In reality, Isabella Turner didn’t expect this beggar to be able to purchase anything.
Her eyes were somewhat dim.
She stepped forward because she was desperate. She ran a small company on her own, which had been doing well, but couldn’t withstand the Turner Group’s overwhelming presence like a behemoth.
In a single sentence, her company couldn’t continue operating.
If it couldn’t continue, that was fine, it could just close down, but the Turner family made her business fail, accumulating a huge debt that she couldn’t repay unless she agreed to the condition set by the Turner family – to marry the young master of the Wraith family, Darell Wraith.
The two families would unite, and she would be the one to seal the deal.
She was nothing but a tool.
She knew very well what kind of person Darell Wraith was, someone who didn’t even treat women like humans. So she didn’t want to marry him. She started her own company, but in the end, she couldn’t resist the pressure from her family.
Either marry Darell Wraith, or pay off the debt.
But she couldn’t afford to pay it off.
She even considered selling her company to repay the debt.
Her company was worth a lot. Selling it would fetch a good sum of money.
But with just a word from the Turner family, no one in the entire Yushan City dared to buy it. After all, Isabella Turner was not only a part of the Turner family but also the planned bride of the Wraith family. Who would dare to touch this hot potato?
No hope remained.
So when she stood up and heard Robin Bailey offering to buy at ten times the price, she instinctively stood up. She was forced to the edge, had no other choice.
And after standing up, she just wanted to sit back down.
“What am I doing? This is just a beggar. Am I going crazy?” Isabella Turner chuckled self-deprecatingly.
Truly insane.
To pin her hopes on a beggar.
However, at that moment, everyone noticed that the beggar was slowly approaching Isabella Turner, and finally stood in front of her, pulling out a card: “Can I swipe my card?”
“!!!”
This scene left the entire hall in a daze.
Swipe a card? Is that really happening!
“Ah… Ah?”
Isabella Turner was somewhat stunned.
This person really came over.
Impossible.
“Hmm?” Robin Bailey raised the bank card in his hand.
This puzzled those around him. Was he serious?
“Probably fake, there’s no money on that bank card.”
“Exactly, where would a beggar get money from?”
“He probably picked it up somewhere randomly. Look, Isabella Turner’s secretary brought out the card reader. She believes him, haha. Don’t stop me, let me have a good laugh. She actually believed… a beggar…”
Everyone laughed.
Especially a man, a Turner family descendant, Spike Turner.
He was Isabella Turner’s cousin, but they had always been at odds since childhood. He even came up with the idea of marrying Isabella off to Darell Wraith, a proposal for an alliance between the Turner and Wraith families, and he consistently suppressed Isabella. So, he was now the most aggressive against her at this moment.
Until Isabella Turner, with a last-ditch effort, had her secretary bring out the card reader and said, “My company is called Isabella Cosmetics Co., Ltd. It’s under my name, with a market value of two million four hundred thousand dollars. At ten times the price, it’s twenty-four million dollars.”
“Okay.” Robin Bailey handed over the bank card swiftly.
Decisive and quick.
No hesitation.
This left Isabella Turner completely disappointed. If there had been a moment of hesitation, she would have understood, considering the large amount of money, but this person didn’t show any hesitation at all, not even verifying the facts, solely relying on the words spoken.
He handed over the bank card.
And even agreed to buy at ten times the price.
This was truly insane.
Who would do something like this?
Although Isabella Turner was utterly disappointed, she still swiped the bank card on the machine, entered the numbers, had Robin Bailey input the password, and then she pressed the confirm button.
And the next moment, which seemed to be all gray to Isabella Turner, where she didn’t even know what tomorrow would bring, suddenly lit up.
Because the card reader displayed: “Your payment has been successful, totaling twenty-four million dollars!”
Instantly, the entire hall fell into a ghostly silence.
The card got accepted!
Twenty-four million dollars!
This wasn’t just two hundred and forty bucks!
It was twenty-four million dollars.
Seeing this, Spike Turner, who had been clutching his stomach, changed his laughter to shock. He almost fainted and quickly approached, looking at the card reader, shouting, “H… how… how is this possible… How is this possible… How is this possible!”
He looked as if he had seen a ghost.
Impossible.
And this phrase resonated with everyone present, including Isabella Turner.
However, unlike their confusion and frustration, Isabella Turner’s eyes began to shine. She was saved, this money would be enough to pay off her debts, and she would have a lot leftover. She wouldn’t be pushed to that edge again.
“Thank you.” Isabella Turner said tearfully.
She only harbored a glimmer of hope, taking a one in a million chance for her, but she never expected that it would succeed. The man in front of her, who looked dirty and ragged, actually…
He saved her.
Thinking about this, Isabella Turner didn’t mind the filth and stench on Robin Bailey. She hugged him directly, holding onto Robin Bailey firmly. “Thank you… Thank you…”
She held him for a while before letting go.
Robin Bailey looked at her teary eyes and didn’t push her away.
Meanwhile, Spike Turner, who was watching from the side, saw this scene and his eyes filled with malice. “Damn brat, how dare you disrupt our plans. You’ve really brought this upon yourself. However, you’ve just offended the head of the Wraith family. If the Turner family doesn’t intervene, the Wraith family will surely deal with you.”
He sneered.
This guy had offended the Wraith family, he wouldn’t live long.
However, what he didn’t expect was that after Isabella Turner let go of him, this guy turned his gaze to Dudley, “Now, do I have the qualification to bid?”
The man’s intent was clear.
Dudley felt his scalp tingling as he looked at the man. He had thought he was just causing trouble, just a beggar, a lunatic. But after he easily swiped twenty-four million, Dudley knew he had been mistaken.
Completely mistaken.
Anyone who didn’t flinch at twenty-four million surely had a value far exceeding that sum, much more.
At that moment, Dudley looked at Kenelm Wraith, the real high roller of this auction.
And at that moment, another voice sounded.
“Old man, are you afraid?”
The entire hall gasped, including Spike Turner and Isabella Turner. Because these words were spoken by the ordinary and somewhat smelly man next to them.
It was him who said it.
Calling Kenelm Wraith, the master of Yushan City, an “old man”!
No one had ever dared!
After so many years in Yushan City, they had never heard anyone call Kenelm Wraith an old man.
This was a provocation to the Wraith family!
They couldn’t believe it.
The bystanders’ eyes were filled with disbelief.