Her destiny stolen? The Divine Witch Ancestor has returned!

The rough stone was quickly pushed down.

"How did you know he didn't choose us?" Wu Zhao asked curiously.

Gu Chen carefully put away the black card and replied, "If he wanted to choose, he wouldn't be so conflicted. He's probably just afraid that I'll make some demands that are detrimental to him."

"In addition, the offers from other people were more tempting to him."

Indeed... Wu Zhao turned the ring; his appearance made it impossible for him to die of old age.

So who could offer him such a huge temptation?

The doors of several private rooms next door opened one after another, and footsteps could be heard passing by outside.

Wu Xingyun wanted to open the door to take a look, but Wu Zhao stopped him.

She held down Gu Chen's wheelchair; something was rustling outside the door.

"Ring—ring—"

The clear sound of the bells faded into the distance.

“It’s the sound I heard that day,” Wu Xingyun said softly.

He is a sorcerer.

There seemed to be some anger in his aura; he probably wasn't the one who won the auction.

“It wasn’t them.” Wu Zhao shook his head.

After a while, Yue Jinsheng's impatient voice came from outside the door.

Seemingly dissatisfied with tonight's auction, the group left quickly.

After a while, there was still no movement outside the door. Gu Chen said, "Let's go, we won't see them."

Wu Zhao was still very curious about that familiar aura. She pushed her wheelchair and asked, "Can you find out who's in the other private rooms?"

"Are you interested?" Gu Chen asked, puzzled. "I'll have Qing Yao look into it."

“I’m a little concerned… but it’s okay if I can’t find out. I can sense that we’ll meet again later,” Wu Zhao said.

I just stepped out of the private room and saw Qingyao walking over.

"Master, the two girls have been settled."

He came over and helped Gu Chen push his wheelchair. "They're in a very bad mood and have been frightened. I've asked Hong Yao to stay with them for now. Would you like to see them?"

Gu Chen looked at Wu Zhao and asked, "Would you like to see him?"

"No, they're probably terrified right now. Let them calm down," Wu Zhao said.

The group took the elevator to the first floor. Qingyao went out to find a waiter to drive them, while Wu Xingyun went to check on the other items they had bought.

Wu Zhao waited with Gu Chen by the door, and soon Yue Jinsheng and his group came out of the hall.

Yue Jinsheng's face was beaming with joy, and his eyes held an undisguised smugness.

Upon seeing Gu Chen, he couldn't help but sneer, "What use is it for someone who can't even move his two legs to buy two women?"

Shen Jiaojiao, standing to the side, frowned slightly, her face showing some worry: "Is Mr. Gu's leg not going to get better? Ah... perhaps we can ask the second master of the Gu family to think of a solution, after all, he is the heir on whom we have high hopes."

Gu Chen and Yue Jinsheng's father, Gu Yang, was the second son of Old Master Gu, and he had an older sister.

Because he failed to inherit the Gu family business, he is generally referred to as the Second Master.

"Your father is trying to find a solution for you, will you accept it?" Yue Jinsheng smiled maliciously.

Gu Chen reacted calmly to his provocation, saying only, "Don't bother with your concerns. You might as well pray that you can change your surname to Gu someday."

Pfft. Wu Zhao burst out laughing.

He's the type to pierce someone's lungs.

Shen Jiaojiao pulled back the furious Yue Jinsheng and said, "I know you sisters came here for that jade, right? It's such a pity that Earl of the Night didn't choose you in the end."

"Could it be you?" Wu Zhao glanced at her but couldn't see anything.

Yue Jinsheng said arrogantly, "Even if it wasn't us, it has nothing to do with you anymore. Don't bother trying to find Earl Black Night anymore; he won't see you again!"

"let's go."

He left with Shen Jiaojiao, gloating. Before leaving, Wu Zhao saw Shen Jiaojiao give him a smug smile.

"I won." She said silently to Wu Zhao.

Watching her turn and leave, Gu Chen asked, "What did she do?"

Wu Zhao wasn't entirely sure either.

