Chapter 453 - 452: Caught Red-handed Again

Chapter 453: Chapter 452: Caught Red-handed Again

Meanwhile, outside Hundred Herbs Hall, a Mercedes sedan came roaring up and screeched to a halt. Xiao Yufei and Wang Luyao stepped out of the car.

When Su Feng saw the two women, she hurried over, her expression wary as she said,

"What are you two doing here? Ye Feng just went into Ningning’s room, you can’t snatch him away!"

’Snatch him?’

Xiao Yufei’s face flushed red to the tips of her ears.

The feisty Wang Luyao beside her stomped her foot and shouted, "I knew that scoundrel was up to no good! See, wasn’t I right?"

Xiao Yufei quickly stopped Wang Luyao and said to Su Feng,

"Miss Su, we’ve only come for a medicinal herb!"

Upon hearing this, Su Feng’s expression instantly relaxed. ’As long as they’re not here to snatch Ye Feng, anything else is negotiable.’

She looked at Xiao Yufei and said, "What herb do you need? As long as it’s not too rare, we at Hundred Herbs Hall can get it for you!"

"The Heaven Heart Lotus!" Xiao Yufei said, looking at Su Feng.

"The Heaven Heart Lotus!" Su Feng’s brow furrowed at once. "That herb is extremely rare. We really don’t have it at Hundred Herbs Hall."

Xiao Yufei grew anxious. "Oh no, what do we do? Ye Feng’s father is waiting for this herb to save his life!"

"Ye Feng’s father!" Su Feng’s eyes widened as well.

’Su Youning’s father-in-law... This can’t be delayed!’

Xiao Yufei’s face fell. "If you don’t have it, then that’s that. We’ll go look somewhere else."

"Wait!" Su Feng cried out, looking at Xiao Yufei. "Christie’s Auction House is auctioning a batch of rare medicinal herbs today. Maybe they’ll have a Heaven Heart Lotus there!"

"Then let’s go check it out now!" Xiao Yufei’s eyes lit up. She turned and walked toward the car, with Wang Luyao following closely behind.

"I’ll go with you," Su Feng called out, hopping into the car with them.

The group sped off toward Christie’s Auction House.

...

Christie’s Auction House.

The auction was still half an hour away, but the hall was already packed to the rafters.

A batch of rare medicinal herbs was up for auction today, including some potent life-extending remedies. As a result, tycoons from all over the country had flocked here, vowing to acquire them.

To them, money was no object. Life was far more important.

Xiao Yufei and Wang Luyao entered the main hall. Su Feng came over, looked at the two of them, and said excitedly, "Sisters, I just asked around. There really is a Heaven Heart Lotus in this batch of herbs!"

Xiao Yufei’s eyes lit up, and she nodded emphatically.

The group walked into the hall. Seeing that there were no empty seats, Wang Luyao’s brow furrowed.

She looked at Xiao Yufei and said, "Sister Yufei, the competition today is going to be fierce!"

Xiao Yufei gritted her teeth. "No matter the cost, we must win this Heaven Heart Lotus today!"

She then picked up her phone and made a call. "Xue’Er, transfer all of the company’s liquid assets into my account. I might need to use a large sum of money today."

After hanging up, Xiao Yufei entered the auction hall with Wang Luyao and Su Feng.

An attendant came over and added three small stools for them in a corner, and the three of them sat down.

The auction began quickly. The first items brought out were, surprisingly, two-hundred-year-old ginseng roots.

Everyone started bidding one after another. The price was quickly driven up to ten million and was finally won by a mysterious figure for the sky-high price of twenty million.

Many more treasures followed. Even Su Feng was itching to bid. She shook her head and sighed, "President Xiao, these are all wonderful things that can extend one’s life. It would be great if we could get them!"

Xiao Yufei shook her head. "We only came for the Heaven Heart Lotus today. If we spread our funds too thin and can’t win the lotus in the end, we’ll be in big trouble."

Only then did it click for Su Feng. She nodded quickly and fell silent, waiting quietly with Xiao Yufei and Wang Luyao.

...

Hundred Herbs Hall, Su Youning’s chambers.

Su Youning lay in Ye Feng’s arms, panting softly. It took a long while for her breathing to even out. She sat up, looked at Ye Feng, and said, "You must be hungry. I’ll go make you something to eat!"

Ye Feng stopped her, shaking his head with a smile. "I already ate my fill just now. I’m not hungry!"

"What did you eat just now?" Su Youning, innocent as a blank slate, had no idea what his suggestive words meant, so she asked back foolishly.

Ye Feng stared at a certain part of Su Youning, his eyes full of mirth. Seeing Ye Feng’s roguish gaze and noticing where he was looking, even someone as innocent as Su Youning finally understood. Her face instantly turned beet red, and she looked at him, crying out shyly,

"Hey, don’t be like that!"

Ye Feng burst out laughing. "Alright, alright, I’ll stop teasing you. I actually came today on serious business. My father is gravely injured and needs a specific herb for his treatment."

"An herb? Let’s go downstairs and look for it!" Hearing that Ye Feng’s father needed medicine, Su Youning didn’t dare to delay. She quickly got up and went to the main hall with Ye Feng.

The doctor on duty smiled when he heard Su Youning ask for the Heaven Heart Lotus. "Second Miss, President Su and the others were just here looking for the Heaven Heart Lotus, but we don’t have it at Hundred Herbs Hall. Miss Su said Christie’s Auction House might have it, so they all went to the auction together!"

"Yufei and Luyao were here?" Ye Feng’s expression became a colorful spectacle. ’Damn it, caught red-handed again.’

Su Youning, however, didn’t think much of it. She looked at Ye Feng and said urgently, "Then let’s go take a look too! That way, we can prevent the Heaven Heart Lotus from falling into someone else’s hands."

Ye Feng nodded. He and Su Youning left Hundred Herbs Hall, their car roaring off toward Christie’s Auction House.