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【Auction No. [-]】

At the same time, the auction hall.

There is a rest period of five to 10 minutes between the two rounds of trading. During this period, many buyers are willing to come out and walk around to build relationships with the targets they are interested in.Those local tyrants have money, but they have a lot of problems. They chat with a strong Beijing flavor, and the volume is turned up a lot, and the atmosphere on the whole floor becomes warmer for a while.

Fortunately, the seats in this room are arranged according to status, and the booths in the corner are naturally rarely visited by people.

Li Huan looked as usual, but the joints of his palms holding the phone were bled and turned white—the news about Xiaocui’s disappearance was shared in the WeChat group as early as the first time, and soon after, there was a reminder from the senior brother that someone was going up the mountain. Although he couldn't be sure that it was Feng Chi himself, but the teacher hadn't made any arrangements for a long time, and the longer he waited, the more uneasy he felt.

Xing Yi was sitting on an adjacent armchair, with his slender legs crossed together, reading the news on his mobile phone calmly.

Maybe because he sensed that someone beside him was too nervous, he suddenly raised his hand to touch Li Huan's head, and asked, "Would you like some water?" I drank some hot water, then took a sip to test the temperature.

Li Huan took a long breath, glanced at the bay window on the second floor unconsciously, and said worriedly: "I've been wondering what the teacher's eyes meant when he stood in front of the window and looked at us just now? The ghost car must have been in the room at that time , he has time to look at the phone but may not have time to reply, I can feel that it is empty, you said they—”

Before he finished speaking, his voice stopped abruptly.

Xing Yi inserted five fingers into the hair and pressed the back of someone's head, forcing him to turn his head to face him, then leaned over and kissed Li Huan directly.Immediately afterwards, the wet tip of the tongue opened the gap between the lips, drove straight in, and gave him the warm tea to drink.Li Huan only felt a bang in his head, his eyes widened in shock, and his cheeks turned red bit by bit.

So...asking if you want to drink water is...that's it?

There is a large crowd, only through a layer of tulle, there are occasional guys passing by outside who serve tea and water! ! !

This guy is too shameless!

Realizing this, Li Huan struggled a little and tried to push him away.Aware of this intention, Xing Yi simply leaned over and pressed him on the back of the chair, focusing on the kiss.

The sip of tea had already been finished, and both of them had a slight bitterness in their mouths. The simple lip contact went from shallow to deep, and the man's intruding tongue was so flexible that it swept across the entire mouth in an incomparably domineering way. The inner wall and gums were mixed with Li Huan's, sucking very erotically.

The air in his lungs became thinner and thinner, and Li Huan let out a painful "uh", completely unable to withstand this unscrupulous deep kiss, but his body trembled uncontrollably, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore and stretched out his hand , and pinched Xing Yi's place hard.

The force was not strong, but he couldn't stand the sensitive position. Mr. Jiang Yaoshi frowned in pain, let go of someone, and after parting his lips, he still licked the body fluid overflowing from the corner of the other's mouth, and then sat back on his own. a chair.

"It's really cruel," Xing Yi commented lightly, "You can't be gentle with it."

Li Huan: "..."

Li Huan's cheeks were flushed, and his chest was breathing very obviously. He lowered his voice and said angrily, "You can't play hooligans at this time?!"

"When you say that, I really miss the time when my personality memory was confused. At least during that time, no matter what I did, you would be forced to accept it." Xing Yi said while putting away the phone, and then turned his head to look inside, the corners of his mouth were not very clear. Bending slightly obviously, he comforted, "You're too nervous, relax, the two of them, Nine Tails and Yan Moluo, won't cause any trouble."

Li Huan was noncommittal and did not speak.

The two just looked at each other silently for a while, and finally Xing Yi smiled lightly and shook his head, poured a glass of water into his hand.

Holding the teacup, Li Huan remained silent for a while, and then said softly, "Brother Yi, sometimes your calmness makes me think you have no feelings."

"Why do you say that?" Xing Yi's tone was very light, as if he didn't have much interest in the answer to the question.

Li Huan thought for a while, and said: "Brother and sister are guarding outside. They are likely to be the first people to come into contact with Feng Chi, so I will be worried. The teacher needs to deal with the ghost car, even though the other party is not as good as the teacher, But I am still worried. This kind of worry will not be reduced because of some favorable factors for us, maybe it is an instinct of emotional creatures?"

"You're right, but I don't care about them." Xing Yi suddenly said, "For me, as long as you sit next to me safe and sound, that's enough."

Xing Yi stared at those beautiful eyes slightly surprised, and said seriously in a gentle and extremely solemn tone: "Someone once told me that the most omnipotent stage of a demon-subduing master is exactly when he is alone. .We were sent into the association from an early age, and we were forced to undergo various professional trainings, the most important of which was to forget feelings."

