Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 708: Chapter 705: Oh no, did I hit a snag!?

As soon as Huo Sining got her hands on the ivory carving, she saw through her Heavenly Eye a faint purple aura emanating from it.

Compared to the previous bronze artifact, the difference between the two was enormous, but since there was a purple aura, it indicated that the ivory piece was also quite aged.

The carving was made of Asian ivory, which is softer than African ivory and had a slight yellowish tint, but it was in perfect condition.

Huo Sining glanced at the base price of the ivory carving, and boy, it was only two hundred yuan. No wonder the two people before had only given it a brief look before walking away, probably thinking such a cheap item was not worthy of mention.

However, Huo Sining thought the base price was set too low. Regardless of whether it was an antique or not, the craftsmanship and material alone were worth far more than two hundred yuan.

It seemed that the auctioneer had set the price low anticipating competition, which would drive the price up.

Unfortunately, they didn’t expect that nobody would take an interest in the ivory carving when it was brought out, and in the end, of course, it fell into Huo Sining’s lap for a bargain.

Only a fool would pass up a good deal. Although the actual sale price of the ivory carving wouldn’t exceed a thousand yuan, Huo Sining wasn’t one to sneer at a small amount of money. After stepping down from the display stage, she eagerly filled out the bid form and happily paid two hundred yuan.

Probably because they considered the ivory carving of little value, it wasn’t long before an attendant delivered it directly to her hands without any attempt to conceal it.

After all, a two-hundred-yuan cosmetic box wouldn’t draw anyone’s attention.

Seeing Huo Sining’s beaming smile, as if she had just scored a great deal, Zhou Shitao couldn’t help shaking his head while Ji Kun couldn’t resist curling his lips. Only Wei Yanli snorted disdainfully, ”You’re this happy over some piece of junk? Really?”

”Like you’re one to talk, you nouveau riche!” Huo Sining couldn’t resist retorting.

Although the first bronze piece hadn’t yet been handed over to Wei Yanli, from the triumphant look on his face during the earlier bidding, it was clear that this spendthrift must have won the bid!

Thinking back to Wu Qingshan’s parting words, reminding her to take it easy, Huo Sining couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of her mouth. With Wei Yanli’s character, asking him not to squander was probably harder than killing him.

Huo Sining carefully picked up the ivory piece, intending to stuff it into her backpack, but as her hand touched the base of the carving once again, she got a shock.

Previously, she had been too focused on the ivory’s intricate carvings to notice the base. Now, as she lifted it with her hands, she saw through her Heavenly Eye that there was a two or three-centimeter crack in the base, which had been filled in with silicone.

”Damn, it’s been tampered with!”

Huo Sining panicked for a moment, but then, following the crack filled with plaster, her Heavenly Eye pierced through and went into the interior of the Guanyin Buddha sculpture, causing her to freeze in astonishment.

Her body stiffened, and she subconsciously wrapped her backpack around her, glancing guiltily from side to side to see if Zhou Shitao and Ji Kun had noticed her reaction. Only after seeing that they hadn’t did she relax.

However, having noticed something unusual inside the base of the carving, Huo Sining could barely contain her curiosity. She stealthily reached her hand back into the backpack and felt the bottom of the cosmetic box again.

Once more, her Heavenly Eye penetrated the object, and inside that hollowed-out base, hardly two centimeters wide, was an extremely small space containing a tiny wax pill.

What was going on?

Huo Sining’s heartbeat suddenly quickened by a few beats. She held her breath and continued to use the Heavenly Eye to see through that wax pill, and what she saw made her stare in disbelief.

Inside that wax pill, there was a tiny scrap of paper rolled up, but as for what exactly was written on that scrap, Huo Sining couldn’t see clearly. She would have to extract the wax pill and unfold the paper to find out.

At this moment, Huo Sining’s heart was like it had been scratched by a cat, itching unbearably.

What was it? What was written on that scrap of paper?!