“I was just going to ask if you could take me too.”

Lin Zinuo’s face flushed slightly as she finished speaking, and her heart beat faster involuntarily, afraid that Su Mo would refuse.

“Oh.”

Su Mo replied subconsciously.

Lin Zinuo blinked, looking at Su Mo in confusion.

“Just an ‘oh’? Nothing else?”

“What else do you want? If you want to come, then come.”

Su Mo didn’t really care. He was already annoyed at the thought of attending such a banquet alone, so he didn’t want to go. It was good that Lin Zinuo wanted to go; he’d have company.

He remembered that these kinds of banquets allowed people to bring guests.

“Then it’s settled.”

Seeing that Su Mo agreed, Lin Zinuo immediately beamed.

“Okay.”

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Inside the high walls of the Magic City, within a luxurious manor-style villa.

Cao Wen sat quietly at his desk in his study, which was covered with developed photos and files.

The person in the photos was none other than Su Mo.

Knock, knock.

A knock sounded on the door.

“Come in.”

“Father.”

A girl with black hair reaching her waist, wearing a cyan gauze dress, with delicate and gentle features and elegant manners, walked in with a cup of coffee.

“Yun’er, why aren’t you resting so late?”

“Your daughter saw that the light in Father’s study was still on, so I came in to take a look.”

The girl who entered was Cao Yun, Cao Wen’s most beloved daughter.

“You’re still the most thoughtful.”

Cao Wen smiled and took the coffee.

Cao Yun glanced at the photos and documents on the table and asked curiously, “Father, who is this?”

Cao Wen said with a smile, “This is Su Mo, the most important guest at tomorrow’s banquet. He’s a well-hidden wealthy man who owns the old city area in the city center.”

“That area… isn’t that the thing that’s been troubling you lately, Father?”

“That’s right. Whether or not we can build the interstellar airport depends on how smoothly things go tomorrow.”

“With you handling it, Father, there shouldn’t be too much of a problem. But this Su Mo is so young. Can he really make the decisions?”

Cao Yun asked curiously.

“Don’t underestimate this young man. You won’t know until you investigate, and when you do, there will be pleasant surprises. He’s more outstanding than you think. A normal person with so much wealth would have become arrogant long ago. But according to my investigation, he hasn’t. And he has an excellent reputation in the old city, which shows that his character is very good. Although he doesn’t have a high level of education, according to feedback from my people, he has learned a lot from many private tutors and is very knowledgeable. Most importantly, as far as I know, he concealed his identity and joined the Dawn Group’s Tenth Legion in the imperial capital and is doing very well, said to be very strong, just not very famous.”

In a short period of time, Cao Wen had dug up most of Su Mo’s information, which showed how strong his capabilities were in the Magic City.

Cao Yun was also surprised that her father would rarely praise someone so much.

“Listening to you, Father, he does seem very outstanding.”

“Such an outstanding person, and so young, is indeed very rare. Yun’er, tomorrow you should attend the charity banquet with your father. When the time comes, you should get to know him. Whether it’s to make a friend or something else, it would be very good.”

Cao Wen hinted euphemistically.

“Your daughter understands.”

Cao Yun nodded slightly in response. In families like theirs, this kind of matchmaking was very normal.

The next morning, Su Mo got up, washed up, and walked out of his room.

He looked at the empty living room in puzzlement, then looked at Lin Zinuo’s closed door, feeling a little puzzled. Usually, Lin Zinuo got up very early. What was going on today? Was she still asleep?

“Lin Zinuo?”

“What?”

Her echo came from inside the room.

“What are you doing? Why aren’t you up yet?”

Su Mo asked curiously.

“I’m changing clothes.”

Lin Zinuo replied loudly.

“Oh.”

Su Mo sat in the living room and waited.

But half an hour passed, and the closed door still hadn’t opened. Even someone as patient as Su Mo was helpless.

“What are you doing?”

At this moment, the door opened, and Lin Zinuo walked out wearing a rather fashionable floral dress, asking with delight, “How is it?”

“How is what?”

Su Mo replied with a blank expression.

“I’m asking if this dress looks good. If it does, I can wear it tonight.”

Lin Zinuo complained unhappily.

Su Mo was stunned, then glanced into the room. He saw that Lin Zinuo had turned out all the clothes from her suitcase and thrown them on the bed. She was trying on clothes.

“Hurry up and say something. Give me some advice.”

Seeing that Su Mo hadn’t said anything for a long time, Lin Zinuo quickly urged him.

“Ahem, it’s alright, I guess, but shouldn’t you wear a formal dress to a banquet?”

“Ah, where am I going to find a formal dress? I didn’t think I would be attending a banquet when I came here. I only brought a few dresses.”

Looking at her clothes, Lin Zinuo felt a little helpless.

Su Mo coughed and said, “Alright, these things aren’t important. Just come with me.”

With that, Su Mo directly pulled Lin Zinuo out. He had already prepared everything last night.

“Where are we going?”

Although Lin Zinuo looked puzzled, she obediently followed Su Mo as he pulled her along.

…

Soon after, the two of them took a taxi to the World Shopping Center in the center of the Magic City.

The entire shopping mall was huge, filled with top-of-the-line luxury cars, and the people coming and going were all bejeweled noblewomen and elegant young ladies.

“What are we doing here?”

Lin Zinuo panicked a little. This shopping mall was even more high-end than the one she had taken Su Mo to before.

You should know that when she took Su Mo to the shopping mall before, she had only bought the cheapest things.

“Nothing. You’ll find out when you come with me.”

Su Mo directly pulled Lin Zinuo inside.

“Su Mo, maybe we should just forget it.”

“That won’t do. When you took me to buy clothes, I also said to forget it. Now it’s your turn. Are you afraid?”

Su Mo found it even more amusing. Truly, the tables had turned, and now it was his turn to win one back.

“Who said I was afraid? Let’s go in.”

Lin Zinuo couldn’t save face, so she gritted her teeth and walked inside.

As soon as the two entered the mall, a girl in a uniform walked up to them and greeted them in a very sweet voice.

“Hello, esteemed guests. I am Xiaoxing, your personal shopper. This shopping mall provides free service throughout.”

“I booked a full set of services on your official website yesterday. Just follow that.”

Su Mo said simply.

“What services?”

Hearing this, Lin Zinuo felt that something was wrong and whispered to Su Mo.

Unfortunately, Su Mo had no intention of explaining it to her. Instead, he communicated with the shopping guide on his own.

“Could you show me the reservation code?”

The smile on the face of the beautiful shopping guide became even brighter.

Su Mo picked up his mobile phone and showed it to the beautiful shopping guide in front of him.

“It’s this supreme service.”

“This way, please!”