ACER-Chapter 42: This Is His Thing

The auction was proceeding in full swing, as if what had happened before hadn’t affected it at all.

In reality, the person in charge of the auction had been so angry he nearly ascended on the spot.

In the end, he had to take out his family savings before he could barely keep the auction going.

This auction could be said to be unprecedentedly grand, many people from great families and sects had come. Even Dongchui City’s eldest young lady, Nangong Ruoling, had come.

Besides being Dongchui City’s eldest young lady, Nangong Ruoling was also the head disciple of Lingxiao Sect’s Great Elder. At such a young age, she was already in early Golden Core Stage. Her status was noble, her appearance gorgeous, and her character was one of unwavering righteousness, hating evil like a sworn enemy.

There were countless people who admired her. Until last year, when she got engaged, no one knew how many outstanding men were heartbroken and shed tears over it.

At this moment, Nangong Ruoling was in a private room at the auction.

“Elder Sister, why not directly destroy this auction house?”

The girl sitting beside Nangong Ruoling spoke aggrievedly.

If Di Yange was present, she would definitely recognize that this girl was the one who had run away before, and also the Nangong Family’s third young lady, Nangong Zhi.

“Third young lady, the person behind this auction house is someone even the city lord is wary of. And for this matter, the people over there have already given us compensation…”

The steward at the side said respectfully.

The girl sat there, feeling even worse inside.

She knew she was born of a concubine and wasn’t favored by her father, but this time she had almost been sold…

If it had been Elder Sister who was sold, perhaps her father wouldn’t have let the matter go so easily.

She was far more than just being unsatisfied.

Was it just because her aptitude was inferior to her Elder Sister’s?

“Don’t worry, Xiao Zhi. Elder Sister will definitely vent this anger for you.”

Nangong Ruoling comfortingly patted Nangong Zhi’s head.

But the girl still dejectedly sat there.

Until a voice rang out.

“The next item is the spirit beast everyone has been waiting for.”

“A Heaven-Reaching Mouse cub. As an adult, it has the chance to become a peak Golden Core spirit beast, and is good at treasure seeking and digging holes. Because Heaven-Reaching Mice are shy, we are also giving away the Heaven-Reaching Mouse’s caretaker. Buy one, get one free. A rare opportunity.”

As he spoke, someone carried Long Yanche out, and the Heaven-Reaching Mouse he was referring to was exactly Di Yange.

When Di Yange saw such a big scene, she immediately let out a zhi sound and looked like she excitedly wanted to jump.

Long Yanche, however, held her and gently smoothed her fur.

Naturally, everyone had no interest in the little beautiful boy Long Yanche, and all began discussing Di Yange instead.

Clearly, they had heard of burrowing mice and treasure-seeking mice, but had never heard of any Heaven-Reaching Mouse, and this little thing didn’t look like a mouse at all.

“The starting price is one hundred spirit stones.”

“Hiss.”

Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.

These days, even people aren’t as valuable as mice.

A tiny little mouse actually started at one hundred spirit stones.

With just these one hundred spirit stones, that was the entire monthly income of the entire Dongchui City.

It’s just that no one had ever heard of a Heaven-Reaching Mouse, so for a while, no one dared speak.

The scene was unprecedentedly quiet.

“Five hundred spirit stones.”

Looking at Di Yange on the auction stage, Xiao Jue’s face turned green with anger.

He had only left for a while, and not only had Little Furball run off, she had even appeared at this auction and become some Heaven-Reaching Mouse.

He’s the only one who clearly knew that she wasn’t any Heaven-Reaching Mouse at all.

He had originally thought that shouting five hundred spirit stones would definitely intimidate everyone.

But unexpectedly, the crowd that had been silent just now all started calling out prices.

In a short while, it had already been raised to two thousand spirit stones.

Xiao Jue was short of money.

Although he had the Qiankun Ring, none of them were suitable to take out.

“Five thousand spirit stones.”

Xiao Jue looked toward the private room where the price had been called, his eyes full of helplessness.

He and Little Furball ultimately had no fate.

This feeling suddenly gave him the feeling of being abandoned by Di Yange once again.

It made him feel very uncomfortable.

In the private room, Nangong Zhi looked at Nangong Ruoling with worry, “Elder Sister! We… how could we possibly have that many spirit stones?”

“Don’t worry. Before coming, Father already said that this auction house owes us a favor, and you can casually bid for one item. But Xiao Zhi, with such a rare opportunity, are you really going to waste it on a useless mouse and a piece of trash?”

Nangong Zhi said firmly, “It was Xiao Li who saved me, I will definitely save it too.”

Nangong Ruoling didn’t stop her, because she also had some interest in that golden-haired youth.

Very quickly, the person in charge of the auction personally brought the person and beast over.

When Di Yange saw Nangong Zhi, she was clearly a bit surprised.

Nangong Zhi, however, happily rushed over and embraced Di Yange in her arms.

“Xiao Li, that’s great. It’s good that you’re alright.”

Long Yanche looked at Di Yange being carried away and could only look at Nangong Zhi with unwilling and wary eyes.

Right now, he only had Xiao Li left.

If anything happened to Xiao Li, he might as well die.

