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"Did anyone sneak oxidizing gas into the display cabinets? Rapid oxidation can cause wood to age swiftly," the head of security suggested gried He ordered, "Go and check on the other iteed This er and the others quite relieved

Soes to the porcelain bowl, chronometer and the silver statue "They look older than they did before"

All the security staff began escorting the crowd out one by one They obviously thought that someone in the crowd caused the trouble

But everyone present was either rich or powerful With no concrete evidence that

someone had done it, the auction company did not dare detain them and could

only escort thee to any iteer and the oldhadn’t sucked away the life force of the items, but instead their time?

He was shocked, but this was the most likely hypothesis

The Playboy and Hans came out too They were all sent to a different hall The auction company prepared food and drink for theer walk in He bowed, then apologized that the due to unexpected events, the auction would have to be canceled

The crowd burst out in co and the crowd

left slowly

Li Du got up to leave, then looked over and stared aghast at the bug sitting on his

shoulder

Instinctively, he asked, "How long have we been out here?"

"Who knows?" Hans replied "I didn’t check the time"

The Playboy smiled "Twenty-two minutes," he said "We caave a random excuse He was amazed If so, it had been twenty-five or twenty-sixfirst appeared in the auction hall—and he was only a little tired! Just yesterday, when he’d practiced controlling the bug, he had onlyhad absorbed the ti his control over it Or,the hotel, the Playboy invited theht thee industry in Flagstaff was boo After all, there were quite a few universities supporting its consumer market

The na the naasped The owner of the restaurant was quite brave to have chosen such a haughty nan was Chinese There were many Chinese-thes of landscapes, paintings of ladies in the style of the Song and Tang Dynasties, festive red lanterns and Chinese knots It would all really fool the average A in the restaurant's authenticity

They didn’t order right away after being seated The Playboy asked, "That bstard Andrew has to give a piece of infore auction to you, doesn’t he? Has he given it to you yet?"

"Not yet" Hans shrugged "But we’re not in a hurry"

The Playboy pulled out his phone and uy is infa his word!"

The Playboy tried to provoke Andrew over the phone, but Andreas very proud He was unwilling to lose face in front of the Playboy Andrew just asked Hans to take the call, then told hi up "Thanks, et soain"