Huo Sining certainly couldn’t talk here; she wanted to sell those diamonds to Windsor Reed. If Clayflo were to discover that the money she used to buy the twelve beast heads came from digging diamonds in Oregon, given Clayflo’s cunning merchant nature, he would definitely make trouble, and Huo Sining definitely didn’t want any complications.

"This place...might not be too suitable, let’s go back to the hotel and discuss further," Huo Sining smiled.

Windsor Reed also realized he was too eager. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "Okay, then let’s go now."

After the auction ended, Windsor Reed and Adrian didn’t rush to retrieve the two European antiques they had bid on. Huo Sining had already gotten the wooden box containing the Classic of Mountains and Seas. As for the two beast heads, it didn’t matter if they stayed in Clayflo’s hands for a few more days; she wasn’t in a hurry.

So, once they left the private room, the group headed straight for the exit of the building.

Unexpectedly, as they reached the lobby, they ran into Clayflo.

Clayflo seemed in a great mood. Apparently, having sold the two beast heads for a high price of 255 million, he was quite happy. Upon seeing Huo Sining and her group preparing to leave, he didn’t show any surprise.

"Miss Huo, congratulations on getting what you wished for, are you preparing to head back now?" Clayflo asked.

Huo Sining nodded with a smile: "I also have to thank Mr. Duke for your generosity and restraint, otherwise we wouldn’t have such a great gain. It’s getting late today, so we’re heading back first. Soon we will return to Huaxia Country, and once preparations for our return are complete, I will come to collect my items as scheduled."

Clayflo nodded: "Alright, I’ll be here ready to assist Miss Huo whenever needed."

Huo Sining chuckled, although she didn’t set a deadline, the rules here on the black market state that if you don’t come to collect within half a month, it’s considered an automatic abandonment, and the million-dollar deposit they paid for this auction would be directly forfeited.

As they walked out, passing by the payment and collection window in the lobby, they saw many previous bidders lining up, evidently to collect their auction items.

Huo Sining noticed Fujiwara Seiho and others were also there, seemingly to collect the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The corners of Huo Sining’s mouth curled as she turned to Yue Shuwen and winked, preparing to leave.

However, she had no intention of getting involved with those people, yet they weren’t necessarily planning to let them leave so easily.

Zhou Zhen was the first to spot Su Qingqing. Initially, he hadn’t noticed the other people, but upon seeing Su Qingqing, he couldn’t hold back, walked up in surprise and asked, "Su Qingqing, why are you here?"

Zhou Zhen’s words immediately drew the attention of Lu Huairu and the Liang Jinghong siblings next to him.

When those people looked up, they quickly discovered that Su Qingqing was standing with many familiar faces.

Lu Huairu saw Xie Daoyuan standing next to Su Qingqing, and his eyes flashed with a hint of panic and tension, but soon he calmed himself and smiled at Su Qingqing:

"Su girl, it turns out you’re here too. If I had known earlier, Grandfather Lu would have gotten in touch with you. Being unfamiliar with this American place, you young folks are quite adept."

Su Qingqing didn’t expect Lu Huairu to chat with her. Seeing Lu Huairu’s gentle smile, she suddenly remembered the phone call she made with Yin Zeyan and her body briefly stiffened, her expression becoming somewhat unnatural. She very much wanted to ask Lu Huairu what was going on, but considering the current setting, she couldn’t bring herself to ask, her gaze towards Lu Huairu was filled with suspicion and inquiry.

The Liang Jinghong siblings, however, did not notice the confrontation between Su Qingqing and Lu Huairu, their eyes immediately fell on Huo Sining standing among the crowd. Thinking of the grudges between their family and this woman named Huo, the Liang Jinghong siblings immediately darkened their faces, especially Liang Junqi, who rudely raised his chin towards Huo Sining and questioned sternly: 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"What are you doing here?"

Huo Sining had no fondness for the Liang Family People, Liang Pengzhi and Liang Ruicheng have been tripping her up in all sorts of ways. As the saying goes, like father, like son; these siblings are no better.

Therefore, when faced with Liang Junqi’s questions, Huo Sining didn’t bother to respond.

On the other hand, Huang Zhenlong was not pleased. This little girl from the Liang Family was so rude, seeing so many elder figures here, yet not even greeting them—it was truly disrespectful.

"This Philadelphia Black Market isn’t run by the Liang Family. Why, can’t we come here?" Huang Zhenlong wasn’t the type to care about diplomacy. If someone displeases him, he’d give them a verbal lashing without hesitation.

Liang Junqi’s face turned red from anger after Huang Zhenlong’s retort.

It was only after Huang Zhenlong spoke that Liang Jinghong realized there were elderly figures standing behind Huo Sining.

Zhou Shitao, Qin Lianshan, Huang Zhenlong, Xie Daoyuan were all seasoned figures in the treasure appraisal and collection circle. To find all these people gathered here left Liang Jinghong in shock.

His eyes widened in surprise, unsure why these Mount Tai level figures would all show up at the Philadelphia Black Market?

Zhou Zhen and Huo Sining didn’t get along either. He had previously brought Watanabe Yasu to the Imperial Capital’s black market and suffered losses at Huo Sining’s hands. Seeing Huo Sining and her group here now made it clear to him that these people must have been present at the auction.

However, they hadn’t seen these people at the auction venue, leaving only one possibility—that these people were sitting in the VIP box upstairs.

Zhou Zhen’s mind stirred, and unable to resist he glanced at these people and said, "You wouldn’t have come for those two beast heads, would you? What, not daring enough so you left empty-handed?"

Zhou Zhen assumed since these people were now walking towards the exit, that they hadn’t gained anything from the auction, so he couldn’t help but mockingly comment.

Su Qingqing’s eyes flashed with anger, and she couldn’t help but retort, "What does it matter to you if we leave empty-handed? Is it necessary for you to meddle here?"

Zhou Zhen couldn’t help but chuckle, looking at Huo Sining with thick schadenfreude:

"Miss Huo, if you hadn’t previously put on airs by donating all your assets, with your thirty billion assets, you could have won those two beast heads. But unfortunately, those thirty billion went down the drain, and now Miss Huo might be out of money, right?"