Chapter 16

"Su Yu?"

Before the auction began, Su Yu went to the restroom. When he came out, he ran into Su Wang, whom he had not seen in a long time. Su Wang wore a black motorcycle outfit and carried a helmet in one hand. He had an ash-blond wolf cut, a stud in his left ear, and seemed to be chewing gum. He did not even walk properly, looking utterly unruly.

The Su family had good genes; all the brothers were exceptionally handsome.

Granted, Su Wang was handsome too—so handsome he looked brain-dead, like a complete idiot.

Of the three brothers, Su Tinghuai had been born the smartest. Of the other two, one was stupid and the other was bad.

Su Wang glanced at him, the disdain in his eyes completely undisguised. "What are you doing here?"

Su Yu's body instinctively reacted by trying to accommodate him. Just as he was about to speak, Su Wang suddenly raised a hand to indicate that they should keep their distance. "Forget it. Don't tell me. I'm not interested."

With that, Su Wang headed toward the auction hall, unconcerned by how dejected the Omega looked. Su Yu had been about to return to the hall too, so he followed behind Su Wang. Unexpectedly, after two or three steps, Su Wang turned around and looked him over with contemptuous eyes. He sneered. "What? Things not going well at the Gu family, so you want to follow me home?"

Su Yu sincerely felt that something was wrong with his brain.

"Even if you follow me, I won't take you home."

The Omega lowered his dim eyes and said nothing. Every time Su Wang spoke to him, he saw that expression. He already disliked Su Yu, and seeing him like this only irritated him more. It was as if Su Yu were pretending to be pitiful to win his sympathy.

Before leaving, Su Wang did not forget to warn Su Yu not to follow him.

Su Yu: "..."

If he could, he wanted to punch him twice.

When Su Yu returned to the hall, the auction was just beginning. He had no interest in the first few lots, so he opened a game and played for a while. When he saw a co-op request pop up at the top of the screen, he frowned and rejected it without hesitation.

That idiot Su Wang had just provoked him and still wanted to play games with him? Dream on.

[Su Wang: Playing? Just for a little while.]

[Su Yu: No. I'm logging off.]

After replying, Su Yu exited the game. Seeing that he was no longer on his phone, Lu Heyun asked, "Nothing you're interested in?"

"I'm waiting for the later lots. What about you?"

"I'm only here to get the job done. I just need to pick one that catches my eye and buy it."

As for whether Lu Zeyue could give away the gift he bought, that was his own business. Lu Heyun had not wanted to attend such a boring occasion, but he could not think of any excuse to ask Su Yu out, so he tried the auction. Unexpectedly, Su Yu happened to be going.

"I see."

Su Yu had already looked over the auction catalogue in advance. He had heard that the old man liked writing implements, so he wanted to bid on a piece of antique ink to take back. As for the price, his budget would be enough as long as no one maliciously competed with him.

No one should compete with him, right?

Yet life was full of disappointments. He had no idea where Bidder No. 6 had come from, but they kept raising the price after him. The two of them outlasted every other bidder, and in the end, it became a competition between him and No. 6 for that piece of antique ink.

Because No. 6 was seated too far in front and there were too many people blocking the view, Su Yu could not see what that person looked like. Perhaps because the two of them kept raising their paddles, quite a few people turned to look at him. But he was wearing both a mask and a hat, making him look extremely mysterious.

After several rounds of bidding, No. 6 in front finally could not help turning around to look at him. Only then did Su Yu see that No. 6 was Su Wang. Su Wang seemed to recognize him at once as well. While raising his paddle, he took out his phone and messaged him.

[Su Wang: What do you mean by this? I'm warning you, put your paddle down right now. Don't compete with me.]

Su Yu thought that he absolutely would compete with him. Even if he had to defy his body's instincts, he would stubbornly raise his paddle.

Lu Heyun reminded him at the right moment, "This lot won't be worth it if the bidding continues. How about choosing another one?"

That was true. If he kept bidding, he would become a sucker. But he knew Su Wang. To win a point of pride, Su Wang would definitely keep competing with him, and he had no real concept of money either.

Since Su Wang liked being such a huge sucker so much, Su Yu would let him be one. He would bid on something else.

Su Yu gave up raising his paddle. Just as the auctioneer was about to bring down the hammer, Bidder No. 1 suddenly appeared out of nowhere and continued bidding. The price of the antique ink had already far exceeded its original value, even surpassing the prices of several earlier antiques with greater collectible value.

Thinking that the antique ink no longer had anything to do with him, Su Yu stopped paying attention and lowered his head to look over the upcoming lots. In the end, he only vaguely heard an outrageously high number. The entire venue erupted in commotion. Su Yu followed the others in looking toward No. 1's seat, but he could not see clearly.

"Have you found anything suitable?"

Su Yu shook his head. "I'll keep looking."

[No idea who this No. 1 is. The price was already pushed that high, and they still bought it.]

[Tch. What a huge sucker.]