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Chapter 181 Chen Ziyao Did it?

There were three groups of people who held different opinions towards the previous post. The first group swore at Gu Ning using many dirty words, but most of them were girls. The second group was neutral. They didn't think that a photo without the face of the driver was solid proof. The last group naturally supported Gu Ning.

All in all, the neutral group was the majority in this mess.

Meanwhile, those who blamed Gu Ning were violently slammed by Hao Ran and the others who supported Gu Ning. Boys were better than girls when it came to violence after all, no matter if it was verbal or physical. Thus the number of people swearing at Gu Ning was decreasing.

Gu Ning's post came to the top a short time after she had posted it. Many left positive comments to support her. In fact, the fake news wasn't a big deal. As long as most chose to believe her, it would soon be forgotten, but if most chose to criticize her, it would go abroad.

Boss, we trust you!

Boss, let's teach the person who is behind this a serious lesson! Hao Ran and the others commented.

Gu Ning, we trust and support you!

Exactly, I agree that we need to beat the one who hurt our Goddess Gu!

Agree!

Of course, there were many who had doubts.

Although your explanation makes sense, you can't prove that the person who took you to school isn't your sugar daddy.

Indeed, you don't have solid proof either.

Gu Ning then replied to their comments. I think I've made it pretty clear. Those who dislike me will continue to slut-shame me, and those who trust me will always believe me. And let me tell you this, anyone who deliberately damages my reputation should be careful. I will get revenge.

Gu Ning threatened plainly. Gu Ning, that's a threat!

So what? If it's my fault, you can enjoy swearing at me. However, since it's not, I won't stay quiet!

A bunch of comments supported Gu Ning, especially Hao Ran and his friends. Those who still disliked Gu Ning didn't dare to argue back anymore.

In the second classroom, Chen Ziyao fixed her eyes on the forum. Seeing that most chose to believe Gu Ning, she was in a rage.

Chen Ziyao used a new account to send the post, so she was not worried that she would be exposed, but she forgot that there was something called a driving recorder.

Leng Shaoting focused on the forum as well. He was relieved to see that most supported Gu Ning.

After the class, Chu Peihan and the other ran to Gu Ning without delay.

"Boss, how is it going? Did you check your friend's driving recorder yet?" Mu Ke asked.

"Yes," Gu Ning said.

"Who did it?" several of them asked at the same time.

Gu Ning took her phone out, playing the video in front of their eyes.

"What? It's her!"

They were all shocked, but they accepted it quickly because they knew that the girl never liked Gu Ning. After that, they were all mad.

"I'm going to go punch her right now!" Chu Peihan was annoyed. She turned around to go to the classroom, but was stopped by Gu Ning. "Please don't. Beating her isn't the best way to solve this problem."

"Then what should we do?" Chu Peihan asked.

"I want her to apologize to me in front of all the students and teachers in our school," Gu Ning said.

She understood that Chen Ziyao was proud, and that it would be a torture for her to apologize to Gu Ning in front of everyone in public. Gu Ning intended to embarrass her, because she deserved it!

Since Gu Ning said so, Chu Peihan wouldn't spoil her plan.

Hao Ran and other boys also wanted to beat Chen Ziyao, but they were boys and normally wouldn't bully a girl. If Gu Ning and Chu Peihan couldn't deal with it, they would do it for them.

"I'm not going back to my classroom. I'm afraid that I won't be able to resist the impulse to beat her! I think I'll attend class in your classroom." Chu Peihan believed that it was a better idea to stay here, instead of going back to her classroom.

Gu Ning didn't know what to say, but she understood that Chu Peihan couldn't control her temper, so she answered, "Fine!"

When the class was about to begin, they went back to their classrooms.

The minute Chu Peihan walked inside, all the students in the fourth classroom were frightened. Luckily, there were two vacant seats in the fourth classroom. Chu Peihan wasn't willing to sit with others, so she pulled a seat over to sit with Gu Ning and Yu Mixi.

