Ch. 2701..2710
The Ex Husbands Revenge Chapter 2701-Miss Morrison, who is this next to you?" Aurelia turned and glanced at Leon.
A baffled look appeared on her face as she wondered who this strange man was and why he was with Renee.
"Oh, he is the vice president of Cynthion Group, Hugh Wolf," Renee said.
She was not familiar with Aurelia and she did not want to engage in a conversation with her at first.
However, since Aurelia took the initiative to greet her, she had to interact with her out of manner.
“Vice president of Cynthion Group? I haven't heard of that before.’ Aurelia and Bucky exchanged confused looks.
During Jaxon's bouquet, many guests who attended met Leon and witnessed what his alchemical pills could do.
However, Aurelia and Bucky were not present at the time.
Bucky just reached the Initial Emperor State and was far from reaching the Intermediate Emperor State.
At the moment, he was not in need of herbs to get past the bottleneck of his training.
On top of that, he and Aurelia were busy making arrangements for the engagement party, so they did not attend the bouquet.
Because of that, they did not know Leon or Cynthion Group.
"Miss Morrison, this can't possibly be your boyfriend, right? You are the eldest daughter of the Morrisons, so how could you dare a mere vice president? Have you lost your mind?" Aurelia glanced at Renee and Leon.
Realization dawned on her and a mocking look appeared on her face.
She never liked Renee because Renee's beauty surpassed her own and Bucky once pursued her.
Upon learning that Hugh was just a vice president of a small firm, she assumed that he was Renee's boyfriend since they were here shopping early in the morning.
With that thought in mind, she took the opportunity to mock Renee, wanting to humiliate her.
"Yeah. Re- Miss Morrison, how could you date someone so ordinary?" Bucky's expression darkened and he turned to glare at Leon in hostility.
Though he already had a girlfriend, his feelings for Renee had yet to change.
If Renee agreed to date Felton, who was far stronger as a martial artist and had a higher status, Bucky would not be able to protest.
However, Renee rejected him only to date someone who could not compare to him in status and he simply could not accept it.
His heart was filled with frustration and jealousy toward Leon as he wondered how an ordinary person like Leon could win Renee over.
The Ex Husbands Revenge Chapter 2702-"No! You two are mistaken. I'm just Miss Morrison's friend, not her boyfriend,"
Leon said before Renee could answer.
"What? Is it embarrassing to be my boyfriend? Do you not think that I deserve you?" Renee's expression darkened.
As the most beautiful woman in the western region, countless young bachelors fawned over her and they all were desperate to date her.
Leon, on the other hand, jumped at the first chance to deny dating her back when Joshua and Ariella mistook him for her boyfriend.
Now that Bucky and Aurelia thought the same, he reacted the same way as though she was not a worthy match for him.
She took it personally as an insult and given her prideful nature, she got frustrated and shot Leon a dark look.
T" Leon was taken aback by Renee's reaction.
He was not her boyfriend to begin with and merely stated a fact, so he did not know why Renee was mad.
However, he spent enough time with his confidantes in the past and knew women well enough to stay quiet when they were mad.
Hence, he quieted down and did not argue with Renee.
"Miss Morrison, your boyfriend is so weird! Maybe he doesn't think he deserves you and doesn't dare to admit your relationship!" Aurelia smirked mockingly.
Though Leon denied it, Renee was someone of exceptional beauty and status.
She refused to believe that Renee would accompany someone unrelated to the shop early in the morning.
Normal men would not get Renee to put in much effort, so Aurelia was certain that the two of them were dating.
Therefore, she assumed Leon refused to admit it in public because of his inferior complex.
That seemed to be the only reasonable explanation.
"Miss Underwood, I don't really think it's any concern of yours if Hugh is my boyfriend. Don't you think you're a bit out of line here?" Renee said with displeasure.
She was no fool and sensed the hostility in Aurelia's tone. Not wanting to waste her time explaining, she retorted without mincing her words.
"Well," Aurelia froze and was instantly rendered speechless.
After all, Renee was right and this was none of her business.
"Sir, I'm sorry for the interruption. Do you still want this piece of jadeite?" Just then, the saleswoman chimed in.
Though Leon clearly stated that he wanted to jadeite, he was not able to pay due to Bucky and Aurelia's sudden appearance.
The saleswoman was not certain if Leon wanted it still and decided to ask him again.
The Ex Husbands Revenge Chapter 2703-Oh yeah." Leon recalled about the jadeite and opened his mouth to answer.
However, Aurelia interrupted him before he could speak.
