Chapter 1278 [1278] Death and a life worse than death, which one do you choose?
Seeing the driver denying it, Ye Feng snorted coldly, "You're playing dumb with me, right? I know there's someone behind you, tell me, and I can let you go."

After hearing what he said, the driver was too lazy to argue anymore and showed a sneer on his face, "I... I'm about to die... What else can you do to me..."

As he spoke, he spat out a mouthful of blood and his face became paler.

Ye Feng immediately laughed, "Do you really think that I can't do anything to you since you are going to die soon? There is something scarier than death in this world, and that is living a life worse than death."

Having said that, he suddenly reached out his hand to the driver's chest.

Several of his ribs were broken, two of which had penetrated his heart. It was obvious that he was beyond saving.

The driver had a look of disdain on his face. He was ready to die today, so what else could threaten him?

But he soon realized how naive his idea was.

A pain that was difficult to describe in words suddenly came over him, causing his entire body to spasm in pain.

Ye Feng pinched his broken ribs, still with a smile on his face, "Death and life is worse than death, which one do you choose?"

The driver looked at him straight in the eyes and found that the young man in front of him was more terrifying than the devil.

"I...I said..."

The driver originally wanted to hold on a little longer, perhaps he could survive this life.

But he found himself being childish.

Because he found that this last stage of his life was going slower than his entire life.

He couldn't bear it any longer and finally gave in.

Ye Feng then let go of his ribs, with a harmless smile on his face, "Wouldn't it be better if you had cooperated earlier? Do you really have to test my skills?"

The driver looked at him with fear in his eyes.

Although my body was still in great pain, compared to the moment just now, it felt like I was back in heaven.

"Tell me, who sent you here?" Ye Feng's tone became much softer.

"Yes...Mr. Miki..." the driver slowly uttered a few words.

"Mr. Miki? What's your full name?" Ye Feng was unfamiliar with the name and asked back immediately.

"My name is...my name is Miki Chaoyang..." the driver answered honestly.

"Miki Chaoyang?"

When Lin Qianqian heard the name, she immediately exclaimed, obviously having heard of it.

Ye Feng did not ask her immediately, but continued to ask the driver, "Why did he want to kill me?"

The driver's face was already bloodshot, and he was about to collapse. "He...he said...let me...stop you...from going to Qi..."

Before he could finish his words, his head tilted and he stopped breathing.

However, Ye Feng had already roughly figured out that what he wanted to say was to stop him from going to the Qichuan Auction House.

Thinking of this, he turned and looked at Lin Qianqian again, "Do you know this Sanmu Chaoyang?"

Lin Qianqian nodded immediately. "Sanmu Chaoyang is the top antique dealer in the island country. It can be said that he dominates half of the antique market in the island country. Oh, by the way, I heard that he will also participate in the auction this time."

When Ye Feng heard her explanation, he immediately understood.

He had previously learned from Shoji Matsuyama that some of the most valuable collections in this auction had already been selected by an important figure.

I guess this important person must be Mr. Miki, right?

It is also understandable why he used such extreme measures to prevent him from going to the auction.

It seemed that he had been regarded as the number one rival by Mr. Miki, whom he had never met. "Let's go." He figured it out and immediately called out to Lin Qianqian.

Lin Qianqian glanced at the driver again and hurriedly followed his pace.

Because of the delay caused by the car accident, by the time the two arrived at the Sakikawa Auction House, everyone else had already entered.

The two verified their passes at the door and then hurried into the venue.

The venue is large enough to accommodate thousands of people.

But at this time, there were only sixty or seventy people sitting in the seats. It was obvious that the entry threshold was temporarily raised yesterday, keeping most people out.

Those who can come in today are all large institutions with extremely strong strength.

At this time, Taro Sakikawa, the owner of Sakikawa Auction House, was on the stage explaining the rules of the auction to everyone.

After noticing Ye Feng coming in, he just smiled and nodded, but did not stop explaining.

Ye Feng immediately judged from his expression that this person did not know about the car accident, otherwise it would definitely not have escaped his eyes.

"Our auction this time is different from previous ones. We don't adopt the method of round-robin bidding, but instead choose blind bidding..." Taro Sakikawa continued to explain.

When the audience heard the word "blind bidding", they immediately started to talk, and it was obvious that they were confused about the rules of this auction.

Taro Sakikawa seemed not to notice the expressions of the crowd and continued to explain, "To put it simply, we will display all the items at once and give everyone an hour to browse. When the time is up, everyone will write down their bids on the bidding form, and the person with the highest bid will obtain the ownership of the item..."

When the audience heard this, someone finally couldn't help but raise his hand.

"Mr. Sakigawa, isn't one hour a little too short?"

"Yeah, I heard there are hundreds of items in this auction, and one hour is not enough to see them all."

“I suggest increasing the browsing time to three hours to give us ample time to browse and discuss.”

"Yes, yes, one hour is definitely not enough..."

Ye Feng, who was also sitting in the audience, couldn't help but laugh. They made these rules just to give you no time to study them carefully.

You're still thinking of asking them to add more time? Are you kidding me?
Sure enough, when Taro Sakikawa heard everyone's complaints, his expression remained unchanged. "I'm sorry, the rules of this auction were collectively decided by the auctioneers, and were finalized after Mr. Chishima's personal approval. It is impossible to make temporary changes."

When everyone heard his reply, the protests grew louder.

"I protest against this. Since you have chosen the method of public auction, you should respect the opinions of all of us."

"That's right. These collections are all priceless treasures. Each one requires a lot of time to study carefully. How can we make a hasty decision?"

"We hope Mr. Sakikawa can convey our opinions to the auction's top management, otherwise we will have no choice but to boycott this auction."

"I have participated in auctions at least 800 times, if not a thousand times, and I have never seen such a weird rule. It must be amended..."

Taro Sakikawa listened quietly to the protests of the crowd, and suddenly his face darkened. "No matter what the rules of other auctions are, this is the Sakikawa Auction House, and here, you have to abide by my rules. If anyone feels that our rules are too harsh, please leave automatically, and I will never keep you."

Seeing his tough attitude, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

The auction house is open for business, and it stands to reason that it should be polite to the guests who come to the auction. After all, those who can come to participate in this level of auction are worth a lot of money, and it is not a wise move to offend so many guests.

But Mr. Sakikawa's attitude was so disappointing that some people almost stood up and left.

But when he thought of the fine items in this auction, he finally chose to swallow his anger.

The worst that can happen is that I can just attend this time and never come again next time.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Sakikawa Taro resumed his smile and said, "Since no one has any objections, the auction will begin now!"

(End of this chapter)