This was the Physics class, and the teacher was the head teacher of the second classroom, Jiang Yuan. Chu Peihan was caught right on site, but she was always absent from her classes, so she wasn't afraid of Jiang Yuan at all. If it hadn't been for Gu Ning, she wouldn't have been in her class as often. It was even surprising to see her in a class. Therefore, Jiang Yuan only took a glance at Chu Peihan before he started the class.

Once Chu Peihan was in a class, she would focus on it, unless she was sleepy.

In the following classes, the teachers all stayed calm at seeing Chu Peihan and continued without saying anything.

The rain, meanwhile, had already stopped.

When the last class was over, Chen Ziyao still hadn't deleted the post. Gu Ning and her friends then directly stopped her in her classroom.

Chen Ziyao panicked at seeing Gu Ning and her friends. Was I exposed? No, impossible! Chen Ziyao refused to believe it, but she wanted to escape right now.Besides, these people before her weren't easy to deal with. She was likely to suffer.

"What-what do you want to do?" Chen Ziyao's voice was trembling.

"What do we want to do? Chen Ziyao, do you really think that we don't know that it was you who posted the fake news? Don't flatter yourself. You aren't smart enough to do evil things without being discovered," Chu Peihan teased. She looked at Chen Ziyao with obvious disdain

Chen Ziyao's face changed dramatically. How? How did they find out?

Chen Ziyao was not the only one who was surprised. Everyone around her, including Qin Zheng and the others, also looked to her in amazement.

What? Chen Ziyao did it?

If that was true, then Chen Ziyao must be a vicious girl who would do anything to hurt others. No one supported Chen Ziyao.

Chapter 182 Chen Ziyao Is in the Center of Criticisms

Actually, in the beginning, Qin Zheng thought that the news was true, but after Gu Ning's statement was released, he chose to believe Gu Ning.

Gu Ning was indeed from a poor family, but it didn't mean that she couldn't have rich relatives or friends. Speaking of rich relatives, Gu Xiaoxiao's family was a great example, although they didn't get along. As for her rich friends, there were many of them, like Mu Ke, Hao Ran, An Yi, Qin Zixun and Chu Peihan. Gu Ning also maintained a good relationship with Qin Yifan as well as An Qian, who was the daughter of the director of the Central Hospital, too. Therefore, it was possible that Gu Ning had many other rich friends.

Although Qin Zheng was curious about how she got to know these people, he understood that Gu Ning wasn't simple after the car accident. He was reluctant to miss the outstanding Gu Ning, but didn't dare to annoy her.

"Do you have proof to prove that I did it? If you don't have proof, it's slander!" Chen Ziyao forced herself to be calm, but her voice was a little weak. She was merely an 18-year-old girl, who couldn't hide her real feelings

"Slander? Gee! I didn't expect that you even knew this word." Gu Ning laughed, as if it was a joke to hear the word come out of Chen Ziyao's mouth. Chen Ziyao didn't have solid proof, but she had still spread the fake news about Gu Ning. Now she wanted Gu Ning to provide proof, which was ridiculous.

Gu Ning added, "Since you agree that it would be slander if you don't have proof, why did you do the same thing? Do you have proof? You only took a meaningless photo. Isn't it ridiculous that you posted the fake news about me?"

At that time, Hao Ran supported Gu Ning. "Exactly! Why do you claim Gu Ning has a sugar daddy just because she got out of a luxury car? You don't have solid proof at all. Since you don't have proof it's slander. You even posted it on the forum. We can sue you, and you're at the age where you would have to take legal responsibility!"

Hearing that, Chen Ziyao's face turned pale. The last thing she wanted to do in this world was to have to take legal

responsibility.

"Chen Ziyao, I thought that you would be quiet after what happened to Gu Xiaoxiao. If so, I would have forgiven you for what you did to me, but to my surprise, you went the opposite way. I wouldn't come to you unless I had solid proof. We're not as dumb as you are!"

Saying that, Gu Ning took out her phone clicking the video, playing it for Chen Ziyao. "Chen Ziyao, did you know that there is a thing called a driving recorder? Besides, there are surveillance cameras at the door of our school. It was very easy to find out who took the photo."

