"Level 3 crystal core, difficult to capture, starting bid is one million, increments are ten thousand."
Xia Shizhao, sitting in the private room, was exasperated. "So expensive!"
Buying a wallet directly reduces her savings by one-fifth—her hard-earned money.
"So expensive!" Xia Shizhao's silence was deafening. No wonder mechs are so expensive; even the better energy sources are exorbitantly priced.
Listening to the constant bidding around her, she silently sighed that there were still many rich people.
Qingli stood in front of the glass, staring intently at the crystal core, without saying a word.
Two million.
Jun Yuyuan propped his head up and slowly pressed a button, and the sign for the private room lit up.
"Two million per time."
"Two million twice."
—Dong
"make a deal!"
A short while later, the waiter came to their door with a black box and knocked on it.
Jun Yuyuan gestured for Xia Shizhao and the others to put on their masks, and then had the bodyguards open the door.
"Your things."
"Put it on the coffee table."
"yes."
After everyone left, Jun Yuyuan put on gloves, picked up the crystal core, and examined it carefully for a while. "It looks like it's level three. I didn't make a mistake buying it."
"What do you need the crystal core for?"
Xia Shizhao asked curiously.
Jun Yuyuan instructed his bodyguard to put away the answer:
"It's a gift. My friend's birthday is coming up. She's a military academy student majoring in mecha combat, and there's a global mecha competition coming up soon, so this is a perfect gift."
Xia Shizhao's tone was one of admiration:
"Wow, that's amazing, a mecha combat major!"
"Yeah, that's impressive, but I'm not bad either."
Jun Yuyuan proudly raised his head, "I'm the top student in the Pharmaceutical Engineering Department. If you go to Xinglian Military University, you'll be my junior! If anyone bullies you at school, you can come to me anytime."
"You're amazing too."
After speaking, Xia Shizhao also praised him with an expression of admiration.
Feeling something was off, Jun Yuyuan looked around and muttered to himself:
"It feels like I'm coaxing a child."
"Hmm? Is there?"
Xia Shizhao looked completely innocent.
Xia Shizhao: Teenagers with delusions of grandeur are the funniest, hehe.
The two stared at each other, their eyes wide, until Jun Yuyuan, his ears turning red, turned his head to look at the items up for auction.
Suddenly, the auctioneer and several bodyguards appeared on stage, pulling a huge cage, and the curtain was pulled down the instant they arrived.
Summer Showa Jun Yu-Yu's pupils dilate.
Xia Shizhao was inwardly amazed by the mermaid?
Mermaids?
Jun Yuyuan stood up in disbelief and looked at the water tank below:
"Huh? Mermaids? These people are insane! They actually captured mermaids! And they dare to sell them?! They even accept them on the black market, are they crazy for money?"
Xia Shizhao, seeing her murderous expression, strategically took a step back. "W-what's wrong?"
“This is hard to explain,” Jun Yuyuan took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, but she still couldn’t. She scratched her head in frustration, picked up her phone and seemed to be sending a message. After sending the message, she put her phone down and looked at Xia Shizhao, “Never mind, Shizhao, I’ll send someone to take you back first. Merfolk are very united and will definitely come to rescue the merfolk in the tank. It will be very chaotic here later. When merfolk go berserk, they will kill anyone.”
"Huh?" Xia Shizhao looked at her with some concern:
"Then, be careful."
Jun Yuyuan waved his hand:
"Don't worry, my mom will be here soon, so there shouldn't be any problems. But you, remember to let me know you got home safely."
"Uh-huh."
After Xia Shizhao finished speaking, he left with the bodyguards arranged by Jun Yuyuan.
The black market was huge, and even using the fast lane would take a while. A gunshot rang out, Xia Shizhao's pupils dilated, and warm blood splattered on her face. Just a moment ago, the bodyguard driving the car was shot in the head and died in front of her.
The once bustling black market quieted down for a moment, then instantly became noisy again.
