Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

the next day.

Qi Yu sat on the terrace and continued his unfinished painting, while Xia Jiumeng lay on a lounge chair beside him and looked at her mobile phone.

Qin Che: I ordered a special box of chocolates today. Are you interested?

【Xia Maomao: Interested.】

【Qin Che: Greedy cat, wait for me to come back and give it to you.】

【Qin Che: Oh, and I have everything you requested.】

[Xia Maomao: Got it, Boss Qin, you've worked hard. I'm just waiting for you to come back so I can discuss a big deal with you.]

【Qin Che: Oh? I'm looking forward to it.】

Oh man.

[Xia Maomao: Good morning, Dr. Li~]

[Li Shen: Good morning, why did you wake up so early today? ]

[Xia Maomao: I slept well last night. By the way, I received the medicinal plants you sent me.]

【Li Shen: That's good. See if it works first.】

[Xia Maomao: Yes, I've already analyzed it.]

Xiao Qi told her about this yesterday and has taken it to the studio for analysis, but Xiao Qi hasn't told her the result yet.

[Li Shen: Okay, I'll send you other materials when I find them. I'm going to be busy now.]

【Xia Maomao: Okay, bye.】

【Li Shen: Goodbye.】

Xia Jiumeng didn't reply. After all, Li Shen wouldn't let her words fall on the ground. If she replied, they would probably talk for an hour before seeing each other again.

I glanced at Shen Xing’s WeChat reply. He hadn’t replied to my last message yet. I guess he’s still working on the mission.

After all, sometimes if the abnormal energy movement is too large, there will be no signal.

"What are you looking at?" Qi Yu's voice suddenly sounded in her ears.

"!!!"

Xia Jiumeng was so scared that she almost threw her phone away.

She was just chatting with Li Shen and the others on WeChat, and hadn't even logged out yet. She quickly looked down and breathed a sigh of relief.

Scared to death.

"You look so guilty, what did you do?" Qi Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at her expression, trying to see something.

Just now he saw her smiling from time to time, and he didn't know what happy things happened to her.

Only then did he stand up and come over curiously.

"I didn't do anything. You just came over suddenly and scared me."

"is it?"

"Did they take ugly pictures of me?"

Qi Yu said this and wanted to take her phone.

"Um, no, don't..."

Xia Jiumeng looked at the phone that Qi Yu had snatched away and subconsciously wanted to snatch it back, but Qi Yu raised his arms high and she couldn't reach it at all.

Xia Jiumeng: And that damn height difference...

“Slightly, can’t grab it~”

As Qi Yu spoke, he clicked on her photo album but suddenly froze.

Because the album was full of all kinds of his photos.

Sleeping, angry, and happy...

"When did you take this photo?"

Qi Yu looked down at the girl in his arms who was trying to return the phone, and suddenly felt a soreness in his chest and his eyes were itchy. Was the weather too dry today?

“…” He wouldn’t think of himself as a pervert after being caught taking secret photos, right?

"I know I'm handsome, but your photography skills are really bad."

Although Qi Yu said this, he still sent the photos in Xia Jiumeng's phone to his own phone via WeChat.

The only thing on his mind at the moment was the words, 'Her phone is full of my photos!'

"I'll give it back to you. If you want anything, just tell me directly. I'll take pictures for you anytime."

"Hmph, then send me more, I'll print them out and you'll sign them, and I'll use them to make some extra money."

"A signed photo of a great painter should be very valuable."

Xia Jiumeng said as she took the phone back.

Fortunately, she was smart enough to set up a differentiated independent space for the system from the beginning, with each man having a separate mobile phone system, and they could switch freely.

Otherwise she would be exposed in a minute.

"So you took pictures of me secretly to make money?"

"How much can you earn from this? It's not even as much as the commission I give you."

"You might as well take more of my commissions."

Qi Yu looked at her somewhat unhappily. He thought she... But when he met Xia Jiumeng's evasive eyes, he instantly smiled.

"sure."

Xia Jiumeng knew that he didn't want to embarrass her and change the subject.

Woohoo, Xiaoyu is so thoughtful~

"But aren't you painting?"

"Yeah, but you were laughing so happily next to me that I couldn't help but be curious."

With you here, how can I not keep my eyes on you?

"So am I disturbing you?"

"Don't bother, but my mouth seems a little dry."

"Then I'll get you some water."

Xia Jiumeng poured him a glass of water and continued to sit quietly beside him, watching him wield his brush to outline the magnificent scenery on the pure white drawing paper.

Qi Yu noticed that everyone around him was looking at him, and the corners of his lips curled up in pleasure.

...

In the evening, Qi Yu took Xia Jiumeng to a pure black business car parked at the side door of the hotel.

"Sorry, please take these ribbons." A bodyguard handed over two black ribbons.

"understood."

Qi Yu took the ribbon and tied it on Xia Jiumeng first.

This special auction naturally has some special rules, so just cooperate with them.

See they fastened the car before starting it.

Half an hour later...

"Mr. Qi, Ms. Xia, we're here, please."

After Qi Yu helped Xia Jiumeng untie the ribbon, he took her into the auction house following the waiter who came to lead the way.

"Sir, this is your private room. I hope you can buy the items you like."

"Ah."

Qi Yu casually threw a red envelope to the waiter and took Xia Jiumeng into the private room.

The private room was very spacious, with two large and soft single sofas facing a huge floor-to-ceiling window, allowing one to see the auction table below.

There is also a glass coffee table in the middle of the sofa, on which is placed an exquisite fruit plate, on which are expensive high-end fruits and red wine.

Wow, so luxurious.

"What is this?" Xia Jiumeng sat on the sofa and saw the booklet under the fruit plate.

Xia Jiumeng understood it at a glance. It turned out to be an introduction to the items at the auction.

Core weapons, special energy potions, and even high-risk cores, etc.

It turns out that these things are not limited to n109 and will be auctioned.

But...what the hell are super powers and potions?

Can that thing be made into potion and eaten?

Can they remove all the impurities from it? Aren't they afraid of turning into monsters after eating it?

She quickly browsed through the items in the product brochure.

"Qi Yu, do you know what it is?"

Xia Jiumeng looked at the huge question mark on the last page with some curiosity.

"I don't know, but it must be something very rare."

Qi Yu also had a list of auction items in his hand.

"is it?"

Xia Jiumeng didn't ask any more questions. She felt that Qi Yu seemed a little unhappy.

The auction started in a few minutes. Watching the people below bidding fiercely for the items, Xia Jiumeng looked at the man next to her who was quietly sipping red wine, looking down indifferently, with an indescribable loneliness and sadness all over his body.

"Qi Yu, don't you want to buy something?"

Xia Jiumeng felt a little distressed when she saw him like this, and called out to him.

He was once a sunny boy loved by his tribe, but now...

Suddenly she felt a little annoyed about why she was upgrading so slowly. If she had reached 5s earlier, could she have prevented Qi Yu’s painful past from happening, or even protected Lemuria?

But she knew it was impossible.

"I'm just a painter, and these weapons are useless to me." Qi Yu put away his indifference and spoke casually.

That's true. He has Evol and doesn't need to arm himself with weapons like ordinary people to feel safe.

During this period, Qi Yu took pictures of several pieces of minerals and crystals on the seabed, saying that interesting colors could be extracted from them.

Xia Jiumeng ran along the whole time, after all, she had no money =-=.

The bids below are all in millions.

She still doesn't have even half a million in savings =-=.