The Female Taoist Priestess’s Childhood Sweetheart Is a Male CEO

Chapter 35

Jian Xi came to the auction for the first time. She was not particularly nervous. On her way here, she had already asked He Qingchen if there was anything she needed to pay attention to and the rules of the auction.

Today she wore a light pink strappy dress with a white knit cardigan. Her hair was still in a bun, making her look obedient and gentle.

Many people looked Jian Xi up and down several times. Finally, someone could not hold back and came up to He Qingchen and Jian Xi, looking familiar. "Mr. He, I have admired you for a long time. I am Zhai Yuan from Hengyuan Group. Your girlfriend is so beautiful, you are so lucky!"

Girlfriend?

He Qingchen paused. His hand in his pocket clenched.

Before he could explain, Jian Xi had already pulled her hand out of his and smiled. "Mr. Zhai, you misunderstood. I am his sister!"

Zhai Yuan suddenly realized. He had heard that He Qingchen had a sister of unknown origin recently, but no one could find any information about her. He did not expect it to be the woman in front of him!

He quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I was rude to make casual guesses without understanding. I'm sorry Mr. He, I'm sorry Miss He..." He stopped, not wanting to make the mistake again!

Jian Xi saw his embarrassment and introduced herself, "My name is Jian Xi."

"I'm so sorry, Miss Jian," Zhai Yuan said embarrassedly. "Mr. He, Miss Jian, I'll leave you be."

After that, he hurried away. Although He Qingchen did not show any displeasure in his expression, he had still spoken wrongly in front of the brother and sister after all, so he should not linger around them.

The opportunists in the venue had pricked up their ears to eavesdrop when Zhai Yuan went to greet them. So everyone knew that the woman beside He Qingchen was his rumored sister! Thus, they all went up without hesitation to compliment them. After all, that fool Zhai Yuan had already paved the way for them!

Faced with the greetings from these people, He Qingchen was lazy and aloof. His expression was indifferent, gradually becoming impatient. He hardly said a word from beginning to end. Jian Xi helped him out of many awkward situations!

Finally, the crowd around them dispersed. Jian Xi whispered disapprovingly, "Brother, one should not hit a smiling face. They greeted you enthusiastically, you should at least respond a little. Look how embarrassed they were just now."

Hearing her serious lecture, He Qingchen chuckled. His eyes were gentle, completely lacking the impatience from earlier. "I'll be careful next time, alright?"

Jian Xi laughed. She tiptoed and rubbed He Qingchen's head, saying, "To err is human, good boy!"

He Qingchen indulged her, allowing her little hand to mess up his hair. He even lowered his head slightly to match her tiptoeing!

Their interaction fell into the eyes of most people in the venue. The impression of Jian Xi in people's minds became even deeper. The reason was that this fierce He Qingchen doted on his sister very much!

Jian Xi was soon labeled by the crowd as someone who should not be provoked lightly in B City!

There was still some time before the auction started. There were also many original stones on display in the venue, dozens of varieties such as old pit types, new pit types, glass types, blue types of jadeite rough stones, etc. These were for buyers to identify in advance. They all had numbers on them. Once buyers took a liking to a piece after inspection, they could bid for it at the auction later.

Of course, there were also many that were not for auction but priced outright. Those could be purchased directly.

However, the vast majority of those were not good quality rough stones, with low probabilities of cutting out high quality jadeite. Thus, there were few people at the outright pricing section, only a handful examining them with jade flashlights.

When Jian Xi and He Qingchen walked past, those few people were quite surprised.

Although this was He Qingchen's first time at a rough stone auction, he should not be unaware that there was nothing good here!

However, seeing his bored expression and him quietly following behind his sister watching her carefully select, they realized He Qingchen was merely here to accompany his sister!

What they did not know was that He Qingchen also wanted to take her to see the good stuff, but alas, the 'limit'... So he felt very helpless!

But it was fine. He still believed Jian Xi would definitely be able to choose what she wanted, since she could sense the aura within the stones.

The host, Zhang Tong, who was also the chairman of the Jade Association, heard that He Qingchen had arrived and hurriedly came to greet them personally. But when he did not find them at the inspection area, the staff told him Mr. He was at the non-auction area.

So he hurried towards the non-auction area.

At this moment, He Qingchen did not show any impatience at all. He followed behind Jian Xi, watching her touch one piece of rough stone after another, finally stopping at a stone priced at only 13,000 yuan.

To be honest, this stone was quite big, almost reaching Jian Xi’s knees when placed on the ground!

Jian Xi carefully sensed the rich aura within it and nodded satisfactorily. Dimples appeared on her face as she slapped the table and said, "This one!"

"Done choosing?" He Qingchen asked.

Jian Xi nodded affirmatively.

He Qingchen reached out his hand. An attendant walked over. He handed the attendant his black card. "Swipe the card."

The attendant took the card. "Alright Mr. He, please wait a moment." He turned to go swipe the card.

At this moment, Zhang Tong rushed over. "Wait!"

Hearing his voice, Jian Xi looked over and frowned.

"Mr. He has graced us with his presence, why didn't you let me know in advance? Please accept my apologies for the inadequate reception. This must be Miss Jian?" Zhang Tong had an ingratiating smile on his face.

Although He Qingchen was not involved in the jade industry, he had seen Zhang Tong before. The chairman of the Jade Association. He owned several auction houses in B City.

"Mr. Zhang is too kind. I just came with my sister on a whim to take a look around. We've already chosen." He gave Zhang Tong some face by saying the longest sentence he had uttered since arriving here. After all, someone had lectured him earlier.

However, impatience could still be heard in his words, implying that we have finished choosing and want to leave, you can stay wherever is most convenient.

Clearly, Zhang Tong did not pick up on the other layer of meaning in his words. He even took two steps forward, smiling and said, "Mr. He, since you rarely come by, how can you leave so soon? I have a lot of good stock on my side. Let me take you to see?"

"No need, this will do," He Qingchen directly rejected him. He turned and asked Jian Xi, "Xi Xi, do you want to cut the stone here or somewhere else?"

"Let's just cut it here," Jian Xi was too lazy to go elsewhere either. It was all the same anywhere.

Zhang Tong looked at the stone Jian Xi chose. It was the worst piece on site. "Miss Jian, this material is not very good. It can't cut out anything nice. Why don't I take you to see..."