I just want to take photos of them.

Lin Ruoxi complained in a low voice. She was afraid that if Xu Mo heard it, she would have to spend the next week in bed.

"Carol, go wash up quickly. I won't help you if your sister Ruoxi is here."

Although Carol was a little reluctant, after Xu Mo touched Carol's little head, she happily went into the bathroom and started washing.

After Carol finished washing up, the three of them had a happy breakfast. Xu Mo had an appointment with Xia Wanning, so he was going to ask if he could shoot today.

After saying hello to the two people, Xu Mo left home alone.

Chapter 79: It’s broken, I was mistaken for a gigolo

On the expressway in the city, Xu Mo held the steering wheel with one hand and sent a message to Xia Wanning with the other, asking her if she was free for photography today.

Xia Wanning didn't reply immediately, maybe she was busy. So Xu Mo put down his phone. In addition to taking photos for Xia Wanning, he also had an important task today, which was to buy office supplies for the company. Tang Xinran had already helped Xu Mo contact a company that specialized in office supplies. Xu Mo could just talk to their account manager about the details.

Xu Mo looked at the meeting place sent by Tang Xinran, which was a famous teahouse in the city. After determining the route, Xu Mo put down his phone, stepped on the accelerator, and sped towards the destination.

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After arriving at the teahouse, Xu Mo reported the number of the private room at the counter, and the waiter took Xu Mo to the second floor.

"Hello, sir. The person who reserved the private room is waiting for you inside."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

After Xu Mo expressed his thanks slightly, he opened the door and walked in.

The tea set was already placed on the tea table in the private room, but there was no tea in the two teacups. A middle-aged man was sitting on a chair with his back to the door. Xu Mo thought that this should be Manager Wang introduced by Tang Xinran.

The noise of opening the door had already alarmed the other party. After Manager Wang turned around and saw Xu Mo, a hint of surprise flashed across his face briefly, but it quickly disappeared.

"You must be Mr. Xu Mo, right? Nice to meet you."

"I'm the account manager of Jiayi Office, and this is my business card."

The other party handed over the business card with both hands respectfully, and Xu Mo took it and put it in his pocket.

"Nice to meet you, Manager Wang. I'm Xu Mo."

After sitting down, the two exchanged a few pleasantries and then got down to business.

"I wonder what kind of tools you need, Boss Xu, and how many of each kind you need."

"My initial plan is to buy about 5 sets of tables and chairs, printers, and..."

After Xu Mo briefly explained his needs, Manager Wang was a little surprised, because Xu Mo's needs were not very large, and to be more precise, their company generally did not accept such small-scale business. The reason why he came here today was because the company boss's partner asked him to.

"I roughly understand your needs. These are not a problem. If you need them, they can be delivered to your company this afternoon. As for the price..."

When Xu Mo heard the other party suddenly keep the secret, he thought that the other party was going to raise the price.

"Price is not an issue, just give me the best."

"Of course. In addition, I would like to say that if you establish a long-term cooperative relationship with us, we can give you a 5% discount on this batch of goods."

Manager Wang's words made Xu Mo pause. He originally thought that the other party was going to raise the price, but who knew that he would cut it in half. Xu Mo thought about it and thought that Tang Xinran probably told the other party something to give him a discount. If that was the case, he would slowly repay Tang Xinran in the future. Although Xu Mo's budget was more than enough, he could still save more than 5 yuan with a % discount.

"No problem. When I need to buy supplies in the future, I will give you guys priority."

"Boss Xu, I would like to ask, are you and Tang Group a partner?"

Xu Mo knew that Manager Wang wanted to find out about his background in order to establish his future service attitude. That was just right, Xu Mo could bring up Tang Xinran's status as a shareholder, since it was already a favor, so he might as well use it to the end.

"I guess so. Tang Xinran and I are classmates."

"Oh~ So you and Miss Tang are familiar with each other."

After hearing this, Manager Wang instantly understood why the company would send him to discuss such a small business deal. It turned out that the man was the consort of the Tang Group.

"Boss Xu, I'd like to congratulate you in advance. I was in a hurry this time and didn't prepare any gifts. This is a little token of our appreciation. I really want to make friends with you."

"Besides, I have other things to do here, so I won't bother you any more. The furniture will be delivered to the company this afternoon, and you don't have to worry about the installation, we'll take care of it. Then I'll take my leave first."

Manager Wang took out a shopping card from his briefcase. Xu Mo took a look and saw that the card was worth 1 yuan. Without waiting for Xu Mo to refuse, Manager Wang put it in front of Xu Mo and then turned and left.

"This soft rice seems to be really delicious. Do you want to call Tang Xinran now and tell him that you have figured it out?"

Xu Mo looked at the shopping card in his hand and suddenly felt that he was not so averse to marrying into the family.

Since the deal had been made, Xu Mo did not stay any longer. He decided to go to the company to see how the decoration was going. After signing the rental contract last time, Tang Xinran told Xu Mo not to worry about the decoration, she would take care of it. Calculating the time, the decoration should be almost done. Once the office supplies arrive in the afternoon, the company will basically be ready, and the only thing left is to consider recruiting people.

