Midnight Schemes and Stolen Dreams Chapter 8

Don't let your heart beat like a drum as you sleep on the moon.

The warmth of his words seemed to still linger in my ears, slowly burning my earlobe bit by bit, until it gradually became hot. An indescribable emotion surged into my body, and my eyelashes trembled unconsciously.

Fortunately, the veil covered it so it wouldn't be noticed.

She pretended to be calm, "Blackwood Fu, what you said... is easy to make people think too much."

"Just trying to convince you to take it."

Blackwood Fu stopped there.

He was afraid that he would scare her away before he could get her.

"Well... I'll accept it. But if you like any auction items later, I'll help you buy them, and that'll be my reward."

It's a matter of reciprocity.

"Why don't you take pictures of what you like?" Blackwood Fu asked.

Luna Collins shook her head, holding the moonlight like a treasure, "I've already got what I like. As for the rest, let others grab it."

She was here for sightseeing anyway.

Blackwood Fu curled his lips gently: "Little Moon, don't speak too early."

This auction that he carefully prepared for her should not make her feel too bland.

They took the elevator downstairs and were greeted by a waiter who took them to their seats.

Luna Collins was wearing a coat and walking beside Blackwood Fu, moving in unison. Both of them exuded a strong aura and were the focus of the whole audience.

Some people came forward to say hello along the way, but they were all blocked by Damien Knight and could not get close.

Many inquiring glances swept across her, and she suddenly understood Blackwood Fu's intention of preparing a veil hat for her.

After all, she was not a member of the Collins family, and not letting outsiders see her face could avoid unnecessary trouble.

Kind of... thoughtful?

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indoor.

The mist is curling and the fragrance of tea is everywhere.

Luna Collins supported her chin with one hand, lifted her veil slightly, and watched Blackwood Fu making tea opposite her.

He sat casually.

With her eyes slightly lowered, her bony fingers held the tea set, and she made tea with graceful movements, revealing a bit of nonchalance in her nobility.

"Do you like tea?"

"Not bad." Blackwood Fu said, "My mother is Chinese, she loves to drink tea, and my Chinese name Fu is from her."

Speaking of this, Luna Collins became interested.

She said, "My second brother and I both have the surname Mo after our father, and my eldest brother has the surname Yu after my grandfather, Yu Xihe."

Blackwood Fu asked: "Is it the Yu family, one of the four major families in China?"

"Um!"

Luna Collins nodded.

There are four major families in her country of China, namely Mo, Lou, Chi and Yu. The Mo family is the head of the four families. The second brother Leo Whitmore is the future head of the Mo family, and the eldest brother has inherited the Yu family and become the new head of the family when he was eighteen years old.

The indoor temperature is a bit high.

Luna Collins took off his coat, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and slowly pulled open the heavy curtain, bringing the entire auction hall into view.

The auction has begun.

The competition was extremely fierce, with bids rising one after another, number plates representing identity were raised again and again, and collections were auctioned off one by one.

She withdrew her gaze in boredom, turned around and prepared to go back to sit, when she suddenly heard a series of sighs from the entire auction hall. She was attracted and turned her head, her eyes falling on the big screen.

For just one second, she couldn't look away.

The natural yellow sapphire lies quietly on the soft mist satin with a high-end feel. Without too much decoration, it simply emits soft and fragmented light like the bright moon, making everything around it its foil.

The most rare thing is that this gem has not undergone any polishing or carving, and it is naturally formed into a crescent shape, just like the bright moon hanging in the night sky.

Luna Collins couldn't control her heartbeat.

She has been unable to resist anything moon-shaped since she was a child.

She couldn't help but look back and ask, "How can I participate in the auction?"

Blackwood Fu lazily leaned back in the chair, holding a teacup in his hand, the blue ring on his ring finger was very dazzling. When he heard Luna Collins's words, the corners of his lips curled up and he smiled wantonly and casually. The cross earring hanging on one earlobe swayed with his smile. "Little Moon, what did I say just now?"

He said that what she said just now was too early.

This auction is bound to not disappoint her.

"...It was an accident."

There was a hint of doting in Blackwood Fu's eyes.

"At this."

He pointed to the communicator on the table.

Luna Collins stepped forward and turned on the communicator, and a round of higher bids came in from downstairs.

The starting price is five million.

In just a few minutes, the amount had skyrocketed several times, reaching a staggering number of twenty-eight million.

