In the Unmanned Darkness, Shen Jiuyi's Request

The scene at the Guihang Auction.

Chen Qimeng and Du Ruxue returned, watching the event with great interest.

Having never participated in such an event before, the two of them felt a strong sense of novelty.

There were no heavyweight items among today's auction lots.

The most valuable piece was merely a collectible worth a few hundred thousand.

Lin Yu watched for more than half of the event before truly understanding why his antique treasures had caused such a sensation when he brought them over.

Huang Feiya hadn't appeared again, making Lin Yu lose a tiny bit of fun.

He figured that the exposure of his appraising ability meant she inevitably had to do some explaining to Sister Hong.

Since she tried to scheme against him, he naturally had to return the favor.

How could he let her off so easily!

Aside from the matter with Huang Feiya.

Tonight.

There was another thing Lin Yu had been inwardly looking forward to.

Two aunties, plus Antique Sister, and the Queen of Dirty Jokes.

With such a dense cluster of obstacles...

Lin Yu was exceptionally curious about how Shen Jiuyi planned to create an opportunity for them to be alone.

Based on his understanding of Shen Jiuyi, since she dared to say that, she must have enough confidence.

If she wasn't prepared, how could she make such a bold claim?

Watching the auction items dwindle one by one, there were only the last five or six left.

At most, there was only an hour of time remaining.

If Shen Jiuyi didn't make a move soon, she really wouldn't have a chance!

Finally.

After waiting for so long, Shen Jiuyi made her move...

She stood up from her seat and walked straight over to Lin Yu.

Because of her height, she wouldn't block the audience behind her even if she didn't bend down.

Seeing Shen Jiuyi in action, Lin Yu knew what was meant to come was coming soon.

He was still anticipating what kind of maneuver he would witness next.

It was really hard to imagine what kind of bizarre trick she would employ.

Then.

Shen Jiuyi stood in front of Lin Yu and calmly said to him:

"Lin Yu, regarding what just happened, there are a few things I can't figure out."

"Can we take this time to have a quick chat in private?"

"It won't take up too much of your time."

Lin Yu: "..."

That's it?

That's all?

There were no flashy maneuvers at all; she purely relied on blunt straightforwardness to ask Lin Yu out!

Given Shen Jiuyi's personality, she was indeed such a straightforward person.

Thinking about it carefully.

If she had made up some random nonsense, it might have sounded even stranger.

Saying it like this instead made it so that no one could guess what she really wanted to do.

After all.

This excuse was truly devoid of any substance!

So lacking in substance that people wouldn't even bother to overthink it.

Only Shen Jiuyi could pull this off.

Of course.

Sometimes, no matter what you do, the inevitable haters will always show up right on time.

Shen Buyao stared at Shen Jiuyi and couldn't help but say:

"Hey! Big cow!"

"Are you treating me and Rongrong like thin air?"

"Why do you have to go whisper secrets behind our backs!"

Hearing this, Huang Feirong couldn't help but retort first:

"Yaoyao, if she treated us like thin air, wouldn't she not need to avoid us?"

"It seems she has to do it behind our backs precisely because she cares about our presence!"

Shen Buyao's brain gears turned: "..."

Then.

She loudly questioned Shen Jiuyi again:

"Why don't you treat us like thin air?"

Shen Jiuyi: "..."

Lin Yu: "..."

The two aunties on the side, hearing their chattering discussion.

Couldn't help but join in with a laugh.

Du Ruxue: "It's nice to be young, so full of energy."

Chen Qimeng: "Are you admitting that you're old?"

Du Ruxue: "I've been feeling it a bit recently."

Chen Qimeng: "Oh, Aunt Ruxue."

Du Ruxue looked over with a surprised gaze, and the two smiled at each other.

At the seats beside them.

Lin Yu had already stood up from his chair.

He even thoughtfully explained to Shen Buyao:

"Maybe Little Jiu asked me out for a private chat because she's worried that IQ is contagious."

"You guys enjoy the show, we'll be back after a short chat."

After saying that.

Without waiting for Shen Buyao to react, Lin Yu had already followed Shen Jiuyi and disappeared from the spot.

Lin Yu had walked quite a distance before Shen Buyao couldn't help but exclaim to Huang Feirong:

"That damn Lin Yu!"

"Hey, did he mean that I have a low IQ just now?"

Huang Feirong patted Shen Buyao on the shoulder and said:

"Yaoyao, sometimes you have to look at problems dialectically."

"I think what just happened isn't entirely Dayu's fault."

When it came to others' sarcasm, Shen Buyao still needed to use her brain to think about it.

As for Huang Feirong?

Seeing her expression, Shen Buyao didn't need to overthink to know that she definitely hadn't said anything nice.

She decided to strike first!

...

Lin Yu followed Shen Jiuyi, weaving their way through.

They entered through the inner staff passage and went up a flight of stairs.

Their current location should be on the first basement level.

It was obvious.

Shen Jiuyi must have frequented the Guihang often; she knew the surrounding terrain like the back of her hand.

So familiar that she didn't need to hesitate, just marching straight ahead.

Lin Yu didn't know the way, so he could only follow closely behind.

Along the way, there was no communication between the two.

Because a few Guihang staff members would pop up from time to time, and some would even greet Shen Jiuyi.

It wasn't until they reached a dimly lit, deserted corridor that Shen Jiuyi truly slowed down.

She looked back and forth, seemingly checking if there was anyone around.

After making sure no one was there, she skillfully opened a locked door.

Lin Yu's night vision was very good.

Yet he still didn't see clearly what Shen Jiuyi used to open the door.

From her movements just now, it didn't look like she had a key in her hand, did it?

Could it be something similar to Ying'er's skeleton key?

Before he had time to think too much, Lin Yu had already followed her into the pitch-black room.

It was already the first basement level, and this was a windowless utility room.

When they entered, there was still a bit of dim light shining in from the corridor.

Now that they were inside and the door was closed, absolutely nothing could be seen.

Based on Lin Yu's observation, this should be a utility room.

He could vaguely see a lot of display racks piled up in the back.

There wasn't much of a dusty smell inside, so it was probably cleaned regularly.

Seeing that Shen Jiuyi wasn't speaking, Lin Yu straightforwardly asked out of curiosity:

"Little Jiu, bringing me to a place like this..."

"Doesn't seem like you have good intentions?"

"What could you possibly need to ask me to do here?"

In the darkness.

Shen Jiuyi had her back to Lin Yu, making it impossible to see what expression was on her face.

But from her heaving shoulders and the faint sound of deep breathing.

Lin Yu could roughly imagine that Shen Jiuyi must be very panicked.

After a long silence.

Shen Jiuyi finally mustered up the courage to say:

"Lin Yu, I want to ask a favor of you..."

"You..."

"You must have slept with a lot of people, right?"