"Bucky, that piece looks great and matches your looks.” She glanced at it and pulled Bucky over.
"How much is this?" she asked the saleswoman.
"This costs 1.8 million," the saleswoman blurted out.
"1.8 million? That's not that expensive! We will take it!" Aurelia said hastily.
She already heard what the saleswoman said and guessed that Leon and Renee were interested in this piece of jadeite.
Initially, she wanted to mock Renee for dating a man of low status to embarrass her. However, Renee remained unfazed and silenced her, which displeased her.
Therefore, she decided to purchase the jadeite before Renee and Leon could do so.
She only came here with Bucky because she wanted to purchase a few pieces of jadeites for her engagement party.
The piece before her matched her taste and the price was reasonable as well.
On top of that, she felt like she could vent her frustration on Renee by stealing what she wanted.
"Um, I'm sorry, Madam. This gentleman here said he wanted this. I can sell it to you, but only if he no longer wants it." The saleswoman smiled apologetically and turned to Leon for further instruction.
"I'll take it. Take my card!" Leon said.
He could tell that Aurelia wanted to purchase the jadeite as a means to humiliate Renee.
However, the saleswoman already turned her down, so Leon did not think much of it and handed his card to the saleswoman to purchase the jadeite.
"Sure! Please give me a moment, Sir," The saleswoman reached out to take Leon's card, only to be stopped by Aurelia.
"What's wrong with you? I've already told you that I wanted this! Are you deaf?"
Aurelia said in displeasure.
She then slapped the saleswoman's hand out of the way to prevent her from taking Leon's card.
"Ow," Pained, the saleswoman's smile froze.
Not only was Aurelia arrogant and impolite, but she also slapped the saleswoman on the wrist.
This frustrated the saleswoman, but she had no choice but to suppress her anger.
After all, she could tell that Aurelia was from a powerful background judging from the way she dressed, and a mere saleswoman could not afford to cross her.
The Ex Husbands Revenge Chapter 2704-"Madam, this is first come first serve. This gentleman here has already decided to purchase this jadeite and I can’t sell it to you. Please understand!" The saleswoman forced a smile and maintained a polite attitude, hoping that Aurelia would settle down.
"So what? He hasn't paid, has he? So long as he hasn't paid, I have the right to buy it!" Aurelia scoffed and remained arrogant.
"But-" The saleswoman was rendered speechless.
Though Aurelia was playing with words, she was right that Leon was yet to pay and the saleswoman could not argue with this logic.
"Miss Underwood, what's the meaning of this? You know that Hugh set his eyes on this and you are causing trouble on purpose! Don't you think you are out of line here?" Renee questioned angrily.
She knew that Aurelia was only fighting over the jadeite to undermine her.
Facing such provocation, she could not maintain her politeness.
Naturally, Leon was equally offended.
He did not know Aurelia and they had no previous conflict, yet she continued to belittle him for not deserving Renee and rudely compete for the jadeite he wanted.
This was out of line and even for someone as good-tempered as Leon, he was inevitably provoked.
Still, he did not intend to fight with a woman. As a gentleman, he suppressed his anger and did not snap.
"Miss Morrison, I'm afraid I don't agree with you. Bucky and I came here to purchase jadeites. Isn't it normal that I want to buy something that I’m interested in? You can't just stop me from buying it just because you and your boyfriend set your eyes on it!” Aurelia retorted.
"Why you!" Renee was furious.
However, the Underwoods were one of the most powerful families in the western region, and Aurelia's status rivaled hers.
Since Aurelia was determined to take the jadeite from Leon, there was nothing she could do.
"What do you want, then? There's only one piece and we are both interested in it. It's not like this can be sold to US all!" Leon laughed angrily at Aurelia's insensible behavior.
"How about this? Let's bid against each other and whoever bids the highest price gets it!" Aurelia said and glanced at Leon in contempt.
She just learned from Renee that Leon was just a lowly vice president.
Leon could not possibly compare to her or Bucky in terms of wealth and status.
If they bid against one another, Leon would not stand a chance.
That way, she could defeat Leon and Renee and get them to admit their shortcomings, thus killing two birds with one stone.
The Ex Husbands Revenge Chapter 2705-"That's not a bad idea! I'll pay 3 million!” Bucky chimed in.
Like Aurelia, he also did not see Hugh as a threat.
The jadeite was quite valuable, yet Hugh was willing to spend a fortune on it.
Since they mistook Leon as Renee's boyfriend and that was later confirmed by the fact that Renee was out shopping with him early in the morning, he assumed that Leon was purchasing the jadeite as a gift for Renee.
