<h4>Chapter 17: The Bidding Starts</h4>


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    Miranda worked hard in the study room.


    On the other hand, rence did not sleep throughout the night. He sat on the couch in the living hall. His mind responded to the contents of Thirteen Hell’s Gate Acupuncture and 720 Anatomy Acupoints.


    rence did not feel sleepy throughout the night.


    Instead, he was very energized early the next morning.


    Squeak!


    Just then, Miranda walked out of the study room. She looked a bit haggard.


    She held a bidding proposal which she had rushed out overnight in her hand.


    “Dear, take a rest first. I’ll make you breakfast,” said rence as he walked over to her.


    “Are we still eating breakfast, huh?! The bidding starts at nine o’clock. It’s already half-past seven now. Isn’t it toote to have breakfast now?!” Miranda cast a cold nce at rence. Then, she entered the washroom and washed up.


    After an hour, rence drove and reached the bidding site with Miranda.


    The moment they arrived at the site, more than one hundred people were already gathered there.


    Kaysen and George were also present.


    “Hehe! rence, I’d never thought you’d truly have the guts toe over here.” Kaysen walked over to them. He dressed up in a formal suit. He put on airs and cast a teasing nce at rence.


    “Forget about him, Kaysen. rence is filthy rich. He gives away a ten million dors entrance fee willingly even after knowing it’s going to be a poor deal. What more could we say?” George also walked over to them.


    Although the two of them did not see eye to eye with each other, they unanimously presented a united front against rence, the useless son-inw who married into the Murphy family.


    “Mr. Shelby is here!”


    Someone shouted at the top of his lungs.


    The crowd’s attention was gathered at the entrance of the site.


    A middle-aged man in his forties and who was dressed in an expensive handmade suit walked into the site while he was apanied by five beautiful secretaries.


    A professional property development team tailed behind Richard Shelby.


    “Mr. Shelby!”


    “Good day, Mr. Shelby!”


    “Nice to see you here, Mr. Shelby!”


    …


    The property developmentpany bosses on the site greeted Mr. Shelby.


    “He’s Richard Shelby. The leading giant property developer in Mediterranean City. He’s the organizer for the Sunshine District project bid,” Miranda introduced Richard to rence coldly.


    rence looked at Richard before him. He frowned.


    Despite being surrounded by the crowd, rence could clearly see a speck of blood between Richard’s eyes.


    The property developmentpany bosses around him did not seem to notice the blood. They continued to smile and greet Richard.


    “Dear, did you see the speck of blood between Mr. Shelby’s eyes?” rence looked at Miranda and asked curiously.


    “What speck of blood? Are you sick in your head?! Come with me, we’re going to greet Mr. Shelby in a while.” Miranda cast a disdainful nce at rence. She wondered why rence always liked to imagine things.


    rence rubbed his chin.


    This suggested he was the only one who was able to notice that speck of blood.


    Meanwhile, the property developmentpany bosses and Miranda could not see it.


    After the greeting session, the crowd immediately went straight to the main subject of the day. The bidding began.


    More than thirty proposals had been delivered into Richard’s property development team’s hands. They spent more than three hours on them until it was afternoon.


    Three proposals were ced before Richard, and the team said, “Mr. Shelby, the contents of these three proposals for the bidding are equally good. All of them are feasible.”


    The crowd stretched their necks and waited expectantly.


    “Let me take a look.”


    Richard took the bidding proposals. After reading for half an hour, he finally made a decision.


    “This is it. Kaysen Wall from Murphy Property Development Group.” Richard held up the bidding proposal as he announced.


    p! p! p!


    The sound of apuse rang out.


    Although the rest of the participants were a little discouraged by their failed bids, they still apuded and congratted Kaysen.


    Kaysen rose up excitedly. His heart was pounding wildly. He actually seeded in the bidding.


    “Are you Kaysen Wall? Not bad. You’ve got a bright future ahead.” Richard nodded.


    “Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Shelby.”


    Kaysen bowed to Mr. Shelby. Then, he cast a teasing nce at rence. There was a hint of provocation in his gaze.


    Miranda, who stood beside rence, had a cold expression. She said, “rence, let’s divorce.”


    “Dear, don’t be in a hurry. I still have a proposal.” rence smiled faintly. Immediately after, he abruptly stood up before the crowd.


    “Mr. Shelby, I still have a proposal for the bidding over here. Are you willing to take a look at it?”


    “rence, shut up! Who are you?! Is this a ce where you could simply do as you please?!” Kaysen viciously red at rence.


    He hurriedly exined to Richard, “Mr. Shelby, he’s rence Howard, a useless son-inw married into the Murphy family. He did not even graduate from middle school and hardly knows English. How could he possiblye up with a bidding proposal? Mr. Shelby, he is here just to make a fool of himself. Please do not lower your level to his.”


    “rence, are you mad? This is not a ce where you could simply misbehave! Keep that lousy bidding proposal to yourself. Even if you’re reluctant to divorce, you don’t have to use such dirty tricks!” Miranda’s face turned ghastly pale. She felt herself beingpletely put to shame because of rence.


    “Dear, Mr. Shelby hasn’t read my proposal yet. How do you know it wouldn’t work?” rence said confidently.


    Mr. Shelby was caught by surprise.


    rence was not showing the slightest bit of timidity before so many wealthy bosses. Instead, he looked very confident.


    This was indeed rare.


    As such, Richard grew interested in rence.


    “Alright, let me have a look.”


    Richard nodded. Although Kaysen’s proposal was good, there were some minor ws.


    However, Kaysen’s proposal was considered the best among thirty proposals. Therefore, Richard could only select Kaysen’s out of them.


    Since there was still one more bidding proposal left, Richard did not mind spending some time looking at it.


    ‘Who knows if I mighte across a better one?’