Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 561 - 558: The Cunning Old Fox

Chapter 561: Chapter 558: The Cunning Old Fox

Mrs. Xiao’s concerns were not unfounded, as Lin Tian never played by the book.

Lin Tian looked at Mrs. Xiao but loudly said to everyone, "Someone just mentioned, that without a legitimate reason, no one may interfere or interrupt the auction progress. Since that is the case, I will give everyone a reason."

"Lin Tian, is there some issue with Tianxue Jewelry’s competition pieces that is making you delay things?" Futian Shenyi said loudly.

His words clearly embarrassed Tianxue Jewelry. Lin Tian didn’t even glance at him but continued, "I have a document in my hands. Could the auction winner just now, number thirty-nine, please read it for me?"

Thirty-nine had just fiercely bid against the Yun Family’s Second Young Master, raising the price of the jadeite cabbage to one hundred and ten million. The audience had a deep impression of him, so when Lin Tian spoke, everyone’s gaze turned to where number thirty-nine was sitting.

"I am here to participate in the auction, not to read some document. Is this how Tianxue Jewelry treats its guests?" The man at number thirty-nine said, his eyes flickering slightly as he spoke loudly.

"Whether you are a guest or not, we will find out soon. You will know even more about how I treat my guests. Since you are unwilling to read, then let me ask you, what is your name?" Lin Tian stared at him, sneering.

"I do not change my name or my surname sitting or standing, I am Fang Yihe," the man at number thirty-nine said, a flash of panic on his face, but he still stiffly answered.

At this point, some astute people had already furrowed their brows as they seemed to think of something. However, it didn’t directly concern them. They hung it up high, more eager to see how things would unfold.

"You are lying, you are not Fang Yihe at all!" Lin Tian suddenly shouted coldly.

"You are the one who is lying, I am Fang Yihe. Who knows my own name better than I do?" number thirty-nine said loudly, looking as though he was being wronged by Lin Tian.

"Is that so? Since you said it yourself, then let’s have Miss Shi Feifei read this document and see what kind of person Fang Yihe is." Lin Tian did not argue further but instead turned and walked over to Shi Feifei, handed her the document, and said, "Sorry to delay Miss Shi Feifei’s work for two minutes, please read out the content of the document to everyone."

"It has already been more than two minutes," Shi Feifei said somewhat grumpily but still accepted the document from Lin Tian.

She opened the first page and took a careful look; the first page contained the identity information of a guest attending the auction, complete with a photo in the top-right corner.

Shi Feifei didn’t find such identity information strange. As an auctioneer, she certainly knew the rules of the trade; anyone coming to the auction had their identity information registered to prevent a couple of villains from sneaking in to mount a terrorist attack, which would be a serious matter.

Those who came to the auction were often celebrities with social status, company CEOs or owners, or even heads of major families. The consequences of any accident were very serious.

After Shi Feifei looked through the document, her brows wrinkled, and she looked suspiciously at the man who claimed to be Fang Yihe and then at Lin Tian.

"Please read it out, Miss Shi Feifei. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this document," Lin Tian gestured with his hand.

Shi Feifei nodded, turned on the microphone, and spoke loudly, "Auction participant number thirty-nine, name Fang Yihe, male, thirty-eight years old, Huaxia nationality..."

After finishing the first page, Shi Feifei flipped to the second page and continued to read aloud, "Guo Caizhe, male, thirty-seven years old..."

"Still insist your name is Fang Yihe? I can take out the identification from your person anytime and see if you are Fang Yihe or Guo Caizhe!" Lin Tian sneered.

There was no need to listen any further. From this dialogue alone, everyone already knew what it meant; someone had usurped the identity of Fang Heyi to participate in the auction, and that person was none other than the man right in front of them.

"This document is fake, I am number thirty-nine, I am," Guo Caizhe shouted loudly, looking utterly wronged.

Just moments ago, some people had spoken up for him, but now everyone remained silent. Especially Bai Yuze and Futian Shenyi, who had been the most opposed just now, were now quiet.

Mrs. Xiao wisely stood up at that moment, looking down condescendingly at Guo Caizhe, and said sternly, "Whether you are number thirty-nine or not, I will clear this up. Come forth!"

With the last call, her voice rose, and then two individuals, resembling bodyguards, came out from a side door, one of them carrying a strange object.

He approached Guo Caizhe, lifted the object towards Guo Caizhe’s face; it turned out to be a facial recognition scanner, a camera in simpler terms, used to capture people’s facial photos and then analyze them through built-in software to check against registered identities to determine their authenticity.

Photos printed on documents can be faked, but this device stored the identity information of all auction participants. Simply scanning them could reveal the truth at a glance.

"Beep beep beep..." The scanner emitted a series of alarm beeps, then a voice announced, "No such person found."

He was not registered in the database, which meant "No such person found," indicating that he had not pre-registered with Xiao Family.

Such auctions could be attended through registration or by invitation from the organizers, but in either case, the organizers recorded the identity information of all participants to prevent situations where someone would bid wildly without the financial means to complete the transaction.

"I, I..." Faced with the harsh truth, Guo Caizhe was unable to complete his sentence.

"Find out how this person got in," Mrs. Xiao commanded coldly.

Another bodyguard took out a smartphone, tapped it a few times, not making a call, apparently pulling up some data.

Soon, he stopped, his face expressionless as he reported, "According to the surveillance footage, this person came in with the Bai Family people."

The auction and the Gambling Stone Festival area in Zhonghai City were similar; invited guests could bring one or two people into the venue. Similarly, although this person wasn’t invited, he could still be brought in by the Bai Family.

Since the attendees of the auction were all prominent figures, the organizers couldn’t investigate every entourage one by one. As the bodyguard declared this, all eyes turned to Bai Zhengchu to see how he would explain the situation, considering the person he brought had pretended to be number thirty-nine.

Bai Zhengchu stood up, unhurried, and looked at Guo Caizhe. He said, "When you asked me to bring you in, you mentioned wanting to broaden your horizons. Considering your enthusiasm, I agreed. However, you have deeply disappointed me by doing such a thing at the auction."

Having said that, he no longer looked at Guo Caizhe, but instead turned to Mrs. Xiao and said, "I failed to judge the person correctly, which led to Guo Caizhe coming in and impersonating someone else. How to deal with him, I leave it to Chairman Li to decide."

The crafty old fox, with one ’failed to judge the person correctly’, he cleanly pushed away all responsibility, Lin Tian sneered.

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