Chapter Nineteen

Add another 20 million, and that's 37 million.

This price can no longer be simply described as "astronomical", even among all the prices that have been called out in so many auctions held by the clubhouse, it is enough to rank in the forefront.

Buying a plaything at a price of nearly 40 million is a bit too extravagant. As soon as Pei Yusheng's bid came out, anyone who wanted to raise the price would have to hesitate.

On the other hand, the host directly started the countdown of quotations.

"Thirty-seven million for the first time!"

He speaks at a significantly faster pace, and doesn't lengthen his tone or use other descriptions to delay the time as before. The auction house of the clubhouse has its own rules, and it is not allowed to raise the price maliciously, in order to prevent regretting the auction. This is also one of the tasks of the host, he cannot let the scene get out of control.

After three quotations, the host slammed the hammer neatly, and the final decision was made.

"Thirty-seven million, deal!"

The hammer fell like thunder, resounding in the banquet hall.

It also exploded in Qi Ji's ear.

The hammer seemed to hit Qi Ji's temple directly, knocking a crack in his already painful body. The blood gurgled out, taking away the temperature and vitality of this body.

Since being trapped on the booth, the electric shock from the golden harness has not stopped completely. Not just wristbands, but collars, leg rings, and anklets are also electrified.

There are even those soft chains as thin as silk.

Qi Ji's body had already reached its limit, and even being dropped by a thin chain for a long time would leave red marks on the skin, not to mention a direct electric shock. He is like a dandelion that has just grown, and a slight cool breeze can blow him away, how can he endure the long-lasting storm.

At first, Qi Ji kept shaking. Then he curled up into a ball, unable to shake, only shivering uncontrollably each time the shocks were turned on. His naturally sharp five senses have been tortured to the limit by excessive pain, and he has to paralyze himself in order to protect himself.

It wasn't until the sound of the hammer that was close at hand that the boy bluntly received this cruel information.

He was sold, in a ridiculous and so cruel way that completely deprived him of his will.

The delivery of the lot is still carried out on-site, and the auctioneer pays and then gets the ownership of lot 6. Qi Ji's vision has become blurred, and there is a membrane around his ears, so he can barely hear a little sound.

He heard the electronic mechanical sound prompting the successful payment of a sky-high number, followed by the host's enthusiastic explanation.

"Everyone has just witnessed the battle ability of No. 6 auction item, which is also part of No. 6's incomparable charm. So in order to ensure the safety of VIPs, we will turn on the current switch on No. 6..."

"...!!"

The bright and hot red slipped from the pale and dry lips. This time, the young man even sadly lost the ability to paralyze himself. Everything his body endured exceeded the limit, and he was no longer able to protect himself.

Instead, he heard the voice of the death sentence more clearly.

"The switch will soon be handed over to our esteemed guests. In fact, everyone can clearly see that even if no electricity is used, No. 6 can no longer stand on his own. This is the same as the drug effect of bs991 and the sensitivity of No. 6 itself. Inseparable. This will also be personally checked by the buyer of No. 6."

"Okay, now, it's the most exciting moment! I'd like to invite our distinguished guest to collect this beautiful white mask!"

The stage was hard and smooth, and the sound of footsteps could be heard clearly when the leather shoes stepped on it. The voice approached step by step, like a death knell that was awake all at once.

Qi Ji had been in pain for so long and had been electrocuted for so long, but he still couldn't face the matter of "being touched by strangers" numbly.

And there were so many indifferent eyes under the stage, all staring at him and seeing his face.

Thinking of this, Qi Ji's stomach convulsed and shrunk into a ball, and his whole body trembled violently, causing those thin chains to sway with a rustling sound.

The host is still skillfully mobilizing the atmosphere, stirring up the audience's passion with the most exaggerated words. The sound from the microphone was close to the ear, deafening, like needles shining with cold light, puncturing the eardrum and piercing the cochlea.

"I have asked Mr. Buyer to take off this 'white mask' with his own hands!"

Qi Ji couldn't see for a long time, and he could only feel that he was shrouded in a shadow from a slight change of light and shade.

He lowered his head, already feeling the coolness of the death scythe on the side of his neck.

The vision in front of him was chaotic, and the long-term torture had already overwhelmed the last line of defense. Qi Ji could no longer use his reason to counteract the effects of the medicine. Under the current, his body burned uncontrollably, as if he wanted to use this body as firewood to burn the last fire.

In this suffocating desire, Qi Ji's only remaining drowsy consciousness slowly subsided, submerged into the deepest place, and only a piece of extremely cold ice remained.

Instead, he felt a chill in the blazing red flames, and he thought of many trivial things in a trance.

