In the meeting room, when Dai Mubai saw that the man entering was Lin Yuan, he instinctively sprang to his feet and greeted him repeatedly with the utmost respect. "Boss Lin."
"Sit," Lin Yuan replied.
Dai Mubai obediently sat down.
Faced with the unfathomable Lin Yuan, Dai Mubai did not dare put on the slightest princely airs, just as if he were facing his father, the White Tiger Emperor of the Star Luo Empire.
Once they were both seated, Lin Yuan spoke first. "You bid one million and one Gold Soul Coins for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Bloodline. If you want to buy it on credit, you need to pay three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and three Silver Coins. Is that correct?"
An awkward look appeared on Dai Mubai's face at Lin Yuan's request for confirmation. He replied cautiously, "To tell you the truth, Boss Lin, let alone a million Gold Soul Coins, I can't even come up with a hundred thousand right now."
"What do you mean?" Lin Yuan's brows immediately furrowed.
Dai Mubai hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Boss Lin. I'm not a deadbeat. I'll definitely pay the Gold Soul Coins. I just wanted to ask if I could put something up as collateral for the three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and three Silver Coins first. Once I bring you the million and one Gold Soul Coins, you can return what I put up. Don't worry, what I'm putting up is definitely worth three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins! If anything, it's worth more!"
Lin Yuan's brows remained furrowed. "Then tell me, what are you putting up as collateral for the three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins you owe?"
Lin Yuan looked at Dai Mubai.
He wanted to know what trick Dai Mubai was trying to pull.
Beside him, Zhu Zhuqing's gaze was also fixed on Dai Mubai.
Like Lin Yuan, she was curious about what Dai Mubai was trying to do.
Dai Mubai did not dare treat Lin Yuan's question lightly. He looked at Zhu Zhuqing beside him, held an open palm toward her, then looked at Lin Yuan and replied, "Boss Lin, what I want to put up as collateral is my fiancée."
Lin Yuan: "???!!!"
Zhu Zhuqing: "???!!!"
Dai Mubai's words left Lin Yuan completely at a loss, dumbfounded and bewildered.
What had Dai Mubai said?
He wanted to put his fiancée up as collateral?
Seriously, bro? Lin Yuan knew this guy played around, but he hadn't expected him to play around like this!
Playing with twins was one thing, but now he was even putting his fiancée up as collateral?
Young people really know how to play.
Lin Yuan sighed inwardly.
"Dai Mubai?! What did you say? You want to put me up as collateral?! I don't agree!!!"
Dai Mubai's words had left Zhu Zhuqing just as much at a loss. As she parted her delicate lips and loudly questioned him, her face showed obvious shock, surprise, and disbelief.
As she questioned Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing did not forget to refuse him.
She, Zhu Zhuqing, was a person, not a commodity or an object. Dai Mubai had no right to put her up as collateral!
"Boss Lin, please wait a moment. I'll persuade him," Dai Mubai said to Lin Yuan before turning his gaze to Zhu Zhuqing.
Half asking, half pleading, Dai Mubai pulled Zhu Zhuqing aside and tried to persuade her. "Zhu Zhuqing, I don't want to put you up as collateral either, but I have no choice! If I don't, I can't get the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Bloodline! And if I don't get it, how can the two of us compete with your older sister and my older brother?"
"Zhu Zhuqing, don't worry. Three days, three days at most, and I'll bring a million Gold Soul Coins to redeem you. Once you're back, we'll have the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Bloodline too. After we split it between us, we'll be able to compete with your older sister and my older brother."
After hearing Dai Mubai's words, Zhu Zhuqing fell silent.
Zhu Zhuqing was a rational, levelheaded person.
She knew Dai Mubai was doing the right thing.
But she could not bear the way Dai Mubai was treating her.
Clenching her teeth and fists, Zhu Zhuqing stared fixedly into Dai Mubai's eyes and asked, "Are you sure you can come back in three days?"
Hearing Zhu Zhuqing's question, Dai Mubai nodded heavily at her, his face earnest and serious. Then he replied, "Absolutely sure! You're my fiancée. How could I, Dai Mubai, abandon you and leave you behind?"
Zhu Zhuqing fell silent.
After a long silence, Zhu Zhuqing spoke.
"All right, I agree to let you put me up as collateral. I just don't know whether I'm worth three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins."
At Zhu Zhuqing's words, the pleading look on Dai Mubai's face vanished in an instant, replaced by a joyful smile. Making no attempt to hide his delight, he said, "Zhu Zhuqing, you're definitely worth three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins! Let alone three hundred thousand, in my eyes, you're worth even three million Gold Soul Coins!"
Well, even while putting his fiancée up as collateral, Dai Mubai had to raise her price. There was really no one else like him.
With that, Dai Mubai brought Zhu Zhuqing before Lin Yuan. "Boss Lin, my fiancée has agreed to be put up as collateral. Take a look. She's worth three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, right?"
Lin Yuan promptly asked the system inwardly, System, scan her. How many Gold Soul Coins is she worth?
[Received!] [Scanning now!] [Name: Zhu Zhuqing] [Age: twelve] [Innate Soul Power Level: level eight] [Current Soul Power Level: level twenty-six] [Minimum future achievement: eight-ring Soul Douluo] [Identity: fiancée of Dai Mubai, the third prince of the Star Luo Empire; second young lady of the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire] [Value in Gold Soul Coins: 150,000 Gold Soul Coins]
"She's only worth a hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins." Lin Yuan looked at Dai Mubai, his face expressionless.
"Zhu Zhuqing, release your Martial Soul and use Martial Soul Possession," Dai Mubai hurriedly said to her.
With no choice, Zhu Zhuqing released her Martial Soul and let it possess her.
The moment her Martial Soul possessed her, Zhu Zhuqing underwent an obvious change.
Her human ears became cat ears.
A tail appeared on her backside.
Her body became softer and more slender.
Zhu Zhuqing had changed.
Her value changed as well.
[The value of the target, Zhu Zhuqing, is increasing.] [160,000 Gold Soul Coins.] [170,000 Gold Soul Coins.] [180,000 Gold Soul Coins.] [...] [Current value: 320,000 Gold Soul Coins.]
Lin Yuan looked at Dai Mubai.
"She's worth three hundred and twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins. Bring the money to redeem her within seven days, or your woman will be gone, and so will the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Bloodline you bid on."
"All right, Boss Lin! I'll return to the empire for the money right now! Zhu Zhuqing, wait for me!" With that, Dai Mubai went down from the third floor.
"In that case, stay here at my Lin Auction House for the next few days. After seven days, when your fiancée returns with the money, you'll be free," Lin Yuan said to Zhu Zhuqing.
"All right, Boss Lin. Sorry to trouble you to look after me," Zhu Zhuqing thanked him.
"I'm only looking after you for a few days. No need to thank me," Lin Yuan replied.
Boom!
Powerful Soul Power erupted outside the Lin Auction House.
Clearly, a battle was about to break out!