Xu Mo drove to the company's office building, parked the car, and took the elevator to the floor he rented, or to be exact, the second floor. However, the two floors were connected by stairs, giving it a villa feel. Xu Mo's initial plan was that the lower floor would be where employees would work, and the upper floor would be his office and the practice room for contracted trainees.

The basic circuits, wallpapers, floors, etc. have all been installed. The only thing missing is the office supplies. Once they are delivered and installed in the afternoon, it should be ready.

Xu Mo is very satisfied with this stylish and simple decoration. There are not too many complicated elements, and it does not look too simple. Xu Mo likes the design of the second-floor office the most. The office has a one-way glass that can directly see into the practice room. When working, you can watch the dance practice through this glass. It can only be said that he is worthy of being a professional and considerate of everything.

After Xu Mo finished his inspection, he called Fu Xiaohua to explain the situation and sent her the company's address. After the office supplies were delivered in the afternoon, Xu Mo planned to let Fu Xiaohua arrange the specific layout, after all, this company was opened for her alone.

"Xu Mo, you've done so much for me, is it really worth it?"

Fu Xiaohua knew that it takes a lot of money to start a company, not to mention that Xu Mo's office building is in a very good location, so the rent must be expensive. Xu Mo opened a company just because of her idea and asked her to be in charge of the decoration. Fu Xiaohua felt a strange feeling in her heart.

"I've already told you that I'm yours, why are you still so nice to me..."

There was an unconscious hint of sobbing in Fu Xiaohua's tone.

"It's because you are already mine that I treat you well. Xiaohua, you don't have to care about the previous agreement. I like you, not your body, okay?"

"Yeah... I understand."

Xu Mo was relieved to see the girl stopped crying. He hated to see beautiful girls cry.

"Then just remember to come this afternoon. It's up to you to arrange it however you want. Don't worry about anything else. I have something else to do, so let's not talk about it for now."

"Xu Mo!"

"Hmm? Anything else?"

"I like you."

Although the girl's tone was calm, there was a sense of certainty in it.

"Yeah, I like you too. Okay, I'm hanging up now."

Xu Mo thinks that it is great and touching that Fu Xiaohua, who is an intellectual and gentle type, occasionally shows her girlish side.

Chapter 80: Love That Can't Be Reached

After Xu Mo hung up the phone, he found that Xia Wanning had replied to his message, saying that she was free this afternoon. Xu Mo replied with a "OK", and the two of them made an agreement.

Xu Mo looked at his phone. It was still some time before noon, so he didn't rush back. Xu Mo decided to go to the music store to look for some instruments for practice, otherwise he would have nothing to practice with after he found someone.

There is a musical instrument street near the university town. The entire street is filled with shops selling musical instruments of all kinds. They all have teaching offices and it seems that they make a living by selling lessons to college students.

Freshmen are the easiest to be fooled into enrolling in classes. They are very curious when they first enter college and want to try everything. The boss will just fool you with a few words, saying that if you practice well, you will have priority in choosing a spouse.

After getting started, I found that if I didn’t practice for a few months or even a year, the performance on stage would be very poor. After that, I looked back at the one or two months of lessons I had taken and found that they were of little use. I was also fooled into buying a very expensive instrument, which ended up gathering dust in a corner.

Xu Mo walked around and picked a music store that he liked and walked in. There weren't many people on the street, so there were only the boss and a fashionable girl. Because the girl was staring at the instruments on the wall, Xu Mo couldn't see her face. But it didn't matter, Xu Mo came to look for instruments.

"Hello, what guitars are there? I'd like to take a look."

Xu Mo walked to the counter and knocked gently, attracting the attention of the boss who was obsessed with his mobile phone.

"The guitars are all on the wall over there with the little girl. The models and prices are all marked. Just take your time to look at them."

After saying that, the boss turned back and continued to browse his phone.

Xu Mo turned around and walked towards the girl's position. Xu Mo started from the guitars at the edge. The first one was a standard unbranded firewood guitar, probably used by students who had just signed up for the class, so Xu Mo skipped it.

The guitar next to it is a bit better, a Yamaha F310NT model, priced at around 1000, which is quite reasonable. This is for beginners to advance, and it is a relatively affordable guitar. Therefore, this one is not in Xu Mo's consideration.

After looking at a few more models, Xu Mo found that most of the products sold in this store were Yamaha products, with prices ranging from several thousand yuan, more than 6000 yuan for the expensive ones and more than 1000 yuan for the cheap ones. Xu Mo was not very satisfied with these, and wondered if there were any better ones in this store.

Unconsciously, Xu Mo had walked to the girl's side, and the girl still maintained the posture that Xu Mo had when he entered the store. If the girl's hands had not been moving around, Xu Mo might have thought that this was a mannequin.

Xu Mo followed the girl's gaze and saw that it was a Fender electric guitar that cost more than 2 yuan. It seemed that this was the electric guitar that the girl wanted very much, but she had no money to buy it, so she kept staring at it.

