Chapter 42 Auction House 2

Ye Heng's words were like a match, accurately igniting the fire in Lin Yao's heart.

He couldn't help but puff up his cheeks slightly when he thought of how Chen Yan had disappeared without a trace by playing the toilet escape trick.

"The kid from the Shen family?" It was the first time that Ye Heng saw Lin Yao so angry. He was like a spiny porpoise in the starry sea, puffing himself up when angry.

"Yeah!" Lin Yao answered Ye Heng's words with a short sound.

His eyes wandered around the hall on the first floor outside the window, scanning the rows of seats, his head swaying subconsciously from side to side.

Shasha, who was having fun with Mo Yun over there, suddenly stopped and the leaves trembled slightly, as if it had captured the anxious and helpless mood of Lin Yao looking for someone.

It abandoned Mo Yun, who was still in high spirits, without hesitation, and slid back to Lin Yao's wrist. The ice-blue leaves at the tip swayed left and right in sync with Lin Yao's gaze.

The amplitude was not large, but it revealed a serious attitude of "I'll help you find it", as if this would speed up the search.

Mo Yun was suddenly abandoned and was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of confusion. He tilted his big head and looked at Sha Sha, then at Lin Yao.

As if he had figured something out, he slowly moved over and curled up next to Lin Yao's seat.

Its head also swayed slightly as Lin Yao turned his head, and even the tip of its tail swept left and right in coordination, turning the search for people into a strange "synchronized swing".

Ye Heng tightened his fingers holding the teacup slightly, pursed his lips, and tapped the table unconsciously with his fingertips.

The scene before me was truly bizarre. One person and two spirits were strangely adorable.

"He left you alone?" Ye Heng continued to ask with a subtle emotion in his voice.

Lin Yao nodded and shook his head, frowning slightly: "Half and half, I guess I left first... But this is just my guess. I have to find him and ask him face to face to find out what happened."

He briefly recounted what had happened, deliberately omitting the matter of verifying the medicine, and only said that he had separated from Shen Yan.

"Why are you going to the pharmacy? To buy medicine? Are you sick? Your previous injury hasn't healed yet? Yan Rufeng is my personal doctor, can you let him take a look at you?"

Lin Yao was stunned by his barrage of questions and turned to look at Ye Heng.

Seeing the obvious worry in Ye Heng's eyes and slightly furrowed brows, it was obvious that he was really worried about his health.

That worry was not feigned. His shadow was clearly reflected in her clear eyes, which made Lin Yao feel inexplicably warm in his heart. He quickly explained: "No, no, I'm not sick."

He paused, his tone a little anxious to clarify.

"Don't worry, that floor sells all kinds of medicines. I was just strolling around and happened to see a medicine shop with vintage decorations and ancient characters carved on the wooden sign. It looked interesting, so I went in out of curiosity."

"Oh! That's right!" Lin Yao seemed to suddenly remember something, his eyes lit up, he raised his hand and touched the storage ring, and took out a sachet.

The sachet is ordinary and simple, and the clumsy thick thread tells of the maker's poor craftsmanship. Before you get close to it, you can smell a refreshing medicinal fragrance with the natural scent of plants.

"The owner of that drugstore said that the Insect Repellent Festival is coming up in a few days, and this sachet contains dried summer repellent grass, which can repel mosquitoes."

He handed the sachet to Ye Heng and said naturally, "I'll give one to you."

Ye Heng looked at the sachet handed to him. The light green fabric looked particularly clean on Lin Yao's fair fingertips.

He could smell the faint herbal fragrance, the summer grass smell was not strong, very comfortable, like the breeze blowing through the grass on a summer day.

He reached out to take it, and his fingertips accidentally touched Lin Yao's fingertips. This time, Lin Yao's reaction was not as big as last time in the counseling room. He withdrew his hand a little unnaturally.

Ye Heng looked down at the sachet in his palm. The fabric was as rough as he had imagined. His fingertips stroked the embroidery on it, and his voice was a little lower than before: "Thank you."

"As long as you don't mind." Lin Yao waved his hand, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Fortunately, he bought an extra one, so the explanation didn't seem too deliberate.

Ye Heng solemnly put the sachet into his storage ring, where he kept his very important things.

After doing all this, he turned his gaze to Ye Mang, who nodded and left silently.

