Time and Space Tavern

Chapter 44 Xuanwu
The "idiot" that Qiao Mu envisioned should be greasy-headed and self-righteous, just like the dandy rich second generation with a little money on TV.

The Shen Jialuo in front of him gave him the opposite feeling. The other party was dressed in a formal suit, with a dignified appearance and a polite manner.When facing him, the other party's eyes were not aggressive or provocative, but rather peaceful.

Or that he was well disguised.

"Hello." Qiao Mu nodded slightly towards him.

He didn't reach out to hit the smiling face, so many of the rhetoric he had prepared were useless.

Shen Jialuo saw the lunch box in Qiao Mu's hand and smiled, "It seems that you are going to eat, so I won't bother you."

Tang Wei was noncommittal and ignored it. The other party smiled and nodded, then turned and left.

Everything seemed to have no tense atmosphere, which made Qiao Mu feel strange.

"Is he that idiot?" Qiao Mu asked.

Tang Wei burst out laughing, rolled his eyes at him and said, "I thought you would say he was very polite."

Qiao Mu opened his mouth, wanting to say "I really think so in my heart", but didn't say it out.

"His surname is Shen, do you know what it stands for?" Tang Wei asked.

Just as Qiao Mu was about to shake his head, a name popped up in his mind: "Shen Hongxin?"

"It seems that you are not stupid," Tang Wei said with a joking smile, "He is Shen Hongxin's grandson, and he just received his Ph.D. from Harvard Business School this year."

Uh……

"Perhaps you don't know that the foundation of Hongxin Group is in the capital, and the Shen family is a giant in the political arena." Tang Wei said seriously.

Qiao Mu was stunned, and suddenly realized why Hongxin Real Estate became two behemoths alongside Tang Real Estate—without a political background, it is impossible to take root in the real estate industry.

However, why does such a company with such a strong political background have contact with the United States?
Qiao Mu couldn't help but think of Wang Hongtao who sneaked into the tavern, and a series of clues obtained by Lolita's pursuit.

"Also," Tang Wei said, "my fifth uncle wanted to introduce me to him before, but I refused, and he doesn't seem to want to give up. I should have told you."

Qiao Mu smiled wryly, "Are you trying to tell me how powerful my rival is?"

Tang Wei blinked playfully, then smiled and said, "I'm not such a superficial person."

Qiao Mu also smiled. He suddenly thought of a question and asked, "The foundation of your Tang family is biopharmaceuticals. The Shen family is very successful in the IT industry, right?"

Tang Wei's expression froze for a moment, and she looked sideways at Qiao Mu.

"Won't I guess right?" Qiao Mu was shocked.

"The Shen family has made extraordinary achievements in the computer field," Tang Wei said halfway through, with a trace of hesitation in her eyes, "However, they all controlled several foreign computer companies in the form of venture capital."

"Including Google," Tang Wei said, "The second largest shareholder is actually the Shen family."

"Could it be that the country will allow them to do this?" Qiao Mu was very puzzled. Since the other party is so powerful in the political world, why does he always extend his tentacles abroad.

"In fact, their influence in the political world is getting lower and lower," Tang Wei said. "Perhaps the people above also think it's inappropriate for them to do so."

Qiao Mu didn't speak any more, he felt that he had vaguely grasped something.

Being able to resist Lolita's invasion is enough to show that the other party has a lot of cards, maybe it is also an unknown artificial intelligence, or even a lost civilization of another world.

If you think about it in terms of conspiracy theory, perhaps the IT dominance of the United States is also related to that unknown artificial intelligence.

The Shen family was involved, probably because of some inhumane secret.

But even so, Qiao Mu was not worried.

Lolita is not a simple artificial intelligence, it can evolve as the tavern is upgraded.Now it can't break through the defense line set up by the opponent, but it can retreat leisurely without disturbing the opponent, which is enough to show that it is more advanced than the opponent.After the upgrade, the gap between it and that unknown artificial intelligence will probably be even greater.

"What are you thinking about?" Tang Wei asked.

Qiao Mu reached out and grabbed her slender palm, and said with a smile, "I was thinking, how sad that Shen Jialuo would be when he thought of you behind his back and called him an idiot."

Tang Wei pursed her lips and said, "Don't be fooled by his appearance, the Shen family doesn't have a good thing!"

Qiao Mu asked strangely, "Why do you say that?"

Tang Wei slowly told him a story of the past.

The matter is not complicated, just like the plots in many goofy TV dramas, it is nothing more than a beautiful female student being pregnant by a son of a big family, and she wants to ask for an explanation, but in the end she dies.And that scumbag was Shen Jialuo's elder brother. The reason why this matter subsided was that Shen Jialuo's behind-the-scenes planning was very important.

"According to my grandfather's evaluation, one of the two brothers is a cruel hungry wolf, and the other is a cunning and tolerant fox, neither of them is a good thing." Tang Wei said with disgust.

Qiao Mu smiled and said, "Then did your grandfather tell me?"

"You?" Tang Weixiu frowned slightly and said, "You really want to hear it?"

Qiao Mu had a bad premonition, but his curiosity drove him to nod.

Tang Wei said with a smirk: "My grandfather said: 'That Qiao Mu looks like a smart kid, but unfortunately he doesn't have much ambition'. In terms of image, he is the best pet to keep."

"What?" Qiao Mu asked subconsciously.

"Turtle." Tang Wei couldn't hold back her laughter anymore.

Qiao Mu's face was almost green.

Fortunately, I risked exposing the secret and asked Sun Simiao to treat the old guy, but the other party called me a turtle.

"Don't be angry, the turtle is so nice, so cute, so cute." Tang Wei laughed.

"You are the turtle!" Qiao Mu stretched out his claws angrily, reaching towards... Tang Wei's armpits.

Loud laughter came from the closed office door, along with Tang Wei begging for mercy.

Several passing employees looked at each other in blank dismay, swallowed quietly at the same time, and tiptoed away.

"It's not a turtle, it's Xuanwu, Xuanwu, okay, grandpa said you are Xuanwu." Tang Wei begged for mercy.

The two quarreled for a while before calming down.

The food was a bit cold, but neither of them had such a pretentious temperament, not to mention looking at a beautiful woman is also a pleasing thing for Qiao Mu, just like a beautiful meal.

After making an appointment to watch another movie together in the evening, Qiao Mu turned back to the tavern.

The tavern now has a number of regular customers, and if it doesn't open without explaining, it will eventually affect his reputation.

After opening for half a day, and seeing off the last customer who was fierce and fierce, Qiao Mu closed the door and went to the movies with Tang Wei.

After he left, a black Mercedes parked outside the tavern.

The person who got out of the car was Tang Wei's fifth uncle, Tang Deyong, and there were two bodyguards in black beside him.

Knocked on the door, but got no answer.

"It seems that the person is gone, let's wait." He said lightly, but there was a hint of sternness on his face.

(End of this chapter)