The auction for the charity dinner continues.

Chen Lun took back his thoughts and put them in his heart for the time being, planning to return to the winery and then tell the circus people about his decision.

Then.

On the auction table, the host said in an enthusiastic and high-pitched tone:

"The next lot is from the Harrington family, one of our charity dinner hosts, Miss Tracy's treasured cosmetics – 'Aztec' custom lipstick!"

With a wave of his hand, two young ladies in red uniforms walked onto the stage with high-end wooden gift boxes and a lipstick made of gold decorated with crushed gemstones.

"Azter is the most famous brand in the royal city, and it is fanatized by high-society ladies and ladies, and even the duchess of the Sun royal family has praised it...... This custom-made lipstick was a birthday present from Miss Tracy the previous year, when she was 18 years old, and it has never been opened and has been cherished to this day, and it is extremely valuable."

The host holds a microphone and explains to everyone.

"The starting price is 560 gold pounds, and each price increase must not be less than 10 gold pounds!"

"570 gold pounds!"

"580 gold pounds!"

"600 gold pounds!"

As the auction began, many gentlemen under the stage began to raise their hands and shout their bids, most of them were signaled by the eyes of their wives or daughters, and half of them were trying to win the favor of Miss Tracy.

Chen Lun glanced at Floy beside him, and saw that she was facing the one-way floor-to-ceiling window, her expression was a little distracted, and he couldn't help but smile.

He picked up the box-shaped microphone next to the sofa, pressed the button, and said softly:

"1,000 gold pounds."

The auction stage below suddenly fell silent.

Many VIPs looked up at the second floor, not knowing who was bidding for the auction, but most of the people who could sit in the box were big names with higher status.

They stopped raising the price, not because they thought it was too expensive, but because they didn't want to upset the big guys with a lipstick. Only Tracy and Hoyle, who were sitting in the front seat, knew who had just made the bid.

Miss Tracy's expression was a little complicated, and she glanced at the opaque black glass window on the second floor, and sighed in her heart......

"Mr. Jack, for his female companion...... The blind lady named Floy."

The host came back to his senses and rounded the scene very cleverly.

"The guests in Box 2 directly bid 1,000 gold pounds! Wow! Looks like Miss Tracy is very popular!"

Many of the gentlemen and ladies present cast meaningful glances at Tracy, but he himself only squeezed out a smile, and the bitter taste gradually spread in his heart.

Soon, the host hammered down.

Tracy took two red-uniformed waitresses to the second floor and knocked on Chen Lun's door.

"Mr. Jack, thank you for your support of this dinner, and I thank you on behalf of the residents of Peacock City."

Tracy smiled reluctantly and handed the lipstick to her own hands.

After Chen Lun took it, he noticed that the other party was in a low mood, but he didn't comfort him, but just replied politely:

"You're welcome, just a gesture."

Tracy felt extremely sour in her heart, but she still forced her skirt to salute and then led the person away.

Until the door closes again.

Floy's ethereal voice came:

"She seems to like you very much."

"Maybe it's just your delusion."

Chen Lun responded and looked at Floy with a smile.

Floy shook her head and said with certainty:

"I could feel her downturn, it was a ...... Disappointment and pain."

Chen Lun played with the exquisite lipstick in his hand that was worth a whole winery, and said slowly:

"I've always only considered Miss Trill a friend, and she may have misunderstood me...... Floy, my heart is too small for one person."

Floy stared at him in a daze, the flush on her cheeks gradually revealed

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Chen Lun couldn't help but sigh secretly when he saw such a beautiful scenery.

He handed the lipstick over and chuckled:

"I saw that you seemed to be interested in it just now, so I'll give it to you."

Floy pursed her lips and said with some hesitation:

"1,000 gold pounds, you don't have to spend so much money for me...... And I've never used anything like that."

"No, I don't even think it's worthy of you, Floy."

Seeing this, Chen Lun directly twisted the lipstick and brought it to Floy's lips.

"If you haven't used it, try it, at the beginning of the empire, this kind of thing was even considered by the world to be the power that women borrowed from the devil...... The evil force used to seduce men, because few men at that time could resist its charm."

The red paste gently touched Floy's warm lips and slowly applied it with Chen Lun's delicate and steady strength.

In this process, Chen Lun also explained to Floy softly:

"In a much more distant era, when the technology at the bottom of the empire was still very backward, lipsticks at that time would use materials such as whale wax, white jade powder, red ochre, and even crocodile feces and lead, which were harmful to the human body...... But humanity's determination to pursue beauty will ignore these side effects."

Floy's expression grew softer, and she felt her heart beat faster. Listening to the deep voice that was close at hand, feeling the familiar and reassuring breath of her, the whole person seemed to fly high into the sky, towards her final destination, the moon.

It was as if she saw a ray of light in the infinite darkness, warm and hot.

It was the light she chased and guarded, the light that came from Master Jack.

It is also called the light that remains unshakable unto death.

A moment later.

"I...... Isn't it pretty?"

Floy sat on the couch, pursed her lips softly, and asked aloud.

Half a day.

The voice sounded again, and there was even a hint of surprise in his tone.

"Of course...... No one looks better than you."

Instead, it becomes more sombre.

"I finally understand why people say it's an evil force, Floy."