Lin Yao's attention had long since drifted back to the window. The glass was made of a special one-way translucent material, so the outsider couldn't see the inside of the box, but he could see the scene downstairs clearly.

His eyes scanned the crowd downstairs, and he was obviously looking very carefully.

In order to get a better look below, Lin Yao sat closer to the right side of the sofa, with his forearms naturally crossed and his elbows supporting his upper body which was sticking out of the sofa. The force he exerted caused a slight distance between his hips and the sofa.

This posture caused the fabric on his back to be gently pulled upwards, revealing a small piece of delicate skin.

The waist looked soft and white against the black fabric, and the waistline was made clearer by this posture. The spinal groove extending from the back of the neck was faintly visible, and suddenly tightened at the side of the waist, outlining a shocking arc.

But as he turned his head, his waist would sway unconsciously, like a willow swaying in the wind, with an unconscious flexibility, and every inch of it was full of allure.

When Ye Heng looked away, he saw this scene and his breathing suddenly sank.

The word "slender" appeared in his mind without hesitation, followed by a sentence: He should be able to hold this waist with both hands.

The dark green eyes were filled with boiling and bold emotions, so thick that they could not be dissolved.

His gaze was like a warm iron, firmly glued to that waist, but Lin Yao was completely unaware of it and was still concentrating on looking for someone.

Ye Heng's Adam's apple rolled silently. He glanced at Yan Rufeng and the other two out of the corner of his eye and found that he was the only one who saw this alluring scene. He breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, the black cloud that had been curled up obediently between the glass and the sofa stopped swaying left and right. It used its head to push against Lin Yao's palm.

Lin Yao touched it and signaled it to be good. Seeing that he didn't understand what he meant, Mo Yun changed the place of his push, this time it was his arm, but was still ignored by Lin Yao.

There was no other way, Mo Yun could only stand up and use his big head to cover himself.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yao grabbed its neck, pressed its big head against his chest, and coaxed it softly in a low voice: "Be good! Don't make trouble!"

Mo Yun was choked by him, but he was not panicked at all. Instead, he took the opportunity to rub his head against Lin Yao.

Then it swept its tail towards Ye Heng, as if showing off and asking for help.

When Lin Yao hugged Mo Yun and held it in his arms, the amplitude of his movements unconsciously increased.

Her body, which was already leaning forward, twisted slightly, causing the fabric on her back to be pulled tighter, exposing more of her curved waist.

Like a bowstring blown by the wind, it has a flexible and attractive tension.

Ye Heng sighed softly. The order he gave to Mo Yun not only failed to put an end to this alluring scene, but instead added fuel to the fire.

He looked at that waist, and his voice, which was originally as clear as a spring, was now slightly hoarse, as if it had been gently rubbed by something.

"The auction is about to start. It won't be too late to look for it after everyone is seated. Staring at it like this is hurting your eyes."

The words were still meant as a reminder, but the voice was like honey soaked in ice, with an inexplicable undercurrent wrapped in the cold background, gently drifting in the air.

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After hearing this, Lin Yao thought that it was indeed true, so he adjusted his sitting position.

He pushed Mo Yun to the side, wanting it to coil back, but as soon as his fingertips touched its cold scales, Mo Yun dodged nimbly.

Lin Yao sighed helplessly: "Be good."

However, Mo Yun seemed not to understand. Instead of doing it, he climbed up the sofa, went around from behind Lin Yao, and his head appeared on Lin Yao's left, trying to curl up in his arms.

The five-meter-long body could not fit into the sofa. Part of it was winding on the sofa, and part of it was hanging out.

The scales reflected the light, making it look somewhat intimidating, but its movements were full of a hint of cheating.

"You're too big!" Lin Yao reached out to stop him, pressing his palm on Mo Yun's head, trying to push him down. "You're putting such a big plate in my arms, are you trying to crush me?"

Mo Yun's head was held down, but he refused to give up and still stubbornly snuggled into his arms. The cold touch seeped through the clothes, causing Lin Yao to chuckle.

He dodged and pushed away, and the two of them fought back and forth on the sofa for several rounds.

A little sweat seeped out of Lin Yao's forehead. Looking at Mo Yun's attitude of "not giving up until he is in your arms", he was really at his wit's end.

Lin Yao finally experienced firsthand the saying: It is easy to invite gods, but difficult to send them away!

He shouldn't have hugged me like that.