Chen Ziyao was stunned, and could barely stand. She hadn't known that there was a driving recorder on the car. What was worse, she had shown herself right in front of the recorder.

"Now, what else do you want to say?" Chu Peihan sneered.

Chen Ziyao wasn't able to deny it anymore, but she didn't want to give up. Even though she was scared of facing Gu Ning and others.

"So what? I only took a photo, but it's enough to prove that you have a sugar daddy!" Chen Ziyao argued.

"You don't have solid proof? From the law's perspective, it's slander! I can sue you for that!" Gu Ning said seriously, which shut Chen Ziyao's mouth.

The rest in the classroom started to support Gu Ning.

"Exactly, she doesn't have solid proof anyway. It could damage Gu Ning's reputation. She's such a horrible person!"

"She should be expelled like Gu Xiaoxiao."

"I agree. I don't want to study in the same school as her!" "I think Gu Ning should call the police."

"I think she should sue her, and throw her into the jail!"

"Shut up! Shut your mouth!" Chen Ziyao yelled. She hated the thought of being expelled, or arrested by the police, let alone being put in jail.

"Chen Ziyao, I gave you a chance, but you refused to take it. Now, it's time for you to bear the result," Gu Ning said in a low voice.

Chen Ziyao stepped backwards unconsciously in fear. She thought that Gu Ning was going to beat her. "What-what do you want to do?"

If Gu Ning was really going to punch her, she couldn't fight back at all, so she was terrified.

"Well, I'm going to make you pay for what you've done to me," Gu Ning said. "Delete the post and apologize to me. Also, you have to go to the broadcast room to apologize to me in front of all the students and teachers in our school!"

"No!" Chen Ziyao refused. It was too embarrassing and shameful.

"No? It's not up to you now. If you refuse to do so, you'll be punished more severely," Gu Ning sneered.

"You…" Chen Ziyao was mad, but didn't know how to retort. She wasn't willing to apologize, it was so shameful!

"If I don't hear your apologies before the afternoon classes are over, you need to be careful about what's going to happen next," Gu Ning warned her, then she walked away with her friends.

Someone already took a video of what had happened in the classroom. He uploaded it to the school forum the second that Gu Ning left. It soon became popular.

Some people still doubted Gu Ning's behavior, because she didn't show solid proof that she didn't have a sugar daddy, but more chose to criticize and swear at Chen Ziyao. In that case, those negative comments didn't gain much attention.

It was ridiculous to jump to the conclusion that Gu Ning had a sugar daddy just because she got out of a luxury car, so most of the people stayed calm and reasonable. In addition, Gu Ning had left a good impression on many students after she had won the competition with Hao Ran and his close friends. Many still admired Gu Ning.

Meanwhile, Gu Ning and her friends ignored the mess on the forum, because they were enjoying their meal.

Before long, Jiang Yuan heard the news from Zhu pan.

He was astonished that Chen Ziyao was behind this, because Chen Ziyao performed so well in his class. Unfortunately, appearances lied.

Jiang Yuan immediately asked Chen Ziyao to do what Gu Ning demanded, because it was Zhu Jian's order too.

However, what Chen Ziyao had done wasn't as serious as Gu Xiaoxiao, so she wasn't expelled.

Chapter 183 Why Should I Be Mad at You?

As long as Chen Ziyao apologized, the problem could be easily solved, but if she still refused to do so, she would be expelled like Gu Xiaoxiao. If the student was willing to make up for what she did, the school wouldn't expel her, because it wouldn't do its reputation any good.

Under pressure from Jiang Yuan and Zhu Jian, Chen Ziyao had to apologize, but in her heart, she hated Gu Ning to death. She swore that she would pay Gu Ning back.

When the afternoon classes were about to begin, the post was deleted, and was replaced by an apology statement. Then Chen Ziyao's voice sounded from the radio. "The student from the fourth classroom in 12th grade, Gu Ning, I am Chen Ziyao from the second classroom in the 12th grade. It was me who has spread the fake news claiming that you have a sugar daddy. I'm sincerely sorry for what I've done to you. Please accept my apologies."

