Chapter 25: The Tomb Raider Alliance

  I thought I would immediately hear the sound of a copper bell, but unexpectedly, after a long time had passed, not one person opened their mouth to bid, under everyone's watchful eyes, I felt my face should be green with embarrassment, what kind of situation is this, isn't it teasing me?

  The scene was quiet, I secretly raised my eyes and took a look at the second floor, only to find that all the doors were tightly closed, with no sign of anyone coming out.

  It's possible that even Old Master Wan did not anticipate this, as he dryly laughed a few times and held up the auction hammer, saying: "This humble person doesn't know what the reason is, but according to the rules, if after three strikes of the hammer no one bids, then I have the right to buy this item."

  After he finished speaking, Mr. Wan hit the hammer for the first time, but the crowd still didn't react. I was about to go crazy - had we gone through all that trouble just to make fools of ourselves?

  The second and third hammers had just been raised when the sound of "ding ling" came, and Mr. Takahashi walked out of the Japanese businessman's private room, holding onto the side rail with one hand and saying: "I'll give 50 million..."

  Both Liangzi and I had our mouths wide open, and it wasn't until the crowd erupted into thunderous applause that our suspended hearts finally fell back down.

  "Six million......" The VIP room of Zhang Zhuang, a big brother in the underworld, also had someone shouting out.

  Mr. Tuo's face changed, and he immediately returned to normal, smiling and nodding at Zhang Zhuang's quotation person: "Seven million..."

  Seven million... Liangzi and I almost jumped up, we had never seen so much money in our lives. Just as the two of us were excitedly celebrating on our own, a loud "bang" sound came from Zhang Zhuang's private room, followed by an angry voice shouting: "One hundred million, damn it, you're asking for death..."

  After hearing this price, Mr. Takashi did not continue shouting, but instead turned around and walked back to the Japanese businessman's private room, presumably to discuss something.

  Although the price of this painting has already exceeded my imagination, I started to get nervous again. Firstly, I really didn't want to sell it to that Japanese man, just looking at his behavior made me annoyed to death. Secondly, if Zhang Zhuang finally got it, I was worried whether he would cheat or not, and whether the boss of Wanbao Villa could really help me get the money in hand was still unknown.

  They waited a bit longer, but Mr. Takashi still didn't come out, so Old Man Wan raised his hammer again and said: "Alright, since no one is willing to raise the price anymore, I'll start counting down now... 10 million once... 10 million twice..."

  I'm about to go crazy, looking up at Zhou Huan's private room and shouting in my heart: "Big beauty, hurry up and quote a price, aren't we partners? As long as you quote a price, I'll give you an 80% discount."

  Mr. Wan was about to shout out the third time when a ringing sound came from Zhou Huan's private room, followed by a beautiful female voice saying: "10 million yuan and 1 cent."

  I was just about to say something, but when I clearly heard her voice, I was stunned on the spot. I thought Zhou Huan wasn't sincere in making trouble for me. I had already decided to give you a 20% discount, and now you're adding this trivial one yuan, what's going on?

  That boss Wan might also be encountering such a problem for the first time, he put down the hammer in his hand and was about to say something when he saw that the door curtain of Zhang Zhuang's package room was immediately lifted by someone. Zhang Zhuang rushed out with a furious face, pointing at Zhou Huan's direction and scolding: "Damn bitch, are you deliberately making trouble? Have your dog eyes gone blind? Don't you want to leave today......"

  I'm in trouble, I'm in trouble, it's not going to end well again. As soon as I looked up, I saw Zhou Huan also walking out of the private room, without even looking at Zhang Zhuang, and smiling all over her face, she said to Boss Wan: "It is said that the Wanbao Mountain Villa is powerful and prestigious, with arbitrary prices, and revealing its edge. May I ask, Boss Wan, what did this humble woman do wrong?"

  "Uh... uh..." Boss Wan was momentarily speechless, but he wasn't an ordinary person either. His face also couldn't bear it, and he wiped away the smile he had been wearing all along. With a serious tone, he said to Zhang Zhuang: "Zhuang, you understand the rules here, I hope you can give me some face, don't make a scene."

  "Thin noodles, what the hell thin noodles, whatever I say is the rule, this painting is settled today."

  "Y...". Boss Wan paused for a moment, then shouted in anger: "Zhang Zhuang, don't be too presumptuous! Although you have many people and are powerful, you also need to understand the situation. I, Wan Mou, am not someone who can be easily bullied."

  "Alright, I'd like to see what you're capable of. The Wanbao Mountain Villa is nothing but a joke. Today, I'm going to bully you... Give me the loot..."

  As soon as Zhang Zhuang gave the order, his subordinates immediately started running down from the second floor. The guests on the first floor were also scared out of their wits and rushed to the front door, shouting and screaming in preparation for escaping. However, just as they reached the entrance, someone kicked it open from outside, and Zhang Zhuang's other subordinates burst in, charging towards me.

  I took a look and saw that things were going badly, so I stretched out my hand to push away the two companions who were holding up the painting, rolled it up and hugged it to my chest, and immediately shouted: "Liangzi, Liubao, save me, save me!"

  Liubao immediately ran downstairs from the second floor, and Liangzi had already gone forward to fight with Zhang Zhuang's people, but there were too many opponents, and it was clear that they would not be able to hold on for long. I pulled on Boss Wan's arm and shouted: "Boss Wan, you can't just watch and do nothing!"

