As the host stepped onto the stage, a cage covered with a red cloak was slowly wheeled up under his direction.
Amid the crowd's cheers, the cloak over the cage was slowly pulled aside.
Plainly visible inside was a young woman with cat ears.
A cat girl!
"This is Xiao Mi, a cat girl we painstakingly raised. Distinguished guests, surely you all like this sort of thing? Our starting bid is one hundred thousand gold coins!"
The radiant host glanced at the cat girl, then turned and addressed the crowd with a smile.
At the sight, everyone below the stage began chattering as though injected with chicken blood.
Some guests could no longer contain themselves and raised their bidding paddles to call out bids.
"I'm getting this cat girl! She's exactly my type. Three hundred thousand gold coins! Nobody had better fight me for her. She has to belong to me!"
"Five hundred thousand gold coins! Fuck you, she's mine! Shut your mouth, you piece of trash! Where did a little waste like you crawl out from, daring to compete with me?"
"This cat girl's quite nice. I like her. Let me have her. One million gold coins! She can keep me company tonight!"
"Have these people gone mad? My heavens, it's already reached one million gold coins! She's only a female slave. This is terrifying!"
"You're still young. You don't know the benefits of slaves like these, especially cat girls. You couldn't possibly know their wonderful uses. That's the beauty of being rich..."
Amid the waves of chatter, Zhu Zhuqing stood on the raised platform, her face flushed pink.
Looking at the cat girl locked inside the cage, she felt a wave of embarrassment.
Beside her, Ye Xingchen smiled faintly, glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, and couldn't help asking: