The pet care she studied is the real animal control major, right?

Lihua said, and remained silent again.

Qin Jiu stood up suddenly and walked quickly to the glass.

There was a frightened little animal in the cage. It looked very helpless and uneasy, and its pair of golden eyes looked around vigilantly.

The little animals that were struggling just now were now huddled in fear in the corner. Even from a long distance, they could see each other's trembling bodies.

Qin Jiu's eyes were filled with shock, because that little thing was too familiar to her...

The item being auctioned was actually a baby Swift Leopard!

Its hair is not as black as lightning, nor as white as snow, but rather a combination of the two.

Its entire body was grayish white, and perhaps because it was a juvenile, the swellings on its tail and ears were particularly noticeable.

Anyone who has a little understanding of war beasts can easily discover the identity of this war beast.

After all, Edel's war beasts are famous in the interstellar space. Most people know Lightning and Snow White, and naturally they also have a certain understanding of the Gale Leopard.

Even though they couldn't see what was happening in the surrounding boxes right now, they could tell from the fierce bidding that others were eager for it.

Rare war beasts like the Swift Leopard are centrally bred by the War Beast Management Center and there is almost no possibility of them being found in the wild.

And now the Swift Leopard is acting too scared, which proves that it was well protected in the past and lacks certain emergency response capabilities for the special situation at this moment, so this is the case.

Why this swift leopard appeared here, probably only the people in the War Beast Management Center knew.

As they bid, its price had risen to eight hundred thousand in just one minute.

Qin Jiu looked at the little thing, and his hand holding the number plate was sweating slightly.

What to do? Should she make an offer?

She only has one million star coins, and her main purpose is not to get the war beast, but the secret related to her Xiaohua.

If she had been sensible enough, she would have realized that now was not the time to make an offer.

but……

"Box No. 8 is offered at 900,000."

As Lihua finished speaking, Qin Jiu’s hand holding the sign also fell.

Laker looked at her with some surprise and asked, "You want it too?"

Qin Jiu pursed his lips and said nothing, but nodded with a firm look in his eyes.

Laker had also heard about the story between her and the war beast, but he didn't take it seriously and just watched the battle for the war beast silently.

However, everyone knows that an item that can make Lihua offer a starting price of 500,000 will not be traded for around 1 million.

The fact that the price of pear blossoms is not high means there is room for appreciation.

Sure enough, when the price reached five million, the number of bidders gradually decreased.

Qin Jiu discovered that the person in the box next to them was also a competitor.

"Five million once, five million twice..."

"Five million and one million."

Laker, who had been uninterested, suddenly raised his card for the first time tonight.

Qin Jiu suddenly looked up at the man next to him.

He took a sip of the whiskey in his mouth and slowly put down the number plate.

"you……"

"Don't you want it?" Laker smiled.

Qin Jiu opened his mouth, but before he could be moved, he heard the other party say, "Do you think I would say that?"

Qin Jiu: “…”

Urgently withdraw a moving!

Laker pointed to the next box and said, "Didn't you notice? Since you started bidding, the next box has also been raising its sign. So far, she is one of the only three remaining competitors. As far as I know, she is not very interested in war beasts..."

"what do you mean……"

Although he was very reluctant to admit it, Laker curled his lips and said, "She is just competing with us."

Qin Jiu was puzzled: "Why?"

Laker said reluctantly: "Maybe it's because I rejected her before."

Qin Jiu: “…”

what?

Qin Jiu suddenly took a breath of cold air and looked like he had seen a ghost.

"You, you, you are also one of the targets of the perverted rich woman?!"

When Laker heard this, he seemed to think of something bad. He turned his head to support his neck and replied with a faint "hmm".

Qin Jiu was stunned. He didn't expect that there was such an interesting past!

but……

"Are you sure you can take a picture of that swift leopard?"

Laker: “Who said we were going to film it?”

Qin Jiu: “?”

An evil smile suddenly appeared on Laker's face.

"Doesn't she like to go against us? Then we'll go and make things difficult for her, raise the price, and make her bleed."

Qin Jiu silently gave a thumbs up.

What a dirty heart!

