Ch. 186..190: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 186-190
Chapter 186
Zeke quickly understood what she was going to do; she wanted to dispose of her data.
So, he did not bother her, just curiously walked to the side of the electronic screen and carefully lifted a corner of the curtain.
Outside, things were becoming lively as a hot blonde beauty stepped onto the stage, and the audience quietened down.
As the auctioneer made his opening remark with a smile, Nicole’s eyes intercepted the signal between the electronic screen of this box and the auction house.
She replaced it with her own computer terminal and disguised it as that of the auction house.
“Thank you for coming to our Gold Session at the Moon House, where there are only things you can’t think of and where there is nothing we can’t auction.
I wish everyone good luck and happy bidding.”
There was warm applause from the audience, and all eyes were on stage, waiting for the auction to begin.
Zeke was also sitting on the soft couch in the box, looking at the stage.
The box next door seemed to have been occupied, as he could faintly hear a familiar woman’s voice.
He listened carefully and could not believe that it was Chloe.
Looking in that direction with surprise, he saw the box was the closest box to the stage, and it was also the largest of all the boxes.
He looked back at Nicole, who had apparently heard it too.
Nicole had a frosty look in her eyes.
She had already realized that Chloe was the daughter of Miley, the wife of Damien from the Riddle family.
Chloe was an actress, the woman whom she saw sitting across from Jared in the café that day.
Nicole had mixed feelings when she thought of Jared.
She heard from Max that Jared was also in Nottingbrook State.
Just that she did not know where exactly he was, and they might have little chance to meet.
Nicole lowered her eyes to hide her melancholy.
She gathered herself and continued to focus on the screen in front of her.
Time wore on.
The Moon House’s security system was hard to hack into.
But looking at the progress bar on the screen, a smile crept across Nicole’s face.
Soon, she broke into the Moon House’s intranet and searched quickly for information related to her actual name.
Because of the massive amount of data, it needed time.
Nicole let the computer do its job while she got up and looked at Zeke.
Zeke wished he could poke his head out of the curtain.
When he saw Nicole come out, he quickly said, “It is a pity that you didn’t see what I saw.
You missed a lot.
If it weren’t for the old man’s strict control of my finances, I would have bid for a few pieces of goods.”
At this point, Zeke screwed up his face in regret.
Nicole raised an eyebrow with interest and
then looked slightly stunned at the scene outside of the curtain.
The auction this time had so much to offer.
Her attention was drawn to the stage outside the curtain.
After the blonde beauty sent down an auction item, she shouted passionately, “The following items are crystals produced in the Gulf of New Guinia.
Their purity is, of course, guaranteed.
The feature item of this batch of crystals is our main lot in this auction, a ten -carat pink diamond with an IF purity level —it is flawless.”
Speaking of which, several tall-built crews came up with trays on their hands.
The trays contained brilliant white crystals, which seemed to be crystal deposits, and the last tray was covered by a red cloth.
As soon as the blonde’s voice trailed off, a crew came up, unveiled the tray, and took a spotlight to shine on the contents of the tray.
Another crew raised a whiteboard behind the tray.
When light shone on the tray, and the reflection appeared on the whiteboard, everyone exclaimed in amazement.
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The diamond got so much attention for no other reason than its extreme beauty.
The crystal-clear diamond, internally flawless, reflected a pale pink light.
Anyone in the know would instantly recognize it at a glance.
The blonde looked at the covetous faces of the audience with delight.
She raised the auction hammer in the air and proclaimed loudly, “The Moon House has set this pink diamond reserved price at fifty-million dollars.”
There was an instant uproar.
But those who came here are not ordinary people.
Most of them were nonchalant at hearing the reserved price.
After all, it was a ten-carat, flawless pink diamond, and it had not been named yet.
The reserved price could be said to be very fair.
Soon someone held up a sign and said, “Fifty-one million.”
Zeke looked at the beautiful diamond and struggled internally.
He was contemplating bidding for it first and asked the old man for money later!
Nicole read his expression and asked, “You want it?”
Zeke looked at her and hesitated to tell her he wanted to give it to her.
But still, nodded at last.
Just as the two were talking, the price had been raised to sixty-five million dollars.
Nicole squinted at the pink diamond, and before she could hit the button, someone next door had raised the bid.
Every private box had a wide-screen display showing the bidding prices, and people could place their bids from the private box.
Every time the price was raised, a bell would ring.
At this moment, the bell rang, sounding like a thunderbolt.
Zeke covered his ears dreadfully.” It scared the hell out of me!”
The blonde looked at the box that had placed the bid with a strange look in her eyes.
But she quickly announced enthusiastically, “Seventy million from Box One.
Is there any higher?”
Nicole was not interested in the diamond, but she saw Zeke seemed to like it and thought it was not bad.
When another bid came again, she frowned as she fought back her desire to win.
