Bab 67: Chapter 67- Trap? Surely Not.
'This fucker…' the young man thought. He let his grasp go from the cracked doorknob.
He turned his attention back to the stage and then to room 15. His face fumed with a bit of anger and annoyance.
Out of all the real bids, that room chose to mess with him.
Is it because they knew of his background, a petty grudge perhaps?
Or do they know of his situation and want to poke him even more?
Either way, they messed with the wrong person at the wrong time…probably.
"Father! Who's in that room?" He said. His tone raised as annoyance could be heard in his voice.
He really couldn't be fucked right now.
The older man gazed at the room and showed a confused gaze, "I don't know," he said. "One male one female about your age, most likely a personal disciple of Star Sect's higher-ups,"
The older man then opened his ring and took out a wrinkled piece of paper and a brush. Its tips are already dipped in ink.
He grabbed the paper and in one swift motion, a picture appeared on it.
The picture depicted Long Ren and Yun Ning sitting against each other, looking at the stage. Though, the picture was made with ink strokes, making it a bit hard to recognize the person inside.
"You've met them?" He asked, showing the picture to his son, only to receive a slight head shake.
"I don't think I've seen any of them before." He said.
Although the picture looks a bit unclear, he's confident in his memory to recognize at least semblances of them had they ever met before.
The older man nodded, "Maybe they covet it as well" He said, "No matter, just finish this quickly,"
The young man nodded. He also wanted the same. No matter the reason, Long Ren and Yun Ning had successfully annoyed him.
"Room 11 bids 25 diamonds!"
Inside room 15,
Long Ren had a wry smile etched on his face. For one, he had already bid way above his budget, and two, a strong foe just appeared.
In a perfect world, he would get the item for below 15 diamonds, and yet it had reached 25 with no signs of stopping, or even him winning, for that matter.
"Hmnnn…" Long Ren pondered. He really wanted the item but wondered whether it was worth the cost.
Yun Ning saw his thinking gaze and said, "Why don't you go for it? It's quite rare to see and buy these kinds of items,"
Long Ren nodded. It's true that space-related items are few and far in between, especially those that can be bought with money.
Besides, he had the money…well, he had a loan demon right beside him.
"Room 15 bids 26 diamonds!" Yue'er exclaimed once more.
Her expression adorned her ever-so-beautiful smile, unlike the one patched on the young man's inside room 11's face.
The young man banged on the nearby table. His palm glowed with golden qi, easily shattering the table to pieces.
His hand soon turned over and an item appeared. He neared the item to his mouth and talked, only to quickly be slapped away by the older man.
"Don't you dare mess around here, especially not because of such trivial matter,"
…
"Huuuhft…" the young man closed his eyes and sighed out a deep breath. His cheeks tinged with pain, yet it didn't matter.
He scrunched his brows and massaged them with his fingers. A golden glow appeared once more as his face turned calm.
"30 diamonds," He inputted into the bidding runestone. His voice now contained calmness, void of irrational behavior from before.
Long Ren saw his bid and immediately called out, "31 diamonds,".
He hadn't participated in a serious bid war before, but momentum seemed like an important factor.
"Tch, 35 diamonds," The young man declared not one second after Long Ren's bid tuned in.
While the audience was awed by their battle, the older man in room 11 secretly felt thankful for Long Ren.
The higher the bid goes, the bigger his son would feel in debt towards him, making his guilt look larger.
He secretly hoped Long Ren to rise to at least 50 diamonds, as even that amount is substantial enough for his son.
By then, his son would feel so much guilt that once he gave the bracelet, even he himself would think it's too much for a parting gift.
Actually…
The older man looked at his focused son, his brows scrunched a bit as anger and disappointment swell up in his heart. This boy dares to think and sully his noble lineage…this is barely enough,
He discretely made a small golden blob of slime and ejected it slowly down towards Long Ren's room.
No one noticed as a blob of golden slime passed through Long Ren's door, or at least no one cared enough to stop it.
It reached the room and in front of the pair, the blob dissolved, revealing a storage ring.
"We seem to receive a lot of visitors today," Yun Ning said, equipping the ring and taking out two whole items.
One of them is a note, while the other is a stack of diamond coins.
They were both surprised as the stack reached a total of 15 diamond coins. Even they, second-generation rich kids, felt it was way too much.
Long Ren tilted his head closer, resting it on Yun Ning's as they read the note together.
"Bid upwards of 50 diamonds. Room 11 will call the bid regardless. The 15 diamonds are your compensation."
Clear, concise, and straight to the point.
The pair's surprised look didn't fade away as Long Ren called the bid once more, 36 diamonds.
"Who do you think sent us this?" Long Ren asked. The only plausible person he could think of is an enemy of room 11's occupants.
But then, why don't they just do it themself? Or set a decoy, or do anything else really,…the main question is, why them?
"Don't know." Yun Ning said, she thought for a while and continued, "Maybe this is a trap for us against room 11?"
"Maybe…" Long Ren nodded. A plausible conclusion, yet a bit improbable.
For one, there's no reason to, seeing as they were both just minding their own business…other than Long Ren having fun.
Okay, maybe there's a reason to, actually.
But! 15 diamonds is still 15 diamonds. They wouldn't reject free gifts. And they surely wouldn't be this upfront should this be a trap.
Even if this proves to be a trap, getting into trouble is the last thing they needed to worry about.
"Once again! 40 diamonds from room 11!"
(A/N: 2 for 2 days)
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