Zhong Shenxiu sat there, looking down at the auction table, as if nothing had happened.
Gu Yue looked at him and suddenly smiled.
The smile was very shallow, but it had an indescribable meaning.
"It's all here."
She spoke with a hint of laziness in her voice.
"Let's continue and see."
Zhong Shenxiu turned his head and glanced at her.
There was still no emotion in those light golden vertical pupils.
But he nodded.
"Okay."
Gu Yue withdrew his gaze with satisfaction and leaned back on the sofa.
On the auction table below, the sixth lot has been brought up.
It was a piece of ore the size of a fist, completely black, but with dots of silver spots on its surface, shining mysteriously under the light.
"Star Meteorite Iron." Su Mu's voice sounded, "It is produced from the core of an extraterrestrial meteorite and is extremely rare. The purity of this piece of Star Meteorite Iron is as high as 80% or more. It is a forging top It is an excellent material of grade Soul Tool. Weapons forged with it will have excellent Soul Power conductivity, and at the same time, the consumption of Soul Power will be greatly reduced."
She paused and quoted the lowest price:
"The starting price is 120,000 Federal Coin."
Someone quickly made a bid in the audience.
Gu Yue looked at the piece of Star Meteorite Iron and suddenly spoke.
"Are you interested in blacksmithing?"
She asked about Zhong Shenxiu.
Zhong Shenxiu shook his head.
"Not interested."
His answer was as succinct as ever.
Gu Yue nodded and did not ask any more questions.
Her eyes continued to glance downward.
The seventh lot is a medicinal plant, Dragon Blood Grass, 800 years old, with a starting price of 200,000.
The eighth piece is a set of soul-guided armor, level four defense type, with a starting price of 90,000.
The ninth piece is a piece of Soul Bone - but it is just a incomplete leftover material with almost no practical value and can only be used as a collection. The starting price is 50,000.
Gu Yue watched boredly, and occasionally asked Zhong Shenxiu a question or two, but always got the same short answer as always.
But she didn't care.
She found that there was a very strange feeling when getting along with Zhong Shenxiu.
He talks very little.
So little that it is almost negligible.
But when I stay with him, I won't feel awkward.
Because his silence is not the kind of indifference that repels people thousands of miles away.
It's a kind of quiet companionship.
He just sat there, not interrupting, not interrupting, not judging.
Just sit quietly.
But you know, he's listening.
Gu Yue leaned on the sofa, his eyes falling on the auction table below, but his thoughts drifted elsewhere.
She remembered the way Zhong Shenxiu handed the things to her without hesitation just now.
That trust surprised her and made her feel warm.
She suddenly understood why the human personality Na'er had such feelings for Tang Wulin.
Because of trust.
Because that feeling of being completely trusted is really warm.
When the auction ended, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.
Eastsea Museum's door slowly closed behind him, isolating the bright lights inside.
On the steps in front of the door, two figures came down the stairs, their footsteps echoing softly in the empty square.
The moonlight is very bright.
The moonlight tonight is particularly bright, and a round Full Moon hangs in the middle of the night sky, casting a silvery white light.
The light fell on the bluestone-paved square, as if it were covered with a thin layer of frost. The outline of the building in the distance was outlined very clearly by the moonlight, with sharp edges and corners, standing silently in the night.
Two figures walked side by side across the square.
A figure was tall and straight, his steps were steady, and the distance of each step was almost the same. The moonlight fell on his angular profile, reflecting a faint light in his light golden eyes. His eyes were looking straight ahead, falling on a certain point in the distance, with an indifferent expression and no emotion.
The other figure was slightly shorter, and her long black hair shone softly in the moonlight. She walked slightly behind him, her steps were light, and her skirt swayed gently with the movement, drawing a soft arc in the moonlight. Her eyes sometimes fell forward, sometimes fell on the shoulder of the figure beside her, and then quickly moved away.
At the end of the square is a street.
The street is very quiet.
The shops on both sides have long been closed, and the rolling shutter doors glow with a cold metallic light in the moonlight.
Occasionally, one or two street lights were still on, and the dim yellow lights created a small warm halo in the night, but they were quickly covered by the moonlight. The streets were empty, with no pedestrians or vehicles, only two figures side by side, walking slowly forward under the moonlight.
The night wind blew gently.
The wind was very light, so light that you could hardly feel it. But it was indeed blowing, blowing the leaves on the roadside and making a subtle rustling sound. The sound was so light that if you didn't listen carefully, it would be drowned out by the footsteps.
But it was indeed ringing, once and for all, as if to accompany this quiet night.
The moonlight shone through the treetops on the roadside, casting mottled light and shadow on the ground. Those light and shadows swayed gently with the night wind, as if they came to life, flowing at the feet of the two figures. As the figures walked by, the light and shadow separated and quickly closed again, as if nothing had happened.
The dormitory building has arrived.
There are two rows of dormitories, one row is for boys and the other is for girls.
There is a gravel road that is neither wide nor narrow in the middle. There are some low shrubs planted on both sides of the road, which glow dark green in the moonlight.
The two stopped at the intersection of this gravel road.
Gu Yue turned around and faced Zhong Shenxiu.
The moonlight fell from behind her, shrouding her whole body in a silver-white halo.
Her long black hair hangs down on her shoulders, the tips of her hair blowing gently in the night wind.
The plain white skirt glowed softly in the moonlight, and the corners of the skirt were slightly lifted by the wind, and then fell gently.
She raised her left hand.
The silver bracelet on her wrist flashed in the moonlight.
A flash of silver light flashed.
The metal box half as tall as a man appeared out of thin air and landed on the ground between the two of them, making a slight dull sound.
Zhong Shenxiu looked down at the box, then raised his head and looked at Gu Yue.
The moonlight fell on his angular face, reflecting a faint light in his light golden vertical pupils.
He didn't speak.
He just bent down and hugged the metal box with both hands.
The box was heavy, but he held it firmly.
He straightened up, hugged the half-man-high box, and stood in the moonlight.
Then he spoke.
"Thank you."
The sound is very bland.
But those two words were said very seriously.
Just as serious as what I said in the box before.
Gu Yue looked at him.
Look at him holding the big box.
The box was almost half his height and seemed a bit bulky in his arms.
But when he held it, he held it firmly and naturally, just like holding a very ordinary thing.
The moonlight fell on his shoulders, the side of his face, and his light golden eyes.
Gu Yue's mouth corners rose slightly.
She snorted softly.
Then she raised her hands and put them behind her back.
Her body leaned back slightly, her toes touched the ground, and she began to walk backwards.
One step.
Two steps.
Three steps.
She just walked backwards, along the gravel road, toward the girls' dormitory.
The moonlight fell on her body, on her long black hair, and on her elegant and refined face. She was walking backwards with her hands behind her back, her skirt swaying gently in the night wind, and her hair jumping lightly on her shoulders.
Her eyes looked at Zhong Shenxiu.
Those black eyes reflected the moonlight, the night, and the figure standing there holding the box.
She took a few steps backwards and then spoke.
"Zhong Shenxiu~"
Her voice was long and drawn out, with a hint of playfulness, a hint of laziness, and a hint of inexplicable meaning.
The voice echoed in the quiet night, falling gently in the moonlight, the night wind, and the gravel road.
Zhong Shenxiu looked at her.
Holding the big box, he stood there and looked at her.
The smile on Gu Yue's mouth became even deeper.
She continued to walk backwards and took a few more steps.
Then she spoke, with an obvious smile in her voice.
"You owe me a favor!"
After saying that, she turned around.
No more going backwards.
Start walking forward.