Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 382 - 8 Everything is Over_1

Chapter 382: Chapter 8 Everything is Over_1

"Bang." Catherine pulled out a small box from her pocket and slapped it on the table. She stared directly at the box, her expression quickly changing, her heart full of struggle and conflict. Despite this, she clenched her fist and whispered, "We still have money."

"Sis, have you gone mad?" Lina exclaimed in shock, covering her mouth. "This is...mission item, what are you trying to do?"

"We bid now, and after winning, we immediately go and hand over the mission to John." Catherine gritted her teeth and said, "This way, neither side gets delayed. Start bidding."

Vivian seemed to see Catherine’s bleeding heart. Her palm hung over the bidding button, her lips trembling, but she didn’t have the courage to press it no matter what.

"Don’t hesitate, this is your most desperate wish. Once you miss it, it will be impossible to recover." Catherine bit her lower lip hard, forced out these words, and took the initiative to reach out and press the button. "If you don’t have the courage, let me help you."

"That’s enough." Vivian suddenly screamed, her voice so loud that the entire venue could hear it. At the same time, she threw her body in front of the table, preventing Catherine’s hand from pressing down, and hugged Catherine. Vivian compressed her arms tightly around Catherine’s waist, buried her face in Catherine’s chest, and muttered, "Enough, big sis, it’s really enough."

"But you..." Catherine struggled to say: "You can’t hesitate anymore, Vivian. Take advantage of my lack of second thoughts now, quickly win the bid, a few more minutes and I might..."

"Alright." Vivian lifted her head, gave Catherine a big smile, turned and heavily smacked a button on the table: "Now it’s all over."

"Booth number sixteen, booth sixteen has given up." In the venue, the auctioneer exclaimed in surprise: "The suspension time hasn’t ended yet, but the guests in booth sixteen have already made their decision. They have given up on this auction. Now it all depends on the guests in booth seven, if they also decide to give up, then the final owner of this diary will likely be the guests in booth number two. So, will booth seven decide to give up as well? Or will they raise the funds to continue bidding?"

"What are you doing? Did you press the wrong button?" Catherine and Lina both showed incredulous expressions, only Mr. Pannis seemed to have thought of something, quietly hiding to the side laughing without saying a word.

"Mr. Pannis, what are you laughing at?" Freya came over to Pannis and, lowering her voice, asked, "What did you think of?"

"I’m laughing at three dummies." Pannis, unusually for him, didn’t immediately flee. Instead, he looked back at Freya and said calmly, "It’s because they are such dummies that it makes it difficult for people to leave them, right?"

Freya nodded, chuckled knowingly. "That’s right, Lina built walls around her mind because of her past, and Vivian lives in her own world all year round. But they are able to open their hearts to each other completely, even considering the other party more important than themselves, it’s nothing short of a miracle."

"As you can see, big sis." After giving up, Vivian seemed to have put down a heavy load, smiling casually and said: "I did not press the wrong button, I pressed to give up. It’s enough, no need to continue."

"But you..." Catherine looking at Vivian’s smiling eyes, suddenly found herself at a loss for words."

"If I really continued to bid, I fear I wouldn’t even have the face to stay with you all anymore." Vivian hugged Catherine, then Lina, then Freya and, in passing, kicked Pannis. "I know, you all do not value this money, you all value your feelings for each other. But just because of that, can I waste these feelings?"

"Surely everyone could use this money, right? No need to mention your debts, Sis. As a knight, you don’t even have a real mount yet, I’ve seen how you are unwilling to leave the beast barn outside the city. Of course, even if I begged you to buy, I know you wouldn’t. An excellent mount often costs tens of thousands of gold coins, and just the monthly feed bill is over a thousand. You couldn’t bear it, even if you had the money now you wouldn’t be able to bear it. So, can I borrow your money that you couldn’t bear to spend?"

"And Lina, I have accompanied you while negotiating with collectors of old books a few times. I also know how much money they offer for one book, you are so desperate to get those books back, to find back your friends. Those are fragile paper pages, every day that passes, there are less chances to get a friend back. Like this, can I really borrow the money, and then not know when I could pay it back?"

"Also Freya, you never carry money when you go out before, right?" Vivian’s gaze shifted back to Freya, causing her round figure to involuntarily shift backward. "What is the deal with this money?"

"Uh, it’s nothing." Freya’s chubby face turned red, she shifted her weight making the chair creak. "It’s from my father, it’s really of no use."

"Do I look like I’m easy to fool?" Vivian asked. "You never lie."

"It really is from my father." Freya said. "Father’s love is great. For his daughter to have a happy future, no amount of money is too much. Father’s love is like a mountain, profound, and..."

