Chapter 130 Invitation

Inside the Open Source Internet Cafe, Su Mo sat at the bar every day, waiting for Lin Zinuo to finish her game.

The colleagues in the internet cafe had gradually gotten used to it over this period and weren't surprised anymore.

Su Mo yawned, picked up his phone, and glanced at it. It was already nine o'clock in the evening, and Lin Zinuo hadn't finished her game yet. He guessed she must have encountered trouble again in Star Ring.

She had been working overtime quite frequently recently.

Su Mo opened the forum and browsed through it. With the first pioneering team arriving on the Lost Continent, they were making a fortune selling information. All the vanguard teams were as excited as if they had been injected with stimulants.

In just two or three days, more than a thousand teams had entered the Lost Continent from different directions.

The entire forum was now filled with people selling information.

Although the quality of this information was uneven, it did reveal some of the true face of the Lost Continent. This continent didn't seem to be a relic of that world's civilization; it was more like it had been left behind by an alien civilization.

And the source of the destruction of those civilizations in the Dragon Kingdom was this Lost Continent.

Less than a third of the teams that went to explore it survived for more than 24 hours. Everywhere were alien species and some wandering mechanical guardians.

In addition, according to the information provided by Lin Zinuo, their joint forces had joined up with the Tyrant Bear Guild and the Mythology Guild in the Gray Stream Sea, not far from the Lost Continent. So far, they were waiting for higher-ups to confirm the landing site.

From the known information, anyone who went to the island would be attacked by monsters, and the greater the commotion caused by the landing, the larger the scale of the attack.

So it could be predicted that there would definitely be a tough battle after the joint forces landed on the island.

According to Lin Zinuo, her gaming career might be coming to an end soon. She herself had no confidence in the later stages of the game.

She now deeply felt the cruelty of this game.

Just as Su Mo was lost in thought, a commotion broke out at the entrance of the Open Source Internet Cafe.

Su Mo naturally heard the commotion, and he turned his head to look at the surveillance monitor. He was a little surprised by the images on the monitor at the entrance.

A top-of-the-line black-gold business car was parked in front of the internet cafe.

People who came to use the internet were curiously gathering around to watch.

"How could such a top-notch luxury car come here?"

"I don't know. I heard that this car can't be bought just with money; you also need a certain status."

"Look at its license plate."

"66666"

"Awesome."

......

At this moment, the car door opened, and an old man wearing a black tailcoat and a bow tie stepped out. He walked straight into the internet cafe.

Su Mo's eyes narrowed involuntarily. It didn't feel right for such a good car to come here.

Sure enough, after the old man came in, he walked straight towards the bar.

"Welcome, do you want to use a computer?"

Su Mo replied calmly.

The old man showed a faint smile, then gave Su Mo a slight bow, and said with great poise, "Hello, Mr. Su Mo."

"You are?"

Su Mo carefully sized up the old man in front of him. He could confirm that he had never seen him before.

"Don't be surprised. Let me introduce myself. My name is Cao Yuan, and I am the butler of the Cao family. Our master is holding a charity banquet tomorrow night and would like to invite you to attend. Please do."

As Cao Yuan spoke, he took out an exquisite invitation from his chest and handed it to Su Mo.

"Cao family?"

Su Mo was also confused. When did he have any connection with the Cao family?

"The head of the family is Cao Wen."

Cao Yuan explained with a smile.

Hearing the name Cao Wen, Su Mo was also stunned. People living in Modu (Demon City, Shanghai) could not know anyone, but they could never not know Cao Wen.

Because Cao Wen had been in charge of Modu for ten years, and his reputation and word-of-mouth were very good.

Hearing the name Cao Wen, Su Mo was also a little hesitant, and it was not easy to refuse.

It was obvious that the other party was inviting him at this juncture, and it was probably for the demolition matter. What was coming was still coming, and there was no way to avoid it.

So Su Mo reached out and took it.

"Okay."

"Thank you very much. There will be a special car to pick you up then. I'll take my leave now."

Cao Wen bowed again, then left.

Su Mo looked at Cao Wen's departing figure, lost in thought, feeling a little troubled.

"Hey! What are you spacing out for?"

Lin Zinuo suddenly popped up, deliberately scaring Su Mo.

Su Mo replied helplessly, "Nothing, just thinking about something."

"Who was that person? He didn't look like an ordinary person. What did he want from you?"

Lin Zinuo didn't believe that nothing was going on. She had just come downstairs and saw everything.

"That was the Cao family's butler. They're holding a charity gala inside the high walls tomorrow night, and he came to deliver an invitation to me."

Su Mo didn't plan to hide it from Lin Zinuo and directly handed her the invitation to look at.

Lin Zinuo took the invitation, opened it, and looked at it, a look of disbelief on her face.

"Cao Wen invited you?"

"Yeah."

Su Mo nodded.

"Then, then isn't this a high society banquet?"

Lin Zinuo said somewhat hesitantly.

"I guess so."

Su Mo didn't care about high society or anything. What he was worried about now was what the other party's purpose was in inviting him. Was it a warning before the demolition? Or was it an attempt to curry favor?

This was what troubled Su Mo the most. Although he didn't care about the demolition money, he cared about the resettlement after the demolition.

Lin Zinuo, who was on the side, looked unnatural after hearing Su Mo's words. Although her family wasn't a wealthy family, they were also a scholarly family, so she had been forced to attend several high society banquets since she was a child.

No matter what the banner the banquet was under, it was just a social event. Someone like Su Mo, who was handsome and rich.

He was simply a sweet pastry. When the time came, those social butterflies would flock to him like bees smelling honey.

And this big idiot obviously hadn't attended such a banquet before.

If he was given a little too much alcohol and had some unclear relationship with some girl, or couldn't resist the temptation and fell into someone's trap.

Wouldn't he be lured away? The more Lin Zinuo thought about it, the more tangled she became.

Su Mo, who was on the side, looked at Lin Zinuo's inexplicably tangled expression and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with you?"

"No, nothing."

Lin Zinuo responded somewhat flusteredly, as if she had almost been caught doing something bad.

"It's good if nothing's wrong."

Su Mo didn't pay too much attention.

Lin Zinuo looked at Su Mo's calm face, took a deep breath, and went for it, saying, "Su Mo."

"What's the matter?"

Su Mo looked at Lin Zinuo suspiciously. He always felt that her condition seemed a little off.

"That, that..."

"What is it? Are you going to borrow money again?"

Seeing Lin Zinuo hesitating so much, Su Mo thought she was short of money again. But this time he was very confident. His experience of living outside had ended. Although there wasn't much money left in his card, it was enough.

Lin Zinuo, who was still awkwardly wondering how to open her mouth, heard Su Mo's words, and her anger suddenly flared up.