Before the man could speak, the sharp-tongued elite assistant drawled, "After my boss paid the astronomical auction price of twenty million euros—oh, no, I misspoke. Including the commission and various handling fees, my boss paid a total of 21.65 million euros. So now you're questioning whether a client who paid 21.65 million euros in one lump sum at an auction held by your establishment would deliberately lie just to obtain the lot that was originally his?"
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the staff member took a deep breath. "That is not what I said, sir."
Even so, his gaze was full of doubt and provocation. "The High-End Auction House never suspects its clients of lying. Of course, that is on the condition that they are our clients."
At that, he paused slightly and swept his seemingly courteous yet deeply suspicious and scrutinizing gaze over Shen Heng, who stood half a head taller than him. "But as far as I know, this gentleman was not a client formally invited by the High-End Auction House. I do not know where the invitation in your hand came from, nor do I know what unspeakable purpose lies behind your painstaking efforts to slander the High-End Auction House's reputation..."
He deliberately paused again, the meaningful silence seeming to imply something. Yet Shen Heng's group showed no reaction whatsoever. He could only continue stiffly, "...But I can swear on my professional ethics and my career that the High-End Auction House would never auction off a fake and ruin our own reputation."
"Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!" After patiently waiting for Jin Zhongxuan to finish, the eloquent elite assistant began applauding and said with a smile, "So this is how your High-End Auction House treats its clients. In front of all these people, you not only swapped a genuine item