An Yuxin always thought her eyes were beautiful, big and black, with long eyelashes. Other than Lin Qingrou, she had never seen anyone in Century Middle School who had eyes prettier than hers.
'Strange, how come Li Mo's eyes are even prettier than Lin Qingrou's?
'He wasn't like this before …'
An Yuxin watched in a daze for a full five minutes before Li Mo waved his hand and she snapped out of it.
An Yuxin blushed. She had never stared at a man for so long like today.
"Next time you have something to do, ask for a day off. You know my number. Don't be like this … like this."
"I'm leaving."
An Yuxin was able to look straight into Li Mo's eyes at first, but the more she spoke, the more flustered she looked away. She couldn't look anymore, or she'd sink deeper.
An Yuxin left without looking back.
Li Mo chuckled. Although he didn't use Celestial Eye's power when he met An Yuxin's eyes, the power of Celestial Eye wasn't something an ordinary girl like An Yuxin could resist.
'Oh, my head is spinning, so dizzy …'
Li Mo closed his eyes and held the door with one hand.
After all, it was the inferior version of Celestial Eye. If he used it too much, it would have side effects.
'I'll have to be careful next time and not use it so casually …'
Li Mo closed his eyes and rested for two minutes before the dizziness faded. Another minute passed before his body returned to normal.
"A hundred year old knotweed and a millennium cold chalcedony are needed to refine blood. It seems I must go to the Priceless Auction."
Li Mo found the newspaper and read it again. Only then did he realize the Priceless Auction wasn't something anyone could attend. Tickets weren't easily bought either. One needed a certain status in society.
Li Mo's eyes shone as he thought of someone.
Huang Lixing.
Teacher Huang's appraisal skills weren't worth mentioning, but he could be considered a 'virtuous and respectable' celebrity.
Huang Lixing's first major was not archaeology, but music. To be honest, Huang Lixing's attainments in music were many times better than archaeology, especially his piano skills, which had won international awards.
Teacher Huang's musical attainments were more than enough for him to teach at Tsinghua University or Nanjing University. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, he rejected their offers and returned to his hometown in Feng City to become an archaeology teacher at Century Middle School.
In the first few years, there were countless international and domestic celebrities who came to visit Teacher Huang. However, Teacher Huang was determined to play archaeology. Ever since he joined Century Middle School, he had never touched music.
Over time, the celebrities who came to visit gradually disappeared. After more than four years of hard work, Mr. Huang had successfully turned from a genius in the music industry to a clown in the archaeology industry.
Mr. Huang was not as famous as before, but he was still famous. There were still many people who knew him.
"Little Mo, you want to go to the Priceless Auction?
Good idea. I won't hide it from you, I also saw the news and was about to go. It's just that … cough, the tickets are a bit expensive. I'll think of something. "
It wasn't expensive at all, with a ticket costing 33,000. Teacher Huang's salary wasn't much to begin with, and he was addicted to archaeology. As long as he went to the antique market, he would come back with one or two 'treasures'. He didn't lack good or bad antiques, but money.
"I can afford the tickets. I recently sold an antique and earned quite a bit." Li Mo explained.
"You sold an antique?
What kind of antique? "
Huang Lixing's spirit was lifted at the mention of antique. At this moment, he didn't care about the tickets or this or that.
"Uh, it's Tang Bohu's authentic rubbing, tiger roaring in the mountains."
"Ah?
You said it's an authentic rubbing?
Who did it? "
"An unknown artist."
"How much did you sell it for?"
"T-hundred thousand."
"Y-you … why didn't you tell teacher? You made a loss!
Tiger roaring in the mountains is a masterpiece on par with Phoenix Pride. Even if it's just a rubbing, it's worth more than a hundred thousand, at the very least, a hundred and fifty … "
Huang Lixing didn't seem to stop, going on and on. Li Mo's face grew redder the more he listened. In his past life, he hung out with Teacher Huang all the time. He had no doubts about Teacher Huang's appraising skills.
"A pity, a pity. How about this, you pay for the tickets and I'll take you to appraise treasures and amaze the world!"
When Teacher Huang hung up, Li Mo let out a long breath.
Feng City, Empress Hotel.
Qin Zhen wore a traditional Chinese suit, sitting in the number one VIP lounge with a straight face, listening to his granddaughter Qin Menglu's story.
Chen Zhengzhong stood before Qin Zhen with his head lowered, not daring to even breathe.
Who was Qin Zhen?
He was the cornerstone of the Qin Corporation, the head of the organization. One word from him and he, the general manager, would have to pack his bags.
"Humph!"
"Humph!"
Hearing Qin Menglu's description of that day, Qin Zhen was so angry that he slammed the table. When he slammed the table, Chen Zhengzhong trembled in fear.
"Nonsense, simply nonsense. You don't even have half a shred of respect in front of a peerless expert. Humph!"
Qin Menglu bit her lips, feeling wronged.
In fact, even now, Qin Menglu didn't think Li Mo was anything special. Her grandfather's illness was an old one. Even a famous foreign doctor said it couldn't be cured with medicine. That lousy kid wasn't even sixteen, how could he be an expert? 'Expert?'
Qin Menglu couldn't help but snicker at the memory of Li Mo's naked appearance the first time they met in the mountain spring.
"Grandpa, I already found out the name and address of that little-little expert. I was just about to go find him tomorrow. Why did you come in person?"
"Your attitude isn't good. You don't have to go tomorrow. I'll go myself."
"Ah?" Qin Menglu was shocked.
In Qin Menglu's memory, Qin Zhen had not personally received guests for at least two years. No matter who it was, even if the Su Family's Sect Master personally came with generous gifts, they still could not meet Qin Zhen.
Qin Zhen glanced at Chen Zhengzhong and said, "Come with me tomorrow."
"Y-yes." Chen Zhengzhong nodded.
"You can leave first." Qin Zhen waved his hand.
Qin Zhen coughed violently after Chen Zhengzhong left. Qin Menglu patted his back in a hurry.
Qin Zhen stopped coughing after a long time. He waved his hand and panted, "It's best to try everything. Girl, I didn't come to see him to see a doctor."
"Then what?"