Sea King's Self-cultivation

The venue of the Love Auction is directly connected to each Xinghai mansion. The entrance is a painting, which will reveal the hidden passage behind.

It was very narrow at the beginning, but the further you go in, the vision gradually widens. Compared with the initial rough passage, it is a completely different world.

The venue of the auction is extremely wide, except for the VIP seats where the guests are sitting, it is surrounded by lifelike 3D holographic projections.They are all well-known cartoon characters, only known by Edogawa Conan, including Doraemon, Digimon, Smart Ikkyu, etc... When the guests pass by, they will greet the guests friendly.

In addition to the venue, there are small water curtain fountains, melodious and soothing music coupled with colorful light and shadow, which is as beautiful as a fantasy.

But to put it bluntly, although all this is novel, it is not impossible to achieve the same design in other auction venues.The most surprising thing is that the dome of the auction venue turned out to be a beautiful star in the night sky, so real that it seemed to be within reach.

Edogawa Conan found his seat and sat down. Looking at all the arrangements in the venue, he felt a subtle sense of disobedience.

The auction site where so many big figures gathered, should be more solemn, shouldn’t it be Gothic architecture and Italian Renaissance decoration style?Why is it designed so...with a girlish heart?

Beauty is beautiful, but this style of innocence mixed with childlike innocence, probably only childish girls will like it.

As soon as he thought of this, he coughed again in a low voice. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the cold seemed to be getting worse.

Inadvertently, he saw a familiar figure in the distance.

Among the ladies and ladies with outstanding looks, there were still some who overwhelmed the audience with their beauty.Shimizu Xing wore a one-shoulder red dress, which was inlaid with countless Swarovski crystals. The red was smudged from light to deep, resembling the sunset at sunset. Her skin is finer than snow, and her black hair is like a waterfall. Her long hair is tied into an elegant bud shape, and one or two locks of hair hang loosely around her ears, adding a bit of liveliness and cuteness to her.

He keenly noticed that many men's eyes fell on her as if they were not there, but Qingshui Xing didn't notice it at all, and only cared about acting coquettishly with the handsome and elegant young man in black beside her, who smiled, It seems that he whispered something to her, which made her cheeks puff up with anger.

Xingxing moved slightly on the seat uncomfortably.

It's so boring, and she can't play with her mobile phone in order to maintain etiquette, and she's so thirsty, it would be great if she could have a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice...

Just thinking of this, a round-headed, round-brained and cute robot waiter came not far away: "Hello, guest, this is the freshly squeezed orange juice you want."

Xingxing:? ! ? ! ? !

again? !

Why do these robot waiters know exactly what she wants? !

Xingxing accepted the freshly squeezed orange juice with a dazed expression, and subconsciously said, "Thank you..."

"You're welcome! It is my pleasure to serve you!"

The little robot seemed very happy when she heard her thanks, even the "eyes" turned into two star symbols, and Xingxing even had the illusion that her dog was wagging its tail in joy.

Xingxing unconsciously reached out and touched its little head. The little robot seemed to be drunk, with a lovely "blush" on its "face", and walked away lightly as if stepping on a cloud. Almost fell on the steps.

"so cute!"

A woman who saw this scene was intrigued by the little robot. When it passed by her, she also wanted to reach out and touch its little head, but it nimbly avoided it. The little robot ignored the embarrassed woman and twisted arrogantly. He headed away and walked away, but looked back at Xingxing from time to time, as if he was looking forward to giving her something again.

It's almost like becoming a spirit...Xing Xing thought.

The same is true of her dog. Since she bought her home, she has always liked her. She always loves to cling to her and play with her. If she gets angry and ignores it, it can curl up in a corner and cry sadly. Smoked... Obviously my brother bought it, I don't know why I don't cling to my brother, but I like to cling to her.

"It turns out that not only humans like beauties, but robots also like beautiful girls."

Xingxing looked around, and the girl sitting next to her had short brown hair and was wearing a white dress with a halter neck. She reached out her hand and greeted her friendly: "Hello, my name is Suzuki Sonoko, and I'm from the Suzuki Consortium." Man, nice to meet you."