"The plate is fine, but you have to make it smaller!" Lin Yao finally gave in.

As soon as he said this, Mo Yun looked at Ye Heng, his eyes clearly saying: Make me smaller quickly.

Finally, with Ye Heng's help, Mo Yun became smaller as he wished. He twisted flexibly and slid smoothly into Lin Yao's arms, raising his head and spitting out his tongue, as if showing off his victory.

Lin Yao looked down, then touched its cold scales with one hand, and picked up his cup of tea on the table with the other hand and drank it all in one gulp. Those rounds of pulling were really tiring.

Shasha waited until the 'battle situation' stabilized, then leisurely returned to his old position.

Ye Heng looked at Mo Yun who was curled up obediently in Lin Yao's arms, then looked at the slight blush on his cheeks and the slender neck revealed when he lowered his head. The darkness in his eyes became even darker.

He also took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and pushed a booklet beside him over: "This is the book of items to be auctioned today."

Hearing this, Lin Yao picked up the thick booklet and began to flip through it with both hands.

Mo Yun in his arms also calmed down, but the tip of its tail was still gently brushing against his waist, which felt a little itchy.

"Do you need me to introduce you?" Ye Heng's voice sounded again.

After getting Lin Yao's consent, Ye Heng opened the same auction booklet, his fingertips gently slid across the edge of the booklet, and stopped at the catalog on the first page.

Lin Yao followed his pace and also turned to the table of contents.

"The items auctioned at the Jiuchen Auction House are divided into three categories: ordinary items, valuable items, and special items. The corresponding colors in the catalog are black, silver, and gold, respectively."

"Ordinary auction items are mostly everyday items, like high-quality ores, medicinal herbs of decent age, and the fur and bones of low-level exotic animals. For example, this piece of blue steel stone in the brochure is used as a forging material for starship energy tanks, and its quality is so-so."

Ye Heng spoke calmly. If it weren't for the slight fluctuation in his tone, Lin Yao would have thought that it was an emotionless announcer who was explaining.

He listened to Ye Heng talking about the Blue Steel Stone, and then flipped to the corresponding position.

What comes into view is a hologram of a blue-gray stone, with densely packed parameters listed next to it.

Lin Yao's eyes just scanned a few lines when he suddenly paused, and his finger subconsciously tapped on the parameter table.

The hardness index of this blue steel stone is 8, and the impurity content is so low that it is almost negligible. These two core data alone far surpass similar ores circulating on the market.

Not to mention the energy conductivity marked at the back, which is so uniform as if it had been repeatedly calibrated with precision instruments. For forging, it is simply a perfect basic material.

Lin Yao blinked and checked the data several times to make sure he was not mistaken.

When he was on the first floor, he had seen similar blue steel stone. He remembered that the hardness of the stone was 5.7 and the purity was only 60%. The owner of that shop treasured it very much, saying that it was the treasure of the store and asked for an outrageous price.

But now, Ye Heng actually only used the word "acceptable" to describe this blue steel stone whose quality far exceeded that of a first-level treasure?

Lin Yao couldn't help but look up at Ye Heng with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He pointed to the data on the blue steel stone in the booklet, and said with a hint of uncertainty: "This... is just so-so?"

Ye Heng glanced in the direction of his finger and nodded as a matter of course:

"Well, it's considered average among ordinary materials, but still a bit far from being truly good. The hardness of Qinggang Stone can reach up to 9.5, and anything below 8 is considered waste."

"And its starting price also shows that it's a stretch for it to be auctioned at Jiuchen!"

Lin Yao: “…”

Does this mean that this blue steel stone, which has a hardness difference of 1.5 and a starting price of 3 followed by 7 zeros, is actually hovering on the edge of passing?

He silently pulled the booklet towards him, secretly shocked.

It seems that Ye Heng's carelessness is completely different from the carelessness in his own understanding.

What he considered to be high-quality ore was, in Ye Heng's eyes, just an ordinary, medium-quality ore.

This is probably because people are at different levels and their definition of good things is also very different.

Lin Yao suddenly understood why so many people were scrambling to come to the Jiuchen Auction House. The quality of these ordinary products was far better than those in other shops.

"What's wrong?" Ye Heng noticed the change in Lin Yao's expression and asked.

"Nothing." Lin Yao shook his head, his fingertips lightly stroking the hologram of the blue steel stone. "I just feel that I haven't seen much of the world."

