Chapter 71: They are not commodities

Tang Jun's roar echoed through the hall, causing everyone present to frown.
"Isn't he representing City Lord Lei? Doesn't he know any manners?"
"What's he doing here? Playing the hero? What are we then! This kid caused a scene at the Fang family's banquet earlier. If it weren't for City Lord Lei protecting him, he'd be dead by now."
"City Lord Lei is already overwhelmed with his own problems, yet he lets this kid run around like this!"
"..."
Seeing Tang Jun's furious expression, the host on the stage remained calm, smiling as he explained, "Sir, you've misunderstood."
"This is an auction; we're selling only legal and compliant items."
"As for these two poor little girls, they just need some financial assistance."
"I never said I was auctioning them off, please don't misunderstand."
"Isn't this an auction?"
Tang Jun looked at the beautiful twins, especially their blank and lifeless expressions, which stirred a pang of pity in him.
"I want to take them away now!"
"Of course."
The auctioneer said softly, "This gentleman has already placed a bid. Ladies and gentlemen, is anyone else bidding?"
Kong Long glanced at Tang Jun disdainfully and immediately raised his bidding paddle.
"I bid two million!"
Hearing Kong Long's bid, the auctioneer looked at Tang Jun: "Sir, someone has bid two million. If you want to do good and help these two girls, you'll have to raise the bid."
"What do you mean by raising the bid?"
Tang Jun's expression turned cold: "Do you think they're objects? I won't bid."
"That's a real pity."
A hint of regret appeared on the auctioneer's face, and he picked up the gavel: "Two million once."
"Two million twice."
"Two million three times! Sold!"
Bang!
The gavel struck.
Originally, some rich kids were very interested and planned to bid on the two girls directly, but Tang Jun's interference, plus the fact that the bidder was Kong Long...
They all chose to observe, some even forgetting to bid while watching the spectacle.
This gave Kong Long a huge advantage.
“Can’t you understand what I’m saying?”
Tang Jun stared at the host on stage, his clothes billowing even without wind.
His powerful aura startled some of the waiters on stage, almost causing them to collapse.
Faced with this imposing presence, the host spoke calmly, “Sir, as I just said, this is an auction. If someone wants to buy, we will sell.”
“These two little girls are pitiful and need assistance, so they have chosen to auction off their working abilities.”
“You just said you wanted to take them away, and I acknowledge that you bid. However, another gentleman has bid higher than you.”
“I’m truly sorry we didn’t get you the item you wanted. You can sit down and continue looking at the other items.”
“Bullshit!!!”
Tang Jun finally lost his temper. He lunged onto the stage, intending to take the twins away.
A glint appeared in the twins' beautiful eyes, seemingly agitated by Tang Jun's intention to drive them away.
"Sir..."
The host, though a seemingly frail woman, stepped in front of Tang Jun, pulling the twin girls behind her.
"I don't recommend you cause trouble here."
"Who's causing trouble here?"
Tang Jun's voice was filled with barely suppressed anger: "You're trafficking people here, and you're accusing me of causing trouble?"
"Before coming to this auction, I thought you were just auctioning things obtained through illegitimate channels. Now it seems you're even selling people."
"I want to take them away now! They're people, not commodities!!!"
"Is that so?"
The host's smile faded, and she spoke calmly: "Sir, you keep saying you want to save them. Since you think our auction house is treating them like commodities, why not just buy them directly? That way, they can be rescued by you."
Upon hearing this, Tang Jun frowned and said in a deep voice, "I said, they are not commodities..."
"They are not commodities, right?"
Before Tang Jun could finish speaking, the host interrupted him directly: "So you mean, you're a righteous hero, and taking them away is a 'heroic rescue'?"
"Then I ask you, why should our auction house foot the bill for your heroic rescue?"
"As I just said, if you want to do a good deed, I hope you can simply bid on them, instead of using force to take them away."
"Do you know what they've been through? And what they need?"
"I don't need to know that much!"
Tang Jun said firmly, "I only know that they need me to save them."
"Is that so?"
The host stepped aside, revealing the twins.
“Then you can ask them. If they want to come with you, I definitely won't stop them, is that alright?”
“Hmph!”
Tang Jun snorted coldly, then looked at the twins and said in a gentle tone, “Little sisters, come with me, I'll guarantee your safety.”
The twins' long eyelashes trembled slightly.
They seemed somewhat tempted, but just as they leaned forward, they seemed to remember something, and holding hands, they steadied themselves again.
One of the girls spoke softly, “Thank you for your kindness, but we are doing this voluntarily, I'm sorry.”
No! He had to take them away!
This thought ignited in Tang Jun's heart.
Because for some reason, the moment he saw the two women, an intuition rose within him—that the two women before him belonged to him!
He had the same feeling when he first saw Liu Ruyan!
"Hey! Kid, yeah, I was talking to you!"
Before Tang Jun could make a move, Kong Long interrupted, "You want to compete with me? Fine, don't say I didn't give you a chance. We can bid fairly. If you win, consider me a poor guy, nothing more to say."
"But if you can't win, get out! Don't ruin my mood!"
Seeing Kong Long's mocking expression, Tang Jun clenched his fists, making a cracking sound.
"They're not commodities. I won't try to take them away from you with money."
"Oh~~~"
Kong Long feigned sudden realization: "So you mean you're planning to get it for free? You want it all!"
"You're a hero, and we're all villains here, but why won't you, the hero, contribute any money? You're Lord Lei's man, you should have plenty of money, right?"
Money?
Tang Jun certainly did; the card Lord Lei gave him contained three hundred million.
However, that money was for bidding on something later, something very useful to him!
Lord Lei took out three hundred million to support him.