Li Huan was stunned for a moment when he heard the words.

Xing Yi continued: "Slaying demons and demons is actually a high-sounding reason for killing, but it can't change the bloody and cruel nature of this profession. More affection may be more merciful, you must know the truth Monsters are mostly in human form, and attacking them is visually no different from killing them, so in order to train demon subduing masters to be cold-blooded and ruthless, we have never had any companions around us, and the only partners are puppets who are unilaterally manipulated."

This is the first time that Li Huan has heard Xing Yi talk about the content related to the Demon Subduing Master. Because of his standpoint, he has never imagined from the perspective of the Demon Subduing Master what they might see at the moment when the knife is raised and dropped. , that comment that was no different from murder really shocked him.

"Li Huan, I chose to like you, so it is impossible to waste unnecessary worry on those insignificant people. I want to maintain the cold-blooded and ruthless demon-subduing master. Only in this way can I ensure that I can protect you well."

At that moment, Li Huan was moved and sad at the same time - he grew up under the care of his teacher, in the almost isolated place in the teahouse on the other side, and he had never experienced the warmth and separation of the world, so even Surrounded by demons but still know how to love.However, Xing Yi was clearly a human being, yet he was forced to train him to become a killing machine that forgot his feelings... Humans and demons seemed to have switched positions at this moment, and he suddenly felt that the most terrifying thing about the Demon Subduing Masters Association might not be the slaughter of demons, but the killing of demons. Shengsheng turns people into monsters that are more cruel than demons.

Looking down at this guy's extremely tangled expression, Xing Yi couldn't help laughing and said, "So you hurt me just now, what do you mean?"

Li Huan's brows tightened, and he always felt that this guy was quickly beaten back to the state of blatant hooliganism within a few seconds after expressing his affectionate confession.

Therefore, Mr. Demon Subduing Master, who silently fantasized that someone would use a kiss to please him, did not wait for the kind of stuff that can only be found in romance novels. After all, both are male creatures, and Young Master Li's thinking is still very simple and rude.

And so, after secretly looking around and making sure that there is no third person nearby, someone with a small sense of guilt lowered his eyelashes, reached out and stroked the part that was bullied not long ago, and rubbed it perfunctorily. Kneading, "Does it still hurt?" Li Huan said weakly, "It's a bit hard, shouldn't it be swollen?"

Xing Yi: "..."

A certain person rolled his eyes cunningly, but still maintained a pure and harmless expression on his face, and said, "Hey! Why are you getting more and more—?!"

Mr. Demon Subduing Master, who finally realized that he was being teased, pulled someone's paw away and gave him a very speechless look. The Samoyed in the skirt came in from the outside, Ahri breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Finally found you."

Li Huan was overjoyed, and quickly withdrew his hand to hug Ari onto the chair. While pretending to be a dog slave to smooth his hair, he said, "Where's the teacher? Why didn't you come with me?"

"I went to see the goods with the ghost car in the warehouse, let me come over and tell you." Ari said.

"Looking at the goods?" Xing Yi frowned, "Is this a temporary idea?"

Ah Li stuck out his tongue and licked his nose, and said: "Almost, after you leave, the master ordered me to hide temporarily so that the ghost car will not see it. It seems that what they mean is that Feng Chi is here to deal with the ghost car, so Do you want to keep him as bait to attract Feng Chi's attention?"

Li Huan said: "Where is the warehouse? Teacher, they are still in there?"

Ari raised a fur paw and pointed to the wall behind the stage: "It should still be there, I don't know what their plans are—by the way!" It looked up at Li Huan, "I saw the news in the group, you are here On the first floor, did you find anyone entering the door?"

Li Huan: "It's hard to say. I intended to follow that Xiao Cui, but as soon as I followed out of the corridor, I noticed that her aura suddenly disappeared! Brother Yi and I can't act without the teacher's order. Right now, Feng Chi probably won't Knowing that we are here, it doesn’t matter if they come in, the most important thing is not to startle the snake.”

Ari hummed approvingly, and Li Huan said again: "Are you going to stay here or go to the teacher?"

"Let's go to the master. I'm afraid he needs to separate his soul. I'll make sure you're all right first to reassure him." Ari said while looking in the direction of the warehouse, worried, "But having said that, I seemed to feel The owner's mood fluctuated a bit, and he didn't know what happened inside..."

Hearing what it said, Li Huan's face darkened, and he warned: "You are a spiritual pet, so you can move around here, hurry up and have a look, and contact me anytime if you have any questions."

Ari nodded and didn't say anything more. After jumping off the chair, the fox turned around and disappeared directly.