Ye Heng raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "The things in Jiuchen Auction House, even if they are ordinary items, have to be of decent quality."

"Experience in the world is just accumulation. Don't worry, you have me." His tone was still calm, but it revealed an unquestionable confidence.

Lin Yao smiled and nodded, agreeing: "Then I hope Patriarch Ye will take good care of me."

"It's my pleasure." Ye Heng took over, "Come and take a look at today's valuable auction items!"

"This kind of thing is much rarer. It either has special effects or comes from a rare source."

"Like this Moonlight Pearl, it's a treasure bred by deep-sea clams only once every hundred years. It can calm the mind and soul, and is especially useful for those with unstable mental strength."

"The secret interstellar route map records several undisclosed safe routes. It is priceless."

"The concentration energy liquid has a purity of 95 percent and can quickly replenish mental strength. It is ten percentage points purer than the energy liquid on the seventh floor of the trading field."

Ye Heng's slender fingers pointed out the names of those items very familiarly, and he talked about their advantages and disadvantages like the back of his hand. From the source of the materials to the actual use, he explained them clearly and did not even shy away from the smallest flaws.

Lin Yao listened attentively, nodding in agreement from time to time, his eyes lingering on the exquisite pictures and detailed introductions.

I have to admit that these valuables are indeed worthy of the word valuable.

Mo Yun on his leg seemed to be tired of hearing all this. He no longer raised his head. The whole snake rubbed against Lin Yao's arm, and then completely coiled up like a mosquito coil. The tip of his tail moved occasionally, with a hint of laziness.

After Ye Heng finished introducing the last valuable item, Lin Yao closed the booklet and opened it again, looking at Ye Heng in confusion: "Are there no special items?"

The catalog only had three golden words "Special Auction" and a page number. He turned to it and found that it was the last page.

The last page was blank, without any pictures or text descriptions. It was just a piece of paper with a faint golden glow, so clean that it seemed as if it had never had any content on it.

Ye Heng smiled. "Special items are not available in every auction. Even if they are, their information will not be printed in the booklet, but..."

As he spoke, he pressed a button, similar to the floating screen button in the hall, but Lin Yao's intuition told him that this was definitely not it.

Sure enough, the words "Special Auction Item" appeared. As Ye Heng clicked, the holographic image changed and the words "Mecha Skeleton Remains" appeared.

Lin Yao understood after watching Ye Heng's demonstration that as the top priority of the auction, the information about the special items must be kept confidential, but this confidentiality is relative.

Lin Yao couldn't say whether those on the second floor knew what the special auction item was, but the people in the five rooms on the third floor must know.

However, Lin Yao stared at the line of words with a frown on his face.

The name 'Mecha Skeleton Remains' sounds too ordinary, and it doesn't even seem to belong to which mecha it belongs to. It doesn't sound like the name a special auction item should have, and it's too incoherent.

He turned to look at Ye Heng, his eyes full of confusion, but this time, Ye Heng rarely helped him to solve the confusion. Instead, he turned off the screen and avoided his gaze.

Lin Yao looked at Ye Heng's evasive eyes, and the doubts in his heart were like a stone thrown into the lake, causing ripples.

He could sense that Ye Heng was not unaware of the situation, but simply didn't want to say it.

There is obviously something more complicated hidden behind this "mecha skeleton wreckage", perhaps this is why Ye Heng came here.

Lin Yao tapped his knees lightly with his fingertips and didn't ask any more questions. It was useless to ask about things that Ye Heng didn't want to talk about.

The air in the box fell into a brief silence the moment the screen turned off.

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At this moment, a long bell sound was heard from outside. The clear sound penetrated the entire auction hall and suppressed all the noise.

The crowd downstairs that was originally whispering to each other suddenly fell silent, and all eyes were cast towards the auction table in the center.

The tens of thousands of stars on the dome also disappeared, and the entire venue became dark in an instant.

At this moment, a beam of light flashed across the sky above the hall and projected directly onto the podium, illuminating the auction table in the center of the stage.

The tabletop glowed with a warm luster, and behind the table hung a huge holographic projection screen, which was currently displaying the gilded emblem of Jiuchen Auction House.

A host in a dark red suit walked out from the side of the stage. His hair was combed meticulously, with a perfect warm smile on his face and a silver auction hammer in his hand.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen!" His voice spread throughout the venue through the loudspeaker system, with a penetrating magnetism.

