Chapter 3484: Martial Aunt (1)
Chapter 3484: Martial Aunt (1)
Mei Ziqing did not feel much about a difference of two or three hundred merit points. Instead, she said, “The items at the auction house in the City of Water are quite good, so the entrance fee is naturally expensive. Other cities have good things too, but it all depends on their conscience.”
The people at the auction house certainly would not feel any stings of conscience, mostly because they did not have any.
Actually, charging an extra 200 per person for an auction with thousands or even tens of thousands of attendees meant their income was truly…
Ning Shu was incredibly envious. If they had paid their taxes, it would be fine. She would be happy to see these shops doing good business. But now that they were refusing to pay, it made her skin crawl with irritation.
She was unhappy because she was not getting what she was rightfully owed.
Xiao Huo sat eating his food, listening blankly to Ning Shu and Mei Ziqing. He could not understand their conversation.
For the first time, Xiao Huo realized that he was different from these two. There was a gap between them, and that gap was as vast as the heavens and the earth.
Would Ziqing abandon him?
Xiao Huo felt very worried, extremely worried.
After eating, Ning Shu and Mei Ziqing wandered around. They eventually skipped the trading area and walked to the entrance of the auction house.
Ning Shu looked up at the towering, majestic building.
“Are we going in?” Mei Ziqing asked.
“No,” Ning Shu said calmly.
“Then let’s go.” Mei Ziqing pulled at Ning Shu, but Ning Shu just stood there silently, staring at the main doors.
The doorman at the auction house saw Ning Shu and immediately hurried over. He cupped his hands and asked, “Does the city lord wish to enter?”
Ning Shu gave him a smiling face. “I am not going in. I am just going to stand outside and watch. I will keep watching, and watching, and watching.”
The doorman: …
“Then should I inform the manager? You can enter without paying the fee,” the doorman suggested.
Ning Shu shook her head. “No need for such trouble. Do not mind me. Go attend to the other guests.”
The doorman hesitated for a moment before leaving.
Mei Ziqing squinted at Ning Shu. “You look like a resentful woman doing this.”
“I am not getting what is rightfully mine, so of course I am a resentful woman. I am not asking for extra, but these people will not even give me what I am owed.”
Ning Shu spoke in a haunting tone.
Ning Shu found a place to sit down and stared fixedly at the auction house doors.
Mei Ziqing sat down beside her. Seeing that both of them had sat, Xiao Huo followed suit.
Ning Shu rested her chin on her hand and kept staring.
The doorman: …
Feeling helpless, the doorman went to ask the manager for instructions.
The male manager simply said to let Ning Shu do whatever she wanted.
Only those without ability or backbone would do something so embarrassing and conspicuous.
The charming woman beside the manager frowned. “Should we invite the city lord in? It must be because of the tax issue last time. As they say, an official far away is not as powerful as the one right in front of you. After all, we are still in City of Water.”
The man shook his head. “She will not dare to take action.”
Mei Ziqing asked Ning Shu, “What is the point of doing this?”
Ning Shu rested her chin on her hand with a smiling face. “Of course there is a point.
“I have been shut out of the auction house. They would not even let me through the door,” Ning Shu said.
Mei Ziqing let out an ‘oh’ of realization. “So you are just looking for an excuse. You want to have a just cause.”
“Of course.”
“How much merit did the auction house swallow for you to act like a piece of medicinal plaster that won’t come off them?”
“A lot, a lot. Just thinking about it makes my heart ache.” Ning Shu clutched her chest, feeling a sharp pang of pain.
Mei Ziqing: …
“Are you going to confront them now? You just became the city lord, so your foundation is probably not very stable.” Mei Ziqing pulled out a drink and began slurping it through a straw. After a few sips, she gave some to Xiao Huo. “What if the other side really does have a military background?”
Ning Shu spread her hands. “There is no other way. I have to do it. Even if it is just a small punishment, I have to show my stance. Otherwise, others will follow their example and start a rebellion in my territory.
“I am just too angry to let it go, so I am going to mess with the auction house.” Ning Shu bared her teeth.
Even if she could not uproot the auction house entirely, she would make sure they felt miserable.
“Suit yourself. It is not like I am the city lord anyway,” Mei Ziqing said nonchalantly.
Ning Shu rolled her eyes. Her friend had no sense of professional solidarity.
While Ning Shu and Mei Ziqing were talking, the auction house doors closed. Clearly, the auction had begun.
Ning Shu waited outside. She planned to wait until the auction ended and the other task-takers left before dealing with the auction house.
Ning Shu glanced sideways at Mei Ziqing and Xiao Huo, who were sharing a drink. Why couldn’t they just get another cup? They insisted on ‘indirectly kissing’ while drinking like that.
They were so shameless. Mei Ziqing was setting a bad example for the kid.
“Mei Ziqing, I think we should shave Xiao Huo’s hair. It looks terrible dragging on the ground like that. It is dirty and hard to wash. Wouldn’t a clean-cut men’s style be better?”
Every time she saw Xiao Huo’s hair, Ning Shu felt extremely uncomfortable, like an itch she couldn’t scratch.
She desperately wanted to snip it all off.
Mei Ziqing was speechless. “I think it looks quite good.”
“It is like a mop dragging on the floor. What is good about it? Little nephew, listen to your auntie. If you cut your hair, you will be many times more handsome than you are now. You will look clean, sharp, and full of manly spirit.”
Ning Shu was bored waiting for the auction to end, so she just picked a random topic to chat about.
Xiao Huo touched his hair and said to Mei Ziqing, “I want to cut my hair.”
Mei Ziqing glanced at Ning Shu. “Then we will cut it.”
“Oh? There is actually a ball of fire here. A fire with consciousness and a life form.” A boy with sharp black hair and a refined face suddenly popped up, reaching out to pat Xiao Huo’s head.
Mei Ziqing immediately pulled Xiao Huo behind her, but the other person was still tugging on Xiao Huo’s hair.
Mei Ziqing thought resentfully to herself, ‘Cut the hair. I must cut Xiao Huo’s hair.’
Ning Shu also stood up and looked at the boy, who looked as refined as a college student. “Pan Chen, what are you doing here?”
Ning Shu looked around but did not see the school doctor.
Pan Chen was a stone—a stone that could kill without incurring any karmic debt. During a task, he had been taken away by the school doctor uncle.
This guy was very fond of devouring human souls, and now he had popped up again.
Walking around the task-taker world, he saw soul-form task-takers and looked at them as if they were tasty treats.
This guy probably had his sights set on Xiao Huo.
Pan Chen said, ” I have no ill intentions. I just came over to say hello. I see this world origin must have just developed consciousness not long ago. How about letting me take him to travel through the other worlds?”
Mei Ziqing and Ning Shu’s lips twitched at the same time. Compared to Pan Chen, Xiao Huo was completely outmatched in both intellect and ability.
Travel through other worlds? He probably just wanted to swallow Xiao Huo in one bite.
“Where is your owner?” Ning Shu asked.
For the school doctor uncle to let this soul-eater loose in the task-taker world was like putting a wolf in a sheep pen.
Pan Chen’s face twitched before he said, “You do not recognize a kind heart even when it stares at you in the face. I just wanted to play with a new friend. You are both women. Men should spend more time with other men.”