Squelch! Squelch!...
Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!...
Smack!
Smack! Smack!
Smack! Smack! Smack!...
"What's going on upstairs? It's been nearly an hour, and they're still going at it without stopping! Are they going to let anyone sleep or not?!"
The burly, bearded man threw off his blanket and stared up at the ceiling, his eyes bloodshot, with a trace of envy and jealousy in their depths.
Beside him, a woman dressed flamboyantly with heavy makeup whispered, "Shh!! Keep your voice down. Upstairs is the auction house's Heaven Word room. Anyone staying there is either rich or powerful!"
"B-but they can't keep going forever! Every time I close my eyes, those images appear in my head!"
The bearded man was on the verge of collapse.
The flamboyant woman's eyes lit up. "Isn't it just fooling around? Let's do it too and see who can outlast whom!"
The bearded man shrank back. "Th-this..."
The flamboyant woman asked, "Can't do it anymore?"
The bearded man stiffened his neck. "Who says I can't?!"
And then...
The night was deep and still, a silver moon hanging high overhead.
The bustle of Jia Ma Holy City gradually faded away.
Only the pleasure district in one corner of the city remained ablaze with lights and revelry.
When Mite'er Tengshan returned to the Miter Auction House, he found an old man anxiously pacing outside his room.
"You were looking for me?"
"Patriarch, I am Gu Ni from the auction house. I have an important matter to report."
Gu Ni bowed.
After arranging the matter of the medicinal ingredients, he had waited here all this time.
He had prepared two plans!
First, directly ask Ye Hao to protect Ya Fei.
Second, reveal the relationship between Ya Fei and Ye Hao to the patriarch and have him