CHAPTER 755: CHAPTER 755: AUCTION

Dylan Gardner has been taking care of Iris Crawford in the hospital room for the past few days. Iris is still in a coma and hasn’t woken up yet.

Just now, Isabelle Willow came to see Iris Crawford. As soon as she opened the hospital room door, she met face to face with another person, and the next second, Jude Crawford arrived, creating a tense situation among the three of them.

It’s clear that Jude Crawford doesn’t believe this explanation. His deep-set eyes fell on Isabelle’s face, "Why do such coincidental things always happen to you, Isabelle Willow? Are you really here to visit Iris or to meet your old flame?"

Isabelle’s face flushed with anger, "Jude Crawford, you are simply unreasonable!"

"Isabelle Willow, who’s being reasonable here? Make yourself clear!"

Dylan Gardner looked at the two of them, "I say, you two..."

Jude Crawford interrupted, "Shut up!"

Isabelle Willow added, "Don’t say anything!"

Dylan, yelled at by both, was dumbfounded, "..."

Serena raised her red lips in a smile. This is probably the love between Jude Crawford and Isabelle Willow—no matter what pains, pessimism, or sadness they carry, it belongs to just the two of them, and no third party can intervene.

Once the foremost noble in the City of Aethelgard’s business world and the first cold and talented woman, such a wonderful couple; yet, they wasted the best years of their lives in the conspiracies. Serena’s bright eyes captured this scene; Jude tightly held Isabelle’s hand, while Isabelle looked up with eyes full of him. What a fortunate scene, frozen forever, as if it were Jude and Isabelle’s entire life.

Serena stepped forward, her voice clear and pleasant, "Aunt Isabelle, why are you here?"

Isabelle raised her head and quickly saw Serena. She immediately tried to pull her arm back with force.

But Jude wouldn’t let go.

With a thin skin, Isabelle blushed and tucked a strand of hair by her cheek, speaking in a low voice to Jude, "Let go. The kids are here!"

Neither of them was young anymore and they didn’t want to argue in front of the kids.

Seeing her discomfort, Jude relaxed his grip and let go.

"Serena, I came to see Iris."

Serena walked over and affectionately linked her arm with Isabelle’s, "Aunt Isabelle, I also came to see Aunt Iris."

"Serena, Iris has been in a coma for a long time. When will she wake up?" Isabelle asked worriedly.

"A heart condition needs a heart cure. I plan to take Aunt Iris back to the City of Aethelgard to treat her heart illness."

Back to the City of Aethelgard.

As these words fell, the atmosphere among the people instantly dropped to freezing point. The City of Aethelgard is full of past events and memories, and no one wished to touch the scars deep in their hearts again.

At this moment, Serena’s bright eyes landed on Jude Crawford’s face, "Uncle Jude, this trip to the City of Aethelgard is not just for me, but also Aunt Isabelle, Aunt Iris, Uncle Garner, and you; you have to come back with us to the City of Aethelgard."

Jude’s expression didn’t look good. He glanced at Serena, "What are you planning to do by bringing everyone back to the City of Aethelgard?"

Jude was like a cunning, wily old fox, and deceiving him was impossible.

Serena smiled, "Uncle Jude, you’ll know once you go back."

Jude pressed his lips together, pouring cold water over her expectations without hesitation, "I’m not going back. You all go have fun."

After saying that, Jude turned and left with no room for negotiation.

Isabelle held onto Serena, whispering, "Serena, I’m sure you have your reasons for every decision. I can go back to the City of Aethelgard with you, but Jude’s decisions never change; he won’t go back."

Serena’s bright eyes blinked playfully and wisely, "This time, I must take Uncle Jude back. Every rule has its exceptions, and Uncle Jude is no different."

Curious, Isabelle asked, "What’s the exception in Jude’s life?"

Serena smiled faintly without speaking, because the exception in Jude’s life is... you, Aunt Isabelle!

...

Serena took Isabelle out of the hospital together. Since they were going back, they were bound to see Old Madam Crawford, so Serena and Isabelle went to the auction house to find some antiques to gift her. After all, Old Madam Crawford had high standards and plenty of ordinary things.

As soon as they arrived at the auction house, Serena saw two familiar faces—it was Mr. and Mrs. Shen.

In these past two days, Mr. and Mrs. Shen felt like they had ascended from the slums to heaven. Today, they were wearing the fur coats typical of the nouveau riche, with their bodies covered in gold and silver. A thick gold chain hung around their necks like a dog’s leash, and large golden rings adorned their five fingers, practically blinding anyone who looked at them.

Hayden Crawford had given them a bank card with unlimited funds, and Mr. and Mrs. Shen had been out and about, trying to figure out how to spend it. They got a taste of what it was like to throw money around.

They had bought enough clothes and jewelry. Upon hearing that wealthy people usually visited auction houses, they eagerly came to the largest one to make a show of themselves.

Their faces read three big words: I have money!

Mr. and Mrs. Shen went to a luxurious private room, where the servers brought them exquisite snacks and tea. Mr. Shen shouted, "Hey, I’m talking to you. Who’s the owner of this auction house? Call him out. We have money, let him show us the interesting items here for us to buy."

Mrs. Shen ate a piece of the snack. She found the auction house’s standards incredibly high, fitting its status as top-tier; even the snacks were so delicious. She quickly grabbed another piece to stuff into her mouth, "Exactly, we have money. What’s the most expensive thing here? We’ll buy it!"

This auction house was frequented by elite and successful people, so the server was seeing people like the Shens for the first time. They discreetly avoided the crumbs sprayed from Mrs. Shen’s mouth, politely saying, "Sir, Madam, our boss doesn’t meet guests, regardless of how much money you have."

"What?" Mr. Shen was quite dissatisfied, "Your boss is pretty impressive, huh? We have plenty of money." Mr. Shen patted the bank card in his pocket.

The server smiled, "Sorry, our boss doesn’t lack money either."

Mr. Shen was at a loss, "..." He was really curious now about who the owner of this auction house was, someone who didn’t lack money!

The server continued, "Sir, Madam, please rest for a moment. The auction will begin shortly. When you see something you like, you can raise your card to bid. The highest bidder wins."

With that, the server left.

The Shens muttered unhappily. At that moment, when they looked up, they saw Serena and Isabelle.