Chapter 67: Charge

The meal was very harmonious. However, as Mo Zhu had classes the next day, Huo Tao and Chen Man did not keep the two of them around. After dinner, they let them return to the Huo residence.

As for Huo Tao, he had business to discuss in Beijing the next day, so he rushed back overnight.

After entering the house, Mo Zhu greeted Huo Xuan briefly, then returned to her room to shower and sleep.

Just as she was taking off her clothes, a piercing ringtone sounded without warning. Mo Zhu turned to look at the caller ID on the screen and her expression changed. She walked to the bathroom and pressed the answer button.

“What’s the matter?” Once the call was picked up, Mo Zhu asked anxiously.

“There’s news that the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb will be auctioned publicly in Beijing in a few days.”

It was Cheng Yi on the other end of the phone. This time, it was the information that the Love Pavilion had found. Besides asking them to pay attention to Feng Yu’s disappearance back then, Mo Zhu had also asked them to help her search for the rare medicinal herb, the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb.

This medicine could be said to be priceless and almost extinct in the world. Back then, when Mo Zhu asked for their help, the Love Pavilion had reminded her that because this medicine was too rare, the results of the search might not be optimistic. No one expected that there would be such an opportunity for Mo Zhu.

The girl’s hand which was holding the phone trembled slightly. She said excitedly, “Which auction house is it? What’s the market price?”

After making mental preparations, Mo Zhu took a deep breath. Regardless of the price she received, she was willing to go bankrupt to buy this herb!

“As for which auction house it is, the Love Pavilion hasn’t found out any concrete news yet. However, the prices should be quite high. The prices in Beijing are at least a few billion yuan. If not, it will not be able to make it into such a top tiered secret auction.”

Mo Zhu frowned. She understood the deep meaning in the man’s tone. He was hinting that she should raise the money in advance. After all, good herbs were rare. If she missed this opportunity because of insufficient preparation, who knew when she would get such a good chance next time!

“Got it. Thank you for your concern. However, if there’s any first-hand news when the auction starts…”

Before Mo Zhu could finish, Cheng Yi took the initiative to continue, “Don’t worry, if there’s any movement in Beijing, I will definitely inform you immediately. However, there’s another thing that might have something to do with the auction of the Ten Thousand Aged Pine Snow Herb!”

“I heard that the famous young master of the Gao family in Beijing has been targeted by the forces in Southeast Asia. He disappeared for a week for no reason half a month ago. The spy from the Love Pavilion said that when he was sent back, not only were his tendons broken, but he was also delirious!”

Upon hearing this, Mo Zhu pursed her lips without batting an eyelid. “So what you’re saying is that the auction of the Pine Snow Herb is related to the Gao family?”

After a pause, Cheng Yi lowered his voice and continued, “I reckon that the Pine Snow Herb is just a gimmick the Gao family threw out. Their goal is to attract powerful families to avenge them.”

Mo Zhu’s heart turned cold. If they were auctioning off this herb purely because they lacked money, then all the sellers could just bid with their own abilities. However, if the Pine Snow Herb was really in the Gao family, and just as Cheng Yi had guessed, she really did not have much confidence in obtaining it.

“Alright, I understand. I’ll prepare some money first. Please inform me when you have news. I’ll go to Beijing personally to meet the Gao family!” Mo Zhu’s voice was already a little hoarse. She sighed helplessly.

Cheng Yi immediately expressed his stand when he heard this. “Of course, but you don’t have to worry about raising money first. If you have any difficulties, feel free to ask. We have the entire Love Pavilion supporting us. As long as we have more orders, we won’t have to worry about not having enough money to spend!”

As if he recalled something, a few tapping sounds came from the other end of the phone. “Oh right, there’s an SSS-rank order in Love Pavilion these last two days. It’s from Cloud City. Black Tiger originally wanted to take it, but his mission overseas has been delayed for the past two days. I heard that you’re in Cloud City recently. Are you interested in this order?”

How could there be a mission with such a high level in Cloud City? Mo Zhu’s heart was filled with doubts. Although she did not know what it wanted her to do, the reward for a mission of this level was usually very generous.

After a slight hesitation, Mo Zhu nodded and replied, “Send it to me. If it’s within my ability, I’ll take this order for Black Tiger.”

Cheng Yi reminded her worriedly before encrypting a piece of information and sending it to Mo Zhu’s phone.

Mo Zhu replied softly before hanging up and putting her phone back on the bed.

She took out her computer from the cabinet and typed furiously on the keyboard. She connected the document that her phone had received to the computer and opened it. The contents that appeared in front of her stunned Mo Zhu.

On the huge computer screen, the words “Mo Zhu of Year 3, Class 8, Jingyang High School” appeared. She looked at this list carefully and traced the source documents back one by one. The regional name that was sent at the start was indicated to be from Cloud City’s Du Family.

Great, she didn’t know that this valuable SSS-rank mission was actually a kill order. The Du family had spent a lot of money to buy a killer from the Love Pavilion to kill her!