Chapter 526 — The Same Auction Item

"It's not that we don't believe you..." Yu Shuixing smiled wryly. "It's that we're stunned!"

"Oh, is that so." Lai Changshan assumed they were stunned by the efficacy of the deluxe edition of the trauma medicine, never guessing it was something else entirely. "Twenty bottles in all, reserve price five hundred thousand, shall we say? As for the rest, Mr. Yu, you decide how to handle it."

"Twenty bottles? You have stock on hand?" Yu Haitian's eyes went even wider.

"...Yes..." Lai Changshan nearly swore aloud. If I had no stock, what would I be doing talking to you about it? But out of deference to the other man's standing, he refrained from doing anything out of line.

"Second Uncle... what do you think?" Yu Haitian looked at Yu Shuixing, somewhat at a loss.

"Heh heh, then let's make it the grand finale of tomorrow night's auction!" Yu Shuixing laughed. "I'd wager there'll be a buying frenzy. Five hundred thousand is a bit too cheap — make it a million."

"Understood!" Seeing that his second uncle had made the decision, Yu Haitian said nothing further.

The price of a million did not surprise Lai Changshan; in his view, the more expensive the better. He set the suitcase on the table and said, "The deluxe edition of the trauma medicine is all here. Mr. Yu, please inspect it. As for the introduction, that's been written up as well and placed inside."

Yu Haitian opened the suitcase and could not help but freeze. This was the deluxe edition of the trauma medicine? These shabby little white plastic bottles — they looked about the same as seasoning jars.

"This... this is the deluxe edition?" Yu Haitian could not help asking.

"Heh heh, it was prepared on short notice — no packaging." Lai Changshan smiled.

"..." Yu Haitian was rather speechless, though he trusted that Lai Changshan would not peddle junk to cheat him; the stuff should still be effective. At that thought, he nodded and said, "Very well. I'll go register it in a moment."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Lai Changshan, Guan Xuewen, Lai Changshan, and Wei Zhao at last left the auction hall. A man like Guan Xuewen was naturally one Yu Shuixing would spare no effort to court.

And what Doctor Guan's Pharmaceuticals brought out was never anything ordinary!

After seeing Guan Xuewen off, Yu Shuixing felt somewhat amused. Divine Doctor Kang had brought a beauty-and-skin-nourishing golden wound medicine, hoping to use it as a bargaining chip to enter the ranks of the great houses! At any other time that might have sufficed, but as it happened, Guan Xuewen had brought out an identical product! And he had stock on hand!

If Divine Doctor Kang ever learned of it, he would probably weep tears without end, would he not? He had meant to use it to cultivate connections, yet others had already turned theirs into a product for sale — so who would buy his pre-sale item now?

"Second Uncle, today's situation is complicated enough!" Yu Haitian sighed.

"Heh heh, actually it's not so complicated. It's just that the Kang family is unlikely to become a great house now," Yu Shuixing said. "The Kang family's trump card is probably nothing much in the eyes of Doctor Guan!"

"True. Then tonight, will those two pre-sale items of the Kang family's beauty-and-skin-nourishing golden wound medicine still go up for auction?" Yu Haitian asked.

"Auction them? Of course we'll auction them!" Yu Shuixing laughed. "What difference does it make? We simply won't buy them ourselves. As for anyone else, whoever wants to buy can buy."

"That's true enough. Our auction house is only helping them auction, after all; whether anyone buys is not our responsibility." Yu Haitian nodded.

That evening, the second auction began.

Feng Xiaoxiao had called Wei Zhao first thing in the morning, but Wei Zhao had no time for her. He only asked whether Feng Tianlong had returned; learning that he had not, he turned down her suggestion to come looking for him.

At the auction hall, however, he could not avoid running into Feng Xiaoxiao again.

"Wei Zhao!" Holding two bottles of drink, Feng Xiaoxiao ran up to him, her cheeks slightly flushed, as though she were thinking of the events of the previous night.

"Is your body feeling all right now?" Wei Zhao took the drink Feng Xiaoxiao handed him without thinking. His relationship with Feng Xiaoxiao was a strange one, and with Feng Tianlong dragged into it as well, it gave Wei Zhao a bit of a headache.

"Oh, it's nothing anymore." Feng Xiaoxiao shook her head, but her usual forthrightness was gone, replaced by something shy.

Feng Xiaoxiao's expression only left Wei Zhao more helpless. He had to admit that yesterday he had been somewhat moved, but that stirring had been pure carnal impulse, not any real fondness for Feng Xiaoxiao.

It was only that Feng Xiaoxiao's condition the day before had struck Wei Zhao as strange; never before had he encountered anything so bizarre.

"Feng Xiaoxiao, there was some bad blood between us before, but yesterday I saved your life..." Wei Zhao paused to consider, then said, "I think we can call it even now, don't you?"

"Huh?" Feng Xiaoxiao was taken aback, though she quickly grasped what Wei Zhao meant. He did not want her coming after him for revenge anymore... But she... did she still want revenge now?

Had Wei Zhao not brought it up, Feng Xiaoxiao might never have noticed. But now that he had, she suddenly realized that her hatred for Wei Zhao had actually faded... The screaming, hoarse-cry thirst for vengeance of before was gone, and mixed into it now were emotions complex and hard to name.

This Wei Zhao had seen her body bare for nothing, and yet he gave no sign of taking responsibility, and was even thinking of letting it end like this?

"What bad blood do we have? Wasn't that settled long ago?" Feng Xiaoxiao had made up her mind, and she looked at Wei Zhao with an expression of puzzlement.

"Feng Xiaoxiao, let's be frank with each other. What exactly are you trying to do?" Wei Zhao was unmoved by her look of innocence.

"I... I like you. I... I just want to be with you, I don't want to do anything else..." Feng Xiaoxiao looked at Wei Zhao with an aggrieved air. "Don't tell me you're not going to take responsibility for me..."

"..." Wei Zhao was struck speechless for a moment. He knew that saying anything more to Feng Xiaoxiao would do no good, so he could only ignore her.

Feng Xiaoxiao was not angry in the least. Wei Zhao paid her no attention, so she went on flipping through the auction catalog in her hands as if nothing had happened.

The lights gradually dimmed, and the spotlights on the auction stage ahead came up. Yu Haitian walked out from behind the curtain, gave a courteous bow, and said, "Welcome, guests, to the second session of the auction!"

Wei Zhao had little interest in the vast majority of the lots. Apart from some valuable antiques, there were dates with fairly famous stars, and then some jewelry and the like.

At last they came to the Ten Thousand Year Spring Wooden Box that Wei Zhao was interested in, and Lai Pangzi, who had been half asleep, jerked bolt upright.

Wei Zhao found it rather amusing. This fellow really was a piece of work. That worked too?

"Heh heh, Boss, just watch me. As long as nobody bids against us, landing it shouldn't be any trouble at all!" Lai Pangzi patted his chest in assurance.