Bucky was in love with Renee so he refused to let Leon get his way.
"You want to bid against me? That's interesting. I'll pay 4 million, then!" Leon scoffed.
Considering how profitable Cynthion Group and Elegante Group were, he was not in short of money as the chairman of both firms.
Since Aurelia and Bucky dared to bid against him to make him give up, they would have to learn the reality as he did not fear them.
"I'll go for 5 million, then!" Bucky sneered and raised the price without hesitation.
"7 million!" Leon said calmly.
"Why you!" Bucky and Aurelia both paled.
They thought that Leon would caved once they raised the price and he would give up on bidding.
To their surprise, Leon dared to raise the price to 7 million without hesitation.
This caught them by surprise. However, they refused to back down as a few million did not mean much to people from their backgrounds.
There was no way that they would admit defeat.
"9 million!" Bucky said darkly, no longer as composed.
The selling price of the jadeite was merely a little over 1.5 million and it was hardly worth 9 million.
It pained him slightly to pay so much for something not worthy of the value.
"I will!" Leon was about to raise the price when Renee pulled his arm.
"Hugh, forget it. This piece of jadeite isn't worth that much. Stop bidding. If they want it so badly, let them have it! We can just buy another one!" Renee said.
Leon already mentioned that he was purchasing jadeites to produce alchemical pills. This would only require jadeites of good quality and craftmanship should not matter.
If Leon continued to bid, he would only be wasting money so he might as well purchase another piece.
"Well, that's true!" Realization dawned on Leon and he regained his composure.
Due to Aurelia's unreasonable attitude, he was overwhelmed by anger and prompted to bid.
However, Renee's words brought him back to his senses.
Though he was not short of money, spending it foolishly should not be an option.
The jadeite was only worth a little over 1.5 million and it would be foolish of him if he continued to bid only to purchase it at a much higher price.
Since Bucky and Aurelia insisted on acting recklessly, he had no reason to compete with them.
The Ex Husbands Revenge Chapter 2706-"Alright, you've won. If you want it so badly, you can have it," Leon said calmly.
"Let us have it? Kid, get off your high horse. You're just giving up because you can't afford to bid against me!" Bucky mocked, sighing a breath of relief inwardly.
After all, this piece of jadeite was hardly worth 9 million and if Leon continued to bid, he would have to consider giving up.
Thankfully, Leon seemed to have reached his limit and gave up, so he defeated Leon as he wished.
"Yeah. You're just a vice president, so what makes you think you can compete against US? Know your place!" Aurelia sneered in contempt.
Wearing a triumphant look, Aurelia took the opportunity to mock Leon.
"How foolish!" Renee laughed angrily as she observed the arrogant looks on Bucky and Aurelia's faces.
She knew Hugh and Cynthion Group.
During Jaxon's bouquet, Hugh spent 287 million and purchased all the rare herbs despite competing with all the others.
In terms of financial power, Cynthion Group might surpass the most powerful families.
If Hugh truly wanted the jadeite, Aurelia and Bucky could not compete with him.
The jadeite simply was not worth that much and Hugh gave up on bidding because he did not want to waste money.
Amusingly, Bucky and Aurelia felt smug about it and that was beyond foolish.
"Miss Morrison, are you embarrassed because your boyfriend couldn’t compete with me and Bucky?" Aurelia retorted.
Contrary to what Renee thought, Aurelia did not think that she was being foolish and merely assumed that Renee was frustrated that she lost.
She felt extremely pleased.
"Whatever you say!" Renee scoffed and ignored her.
"Alright. Pack this jadeite up!" Seeing as Renee caved, Aurelia grew smugger and commanded the saleswoman, preparing to pay.
"Well, sir, are you sure you don't want this anymore?" The saleswoman was quite disappointed that Leon gave up.
She stared at him with anticipation, seemingly trying to convey some sort of message.
The crafted jadeites in the shop fixed prices and bidding was not allowed.
The bidding Bucky initiated was solely voluntary and had nothing to do with the shop.
Hence, she wanted Leon to keep raising the price to teach Bucy and Aurelia a lesson.
It did not matter how much Leon offered as she could always sell it to him at the original price in private.
After all, it was Leon who requested to purchase the jadeite first and according to the rules, she should be selling it to him.
Though she could obtain a thousand commission by selling the jadeite at 9 million, she was sick of Aurelia's arrogant attitude.
She simply did not wish to sell the jadeite to Aurelia and Bucky to encourage their inappropriate behavior.
The Ex Husbands Revenge Chapter 2707-I won't take it. Just sell this to them!" Leon shook his head.
