Chapter 693 Opening the Mysterious Box
Su Nuan smiled and said, "Just give it to me for free, then I won't be afraid."
The manager was stunned for a moment. This girl really dared to say anything.
A man who was watching the goods nearby sneered, "Who do you think you are? You are so arrogant."
The woman beside him also echoed: "That's right, Manager Bai is the most important manager in this auction house. Even Master Hei Bai has to be in awe of him."
The man nodded. "That's right. This little girl is too arrogant. Manager Bai wants to throw her out."
After these two people's promotion, more and more people gathered to watch the fun.
Su Nuan looked at Manager Bai calmly, "How about it? Give it to me and I'll open it."
"Don't worry, I'll let you see what's inside, or you'll regret it."
Manager Bai laughed heartily and said, "A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. I like the girl's personality."
"Okay, I'll give it to you. Now tell me how to open it. No violence is allowed."
Su Nuan nodded, "Okay, I'm relieved that you keep your word."
She put her hand on the box, fumbled around for a while, then raised her hand and knocked on the lower right corner of the box.
The man who had just spoken began to mutter again: "Are you trying to break open the corners?"
"How is that possible? Yesterday someone came with a dagger that could cut through iron like mud, but it didn't even leave a mark."
Another man added, "Isn't it? It looks like it's been burned. It burned for a full hour and didn't change color. I doubt it's wood at all."
The others were also whispering, and the scene was a bit noisy.
Su Nuan turned a deaf ear to what they said and continued tapping with her little hands.
Soon, a small bulge appeared on the corner of the box.
Su Nuan changed direction and started knocking on another corner, where a bulge also appeared.
Then Su Nuan knocked on the two corners with both hands, and the two bulges became bigger and bigger.
When the two cylindrical protrusions floated up to a point where they could be pinched, Su Nuan grabbed the cylinders with both hands and pulled hard.
The two wooden corks were pulled out, and the lid of the wooden box popped open a crack.
Manager Bai said in surprise, "This is a box with a mechanism, but the mechanism is too ingenious."
"These two corks fit so tightly together that even I couldn't tell."
Su Nuan pressed the lid down and didn't open it.
The people around were whetted.
Someone urged: "Open it quickly and see what treasure is inside."
"That's right, hurry up."
Su Nuan rolled her eyes and asked, "Do you really want to see it?"
There were crowds of people around, making the huge auction hall packed to the brim.
Seeing that no one spoke, Su Nuan asked again: "Do you really want to see it?"
"If you don't want to see it, I'll go with Steward Bai to Lord Hei's place to open the box."
Someone shouted, "No, I want to see it."
Su Nuan took out a cloth bag from her backpack and stuffed it into Ling Yun's pocket. "Here, collect the money. Anyone who wants to see it has to pay ten ghost coins. Anyone who doesn't pay will be kicked out and not allowed to see it."
Ten dollars was nothing to the people present, so they didn't think much of it and just paid.
A fat man shouted, "I'll bet a hundred and let me see the front row."
His shout was immediately echoed by others, and in the end, there were more than twenty people standing in the inner circle closest to Su Nuan.
Su Nuan chuckled. The saying "little by little, it adds up to a lot" became concrete at this moment. The cloth bag was flat when it was taken out, but now it was bulging with money.
Ling Yun was holding the cloth bag and looked at Su Nuan with admiration.
Su Nuan grabbed the lid with both hands and said with a smile, "I'm going to open it!"
She slowly opened the lid...
Everyone was eager to look into the box, but when the items in the box appeared before their eyes, they were met with boos.
"What the hell is this?"
"It looks like charcoal, so black."
"Oh... I thought it was some rare treasure, what a bummer."
"That little bitch... ahem... she actually cheated us out of a whole bag of money."
"That's right, let her pay back the money."
"Pay back the money."
Su Nuan glanced around coldly, then looked at Manager Bai, "I'm not going to make a fuss now for your sake, but if they still act like this, don't blame me."
Manager Bai originally wanted to scold the people around him to calm the situation, but after hearing what Su Nuan said, he changed his mind.
He immediately laughed and said, "I don't mind my business. If you feel you've been bullied, it's natural to fight back, but you can't kill anyone."
Su Nuan heard the hidden meaning, which was that if he didn't kill her, he would do whatever he wanted.
Ling Yun raised his eyebrows. He felt that the people in this ghost town had a lot of goodwill towards Su Nuan. Although he didn't know why, it was something he was happy to see.
He stood behind Su Nuan, staring at the people around him with wolf-like fierce eyes.
Those who shouted for their money back were frightened by Ling Yun's eyes. The timid ones just shut up, while the brave ones were still "shouting" in a low voice.
Su Nuan pointed at the things in the box and said, "I asked you if you wanted to see it. If you wanted to see it, you paid for it. Now that what you see disappoints you, you feel that the money wasn't worth it, right?"
Everyone was silent and thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be the case.
Although the money is not much, it is still spent. If it is not worth it, people will feel unhappy.
Su Nuan smiled and said, "How about this, each of you pay another ten yuan, and I will make you understand that this money is well worth it."
"This way you won't feel bad about spending money, and it will also make you feel better, how about that?"
Everyone looked at each other, feeling that something was wrong, but they also felt that Su Nuan was right.
They feel unhappy about spending money now, so it would be great if Su Nuan could make them feel that the money is worth spending.
The generous person immediately held up the money and said, "I'll pay it."
With someone taking the lead, the rest of the people will happily pay.
Su Nuan looked at the fat man in the front row and asked, "What about you? Will you pay? If not, get out of the way."
The fat man was the first one to ask for his money back. He felt uncomfortable being stared at by everyone.
If I leave, I won't be willing to do so. If I stay, I still have to pay money. It's uncomfortable either way.
Finally, he couldn't bring himself to leave, so he reluctantly took out the money and said, "Here you go."
"Let me be frank. If you can't make us feel that this money is worth spending, you must compensate us tenfold."
Su Nuan tied the purse tightly and calculated that he had earned four or five thousand ghost money for free, which was a big profit.
She put the bag away and said with a smile, "Do you know what this is?"
The fat man snorted coldly, "Huh, isn't it just twelve pieces of charcoal? Even the finest silver frost charcoal is not worth much."
Su Nuan took out a pair of thin cotton gloves from her backpack and put them on carefully, then took out a piece of "charcoal" from the box.
"Look, what's carved on it?"
The fat man immediately held his belly and came forward to check, "Is this... a rat?"
Su Nuan nodded, "Yes, it was originally gold powder, but it turned black over time, so you couldn't see it from so far away."
"There are exactly twelve of them, each depicting the twelve Chinese zodiac animals. Look at the shape again. Does anything come to mind?"
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