Chapter 156 Do you think he's good-looking?
Du Yihuan came with Feng Tianyu this time. Besides wanting to see Ye Wanxi in person, she also carried a task given to her by Feng's mother.
Having witnessed Feng Tianyu's change of expression up close, Du Yihuan knew that her trip today had not been in vain.
"Hey, doesn't that person over there look a bit like the person in those photos Auntie looked at before? Who's that person opposite her? She's quite good-looking, kind of like a celebrity."
Upon hearing her words, Feng Tianyu's gaze turned sharp as a knife: "You think he's good-looking?"
Du Yihuan shuddered under his gaze, but still remembered her mission, and forced herself to say, "He's handsome. Don't young girls these days like this kind of delicate and boyish-looking boy? I remember they're called... 'little fresh meat' online."
Young heartthrob? Feng Tianyu's expression darkened further, his eyes blazing with fury that could have turned this young heartthrob into a skewer in a second.
Bai Haoqi, who was not far away, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, making him shiver.
Seeing this, Ye Wanxi frowned and said with concern, "Are you feeling unwell? You haven't recovered yet, you should rest more. It's a small matter like delivering medicine, anyone can do it, there's really no need for you to do it personally."
Bai Haoqi could roughly guess his grandfather's little scheme, but he didn't expose him. He just smiled and said, "I've been lying at home long enough, and you also told me to go out more often and get some sunshine, which is good for my health."
Since Bai Haoqi had already said that, Ye Wanxi didn't try to persuade him any further: "It's a bit cold today. Your body hasn't fully recovered yet, so you can't stand the cold. Let's find a place where we can avoid the wind and talk."
Ye Wanxi's words were exactly what Bai Haoqi wanted to hear: "It's getting late, we should eat. If you don't mind, we can talk while we eat. Do you want hot pot? This hot pot restaurant over here is quite popular, the food should be pretty good."
Ye Wanxi glanced at the hot pot restaurant next door, then turned to look at Gao Min and nodded.
“They went in.” Du Yihuan saw the two walk into the hot pot restaurant side by side, and subconsciously glanced at Feng Tianyu, tentatively saying, “Should we go in and see? Look, it’s almost lunchtime. If they can go in and eat, we should be able to too, right?”
Feng Tianyu seemed to have been waiting for her to say those words. As soon as she finished speaking, he immediately pushed open the car door and got out.
As Bai Haoqi said, the hot pot restaurant was doing good business; when the two entered, it was already packed with people.
Considering that Ye Wanxi is now somewhat famous, the group chose the most inconspicuous corner.
"Your body hasn't fully recovered yet, so you can't eat too spicy food. Let's order a hot pot with two broths."
Bai Haoqi was taken aback by her words, and after a moment he looked up at her: "I didn't expect Miss Ye to be so thoughtful."
"There's someone in the family who isn't in good health, so we need to be more careful about these things."
"At home?" Bai Haoqi's eyes flickered slightly. "Is it your boyfriend?"
Ye Wanxi paused in her page-turning motion, and Gao Min quickly came to her rescue, saying, "Our Wanxi is currently in the rising phase of her career and has no plans to date for the time being."
Bai Haoqi then realized that Ye Wanxi was an artist, and that his question had indeed been a bit abrupt.
"I'm sorry, I was very rude. To show my apology, let me treat you to this meal. Please order whatever you like, don't be shy."
Fortunately, the hot pot restaurant was quite efficient; the soup base was ready-made, and most of the ingredients were pre-packaged.
Less than five minutes after we ordered, almost all the dishes were served.
With food available, the atmosphere was at least not as awkward as before.
Bai Haoqi also brought up the main business: "Most of the medicinal herbs you needed have been found, and the list is here. However, the wild ginseng that you requested, which is over 500 years old, is not currently available at my home, and it may take some time. Also, the amount of saffron you requested is too large, so I can only give you half for now. The remaining half may take about half a month to gather."
Ye Wanxi took the order without much disappointment; instead, she was somewhat surprised by the Bai family's wealth and influence.
I didn't expect her to prescribe so many things, including some rare and hard-to-find medicinal herbs.
Not only did the Bai family find them all, but they were also able to gather such a large number of them in a short period of time.
As expected, the decision to cooperate directly with the Bai family was the right one. If we had just found some random herbal medicine merchant, it might have taken a long time to gather the necessary funds!
“This is already a lot. You just said you were only missing ginseng and saffron. Do you need to get them from somewhere else or buy them separately? If it's too much trouble, then forget it and I'll look for something else.”
"The saffron is just in short supply; we need to get some from other branches. It's not a big deal. It's just this ginseng..."
"Can't find it?"
This was within Ye Wanxi's expectations. High-quality ginseng is hard to find, and what she wanted was a 500-year-old wild ginseng, which is basically something you can only come across by chance.
"Not exactly. My grandfather received news that the Xirui Auction House will be auctioning a wild ginseng in ten days, which is exactly five hundred years old. However, we haven't seen the finished product yet, so we can't be sure if it's real."
“Xirui Auction House?” Ye Wanxi turned to look at Gao Min. “Have you heard of this auction house?”
Gao Min shook her head: "No. I don't know much about auction houses. Is it in our city?"
Seeing their confusion, Bai Haoqi explained, "Xirui Auction House is the largest underground auction house in the country. It's normal that you don't know about it. This auction house is mostly only found in wealthy areas. And it's not easy to get in. Besides having money, you also need some connections."
"A way?"
"To get in, you need an introduction, and before participating in the auction, you need to deposit a nine-figure deposit at the auction house as a start-up fund for bidding on exhibits. If you don't win any exhibits in a round, the money will be refunded. The condition is that no one should cause trouble in the auction house, otherwise the deposit will not be refunded."
"Nine figures?" Gao Min gasped. "That's... what kind of rare treasures are being sold in this auction house that require a nine-figure deposit? They're really treating money like dirt!"
“The Sheri Auction House auctions a wide variety of items, including antiques, paintings and calligraphy, as well as rare medicinal herbs. Anything they deem valuable will be put up for auction. However, so far, none of the items they've put up for sale have ever fetched a price below seven figures.”
Gao Min clutched her poor little heart, her face contorted in pain: "This... is this robbery?"
Ye Wanxi narrowed her eyes and steered the conversation back to the original point: "You just said that this auction house will auction a wild ginseng that is over 500 years old in ten days?"
(End of this chapter)
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