Chapter 124 Chapter 124 The water is not even level
Everything around seemed to be eclipsed by the red roses. Everyone's attention was firmly attracted by the gorgeous flowers, and everyone's eyes were filled with admiration and desire.
The surrounding media and camera robots were also frantically taking photos and videos, and photos from various high-definition angles were uploaded to the Internet in real time.
The auctioneer cleared his throat. "This is a Red Dragon rose, cultivated personally by Master Ye Ning. It's a floriferous rose with bright colors and full, plump flowers. Each flower has between 45 and 50 petals. The fragrance is similar to that of traditional roses, classic and elegant."
If conditions permit, the Red Dragon rose can bloom three times a year, which means buyers can enjoy the beauty of the Red Dragon rose in any season..."
With just a sniff, everyone could sense the elegant floral fragrance emanating from the flower wall. Beyond the primary floral note, the aftertaste was surprisingly identical to Ye Ning's.
That is something unique to Ye Ning, fresh and natural, making people feel relaxed and refreshed, with a sense of purification all over the body.
After checking the information more carefully and finding that the Red Dragon Rose can actually continue to bloom throughout the entire growing season, everyone became even more enthusiastic.
If this rose were auctioned, it would instantly garner global attention. Advertising opportunities like this don't come around often. Furthermore, placing a plant like this within the group would instantly elevate the group's external image.
When employees come in and out every day, they will be able to see such gorgeous roses. Their work enthusiasm and efficiency will surely rise instantly. When customers visit and see such blooming roses, their good impression of the company will also increase rapidly.
These are not things you can buy with just a little money.
"The starting price is 100,000 federal coins."
It’s so cheap! The audience immediately became excited.
"One million!"
"Three million!"
…
The price soared and the bidding sounded one after another.
Hou Lin's blood began to boil. He whispered, "I don't have any money, otherwise I would have bought this thing. Such beautiful roses, even if I just put them at home and charged admission, I could make a lot of money."
Today's auction was primarily to raise funds for a charity foundation run by Ye Ning. The invited guests were selected based on the foundation's donation rankings.
So today's event is, on the one hand, to raise funds for charity, and on the other hand, to express gratitude to those who have always supported the foundation.
"Five million!"
After several rounds of bidding, the atmosphere in the venue reached a fever pitch. Bids rose higher and higher, and the price soared like a rocket. From the initial 100,000, it soared all the way to 5 million, and the number continued to rise.
"Ten million!"
"Twenty million."
The sound came from the door, and many people exclaimed and looked towards the door.
The first thing that caught my eye was a pair of slender legs. The black suit pants and white shirt outlined a sense of agile strength. The collar of the shirt was slightly open, revealing the well-defined collarbone.
Looking at his face again, his skin was white and translucent, and his features were exquisitely three-dimensional, like a work of art meticulously carved by God. His dark blue hair was tied high behind his back, and his blue-violet eyes seemed to contain a myriad of stars.
The man had a faint smile on his lips, the arc of which was just right. It was a kind of noble aloofness that made people dare not approach easily.
His steps were very calm, and he seemed to be shining with his own light, instantly becoming the focus of the entire venue.
Everyone held their breath and fixed their eyes on him, secretly marveling at his appearance and temperament.
"It's His Majesty Siros."
Someone reacted and everyone immediately stood up and bowed slightly to him.
If it were anyone else, they might have continued bidding, but since the other party was the king of the empire, they had no chance of winning by bidding any further.
Many people looked at the rose and could only give up with regret.
Ye Ning also looked over. She was not sitting with everyone else, but sitting on the second floor above.
At this position, everyone could see her clearly as long as they looked up slightly, but she kept a certain safe distance from everyone.
Xilos saw Ye Ning above him at a glance. Their eyes met, and he gave Ye Ning an extremely brilliant smile.
Unlike Le Song's smile, his was even more alluring, even comparable to the roses covering the wall.
Hou Lin couldn't help but hissed, "Why did Xiluo Si become more handsome again? I said that Shi Ren was being pretentious."
"Twenty million once."
"Twenty million twice."
"Twenty million three times."
The auctioneer's hammer finally dropped, "Deal."
Xilos didn't even look at anyone else and walked straight towards Ye Ning upstairs.
Ye Ning was a little surprised until he appeared in front of her, "Why are you here?"
They had just video-called a few days ago, and Xilos only said that he would send someone to pick up Long Qi, but did not say that he would come too.
She also knew how busy Silos was. He had to deal with much more things every day than she did.
Silos walked to about a meter in front of her before stopping.
Nearly two months had passed since their last face-to-face meeting. Feeling Ye Ning's aura up close again, Xilos felt delighted.
Ye Ning seemed different from the last time they met.
Not only did the plant scent on his body become purer and richer, but his entire temperament also changed. He seemed more stable, as if... he had grown up a little.
Every time they met, Ye Ning would give him a special and wonderful feeling.
Xilos was already very tall, and now that she was sitting on a chair and he was standing in front of her, she had to look up at him.
But the next second, Silos bent down.
When their eyes met, Ye Ning not only saw his purple pupils clearly, but also saw her own reflection in them.
Siros said in a clear voice, "I'm worried that you'll forget me after not seeing each other for so long."
