Chapter 225: Nora Nash Gave Me 3 Lives
I don’t know if it’s because Merfolk have a low tolerance for alcohol, but in any case, Melissa Chapman passed out after a single glass.
As for Melissa Chapman, Faye Yardley had no intention of letting her stay the night. She found an attendant, and soon, Melissa Chapman’s people came and helped her away.
Standing at the door and watching the backs of the attendant and the others as they left, Faye Yardley was overjoyed. She took out the card and flicked it. "Wow, that was easy. Ten thousand gold coins for a single glass of wine. Haha..."
The card was snatched away in an instant. Then, a rather deep voice sounded from above her head, "Have you forgotten what I just told you?"
Faye Yardley reached out to snatch the card back, but Nora Nash raised his hand, and she couldn’t reach it. "Give it back! I didn’t sell you out. This is a friendship fee from Melissa Chapman for wanting to be my friend."
"Oh? So people have to pay to be your friend? Then how much do you think I should give you?" Nora Nash asked, looking down at Faye Yardley.
Faye Yardley leaped lightly, snatched the card back, and stored it in her inventory before grinning cheekily. She patted Nora Nash’s arm. "Hey, we’re different. It would be inappropriate to talk about money. Don’t worry, I won’t sell you out for money."
Faye Yardley gave him a push. "Alright, you should head back. It’s getting late, and I need to sleep."
Nora Nash took out a small wooden puppet and stuffed it into her hand. "It’s done. Keep it safe, don’t lose it. Go on in. Good night."
Instead, Nora Nash nudged her through the door, closing it behind her. He stared at the door for two seconds before turning to leave.
Inside, Faye Yardley was a bit stunned, because she had received a system notification.
[Substitute Puppet (Sole User: Faye Yardley): A puppet meticulously carved by Islander 98. Can block 3 fatal attacks. Uses: 3/3]
Faye Yardley stroked the small puppet and murmured, "Nora Nash just gave me three extra lives."
The puppet was tiny, only the size of her thumb. After taking it into her room, Faye Yardley decided to hang it on her necklace, next to the pendant that increased her charm.
Lying in bed, Faye Yardley subconsciously touched the small puppet, feeling a little dazed. Something she had always wanted had come to her so easily, so suddenly.
’Maybe I shouldn’t have snatched that card back earlier.’
After tossing and turning in bed for a while, Faye Yardley suddenly sat up, let out a long breath, and patted her cheeks. "Faye Yardley, stop overthinking things and get some sleep!"
She plopped back onto the bed, pulled the covers over her head, and began to circulate her Health Care Scripture. Her mood quickly calmed, and it wasn’t long before she truly fell asleep.
The next day, she woke up at 4 a.m. as usual. Faye Yardley got up and went directly to the suite’s gym to exercise.
’I’m still here, so I’ll call my brother and see if he can come over today.’
As it turned out, as long as she was there, her brother couldn’t come.
In this regard, Faye Yardley could only conclude that her brother just wasn’t fated for this opportunity.
’Anyway, there’s an auction every day. My brother definitely doesn’t have as much money as me, so it’s better to leave big events like this to me.’
She quickly got over the disappointment of her brother not being able to attend and had a lavish breakfast sent to her room.
The Merfolk’s breakfasts were quite distinctive. Seafood was their favorite, and breakfast was no exception.
Bella Dillon woke up in a daze, drawn by the aroma of breakfast.
"Is it morning?"
"You’re awake. Go wash up and have breakfast."
After washing up, Bella Dillon sat right down at the dining table, rubbing her still-throbbing temples. "What were you drinking yesterday? How did I pass out after just one sip? I still feel awful."
"It was just a cocktail they serve here. And you have the nerve to complain after you snatched it from me to drink it yourself."
"Haha, well, that’s because I was so angry at the time. Alright, I’ll take you to buy an evening gown later. My treat. How’s that for a friend?"
"An evening gown?"
Bella Dillon nodded. "Of course. You didn’t think you could go dressed like that, did you?"
Faye Yardley looked down at her outfit—a lavender T-shirt, black jeans, and white sneakers. ’What’s wrong with it?’
’A cute bun with a Ruby Hairpin... I look so full of life.’
"’Clothes make the man’—isn’t that a saying of the Human Race? Well, it applies here too. Everyone there judges people by their appearance. If you don’t look the part, it’ll be harder to bid for what you want. You can’t have just anyone feeling like they can compete with your bids."
’Aren’t auctions just about who bids the highest?’
Faye Yardley’s face was a picture of pure ignorance.
Bella Dillon laughed. "Looks like you really don’t get it. If someone powerful places a bid, those who aren’t of equal or higher status generally don’t dare to bid against them. Otherwise, you’ll never know when you’ve been marked by someone."
Then Bella Dillon pouted and said, "But you have Island Master Nash backing you, so it doesn’t matter. So far, I haven’t heard of him being afraid of anyone."
Faye Yardley blinked. "Are you trying to say Nora Nash has offended a lot of people?"
"Sigh, I didn’t say that. But even if he has, Island Master Nash probably couldn’t care less."
The auction was split into two sessions. One started at noon, and the other at 8 p.m.
At noon, Faye Yardley, dressed in a silvery-white mermaid gown, entered the central private room on the second floor of the auction house on Nora Nash’s arm. There was no need to worry about not seeing the auction items clearly, as some technology unknown to her made it possible to see and hear everything on the stage with perfect clarity.
’Wow, this really is a grand auction. No starting bid is less than one hundred gold coins, and each bid increment must be at least one hundred gold coins.’
Although she had acquired two extra cards, Faye Yardley just ate from the very beginning, showing no interest in anything other than the food.
Faye Yardley was crying a river of tears on the inside. ’Is it that I don’t want any of it?’
’No, this auction has just made me profoundly aware of my own poverty.’
A portable Luminous House with only living functions cost hundreds of thousands, even millions of gold coins.
A dazzling, master-designed necklace that increased charm went for tens of millions of gold coins, and people were still fighting over it.
’Seriously, does money just grow on trees for you people?’
"Eat slower, don’t choke," Nora Nash said, handing her a handkerchief. "Don’t see anything you like?"
Faye Yardley took the handkerchief and wiped the corner of her mouth. "Thanks. No, nothing here is really suitable for me. It’d be useless to have them."
Sitting next to her, Bella Dillon turned to glance at her. "It’s true. The things you buy are usually things we don’t really care about."
"It’s just a matter of different needs. Where I live now, those things really are useless."
"True. You really wouldn’t have any use for them, being all alone in the vast ocean."
However, an item that Faye Yardley was interested in soon appeared on the block, and just as she expected, the others weren’t very interested in bidding.
A crafting blueprint for a basic raft accelerator.
In the end, she won it for the starting bid of one hundred gold coins.
Faye Yardley felt like she had found a real bargain.