But she still entered a figure and hit the golden button.
As the bell rang again, the blonde turned and saw the figure on the digital display.
“Eighty million from Box Two.”
All the smaller bidders looked frustrated, knowing that the price was already out of their reach as soon as they heard the figure.
They looked jealously and grudgingly at the ten private boxes above.
Whenever people inside the private box placed their bids, the smaller bidders basically knew they had lost the bid for the item.
Fortunately, so far, the bidders in the private boxes had only intervened a few times.
Hearing the eighty-million-dollar price tag, Chloe, who unabashedly followed Jared into the Box One, gritted her teeth.
Her entire net worth was almost only eighty million dollars.
If the bid increments only a couple of millions, she might still have hope.
But the other bidders raised the bid by ten million dollars each time.
She really could not afford it.
Chloe looked with pleading eyes at Jared, who was sitting listlessly in the box.
He squinted, looking not too happy as he gazed at the auction floor.
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Jared had delegated the task of selecting auction items to Dino entirely, not expecting Dino to come up with only such an unexciting collection.
Dino was standing respectfully to the side.
He bowed his head and moved a step backward toward the gold marble behind him as soon as Jared swept his gaze over.
Dino had a straight face, but the tip of his nose was trickling with sweat.
Jared looked at him with a half-smile, and Dino finally could not help but say,
“I’m sorry, mr. Johnston, the quality of this batch of goods is indeed not up to much.
But with the diamond, at least the auction will generate at least one hundred million dollars in revenue.
That’s why I have positioned this auction as a Gold Session.
If it doesn’t reach one hundred million, I’m willing to be punished for it.”
There was a hollow, indifferent look in Jared’s eyes when he heard that.
His eyes upturned, and he did not look at Dino again but shifted his attention to Box Two.
This private box was too close to his position, and he was worried about his own safety, so it had never been occupied.
But this time, a distinguished guest was inside and had raised the bid to eighty million dollars.
Jared started to find things more interesting.
When the blonde saw no one was continuing to bid, she called out, “At eighty million once! At eighty million twice!” Dino’s heart sank.
The penalty was inevitable, it seemed.
Everyone who was present completely ignored Chloe.
Chloe saw Jared had no intention of helping and could only grit her teeth and endure the pain, hoping that the other party would stop bidding After all, she could only come with Jared to such events once and did not want to let go of such a wonder item.
But she could not afford such a high price.
Just when the auctioneer was about to knock down, a bell suddenly rang from Box Three.
The blonde announced with excitement in her eyes, “Eighty-five million! Eight-five million from Box Three!”
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Chloe almost fainted when she heard the price.
She really liked the diamond.
The first time she saw the diamond on the screen, she told herself that this diamond would be hers! Wearing this diamond could enhance her value, whether it was in an advertisement or a movie.
As long as she had this valuable diamond, she would outclass every artist and wealthy lady.
With this in mind, Chloe gritted her teeth, stood up from the corner, and carefully walked toward Jared.
She then put up what she thought was the most beautiful smile and said, “Jared, this diamond is really beautiful, but I have limited funds.”
Since she had cheekily followed Jared to come here, she might as well cheekily ask him for
some money.
Unfortunately, Jared did not even spare a glance at her but just looked at the screen in front of him, tapping gently with his fingers, looking as if a lazy snow leopard had not awakened.
Nothing interested him.
Dino looked at Chloe and whispered in Jared’s ear, “Do you want me to kick her out?”
Jared casually glanced at Chloe and said to Dino, ”Just ignore her.”
Jared then looked at Chloe and said emotionlessly, “You have a good last name.”
Chloe was stunned, not knowing what he meant.
The Riddle family and Jared did not really speak the same language, so why would he compliment her for having a good last name?
Just when Chloe felt puzzled, the bell of Box Two rang.
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The blonde saw the figure on the monitor and announced excitedly, “At ninety million.
Ninety million from Box Two.”
Zeke looked at the figure on the screen and gently frowned.
“Lucifer, I’m not going to bid if it goes beyond one hundred million.”
His highest valuation of this diamond was one hundred million dollars, which he could still get from the old man in his family.
Paying anything more than that would not be worth it, and the old man would probably skin him alive.
Nicole understood what Zeke meant and could not help but glance at him.
She really wanted to look up who his ancestors were, as unlike what she thought, he seemed to be wealthy.
Zeke seemed well protected and might be inexperienced in many things, but his keen eye was not something that can be trained in an ordinary family.
This diamond was worth one hundred million dollars at most.
Nicole nodded at seeing him looking at her nervously.
She had wanted to bid for Zeke, and since he had also said so, she happily obliged.
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Box Three was silent for a second, but before long, there was another bell ranging.
The blonde looked at the figure on the screen of Box Three with relief.
She announced, “One hundred million from Box Three.”
