In private room number one.
Xue Huan was very unhappy.
Gu Shishi's plan was so despicable and obvious that she naturally wouldn't be fooled. If she kept raising the price and refused to give up when she knew that she was trying to cheat her, and spent several times the price to take the picture of the mermaid, then she would be a fool.
Didn't Gu Shishi want that mermaid? Then she would give it to her for the time being.
Mo Qian said beside him, "Don't worry, the mermaid won't fall into her hands. She can't afford that much money."
Xue Huan said "hmm". No matter whether Gu Shishi could get it out or not, she was determined to save the mermaid.
Originally, she wanted to take a picture and then release the mermaid, but now, since Gu Shishi wants to interfere, don't blame her for being rude.
Not long after Mo Qian finished speaking, the auction house manager came over with the mermaid.
The manager knew that it was Concubine Mo Xue who wanted to photograph the mermaid, so after coming in and greeting her, he said to Xue Huan, "Miss Mo, do you still want to buy this mermaid?"
Xue Huan glanced at the mermaid trapped in the cage. He was sitting in the corner with his eyes closed, not looking at anyone. It seemed as if he had given up resistance and accepted his fate of being bought and sold.
She couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in her heart, but her tone remained calm: "Didn't someone just take this mermaid away?"
The steward gave a wry smile. "To be honest, I just took this mermaid to find a buyer, intending to exchange the money for the goods. But the buyer slipped away, leaving a servant to take the blame. I had someone find the buyer, but she refused to admit it, saying she had no idea about the auction and that the servant had secretly bid behind her back.
"This excuse might be enough to fool a fool, but the buyer clearly bid in bad faith and couldn't come up with the money to pay for their actions. Oh, and the buyer is Gu Shishi, the daughter of the Director of the Shipping Department. I asked her to write a letter asking her family to send money, but the letter went unanswered and I never received a reply.
"I think Lord Gu is unwilling to pay such a large sum of money for his daughter, but he is worried that refusing will damage his reputation. So he plans to use the strategy of procrastination, thinking that my Bai Auction House will not be able to quarrel with him over this matter, so he can drag it out.
"Oh, let's talk business. If Lord Gu wants to use his official position to suppress our Bai family, then he is totally wrong. Our Bai family is not that easy to bully.
"Look at me, what's the point of all this nonsense? I'm not afraid to tell Miss Mo that an item can't be auctioned twice. Because of Gu Shishi's incident, this mermaid is stuck in our auction house. Now, we have no choice but to sell him off at a low price. If Miss Mo still wants him, we'll give you a good price. How about that?"
The manager's words can be said to be very frank.
Xue Huan didn't answer but asked, "Shouldn't your bank keep the identity of its customers confidential? How could you reveal Gu Shishi's identity?"
The manager said, "Oh, Gu Shishi made a malicious bid and broke the contract. Our auction house is no longer obligated to keep her secret."
There's an unwritten agreement between auction houses and their customers: if you bid, you have to pay up afterwards. Otherwise, you're playing a trick on the auction house. If everyone did this, how could auctions continue?
Gu Shishi's previous behavior destroyed this agreement.
If it weren't for her, the auction house would have sold the mermaid at a high price of one hundred thousand taels. Now... it's a good thing that it didn't become a waste!
The reason why the manager was so anxious to sell the mermaid was because the mermaid had an extremely fierce temper. Since being caught, it had refused to eat or drink. Once someone approached, it would pounce on them ferociously and bite or scratch them. However, in just a few days, the mermaid's originally beautiful fish tail had become much duller.
If this continues, the little mermaid will probably starve to death, and the auction house will then lose more than it gains. It would be better to sell him now while he is still alive, so that at least some of the money can be recovered.
It is a buyer's market now, and the transaction rights are in Xue Huan's hands. It is impossible to ask her to pay 100,000 taels to buy the mermaid. The manager also knows this.
But when he heard Xue Huan quote "five thousand taels", his face twitched violently.
From 100,000 taels to 5,000 taels, it shrank twenty times in an instant!
The steward was heartbroken and felt even more resentful towards Gu Shishi. If she hadn't bid maliciously, would the mermaid have depreciated so much? Since she dared to offer a high price of 180,000 taels, she should have paid the money if she had the guts!
Although he couldn't come up with the money, he had the courage to bid.
"Miss Mo, look, this is a genuine mermaid, a legendary species. Five thousand taels is too much for its status. How about you add a little more?"
In the cage, the little mermaid listened to the two men bargaining for her as if she were a piece of merchandise. Her eyelashes trembled and her hands clenched tightly.
Damn you humans! Just wait, you will be dead without a burial place soon!
Thinking of this, the mermaid calmed down.
Xue Huan: "The most I can offer is six thousand taels." She took out a stack of banknotes and slammed them on the table.
"If you want to sell it, take the money. If not, forget it. I'm not that interested in this mermaid anymore anyway."
Xue Huan swept her eyes over the mermaid in the cage, and when her eyes landed on his tail, she frowned in disgust.
Before, because of the lighting effect, the mermaid's tail looked dazzling, but now looking closely, it is far less beautiful.
The steward hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, deal, this mermaid is yours."
If I sell it now, I can at least get six thousand taels. In two days, this mermaid might starve to death. By then, it will be a dead fish and no one may want it even if I give it to others.
The steward handed the key to the cage to Xue Huan, bowed to her, and left with the servants.
Xue Huan came to the cage, opened it, and reached out to the mermaid in the corner.
The mermaid opened her eyes immediately and bit her fiercely.
Xue Huan deliberately threatened him: "If you dare to bite me, I will stew you."
The mermaid's teeth, which were already clasped at her tiger's mouth, suddenly froze. In the end, she did not bite down, but she was unwilling to retract them. Her pair of light golden eyes stared at her viciously, as if she was going to bite off a piece of flesh from her body immediately if something went wrong.
Xue Huan pinched his chin, freed her hand, and quickly threw another pill into his mouth.
Mermaid: "&＠##&＆!"
Xue Huan guessed that what he said was probably "What did you give me to eat!"
Unfortunately, she couldn't understand the mermaid language.
He scratched his throat and tried to spit out the pill, but unfortunately the pill melted in his mouth and the liquid had already slid into his stomach.
Is he going to die here today?
But soon, the anger on his face was replaced by shock, because he felt a gentle yet powerful medicinal power flowing through his body, quickly healing his injuries.
This medicinal power contained abundant and pure spiritual power, which made him feel very comfortable.
So, this is not a poison at all, but a magic medicine?
Who exactly is this human woman? Why did she feed me the elixir?
This kind of elixir with immediate effect is extremely rare even in the sea, let alone in the human world where the spiritual energy is even thinner.
Shao Jiu, also known as the little mermaid, was confused at this moment.
What surprised him even more was yet to come.
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