He remembered the blood splashing on the ring, the alcohol and colorful lights scattered in the clubhouse.

Thinking of those long nights chasing design drafts in the all-night study room, the fish-mammed white that vaguely appeared in the sky outside the house, the body that couldn't control when wanted to stand up, and the hard corner of the table that hit lower back.

Thinking of the fights I had with people who shouted "Your parents don't want you anymore" more than ten years ago, when I returned to my empty home after the fight, I accidentally touched the wound while taking a shower and couldn't stop falling down. Tears, and the icy double bed that couldn't find any familiar atmosphere because he had been away from his parents for half a year.

Thinking of my tattered, spurned, desperate life, but still drowning in the filthy quagmire, the life of pickled sang.

Qi Ji's body was hot, but his teeth were shaking and shivering.

He's about to... can't stand it anymore.

Qi Ji knew that he couldn't give up and couldn't be weak, but he really...

It's so cold.

It's so cold...

The only wisps of consciousness left, the hand stretched out for him.

Just as the hand was about to touch the tulle, in the last second before the taut string broke - a loud bang suddenly erupted not far away.

"Boom-!!"

"boom!"

There were screams all around, and the luxurious and elegant banquet hall suddenly turned into a vegetable market. Amidst the chaotic noise, a piercing sound wave that hit the eardrum suddenly sounded.

"Beep—"

This is a sound wave specially used for quiet fields. After the harsh sound waves hurt people's brains, the scene was quiet for a moment.

A loud shout came directly into everyone's ears through this brief moment of silence—

"Don't move! Check it out!"

Qi Ji also faintly heard this voice, but it was still very unreal when it fell into his ears. Before he could soberly realize this sudden turn, Qi Ji was suddenly wrapped in a large black shadow.

There was a touch of fabric on his cheeks, and it seemed to be a coat. There was a faint voice in my ear, I couldn't hear it clearly, but it was overshadowed by Qi Ji's own tinnitus. He struggled to identify, but before he could hear it, there was a tug on his wrists and ankles.

Immediately, Qi Ji's hands tied together by a thin chain parted.

The thin chain was torn off, but the gold bracelet was still fastened to the skin. Qi Ji moved his legs before he reacted sluggishly.

The current on the gold ring disappeared.

Before he could figure out what happened, Qi Ji was directly hugged by the waist in the next second.

The arm holding him is very stable, and his attitude is not strong. The skin on Qi Ji's body couldn't withstand being touched, but he was completely wrapped up by the coat in advance, and the person holding him did not touch his skin, and there was no damage to Qi Ji because of the coat. pressure.

The coat that wrapped him was very new, as if it had just been exposed to the sun, with only the warm sunshine and the smell of new fabrics, and there was no repulsive smell of strangers.

This made Qi Ji relax a little, he thought groggyly, isn't it night now, where can there be the smell of sunlight radiating from the sun?

Qi Ji was hugged horizontally and huddled in a coat full of warm sunshine. He vaguely felt as if he was being held and moved quickly, and the movement on the move made his throbbing forehead a little tighter.

But the pair of arms holding Qi Ji was steady, and it didn't give him too many bumps.

Qi Ji tried her best to wake up and figure out the current situation. But he held on for too long, and his tense nerves were about to be worn out by the endless dangers. After finally being given a sense of security by this large and warm coat, Qi Ji's consciousness could no longer support it and slowly sank.

This time, it was still sinking into the depths, but it wasn't too cold there.

As if being warmed by the sun, he slowly sinks in, smelling the sun with every breath.

Many people in the banquet hall hadn't figured out the situation when the "inspection" shouted.

Many of the people present here are distinguished people. After all, this is a banquet carefully prepared by Jiang Shao. Everyone obviously did not expect such a sudden situation to occur on this occasion. Even if they heard the sound of "immediate inspection", most people did not believe that the police would really check.

where is this? This is Shanhai Manor.

But soon, they realized they were wrong. A large group of people in uniforms had already forced their way in through the front and rear doors of the banquet hall, but in the blink of an eye, the entire banquet hall was completely surrounded.

Some people who are used to bullying others on weekdays are still unwilling to obey the restraint, and are still jumping to question the police's qualifications for temporary inspection. But more people present directly turned their attention to Jiang Shao.

It's a rare occasion for a banquet, but this kind of accident happened. Is this due to Jiang Shao's poor management...or is there another plan?

There are a lot of people among the guests, and their minds are more than one, so they will naturally think more. But even if there is no suspicion of other conspiracies, the banquet is enough to kill the fun.

Dressed up to attend, I thought they would be greeted by a grand ceremony, but now they are being watched like a prisoner. Even if you're not restricted from moving around, what's the difference? Not still disgraced.