"Hi, I'm Shimizu Xing."

Xingxing held her hand and responded politely.

"Although you look stunning in the photos, you look even better in real life than in the photos! No wonder even the always cold robots in the Daydream group like you so much."

Suzuki Sonoko is obviously an extremely enthusiastic acquaintance, as soon as he got in touch with her, he praised Xingxing's appearance.

Xingxing has met too many people who were amazed by her beauty in the past, so she didn't care much about it, but was attracted by Suzuki Sonoko's last sentence: "Are the robots of the Daydream Group always very cold?"

"That's right." Suzuki Sonoko tapped his cheeks with his hands, looking at the extremely dreamy and lovely pink starry sky above his head, "I think... this is the second time I have come to participate in the Daydream Group's charity dinner. Behind the scenes of their group Humans never show up, and last time it was all robots serving customers and controlling the process... These robots are very cold, and basically never talk nonsense to you, let alone take the initiative to send you things and let you touch them Their heads are gone..." As she spoke, she became a little annoyed, "It's too real! Even robots belong to the Appearance Association these days!"

Eh?

But the little robots she met were very friendly and enthusiastic. The cruise ship was too big, and when she got lost on the ship, there was a little robot who took the initiative to guide her... Although I don’t know why it knew that she was lost.

It seems a little unreasonable to rely on appearance alone. Do robots also like beautiful girls?

No, to be more precise... Robots can also tell who is beautiful, and based on this, decide their attitude towards people with different looks?

Always feel weird.

And why can they always guess what she wants so accurately and provide it in time... Even this auction venue is very in line with her aesthetic appearance.

The guests arrived one after another, and before Xingxing could come up with a reason, the Love Auction had officially started.

Presiding over the auction is also a round-headed little robot, wearing a white suit and a red tie, looking very serious and cute: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the charity event organized by the Daydream Group." The dinner party..."

While it was still saying the welcome speech, Xingxing's thoughts had drifted away with the name of Daydream Group.

In reality, the game production team is called Daydream Company. It is said that all of their plot sources are "from life, higher than life". It seems that the founder also said that it is adapted from reality through artistic processing. I hope everyone can take this To make up for all the regrets in life...

The name of the company "Daydream" is also hoping to realize the unattainable dreams of all girls in the game...

Just when she was in a daze, several auction items had already been sold. Xing Xing just took a casual look, and found several expensive auction items such as paintings by famous artists and valuable antiques. , She discovered that there were several auction items that she didn't cherish very much, and the value was obviously not as high as the previous auction items.

Because there are big figures from all over the world at the charity dinner, the price unit of the auction is unified in "dollars". Famous paintings and antiques are sold for tens of millions. Xing Xing can understand, but an ordinary necklace or handmade postcard Xing Xing was a little puzzled to be able to fetch hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars at auction.

This has far exceeded their own value, right?

Seeming to see her doubts, Sonoko Suzuki explained to her in a low voice: "Daydream's annual love auction is held by the guests to donate auction items, and all the proceeds of the auction will be donated to major charities around the world. Like those Powerful and powerful people, all kinds of precious collections are countless, and famous paintings and antiques are donated as soon as they are handy. They don’t feel bad. But like male and female stars, dance artists who are invited to come to add to the fun, they are not yet independent of the family Other celebrities, lovers and wives of leaders of various powers... don't have such financial resources. But the items donated by these people can often be auctioned for a good price. After all, there are so many rich and powerful people in the banquet. Seeing a beautiful person will always show his kindness to a gentleman, and if he can finally buy the donation from the other party, he will not be rejected if he invites the other party for a glass of wine after the auction is over."

Got it, I didn't expect that an auction in the name of charity would not only be an occasion for these people to spend a lot of money, but also a social stage for those who are interested.

Thinking this way, the transaction of another auction item was settled in a blink of an eye. The donor was a beautiful ballerina. Among all the items that have been sold, it can also be ranked in the top ten.

When the transaction price came out, the ballet dancer smiled gracefully, and many women around her secretly cast envious glances at her.

