"The intersection of Linping Road and Chong'an Street, opposite the Splendid Age Community......"

After getting off the bus, Su Mo compared the map in his mind with the real scene in front of him, and sketched a navigation route in his mind.

Determining his route, he took a step and soon found a restaurant.

"The first floor of 770 Chong'an Street."

Su Mo calmly read out the address left by Zhou Mingrui, and looked up at the signboard in front of him:

"Wang Er Hot Pot Grilled Fish".

The name of the store can also be matched, and it is indeed this store.

Su Mo took out his phone from his pocket and looked at the time displayed on the screensaver.

It was now 10:47 a.m. on the 12th, thirteen minutes earlier than the eleven o'clock he had agreed with Zhou Mingrui, which was about the same time as he expected.

Su Mo has always been accustomed to leaving room for doing things, so that even if things change, he can deal with them calmly and not be in a hurry.

For things like being invited to an appointment, it's better to arrive early than late, especially if there are friends you meet for the first time.

Su Mo pushed open the door and walked into the family's noisy hot pot grilled fish restaurant.

At this time, the meal was approaching, and the people in the store were in a hurry, and there were few empty seats at a glance.

As soon as he entered the store, Su Mo heard a familiar greeting from beside him:

"Su Mo, this way!"

He turned his head to look, Zhou Mingrui was sitting in the window seat not far away, waving in this direction, and at the same time got up to greet him.

Looking over Zhou Mingrui, Su Mo noticed that he didn't arrive alone.

Opposite him was a handsome young man of his age, who had been playing with his mobile phone with his head down, and after hearing Zhou Mingrui's greeting, he also looked at the door, and happened to meet Su Mo's slightly scrutinizing gaze, so he showed a polite smile.

Su Mo was silent for a while, and at this time, Zhou Mingrui had already come to his side, patted his shoulder familiarly, and then pushed him forward: "Su Mo, you go sit first, I'll tell the waiter that you can serve the food." ”

"yes, okay."

Su Mo nodded silently, raised his legs and walked towards the "strange" young man.

The young man pressed his phone on the table, then stood up from his seat, and when Su Mo arrived in front of him, he was the first to reach out his hand.

"Hello, I'm Peng Deng, Zhou Mingrui's hair is small." The handsome young man named Peng Deng joked with a smile, "Although it is the first time we have met, but thanks to Mingrui, I have admired your name for a long time to my friend." ”

"Haha, not so much." Su Mo covered all his thoughts, and then curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and held Peng Deng's hand, "Hello Peng Deng, I am Zhou Mingrui's colleague, Su Mo." ”

When they first met, he calmly thought that the person who should really say that he had admired the name for a long time should be me, Peng Deng.

Regarding Zhou Mingrui's sworn friend, there is very little information given in the original book of "The Master of Mystery", with a total of 4.47 million words, and he has only appeared four times, and all of them have been brushed aside.

For the first time, Zhou Mingrui, who had just crossed into Klein Moretti, recalled the reason for his crossing, mentioning that as a qualified keyboard politician, keyboard historian, keyboard economist, keyboard biologist, and keyboard folklorist, he has always claimed to "know a little bit of everything", and his friends often ridicule him as "only knowing a little bit of everything".

The second time, it was Klein who used the revolver to bluff the members of the Esoteric Order who infiltrated the house late at night, so that he had the opportunity to become an extraordinary person, and when he was lying in bed thinking about the sequence he was going to choose, he unconsciously remembered all kinds of past events before the time travel, including a sworn friend who "grew up together, and evolved from playing football and basketball together to playing mahjong in war games".

The last two times were on Fort Source, once after Crane escaped in a game with Amon in the Godforsaken Lands, and the other time after Crane became the Lord of Mysteries and presided over the final tarot meeting.

In order to avoid Amon's tracking, he could only stay in the Source Castle and had nowhere to go for the time being, and he had to fall into a deep sleep to fight against the revival of Tianzun's will, and in the almost dazed silence, he silently manifested exquisite candles, delicious food with all colors and aromas, and a warm banquet with candlelight shining brightly.

The guests at the meeting were all anchors of Klein's memory: all the members of the Tarot Society, Captain Dunn, Ms. Daly, brother Benson, sister Melissa, Miss Sharon, Mr. Azik, Will licking ice cream, Miss Courier with four heads, and old Neil with a serious study bill......

In addition to this, there are four figures dressed in modern costumes who are out of place with the people around them.

A middle-aged and elderly man with black hair mixed with silver threads and an unusually loud voice, a woman with short ear-length hair who is nearly half a hundred years old, a young man who enjoys food while playing with his mobile phone, and a very happy little girl who is giggling.

This is the anchor of Zhou Mingrui's homesickness, and after heated discussions among book friends, their identities were confirmed in turn: Zhou Mingrui's parents, Zhou Mingrui's best friend, and Zhou Mingrui's failed first love.

If this is all there is, the identity of a "Zhou Mingrui's sworn friend" may not arouse Su Mo's attention and vigilance, after all, he does not even appear in the original book.

However, in the extras of "The Master of Mystery" [in modern times], this sworn friend reappeared under the name of Peng Deng, and occupied a very heavy role!

[In modern times] is a very special extra, telling the story of Klein and Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun playing in a dream, becoming Zhou Mingrui again, Klein who was blocked from all memories, and was even tricked by Tianzun to drink the assassin's potion......

