As Zog's playful voice sounded, all the insects in the box subconsciously looked up at the door, only to see a fair-skinned male insect standing there at some point. He had handsome features, and his dark eyes were mysterious and hard to read. The light and shadow above his head was dim, but there was an even more hazy and cold beauty. There was a moment of silence in the air.
"… "
The northern general who had just spoken narrowed his pupils for a moment and fell into a daze. He unconsciously loosened his arms around Hill, feeling that the male insect in front of him was really inferior to the one in his arms. He asked in shock, "Zog, who is this gentleman...?"
Hill's face turned ugly for a moment.
Seeing this, Zog curled his lips slightly. That's right. He hated Hill's ignorant look the most. He used to follow his cousin around every day, and then he turned around and threw himself into the arms of several other noble female insects. He really thought he was a fan of all insects.
Zog pointed at Xu Cenfeng and said in a playful tone: "You should have heard that this gentleman won two ring matches in the Mohanla Fighting Arena yesterday. Um... In the end, he lost to my cousin."
Cousin? That must be Chief Phaeth
The insects present immediately realized who Xu Cenfeng was after hearing this. After all, the three ring matches yesterday had caused a lot of uproar, and almost the entire Horsburg had heard about it. The most embarrassed of them all was Hill. Phaeth ignored him and went to compete for a male insect whose blood purity was only 35%. Wasn't that a slap in his face
Xu Cenfeng had no choice but to introduce himself. He nodded politely and whispered three words: "Xu Cenfeng."
The female insects came back to their senses after hearing this, and stood up to salute him with an unbelievably enthusiastic attitude, and gave up the main seat in the middle to him. Xu Cenfeng was not used to sitting together with others, so he found a place at the edge of the sofa and sat down. His temperament was calm and quiet, which was out of tune with the noisy environment around him.
The Laguna Auction House is a semi-gray area. In order to serve the wealthy nobles well, it provides a variety of services, including x-services.
Gorman hooked Hill's chin and said with a smile, "Hill, why are you angry? There are many other items besides the black pearl. You can just pick another one."
This group of cynical noble officers not only had similar attitudes, but also had the same way of chasing male insects. Hill endured it again and again, but finally couldn't help but secretly pulled Gorman's sleeve and roared angrily: "Gorman! That pearl is what I want!"
Hill's latest "new love" is Major General Gorman. When he heard Zog's words, he instantly became interested and finally found an opportunity to please Xu Cenfeng, who was in a distant attitude in front of him: "Oh? Are you also interested in the deep-sea black pearl?"
Xu Cenfeng pulled the hand off his leg without changing his expression, and said lightly: "Thank you, I don't need any service."
Major General Gorman was dazzled by his smile and said with more interest, "It is said that the black pearl is a rare treasure that the auction house has salvaged in the Laguna Sea for decades. I also want to see it. If you like it, I will buy it for you."
After he finished speaking, he sat a little closer to the sofa and signaled the waiter to just stand by and serve him, instead of kneeling beside his legs to pour wine.
He finally discovered that Xu Cenfeng was indeed different from other male insects. He didn't like flirting or being ambiguous, but he was very polite and well-mannered, so the insects could not find any fault with him.
Although the north is a place where women are superior to men, this "superiority" is based on wealth and power. Most of the people in Horsburgh are civilians living in poverty and will do anything to earn a living.
Zog choked up, thinking that if he had caught her eye, what else could he do? Of course he would take her back to bed and be cool. Is Xu Cenfeng really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? He smiled awkwardly and found a way out for himself: "It seems that you are only interested in the auction items. I hope that rare deep-sea black pearl will satisfy you."
Zog snapped his fingers at the waiter beside him and said with a smile: "This gentleman is here for the first time, you must serve him well."
Zog looked around and saw that his companions were a little absent-minded, their eyes kept drifting towards Xu Cenfeng. Even Hill, who was always very popular, was ignored.
These waiters were not only responsible for pouring wine, but also for accompanying the guests in drinking. During the meal, another male insect was holding a beautiful waiter in his arms and flirting with each other. All the insects were used to this and did not think there was anything wrong with it.
Xu Cenfeng turned aside to avoid their kneeling, reached out to take the wine glass and said thank you, but only touched his lips slightly before putting it on the table. He found a scattered auction flyer on the sofa, picked it up and looked at it, wanting to know if there was the "thing" he remembered.
