The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

336: Dumbfounded

The only ones with confidence in Ming Xi were Jier and Feng Wu.
They knew their senior.
Jier didn’t think a small auction house would be a problem for the prince of one of the four major kingdoms.

Feng Wu didn’t know anything about a prince of the Ancient Silver Moon Kingdom, but she had an unshakeable confidence in Ming Xi.

“Don’t worry.
Just follow me inside.” Ming Xi had his trademark smile on, but this one was unmistakably full of confidence.

Maybe his confidence was contagious, but the others felt buoyed and followed behind him confidently as well.

Ming Xi was in the lead as they walked to the entry area.

The staff respectfully waited for Ming Xi to show his admission ticket.

“I would like to see the manager.” Ming Xi spoke to the service staff with his trademark smile.

The request from the beautiful man surprised the staff member.
“Perhaps there is something I could help you with.
Today is a big day for the house, and everything must go smoothly.” Although the clerk, Wogh, refused Ming Xi’s request, there was no ill-will in his rejection.

You couldn’t help but admire the professionalism.
Even the gatekeeper was well trained in customer service.

Ming Xi wasn’t annoyed with the reply.
He simply withdrew a silver token and said, “Take this to your manager.
He will see me.”

The token itself was unremarkable, but Wogh saw how confident Ming Xi was.
He didn’t want to accidentally offend an influential person, so he agreed.
He immediately left to find the manager after handing over door responsibilities to the clerk behind him.

The manager, a thin man in his forties with shrewd eyes who exuded competency, was currently giving a report to two men, one tubby middle-aged and one who was much younger.

“The auction will start in another half an hour.
We already have people entering the venue.
Aside from the twelve island lords, there are also the aristocracy from the islands here and abroad, as well as many adventurers.
I believe this will be a very successful auction.”

“Good, good.
Later on, make sure to have people keep an eye out.
I don’t want any issues today,” said the older man.
He sipped his tea after speaking.

“Yes, I will be sure to have everyone on alert.”

All three men frowned when a knock suddenly sounded at the door.
The plump man hesitated a moment before getting up to open it.

“Let them in.” He wasn’t happy to be interrupted in the middle of a report, but he suppressed his annoyance.
Whatever it was might be important.

“Yes.” The person at the door turned to summon Wogh.

Wogh did not expect the boss to be in the manager’s room.
The auction house was very strict.
You didn’t disturb the boss unless it was something extremely important, otherwise you better be prepared to deal with the consequences.

He was worried he’d be reprimanded for interrupting.
He sincerely hoped the beautiful man was someone of status.
If he wasn’t, then the boss would not likely forgive the intrusion.

“Is there something important you wanted to report?” The boss asked, emphasizing the word important.

Wogh’s heart tightened.
That Tang, no wonder the smile on his face was so big when he told Tang he had something to report to the manager.

The auction wasn’t a good place to work.
The benefits were good, but the competition between personnel was fierce.
He and Tang had never gotten along.
They were always doing things to get the attention of the manager.
The better the attention, the better their prospects for future promotions would be.

He hadn’t expected the kid to be so malicious.
That kid hadn’t said a word even though he knew the manager was in a meeting with the boss.
He was going to make sure he returned the favor to Tang once he escaped.

The clerk quickly pulled out the silver token, all the while his heart was beating madly.

He never expected both the boss and the manager to change their expressions so dramatically.
Their faces turned red and their breathing quickened.
He had hoped the token was good enough to get him off the hook with the two men; he never expected their reaction.
They were obviously excited.

“Where is the person who gave this to you?” The boss wanted to know! He stood up from the side of the table so fast, it was hard to believe he was as girthy as he was!

“At. . .  at the entrance!” Poor Wogh was stunned by the explosive reaction.

The boss came around the table and disappeared like lightning.

The young man next to the boss was dumbstruck.
What in the world! His father moved like he was ten years younger!

The manager’s response wasn’t any slower.
Before Wogh could even react, he had grabbed the token and pulled the clerk out with him.
“Hurry! We need you to identify the person!”

They quickly walked downstairs, trying to catch up to the boss in as fast a dignified a pace as they could.
The young man quickly followed behind, wanting to see what could have elicited such a strong reaction from his father.

Tang had seen the boss enter the manager’s office earlier.
Then Wogh came in asking to see the manager, which of course he would be reprimanded for.
There was no way Wogh would be eligible for promotions after that.
He’d be stuck as a clerk for sure.

Tang was in a good mood after putting his competition in a bad position.
It had been hard to get one over on Wogh, so he grabbed the opportunity.
Both of them had been vying for the manager’s attention for ages now.

Tang hummed a tune out of happiness.

Suddenly a plump figure came barreling toward him.
Wasn’t that the boss? Could Wogh have been so bad he actually angered the boss? Hahaha!

“Hello Boss!” The boss didn’t normally come to the ground floor so Tang took the opportunity to greet him.

But the boss didn’t even bother to return the greeting.
Instead Tang got shoved aside with a brusque, “Move aside!”