"Miss Xia, hurry, get out of the car."
A bodyguard helped Xia Shizhao out of the car.
Realizing what had happened, Xia Shizhao hurriedly followed the bodyguard downstairs and hid in a safe place. Only then did he belatedly wipe the blood off his face, his fingertips icy cold and trembling.
There were too many people, and Xia Shizhao and his bodyguard pushed their way through, leaving him alone somewhere, looking around in a daze.
The communicator vibrated on his wrist, and Xia Shizhao glanced at it; it was a message from Jun Yuyuan.
She pursed her lips and said that she was fine, but she didn't know where she had gone.
Hearing the commotion outside, Jun Yuyuan was extremely anxious. After receiving the news, she breathed a sigh of relief. She looked up at the gun in front of her and rolled her eyes. "I didn't run away or call for help, what the hell are you pointing at? I didn't capture the merman."
After saying that, she threw the communicator in front of the masked man, squatted down obediently, and waited for her mother to come and rescue her.
Jun Yuyuan was about to cry when he thought he was going to get scolded again.
Xia Shizhao was numb at this moment. The rescue team was outside, but now someone was holding a knife to her waist.
She frowned as she smelled the strong stench of blood on the person behind her. "You... hiss."
Suddenly, Xia Shizhao felt a sharp pain in her neck. She shut her mouth, only to hear the person who had threatened her whispering a threat:
"Don't speak."
The hoarseness obscured the person's excellent voice, which was so beautiful that it was hard to tell if it was male or female.
Xia Shizhao slightly raised his hands to indicate surrender, then slowly turned his head to meet the gaze of the person in front of him. He was stunned by the person in front of him, and his breathing became slightly labored. The light blue pupils of the person holding the knife were like the rippling surface of the sea under the blue sky, clear and bright. Under the dim light, his silver hair emitted a faint luster.
It's really beautiful.
No, what am I thinking right now?
Xia Shizhao couldn't help but swallow hard. "...I...I won't expose you. It's just that your injuries are very serious. I happen to be a pharmacist and I have some medicine on me. You can use it. Don't kill me. I won't expose you."
The beautiful woman before her coldly scrutinized her for a moment, then softly uttered a single word:
"medicine."
"Um, put the knife down, I'm afraid you might lose your grip and hurt me again."
Xia Shizhao looked worriedly at the dagger on his neck. The stinging pain in his neck hadn't subsided yet; it hurt so much.
Even meeting up with someone in person is so unlucky, is she cursed with bad luck?! She can't escape this curse, can she?!
Xia Shizhao couldn't help but grind his teeth, his face contorted in a ferocious expression.
After drinking the medicine and feeling its effects, the silver-haired beauty narrowed her eyes and looked thoughtfully at Xia Shizhao, noticing her expression:
"You're not convinced?"
"Huh??? What?"
Xia Shizhao, his thoughts interrupted by the silver-haired beauty, looked up blankly, "No? What are you dissatisfied with?"
She chuckled softly, staring intently at Xia Shizhao.
Xia Shizhao blinked nervously: He dared not move, he dared not move at all.
Finally, the silver-haired beauty gently placed a kiss on her forehead. Xia Shizhao blinked in confusion, and she vanished from her sight in an instant.
Realizing what had happened, Xia Shizhao covered his forehead and looked in the direction she had disappeared. Wait, what's going on?!
—With a whoosh, the door was opened.
Seeing the gun pointed at her, Xia Shizhao was even more at a loss and slowly squatted down, covering her head.
I'm so frustrated I could cry. What bad luck! I'm really unlucky. Why didn't I check the almanac before going out today?
A woman with a gun tucked into her waistband and short hair walked in, squatted down, and lifted her face. "Ordinary person, not a mermaid, harmless, appears to be an omega, can be released."
Xia Shizhao, whose face was pinched and who started reporting data, widened his eyes: ? Sis, are you a mobile detector?