"Go on." Vivian stared at Freya unblinkingly, causing her voice to get softer and softer. "Why aren’t you continuing?"

"Alright, we made an agreement that I will live independently for three years after leaving home this time." Freya whispered. "As long as I can show him 100,000 gold coins when these three years are over, it proves that I can take good care of myself. At that time, he will quit interfering with any of my affairs."

"So this means, including your time studying with the teacher, these 50,000 gold coins is all you have, for food and living?" Vivian asked with a bitter smile. "If I really won the auction with your money, what would you eat in the days to come?"

"I said that I wanted to lose weight." Freya murmured. "I do also own a few hundred gold coins, it’ll last me a few months. When my studies are over, I plan to go back to our home, re-join the team. That should solve it."

"Really?" Vivian pouted. "When we lived together before, which month did your expenses fall below a thousand gold coins?"

"Is it really that much?" Freya sought help from Catherine and Lina, but the two girls nodded their heads in agreement. "Alright, even if it’s that much, I can learn to save."

"You can keep dreaming." Vivian waved her hand, no longer paying her any mind. She shifted her gaze to Pannis. "Also you, Pannis, your money... Alright, you are an exception."

"Hey hey." Pannis grumbled unhappily, "Why am I the exception?"

"Because you never spend your money on anything serious." Vivian scoffed, "It’s for your own good that I’m borrowing it."

"Nonsense, everything I do is serious." Pannis retorted confidently, "Fine dining, fine wine, beautiful women, which of these is not serious?"

"Is that so?" Catherine gave Pannis a half-amused, half-skeptical look, "So these are the serious things, does that mean what we’re doing isn’t serious?"

"I’m sorry." Pannis immediately bowed his head in apology, "Please forgive me again."

"Anyway, it is what it is." Vivian stretched lazily, "Let the diary go to hell, I’m not that selfish to deny your desires for my own. That wouldn’t be very Vivian-like of me. Let’s go home."

"We can’t leave yet." Pannis shrugged, gesturing towards the box door.

"Ding dong." There was a knock on the door of the box: "Excuse me, is the Nellie Adventure Team in this box?"

"Ah, it’s John." Catherine hesitated, then said helplessly, "He sure is in a hurry, coming over before the auction even ended."

"Well, let’s settle the mission while we’re at it." Pannis casually opened the box door.

John Merle, a handsome man with a well-groomed beard, poked his head in from outside the door, and was immediately taken aback by the number of people inside the room. He’d heard from a subordinate that Catherine and her team were attending the auction, so he dashed over without asking further, never expecting to find nine people in the room.

"I am very sorry to disturb everyone." John Merle bowed politely, unhidden emotion in his voice: "I heard you were back, and I simply could not wait, so I took the initiative to come and look for you. If I have caused any inconvenience, I hope for your understanding."

"Alright, alright, you look like you’re about to catch fire with impatience." Catherine teased, "We’ve brought your item back in one piece, so you can relax."

"Really?" John’s eyes lit up, he rubbed his hands together instinctively and asked cautiously, "Can I...hehe...can I look at it?"

"Here you go." Catherine took a small box from the table and opened it, a crimson light immediately filled the box room.

"Ah, yes, yes, this is it." John’s anxiety and fear vanished immediately, and he seemed to lose all his strength and collapsed on a chair, "That’s great. That’s great. I am so grateful. You have saved the reputation of the Merle and Jones Auction House, saved both our families. I don’t even know what to say."

"Then don’t say anything." Catherine closed the box again, "Just fulfill the terms of our agreement and pay the reward."

"How much did you pay to get this back?" John’s heart started racing again, "It wasn’t too expensive, was it?"

"Let’s go, let’s go." Pannis suddenly interrupted John and started moving everyone towards the exit, "Let them talk, we should head out before the crowd picks up and we miss the carriage."

"You didn’t have to rush out like that." Everyone was pulled out of the box by Pannis, who then promptly shut the door behind him. Lina spoke up in irritation, "What about our big sister..."

"Let her handle it." Pannis whispered, "Let her make her own decisions."

"Alright, alright." Lina grumbled a little, but didn’t object anymore.

Just a few minutes later, the door to the box opened again, and Catherine walked out with a normal expression on her face, waving her hand and saying, "Let’s go, let’s head home."

"Have you made your choice?" Pannis asked, "Which option did you choose?"

"Guess." Catherine winked mysteriously.

"If we guess right, will you tell us?" Pannis asked.

"Even if you guess right, I still won’t tell you." Catherine answered with a mischievous smile, "It’s a secret forever."

"Tch." (To be continued. If you like this novel, feel free to vote for it on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can read on m.qidian.com.)