Xing Xing didn't feel much about it, but only belatedly recalled that the item she donated seemed to be an ordinary or even a bit old white butterfly hairpin... Oh my god!This white butterfly hair clip itself has no collection value, and she is already the wife of the leader of the port Mafia, and probably no one would want to show courteousness to a married young woman. If her donation is auctioned later, anyone who wants to buy it Wouldn't it be embarrassing if not?

Just thinking about that scene, Xing Xing felt very suffocated.

Looking at it, the initial price of her white butterfly hair clip seems to be "ten dollars". If no one wants to buy it later, she will buy it back for ten dollars... Xingxing silently put the brand she bid on. touch it out.

"The following auction item is from the very lovely Miss Qingshui Xing. It is a white butterfly hair clip that does not have a cute owner. The starting price is ten dollars. The minimum price increase is ten dollars, and there is no upper limit." The robot auctioneer said oddly With a strange introduction, he raised his hammer and said, "The auction starts now."

To her so soon? !

The arena was silent.

Woooooo, it's too embarrassing, it's tantamount to a public execution, or buy it back quietly...

Xingxing silently raised the bidding card, but Osamu Dazai reached out and pressed it down.

"One hundred thousand."

The young man in black said lightly.

It's like dropping a drop of water into a frying pan.

Akashi Seijuro: "20."

Keigo Atobe: "50."

Shuichi Fukada: "60."

Conan Edogawa was speechless: "Mr. Fukada, why are you joining in the fun?"

"Anyway, it's the execution of the mission, and the expenses are all paid out of the director's account." Shuichi Fukada smiled and whispered, "Isn't this scene very interesting now? Edogawa-kun, it seems that many men are eyeing your sister."

Shuichi Fukada emphasized the word "sister". Edogawa Conan was a little disgusted with his slightly frivolous attitude, and a sudden anger welled up in his heart, and he said coldly: "Pay attention to your words Fukada-kun, Xing Not an item for auction."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was taken aback for a moment.

"100."

Breaking through the million level so quickly?

Xing Xing was stunned for a moment, followed the prestige, and the handsome young man with purple tattoos saw her looking over, and winked at her slyly.

Xingxing was shocked.

who is thisThe whole body is so white, and with a halo on the head, you can directly act as a little angel!

Then Xingxing, who was in a daze, was forced to turn her head by the man next to her chin. The young man in black had no expression on her face: "Does it look good?"

Xingxing: "?"

Before she could answer, Osamu Dazai raised his sign again: "200 million."

This price immediately made Xingxing recover from her sleepwalking state, and quickly grabbed his hand: "200 million dollars is too expensive, Mr. Dazai! How can this butterfly hair clip be worth so much money! Don't bid any more, they Give it to them if you like it!"

"Don't you want this butterfly barrette?"

He looked at her quietly, and there seemed to be some other meaning in his iris-colored eyes.

I donated everything, of course I don’t want it!

Before Xing Xing had time to answer, she heard another bidding voice from a distance: "500 million."

It wasn't just Xing Xing, almost everyone present was shocked.

From ten dollars to five million?

It's just a butterfly hairpin!

If you count the loss, I'm afraid it's not even worth a dollar!

Although it's for charity, that's not how the money is spent, right?

Because there was a faint guess in her heart, when she saw the bidder, Xing Xing was not very surprised, but a kind of expected helplessness.

Sawada Tsunayoshi's condition didn't look good, his face sank like water, and he looked towards where she was feeling if he felt something.

The eyes of the two met briefly in the air, and Xing Xing took the first step to look away.

She sighed slightly inwardly.

What's the point of engaging in this meaningless rivalry now...?

"1000."

This time the voice came from the direction beside her. I don't know if it was her illusion, but I always felt that Osamu Dazai's voice was slightly cold.

Xingxing:? ? ?

Isn't this crazy? !

What's wrong with 1000 million, to buy this butterfly hair clip that is useless for eggs? !

If it wasn't for the inappropriate occasion, Xingxing wanted to shake Osamu Dazai's shoulder crazily to wake him up!

Husband, you are throwing 1000 million dollars for nothing!

Xingxing was shocked: "Mr. Dazai? Did you say an extra zero just now?"