Leon caught on to the unspoken message of the saleswoman’s words and understood that she wanted him to keep bidding before she eventually sold him the jadeite at its original price.
However, he was merely buying the jadeite for the Energy Convergence Circle and had no preferences in terms of the craftsmanship. Hence, he did not have to obtain this piece.
Since Bucky and Aurelia insisted on buying it, he saw no point in getting in their ways.
"Well, alright, then." The saleswoman felt resigned that Leon did not want the jadeite any longer.
She could only pack the jadeite and sell it at 9 million to them.
"Hugh, let's just pick out another piece!" Renee grabbed Leon's arm and proceeded to check the other cabinets to select another piece.
Watching them, Aurelia frowned.
She assumed that Leon and Renee would be offended that the piece they set their eyes on was taken away.
Renee might just leave with Leon out of frustration and embarrassment.
To her bewilderment, things did not go as planned.
Not only did Leon and Renee not leave, they remained unfazed and proceeded to look for other replacements.
This left her feeling displeased.
"Miss Morrison, forgive me for being blunt, but it's quite odd that someone of your status would choose to date such a poor man. I feel embarrassed for you!"
Aurelia said arrogantly.
She knew that Renee's status and beauty surpassed hers, and she was struggling to find ways to undermine Renee.
Hence, she could only target Leon in an attempt to mock Renee.
"Yeah, Miss Morrison. A poor lad like him isn't worth you. I advise that you break up with him as soon as possible to avoid being laughed at!" Bucky agreed along and stared at her heatedly.
Considering his feelings for Renee, he was more than willing to break off the engagement with Aurelia if Renee was willing to abandon Leon and choose him instead.
If Aurelia knew about what he was thinking, she would have mixed feelings about this.
"Whether Hugh deserves me is none of your business. You have no right to tell me what to do. Besides, Hugh isn't as horrible as you think he is. He is more formidable than you can imagine!" Renee scoffed and shot them a dark look.
She knew the extent of Leon's ability.
Though he was just the vice president of Cynthion Group, Hugh was a talented Even the son of the Western Boss, Felton, was no match for him.
Felton was known as one of the brightest of their generation and remained unrivaled with the only exception being Hugo.
If Felton could not defeat Leon, others of the younger generation would not stand a chance.
Hence, Bucky simply could not compare with Leon.
The Ex Husbands Revenge Chapter 2708-"Just how formidable can a mere vice president be? Renee, don't bother bluffing. You'd just end up embarrassing yourself!" Aurelia chuckled.
She never heard of Cynthion Group before, which meant that it was merely a small, insignificant firm.
Leon was merely the vice president and not even the chairman, so his status was ordinary, and from Aurelia's perspective, there were plenty of people like him.
It would be unrealistic to think that Leon was formidable and there was no way that she would believe Renee.
Naturally, Bucky felt the same way as well.
He assumed that Renee was just lying to protect Leon as that seemed to be the only explanation.
"Why you!" Renee's expression darkened at Aurelia's laughter.
Just as she was about to say something, she was interrupted.
"It's out!"
"It's out!"
"That's a gigantic piece of glass jadeite!"
"Whoever bought it is going to win a fortune!"
Just then, there was a commotion from the rock gambling area, which alerted Renee, Leon, and the others.
"What happened? What's going on over there?" Renee asked in surprise.
"I think someone opened a rock containing high-quality jadeite," Leon said thoughtfully.
Though there were a lot of noise, he was a formidable martial artist with great hearing.
On top of that, he knew his way around rock gambling and immediately guessed what happened.
"I see!" Renee said and recalled something. "By the way, Hugh, you want highquality jadeites, right? Seems like someone got one over there. Do you want to go take a look?"
She knew that the jadeite that surfaced had to be of supreme quality for there to be such a commotion. These experts in jadeites would not be so excited otherwise.
Since Leon needed high-quality jadeites for the Energy Convergence Circle, Leon may need the jadeite if it was a glass jadeite.
"Yeah, that's what I'm thinking as well!" Leon nodded.
Ignoring Aurelia and Bucky, the two of them turned and headed straight to the rock gambling area.
"Damn it! Bucky, let's go over there as well!" Aurelia's expression darkened when Renee and Leon ignored her.
She and Bucky spent 9 million on a piece of jadeite just to undermine and humiliate Renee and Leon.
Yet, the two of them remained unaffected and did not leave in embarrassment either.
The feeling that there was no outlet for her frustration left her feeling unsatisfied.
Reluctant to give up, she dragged Bucky over to the rock gambling area.
