Chapter 556: The Broken Sedan
Luo Huian had no idea that Shi Meifeng had already filed a complaint. Thus, she also made a complaint. And it would have been good if she were the only one who filed a complaint. But she wasn't.
Even He Chuman, who read her lips and understood what was going on, called the police.
Thus, when the police officers received the same complaints from the same place, they were stunned. What was going on? How come they received so many complaints about human skin being used to make a drum? And that too from the same auction?
With their heads buzzing, the police station dispatched more than ten officers to the auction. They were worried that there would be some human traffickers waiting for them at the auction. If they dared to bring out a human skin drum in public so easily, these traffickers might be prepared for the worst!
They needed to be really careful while dealing with such dangerous individuals!
While the police officers were hurrying to the auction house, Mrs Pei was still in full swing. She didn't even hesitate to spend more than a hundred million yuan to buy the human skin drum.
When she finished buying the drum, Luo Huian curled her lips in disgust. She said, "There is no lack of idiots in this world."
Beside her, Qi Yongrui sighed and nodded. He agreed with her very much because he too thought that Mrs Pei's eyes were simply blinded by lard. How could she buy just about anything without even getting it appraised? But then again, he was the same. Because the organisers of the auction were the children of women who had given their lives for the nation, no one had ever doubted them.
Not even once. Even he didn't doubt the authenticity of these auction items.
He wondered how many of the items that he brought home with him were made of human remains. The thought alone was enough to make him feel creeped out. He sighed and then turned to look at Luo Huian. He couldn't help but ponder why Luo Huian never accompanied him in the past; if she had come with him, then nothing like this would have happened!
While Qi Yongrui was lost in his thoughts, Luo Huian was watching the next auction item. She was not paying attention to the mer beside her as the auction item that was brought out caused her eyes to narrow.
"And what is that thing doing here?"
Luo Huian stared at the broken sedan that the auction house workers had brought over.
This seemingly ordinary sedan was actually used by Wei Yuxian when he used to escape from the immortal realm to the human realm. She had never heard once that he had lost his sedan. But he did stop using it at some point. He told her that he no longer wanted to go to the human world, which was why he put it away.
If the sedan chair was here, then why did he lie to her? She couldn't help but wonder.
"What is it?" Qi Yongrui asked as he looked at the broken sedan. "Do you want to buy it?" He asked tentatively because he could see that the air around Luo Huian turned really cold the second the sedan was brought out. He wondered if there was something that Luo Huian knew about the sedan that made her react in such a way.
"It's nothing," Luo Huian shook her head as she leaned back on her chair. "This antique is alright. If you want to buy it, then you can go ahead and try it." She was not going to stop Qi Yongrui since this antique was indeed a real one. But the fact that it belonged to Wei Yuxian and it was found by humans made Luo Huian wonder if there was something that she didn't know about Wei Yuxian.
As soon as she finished speaking, Qi Yongrui sighed in relief. He started bidding with the bidding board in his hand.
And he was not the only one.
Even Shi Meifeng and He Chuman started the bid.
Once they started, even the Song family didn't stay behind.
Seeing this, Mrs Pei was simply stunned. What was going on? Wasn't she the one who was the star of the evening? Then why did they suddenly start bidding against her?
This was something that Mrs Pei could not understand.
However, she was not going to be beaten down by some second-generation rich heirs. She thought angrily. She immediately raised the bidding board and yelled, "Two hundred and fifty million!"
When Luo Huian heard her ludicrous price, she couldn't help but roll her eyes. If Wei Yuxian found out that someone had used the broken sedan which he had stolen from a passerby and then fixed up to use for himself, he would be so amused that he would laugh out loud.
That thing was not even worth ten taels when it was stolen, and yet someone was spending millions to buy it.
"What's wrong?" Qi Yongrui asked as he raised his head and turned to look at Luo Huian. "You don't like the sedan?"
"It's not a matter of liking or not liking," Luo Huian rolled her eyes. "I just think that the sedan is not worth the price it's being bought for." That seven taels and two hundred copper coins sedan —how could she allow Qi Yongrui to buy it for three hundred million yuan? If she had not known about the origin of the sedan, then she would have allowed the mer to continue bidding.
But she knew the origin!
How could she buy something that even Wei Yuxian refused to buy?
What did he say back then? Oh, yes. He said that the merchant was lucky that he stole this sedan. That thing was almost on the verge of collapse when he stole it, and riding it was simply letting it wait for an accident to happen.
The sedan was able to work because it was held together by Wei Yuxian's spiritual power.
Luo Huian never asked why the man stole a sedan that was about to be broken because she knew that Wei Yuxian was a whimsical person. He would do one thing one day and then change his mind another day.
Anyway, he was bent on breaking the rules of the sect.
He must have stolen the sedan because he wanted to break the rules, but he also didn't want to hurt anyone. Thus, he went to steal a sedan that was completely useless for the merchant, and he was about to sell it to someone by fooling them.
Wei Yuxian was just that kind of person.
Thinking about him, Luo Huian's eyes couldn't help but soften. However, before she could think of anything more, her eyes widened and she almost smacked herself to death. What was she thinking? Why was she thinking about that man who almost caused her to die? She must be losing her mind.
That must be it.
She must have lost her mind with all the lust and desires colliding in her mind. Yup, that had to be the reason.
"Stop bidding." Luo Huian waved her hand and said, "It's not worth that price." It seriously was not worth it. What was the point of buying a broken splinter? It was not going to hold on for that long.
When Qi Yongrui heard her words, he didn't doubt her words. He placed the bidding board down, and so did the others. While the rest were following Shi Meifeng, He Chuman was following Luo Huian.
Thus, with them stopping the bidding, it didn't take long for the rest to put a stop to the bids again, and just like before, the entire auction fell into silence.
Only Mrs Pei was foolish enough to think that the younger generation was giving face to her. In her eyes, it was she who caused them to stop the bid. After all, by coincidence, the second she started bidding, everyone stopped the bid.
That was what she thought.
And she didn't even doubt it.
However, Qi Liwei, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help but frown. He turned to look at Shi Meifeng and the rest. They didn't seem like they were stopping the bid begrudgingly. It seemed like they were doing it willingly.
He wanted to stop Mrs Pei. Even if he was a fool, he was not so foolish as not to understand that there was something amiss about this auction after seeing that no one from the four families had bought anything.
Mrs Pei could fool herself, but he couldn't.
However, before he could put a stop to Mrs Pei's actions, the emcee spoke up.
"And this exquisite sedan goes to Mrs Pei!" the emcee announced with a smile on his face. "Mrs Pei, would you like to ride around the auction house in the sedan?"
As soon as the emcee finished speaking, Luo Huian chuckled. "Oh, this is going to be fun."