Dissatisfaction with Young Master Jiang has spread in the crowd.

No matter how self-willed he is, it is impossible for Jiang Shao to not feel the changes in the eyes of the people around him. What's more, there was no sign of this inspection at all, and he didn't receive any news at all.

Jiang Shao has been in S City for so long and is used to being domineering. How could he have suffered such grievances? He immediately jumped into a frenzy, pointing to the nose of the headed policeman and shouting, "Who let you in, do you know whose territory this is?! Where's the security? Someone kicked them all out for me!"

Jiang Shao has always been self-willed and arrogant, but this time he was saved face, so it was naturally impossible to show weakness in front of so many guests.

But it was this kind of irritable response that made Jiang Shao not at all unpretentious. As soon as he said these words, many guests frowned.

The middle-aged police officer at the head was not frightened at all. He glanced at Jiang Shao and raised his hand to show a search warrant.

It is written in black and white, and the official seal is complete.

"Clinical inspection, please cooperate with the work, thank you."

Jiang Shao was naturally unwilling to rest, but the inspection was sudden, and the number of police officers far exceeded expectations. Before he could react, the police immediately brought the situation under control.

The entire banquet hall was a mess, the guests were too busy to take care of themselves, and the originally high-profile stage also lost people's attention. Before they could react, several people on the stage were controlled by the police, and even the lighting engineers in the backstage monitoring room were asked to stand in a row to the edge of the stage.

No one noticed that the objects that were originally intended to be illuminated and displayed were no longer in the circular snow-white beam created by the follow-spot light.

As long as the "inspection" shouted out, Pei Yusheng immediately wrapped the person and hugged him away.

The passageway to leave is tortuous and narrow, the walls are not soundproof, and all kinds of noisy sounds can still be heard around.

Not just the banquet hall, but the whole manor was filled with sirens.

Pei Yusheng had seen the structure diagram of this clubhouse and the entire Shanhai Manor, so he took a shortcut and walked quickly with someone in his arms. He ran into the banquet hall like this just now, but only now, until he firmly held the boy in his arms, did his hand finally stabilize.

The hot body temperature was sticking to the undulating chest, and it was still scorching through a coat. Pei Yusheng had previously thought that Qi Ji's body temperature was too low, but now that the other party was getting hot, his heart was burned by the heat.

The boy was trembling, and his slender body was trembling, like a flame swaying in the wind, which might dissipate at any time. Pei Yusheng was afraid that he would not be able to breathe well, so when he picked up the person, he carefully opened the collar of his coat, so that the other person could expose the lower half of his face so that he could breathe. But the boy didn't lean towards the open neckline at all. He was trying his best to hide in the dark and closed safe environment. He was huddled in his coat, trying to curl up to protect himself.

He was afraid, desperately trying to retract into his shell.

Pei Yusheng gritted his teeth, his lower jaw stretched out in an extremely sharp and cold arc. His arms were still soft, but his forehead was stretched out.

The familiar throbbing pain in his chest burst open, the kind of suffocating colic that only appears in the middle of a sleepless night.

He was late.

Not far from the front is the end of the passage. Going out and turning two corners is the only way to the back door of the manor. When the young policeman guarding the intersection saw someone coming out, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, then reached out and stopped the person.

"Stop! It's forbidden to enter or leave here!"

At this time, someone suddenly appeared, and the policeman was very vigilant. When he saw the man's bloodshot eyes and the look on his face, he felt even more heartbroken, and subconsciously raised his hand to hold the baton at his waist.

"who are you?"

The man stood still, but didn't try to resist. He was still holding a tightly wrapped man in his arms, unable to see his face. Before the police could finish looking at it, he suddenly spoke in a low voice and memorized a long list of numbers.

The policeman "...?"

He didn't react. He was about to ask a question, but was stopped by his partner.

The partner was pressing the earphone to listen carefully to the sound inside, then looked up at the man's face, he hesitated for a while, and tried to read a code.

The man quickly replied for a paragraph, which was exactly the same as what was in the earphones.

They went back and forth three times in total, and after confirming that it was correct, the partner released his hand on the earphone. He nodded slightly towards the man, raised his finger in a direction, and signaled to let go.

The younger policeman didn't react yet, and when the man left, he remembered and asked his partner, "What's the matter, brother? Who is this person?"

The partner waved his hand, "It's okay, this is our informant for this operation."

He pointed to the earphone, "There is a notification just now, if you can match the code, you will be released."

The young police officer scratched his head and asked, "Then what was the string of numbers he recited at the beginning? Why does it sound a little familiar..."

"Are you stupid?" The partner patted him, raised his hand and pointed upward, "That's our boss's warning sign."