exception, were quickly taken.
Finally, after much anticipation, the highlight item "Return to Youth" was up!
The atmosphere visibly tensed; people stopped eating, ready to bid at any moment.
The starting bid for "Return to Youth" was 1 million, 188 million cheaper than the market price of 2.88 million.
The first round could be described as clamorous and fiercely competitive.
All kinds of bidding, all kinds of prices being called.
Chen Anna also joined the fray, raising her sign again and again.
Soon it was the second round, and the item originally priced at 1 million was driven up by the crowd to 10 million—a tenfold increase!
But the wealthy ladies seemed to have no intention of stopping.
"So expensive? Still want it?" Jiang Man asked Chen Anna incredulously.
"There are only 10 units available each year, and of this year’s ten, nine have already been sold. This is the last one; miss it and you’d have to wait another year. It’s better to buy early and enjoy."
Jiang Man found it unreasonable.
Were these people too crazy?
"Sister-in-law, whether ’Return to Youth’ is actually effective is still unknown."
While they were speaking, the price had risen to 19 million.
The higher the price, the fewer the bidders.
Chen Anna wasn’t worried about the money and wanted to raise her sign, but Jiang Man held her back.
"If you call again, it’ll be 20 million, not worth it."
She could develop a potion like this for about 2 million in cost.
Now the bidding had skyrocketed to 20 million, ten times the cost.
Daylin Pharma used this move masterfully, using charity fundraising as a pretext to jack up the prices of various cosmetic medicines under their brand.
"20 million, not too bad," Chen Anna replied nonchalantly, acting like money was no object.
Jiang Man frowned.
She didn’t want to blow her cover; Dr. M’s alias wasn’t like her other ones.
It couldn’t be exposed until a specific time.
But she also couldn’t just watch Chen Anna be swindled.
"Those 20 million would be better donated directly to the Red Cross. Let’s not go for ’Return to Youth’ tonight."
Worried that Chen Anna might still insist, she added, "I have the real ’Return to Youth.’"
"The real ’Return to Youth’?" Chen Anna was incredibly shocked, her eyes filled with suspicion.
Why didn’t you say so earlier?
But it made sense; something as rare as ’Return to Youth’ wouldn’t be something one would brag about having.
"Do you mean... you would part with it?" Chen Anna blinked her eyes.
Jiang Man gave a nonchalant ’hm.’
Wu Yingfan didn’t say anything, leisurely cracking sunflower seeds.
He couldn’t be sure if the item on the auction stage was genuine, but the one in Sister Man’s hands had to be!
"Alright, I won’t bid anymore, whatever the price you say!"
"Free, I’ll give it to you," Jiang Man said blandly, her eyes undisturbed, her tone indifferent.
Chen Anna was thrilled, even stammering, "Give... give to me?"
Jiang Man nodded again.
At that moment, "Return to Youth" on the auction stage was sold for 21 million.
"Sister-in-law, I’m going to the restroom," Jiang Man said, her gaze landing on the staff managing the transactions.
Wu Yingfan took the hint and also excused himself to use the restroom.
"Sister Man, what’s your plan? Daylin Pharma is using your secret formula for their cosmetic medicine; that’s infringement!"
"No rush, let’s first get a sample of the medicine to see if it’s my formula."
"That wealthy lady might not be willing to give it, right? A bottle is only 100 milliliters but cost 21 million, so a drop of the medicine is tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands?"
"Then we’ll buy it."
Jiang Man’s face showed no emotion.
When she and Wu Yingfan reached backstage, they were stopped by a security staff.
The staff asked her to show her bidder’s card to enter.
Jiang Man was not in a hurry, her gaze landing on the wealthy lady’s assistant.
"Please tell your lady that Hu family’s seventh miss, Jiang Man, would like a private meeting with her, just to talk."
Hearing the title Hu family’s seventh miss, the staff were visibly stunned.
The assistant didn’t dare delay and rushed off.
After a while, he returned, "Madam invites Miss Jiang to meet in VIP Room 02."
"Lead the way." Jiang Man was cool, her hands tucked into her trouser pockets, emitting a formidable presence.
Wu Yingfan followed behind her, his demeanor also gaining a trace of authority.
When the two entered VIP Room 02, the wealthy lady, clad in a cheongsam, was leisurely sipping tea.
She lifted her eyelids, but upon seeing that the girl in front of her wasn’t the one she’d met at Second Tai’s house, she immediately frowned.
"Who are you?"
"Jiang Man."
"You say you’re Hu family’s seventh miss?"
"Yes."
"Hah, lying! I met the seventh miss a few days ago at Second Tai’s house; how dare you impersonate her?" Mrs. Li instantly became suspicious and quite hostile toward Jiang Man.
"Tell me, pretending to be the seventh miss to see me, what’s your purpose?"