Suddenly a man walked in and whispered in the short-haired woman's ear:
"The genius pharmacist from the Jun family is here too."
The woman raised an eyebrow. "We'll ask the Jun family for some benefits, and then we'll find the person and send him away immediately."
The word "treacherous" was blatantly displayed in Xia Shizhao's eyes.
The short-haired woman saw her and flicked her head. "She looks like a weakling, yet she dares to run around in the black market. She's got guts."
Xia Shizhao clutched his head; it hurt so much. This person had a pretty strong grip.
A short while later, Xia Shizhao was also escorted out under guard.
Jun Yuyuan saw her previously listless head suddenly lift up. "Damn, thank goodness you're alright, otherwise I would feel so guilty."
"Haha, it's nothing, it's just your bodyguard..."
"Yes, I know. It's marked in red in the bodyguard system here. I need to deal with it later."
"...Okay, wait a minute."
"Wait a minute..."
The two exchanged a glance. "Where's Qingli???"
At this moment, Qingli huddled under the water tank table, trembling. The fur on her tail stood on end as she watched the people walking around outside.
After a chaotic scene, Xia Shizhao finally returned home at 10 p.m.
"Ahhh, finally I'm in bed."
She was exhausted. Every day was so exciting. Luckily, she has a strong mentality, otherwise she would have been scared out of her wits.
After lost in thought for a while, Xia Shizhao picked up his phone and glanced at it; it was eleven o'clock.
I left home at 8 a.m. and finally got into bed at 11 a.m. I almost died in the process, so this is what they mean by surviving a close call and being blessed with good fortune.
Damn it, I'm the chosen unlucky bear.
The pillow dipped in, and Xia Shizhao gently turned her head to look. It was Qingli, who had just finished showering and dried her hair. She turned into a puppy and jumped onto her bed. Xia Shizhao watched as she curled up in the corner, squinting her eyes sleepily.
Gently reaching out to stroke Qingli's head, the prickly yet soft touch made Xia Shizhao, who had a slight fondness for fluffy things, squint his eyes comfortably. He muttered softly, "Today is so unlucky, otherwise we would have gone home to sleep long ago. You came too suddenly. There's no place for you. I'll go find a blanket for you to cover yourself with so you don't catch a cold tonight."
Qingli rubbed her head and hummed twice without opening her eyes.
Xia Shizhao rubbed her hair after covering Qingli with a blanket. She wasn't so sleepy anymore. She sat in front of the mirror, picked up her textbook, and flipped through a few pages. She had an exam on Monday, and she had played for too long today, so she decided to cram at the last minute.
Hurry up, after finishing all the tasks, she opened her bracelet, the floating screen, opened the 99+ app, and replied to Mu Qinwan, whom she hadn't been able to contact all day.
Sure enough, she still wasn't used to smart bracelets. She wouldn't even check messages without her phone in her pocket. "Sorry, I was just checking my messages..."
Night owl Mu Qinwan was indeed awake, replying instantly, "!!!! You still remember me? I sent you a message at nine in the morning, and you replied at eleven at night?! I know you went to meet up, but if I didn't, I'd think you'd been kidnapped! If you had replied any later, I would have called the Star Police!!!"
"Pointing and gesturing.jpg, your punishment is to take me to Dark Night next time!"
"Today is probably like being kidnapped," Xia Shizhao paused, his fingers moving slightly, and replied with a hint of helplessness.
"·······reject."
"..." (nx1 angry emoji) "You're just like Zhan Nan! Two bad guys!"
"It's a bad guy to take you there without permission. Go to sleep early, goodnight."
"Okay, An~"
Opening the private shop, Xia Shizhao looked at the potions listed in the shop with satisfaction. Although it was rare to make S-grade potions, it wasn't impossible, especially the recovery potion. He had spent a lot of money to make it many times, and it was stable at A-grade, with S-grade potions appearing from time to time.
Looking at his ever-growing wallet, Xia Shizhao chuckled and went to sleep contentedly.
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