Xu Mo scanned the wall again and found that this was the most expensive guitar in the store. Fender is still very good in terms of rock music, and the quality of the high-end brand is also very good. This price is also Xu Mo's ideal price. Xu Mo was somewhat tempted and wanted to buy it, but he was a little concerned about the girl. After all, this guitar should be her favorite, what if she is slowly saving money to buy it?

However, this thought disappeared in just a moment, because Xu Mo had nothing to do with her, so why should he care about her thoughts? Goods are naturally first come first served, not to mention that the boss will definitely restock them, so it doesn't matter.

"Eh!?"

The girl was startled by the arm that suddenly appeared in her sight and let out a small scream.

The owner of the arm was naturally Xu Mo. He decided to try the tone of the guitar first, and if it was suitable, he would go to the boss to pay.

Xu Mo got ready and plucked the strings in order to test the pitch. After the adjustment, Xu Mo began to play a piece of music that he had practiced before.

The blessing "Harmony of Harmoners" that Xu Mo had received from Fu Xiaohua before greatly improved Xu Mo's musical talent. Xu Mo was able to learn various musical instruments with ease, including guitar.

Today, as usual, Ayako Iori came to the musical instrument store to look at the guitar she liked. The quality of the guitar was very good and the corresponding price was also very high. She could not afford it with her current funds.

As an international student, Iori Ayako came to China to study alone, which is very rare among her peers. After all, Japanese people rarely go to China to study abroad, but I don't know why Iori Ayako chose to do so. Her grades were relatively good in Japan, so she came to Jinling University in China.

Her family is neither rich nor poor, just like a normal family, so her parents only give her about 3000 yuan a month for living expenses. If she wants to save enough money to buy a guitar just by living expenses, it will probably take more than a year. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel depressed, and kept changing the position of her two palms to suppress her bad mood.

Before Ayako Iori could finish her usual frustration, a stranger took away her dream guitar right in front of her. At that moment, Ayako Iori wanted to stop him. But she was just a student who couldn't afford it and couldn't stop others from looking at the product. Most importantly, she was very socially anxious and could hardly communicate normally with others.

Before she had time to feel sad, Iori Ayako heard a beautiful sound of music. She looked towards the source of the sound and found that it was the person who "robbed" her favorite guitar. He was playing the guitar and it sounded very good. Looking at the other person's superb playing skills, Iori Ayako concluded that the other person's level was not lower than hers.

"Well, you played very well. Can you tell me the name of the song?"

Iori Ayako finally plucked up the courage and told the other party what she was thinking.

Xu Mo looked at the weak girl in front of him and could tell at a glance that she exuded social phobia. How could such a girl actually say hello to a stranger? Xu Mo was puzzled.

"It's called Love That Can't Be Reached. It can't be found on the market. I guess it's my original creation."

Xu Mo recalled that this world was different from his original world, so he had to shamelessly say that it was his own original creation.

"That's amazing! Not only does he play the guitar very well, but he can also compose music."

"There there."

Xu Mo was a little embarrassed. Where was the social phobia he had promised to have? How did he start to become so familiar with others? Moreover, his way of speaking was so strange, and his accent was also a bit strange. Xu Mo concluded that the other party should not be Chinese.

"Smith Marseille, I haven't introduced myself to you yet. My name is Iori Ayako, and I'm an international student at Jinling University."

Chapter 81: The Sky of Fate

"Just call me Xu Mo."

Xu Mo looked the girl up and down. For some reason, she was dressed very strangely. She wore a loose sportswear on the upper body and a knee-length pleated skirt on the lower body. Xu Mo couldn't understand. Was this the latest fashion trend in Japan?

"Also, I am also a student of Jinling University."

After Xu Mo tried the guitar, he found it really good, so he decided to buy it. Then he turned and walked towards the counter to pay.

"Please wait a moment."

The girl used this Japanese-style Chinese language again. Xu Mo always felt it was weird, as if he was watching anime.

"Is there anything else?"

Xu Mo guessed that this Japanese student was going to talk about the guitar, and was probably begging Xu Mo not to buy it.

"I hope you can... take good care of this guitar and treat it well. This is a personal request from me."

"I will. Goodbye, classmate."

Faced with the girl's sudden nonsensical words, Xu Mo didn't understand what she meant, so he simply went along with what she said to prevent her from doing anything else.

After paying the bill at the counter, Xu Mo drove home with his newly bought guitar. It was almost time, so he went back to make lunch for Carol and Lin Ruoxi.

In the guitar shop——

Iori Ayako looked distressed because her favorite guitar was bought by someone else. In fact, Iori Ayako had thought about this possibility before, but based on her experience of visiting every day, few people looked at this guitar because its price was too expensive for students. Even though its quality is really good, its cost performance is not the best.

"Oops, I seem to have forgotten to ask him which department and grade he is in."

Iori Ayako suddenly realized that she seemed to only know his name. But this would not be convenient for her to find him in the future, so her plan to save enough money to buy a guitar would be ruined.

"Let's go back and ask Xin-chan for help. I hope we can find this classmate."