Psyche rolled up her sleeves and glared at Ye Chen. She kept raising the bid, as though money meant nothing to her. Before long, the price had reached 800 million Beli, yet she showed no sign of backing down.
Whitey Bay was undeniably beautiful. Though her looks and bearing fell a little short of Hancock's, she was still one of the rarest beauties in the New World. More importantly, her proud, unapproachable air only made people want to win her over.
At 800 million, many bidders gave up. Few people had that kind of money to spare. Even Jack frowned. He glanced at Ginrummy and asked, "How much did we bring this time?"
"Less than 1.5 billion," Ginrummy replied. "If the price keeps climbing, we'll have to drop out too!"
Jack shook his head. "Ye Chen can't have brought that much. Raise it by 300 million. Let's see if that scares him off!"
"Three hundred million?" Ginrummy's jaw dropped.
"Call it. It's a bluff. If we raise the price by 300 million in one go, Ye Chen won't know how much we have. He'll think we're loaded and determined to get the Ice Witch. He'll be scared into quitting!"
Clearly, Jack had some brains; he was no useless fool. Ginrummy did as she was told, raising her paddle high and pushing the bid straight to 1.1 billion Beli.
"What? 1.1 billion?" Huai De was stunned and delighted. After taking a moment to steady himself, he shouted, "Box One bids... 1.1 billion Beli!"
"Box One? Who's in there?" Huai De had never revealed Jack's name, so no one knew he was inside. Luo Lin had arranged it that way because Jack did not want his identity exposed.
"A bid of 1.1 billion?" Even Psyche pouted in surprise. Jack's sudden increase of