Xu Cenfeng was not interested, so he just smiled and said, "Just taking a look."
It was probably because it was rare to see such a beautiful male insect. Not to mention Zog's companions, even the waiter was a little moved. He deliberately approached Xu Cenfeng, put his hand on the male insect's leg and gently rubbed it, trying to arouse the other party's interest, and lowered his voice to hint: "Sir, what are you looking at? I can introduce it to you."
Xu Cenfeng lowered his eyes and flipped through the flyer in his hand, ignoring the misleading meaning in Zog's words: "So what if it catches my eye?"
Are these female insects blind to be so obsessed with a male insect whose blood purity is only 35%?!
The waiter was a little surprised as it was his first time to encounter such a situation. He subconsciously looked at Zog. Zog waved his hand, motioning him to step aside. He crossed his legs and deliberately asked, "Sir, are the looks of these female insects not satisfying to you and not pleasing to your eyes?"
The female insect waiter beside him immediately stepped forward to serve him. They were wearing tight shirt uniforms that could not hide their muscular bodies. They half-knelt at Xu Cenfeng's feet and poured him a glass of wine: "Sir, please enjoy."
Hill was annoyed by his careless attitude and threatened, "Gorman, if you continue like this, you will never see me again! If I had known this earlier, I would have accepted Hite's invitation!"
Those who can play with Zog have similar personalities. Gorman obviously will not be threatened by Hill. Hearing this, he withdrew his hand from the other party with a dull look and said in a meaningless tone: "Mr. Hill, if you are willing, of course you can, provided that Hate has enough star coins to help you bid for the black pearl. You should know that he has already owed a lot of debts in order to buy luxury goods to please you some time ago. Otherwise, you would not kick him away and throw yourself into my arms, right?"
There was a burst of laughter all around. Hill usually spent lavishly and treated those female insects as walking card machines. When his credit card was maxed out, he would just switch to another card. Everyone in the upper class knew his background.
Only the poor guy Hate was fooled by Hill and thought he had really found love. Little did he know that Hill was just treating him as a backup and would kick him out after he was done with him.
Hill had always been treated like a star by the female insects, so he could not stand such an insult. Hearing the sneer in his ears, his face flushed with shame. He stood up from his seat in anger and glared at Gorman: "Gorman, don't regret it!"
Seeing this, Xu Cenfeng put away the flyer in his hand, thinking that whether it was the western region where males were respected or the northern region where females were respected, it would be difficult to find a balance in this extremely unbalanced gender population. Female insects in the north looked down on weak and incompetent male insects, and Hill's behavior would only make them feel more contemptuous.
Gorman really didn't care: "Go ahead."
Hilton was furious. Unfortunately, he went out without a guard today, and he had no help to get back at his enemies. He kicked the table angrily and turned to leave. However, he didn't look at the road and almost tripped over the waiter who was kneeling on the ground to serve him. He was so angry that he slapped the waiter in the face: "Who told you to kneel here? Are you blind?!"
He didn't know whether he was scolding the waiter or Gorman and the others.
Laguna Auction House is financially strong, and the boss behind the scenes is also extraordinary. No customer has ever dared to make trouble here, and beating the waiter is even less likely to happen. The waiter who was kneeling on the ground to serve was suddenly slapped in the face, and his ears were buzzing. He immediately covered his face and argued: "Sir, I have been kneeling here all the time. Please don't make random accusations. You just bumped into me by accident!"
The female insects in the north are indeed tougher than those in the west.
Hilton was furious. He was used to being rampant at home and couldn't stand it when someone disobeyed him. Hearing this, he picked up the bottle on the table and smashed it directly on the waiter's head: "How dare you talk back?!"
Hill was usually decent to others, but in private he always had a habit of whipping female insects, otherwise he would not have been shot by Phaeth in his previous life. No one expected him to suddenly become violent, and everyone was shocked. Zog and Gorman were about to stop him, but another figure stopped Hill faster than them.
Xu Cenfeng happened to be sitting not far away. When he saw Hill getting violent, he immediately stood up and blocked the waiter. At the same time, he grabbed Hill's wrist and frowned slightly. He obviously didn't like this behavior: "Mr. Hill, this is a public place, please pay attention to your manners."