However, Luna Collins, who had been very excited at the beginning, sat very calmly. There was no fanaticism in his eyes. He was not shaken by the soaring prices. He didn't even think of opening the communicator and bidding with the people downstairs.

Blackwood Fu seemed to have guessed her thoughts. He sipped his tea, but his eyes never left her.

When the price downstairs rose to 30 million, the bidding voices gradually became quieter, and each bid was very tight, increasing by millions.

"Thirty-six million."

The auctioneer held the auction hammer in his hand, looked around the room, and seeing that no one was raising the price, he slammed the hammer down on the table.

"Thirty-six million once."

"Thirty-six million twice."

"Thirty-six million three..."

When the auctioneer raised the hammer and the bidder raised his lips, thinking that the bid was settled, a beautiful female voice came from the communicator on the third floor, with the certainty of winning.

"Forty million."

The sound echoed in every corner of the auction hall.

No one bid anymore.

The previous bidder of 36 million has almost reached the bottom line of the price he can accept. Not to mention whether he can raise the price, the one on the third floor has raised the price to 4 million. If he really wants this gem, he will probably have to continue to bid higher. It is not impossible for the price to soar to 50 million...

The bidder glanced meaningfully at the third floor.

One-way glass blocked his view, but he knew that it was the room reserved for the godfather of the Collins family.

never mind.

"Forty million for the third time."

As the hammer fell, the auctioneer smiled.

"make a deal!"

"Congratulations to this lady for her successful bid!"

After she finished speaking, Luna Collins was satisfied, but she did not turn off the communicator because the next auction item had already appeared on the screen.

It is a unique old-fashioned pistol.

It was created by a firearms design genius. Luna Collins had heard Leo Whitmore talk about it many times. It is of great commemorative and research value.

She guessed Blackwood Fu would like it, so she took the photo using the same method.

By the time she turned off the communicator and came back, the tea was already a little cold.

Blackwood Fu poured her tea and raised his eyelids, "You are very smart."

Aim at the prey, don't do useless work, don't waste energy, just lurk carefully, make the final blow, kill it directly, and reap the harvest.

Luna Collins was a little pleased with himself, and there was pride in his tone.

"My father taught me that."

"Bidding is like negotiation. Don't let others know your cards too quickly."

When she talked about her family, her eyes blinked slightly, her eyelashes fluttered, and the corners of her lips turned up. She was happy from the bottom of her heart, and it was obvious that she had a very good relationship with her family.

Blackwood Fu followed up her topic and asked, "What else did your father teach you?"

"If you see someone you're upset with, you just step on them and he'll clean up the mess?"

Blackwood Fu laughed, "Your father dotes on you very much."

"no."

Luna Collins shook her head and pinched her cheeks, "Do you see this face?"

"Um?"

"My father is a wife slave. In our family, except for my mother's cat, whoever looks most like my mother is the most favored. I am very honored. I look 70% like my mother when she was a child."

Luna Collins rubbed his face and said, "Where is your father? The previous godfather of the Collins family should be able to teach you a lot, right?"

"He taught me only one lesson."

Blackwood Fu put down the teacup, his eyes became deeper and deeper, staring at her, his thin lips lifted word by word---"In the man's world, fighting, competing, and possessing are the kingly ways."

"I have to fight my way out of this situation to be qualified to have the person I have always desired."

The one you desire?

Luna Collins pursed her lips, her heart trembling slightly, and she asked tentatively: "Then did you...get her?"

Blackwood Fu shook his head, "She will definitely belong to me. I have been preparing for ten years, and there must be a result."

Ten years...

Luna Collins couldn't help biting her lips, her heart beating faster and faster. An inexplicable emotion surged up like boiling water, flooding her heart.

It seems like I’m a little envious, and a little...jealous?

This mess of emotions prompted her to ask and find out who was worthy of his ten years.

It's not her after all.

She didn't want to be controlled by this strange emotion.

But just as Luna Collins opened his mouth to ask, he was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door.

Howard's voice sounded outside the door.

"Miss Mo, you have to go and pay."

She bought two auction items. If she didn't pay, she would be blacklisted by the auction house, and it would be difficult for her to participate in the auction in the future.

Luna Collins suppressed what he wanted to say and said loudly: "Wait a moment, I'll be right there."

She habitually reached for the unlimited bank card in her bag.

Inside is her little treasury.

But as she touched it, she found something was wrong.

Where's her card?