Chapter 217

The auction moved on to the fourth item, the fifth, and finally the sixth. The pace of the event wasn't too slow, but wasn't too fast either. An hour passed quickly, and the eighth item was up next. "I believe many of you are here specifically for this one item!" Wesley's voice rang out from the center of the stage, reaching everyone in the hall. "I won't keep you in suspense any longer. The eighth item up for auction is the ownership of a welfare center north of Delta district! The starting bid is 200 million dollars, with each bid increasing by at least 10 million!" Nicholas' eyelid twitched. He hadn't made a single bid since the fourth item. The items were all worth hundreds of thousands or a few million dollars at most, with the highest reaching only eight million dollars. He had no interest in any of those. But now, the eighth item was the orphanage he had grown up in, and he was instantly on high alert. "The orphanage is the eighth item of the night? I thought it would b