What Hill hated the most was Xu Cenfeng. This male insect had repeatedly stolen his limelight. Upon hearing this, he glared at him fiercely and said angrily, "Get out of here! What does it have to do with you if I teach a waiter a lesson? If you stop me again, I'll beat you up too!"
He left the fighting arena early that day and did not see the next few matches, otherwise he would never have said such stupid things.
Xu Cenfeng's force did not loosen but tightened: "He is here to serve and pour wine, not to be beaten."
Hill smiled coldly: "I want to fight, what's it to you?!"
Xu Cenfeng's inky eyes were like a calm cold pond. He shook his head slightly, feeling that this male insect was indeed hopeless: "Those who do too much evil will eventually perish." As soon as he finished speaking, Hill felt his palm, which was held by Xu Cenfeng, suddenly go numb, and then the wine bottle in his hand shattered to the ground with a crash, with glass shards scattered everywhere.
"ah!!!"
Hill screamed when he saw this, and immediately stepped back in panic to avoid the broken glass. He leaned against the wall and looked at Xu Cenfeng with shock and anger: "You!"
Xu Cenfeng's expression remained unchanged. He gently kicked away the broken glass of the wine bottle at his feet, which made a crisp sound in the silent box. He said meaningfully, "Sir, it seems that being hit by a wine bottle does not feel good."
Hill would scream and groan if glass shards fell on his shoes, so how could he dare to use a wine bottle to hurt other insects
The bugs in the box were stunned by Xu Cenfeng's move, and they couldn't recover for a long time. Zog swallowed hard, thinking that he really misjudged it this time. He thought it was a soft dough that was weak and fragile, but he didn't expect it to be so sharp.
Gorman stood up from his seat, walked straight to Hill, and warned him impatiently: "Hill, this is the Laguna Auction House, not your home. If the security guards come to take you away later, I swear I will never stop them."
Another male insect in the box also frowned and accused: "Hill, how can you be so rude."
Hill instantly became the target of everyone's criticism. He knew that he could not defeat this group of insects. He glared at Gorman with hatred, then at Xu Cenfeng, and secretly swore in his heart that he would make them pay in the future. He stomped his feet, slammed the door and left the box in frustration.
"boom-"
The box door was closed with a loud bang.
Gorman had no intention of chasing after him. He turned around and looked at the sofa, but saw Xu Cenfeng handing a few tips to the beaten waiter while no one was paying attention, and motioning for the waiter to go out and treat his wounds. Although his attitude was still distant, it was not difficult to see his good manners and kindness in his bones.
It's really rare that Zog actually brought a decent male insect here today.
Gorman couldn't help but become interested, and walked up to ask, "Sir, you weren't frightened just now, were you?"
Xu Cenfeng was about to speak when he heard this, but Zog suddenly refused and said, "Hey, stop meddling in other people's business, Gorman."
Zog could see Gorman's intentions. In the past, he might be happy to see it happen, but now he absolutely couldn't. He originally thought that Xu Cenfeng was no different from those messy male insects. He invited him here just for fun. He didn't expect that he actually had some skills. No wonder Phaeth made an exception.
Good things should belong to his cousin, and no one else can get them.
Zog was a little regretful about bringing Xu Cenfeng here today. After all, those guys from Gorman were not easy to deal with. He stood up from his seat and immediately wanted to take Xu Cenfeng away from this den of wolves: "It seems that there is no fun today, sir, let's go, I'll take you back to the hotel."
Xu Cenfeng did not plan to leave, because he heard the sound of the auction outside starting to sell goods: "Don't worry, go back later, I want to see what is being auctioned outside."
After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked out of the box, and came to the open-air exhibition hall in the outer corridor. The other insects followed him out. There was an iron cage covered with a black curtain at the front desk of the lobby in the center of the first floor. I don’t know what the collection is. The auctioneer stood on the stage in a suit and tie, pretending to be mysterious and said: "Dear guests, the next item is not easy to come by. It floated in the Laguna Sea for more than half a month before it came to the shore. The starting price is 150,000 star coins, and the price will increase by 10,000 star coins each time. Let’s see who can be lucky enough to get it!"
There were seats in the exhibition hall outside. There was a pair of binoculars on the table. Xu Cenfeng picked it up and looked for a long time but couldn't see clearly what was behind the black cloth. He couldn't help but ask, "What's in the cage?"
Zog said disdainfully: "It's only 150,000 star coins. They are all worthless cheap items."