"Welcome to the Jiuchen Auction House's monthly special auction! I'm the host, Liu Ming."

There was polite applause from the audience, and some people in the first-floor audience seats even whistled, and the atmosphere instantly became lively.

Liu Ming raised his hand to signal for silence, his smile still persisting:

"I'm sure everyone can't wait. Without further ado, this auction has a total of seventy-three lots, covering common items, valuables, and... a special finale."

When Liu Ming mentioned the three words "special auction items", he deliberately prolonged his tone, and his voice resounded in the silent hall with an almost bewitching penetrating power.

He raised his eyes and casually glanced at the five private rooms on the third floor. A hint of deep meaning flashed across his eyes, as if he knew all the secrets, as if he was exchanging secret codes with a specific person.

The entire auction hall fell silent in an instant, and even the sound of breathing seemed to be amplified.

The audience on the first floor subconsciously straightened their backs, and more prying eyes appeared through the gaps in the curtains of the boxes on the second floor.

The air on the third floor seemed to be frozen. Behind the heavy wooden door, countless pairs of eyes were following Liu Ming's gaze.

"Ordinary items will be auctioned in the first ten rounds, followed by valuable items. As for the special items that everyone is most looking forward to—"

Liu Ming suddenly changed the subject, raised the shiny auction hammer in his right hand, and knocked it lightly on the jade table.

A crisp "bang" sound, like a spark dropped into boiling oil, instantly ignited the suppressed expectations of the entire audience.

"We'll save it for last and give everyone a surprise." There was a smile in his voice. He spoke casually, but there was an unquestionable control hidden in his voice.

"After all, the more precious a gift is, the more it should be presented at the most appropriate moment, right?"

The moment the words fell, the hall was so quiet that one could hear the hum of electricity from the ceiling light, and then a low commotion broke out.

"What exactly is a special auction item? The last time Jiuchen's special auction item was sold, it fetched 3 billion star coins!"

"I heard that there are members of the royal family coming this time. The special items that would make the royal family excited are estimated to be worth over 3 billion!"

"Those guys on the third floor must know the details... Look at the look in Liu Ming's eyes just now, he was definitely giving them a signal!"

Discussions surged like a tide, but no one dared to speak too loudly. Curiosity and desire were written on everyone's face, and even the impulse when bidding was restrained a little.

Obviously, everyone is waiting for the grand finale surprise. No matter how exciting the previous items are, they are just appetizers before the main meal.

Lin Yao looked at the audience downstairs who were craning their necks, and then glanced at Ye Heng who was sitting next to him.

Suddenly I felt that this special item was like a puzzle box wrapped in layers. The lighter Liu Ming's surprise was, the more people cared about what was hidden in the box.

Even the air was filled with an invisible tension, mixed with the copper smell of star coins and unknown temptations, slowly fermenting under the dome.

Liu Ming was very satisfied with the result. He raised his hand to calm the crowd. After the commotion subsided, he said loudly, "Okay, let's start with the first lot and warm up—"

Lin Yao looked down through the floor-to-ceiling window and saw the holographic screen behind Liu Ming light up. The first picture was the blue steel stone that he had seen in the booklet before.

"First lot, Blue Steel Stone, 60% purity, starting price 3,000,000 Star Coins, each bid must be no less than 100,000 Star Coins! Bidding begins now!"

Liu Ming's voice echoed in the hall with just the right amount of passion.

As soon as the words fell, someone in the back of the first-floor auditorium immediately raised a sign. The red bidding sign was particularly eye-catching under the lights: "Three million and one hundred thousand!"

"Three million and one hundred thousand!" A man in work clothes in the front row raised the sign first, his face flushed with determination to win.

"Three million and two hundred thousand!" The middle-aged woman behind him followed closely, her fingertips holding the bidding card trembling slightly.

"Three and a half million!"

The price rose rapidly in the first-floor audience seats like a lit fuse, breaking through four million in just half a minute.

Lin Yao looked down through the floor-to-ceiling window, and the sound of people raising signs immediately rang out from the audience seats on the first floor.

The red bidding board lights flickered, similar to the cheering light boards at a concert. Anxiety and desire were written on everyone's face, and even their breathing carried a sense of competition.

