"Why are you in such a hurry?" Ouyang Xiaoya was speechless.

"Well, some people would probably fight tooth and nail for this thing, but for others, it's not worth a penny," Lin Hai explained.

"It's mainly because this item might be related to my background," Lin Hai added.

"Your background?"

Lin Hai nodded: "Yes, I'm an orphan. When I was abandoned, I also had one of these with me, look."

As he spoke, Lin Hai lifted up his collar, took off the Bone Finger ring that hung around his neck, and placed it in front of Ouyang Xiaoya.

"It seems to be the same as the one on the auction block, but yours is intact."

"CEO, I want to know who my parents really are; perhaps that item on the auction can provide a clue."

Ouyang Xiaoya looked at Lin Hai's earnest and determined eyes, and couldn't help but be moved.

"Poor Beast Lin, who would have thought that he was actually abandoned? No wonder he never talked about his past," she mused.

Thinking this, Ouyang Xiaoya nodded and agreed: "Okay, go ahead and bid."

"Thank you, CEO."

Lin Hai resumed bidding.

"Five million and one."

The masked lady sitting below glared resentfully up at Lin Hai's private room and then bid: "Six million."

Lin Hai quickly turned to look, seeing Ouyang Xiaoya nodding.

"Six million and one!"

"Seven million!" The masked lady was relentless.

Ouyang Xiaoya was also getting irritated.

"Lin Hai, raise it by a million. Don't let others look down on us."

"Huh? A million, CEO?" Lin Hai's eyes widened.

"It's fine, we'll just deduct it from your salary."

"...Then I'm practically working for you for the rest of my life."

"Eight million."

Lin Hai bid through gritted teeth.

People were once again surprised.

"Nine million!" The masked woman hesitated for a while, then raised her bid again!

At that moment, from the private room next to Han Chongtian's, a new voice emerged: "I bid ten million!"

People were shocked once more; another fool with more money than sense, bidding ten million for a worthless bone.

"Han Chongtian is also interested in this thing?" Lin Hai wondered.

"Fifteen million, Lin Hai!" Ouyang Xiaoya decisively said. Although she didn't understand auctions, the fact that the opponent hesitated meant that the price was already close to exceeding their psychological limit; they had to strike while the iron was hot and force a concession.

"CEO? Are you joking? Let's raise the price slowly, shall we?"

"Don't hesitate, just go for fifteen million directly; they will definitely give up!" Ouyang Xiaoya said calmly.

"It's over, even my next lifetime is bought by you."

Actually, Ouyang Xiaoya's decisiveness, willing to stake fifteen million, was because Lin Hai's earlier remark about "once being an orphan, abandoned at that time" had deeply touched her.

Since they were already engaged to be married, as his girlfriend, she felt she should help him.

At the same time, Lin Hai clenched his teeth and shouted: "Fifteen million!"

The crowd below was in complete uproar.

Fifteen million! Has this guy gone mad? An animal bone was actually fetching a sky-high price.

Sure enough, just as Ouyang Xiaoya expected, the masked woman clenched her teeth; she wanted to raise her hand several times but hesitated and put it down again.

"Fifteen million, the first call!"

"15 million, for the second time!"

"15 million, for the third time!"

"Sold!"

"Congratulations to the guest in VIP Room 8 for winning the bid!"

People gasped again, turning to look at VIP Room 8—Lin Hai's room—in disbelief. Some began to inquire around, curious about what that bone relic was and why it was worth the astronomical price of 15 million.

Before long, a staff member cautiously carried half of a finger bone into VIP Room 8.

"Esteemed sir, would you like to pay with cash or by card?" asked the staff member.

"Card." Ouyang Xiaoya promptly presented a gold card.

The efficiency here was very high. The card transaction was completed, and Lin Hai got his hands on the half finger bone, just as he wished.

"Does this item possess any magical properties?"

Ouyang Xiaoya curiously examined what could only be described as a real "rip-off."

Lin Hai shook his head; the finger bone was incomplete, it bore no bloody patterns, and was pure black.

"I don't know of its magical properties yet; I'll have to study it thoroughly when I'm back."

This thing must be related to his own origins.

Knock, knock, knock, someone rapped on the room door.

"President Ouyang, may I come in?"

Lin Hai hurriedly put away the finger bone.

"President Han, please come in."

Han Chongtian walked in, curiosity in his voice, "President Ouyang, did you just win that piece of bone?"

Ouyang Xiaoya didn't answer directly but smiled and asked, "Why? Is President Han interested in that piece of bone?"

Han Chongtian nodded: "Yes, it so happens that I have another half at home. Could you possibly let me have it? I'm willing to pay double the price."

"I'm sorry, but I cannot sell that bone," Ouyang Xiaoya shook her head.

"Oh, that's too bad. Could President Ouyang lend it to me for a few days to observe?" Han Chongtian still hopeful, asked again.

Ouyang Xiaoya stealthily glanced at Lin Hai.

Of course, Lin Hai would not lend it out, shaking his head.

"President Han, I cannot lend it to you at the moment."

"Alright, if President Ouyang changes your mind, please let me know; I'll send someone to fetch it personally."

Ouyang Xiaoya nodded.

After the auction ended, they left the VIP room.

Lin Hai was deep in thought, eager to take this object to the Judge for thorough research, to look through related information, and to see if it had any connections to his own past.

In a dim corner, the masked woman who had been bidding against Lin Hai was now coldly watching Ouyang Xiaoya's retreating figure, murmuring, "So it was this woman who outbid me for that item? Hmph!"

Returning to Han Chongtian's villa, Lin Hai walked to his allocated room and took out the finger bone to examine it closely.

"Who could have shattered such a bone?"

"With my current strength, I can't destroy it; does it require legendary-level strength?"

Compared to his own finger bone, which bore patterns of blood, this one had nothing at all.

He was eager to ask Han Chongtian to see the other half, but it seemed inappropriate at the moment. He could only wait until returning to Huadu to sneak in as King Yan and find the other half.

Elsewhere, Ouyang Xiaoya was on a phone call outside the villa—Murong Xue was reporting today's work and scheduling appointments and times.

Suddenly, a shadow flashed by; Ouyang Xiaoya didn't even have time to react before the figure snatched her phone and crushed it to pieces in an instant.

"Who are you!" Ouyang Xiaoya exclaimed in alarm.

Before she could say more, the stranger grabbed her by the neck, quickly pressing several acupoints on her body, causing her to fall unconscious.

Hoisting Ouyang Xiaoya on his shoulder, the figure swiftly disappeared.