If Bianca hadn't insisted on running over to provoke that woman, how could things have escalated to this point?
How did she end up being completely outplayed by that woman out of nowhere?
Now, everyone in the hall was watching.
The suspicion in everyone's eyes was growing heavier.
If the Doyle family didn't make a stand right now, these notes... really might become useless scrap paper!
The Doyle family's reputation would be ruined!
Who would dare cooperate with them in the future?
Or attend any of their banquets?
It had come to this.
They were riding a tiger and couldn't get off.
He had no other choice.
Arthur gritted his teeth, forced a stiff smile, and raised his own special bidding paddle.
He took the microphone from the auctioneer and spoke with a smile, "Everyone, please calm down!"
"Bianca is still young and speaks without thinking. Please forgive her."
"Since everyone has doubts about these notes, our family naturally won't force them upon anyone."
"Three billion and ten million dollars!"
"The Doyle family will purchase the Ghost Doctor's authentic notes ourselves."
Arthur was out of options.
To save the family's face, he had no choice but to pay out of his own pocket.
Otherwise, this incident would never be overlooked.
Following Arthur's active bid.
The crowd immediately began murmuring again.
Mr. Kessler narrowed his eyes, his grip tightening on his paddle.
The Ghost Doctor...
Those were the authentic notes of the Ghost Doctor.
They contained the Ghost Doctor's pharmacological insights.
Was there a single person in the medical field who wouldn't want to own them?
Missing out on this would be a monumental loss.
Mr. Kessler was extremely torn.
He instinctively looked up at Serena again.
The girl stood with her arms crossed, her eyes narrowed slightly as she watched
Arthur with a nonchalant, mocking smile.
As if sensing Mr. Kessler's gaze.
Serena's cool eyes shifted toward him.
"My friend, you said the Ghost Doctor's notes..." Mr. Kessler wanted one last confirmation.
But the girl's calm voice cut him off. "Believe what you want."
Mr. Kessler's mouth moved.
He looked back at Arthur.
At the same time, Arthur was also looking at him.
Ever since he had called out his bid.
He had been waiting for Mr. Kessler to regret his decision.
He was gambling.
Gambling on Mr. Kessler's obsession with the Ghost Doctor.
As long as Mr. Kessler placed just one more bid.
Even if it was just a million dollars more.
Arthur could use it as an out, gracefully
hand the notes over tonet.
earn a good reputation in
the process.
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But he waited and waited.
Mr. Kessler gripped his bidding paddle, hesitated for a long time, but ultimately did
not raise it.
"Three billion and ten million, going once."
"Three billion and ten million, going twice."
"Three billion and ten million, for the third and final time. Sold!"
The gavel struck.
The notes returned to the hands of the Doyle family.
Only this time, the smile on Arthur's face was incomparably rigid.
Spending three billion and ten million to buy his own item.
He still had to pay hundreds of millions in auction fees and taxes. This was a catastrophic loss!
These notes from the Ghost Doctor.
They truly had spent a massive amount of effort to acquire them.
They had originally planned to use these notes to elevate the Doyle family's name even further.
Who could have known it would turn out like this?
The more he thought about it, the
ver
more furious Arthur became, hiş glare toward Bianca turning increasingly sinister.
He was already planning how he would deal with this idiot once the auction was
over.
Bianca was too terrified to speak. All
her
Va and she shrank likeelne vanish arrogance had
hiding in its shell behind Sebastian.
Even though Sebastian was also terrifying.
At least Sebastian's terror was hidden beneath the surface.
Right now, her father looked ready to whip her to death in public!