The box on the second floor was always quiet, the curtains were closed, and there was not even a trace of movement, let alone the third floor.

"The target audience for ordinary products is the merchants and small families in the hall."

Ye Heng's voice sounded beside him, as if he was explaining, or stating the facts.

"Did Qin Yue introduce you to me when he brought you up here?

Those on the second floor are invitations from specific families and their specific companies and factories."

“The people in charge of the factories on the second floor are focusing on materials with a purity level that is at least above the passing line.

If it's below this limit, they'll think it's just taking up space in their warehouse."

"Of course, if the ordinary items have a gorgeous and beautiful appearance, they will also buy them!"

Lin Yao nodded. Just as he had thought, the moonstone-paved staircase separated not floors but classes.

He saw that the bidding price for the first floor had reached 4.8 million. The number of people raising their bids gradually decreased, and only two middle-aged men were left in the stalemate.

"Five million!" The man on the left gritted his teeth and shouted out the price, the veins on his forehead throbbing.

The opponent on the right was silent for a few seconds, and finally put down the bidding card.

Liu Ming's eyes swept towards the second-floor box. Seeing that no one had responded to the bid, he struck the auction hammer.

"Five million star coins! Congratulations to this gentleman!"

The crisp sound of the auction hammer echoed in the hall, and a low burst of exclamations erupted on the first floor.

The second floor remained silent, as if the bidding had nothing to do with them.

"The second lot is deep-sea sunken silver, 58% purity, starting price 2.8 million star coins—"

Another round of fierce bidding began on the first floor, with the price soaring all the way to 4.3 million before it was settled.

During the entire process, the box on the second floor remained like a sleeping giant, and even the curtains did not move.

Lin Yao suddenly understood how clear the hierarchical divisions of the Jiuchen Auction House were.

Ordinary products are treasures that people fight for in the lobby, but on the second and third floors, they are just stocks that can be found everywhere in the warehouse.

Just like what Ye Heng said, it is a rare treasure outside.

Lin Yao's fingertips unconsciously stroked Mo Yun's cold scales.

Ye Heng took a sip of his teacup, his eyes fixed on the merchant on the first floor who had just bought the deep-sea sunken silver.

"Their cost line is right there. Materials with purity below the passing line can't even cover the processing losses, so naturally they won't make a move."

As he spoke, Liu Ming had already begun to introduce the third ordinary item.

The bidding on the first floor sounded again, as intense as a never-ending play.

Lin Yao leaned back on the sofa and suddenly found this scene interesting.

The treasures that people in the hall were fighting over were nothing but insignificant dust in the eyes of the people on the second floor.

And what kind of scenery are they looking at from the third floor?

For the first time, Lin Yao looked at the surrounding boxes inquiringly, but unfortunately the one-way privacy glass blocked all his sight.

He could only take it back helplessly and glanced at Ye Heng beside him. The other party was flipping through the auction brochure nonchalantly, as if the commotion downstairs had nothing to do with him.

Only when Lin Yao's gaze fell on him would Ye Heng raise his eyes, with a very faint smile passing through his eyes, as if to say "don't worry" and "just watch the excitement".

The auction proceeded at this pace, with the enthusiasm on the first floor forming a sharp contrast with the indifference on the second floor. Until all the ordinary items were hammered down, no bid was made in the box on the second floor.

Liu Ming cleared his throat, his voice becoming more serious: "Next, let's move on to the auction of valuables—"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yao saw the curtains of a private room on the second floor move slightly.

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"The person you are looking for is coming out."

"What?"

Lin Yao was originally looking forward to the valuables auction, because he really wanted to see what the people on the second floor would look like after they came down to participate in the auction. Who knew Ye Heng would say this out of the blue?

"The person you are looking for is about to come out." Ye Heng said again patiently.

He had just finished speaking when Liu Ming had just finished introducing the first valuable item - a design drawing of a mecha prototype.

As soon as the bidding started, a box on the second floor immediately lit up with a blue light representing the bidding.

Then, a calm mechanical voice rang out in the auction hall: "Twenty-one million star coins."

Following the light, Lin Yao saw that the curtains in the private room were slightly opened.

A familiar face appeared from behind. Chen Yan was wearing the same black clothes as when he parted, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

He was talking to someone beside him with his head tilted to the side, and he looked very relaxed.

"Chen Yan!" Lin Yao exclaimed subconsciously.