He looked at Ye Ning and couldn't help but raise his hand and gently pinch her face.
It feels just as you imagine, soft, delicate and elastic.
If he wasn't afraid that Ye Ning would be angry, he would even want to rub her face with both hands.
But the next second, Long Qi grabbed his wrist and moved his hand away.
There was a warning in Long Qi's eyes, but Silos just smiled and looked back.
This seemed a bit provocative, but Xilos was ready to stop, so he simply pulled his hand away, took a step back, and kept a distance of one meter from Ye Ning again.
Ye Ning rubbed her face subconsciously; her cheeks felt itchy from the gentle touch just now.
I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t seen him for a long time, or because he really looks good today, but Ye Ning didn’t feel any aversion to Xilos’ behavior.
Xilos breathed a sigh of relief and continued to look at her.
He said in a familiar tone, "You've lost weight and grown taller."
Ye Ning nodded, "I've grown two centimeters taller."
After she came here, the most obvious change was her height. Probably due to balanced nutrition, early bedtimes and early rises, and consistent exercise, she has grown a little taller during this period.
Ye Ning was still very satisfied. Although she was still very petite compared to the orcs, she was already standing out among pure humans. Several pure human men were not as tall as her.
"I brought you a small gift." Silos spread out his palm.
In his palm was a beautiful purple shell hairpin.
Ye Ning was somewhat interested and she took the hairpin.
The shell is a perfect half-moon shape, its light purple color gradually fading from the center to the edges, creating a dreamy look. The edges of the hairpin are clearly meticulously polished, leaving them smooth to the touch. A row of small, round pearls are also inlaid along the side of the shell, creating a unique and beautiful design.
She keeps losing her hairpins.
After Ye Ning said thank you, she put the hairpin on her head.
Silos was very satisfied. "As expected, things from the ocean are the best for you."
Ye Ning has become accustomed to his ulterior motives in his speech.
Below, the rose, which was the finale, had been carefully moved away.
Ye Ning also had a bidding card in her hand. She had originally planned that if everyone's bid was within 10 million, she would spend 10 million to buy it herself, and then donate the money and the rose together.
But Xilos directly bid up to 20 million, so this rose belonged to him.
Ye Ning looked at him again, "What do you want that rose for?"
Siros laughed again, "The new district is just missing a mascot, this one is perfect."
The new district that Silos mentioned is a land plan for the ocean.
They live in the ocean because the pollution in the ocean is lighter and it is difficult for ocean orcs to adapt to the heavily polluted land.
But now, there are fewer and fewer pollutants on land. In the long run, it is better for the marine orcs to move to land.
The districts were originally independent of each other. Over the past few hundred years, due to the sharp decline in population, a lot of idle land has occurred.
The Empire also has a lot of assets on land, and their relocation to cities near the coastline is also a good thing for the land orcs. Therefore, during this period, the ocean has also stepped up the development of new land areas near the key coastline.
If Xilos buys this and uses it as the mascot of the Ocean New District, it would be very suitable.
It was the first time that Cang Chen and Gu Su saw Xilos. They were stunned for a moment, and when they saw that Ye Ning and the others didn't say anything, they continued to remain quiet.
The people downstairs could see their actions clearly.
Everyone had long known that the Empire was very supportive of Ye Ning, but no one expected that Xilos would be so close to Ye Ning.
When they thought of the pure and rich plant scent on Ye Ning and Xilos' identity, they felt it was natural.
Lady Ye Ning is so noble, it is normal for His Majesty Xilos to respect and be close to her, but he did not expect that Lady Ye Ning would be so close to His Majesty Xilos.
The auction was almost over, and Ye Ning went downstairs again and talked to everyone for five minutes, thus ending this morning's schedule.
Ye Ning thought that Ye Nan was still in the research institute, so she simply asked Hou Lin to drive back to the institute.
But when it came time to get on the bus, new problems arose.
Xilos followed Ye Ning closely all the time. After Ye Ning got in the car, he was the first to sit next to her.
Originally, the few of them just filled up the entire car, but now because of the appearance of Silos, there is one less seat.
The few people who had not yet gotten on the bus looked at each other and stood where they were, not wanting to get on other buses.
The group stood beside the car.
Hou Lin had a headache. With so many people, the water couldn't be evenly distributed.
He looked at them and asked, "How about we all squeeze in together?"
Ye Ning: "Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to squeeze together? There are other cars behind us, so we can just take another car."
"It's not uncomfortable." Gu Su spoke first and then sat down.
Le Song also nodded, "We'll be there in a moment, it won't be uncomfortable."
The back row was crammed together like this.
Each of them had broad shoulders and long legs, and when they squeezed together like this, Le Songying was sandwiched in the middle and huddled into a ball.
So pitiful.
Forget it. I don’t think anyone would be happy to sit in the car behind. We’re almost there anyway.
Along the way, it was Xilos who was talking to Ye Ning.
He was talking about the recent progress of the ocean's planting, and Ye Ning listened very carefully. Everyone listened to what they were saying without interrupting them.
However, Ye Ning later realized that what he said was actually in the information. He just picked out the content that she was interested in and repeated it again.
It seemed that he really just wanted to see her.
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