The school burst into discussion. Chen Ziyao was famous, no, notorious now.

This mess was finally settled.

After the apology, Chen Ziyao felt too ashamed to attend the following classes in her school, so she asked for a leave and went home.

Leng Shaoting kept focusing on the forum, and he noticed that as well.

When the classes were over, Gu Ning went back to Fenghua Luxury Mansion. She saw Leng Shaoting standing outside of zone C from afar.

Because of what had happened today, Leng Shaoting didn't dare to pick Gu Ning up in case she would get into even more trouble. He even hesitated to walk to her when she appeared in his sight.

Gu Ning understood why Leng Shaoting felt terrible, but it wasn't his fault anyway. She was also willing to let him drive her to school.

Gu Ning walked over asking him, "Do you want to dine together?"

"Sure!" Leng Shaoting's eyes immediately lit up.

Then the two stepped outside. Gu Ning called Gu Man and told her that she wouldn't be eating at home.

Leng Shaoting looked at Gu Ning after she hung up. "Aren't you mad at me?"

"Why should I be mad at you?" Gu Ning asked. She understood what Leng Shaoting was talking about, and she wasn't mad at him at all.

"If I hadn't driven you to school this morning, it wouldn't have happened," Leng Shaoting said.

"I was willing to get in your car! If I blamed you for your kindness, no one would treat me kindly in the future," Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was relieved. "What do you want to have?" Gu Ning asked. "Anything you want," Leng Shaoting answered.

"Well then, let's see what choices we have on the road!" Gu Ning had no idea what to eat either, so she decided to take a walk along the road.

They walked on the Youyi Road. There was a restaurant not far away from Fenghua Luxury Mansion. It seemed quiet with a good environment, thus Gu Ning wanted to give it a try. They chose a table beside the window. After they had ordered the food, Gu Ning asked, "Why do you stay here all day recently? Don't you need to work?"

"I'm free when I don't have tasks to fulfill,�� Leng Shaoting replied. In the past, he would never have said that. Even if there weren't any tasks, he would find something to do. He wouldn't let himself be free. However, ever since he had fallen in love with Gu Ning, he always wanted to stay by her side when he wasn't occupied.

Although they only met once or twice a day and didn't spend a lot of time together, he felt satisfied to be able to see her every day. Well, he of course didn't think that it was enough, but it was so much better than missing her and being lonely.

Leng Shaoting could also deal with his duties through the Internet. He didn't need to show up in person for every situation.

At that time, Gu Ning's phone rang. It was from Zhou Zhenghong. Gu Ning didn't mind Leng Shaoting hearing the conversation so she answered it directly, "Hi, Uncle Zhou."

"Boss, is it convenient for you now? I have something important to tell you," Zhou Zhenghong asked in excitement.

With his acute hearing, Leng Shaoting could obviously hear Zhou Zhenghong's voice. He also recognized that Zhou Zhenghong was the man who had been with Gu Ning in City G last time.

"Sure!" Gu Ning said.

"We cut out a top-level jade the size of a grownup's foot. It has two colors which are red and green. The type is called Double Happiness!" Zhou Zhenghong was thrilled.

"Double Happiness?" Gu Ning was surprised too. Double Happiness was ranked slightly lower thanFulushou, but was more precious than the violet jade.

Gu Ning knew that the raw materials she had picked up were all valuable, but she was happy to hear the good news from Zhou Zhenghong.

"Yes! Boss, you're amazing!" Zhou Zhenghong complimented. He now believed that Gu Ning was more powerful than God, and he couldn't help thinking that Gu Ning probably really had Jade Eyes and could see the jade inside the raw materials. Of course, he didn't say it aloud, nor believe it. He thought that it was impossible. However, what they couldn't believe was exactly the truth.