The next moment.

Floy felt a layer of warmth apply to her lips.

The familiar breath is closer.

The light in the darkness shone and hit her face, not dazzling, only gentle, friendly, and comfortable.

Floy seemed to have forgotten everything at this moment, leaving only the heartbeat in her ears, which gradually coincided with her own and became a tacit resonance.

I don't know how long it has been.

Floy flickered to her senses, and she found herself clinging to a warm embrace, and a chuckle from Mistress Jack came from overhead:

"I'm sorry, Floi, but I've been bewitched by your evil powers."

Floy chuckled.

She didn't speak, just silently put her hand around the back of the man in front of her and hugged it tightly.

The two of them stopped talking, and seemed to tacitly agree not to spoil the atmosphere at the moment.

A moment later.

Floy sat up from Chen Lun's arms, raised her head, blushed and whispered slowly:

"Thank you, Lord Jack."

Chen Lun looked down at the girl and was once again amazed. The long pale blonde hair, a few strands of messy, fell from the side of the ear, the fair and delicate face exuded a flush, and under the tall little nose, there were bright red lips...... It's just that a touch of red paste crosses the border from the corner of his mouth, adding a touch of comical while being incomprehensibly beautiful.

It was his masterpiece.

It's not that it's unevenly applied, it's ......

"What's wrong?"

Floy sensed something and asked suspiciously.

Chen Lun wiped the excess blush on her lips with his thumb, wiped the color on his lips again, and chuckled:

"It's nothing, I just think that although the smell of roses is good, it is not as good as the smell of yours."

Floy knew he was talking about the taste of lipstick.

She felt a joy in her heart that was stronger than all the previous days combined.

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In the subsequent auction, Chen Lun didn't make too many moves, but near the end, he took a fancy to a small retro wooden old bookcase and spent 300 gold pounds to get it.

When Hoyle led two male attendants to move the bookcase up, Chen Lun found that there were more than a dozen old books inside. He flipped through it casually, only to be surprised to receive a hint box on the panel, one of which turned out to be a mystery book.

"From the general content, it can be inferred that this is a book containing the extraordinary knowledge of the Deep Sea faction, if nothing else, it is about [Sequence 8 - Navigator]."

Chen Lun was quite satisfied with this unexpected joy.

Perhaps the original owner of the bookcase didn't know the value of this mysterious book, so he successfully picked it up. Not much to earn, but enjoyable enough.

And it happened to be the deep-sea faction that was missing from all the sequence 8 transcendent knowledge that Chen Lun had collected.

"There is still a lack of the sun, the deep sea, the earth, and magic, and the Sequence 8 transcendent knowledge of the ten paths can be assembled, and with this mysterious book, there are still three paths left."

He thought to himself.

After the auction, the charity dinner continued, with the aim of setting aside a period of "social time" for the guests to exchange their thoughts on the collection, which was of course a more polite statement.

In fact, it is to get acquainted with each other and increase the opportunities for contact and cooperation between each other.

Chen Lun was not interested in this, and after taking back the little white snake in the private room next door, he directly took Floy and left the venue early.

When he got out of the box and went downstairs, he saw that in the hall, Hoyle and Tracy were talking and laughing with some gentlemen and ladies, so he did not bother, but found a few male attendants, gave two silver tips, and asked them to carry the bookcase they had photographed to the carriage outside.

When Chen Lun and Floy were about to board the carriage, a tall and thin middle-aged man in an orthodox suit came to Chen Lun, took off his hat very politely, and stretched out his hand.

"First meeting, Mr. Jakespeter, Amos, the head of the despicable asylum, can you take up a little of your precious time?"

The man smiled, and his tone was very sincere.

Chen Lun gently patted the back of Floy's hand twice, and the latter smiled, tacitly let go of the hand holding the crook of his arm, and got into the carriage first.

Afterwards, Chen Lun followed Amos and slowly strolled aside.

"One more?"

Amos asked, pulling out a box of cheap cigarettes.

Chen Lun smiled politely and waved his hand to decline.

"I'm sorry, I've been smoking cheap cigarettes like this since I was younger, I'm used to it."

Amos thought that Chen Lun disliked the low grade of cigarettes, and after lighting one for himself, he explained with a chuckle.

But Chen Lun shook his head.

"Don't get me wrong, Mr. Amos, I just don't smoke."

"I see."

Amos looked enlightened.

The two walked all the way to the bottom of a remote tree in the distance, and neither of them took the initiative in the process.

It was not until Amos had finished smoking a cigarette that he said in a deep voice:

"Mr. Jakespet, do you know that Miss Mona nominated you to join the Imperial Inquisition?"

Chen Lun couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, but he remained silent on the surface.

After a moment of thought, he deliberately showed a look of surprise.

"Huh? I'm sorry, I don't know."

"I won't hide it, Mr. Jack, in fact, I belong to the same camp as Miss Mona, the so-called "conservatives", and now there is quite a stir in the upper echelons of the shelter about you...... But the exact outcome is not yet decided, and it depends on whether you can do something big for the Empire in the future."

Amos's expression became serious.

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Conservatives, including me, know your past and would love you to join the Imperial Inquisition...... But you're not an insider, so it's very difficult."

Chen Lun suddenly fell into deep thought.