Chapter 314 Pursuing a Girl in Such a Subtle Way

Chapter 314 Pursuing a Girl in Such a Subtle Way

The three of them spent the whole afternoon shopping, but couldn't find a suitable birthday gift for Candice. However, they did manage to buy a gift for Elijah.

Finally, Sabrina suggested, "How about checking out an auction? I think there's one tonight."

Qiana thought for a moment and said, "I think that could work."

They looked at Candice to see what she thought, and Candice had no objections.

So the three of them immediately headed to the auction venue Sabrina mentioned.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived, they ran into Caspian and Tristan.

Caspian looked up at the three of them and asked, "What brings you guys here?"

Qiana immediately replied, "Sabrina and I are preparing a birthday gift for Candy. We haven't found anything we're happy with yet, so we thought we'd try our luck at the auction."

Hearing this, Caspian couldn't help but glance at Tristan beside him, then said meaningfully, "Looks like we have the same goal. Let's go together then."

Tonight, Tristan had asked him out to pick a gift for Candice.

However, Candice didn't know about this, and Caspian had no intention of spelling it out.

The group entered together. The staff recognized them and directly escorted them to a VIP box on the second floor, then brought them fine tea and pastries.

They chatted while waiting for the auction to begin.

Tristan took the opportunity to show concern for Candice, asking, "I heard you got hurt the other day. Are you feeling better? I happened to be on a business trip and wasn't in Silverlight City, so I couldn't come see you."

Candice smiled and said, "Tristan, you're too kind. It wasn't a serious injury. I'm all better now. Thanks for your concern, Tristan."

Tristan nodded, "Good to hear you're okay. I was quite worried when I got the news."

Caspian noticed their conversation and shot Tristan a glance.

He really thought Tristan was being way too subtle.

After all, when Tristan got the news back then, he almost flew back from abroad immediately, but Caspian had stopped him.

Yet when it came to Candice, he just said this one sentence!

With Tristan pursuing a girl so subtly, who could tell what he was thinking?

Candice naturally had no idea. At this moment, the auction began, with the host taking the stage to speak and introduce the items to be auctioned today.

Everything that appeared here was naturally expensive and priceless.

Soon, auction items were presented on stage one after another, with interested guests continuously raising their bids.

Among them, Qiana won a hair accessory.

The hair accessory was very delicate and beautiful, made of gemstones with brilliant colors. "I think Candy can wear this with a long dress. That long dress I saw you in last time looked absolutely stunning!"

With Qiana's compliments, Candice couldn't help but smile. She actually quite liked that hair accessory too.

Sabrina then won a jewelry set made of pearls, worth several million dollars.

She said, "I think this jewelry set I won is also perfect for Candy. It can even be worn as a matching set with Qiana's hair accessory."

The two nodded proudly at each other, thinking they had great taste.

Candice couldn't help but laugh and said to them, "I think I don't need to work for the rest of my life. I don't need to do anything - just with the gifts you two give me, I can live in luxury forever."

Sabrina nodded seriously, "That's actually not a bad idea. Candy, if you marry into our family, the Talbot family will give you half of everything!"

She was taking the opportunity to advocate for Kieran.

But Candice just laughed, "Do your parents know you're such a spendthrift?"

Sabrina actually nodded, "Of course they know. They've always known. Racing cars, flying helicopters - which of those things I do isn't expensive?"

Candice had no response to that.

Caspian and Tristan watched them fool around from the side, their eyes gentle.

While the others weren't looking at them, Caspian nudged Tristan with his hand and asked, "What are you going to bid on?"

Tristan was actually quite troubled. Originally, he had also planned to bid on jewelry.

But seeing that Candice's two best friends had already won jewelry for her, if he gave the same type of gift, it wouldn't be very original.

So he told Caspian, "I'll keep looking!"

But by the end of the auction, he still hadn't found anything suitable.

Instead, Caspian won several antiques and artistic ornaments.

After the auction ended, they all left together.

But just then, Tristan suddenly received a phone call.

He seemed a bit surprised, "It's Mrs. Mortimer calling."

Hearing it was Ainsley calling, Candice and Caspian were also a bit curious and looked over.

Tristan answered the call, and after a short while, hung up.

He told the siblings, "Mrs. Mortimer has a batch of antique paintings that need authentication and restoration. She's asking me to come take a look!"

"I see."

Candice understood right away. Since Ainsley was an archaeologist, she would naturally be involved in all aspects of this work, including appraisal and restoration.

However, when it came to paintings, Orion was the real expert, and Tristan was Orion's prized student, so it made perfect sense to ask him for help.

"Then I'll come along and take a look too."

Candice was interested in this and naturally wanted to go see.

After checking the time, Caspian said, "I'll drive you guys there."

Tristan hadn't driven tonight and had come in Caspian's car, so hearing his offer to drive them, he naturally had no objections.

Sabrina couldn't sit still, so she didn't join in the fun. Qiana was the same - she had some company matters to handle, so she asked Sabrina to give her a ride.

The group went their separate ways.

An hour later, Tristan and Candice were dropped off at Ainsley's studio.

When they got out of the car, Caspian didn't go in.

Seeing Candice and Tristan enter together, Ainsley looked very surprised and couldn't help asking, "Candy? How come you two are together?"

Her eyes moved between the two of them.

Tristan was about to explain when he heard Candice tell Ainsley, "Tonight, Qiana and I went to an auction and happened to run into Caspian and Tristan. When we were leaving, I heard Tristan say you asked him to come help, so I came along."

Ainsley nodded in understanding, "I see."

Candice nodded, then asked, "Mom, what's the situation with the paintings?"

Ainsley explained to them, "We just received an urgent job. The authorities confiscated a batch of smuggled goods and unexpectedly found several paintings among them. Those paintings have authentic works and forgeries mixed together, and some have been damaged. The situation is quite urgent. Tristan has expertise in authenticating genuine works, probably more than me, and restoration of paintings is also within his capabilities, so I called you."

After hearing her explanation, Tristan replied, "No problem, leave it to me."

Candice immediately said, "I can help too!"

Ainsley had no objections.

However, she was still worried that Candice's body might not handle it.

"You've been working so much lately. Why don't you just watch?"

Having come all this way, Candice wasn't about to just stand there and watch without helping.

She shook her head and told Ainsley, "I'm in good health, and my work isn't tiring. It's fine."

So Ainsley agreed, and the three of them began dividing up the work. They got so busy that they worked through the entire night.