Chapter 447 - 446: Dijing Financial Street Shop

Yun Zijin took out her phone, found Yan Shutang’s number, and dialed. The call was answered quickly.

"Hello..."

"Uncle Yan, this is Yun Zijin."

"I know. Why are you calling me at this hour? What’s up?"

Yun Zijin could faintly hear some noise in the background and figured Yan Shutang must be outdoors.

"The invitations for the auction are ready. I can have someone deliver one to you. Just send me an address."

Hearing that the auction invitations were ready, Yan Shutang immediately sat up straight.

"Alright. I’ll send you the address in a bit. You can just have someone bring it over."

Yun Zijin exchanged a few pleasantries with Yan Shutang before hanging up.

She soon received the address from Yan Shutang. Yun Zijin forwarded it to Zero One, telling him to come to Lu Yunque’s office to pick up the invitation and then assign someone to deliver it to Yan Shutang.

Having Zero One and his team deliver the invitation was much more secure than using some gig-economy delivery app.

In the end, the task of running the errand uncomfortably fell to Ling Qi.

"Who all is invited to this auction?"

After all, the Ice Trees and Fire Trees came from her, so Yun Zijin was naturally quite curious.

"Not many people. The items for this auction are all high-end pieces I’ve selected. Only those with assets over five billion have been invited."

Hearing "assets over five billion," Yun Zijin raised an eyebrow. ’Isn’t that less than what I have in my bank account?’

However, Yun Zijin was sensible enough not to say it out loud. Otherwise, someone might accuse her of showing off her wealth.

"Having to deliver all of these, isn’t that a bit too much trouble?"

Even though the guest list had been streamlined, delivering the invitations one by one was still a huge hassle.

"Assistant Mo will handle it."

Lu Yunque never had to worry about such trivial matters.

Yan Shutang’s was the only other specially prepared invitation, besides Yun Zijin’s.

After all, given Yan Shutang’s status, it was unlikely he could spend too much money, but if he wanted to attend, Lu Yunque wouldn’t stop him.

Since he wanted to come to the auction, Lu Yunque would naturally oblige him.

Whether he could actually win anything would be up to him.

Yun Zijin had a moment of realization; she had almost forgotten about Mo Bin.

"The auction is set for next Sunday. You don’t have any other plans that day, do you?"

Lu Yunque looked at Yun Zijin, his eyes full of anticipation.

"No plans. The day is all yours."

Even if she had something, Yun Zijin could make it disappear.

Receiving Yun Zijin’s affirmative answer, Lu Yunque smiled and began to look forward to the auction.

*

At 12:00 AM on Friday night, Yun Zijin successfully completed another spending mission and received the following rewards:

5x Cash Rebate,

Full ownership of a commercial property on Dijing Financial Street,

Nourishing Body Pills x100

Intermediate Acupuncture Technique

Free Spending Yun Brocade (Moon-White) x20 bolts

Slimming Beauty Goddess Tea Raw Materials x20 jars

Seeing the Yun Brocade, Yun Zijin’s eyes lit up. She took it out immediately, planning to find someone to make a few outfits for her.

Yun Brocade—just from the name, you could tell it wasn’t something an ordinary person could afford to wear.

Moon-white was also one of Yun Zijin’s favorite colors. No matter the style, she knew she would love whatever was made from it.

However, those Baonu Tea raw materials had appeared again. Yun Zijin snapped a photo and sent it to Qin Sitong.

She already had the recipe, and now she had the raw materials again. She could do another special release for her eagerly awaiting customers.

After this special event, she could start working on opening a branch store.

However, before she could get to the store opening, the auction for the Ice Trees and Fire Trees arrived.

On the day of the auction, Lu Yunque came to Xingyu Mansion early in the morning to pick up Yun Zijin.

The auction officially began at 7:00 AM. Lu Yunque and Yun Zijin sat together in a private box on the second floor.

The second-floor box had a one-way, floor-to-ceiling window, allowing them to see out while preventing anyone from seeing in. It was also equipped with an enormous, ultra-clear LCD screen.

When the auction started, a dedicated cameraman would film the details of the auction items, which would be broadcast live onto the screen.

This allowed for a much closer look than being in the main hall on the first floor. Plus, the camera was definitely super high-definition, and the cameraman’s hand was incredibly steady.

"Here’s the list of today’s auction items. Take a look. If you like anything, feel free to bid."

Lu Yunque’s meaning was clear: he would be paying for all of Yun Zijin’s purchases today.

However, Yun Zijin had a ten million yuan allowance from "Randomly Spend" for Saturday and Sunday. Until that ten million was spent, she had no intention of using Lu Yunque’s money.

After all, the money from the system was a daily spending allowance; if she didn’t use it today, it would be gone tomorrow.

’The things you buy with the money become your own, but the allowance itself will always be taken back.’

"I also prepared a little spending money for today. I have to use it all up."

Yun Zijin waggled her black card and placed it on the table between them.

Lu Yunque glanced at Yun Zijin’s black card and understood that she had likely prepared her own funds for the auction today.

The plan to spend money on his girlfriend today—dead on arrival.

"Alright. If you need anything, just let me know."

Although he really wanted to spend money on Yun Zijin, Lu Yunque respected her wishes. If she didn’t want him to, he wouldn’t.

However, just because Yun Zijin wouldn’t use his money didn’t mean he couldn’t spend it himself.

Lu Yunque silently made a decision and prepared to put it into action.

The first auction item of the day was a bronze cup. However, there was only one, and it wasn’t perfectly preserved, which significantly lowered its price.

But for a first item, its quality was already quite good.

Yun Zijin had no interest in the bronze cup, but the people in the main hall on the first floor were bidding fiercely.

Shen Zhigui glanced at Yun Zijin, saw she had no intention of bidding, and remained still.

In the end, the bronze cup was won by a hotel chain owner with the surname Chen from the main hall.

After successfully winning the bronze cup, Yun Zijin could clearly see the man’s triumphant smile through the floor-to-ceiling window.

Managing to outbid so many people for the bronze cup, he must have been feeling pretty pleased with himself.

The second auction item was quickly wheeled out. The auctioneer unveiled the velvet cloth, revealing the item’s true appearance.

It was a baby-fist-sized natural blue colorful diamond. From the detailed shots filmed by the camera, Yun Zijin couldn’t see a single flaw. Combined with its cut, it could be called absolutely perfect.

Even Yun Zijin’s eyes lit up. The photograph in the auction catalog simply couldn’t compare to the real thing.

"Like it?"

Lu Yunque had been keeping a part of his attention on Yun Zijin the whole time. Her eyes had just brightened, and though it was only for an instant, he had noticed.

"I do, but I already have a set of rainbow-colored natural colorful diamonds at home, so it doesn’t matter whether I bid on this one or not."

While Yun Zijin liked colorful diamonds, she wasn’t passionate about them.

"It’s fine. Think of any extra ones as a toy from me."

Yun Zijin was using her rainbow colorful diamonds as decorative pieces. This one could be processed into high jewelry and would hold its value just as well.