But this is not the point, the point is that as an anchor that sustenance Zhou Mingrui's homesickness and can help him effectively stabilize himself, Zhou Mingrui's parents and first love have no role in this modern script, and the only one who appears is Peng Deng, who is a sworn friend, can't help but make people think about it a little carefully.

- Who is Peng Deng in Fanwaili?

Su Mo also participated in this discussion among book friends, so he was very impressed by the final conclusion: Zhou Mingrui before the crossing may indeed have a dead friend named Peng Deng, but Peng Deng in the dream may not, and the probability of controlling this identity is not someone else, it is ...... Tianzun!

And Klein will appear as Zhou Mingrui, which only exists on two occasions: one is the real old city, and the other is the modern dream after sleeping.

That day, when he suddenly saw the young Xiao Zhou in the company, Su Mo thought about this question for a while-

It's already sad to travel to the old city that is about to be destroyed, he shouldn't be so unlucky that he is not even a living person, and he has directly become a passerby NPC in a dream, right?

When he went home that day, Su Mo turned over the file he had set up for the original body, carefully checked it back and forth three times, and confirmed that there was no boss surnamed Huang in the company, and there was no strange "pyramid scheme" company next door that was chattering with gods, shouting slogans 800 times a day, and having a beautiful male vice president surnamed Wu.

So he ...... Still not at ease.

After all, the squid interview said that hardware engineer is Zhou Mingrui's former occupation, what if he changes jobs next, the new company has a boss surnamed Huang, and there is also a strange "pyramid scheme" company next door that chatters, shouts slogans 800 times a day, and has a beautiful male vice president surnamed Wu?

Out of caution, Su Mo did not directly investigate Zhou Mingrui himself, if he was really in the dream realm controlled by Crane and Tianzun, doing so would definitely provoke Zhou Mingrui's instinctive disgust and Crane's instinctive counterattack.

Su Mo first searched for information all night and determined that there was no famous Huang Tao in China who was happy with his daughter Huang Beibei at the age of eighteen.

In a casual chat with Zhou Mingrui later, he learned that he was indeed sharing a house, but the roommate was a middle-aged man, not a young couple named Shattas and Mobet, who quarreled at least twice a week.

In the end, at the dinner where Zhou Mingrui turned to the regular invitation, the topic was extended from five insurances and one housing fund, and it was confirmed that Zhou Mingrui was the only child in the family, and there was no brother named Zhou Bansen and a younger sister named Sasha - I was slightly relieved.

The camera pans back to the main point of the discussion.

"Sumer."

Pendon let go of his hand and repeated his name again.

Although he had heard this name from Zhou Mingrui a long time ago, he still showed a slightly subtle look:

"The name reminds me of ......"

Peng Deng was about to speak, when he saw that Zhou Mingrui on the other side had already explained to the waiter and walked back with four cans of Coke, and couldn't help but stop talking.

Zhou Mingrui smiled at the corner of his mouth, walked to the table and put down the coke, and then waved his hand boldly and funny: "Come, Bing Kuole, everyone has a share!" ”

Peng Deng expertly introduced: "This is the drink included in the group purchase meal for four people. ”

Su Mo: "You guys seem to be familiar with this shop, have you been here before?" ”

"Hehe, this grilled fish restaurant is the designated place for our college dorm room party." Zhou Mingrui gave a thumbs up and nodded his thumbs up, "As long as the per capita is sixty, you can eat well, and at the same time, it can be regarded as delicious and full." ”

Su Mo lowered his eyes: "That's it." ”

Since knowing that he spent the "huge money" of his salary in the next six months to take professional classes, Zhou Mingrui seems to have a sense of urgency to save money diligently, and he is reluctant to buy even a bottle of Coke on weekdays; After seeing Su Mo's recipes for the next two weeks and the list of expenses for buying vegetables at the vegetable market, he developed a good habit of keeping accounts.

Sixty per capita—almost a week's meal for Su Mo (not including the company's meal allowance).

"But based on experience," Peng Deng reminded, "the group purchase target meal for four people is generally only enough for two people." ”

"Of course I thought about it." Zhou Mingrui proudly raised his chin slightly, and took out two cans of Coke from his pocket, "So it's actually a meal for four people and a meal for two!" ”

“…… You watched too much JOJO in the two days of the New Year, right? Peng Deng couldn't help but complain.

"Hehe......" Su Mo laughed softly, "At least the amount of Coke is enough to get rid of it, ...... words"

He tilted his head: "You, no, why are we standing and talking all the time?" ”

Penden: "Indeed. ”

Zhou Mingrui: "It's a bit silly. ”

Penden: "Probably infected by you." ”

Zhou Mingrui: "Koko." ”

Su Mo: At this time, just smile .jpg

The three of them are not squirming, and when they realized it, they simply sat down.

"Traditionally, it takes about ten minutes from order to service, so you'll have to wait a while." Zhou Mingrui first informed Su Mo, and then asked with interest, "By the way, when I came back, I saw that you seemed to only talk halfway, what were you talking about just now?" ”

"I'll have to ask Penden," Su Mo shook his head, "he seems to have come up with something from my name." ”

The eyes of the two of them turned to Peng Deng in unison.

"Don't you know?" Penden looked a little surprised, and he explained, "The word Sumer is another translation of Sumer. ”