Chapter 1 An Unexpected Encounter

Su Mo turned his head and saw Ye Jing walking over, surrounded by a group of beauties and many elite subordinates.

"Isn't this Young Master Ye? Since you've spoken, of course, there's no problem."

The stall owner betrayed his integrity without hesitation, which was normal enough. In this safe zone, who would dare not give Young Master Ye face?

Unfortunately, Su Mo was the exception.

"I've already bought this."

Su Mo said expressionlessly.

"Uh, brother, are you stupid? Young Master Ye wants this."

"You already said it was a deal."

Su Mo raised his head and looked at the stall owner.

The young man seemed to sense Su Mo's murderous aura and instinctively took a step back, a hint of fear on his face.

Ye Jing couldn't help but take another look at Su Mo, an interested expression on his face.

"This brother has a pretty good aura. Judging by your equipment, you seem to be an expert. Where are you from?"

"We're not acquainted."

Su Mo didn't feel like paying attention to Ye Jing.

"Interesting. Fine, then we won't try to get familiar. Although you took a liking to it, and the boss agreed, there's a saying that goes, you haven't paid yet, so it doesn't count. How about this: may the highest bidder win. Using money to convince people is the real skill."

Ye Jing hadn't encountered anyone who didn't give him face like this, but he liked it. This was much more interesting.

At this time, the stall owner was naturally willing, ten thousand times over. Who wouldn't want to earn more money? So he said directly,

"I think Young Master Ye is right. Sorry, brother."

Although Su Mo was very unhappy with the stall owner's actions, he didn't want a direct conflict. Although this was a safe zone, there wasn't much order. He would be at a disadvantage alone. Anything that could be solved with money wasn't a problem.

"Alright."

Hearing Su Mo's answer, the girls next to Ye Jing covered their mouths and giggled. In their eyes, Su Mo was probably a fool to want to compete with Young Master Ye in terms of money.

"500 credits."

Ye Jing directly held up a palm.

The stall owner's mouth almost couldn't close from smiling when he heard the price.

"1000 credits."

Su Mo didn't humor Ye Jing.

Ye Jing was also slightly surprised. 500 credits was already an astronomical price. Normally, this thing would only cost seventy or eighty credits. If he didn't have a great use for it, he wouldn't have spent so much money to buy it.

"1500."

Ye Jing frowned slightly and continued to bid.

"2000."

"2500."

"3000."

…

The two kept bidding against each other, and soon Su Mo raised the price to 5000 credits. Ye Jing's face had become a little solemn, and the girls beside him stopped talking.

Even the stall owner was a little uneasy. He felt like he had done something stupid. The young man in front of him seemed to be someone important as well.

Just as Ye Jing was about to continue bidding, the butler beside him reminded him in a low voice.

"Young Master, that's enough."

Ye Jing immediately realized that although this amount of money was nothing to him, it wasn't appropriate to spend so much money for such a piece of junk. There was a limit to how much one could spend just to vent anger. They were rich, but they weren't nouveau riche.

So Ye Jing smiled and said to Su Mo, "You win. May I ask how to address you?"

"Do I need to tell you?"

Su Mo replied calmly.

"Alright, your financial resources are not bad. Maybe we will meet again."

Ye Jing smiled and left with his men, not angry at all. Although he was arrogant, he had his own principles. If he lost, he lost.

At this time, the stall owner looked at Su Mo with some anxiety, revealing an awkward smile.

"This brother, I was forced to do this. I can't afford to offend Young Master Ye. How about I charge you less?"

"Account."

Su Mo replied very simply.

The stall owner hesitated for a moment, but still gave Su Mo his account number.

Soon, Su Mo transferred the money, took the item, and left, leaving the uneasy stall owner standing in place.

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In the western corner of the safe zone, seventy or eighty members of the Meng Guild were gathered together.

Tang Zhi was chatting with many of her sisters.

"Let me tell you, Lan Xi is back alive. Sister Wu is taking her to report to the higher-ups."

"Really? I remember her teammates all died, didn't they?"

Several girls next to her asked curiously.

"That's right, they all died, and Lan Xi was the one who killed them."

Tang Zhi said with certainty.

"Ah? Could there be some misunderstanding?"

Some girls said in surprise.

"Whether there's a misunderstanding or not doesn't matter, because it's nothing. Do you know how Lan Xi came back alive? Let me tell you, she clung to the thigh of the enemy who killed her teammates and shamelessly came back alive."

"Really?"

"I'm not accusing anyone. If you don't believe me, you can go offline later and ask the guild logistics channel if she killed her teammates. And she ran away with the enemy. Alas, when people's hearts become evil, it's just too terrifying."

"I didn't expect her to be that kind of person."

"That's right, it's too scary. You can never judge a book by its cover."

…

The girls next to her echoed.

At this time, a man with a handsome appearance also echoed, "I saw it long ago. When we were in the training camp, I felt that there was something wrong with her. Fortunately, I wasn't in the same group as her."

"Zhou Ji, I remember you were trying your best to be in the same group as her, weren't you? It's just that you weren't selected later."

A girl next to him asked suspiciously.

"What are you talking about? I was deceived by her appearance at first. Later, I realized that something was wrong and retreated in time. Otherwise, I might have been sold out too, and I would probably be dead by now."

Zhou Ji quickly defended himself.

"That makes sense."

The girls present echoed.

Just then, Sister Wu led Lan Xi over. They had already explained the situation to the top executives of the guild. The guild gave Lan Xi a one-month fine, and the matter was considered over.

When Tang Zhi and others saw them, they stopped talking.

"Everyone's here!"

Sister Wu greeted.

"Hello, Sister Wu."

"Sister Wu, why do you have time to come over? Are you free?"

…

The girls present responded with smiles.

Sister Wu replied with a smile, "Free? The game has just started, and the guild has suffered serious casualties. Things in all aspects need to be coordinated. I'm so busy."

"Sister Wu, you've worked hard."

"Yes, you're so busy. You should pay attention to rest, otherwise, you'll get old easily."

Many sisters praised Sister Wu.

Sister Wu smiled and said to the sisters, "Alright, sisters, I'll pay attention to rest. I'm here because there's something I want to discuss with you."

"What is it, Sister Wu? It can't be to help Lan Xi find a team, right?"

Tang Zhi said with a meaningful smile.

The originally lively crowd fell silent when they heard Tang Zhi's words, and the atmosphere became awkward for a moment.

Sister Wu frowned slightly. She didn't like Tang Zhi very much either. She was just making trouble for her and disrupting everything she was going to say.

But since that was the case, she didn't hide it and said to the sisters straightforwardly.