But she likes it!

Laker "modestly" accepted her compliment and said, "As long as we make an offer, she will definitely block it. Then when we meet the real target, it will be easy for us to be targeted. Now we should consume her purchasing power in advance, so that we can have a better chance later."

Indeed, this is the best solution for them now.

But Qin Jiu looked at the still shivering gray leopard and couldn't bear it and forced himself to turn his head away.

She hated herself for not having the financial resources to take the picture.

Sure enough, in the end, only they and the box next door made a bid.

After several rounds of secret competition between the two, the price finally stopped at 10 million star coins.

"Congratulations to the guest in Box 7 for receiving this treasure."

Lihua held a small wooden hammer in her hand and knocked it gently.

When the hammer fell, a floating label appeared above the originally empty cage, with the words [VIP No. 7] written on it.

After the staff carried it off the stage, it seemed like someone was talking to Lihua in her headphones, and she nodded repeatedly while pressing the headphones.

When she put her hands down, another large cage was pushed out behind her.

The moment everyone saw the cage, they couldn't help but sit up straight and look forward to it.

The cage was no longer covered with red fluffy cloth, but with golden gauze woven from real gold.

Although they couldn't see what was inside, everyone understood that this was probably the highlight of the night.

Although Lihua on the field did not look up at the boxes, she could feel the burning gazes falling on the big cage next to her.

"As you can see, this treasure is the highlight of our auction tonight."

Laker looked at Qin Jiu and said, "It seems that is what you need?"

He took a deep breath, looking unhappy. "I didn't expect that the gold cloth would be the finale. This is going to be difficult."

Qin Jiu heard this, retracted his gaze, and asked curiously: "What do you mean?"

Laker: “There are only two types of goods in the auction house: ordinary goods and auction items with value beyond the goods themselves.

“Even the Gale Leopard just now is only considered an ordinary item in the Xingyue Auction House, so the cover of its cage is an ordinary red cover.

“But as long as the golden cover is used, it means that the next thing is priceless, and buying it may bring benefits beyond its own value.

"That's why the competition for the gold cloth auction is fierce. In my impression, the transaction price of the gold cloth auction seems to have never been less than 100 million."

"One hundred million?!" Qin Jiu looked towards the cage again.

This is an astronomical figure for her. Even if she sells it...

Oh no, it seems like it’s really possible to sell her.

She looked back at Laker and asked, "Do you have enough money?"

Not sure if it was Qin Jiu's illusion, but she felt that after she said this, Laker's expression seemed to become a little...

Resentment?

"That's probably enough."

Laker didn't want to say more, his attention was drawn to the big golden cage.

What could be inside?

Is it an advanced communication item?

A piece of news that could change the world in the interstellar space?

Or... a living thing?

No one knew the answer until the golden cloth was opened.

Seeing the impatience spreading, Lihua raised her hand and waved it gently backwards.

The others received instructions and walked to the cage to remove the golden cloth.

The golden cloth slid across the cage, reflecting the dazzling light.

Everyone in the box stretched their necks, silently asking each other to move faster.

They are so curious about what the golden cloth auction item is today!

After all, they have been participating in the Xingyue Auction for so long that the chances of them seeing the golden cloth can be counted on one hand.

The golden cover fell completely, revealing the cage, which was also made of pure gold, to everyone's eyes.

Sitting in the corner of the cage was a boy about fifteen or sixteen years old, with skin that was white and translucent.

There were golden lines on that skin that ran through his entire body, making him look extremely sacred.

The boy was shirtless, leaning casually against the cage with his head down, looking cynical.

Everyone could only see the boy's silver-white hair, and he himself seemed to not care at all about the changes around him.

Although his facial features cannot be seen, he is inexplicably filled with two completely opposite temperaments, divinity and evil, which make people unable to take their eyes off him.

This time, even the usually calm Lihua was fascinated. After a long while, she finally found her voice and said, "Starting price——"

Her eyes were fixed on the boy, and there seemed to be a string of numbers jumping in her pupils.

After a while, she took a deep breath, and for the first time, a crack appeared on her calm face.

