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The scene was in an uproar as everyone’s eyes were focused on Joyce.
Roman looked at Joyce in confusion. “What do you want this for?“
Joyce hooked her lips. “It looks pretty nice, don’t you think?“
“I don’t think so.”
‘It looks like an ordinary tobacco pipe…what’s so nice about it?’
Joyce noticed Quinn and Ingrid’s gaze on her, so she smiled faintly and did not avoid eye contact with them.
The Beckett mother-daughter pair were obviously startled. They knew that Joyce recognized this emerald pipe.
Back then, Quinn had asked Joyce to clean the memarial hall alone one night. Quinn deliberately took out the pipe from the safe and placed it on a high shelf as she hoped that Joyce would “ accidentally“ bump into the shelf and break the emerald pipe. If that happened, Old Master Beckett would certainly kick Joyce out of their family.
However, Joyce was smart enough not to touch it.
If not for the surveillance camera in the memorial hall, Quinn would have broken it herself and falsely blamed it on Joyce.
Unfortunately, her plan failed because Old Master Beckett valued this pipe more than his own life!
Thus, Quinn never found the opportunity again.
This time, the Beckett mother-daughter pair stole the emerald pipe and put it out for auction because Ingrid had lost her reputation when Joyce told the world that Ingrid had stolen the “Daydream* necklace to gamble. After Ingrid came back to the country, she was repeatedly humiliated by Joyce, so much so that Ingrid was almost ostracized by the gentry circle.
Ingrid wanted to regain a firm foothold among the high society ladies circle and find an opportunity to become the focus of the group again. As the Young Lady of the Beckett family, Ingrid must always be the center of attention.
This charity auction banquet was a good opportunity to help Ingrid redeem her image and maintain her persona as a “high-
society lady“. This was the most suitable occasion.
Thus, Ingrid begged her mother to secretly take out her grandfather’s emerald pipe as an auction item. The value of the emerald pipe was enough to put Ingrid in the spotlight.
The people who knew about their family heirloom would not dare to bid for it for fear of Old Master Beckett. Those who did not know about it would not bid for it either, so her plan was perfect. She would take it out and bid it back herself as a show to gain back her reputation.
However, Ingrid and Quinn never thought that they would meet Joyce here…
Quinn was anxious as Joyce was clearly not holding back on her bidding price. Their limit was only $10 million because the two of them had no power in the Beckett family. They only got a monthly allowance and did not have much in personal savings, so they obviously could not continue bidding.
Joyce’s arrival was completely unexpected. Quinn had assumed that even if someone bid on the emerald pipe, it would not exceed $10 million. Even if it did exceed $10 million, no one would have the guts to fight with the Beckett family.
However, Joyce was different.
She came for them, the Beckett family!
“$10 million going once! “ The host’s eyes lit up as he shouted.
Ingrid nervously tugged at Quinn’s clothes and whispered something.
Quinn also pretended to be calm and turned back to glare at Joyce fiercely as a warning.
Joyce raised her eyebrows, smiled faintly, and looked at the item on the stage. ‘I must get my hands on it!
“$10 million going twice! “
The host looked at the audience, but there was no sound.
They did not dare to compete with Mrs. Beckett to steal the limelight, nor did they want to waste money on an emerald pipe that they could not get their hands on.
The host’s eyes swept across the hall and saw that Quinn had raised her bidding paddle.
“$11 million.” Quinn was calm and collected.
‘I thought they’d cap it at 310 million. I didn’t think that Quinn wanted to continue bidding…’ Joyce thought.
* $12 million! “ Joyce followed. She wanted to test their patience.
The phone in her hand buzzed. Joyce glanced at the phone number and knew who it was even though there was no caller ID.
‘Ingrid Beckett?’ Joyce gently hooked her lips and refused to answer. She even blocked Ingrid while she was at it.
“$13 million,“ Quinn called out again. She was visibly sitting on pins and needles at this moment.
The host seemed to understand that this was a game for both sides, and the atmosphere in the hall began to get tense.
He raised his voice, “Okay, $13 mlllion. Miss, would you like to bid again?“
Joyce did not respond, so the host thought that she had given up. “$13 million going once! “
“$13 million going twice! “
Quinn and Ingrid breathed a sigh of relief.
“$15 million! * Joyce immediately interrupted before the last call.
‘How does that feel?’ Joyce thought.
Quinn’s eyes were so flustered. She lowered her head to speak to Ingrid.
Without hesitation, Ingrid looked like she had made a major decision. “$20 million! “
‘Do they think that my limit is $20 million?’ Joyce thought.
Even Roman got nervous and looked at Joyce. “Do you need help?“
Joyce smiled and raised an eyebrow. “No, this is nothing to me.“
She raised her paddle again. “$30 million! “ The crowd was in an uproar.
Joyce was no longer bothered to scare Quinn and Ingrid bit by bit. She wanted them to stop bidding.
The lights flickered and shone on Quinn and Ingrid’s pale and gloomy faces.
“Okay, $30 million going once! “ “$30 million going twice! *
No one in the room made a sound. Joyce knew that she won.
“$30 million sold! Congratulations to this young lady. The proceeds will be donated to Elementary School of Hope…“
The crowd began to applaud and finally broke the suffocating and tense atmosphere. Joyce greeted everyone with a decent smile and smiled widely at the two women in front of her. ‘What a great day today…”
After greeting everyone, Joyce and Roman went backstage to get the item. As expected, Quinn and Ingrid still refused to give up and were waiting for her there.
The staff on the side politely put the emerald pipe in front of Joyce, who picked it up and looked at it.
There was a small red spot at the bottom of the tobacco pipe.
‘So it is the real deal…’ Joyce thought. “Thank you, “ Joyce said to the staff.
She simply ignored the two women who were on the side. Quinn could not stand it anymore and coldly snorted. “Joyce, are your eyes on your feet? Don’t you know how to be polite when you see your elders?“
‘How did she treat me back then? She never treated me properly when I was her daughter-in -law and expects me to treat her like an elder now?”
Joyce’s eyes flickered. She raised an eyebrow and said, “Oh, Mrs. Beckett, you’re here too. What a coincidence! “
Her words were enough to make Quinn die from exasperation.
Quinn’s face turned red with anger. “You think that just because you have a backer, you don’t need to respect me? Don’t forget that I’m your mother-in — law!”