Precious items are only put on the market later in the auction. The earlier the items are, the less valuable they are. This is the rule of most auction houses.
Gorman obviously knew more, and explained to Xu Cenfeng diligently: "They should be criminal slaves transported from the sea. Most of them come from some inferior stars. They committed capital crimes in the Laguna Sea and were captured. If they are beautiful, they will be sent to the auction house for auction, giving them a chance to avoid death."
As soon as he finished speaking, the auctioneer below lifted the black cloth, revealing a group of dusty female insects trapped inside. Each of them was pale and thin, with dark skin, and had nothing to do with the word "beautiful".
The auctioneer was obviously a little embarrassed, and he smiled and explained to the guests around him: "These slaves have been floating on the sea for half a month, and they are not used to the climate. If we take them back and take good care of them, they will still be very beautiful."
He clapped his hands after he finished speaking, and the assistant beside him opened the cage and pulled out a thin female insect. The female insect looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old, like a skinny monkey, with disheveled hair and dirty face, and its facial features could not be seen clearly. One could only glimpse a pair of green eyes.
The auctioneer bowed to the people around him and said, "Next is the first item of this auction. The starting price is 150,000."
Seeing this, Xu Cenfeng adjusted the focus of the telescope and carefully observed the face of the female insect. When he found that it had a pair of green eyes, he suddenly asked Zog beside him: "I want to take a picture of it, how should I bid?"
Zog was surprised when he heard this. He obviously didn't expect Xu Cenfeng to have such a special taste. "This female insect is black and thin. Why are you taking pictures of it?"
Xu Cenfeng did not explain, but looked deeply at the skinny female insect on the auction table below.
In the previous life, there was a large-scale mutiny in Horsburg. It took Phaeth several days of bloody fighting to regain the position of leader. In addition to the fact that the mastermind behind the scenes was too insidious, Admiral Weather's defection was also a big part of the reason.
Admiral Weiser was in charge of one third of the city's troops and held a very important position in the military. He had two sons, the eldest, Zog, and the youngest, Oguz. Unfortunately, the youngest son was stolen away by an enemy general when he was on a warpath and was never found, leaving Zog as the only child.
Xu Cenfeng vaguely remembered that in his previous life, Phaeus sent Zog out on a mission, but somehow something went wrong and the latter was accidentally attacked by a group of beasts and died in the wilderness, which caused Admiral Weather to feel resentful and dealt a heavy blow to Phaeus in the mutiny.
Xu Cenfeng didn't want Phaeth to repeat the same mistake, so he would try to save Zog's life in this life, and at the same time leave Phaeth a life-saving trump card -
For example, the green-eyed female insect on the field.
Xu Cenfeng asked again seriously: "I want to take a picture of him, what should I do?"
Zog spread his hands helplessly and said, "You need to take your Star Card to the auction house to get your property appraised and deposit a certain amount of auction money before you can bid. Otherwise, you won't be able to participate in the auction."
In order to prevent some "poor customers" from bidding recklessly, the auction house would conduct an asset appraisal on them in advance. Nobles like Zog often come to the auction house and have their own auction accounts. If Xu Cenfeng wants to participate in the auction, the procedures may be a bit cumbersome.
Xu Cenfeng subconsciously touched his pocket upon hearing this. He vaguely remembered that there was a star card given by Phaeth in it, but he didn't know how much money was left. He was thinking about whether to ask Zog to help him take a picture of the slave, when he suddenly heard a panicked shout from far away:
"Master Zog! Master Zog! Something bad has happened!"
Everyone subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, only to see one of Zog's guards suddenly running up from downstairs in a panic, his face pale with fear, as if the sky was about to fall.
Zog frowned: "What happened?"
The guard ran out of breath. He pointed downstairs with one hand, supported his knee with the other hand and said intermittently: "No... It's bad... The leader is coming!"
Zog's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, like a mouse seeing a cat, and he said in surprise: "What did you say?! My brother is here?!"
The guard nodded vigorously with a bitter face: "We are already at the door!"
Zog was stunned when he heard this. Three bright words suddenly appeared in his mind: It’s over! It’s over! It’s over!
Xu Cenfeng subconsciously looked towards the stairs, only to see a group of figures in black military uniforms appear at the corner. The leading female insect had red hair and green eyes and a defiant look. It was Phaeth, but for some reason, her face was extremely gloomy.
(End of this chapter)