The task given to her by the auction house was to make sure that the diamond was to be sold for one hundred million dollars.
Otherwise, today’s auction could not be called a Gold Session.
Zeke heard the price and quickly shook his head at Nicole.
Nicole got the hint and did not ring the bell.
She stood with her arms folded, casually looking at the blonde knockdown.
The blonde now had a genuine smile on her face.
“Congratulations to the guests of Box Three for winning the bid.”
Dino in Box One breathed a sigh of relief.
He gently wiped the sweat from his face with a handkerchief before turning to look at Jared.
Jared ignored him and stared at Box Two, impressed by them, who were smart enough to let up at the right time.
Dino knew that he had escaped punishment this time.
Chloe watched as the crew outside sent the tray to Box Three for inspection, her hand clenching so tightly that her sharp nails were about to rip apart her handbag.
“That is my diamond!’ she cried in hier mind.
But Chloe had been in the entertainment industry for many years and could read faces.
She knew that Jared’s patience had reached its limít, and she was in no position to yammer in front of him.
Chloe lowered her eyes, and no one knew exactly what
she was thinking.
Jared took his eyes off her and fiddled with a dagger in his hand with an expressionless face as if he were playing with a kid’s toy.
Only he knew what he was thinking.
His phone rang suddenly, interrupting Jared’s train of thought.
He frowned at seeing the caller ID.
“What’s up?” he answered.
Max’s excited voice sounded on the other end.
“Boss, we have found out the identity of Specter.
His name is Zeke Guzman, a first-year student of the Northon Institute.
That’s all we have found right now, but this is a good enough lead for us to dig further.”
‘Zeke Guzman?’ Jared’s hand paused, and he had thought of something.
No one knew that the first name of the army commander of Hustuaburg was Guzman.
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He smiled gently and said to Max, “That won’t be necessary.
I will ask Karlo.” Jared mentioned the name of the army chief of Hustuaburg so casually that Jared seemed to have not the slightest sense of reverence toward him.
Max, on the other end of the phone, was silent for a moment and put down his phone as if he had also just thought of this.
He then looked back at Claus, who had a helpless look on his vacant face.
‘Who is Lucifer? Even his partner isn’t ordinary.’ Max found it incredible.
The more he dug, the more shocked he was.
Jared had hung up.
He looked at the auction floor but his mind was elsewhere.
Pink Diamond had been delivered into Box Three.
The blonde’s job was done, and she felt at ease.
“Next is a bonus session.
The auction house will randomly select items we can’t evaluate for auction.
Everyone can bid for it and may likely get it at a low price.”
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Speaking of this, she motioned with her hand, and the crew behind her came up with a tray that looked different from the one holding the pink diamond.
It was simple and unpretentious, not covered with red cloth, and the contents inside were visible.
Nicole was thinking of checking the progress bar on her computer.
She could not take her eyes off the tray when she saw what was on the tray.
It was a palm-sized silver-white shard with a cold luster that looked no different from a piece of scrap iron.
Zeke, who had seen Nicole’s motorcycle, recognized it at once.
The material of the fragment seemed to be exactly the same as that of Nicole’s motorcycle.
He turned to look at Nicole.” Lucifer, this is…”
There was an unusual look in Nicole’s eyes.
She looked at the fragment while the blonde on the stage was still babbling, saying, “This piece of material is very special.
We tried various ways to change its form after the auction house got it, but whether it was cutting, burning, or processing it with modern technology, we could not make a dent in it.
This piece of material is a rare treasure.
Because the auction house has difficulty estimating its value, we have set the reserved price at one million dollars.”
The audience looked at each other, not knowing why this scrap iron was worth one hundred million dollars.
This amount was nothing to them, but there was no need to waste it on a piece of scrap metal.
No one raised a sign, and neither the blonde felt it strange.
After all, this thing really looked like just a piece of scrap metal.
As tough as it was in resisting fire, it was only the size of a palm.
What use could it have?
Jared looked at the fragment with a grave expression.
He then shot a frosty look at Dino.
“You
know what to do when you go back.” He then stood up and walked toward the auction table in the box.
Dino did not know what was wrong with Jared.
He had checked and verified this piece of material and found nothing special about it except that it was tough.
Yet Jared was angry with himself for this, wanting to punish him.
Just now, Jared did not even bat an eyelid when the pink diamond nearly fell short of the one-hundred- million-dollar hammer price.
But now, he seemed to want to bid for the item.
In fact, that was exactly what Jared thought.
He wanted to raise the price to ensure that no one else would get it.
But before he could do it, the box next door suddenly rang a bell.
The audience was stunned, and the blonde looked at the figure on the screen and was shocked for a moment.
Not that she had not seen so much money.
She just did not expect that someone would spend so much money to bid for something with unknown uses.
Jared was a step too late, and he squinted at the figure.