Just at this time, the intermission ended, the buyers returned to their positions, and the lobby on the first floor became quiet again.

Mr. Agui walked up to the center of the auction stage shaking his folding fan, smiled and bowed respectfully in three directions, then closed his folding fan, raised his arms high, and slapped his palms with the body of the fan to make a crackling sound.

After receiving the instructions, the guys waiting by the side immediately took action, and with the sound of rolling wheels, the huge velvet-covered cube was carefully pushed up.

When the unrelated people left the stage, Mr. Agui put his hands behind his back, and looked at each table of buyers in his eyes in turn. This was the opening remark used to create a gimmick before the auction started. First, it can increase the mystery of the goods. Second, It is also easier to arouse the interest of local tyrants by describing it in a storytelling tone.

After the foreshadowing was done, Agui unfolded his folding fan with a bang, his fat cheeks were wrinkled in a smile, and his eyes could hardly be seen. He spoke slowly, with an authentic Beijing accent, and said, "Old customers who are used to the characteristics of our Mei's compound are all familiar." You know, the auction is about halfway through, and we will offer one or two rare items to cheer you up, and I believe that when the sixth item comes out, everyone will not be disappointed."

Agui took a step forward, with one hand behind his back, while shaking the fan, he circled the thing around.

"If Ah Gui remembers correctly, there is a record in Volume [-] of the ancient book "Sou Shen Ji", which says that there are sharks outside the South China Sea. The sharks live in the water and do not waste their weaving. When they cry, they can produce pearls..."

As soon as this remark came out, all the buyers present could already hear what the sixth auction item was, and there were a lot of discussions, and even those impatient people rang the copper bell early, asking Agui to sell the flannel cloth immediately. Open it first, so that you can see the condition of the toy.

Li Huan clasped his five fingers on the armrest unconsciously, and a thought popped into his mind instantly-there must not be a real merman, but a half-demon made by fusing a demon soul with some kind of animal in all likelihood!

Thinking of this, he turned his head and glanced at Xing Yi beside him, but saw that this guy still had a calm and indifferent expression, but it seemed that he had finally gained some interest, and he stopped checking the news with his mobile phone, but watched the auction lightly Tall display case on the stage.

Li Huan took a deep breath to force himself to calm down, but no matter how hypnotized he was, he still couldn't help thinking about what kind of animal could fuse with the shark soul to form a tradeable half-demon?

After all, the sharks in the South China Sea have human bodies and fish tails...

On the auction stage, Agui raised his folding fan and pointed at the display cabinet. The two hostesses immediately followed the order and stepped forward, holding the corner of the velvet cover from left to right, without making any further moves.

Agui staggered to the table and stood still, took up the copper hammer and tapped the bell lightly, and announced in a loud voice: "Auction No. 100 - the juvenile South Sea Merman, whose tears become pearls, priceless, The auction starts at [-] million yuan, subject to the last ringing of the bell! Buyers who are interested in this kind of live toys, you can prepare for a high price!"

After he finished speaking, the two hostesses tore off the flannel at the same time.

Many buyers got up one after another, just to see clearly what was locked inside.

The cube pushed up by the guys is actually a huge glass tank filled with sea water, and the moment the flannelette was torn off, everyone noticed a bright silver fish tail swaying in panic, but there was nowhere to escape He can only curl up in the tank and curl his body into a ball.

It was a juvenile mermaid about the size of a twelve or thirteen-year-old human child. His black hair fluttered and spread out. Because he had been soaked in water for a long time, his bare back looked too white and slippery. There is a thin layer of webbed membrane between them.

The little merman seemed to be very afraid of the world outside the tank, every time Agui knocked on the glass tank wall with his folding fan, he would be frightened and flee to the other corner to hide.In order for the buyers on three sides to see the appearance of the goods clearly, Ah Gui had no choice but to follow him around in circles and give him constant stimulation.

It was precisely because of this that when the merman hid in the booth in the corner facing him, there was nothing blocking him. Li Huan stared blankly at the immature face that suddenly broke into his sight. He was startled at first, and then I was completely overwhelmed by an indescribable cold feeling.

The five fingers clenched the armrest of the armchair were so hard that they lost all blood, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged. He couldn't believe what he saw with his eyes, and subconsciously wanted to get up, but was forced back by the other hand.

"calm."

Xing Yi's steady voice came to mind behind his ears, and was immediately drowned out by the dense ringing of copper bells.

His canine teeth clenched his lower lip, and Li Huan watched helplessly as the merman hid in the next corner because of fright. He felt a rough hand go straight into his chest, ruthlessly strangling his bleeding heart.

"Why is this—?"

"It was obvious that senior brother personally picked him up that day... and handed him back to the Demon Subduing Master!"

——inued