The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

346: Everyone’s Reactions

A faint light flashed in Matheson’s eyes.
He understood now.
Ink and Leo stared at the door as they waited for the delivery.
Sure enough, within minutes a beautiful maid was at the entrance holding a box.

“This is a gift from the boss to Master Ming Xi.
Boss says Master Ming Xi must accept it.” She respectfully placed it on the table, and upon not seeing a rejection from Ming Xi, breathed a sigh of relief before leaving.

Ink rushed to the table the moment the maid left.
“Let’s see if it’s the stone!” He opened the beautiful packed wooden box and revealed the stone inside.

People in the other three boxes were flustered.
They'd been sporting dumbfounded expressions since the announcement the stone was being pulled from auction came out.
Zo was the most disbelieving.

He could swear nothing like this happened in his previous life! Zi Cheng definitely got the egg without any trouble.
But this life was so different.
He had been ready to fight with Zi Cheng for the egg to the bitter end, but somehow, though he knew how things would start, the ending completely eluded him.

Zi Cheng and Ai Lin’s mood were complicated as well.
Zi Cheng really felt the egg belonged to her.
That she couldn’t get it distressed her a lot, so much so, her face paled.

Caesar thought she was unwell, so he poured a cup of tea for her, which Yifu then served her.

Zi Cheng pulled a smile to her face and barely sipped from the cup.
“I’m fine.
I just felt dizzy for a moment.”

“In that case, let’s go back and rest.
I’ll go look for a doctor for you.” Jasmine volunteered out of concern.

“No, no need for a doctor.
I’m fine.
I just need to rest here for a bit.” Zi Cheng shook her head, not wanting to leave.

Her gut was never wrong.
The egg definitely belonged to her, so how did it end up with someone else? Who was it that stole it from her?

It felt like a piece of her heart had been dug out.
The pain was terrible for a moment.

“Are you still thinking about that bit of stone? If you want, I can find out who the owner is and offer to buy it from them if they are willing to sell it.”

Caesar wasn’t familiar with the island and had only visited because of the tomb.
If he knew the history of box Zero he would have understood the motivation behind Boss Claude’s move to withdraw the item.

Zi Cheng had to appear reserved so she couldn’t agree right away.

“No, I wanted to gift you something.
Since you like that ore stone so much, I’ll help you get it.”

Caesar’s serious face and domineering attitude reassured Zi Cheng that it wasn’t hopeless.
As long as she could find the seller, she would be able to get the egg.

…

“A pity it was pulled.” Eliza could see how much Ai Lin wanted the stone.
But the competition had been fierce and, in the end, it was even pulled from the auction mysteriously.

Ai Lin took a deep breath.
The only thing she could be happy about was Zi Cheng’s failure to get the egg.
With its predictive abilities, her own identity as a transmigrator could have been revealed.

“Eliza, can you find out who the stone went to?” She couldn’t give up just yet.

Eliza tilted her head cutely then she blinked her big innocent eyes at Ai Lin.
“Asking around won’t work, but if I’m not mistaken, that stone should be on a table in box ZERO as we speak.”

“Box ZERO?!” Ai Lin was surprised the lot was withdrawn for personal reasons.
Sure enough, there were privileged classes everywhere.
She hated the privileged class!

“Eliza, can you guess the identity of the person in the box?” Whoever in the box was trying to conceal their identity.
The person had to have disguised their voice during the bidding earlier.

“I can’t, but it should not be anyone from the islands.
None of the families around here have enough reputation to be invited, so it’s likely someone from the main continent here for the tomb’s opening.”

Though Ai Lin was disappointed in the answer, she refused to give up.
She was the only one who knew how to incubate the egg.

The egg was a hard stone that would be useless to anyone else.
If she could find whoever owned it, she would definitely be able to buy it from them.

As long as it wasn’t in Zi Cheng’s possession, she wasn’t afraid.

Meanwhile, the auction continued at a quick clip below them.
Lots of items had been brought out and each had sold at a good price.

Those in private boxes had not made a move on the any of the items.
What they wanted hadn’t come out yet.

…

“Is this really a stone? Doesn’t it feel more like an egg?” Margaret tapped the shell.

“Yeah, I agree.
But it shouldn’t be a beast egg.
How can it be so small?” Jier picked the egg up and used his spiritual energy to check it.

There was no reaction, that is to say, would you think the auction house couldn’t tell the difference between a rock and an egg?

“Little fish lipped human, you think you can detect this young master with that skill level? Dream on!”

Feng Wu blinked at the voice.
Doubtful for a moment.
The cute child-like voice was so endearing.

“This stone ore, I’ve never seen anything like it written in any book before.” Leo thought about all the books on minerals he had read, but he couldn’t recall any mentioning a stone like the one in front of them.

“Why does Xiao Wu like this kind of stone? It’s not interesting at all.” Margaret didn’t see the appeal.
She turned her attention back to the auction.