“Knock, knock.”
Hearing a voice coming from outside, Leng Hua walked forward and opened the door halfway. Looking at the middle-aged steward outside, he asked in a gentle voice, "What's the matter?"
The manager of the South City Auction House looked at the half-open door and the gentle man standing inside the door. His eyes flashed slightly and he smiled, "Mr. Leng, I have given you the number plates and the list of items to be auctioned later." He caught a glimpse of a red figure in the room from the corner of his eye.
According to the people in the auction house, the lady in red was pregnant, and her face was covered with a veil, so her appearance could not be seen clearly, but her demeanor and bearing were extraordinary. The only people following her were this cold young man and a woman in black.
"Thank you." Leng Hua took it and took a look at the thing in his hand.
"If you need anything else, just tell the servants." The middle-aged manager said, bowed and retreated without looking at him too much.
After he left, Leng Hua closed the door, took the things to the table and placed them in front of Feng Jiu: "Master, this is the auction list this time."
Feng Jiu held her head with one hand while flipping through the items on the list with the other. When she saw a few rare spiritual medicines, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "This Lingxian City is really extraordinary. Even spiritual medicines like this can be obtained through means."
After she looked through the items to be auctioned, she told Leng Hua to take pictures of the items they wanted later.
However, as they were waiting for the auction to begin, they heard angry and soothing voices coming from outside.
"My family has been cooperating with you for so long, and this time we came here and you said there are no private rooms? Is this how you do business?" In the aisle, a man in brocade clothes, about 30 years old, shouted angrily at the middle-aged manager. Beside him were two young men, a middle-aged man and three servants.
"Haha, Mr. Li, I'm really sorry. You know that our private rooms have to be booked in advance. With so many people, we only have four private rooms. Now that all the distinguished guests are in them, we really can't make room for you."
The middle-aged manager kept smiling and said while comforting them, "How about this! You go sit down at the auction table and I'll arrange seats for you a little further up the table."
"If it were any other day it would be fine, but today I came here with my friends, how could I sit down there?" The man in brocade clothes did not appreciate it. He glanced at the four private rooms in front and saw that there were two guards standing at the door of three of them, and only one door was empty.
Seeing this, his eyes moved slightly, and as he walked towards the private room, he asked, "Who is in here?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to push open the door. However, the middle-aged steward who had been standing aside with a smile on his face saw this, and his figure flashed, and he instantly blocked the door of the private room, stopping the man in brocade clothes from pushing open the door.
"Mr. Li, this is not appropriate. It will disturb our guests." The middle-aged steward said, and the smile on his face faded a little. He looked at them and said, "The auction is about to begin. If Mr. Li doesn't want to sit downstairs, you can leave first."
"Are you chasing us away?" Mr. Li's face darkened and his tone was filled with strong dissatisfaction.