Li Yue (2)

"Young Master Ford, here is your number plate. Please keep it safe." The staff member respectfully handed Ye Lang the temporary number plate.

Unless the customer needs a long-term number plate, they will give temporary ones. Soaring Sky Imperial City is a place with a large flow of people, and most people are just passing through and will leave soon, so naturally they don't need long-term ones.

"9527? This number is interesting." Ye Lang paused for a moment, then put the sign away.

Upon entering the auction venue, Ye Lang felt a familiar atmosphere. The lively auction sounds and the display of wealth by the spoiled young men in the room all invigorated him.

"Auction! Auction!"

Ye Lang shouted excitedly and casually found a place to sit down.

"..."

After Ye Lang sat down and looked at the items up for auction, he suddenly sensed a murderous aura beside him, so he looked to the side...

"Damn!" Ye Lang was startled and dodged to the side, but...

"Ah ah..." Ye Lang danced with joy.

"Boom!"

The chair tipped over because of Ye Lang's swaying, and Ye Lang naturally sat down on the ground with a thud, looking quite disheveled.

"What's wrong with you?" A cold, beautiful voice rang out. It was the voice of the beautiful young woman who had just sat down next to Ye Lang. She seemed a little surprised by Ye Lang's reaction.

Although I just wanted to scare him away, I didn't mean to frighten him like this.

"It's nothing, I just encountered a ghost!" Ye Lang regained his composure. "I don't know her, I don't know her, why would I be afraid of her?"

To show that he wasn't himself, he deliberately twitched his ears and wagged his tail...

"..." The aloof girl fell silent. What are you doing with your tail? And you were clearly looking at yourself just now. Isn't that obviously saying you're a ghost?

Judging from his expression just now, he seemed to be frightened by something familiar, but there didn't seem to be anyone else there. He himself didn't seem to be that scary, and he had never seen this Fox Tribe boy before.

Forget it, let's just assume he encountered a ghost!

After thinking for a moment, the aloof young woman decided to ignore Ye Lang. However, she noticed another strange thing Ye Lang was doing—

Ye Lang pulled his chair far away, maintaining a safe distance from the aloof young woman, before refocusing his attention on the auction house once again.

Why is he keeping such a distance from me? Is he also trying to pursue me? Is he trying to pull this trick of deliberately distancing himself from me again?

Hmph, what a boring man!

The aloof girl thought with a hint of disdain, but deep down she seemed to have a feeling that this Fox Tribe boy really did have something going on.

Of course there is something. If you knew that this Fox Tribe boy was Ye Lang, you would immediately understand what this means, and you would immediately grit your teeth and want to teach Ye Lang a lesson.

This aloof and beautiful girl was an acquaintance of Ye Lang's, but they were only somewhat familiar, not very close!

"Li Yue, be my wife!"

"Get out, you idiot!!"

"..."

"Ye Lang, I'll say it again, I will never like you. Don't do anything pointless!"

"It's my business if I like you, what's it to you?"

"..."

That's right, the aloof and beautiful girl in front of me is Li Yue, the Li Yue that Ye Lang pursued for several years because of a fortune teller's prediction, and then suddenly abandoned her and never saw again.

Ye Lang wasn't frightened by her just now; it was just too unexpected. He never expected to run into this old friend in such a special place. It was truly a surprise.

To be honest, Ye Lang and Li Yue hadn't seen each other for a very long time, almost eight years. The reason he was able to recognize Li Yue at a glance was because Li Yue had a certain characteristic.

Li Yue's eyes are very different from others; they are silver-white!

This is why Ye Lang was startled. In this somewhat dim environment, suddenly seeing those silvery-white eyes would naturally give him a fright.

Although he hadn't seen Li Yue for a long time, Ye Lang felt it was better to keep his distance from her. If she discovered him, it would be quite a headache.

At the same time, Ye Lang also discovered something: the Heavenly Mechanism Armor he was looking for was right beside him, on Li Yue, who was very close at hand.

It seems the Li Family has already passed this family heirloom to Li Yue. But why not to a grandson of the Li Family, such as Li Yan, who stole Ye Lang's Wind Flower Snow Moon Tower?

Those who knew about this found it very strange, as it seemed somewhat illogical. The only explanation was that Li Yue was only temporarily keeping it safe!

Since Ye Lang had no intention of taking the Li Family's Heavenly Mechanism Armor, he didn't care anymore and wasn't going to try to get it from Li Yue!

In fact, even if he tried to find a way, it would be useless. Only the owner could take down the Heavenly Mechanism Armor. Even with Ye Lang's most advanced alchemy, he couldn't obtain the Heavenly Mechanism Armor without Li Yue's consent.

This is why Ye Lang didn't consider the Li Family's Heavenly Mechanism Armor. He couldn't steal it, and if he showed up at the Li Family to ask to borrow it, not to mention whether the Li Family would lend it to him out of consideration for their past relationship, he was certain that he would be hunted down by the Empress.

"Damn, how come this thing is being put up for auction?"

After a series of uninteresting items, a very strange item appeared, which Ye Lang found quite puzzling.

It was an ancient zither, one that Ye Lang had once used and left in the courtyard of the Wind Flower Snow Moon Tower as a decoration. Of course, it had very good sound effects and a special Alchemy Array, so it did have some value.

However, since it was Ye Lang's own property, its appearance at the auction felt very strange to him.

"We all know who used this, so let's not say it out loud. Starting price is one thousand gold coins." The auctioneer started the sale at one thousand gold coins, which seemed to flatter Ye Lang.

The cost of this guqin is at most one hundred gold coins, but the starting bid is one thousand. Won't the final price be even higher?

Is this the value of being a celebrity? I really am a celebrity!

Yay yay yay yay...

"One thousand!"

To Ye Lang's surprise, Li Yue was the first to make a bid. She was actually interested in it; did she like it?

Guqin?

Since that's the case, let's treat this precious zither as a gift to a kindred spirit, so that she may have her own guqin.

"One thousand and one!"

A moment later, Ye Lang's guqin was immediately offered a new price, and this was not the last time. The price kept being offered, and it was very fast. The final price was one that Ye Lang did not expect.

"Five thousand!!" A man who didn't talk much finally bought the guqin for five thousand gold coins, a price that far exceeded the guqin's intrinsic value.