  Mr. Wan's face had already turned extremely ugly, and Zhang Zhuang's making a scene here made it clear that he was not giving him any face. Just then, Mr. Wan gritted his teeth and shouted loudly at the people behind him: "Come on, get this group of ignorant beasts out of here!"

  As soon as the words fell, a group of men wearing red shirts rushed out from the back hall and immediately clashed with Zhang Zhuang's people.

  At that time, the scene was chaotic, with some people crying and wailing, others scolding and fleeing. It was a mess that couldn't be described in words. Liangzi and Liu Bao struggled to push through the crowd, protecting me as we retreated to the back. I thought to myself, "Damn it, all that money I had just earned is now gone."

  We had just walked out a few steps when we felt a gust of wind behind us, turned around to see a man in his thirties wearing a floral shirt, lifted his leg and kicked Liubao to the ground with one kick, and immediately started fighting with Liangzi.

  I hugged the painting with both hands, wanting to help but couldn't get in, seeing that this person's skills were impressive, and the beam was almost about to collapse. Helplessly, I shouted loudly towards Zhou Huan's direction: "Zhou beauty, come quickly to help... we're not a team, you can't just watch us die..."

  As soon as the words fell, he felt a black shadow jumping down from his head, and he rushed forward to use both hands and feet against the man in the floral shirt. In just a few moves, he was forced to retreat several steps back.

  The man in the floral shirt was also taken aback by this sudden attack, and for a moment he stood there stupidly with his fists clenched.

  I took a look at the person who jumped down and it was none other than the fearless and invincible Black Face Captain, my heart immediately filled with joy, I shouted at him: "Old Hei Old Hei, no... Old Da Old Da, quickly get rid of this turtle egg!"

  The black-faced captain didn't even bother to respond to me, but the man in the floral shirt was enraged by my words. He shook his neck and shouted as he clashed with the black-faced captain.

  It seems that this flower shirt man is also extraordinary, and it's estimated that he should be Zhang Zhuang's gold medal fighter. Even the black-faced captain was unable to do anything about him for a while, both of them were fighting very hard, listening to the sound of fists hitting the body 'pouch... pouch...', I felt aching all over my body.

  Liangelo was on the side, dancing and waving his hands at the man in the floral shirt, saying: "You little runt, aren't you very arrogant? Now you know the greatness of Laozi's brothers, each one is a godlike expert, beating someone like you is like bullying a child..."

  Although Liangzi was typically nonsense, this move seemed to be effective. The man in the floral shirt was choked for a while, his movements slowed down a lot, and the black-faced captain seized the opportunity to knock him to the ground with several moves. Liangzi was overjoyed and went up to kick him violently, cursing non-stop.

  At this time, I saw that the scene had been largely controlled, and Wan's men had clearly gained the upper hand. Just as my heart was starting to relax a bit, I heard a loud screeching sound of brakes coming from outside the door, followed by another group of black-clad men rushing in, each holding clubs and other objects.

  I wonder how many people this Zhang has called over. The later arrivals are typical of him, coming to fight to the death. Wan's men were empty-handed and were knocked down in no time. As they were about to rush forward, I hastily hid behind Hei Lian's back and shouted: "Boss, boss, come on, do it..."

  The black-faced captain didn't need me to say anything, he took the lead and started fighting, but the opponent had a lot of tricks up their sleeve, no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't withstand it, and soon I saw him take a few heavy blows, his body almost collapsing.

  At this time, I was also out of breath. The black-faced captain probably couldn't hold on for much longer. Today, it's not that the painting won't sell for a good price, but looking at the other side's ferocious appearance, we few people will likely be crippled if we're not killed.

  Liang Zigang was about to go up and help, when suddenly a figure jumped down from the second floor. I took a look and it turned out to be Zhou Huan, she still has a conscience, this is considered coming to accompany me through the Yellow Springs.

  But I found that Zhou Huan seemed not to be afraid at all, twisting her sexy body and coming in front of me, smiling brightly and saying: "How about it, Mr. Qiu, do you need a little girl like me to lend a hand?"

  "Don't drag me into this, can't you see Lao Hei is almost done for? Why don't you retreat a bit and let me protect you?" Although I knew going up there would be futile, but in front of the beauty, I couldn't lose face either.

  Zhou Huan continued to smile and said: "I do have a way to take you out, but you must agree to one condition."

  "What conditions? You're not thinking of getting this painting from me for free, are you? No way, don't even think about it..." I replied without hesitation.

  "It seems you're really a miser. Don't worry, let's talk about the painting later. I want to take you with me to rob a tomb." Zhou Huan's words sounded quite serious.

  I listened to her finish speaking and thought, "Is this woman crazy or what? Such a large tomb raiding group comes to find me, someone who doesn't understand anything, what are they doing?" But looking at his expression, it didn't seem like he was joking. I couldn't think about it anymore, so I immediately said: "Okay, as long as I can leave safely, I'll go with you."

  Zhou Huan seemed to have known all along that I would agree, and casually said: "OK, then it's settled, the alliance is formed, now you can leave."

  I was wondering how to get out of there when Zhou Huan suddenly turned around, pulled out a handgun from his pocket and fired three shots at the ceiling with a "bang bang bang" sound. The people fighting in the venue immediately stopped in their tracks, some covering their heads in terror and staring at us.