Chapter 488: The Auction Item (2/2)
Sophie laughed lightheartedly and replied, ”I' to bid I don't like any of them, and what if I really won the bid?”
The two of were chatting when it was tie Mayor Tho for the next bachelor: ”Come on, come on, who's next! Who's the next bachelor? Why doesn't anyone coe?”
He asked three tie, but there were no volunteers With this, he said, ”Alright then, seeood men are very shy Looks like I need to resort to nazi violence! I'll pick onehappily until he saw Mayor Thompson's eyes finally land on him
Thump! At that moment, he felt an uneasiness in his heart as itsound
Soer and step out of the crowd The ht, this youngfellow!”
Li Du looked back in panic and thought, This is not right! Soo up!
He turned back, but did not see any familiar faces He had no idea who had pushed hi the same horrified expression as Li Du
The crowd started to urge hie, so Li Du had to delay the search for the culprit He forced a se, and shook hands with Mayor Tho to the rules and talked to hi auctions, but when he faced an estie with two thousand eyes staring at him, he felt nervous
After the introduction of where he had come from and what his career was, Li Du was also asked to remove his shi+rt
Li Du reerated as the previous bachelors His skin, however, was s him look beautiful compared to the otherwo the cash they had with them
Mayor Thompson patted Li Du's chest muscles and said, ”Let me tell everyone a secret This fellow's nore the shape—I think that the sense of touch is hter There were people whistling at him, and, to his dismay, not only women whistled, but there were some men histled as well!
”Well, now it's time to start the auction,” announced the mayor ”This fellow is frostaff, we should give hi price How about 25 dollars?”
A hed and yelled, ”Okay, 25 dollars!”
A man behind the lady shouted, ”30 dollars,weak He orried he lanced at Sophie hastily, and tried to give her a piteous look; he could only depend on her to save hi her lower lip Both of their eyes met and then she hurriedly lowered her head
Li Du was, at first, disappointed in her reaction, but the lady doctor was actually lowering her head to put down Ah Ow and opened her bag to count how h and shouted, ”I bid 1,260 dollars! Me, 1,260 dollars!”
There were sudden gasps of surprise from the crowd The people near Sophie moved away so she could be clearly seen
Mayor Thompson was surprised, ”What did you say, lady? You bid 1,260 dollars—1,260 dollars, right? I ain!”
Sophie nodded her head strongly then turned to look at the surrounding crowd She clasped her hands together and beseeched, ”Will everyone please stop placing bids? I only have thison the stage, Li Du saw the lady doctor's pitiful expression and her tearful eyes Li felt like he was being electrocuted; every cell inside hi
He knew he had found the one he had been looking for
This was an incredibly high amount to the crowd The bid prices of the four bachelors in front of him could only reach this amount of money when combined
But the amount of money was not important The crowd's attention was on what the bidder had said and her expression
There was an unprecedented burst of applause fro their support for her:
”Don't bid, everyone—let the young lady take her lover away!”
”Oh ! This is the best auction I've ever seen!”
”This is the most beautiful confession De!”
Mayor Thompson did not call for more bids, nor did he announce the bid price three tiht push, then pointed at Sophie and declared, ”Okay lady, 1,260 dollars! This auction 'ites to you now!”