Return to the Day When My Pregnant Wife Jumped Off the Building-Chapter 205: The Person Who Killed Me in My Past Life_1

Chapter 205: Chapter 205: The Person Who Killed Me in My Past Life_1

Xiao Ming entered the auction hall while the evening’s auction was already well underway. The auctioneer on stage was energetically praising an oil painting.

The casino ship’s auction had an interesting rule—avoid auctioning off art and cultural relics that were illicit goods from areas nearby where the ship was anchored.

For example, now that it was stationed in the waters around Asia, the related illicit items appearing at the auction could only have come from other continents.

Like the oil painting currently up for auction, it had been stolen from a major museum in Europe just a month ago.

Xiao Ming took a bidder’s card and an auction catalog from a server and sat down on a sofa in a corner at the back. He had only flipped through a couple of pages when he nearly leapt back to his feet in shock.

There on the page opened in the catalog was a photo, the main subjects being two girls, around the age of twenty, with almost identical faces. The only difference lay in one having short, spirited hair, and the other having long, flowing locks.

The item description below stated that they were a pair of twin Super Dolls, the short-haired one being the elder sister and the long-haired one, the younger.

They had been exposed to all sorts of training since the age of three.

The elder sister specialized in security; she excelled in bladework, was proficient in various close combat techniques, and was skilled in firearms.

She had undergone training in driving cars, helicopters, and even fighter jets, and was capable of inducing self-hypnosis to block out pain, making her fiercely unafraid of death.

She was described as the perfect personal bodyguard.

The younger sister, on the other hand, was of the servant type. True to her designation, she also mastered nearly every conceivable method of pleasing people, no matter how filthy or perverse the orders. In her hands, they would be executed thoroughly, and she was "compatible" with both men and women.

She was truly a godsend.

The reason Xiao Ming was so astonished was not because of how formidable they were, but because in his previous life, it was these sisters who had brought his life to an end!

Super Dolls, as they were called, were individuals whose independent consciousness had been suppressed or even erased, turned into machines that would only follow their master’s orders, just like dolls.

They usually started from a young age, were completely isolated from society, and indoctrinated with a single mindset: obedience.

This was reinforced again and again through hypnosis, abuse, and rewards, until their transformation was complete.

The process was lengthy, measured in decades, and the success rate was extremely low; naturally, the price for each was exorbitant.

The purpose of Xiao Ming’s visit to the gambling ship was to bid on a Doll.

He hadn’t even considered buying a perfect specimen, thinking that acquiring a flawed one would suffice.

But he could never have expected his "luck" to be so good, not only coming across a perfect specimen but also one that had killed him in his past life.

Of course, he bore no malice toward the sisters; they were just puppets acting on orders, like two knives.

It’s not natural for a person to hold a grudge against knives.

However, their being put up for auction, did that mean that his real enemy was also present tonight?

Xiao Ming felt a chill at the thought, but then he shook his head.

In his previous life, it was during his opposition to the Super Doll Factory’s behind-the-scenes boss that he had been assassinated by the sisters.

This meant that, in the original trajectory, the sisters would have been bought by someone else tonight, and somehow returned to the hands of the behind-the-scenes boss.

So... should he buy them?

Xiao Ming was genuinely tempted.

Because he knew too well the abilities of the sisters. Without exaggeration, if he were to order them now to kill everyone on this ship, by tomorrow’s dawn, this vessel was certain to become a ghostly ship.

But as tempting as that was, whether he could afford the asking price of 140 million dollars was another matter.

In his previous life on the gambling ship, he had witnessed many Doll auctions, where even flawed specimens fetched high prices of a million US dollars, and perfect specimens never went for less than ten million US dollars.

And the value of the sisters clearly couldn’t be simply calculated as 1+1=2.

Xiao Ming estimated that the starting bid would likely be in the tens of millions.

Damn it, what was supposed to be a simple trip for making money and buying things turned out to be filled with unexpected complications, one after another. Such a headache!

According to the auction catalogue, there were just two more items before it was the sisters’ turn, a matter of twenty minutes at most. There was absolutely no time to go back to the casino to win more money.

Xiao Ming had no choice but to silently pray that not too many people in the audience shared his determination; otherwise, he would be forced to dip into his master’s life savings once again.

Because of this, he didn’t notice a woman in a kimono enter the auction hall and take a seat in the back and to the side, her gaze fixed unwaveringly on him.

Shortly thereafter, a wild ginseng plant, purported to be a thousand years old but actually just over eight hundred, was sold for thirty million US dollars.

It was already past one in the morning, and Zhuang Luonian was thoroughly exhausted. With the support of Xue Yuan Shan, he got up and slowly made his way out of the auction hall.

The wild ginseng would naturally be delivered to his room by a staff member. There was no need for him to worry about it.

After a few steps, a glint flashed in Xue Yuan Shan’s eyes as he said to Zhuang Luonian, "Grandpa, that man who boarded the ship with us is also here. Shall I go and ask if he has found your gold card?"

Zhuang Luonian pondered for a moment then nodded, "Even though I’ve already replaced the card, leaving my belongings with strangers is still improper. Go and come back quickly, I’m tired and want to rest early."

"All right."

Xue Yuan Shan helped him to a couch and sat him down before quickly making his way to Xiao Ming.

"Sir, do you remember me?"

Xiao Ming, who had no spare moment to deal with a nobody, waved his hand irritably, "If you don’t want to die, then get lost and don’t bother me!"

Xue Yuan Shan didn’t expect this kind of response and after a moment of shock, his face darkened, "Sir, knowing too much that one shouldn’t can lead to a quicker death."

Xiao Ming raised an eyebrow then burst into laughter, "Xue Yuan Shan, you have the courage befitting a rabbit, but your brain is dull. You dare to threaten someone who knows all your secrets?

What, you think because Zhuang Luonian dotes on you, he won’t believe what others say?"

The look in Xue Yuan Shan’s eyes became anxious, "Who exactly are you? And what do you know?"

Xiao Ming shook his head, "I don’t have the habit of answering other people’s questions for free."

"Name your price!"

"Ten million per question, US dollars."

"Are you kidding me? How could I possibly have that much money?"

"Zhuang Luonian does. Isn’t his gold card in your possession?"

Xue Yuan Shan proved to be a resolute and decisive man. After considering for less than two seconds, he said, "Fine! Tell me your shipboard number, and I’ll transfer it to you once the old man falls asleep."

Xiao Ming wasn’t worried about him reneging on the deal and said directly, "Zhuang Luonian is buying the thousand-year ginseng to improve Zhuang Wending’s health, but do you know why Zhuang Wending needs to improve his health?"

Xue Yuan Shan was immediately alarmed, "You’re Xiao..."

"As for what I know," Xiao Ming interrupted him, "basically, if you know it, I know it.

For example, your relationship with Zhuang Hanwen isn’t any less close than with Zhuang Luonian.

Or that you actually don’t like men at all; every time after being with Zhuang Luonian, you need to find an opportunity to be alone to vomit. If nothing comes up, you still force yourself to throw up by sticking your fingers down your throat, lying to yourself that this will make you clean.

And then, the person you truly love is Zhuang Hanwen’s new wife. That woman, for the sake of her own glory and wealth, deceived you into becoming Zhuang Luonian’s male concubine, saying it was the only way for the two of you to be together forever. You..."

"Shut up!"

Xue Yuan Shan suddenly growled in a low voice, his handsome face twisting wildly.