He would rather die than become someone else’s slave.

Yet the more he didn’t want to be a slave, the more someone insisted on bringing up the matter.

Nangong Ruoling was clearly very interested in Long Yanche, who had striking looks and platinum-blond long hair.

“Little slave, what is your name?”

Long Yanche glared fiercely at Nangong Ruoling, clearly harboring great hatred and resentment for that title.

It was Nangong Zhi who helped him out of the situation, “Elder Sister, he… he is also my friend, don’t call him little slave. I gave him a name, it’s Ah Jin.”

Nangong Ruoling snorted and said, “From now on, this person and mouse will stay in your courtyard. Don’t let them run around. If Father finds out that you used this rare opportunity to bring back a valueless mouse and person, he will definitely be angry.”

“Thank you, Elder Sister.”

Nangong Zhi happily held Di Yange and smoothed out her fur until it was very sleek, which made Di Yange very satisfied.

As soon as the auction ended, just as Nangong Ruoling and her group were about to get into the carriage and leave, a person Di Yange hated a lot actually stopped them.

The moment Di Yange saw Xiao Jue, she immediately burrowed into the girl’s arms.

Damn it, why did she run into Xiao Jue again? Hopefully he hadn’t seen her.

Seeing this, Xiao Jue for some reason felt a bit uncomfortable in his heart.

This was the first time Xiao Jue and Nangong Ruoling had met.

Xiao Jue’s cultivation, looks, and bearing aroused Nangong Ruoling’s favor.

“You are a Golden Core cultivator? May I ask which sect you come from?”

“A rogue cultivator, with no sect and no affiliations. I wonder if I may trouble you with one matter.”

As soon as Nangong Ruoling heard that he was a rogue cultivator, she immediately had some little schemes in mind. “May I ask whether this Senior Brother has any interest in going to my Nangong family to talk in detail?”

Although Xiao Jue nodded, Nangong Ruoling discovered that Xiao Jue’s gaze had actually been fixed on her younger sister all along, which immediately made her a bit doubtful of the confidence she’d always had, and the expression on her face became slightly awkward.

After getting into the carriage, an even more awkward scene unfolded.

Nangong Ruoling and Nangong Zhi habitually sat opposite each other.

Because Long Yanche had helped Nangong Zhi and was good-looking, he was also given a seat in the carriage.

Seeing that Di Yange was in Nangong Zhi’s hands, he naturally sat on Nangong Zhi’s left.

Just then, Xiao Jue also got onto the carriage. Nangong Ruoling nodded at him in a friendly manner and moved further in. However, Xiao Jue didn’t even look at her and directly sat on Nangong Zhi’s right.

The three sat side by side, making it quite crowded, while Nangong Zhi awkwardly held Little Furball, faintly at a loss.

And for Nangong Ruoling opposite to the three, her mindset falling apart a little.

Growing up, everyone had always revolved around her. When has she ever been ignored like this?

Di Yange poked her little head out from Nangong Zhi’s arms and looked at the several people.

She knew that this girl, dressed from head to toe in red, must be Nangong Ruoling.

As for the girl holding her, she really hadn’t expected her to actually be Nangong Ruoling’s younger sister.

This girl who in the plot had already died young had surprisingly been unintentionally saved.

This… was pretty good.

As expected of her, the person she casually saved was actually the supporting female character’s younger sister.

Right then, Xiao Jue looked at the little furball in Nangong Zhi’s arms, “Little Furball, you’ve been out for so long. Isn’t it time to come home with me?”

Nangong Zhi carefully asked, “This Senior Brother, do you know Xiao Li?”

Di Yange let out a zhi sound and jumped into Long Yanche’s arms.

As a little one skilled at seeking death, she would forever stand on the villain’s side.

And sure enough, seeing Xiao Jue’s increasingly dark face, she immediately felt much more satisfied.

Long Yanche was clearly quite flattered.

But what he felt more at the time was inferiority.

Especially in front of Xiao Jue and the Nangong sisters, his inferiority became even stronger.

He said dejectedly, “Xiao Li, maybe you should go with him. He will definitely take good care of you.”

Although Long Yanche was unwilling, he also didn’t want her to stay by his side and suffer hardship.

Nangong Ruoling, who had long found the two unpleasant, immediately smiled brightly at Long Yanche.

“Ah Jin, you worry too much. Xiao Li will naturally receive the best care in my City Lord’s Manor.”

Nangong Ruoling immediately made a plan. If Xiao Jue really cared about this… mouse, then she would definitely use this mouse to keep him.

And make him work for their Nangong Family.

Perhaps she could also rely on him in the matter of breaking off her engagement.

Seeing that Di Yange, this little white-eyed wolf, completely ignored him, Xiao Jue said unwillingly, “It is my pet. Please return it to me.”

“This Senior Brother, although I bought Xiao Li with spirit stones, to me, she is my friend. I will not casually hand my friend over to other people.”

“Little Furball.”

Xiao Jue called out to Di Yange again. However, Di Yange only pointed her rear at him.

Although Xiao Jue wanted to leave right now, he was still rather unwilling.

This was his thing, on what grounds should he not get it back?