Osamu Dazai smiled indifferently: "In the final analysis, money is meaningless waste paper, and keeping it will only increase troubles."

Xingxing: Meow meow?Is this speaking human language?

"2000."

Not far away came the familiar voice again.

Xingxing almost wanted to cover her face.

It seems that Osamu Dazai is not the only one who is crazy...

But she really didn't think her butterfly hairpin was worth so much money.

Osamu Dazai said lightly: "3000 million."

"4000."

There is no need for an auctioneer. The moment his words fell, Peng Gelie's tenth generation leader had once again raised the price too high by tens of millions.

The asking price has far exceeded the value of the butterfly hairpin itself.

But... It seems that what they are competing for is not this ordinary butterfly hairpin, or rather, it is not all this ordinary butterfly hairpin. No expense was spared.

Seeing that Osamu Dazai would continue to raise the price, Xing Xing couldn't bear it anymore, and took his hand: "Don't raise the price again, I feel so heartbroken!"

Hearing what she said, Osamu Dazai was stunned for a rare moment: "...Why is your heart hurting?"

Xingxing cried and said: "Your money is my money. You bought this butterfly hairpin with 3000 million, which made me feel like my 3000 million was in vain. I'm so sad..." Xing Xing Sobbing, "If you really don't want these waste papers, husband, you can just give them to me..."

As if pleased by her last sentence, Osamu Dazai raised his mouth slightly: "You don't want this butterfly hairpin anymore?"

He also asked her this question just now, although he didn't know why he had to confirm again and again whether she still wanted a donated butterfly hair clip, Xing Xing still nodded in confusion: "I don't want it anymore."

Hearing her affirmative answer, the corners of his lips seemed to deepen slightly, and he gracefully gestured "please" to the leader of Pengel in the distance, then leaned back on his seat and stopped participating in the bidding.

In the end, the white butterfly hairpin, worth less than one dollar, sold for $4000 million.

The auction has ended. After three hours of concentrated gatherings, everyone has returned to their Xinghai mansion to rest exhausted. There are almost no people in the public places on the ship, only the top deck. There was a young man with short brown hair leaning against the rail of the boat.

Sawada Tsunayoshi stared at the white butterfly hairpin in his hand for a long time.

Except for the glance at the auction, she never paid any attention to his direction.

In fact, with the huge wealth accumulated by Peng Gelie's generations, not to mention a butterfly hairpin, even if you buy ten or twenty, it is nothing.

He clearly won the auction, yet it seemed like he had lost a lot.

He saw the mysterious and handsome young man in black beside her. He was obviously a very indifferent man at heart, but he would tease her with a smile on purpose, and would find ways to make her happy when she was angry. He obviously loved her very much.

She is so happy now.

Are you happier than when you were with him?

What about him?

What is he going to do?

The past between them, Qingshui Xing said no, she didn’t want to, she disappeared in front of him so freely and selfishly, and every day after she was gone, he was like living in hell, when we met again, she had to hold someone else’s arm The man's hand, tell him she's doing well, isn't she?

can not stand.

Totally... unbearable.

He drank the last sip of spirits in the glass, let the hot alcohol slide down and burn his throat, exchanged with the icy sea air, even breathing was tearing.

In fact, he doesn't need to think too much about her, does he?

He is the leader of Vongola, the godfather of the Italian mafia, and the synonym of darkness in the other world. As long as he wants, he can directly fight the port mafia, and use any despicable methods and tricks. He can completely kill her. Snatch it over, regardless of the consequences, regardless of the cost, even if she hates him, it won't be worse than it is now.

As soon as this idea came out, he heard a low sigh in his mind: How could you have such an idea?Look at you now...do you still live like a human being?

Another voice said coldly: Does it matter?After she died... Will I even live like a human being for a day?This is what Shimizu Xing owed me.

Yes, all of this was...she owed him.

If she hadn't approached him to bring back information and act as an accomplice to the enemy, Nana's mother would not have died.

He will not be tortured beyond recognition by hatred, and will not regard her as the only spiritual comfort on the road of revenge.

It won't be like this in pain and madness after her death.

She hasn't settled everything she owed him before, so why should she leave him alone?

