Qin Ye massaged his throbbing temples as he clicked on the ‘I Want to Auction’ button.

Clarifying the entire auctioning process was of topmost priority right now.

A chat function showed up immediately as part of the webpage, without redirecting him to QQ[1]. A single line of text appeared as soon as the chat box showed up: “Detected VIP account usage. Senior Attendant 001 is pleased to be of service to you.”

Qin Ye raised an eyebrow - I wonder how much he must have spent in order to be conferred the title of a Premium VIP. Gu Qing definitely has the spending capacity given his identity and influence, and it’s only natural for heavy spenders to receive a commensurately high level of service. This might save me some time and effort.

“Greetings. We note that this is the account previously held by the late Mr Gu Qing. May I know how I should address you?” Attendant 001 didn’t flaunt any sales pitch. Instead, he simply said things as they were.

That said, it did make sense to keep things formal. It would have been a rude shock if Qin Ye had received a message like the following: “Dear, did you come back to life? Welcome to the house of horrors.”

That would be a shocking development.

“Qin.” Qin Ye typed quickly, “I’ve taken over Mr Gu’s account. I’ll be the one to use it from now on. May I know the rights and privileges that I have access to with this account?”

There was a two second silence before another response came: “Are you certain you wish to take over Mr Gu’s account? We need...