Volume 1: Fun Childhood, Chapter 60

After some small talk, the traffic jam finally returned to normal, and the vehicle carrying us started again, slowly driving out of the entrance and exit of the bridge connecting all places, and headed for the axis island. After another fifteen minutes or so, as I had predicted, the vehicle carrying us finally arrived at the destination of the trip: the fair auction house.

The fair auction is not well-known among the people, because it is aimed at high-level people and various relatively famous families, such as the 12 major families. However, it is quite famous among high-ranking people and famous families, after all, it is a joint venture of the twelve families.

The fair auction house is not built in the bustling area of Axis Island, but in the suburbs near the sea, so its open-air parking lot is almost entirely close to the beach.

When we opened the door and stepped out of the car, we were greeted by the sparkling sand beach in the bright sunlight and the sapphire-like sea connected to it. However, before we could enjoy the magnificent scenery of the sea and the sky, a light breeze blew in our faces, although it was warm, but the smell of the sea with it made me and Lux sneeze a little uncomfortably.

"The smell of the sea here is much heavier than the smell at home, Kiki......"

Lux stretched out her white fingers and gently kneaded her little nose, and the cherry mouth opened and closed, and a beautiful tone like a natural sound came out of her mouth. As soon as he finished speaking, Lux, who seemed to want to sneeze again, hurriedly covered her mouth and nose with her hands, but she couldn't sneeze anymore, and Lux, who was holding her breath, said with a bad face: "Let's go in quickly." Hearing this, we naturally nodded in agreement.

Because Lux was not used to the strong smell of the seaside for a while, our group naturally quickened our pace and entered a main building not far from the open-air parking lot. On the way to the main building, I gently explained to Lux: "The main reason why the smell of the sea here is much stronger than that at home is because it is close to the beach, not like our back garden. Because the Klein Mansion was built high on the island, the smell of the wind was almost non-existent, and you could only smell the sea when you came to the cliff edge of the back garden......"

When I finished explaining, Lux finally relented, "Woo...... People are suffocating to death. As she said this, Lux patted her chest with her left hand. Seeing this, I turned my head to look at Lux, perhaps because of the speed of walking, although Lux, who was not in good health, said that she was relieved, but her white and flawless cheeks still left a faint flush, and even her breathing was still rapid, which made me can't help but persuade me: "Since you have adapted to this level of taste, then we don't need to go in such a hurry, take it slow, it's almost there anyway." ”

Hearing my persuasion, Lux raised her head slightly, her eyes staring straight ahead of the road. She saw that the end of the road less than twenty meters away was indeed the side entrance of the main building, so she nodded and replied, "Well, na." So the group slowed down.

"Lux's body doesn't seem to be good?" Kong Wanying, who was following Lux, also noticed that Lux's body didn't seem to be doing well, so she asked with concern at this time. Hearing this, Lux nodded with a smile without denial, and after saying "People's bodies have always been very bad to say ......", although Kong Wanying was quite puzzled, she saw that Lux didn't mean to continue, so she didn't ask any more.

The main building is not very high, only three floors, and its style is simple, there is nothing to show for it. Although we slowed down, the distance of 20 meters did not take much time, so we quickly walked in through the side entrance of the main building.

Compared with the simplicity of the outside, the decoration on the inside is completely worthy of the word luxury.

The height of its first floor is very high, about seven meters, and the pillars that support it are naturally not small, with a diameter of about one meter, they are all made of white marble.

The hall is spacious, but not dark, and every few meters there is a beautiful crystal lamp emitting a milky white glow, illuminating our path. Naturally, we were not the only ones in the hall, perhaps because of the weight of the items in this auction, so there were many people who came to participate.

They were all dressed quite formally, with the men mostly dressed in suits, while the women dressed as if they were going to a dinner party, most of them wore low-cut evening dresses, a few wore dresses of the same style, and only a few or three wore smart white-collar outfits.

As I looked at the pedestrians who walked past us from time to time, or who were overtaken by us, we finally arrived at the main stage at the end of the red carpet. The main desk of the fair auction office also adheres to the luxurious decoration, on the whole background wall made of marble, five bright gold characters such as "fair auction office" are arched to fit it, the main table is naturally made of luxurious and luxurious wood, although the style is simple, but there is no lack of atmosphere.

Reed, who has been behind us step by step, didn't need us to signal at this time, just two steps ahead of us to the front desk, although there were many participants who came one step earlier than us, but there were more staff at the front desk who were responsible for the reception, so he didn't let Reed wait for a long time, and a waiter came to receive him. After handing over the materials he had brought with him to the waiter at the front desk, he quickly retrieved a card—a pass card that allowed us to participate in the auction.