She was about to speak when she suddenly sensed something and her expression changed.

The paper doll that went to find Lin Lele got into trouble!

"You wait here for Qingyao, I'll be right back!" Wu Zhao said quickly, grabbing Gu Chen's arm.

Gu Chen quickly grabbed her hand tightly as she let go: "—Be careful."

Purple energy flowed into her body through their touching fingers.

Raising an eyebrow and smiling, Wu Zhao said, "I haven't cured you yet, you won't die!"

Watching her disappear in a few moments, Gu Chen shook his head with a wry smile: "...That's not what I meant."

……

The auction venue is located underground.

In the intricate underground passageway, more than a dozen bodyguards were searching for something.

"Where could a little girl like her possibly hide?!"

"Find her right now! If she gets away, none of you will live!"

Clutching her blood-stained ID card tightly, Lin Lele gritted her teeth and huddled under the cardboard, barely daring to breathe.

The name on the damaged ID card was worn away, but a faint image of an ordinary-looking man smiling could be seen in the torn corner of the photo.

"Dad..." Lin Lele choked back her sobs.

While Hongyao was away, she climbed down the window using a bed sheet.

Hearing Wu Zhao and the others talking, Lin Lele couldn't sit still. How could she just sit and wait to die!

Quietly avoiding the cameras and patrolling personnel, Lin Lele sneaked in from the kitchen of the banquet hall behind the auction.

Perhaps because there were other auctions going on before, the back of the auction hall appeared somewhat chaotic at this point.

She was hidden behind an iron cage after the auction ended and pushed underground, where she found her father's identification in a room stained with old blood.

Which of the bloodstains on the walls and floor of this room belonged to her father?

Suppressing her grief, Lin Lele tore her clothes and vigorously wiped away the bloodstains.

"Which one are you? Old Lin? Tell me, which one are you?"

Just as she carefully put her things away and was about to leave, a bodyguard suddenly dragged in a half-dead man.

"You dare to run? I'll break your legs and see where you run to..."

Fortunately, Lin Lele was not discovered for a moment while she was behind the door.

Looking at the bloodstains dragged on the ground, Lin Lele felt a surge of grief and anger grip her.

Was my father treated like this too? Was he treated by these inhuman people...?

In a moment of hatred, she forgot what she was supposed to do, picked up the long knife that was still stained with blood hanging on the wall, and stabbed the other person without thinking!

"Who—ah!"

After a scream, the bodyguard was slammed to the ground by the person who suddenly sprang up from the ground!

Amidst her disheveled hair, Lin Lele saw a pair of sinister, blood-red eyes. Her hand, holding the knife, trembled as she asked, "What... what are you going to do?"

"Go—" the man warned her hoarsely, "Leave!"

He held onto the bodyguard tightly, but couldn't stop him from pressing the call button on his body.

The alarm blared instantly, and Lin Lele gritted her teeth: "You must live!"

She threw the long sword to the other person and decisively turned and rushed out.

I heard footsteps behind me, followed by the sound of a bullet being chambered.

"They actually attacked the bodyguards?! No, someone broke in—"

"Damn it, grab her!"

"Bang bang—"

Several gunshots rang out, and Lin Lele felt a burning sensation on her back.

After staggering a few steps, she didn't dare to stop and immediately turned and ran away. The little paper figure stuck to her collar suddenly turned half of its body black.

The dark storage room was filled with something that smelled foul and unpleasant.

Lin Lele huddled up, not daring to move at all.

She could faintly hear footsteps and questions, and she kept her eyes tightly closed and bit her lip.

Suddenly, a voice approached, and Lin Lele clenched her fist.

"Have you searched this area? Where could she possibly be hiding?"

"Tsk, this place is full of junk, would she dare hide here—wait a minute!"

The sounds outside suddenly stopped.

After a while, she heard a laughing voice above her head:

"It seems I misjudged you; you're not a weak little white rabbit."

Above the opened cardboard box was a face with a reassuring smile.

Wu Zhao beckoned to her with his finger and chuckled, "You hid it well."

"Hello, female warrior."