She always believed in her own judgment blindly, and her ability to estimate prices, which she was proud of, had never been wrong. As long as she had seen an auction item, she could give a perfect starting price at first sight.

She was not like other auctioneers, each of whom had special skills and cheating methods to drive up prices.

All she could rely on was the skills she had acquired over the years.

Judgment that has never been wrong.

This is also... the capital given to her to make a living in the Xingyue Auction House by the person who wanted to train her into a perfect tool for profit.

But this time, her evaluative thinking seemed to give her an uncertain answer.

It’s not that she has much sympathy for the boy, but she is someone who can give an auction price without hesitation even to herself.

But this child gave her such a strange feeling. Sometimes he seemed like a useless burden, worthless; sometimes he seemed like a priceless treasure, and the zero after the auction price almost blinded her eyes.

For the first time in her life, she felt confused.

Pricing?

What is an appropriate starting price?

five million?

No, no, no, it seems his price is more than that.

One hundred million?

Is he worth it?

No, he deserves it, he deserves more than one billion!

Yeah?

The two voices in her head were vying for dominance, and in the end, Lihua was unable to hear either voice clearly.

She seems unable to decide...

The crowd couldn't hear her follow-up and urged her to bid quickly.

Lihua took a deep breath and gave a professional smile.

Although this situation is rare, it does not mean that it has never happened.

So she also had a second-hand preparation.

"Everyone present is free to bid in this auction. You may make your bid now."

Free starting price?

Qin Jiu looked at Laker standing aside.

Laker: "Free bidding means that the first bidder sets the starting price, and the price he bids becomes the starting price of the item. Of course, this kind of bidding has two disadvantages.

“First, if the other party wants to get the auction item at a lower price, he will offer a super low price. Even if he says one star coin, it is allowed.

“Secondly, if the price is too high, the product will lose its bidding power. Auctions are also about psychology. It doesn’t mean that the higher the price of something, the higher the price it will sell for.

"Sometimes, people's emotions will be carried away by the atmosphere on the scene. If many people are bidding, countless people will think that he is a hot commodity and want to try to get a piece of the pie. If the starting price is too high, fewer people will bid, and naturally more people will be calm.

"The reason why Lihua was able to take the chief position with only the ability to estimate prices is because she played with psychology.

"I've encountered free bidding before, but this is the first time I've seen it at an auction hosted by Lihua..."

Laker looked at the child in the cage with a frown on his face. What was so mysterious about him that even Lihua was at a loss as to what to do with him?

Soon, the first person to bid appeared.

"Ten star coins per time."

As soon as these words were spoken, the VIPs in each box all smiled with a knowing look full of evil humor.

"Twenty star coins per time."

"Thirty. Is there anyone who can offer a higher price?"

"Fifty star coins once, fifty star coins twice..."

Listening to the extremely humiliating auction price rising in units of ten star coins, the boy sitting in the cage finally raised his lowered head.

"laugh……"

The boy's golden eyes, like those of an animal, quickly swept across the glass of each box. Although everyone knew that he had no way of seeing anything inside, for some reason they couldn't help but shudder when they met his eyes.

There was also golden paint on the boy's face, and as he moved, the ornaments on his body collided and made a "ding-ding" sound.

The boy's cold voice came through the loudspeaker into the ears of everyone present.

"That's all? Let me see how much you can give me."

After the boy said this provocatively, he hooked his finger upwards, and that teasing look really worked.

After a brief pause, the bidding began to increase exponentially.

"Ten thousand!"

"One hundred thousand!"

"I'll pay half a million!"

"one hundred!"

"two hundred!"

……

In just a few minutes, the boy's auction price had been raised to 70 million.

After the price went up, the number of people bidding decreased significantly.

Qin Jiu didn't raise the sign, her eyes were fixed on the boy's neck.

The petals of the pink five-petal flower are hollowed out, as if they grew out of the boy's body.

The tattoo looks even more eye-catching against his fair skin, adding a touch of mystery to him.

"It's him." The red bloodshot in Qin Jiu's eyes gradually faded, returning his pupils to their original dark color.

she says:

"He is our target!"