When Reed came to us, a good-looking female *** had already followed him, and when she saw us, the waiter smiled warmly and said in a pleasant voice, "Welcome to the fair auction house...... " as she bowed to us. After straightening up and seeing us nodding, the waiter didn't talk nonsense, stretched out his right hand to the side of the hall, and said, "Please come with me......" and led the way.

Led by the waiter, we soon came to the entrance to the auction venue. The waitress said goodbye to us and returned to the main desk, while I looked up at the entrance to the auction hall.

I saw that there were about a dozen people standing at the entrance at this time, some of them talked softly with their female companions, and some were alone in a daze, and the people in front of the queue would hand over the pass card obtained by Reed to the security personnel at the entrance for card identification before entering the auction venue, accompanied by the sound of "tick ......" through the identification, after the security guard handed back the pass, the people participating in the auction entered the passage into the auction hall.

"There are a lot of people, and it seems that the attraction of the Corzi Islands is indeed not small. ”

There was only one lot in the auction held by the Impartial Auction House, that is, the Kirzi Islands taken out by the Qasim family, in other words, the people who came to participate were all coming for the Kirzi Islands.

"In essence, there are not many people who really have the strength to participate in the auction, and our opponents are estimated to only have the other ten families, after all, this auction has been limited to only the forces belonging to the Plant can participate in the bidding. ”

As Lux said, this auction is indeed limited to the forces that belong to the Plant, so it is unlikely that other idle people will auction the Kirzi Islands except for the other ten families.

"So, aren't we sure we're winning?"

Although Kong Wanying, who was beside Lux, didn't know much about the twelve major families of Plant, she was still quite aware of the wealth of the Klein family, and if the competitors were the other ten families, in terms of financial resources, they were really not as good as the Klein family.

"Now is not the time to close the coffin, only when the real results are out, can we know who the final winner will be...... Let's go, it's our turn. ”

As we spoke, almost all of the people in front of us had already entered the auction room, and when I called out for a reminder, it was our turn. Reed, who had been paying attention, had already taken two steps forward at this time and handed the pass card to the security guard, and after the security guard had passed the card identification, Reed took the pass card and stood next to us again.

As Reid handed the card to the security guard, I suddenly turned my head, glanced behind us, and then withdrew my gaze.

"What's wrong? ”

Seeing that I suddenly turned around, Lux asked in a low voice, and I did not rush to answer, and after silently shaking his hand at Lux, we walked into the passage of the auction hall under the respectful signal of the security guard.

The passage was as bright as daylight from the top of the passage, and it was about three meters wide, allowing me to walk side by side with Lux easily. As we walked down the soft red carpet, we could see not only the participants in front of us, but also the old lots on display in the explosion-proof glass counters on both sides of the aisle – of course, they were kept in the form of virtual projections, and their real ones had already been taken away by the buyers.

"What happened just now? Kiki. ”

Lux looked up at me with curiosity on her face, and I was thinking about it before I whispered, "It seems that someone is beating our idea." With that, I turned my head to look at Reed, who was to my right.

Reed naturally heard my words, and when he saw me looking at him, Reed also whispered: "I also noticed just now that someone was staring at us for too long, and that kind of staring method that is completely a rookie is too easy to detect, but because there are a lot of people behind us, I didn't realize who was staring at us for a while." ”

“…… In that case, let's see who is playing our mind. ”

Hearing this, Lux, who had a tacit understanding with me, came up with an idea in a blink of an eye, only to see her look left and right, and then as if she had seen a lot that she was interested in, she pulled me to the counter. As she scrutinized the virtual projection on the counter, Lux whispered an interesting description of the lot: it was a painting, and the scene depicted in the painting happened to be a magnificent view of the sea and the sky, but it was nearly dusk.

"Hmm...... This painting deserves to be everyone's work, whether it is the clear color, the depiction of the distant and close scenes, it is so vivid and beautiful, it is strange to see...... On the whole, it resembles an oval-shaped deep sapphire, surrounded by clouds, sandy beaches, or high cliffs...... It's a beautiful picture. ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help blinking my eyes, with a 'confused' face.

To be honest, if it weren't for Lux's explanation of me, I probably wouldn't have been able to see the meaning of this slightly abstract work, which made me take a deep breath and sigh softly, "I really don't have the so-called art cell." ”

As we reviewed the lot, the attendees behind us overtook us one after another, until I sensed the familiar, fleeting gaze again that I secretly signaled to Lux, "Alright, it's time for us to enter, there's not much time left before the auction starts." ”

"Uh-huh. ”

Lux, who had already received my signal, smiled without hesitation, and then we returned to the red carpet that stretched to the end of the aisle. Looking ahead, we saw a man and a woman walking in an intimate posture, and when I saw the other party's cautious gaze from time to time, the corners of my mouth suddenly hooked, revealing a smile full of interest......