The Ex Husbands Revenge Chapter 2709-In the rock gambling area, Renee and Leon approached and asked around, soon understanding what happened.
A middle-aged man ended up with a piece of high-quality green glass jadeite.
There was a variety of colors amongst jadeites and the shade of green that this piece of jadeite possessed was only one level away from the imperial green.
Apart from that, the quality and worth of a piece of jadeite were often determined by the shine and level of transparency.
The higher the shine and the more transparent it was, the better the quality.
The jadeite found by this middle-aged man was wonderful both in terms of shine and transparency.
On top of that, it was an enormous piece, weighing around four to five kilograms.
The only drawback was that the color was not the purest of all and was considered slightly less valuable than imperial green.
Still, given its size, its worth would be around 43 million or even higher.
That was precisely why the crowd were all impressed by his good luck.
With the middle-aged man's order, a staff member sanded the surface of the rock to remove all impurity, before handing the jadeite to him.
"Rickon, do you plan on selling this? I'm willing to offer 14 million!" A merchant who collected and sold jadeites inquired.
"14 million doesn't mean anything! I'll offer 17 million!" Another chubby- looking merchant said hastily.
"I'll pay 19 million!"
"21 million!"
Two other merchants chimed in and the price was instantly raised to 21 million.
"21 million?’ The middle-aged man wavered.
He was just a professional player in rock gambling and often relied on his luck.
He was quite lucky lately and stumbled upon such high-quality jadeite.
Amid his excitement, he knew that he needed to sell it right away.
After all, he was not a merchant, nor was he a wealthy man. He would have no use for this piece of jadeite and selling it seemed like the most appropriate option.
Though this high-quality jadeite was worth around 43 million, he did not have the connections to channels in which he could craft the jadeite and sell it like a professional merchant.
It would be rather challenging for him to sell the jadeite to its full worth.
21 million was already considered a rather satisfying price. However, he did not agree to it right away and glanced around, wondering if others could offer even higher.
"30 million!" Leon called out.
He came to purchase high-quality jadeite for the Energy Convergence Circle.
This piece of glass jadeite was just a step away from the greatest quality of imperial green, so there was abundant spiritual energy within it, making it perfect for the circle.
Leon had his eyes on it instantly and prepared to purchase it.
On top of that, an Energy Convergence Circle required eighteen pieces of jadeite apart from the core, which meant he needed a total of nineteen.
This high-quality jadeite was enormous and he should have more than enough to divide it into nineteen pieces. If he purchased it, he would not need to purchase any other jadeite, thus killing two birds with one stone.
The Ex Husbands Revenge Chapter 2710-"30 million? Where'd this kid come from?" The merchants turned in unison when Leon joined the bidding.
"It's just 30 million! I'll bid!" The chubby merchant scoffed and was about to raise the price to bid against Leon when his companion pulled at his arm.
"Steve, forget it. Don't bid against him!" The companion shook his head.
"Why not?" Steve was taken aback.
"Why don't you take a look at who’s standing next to him? That's the eldest daughter of the Morrisons! You better give up if you don't want to cross the Morrisons!" The companion lowered his voice, clearly having recognized Renee.
"Oh!" Steve turned and immediately spotted Renee. Feeling a chill down his spine, he finally understood why his companion stopped him.
The Morrisons were the head of all families in the western region and as the eldest daughter of such a family, Renee's status was much higher than him.
Leon and Renee seemed close and Steve instantly concluded that Leon was likely someone with similar status as Renee. A mere merchant like he could not afford to cross them.
This green jadeite was rare and could be sold for over 43 million if it was carved into someone. However, Leon had already raised the price to 30 million and if the merchants bid against him, he would only profit a little after deducting the time and production costs.
There was no point in crossing Leon and Renee over a small profit as it would not benefit him much.
Realization dawned on Steve and he instantly gave up on bidding.
The other merchants all recognized Renee and could tell that she was close to Leon.
Neither of them wanted to bid against Leon over a small profit as they did not want to cross Leon and Renee.
Hence, the others gave up on bidding as well.
"30 million?" The middle-aged man was pleased that Leon raised the price further.
He was already wavering when the merchants raised the price to 22 million. The fact that Leon offered 30 million for the jadeite was something he did not anticipate, so he was overjoyed.
"Sir, I'd like to offer 30 million for this jadeite. Will you sell it to me?" Leon asked.
"Oh, of course!" The middle-aged man nodded.
However, the situation changed in the next moment.
"Hang on, we'll offer 33 million!" Just then, Aurelia's prideful voice sounded and she stepped out of the crowd with Bucky.