Why is she?

All of this was originally owed to him by Qingshui Xing!

Suddenly, there was a strong wind on the sea, the rain fell, and the white butterfly hairpin instantly fell into the golden sea.

In the next second, the dull sound of falling into the sea sounded.

The sea water at night was icy cold, unlike the clear blue during the day, it was so black that he could not see the bottom. As if there was a guide, he stretched out his hand to hold the white butterfly hairpin, but suddenly, he lost the strength to even float up.

The deep blue sea seems to be the final destination for everyone.

He closed his eyes.

It's better to just sink like this.

In this way, it has been sinking into an endless abyss.

Maybe sink and it's all over.

Along with her white butterfly hairpin...

Her white butterfly barrette...

etc--

He opened his eyes suddenly.

Something is wrong!

In memory, this white butterfly hairpin was clearly given to Jingzi by him at the fireworks display!

Why does Shimizu apricot have it? !

Why since he boarded the boat, he has been acquiescing in his heart that this belongs to Shimizu Xing, and he has not had any doubts about the sense of disobedience?

It was as if a ray of light split through the chaotic space in his mind, and everything he had forgotten became clear at this moment.

The girl who handed him the handkerchief when he was bullied at school.

The girl who smiled and wore the butterfly hairpin he sent at the fireworks display.

The girl who watched fireflies with him and pulled him to chase the train that he could never catch up with.

That... the girl who had gone back to the "past" countless times in an attempt to save him.

At this moment, her face finally appeared clearly in front of him.

There seemed to be bright blue water bubbles floating around, like countless forgotten tears, and finally there was a day when they would see the sun again.

what……

It turns out it wasn't her who abandoned their past.

The first person to forget everything... was him.

The robot waiter knocked on the door and said that someone was looking for her outside.

Xing Xing, who was soundly asleep, put on her clothes reluctantly and went out, and was startled the moment she saw the person in front of her.

The brown-haired young man seemed to have been soaked in water once. His whole body, including his short hair and black suit, were soaked. He didn't even hold an umbrella in such a heavy rain. Xing Xing quickly raised the umbrella above his head, worried: " Tsunaji-kun, are you okay? Are you okay?"

When she got close to him, she smelled the strong alcohol smell on his body. Xing Xing became even more worried: "Are you drinking? What happened?"

"...I remembered."

Xing Xing was startled: "...what?"

"I remembered." His eyes were flushed, and he stared down at her, "All, everything. Including you going back to the past time and time again to try to save me, including what past...why didn't you tell me? You just let me I have misunderstood you for so many years, and even made me take it for granted that you owe me, even now that we meet again... How can you hold back and say nothing? Shimizu Xing, how can you hold back and tell me nothing?!"

Xingxing was silent, not knowing what to say for a moment.

The experience of the [-]th week did make her a little sad, but since she died in the end, she didn't intend to continue to be trapped in it.

For her, it was just a game, and sadness was limited after all. If Tsunayoshi Sawada maintained the idea that she was the accomplice who killed his mother, he might not feel too guilty and sad about her death.

Why tell him the truth and make him hurt more?

His life was hard enough.

Xingxing opened her mouth, and finally said, "...it's not important anymore."

He seemed to have never expected her to react like this at all, and said in disbelief, "...it's not important anymore? What do you mean it's not important anymore?!"

He just knew that she had never owed him anything, just knew that she had done so much for him...

How can she say lightly that none of this is important? !

"It doesn't matter anymore. No matter what I did for you before, everything good and bad that happened between us...it's all not important anymore." Xingxing said calmly, "Gangji-jun, you don't need it at all." Have any feeling of guilt or indebtedness towards me. Those things were done voluntarily by me, and have nothing to do with your own wishes from the beginning to the end. Those things happened later... can only be said to be accidents, no one can blame Who. I never hated you, and I hope you don't hate me. But after all, it's been a long time, and I really don't want to be entangled with the past. "

He stared at her blankly, unable to say any more words.

The sound of the wind blew past my ears, like a final sigh.

"Gang Ji-jun, think about it now, I can't remember everything that happened before, what I said, and what I did."

"You forget it too."