Upon hearing this, Xue Tianmo was slightly taken aback.
"Aunt Bing, when did you become interested in auctions?"
The Ice Empress smiled and explained,
"It's not that I'm interested. Earlier, I heard some passersby say that this auction would be different from the previous ones."
"So I became curious about what would be different."
"Maybe there'll be something good up for auction!"
"What? Aren't you willing to go take a look with Aunt Bing?"
As she spoke, the Ice Empress casually glanced at Xue Tianmo.
Xue Tianmo smiled and said,
"Of course not!"
"Since Aunt Bing wants to see it, Tianmo will naturally accompany you."
Seeing Xue Tianmo agree, the Ice Empress beamed with delight and linked arms with him as they headed for the Heaven Dou Auction House.
At the same time, in another part of the city.
Wang Qiu'er was strolling through the streets with Xiong Jun.
She could not sit still at Skywater Academy. After staying for less than two days, she had Xiong Jun accompany her to wander around Heaven Dou Imperial City.
"Uncle Xiong, this place is much livelier than the Star Dou Great Forest!"
Wang Qiu'er was thrilled, looking here and there along the street, too busy to take it all in.
On top of that, she was naturally beautiful and had a stunning figure, inevitably drawing many sidelong glances.
Furthermore, Xiong Jun, who looked like a nouveau riche, was accompanying her.
The two drew an extraordinary amount of attention as they walked down the street.
"Qiu'er, why do I feel like the way these people are looking at us isn't quite right?"
Xiong Jun frowned slightly, feeling that the passersby's gazes were strange.
Wang Qiu'er did not pay it any mind and smiled.
"Uncle Xiong, you're overthinking it. Don't forget, we're in human