0TIT1RMLE8

Ch45

he auction had started right at ten.

Inside their private room, no one in their party of five appeared to be particularly interested in the auction. Xiao Ranyun seemed to have taken an interest in Xiao Yuanmu for some unknown reason and had been conversing with him all this time. Xiao Yuanmu, who rarely spoke or paid any attention to others, was unexpectedly gentle towards Xiao Ranyun.

Please support our translators at chrysanthemumgarden (dot) com

Of course, no one but Song Xuanhe could perceive his gentleness. Xiao Shenglin even thought that it was rather impolite for his cousin to be pestering Xiao Yuanmu like this. This was because, although Xiao Yuanmu would reply to her, his answers all sounded very indifferent. His responses were short and efficient.

Xiao Ranyun could also tell that Xiao Yuanmu wasn't one to talk a lot and that she shouldn't be trying to chat with him so much. However, she didn't know why, but ever since she had first exchanged words with him, she felt like she really wanted to get closer to him. There was something compelling her to chat with him more. Jv4Es6

"Yuanmu gege, did anything catch your eye while you were looking through the items pamphlet?"

Xiao Yuanmu's answer was very short and simple. "No."

"I think that McPhail's 30th anniversary cufflinks would suit you really well." Xiao Ranyun's eyes twinkled. Although she had only known him for about an hour, she already felt close to Xiao Yuanmu. "They would look really good on that white shirt you just changed out of."

After the bar manager had transferred the funds, Xiao Yuanmu had gone upstairs to change clothes. Originally, he had been wearing a white shirt, but he had switched it out for a black one. The black shirt gave him a bit of a noble, willful air to him, disrupting his usual indifferent aura. However, Xiao Ranyun still thought that white suited Yuanmu gege better.

BlHYx6

"Ranran." Xiao Shenglin called out her name. Although his tone was gentle, there was also a hint of warning. "The auction is about to start. Don't bother Mr. Xiao the whole time."

Xiao Ranyun pouted. After spending some time with them, she had grown closer to Zhou Nan and even Song Xuanhe. Now, she spoke to them with a much more intimate and childishly innocent tone.

At this moment, she turned to Song Xuanhe. "Xuanhe gege, Yuanmu gege, am I bothering you guys?"

Song Xuanhe had been conversing with the System in his mind. When he suddenly heard Xiao Ranyun's voice cut in, without even thinking about it, he simply said, "No. What's wrong?" eBRxA1

Xiao Ranyun flashed Xiao Shenglin a smile, a bit pleased with herself.

Xiao Shenglin shook his head and didn't bother with her again. He continued to flip through the pamphlet in his hands, searching for something that would catch his interest.

After having been interrupted by Xiao Ranyun, Song Xuanhe's eyes drifted to Xiao Yuanmu incidentally while recalling the System's words. He just so happened to meet with Xiao Yuanmu's eyes like this, and the two of them froze for a moment. Song Xuanhe then looked away.

Song Xuanhe continued discussing the previous topic with the System after taking back his gaze. 【You're sure that it had been that waiter who had tricked the original host into selling himself in the original plot?】 dPm5a6

【Yes. In the book, he had only been vaguely mentioned once. After searching through the database with his data, I was able to ascertain that it was him.】