Chapter 61 The Boss Stands Up for You

Ning Shuyin was about to speak when Zhou Zhiheng spoke first.

His beautiful purple eyes were fixed on her, and a flash of white light appeared around him.

A single stance surrounded them.

Ning Shuyin was pulled into a pure white space, facing Zhou Zhiheng.

Then, Zhou Zhiheng's beautiful voice rang directly in her mind.

“Ning Shuyin, I will use this 3 billion to exchange for your auction items.”

Zhou Zhiheng's fingertips held a storage strip the size of a finger, bearing the logo of the Union Bank. This was a storage medium for anonymous star coins.

This man actually chose to take direct action, activating his supernatural ability, "Equivalent Exchange."

Zhou Zhiheng wanted to force a transaction.

Ning Shuyin was already willing to make the deal, and now she had no way to resist.

The exchange was about to take effect.

At this critical moment, Caesar took a step forward.

His seemingly unintentional move placed him precisely between Zhou Zhiheng and Ning Shuyin.

His tall figure blocked Zhou Zhiheng's view of Ning Shuyin.

The movement was so fast it was like a blur.

At the same time, a surge of energy flashed from Caesar's body.

This is a "spatial ripple".

It is the folds created by the tearing of space before Caesar's superpower "teleportation" was activated.

Everything around them rippled slightly, like water.

This subtle spatial fluctuation is extremely subtle.

It interfered with the trajectory of the superpower the moment Zhou Zhiheng made the "equivalent exchange".

Zhou Zhiheng discovered the discrepancy in the attribute's orientation. But it was too late for him to reverse the deal.

The next second, the pure white space suddenly disappeared.

Ning Shuyin was relieved of the oppressive feeling.

She stared in astonishment at everything that was happening before her eyes.

The "equivalent exchange" appears to have been completed.

The star coin storage bar in Zhou Zhiheng's hand was indeed gone.

But what he received in return was not any "disaster prevention module" at all.

It was a wall lamp.

It has a classic design and shines with a soft light.

This lamp was on the wall of the corridor just a second ago.

Silence fell over the room.

Caesar crossed his arms and laughed triumphantly.

Zhou Zhiheng, the heir to a top-tier conglomerate in the Interstellar Alliance.

He held up a wall lamp with a livid face, his whole being brimming with energy.

He just spent 3 billion Star Coins to buy a lamp.

This was a clearly unprofitable exchange.

The Star Coin has disappeared into someone else's hands.

The excess value was returned to him in the form of pure energy.

The light illuminated his radiant face.

His eyes, however, blazed with barely suppressed rage.

In Ning Shuyin's opinion, the scene was utterly ridiculous.

She was already secretly laughing out loud.

Zhou Zhiheng glared at Caesar, on the verge of exploding.

Caesar completely ignored the "Wall Lamp Knight" and looked directly at Ning Shuyin.

He said earnestly, "Miss Ning, I apologize for what happened in the Cupid's Labyrinth."

Before Ning Shuyin could answer, he raised his right hand, placed it in front of his chest, and bowed to her.

"I admit, I underestimated you."

This statement doesn't sound like an apology at all.

Caesar continued, unconcerned: "In that situation, to break the deadlock by flipping the entire chessboard. I haven't seen another girl with that kind of decisiveness and destructive power."

Ning Shuyin was stunned for a moment.

What kind of nonsense is this... harming her first and then praising her? How could she not accept it?

“However,” Caesar added, “if you were to carry a high-quality Plague Module around the Chaos Trading Star, you would become the focus of those hungry wolves.”

Do you think they would seriously discuss a deal with you like Mr. Zhou and I have?

He looked at Ning Shuyin, still bowing, and looked at her eye to eye.

Ning Shuyin felt a chill run down her spine from his gaze and was about to speak.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Zhou Zhiheng reached out to stop her and suddenly interrupted.

After hearing what he had just heard, Zhou Zhiheng understood.

Unbeknownst to him, Caesar did some truly despicable thing to Ning Shuyin.

Although Zhou Zhiheng felt a little smug seeing Ning Shuyin's frustration, he also inexplicably felt a protective urge.

He was particularly angered when he heard that Caesar had taken her to a place of pleasure called the "Labyrinth of Love".

Zhou Zhiheng cleared his throat, tossed the lamp in his hand to the beast-tailed staff member beside him, and said:

“Mr. Caesar, watch your mouth. Don’t lump me in with shameless people like you.”

He pointed at Ning Shuyin and said to Caesar, "I forgot to introduce you. Miss Ning has another identity now. She is my employee."

"So when she suffers a loss outside, I, as her boss, have to say a few words for her."

“You just caused me to lose 3 billion, which I can disregard. But you actually took her to that kind of vulgar entertainment venue. You owe her an apology for the emotional distress caused by that.”

Caesar's blue eyes narrowed.

"Didn't I already apologize? Are you still not satisfied?" Caesar retorted.

Zhou Zhiheng's purple eyes darted around as he said, "If you want a sincere apology, you must swear in the name of the Court of Usurpation that you will never harm her personal safety again."

After Zhou Zhiheng finished speaking, he raised an eyebrow, waiting for Caesar's reaction.

Caesar's gaze fell on Ning Shuyin, and he pondered for a moment.

Although she didn't meet his expectations of a "date," but if...

Just as he was about to speak.

"Wait a moment."

Ning Shuyin's voice suddenly interrupted him.

She ignored Zhou Zhiheng's smug expression that said, "I'm standing up for you."

She looked straight at Caesar.

“Mr. Caesar, let me ask you something first.”

She pointed to the message "[Extraction failed, item frozen]" on the screen of the extraction window and asked, "Did you use your privileges to freeze my auction item behind the scenes?"

Faced with Ning Shuyin's questioning, Caesar's face showed confusion.

"Frozen?" He shook his head. "I didn't..."

"If it's not you, then who else could it be?" Ning Shuyin expressed disbelief.

Zhou Zhiheng, who was standing to the side, let out a soft snort. He was clearly not very trusting of Caesar either.

He stepped forward and took out the anonymous bidder's electronic credentials from his pocket.

"Let me take a look."

As he spoke, he placed the voucher into the retrieval slot.

As one of the bidders at the "capped price," he could not take the item, but he had the authority to check the item's status.

Ning Shuyin looked up, staring nervously at the screen.

From Caesar's perspective, the little girl was unconsciously biting her lower lip, her long black hair cascading down her shoulders, the ends of which hung over her slender waist.

That anxious look on his face, yet forced to appear calm, was both endearing and pitiful.

Ten seconds passed, and the result remained the same.

On the screen, there was a bright red notification:

[Query failed. Error code 777: Item status is abnormal, temporarily frozen.]

"You really didn't do it?" Zhou Zhiheng turned around and looked coldly at Caesar.

A new standoff is about to erupt.

Just then—

"Miss Ning... I'm so sorry..."

A panicked voice came from the storage area behind them.

A gaunt man in a tuxedo rushed out from inside.

He is the manager of the auction house.

But when he ran up to her and met Caesar's cold gaze, he swallowed the rest of his words.

"What happened? Speak!" Caesar's voice carried an inherent authority.

The manager was startled and quickly offered an explanation.

"Your Majesty, I just received a system alert saying that there is an anomaly in the inventory at the withdrawal window."

He looked at the three people in front of him, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

"I checked the core storage repository."

"Just now, the plague module stored in the vault... no, it's gone!"