Leng Shaoting was amazed that Gu Ning was involved in stone gambling. He knew very little about jade, and had no idea what the Double Happiness was like, but since Zhou Zhenghong said that it was a top-level jade, then it must be priceless.

Facing Zhou Zhenghong's endless compliments, Gu Ning smiled but didn't say anything. She knew that she couldn't do it without her Jade Eyes.

"Oh, please use the Double Happiness to make a pair of pendants. It must actually be two parts of a whole pendant. There should be a dragon and a phoenix on each, which means eternal love. As for the size, medium is fine."

Double Happiness was the perfect jade to use to make a pair of pendants which stood for love.

Hearing the meaning of the pendants, Leng Shaoting had an idea in mind, but he wouldn't tell Gu Ning right now.

"Sure, do you want to keep it yourself, or show it at the opening ceremony?" Zhou Zhenghong asked.

"Show it at the opening ceremony," Gu Ning said. "No problem," Zhou Zhenghong answered.

When they were about to hang up, Gu Ning suddenly added, "Oh, I'll be coming in the morning the day after tomorrow."

Gu Ning had thought that she better arrive earlier. Although Zhou Zhenghong was completely in charge of the company, she should also give some advice if needed.

Jiang Xu's construction material store would open tomorrow, and she had to be there, otherwise she would be flying to City G tomorrow evening.

Hearing that Gu Ning was going to City G the day after tomorrow, an idea dawned on Leng Shaoting.

"Great! However, the day after tomorrow is a Friday, don't you need to attend your classes?" Zhou Zhenghong was happy to fetch Gu Ning, but was afraid of affecting her studying.

Chapter 184 Can You Take Me to the Airport?

After all, Gu Ning was a senior who was going to have her final exams a week later, and attend the National College Entrance Exam after several months.

"It's fine. I'm so excellent at studying now!" Gu Ning joked, but it was the truth. She was confident that she was going to get good scores even if she was absent from all the classes if her teachers allowed her to do that.

"Ha-ha, very well! Then I'll pick you up in the morning the day after tomorrow," Zhou Zhenghong laughed. He of course believed in Gu Ning. She was a great person with an almighty ability in his opinion.

Gu Ning knew that Leng Shaoting heard the conversation between Zhou Zhenghong and her, but she didn't mind. She told him instead, "I'm going to deal with something in City G the day after tomorrow."

"Well, I was going to tell you that I'll be away on the weekend too," Leng Shaoting replied.

"When?" Gu Ning asked. She didn't want him to leave her.

"It's set on Saturday, but since you're leaving on Friday, I'll leave on Friday as well," Leng Shaoting said. He deliberately made it clear that he didn't want to stay here without Gu Ning.

Gu Ning didn't know what to say, but felt happy in her heart.

"May we dine together tomorrow afternoon?" Leng Shaoting asked.

"My uncle's construction material store will be opening tomorrow. I'm afraid I won't be free tomorrow," Gu Ning said.

Leng Shaoting nodded. He seemed a little disappoint, which made Gu Ning feel bad. After a second of thought, she added, "My plane will be taking off at 8:30 am. Can you take me to the airport?"

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting's eyes lit up at once. "Sure!"

After the meal, they had a slow walk back to Fenghua Luxury Mansion. Leng Shaoting walked Gu Ning to the gate of zone G. He didn't leave until Gu Ning disappeared from his sight.

Jiang Xu was home no earlier than Gu Ning. He told Gu Ning that the store would open tomorrow. They didn't know many important figures yet, so they had no intention of attracting much attention.

Gu Ning, instead, didn't want the opening ceremony to be so boring. She called An Guangyao later and told him to send two baskets of flowers on behalf of Shenghua Real Estate to congratulate Jiang Xu.

She also told Hao Ran and the others in their WeChat group. They would be there tomorrow too. An Qian received an invitation as well, and she agreed with alacrity.

As for Qin Yifan, Gu Ning thought she better not invite him, because it would be embarrassing.

However, at that time, Qin Zixun's family was right in the Qin Family home. They were chatting in the hall after the meal.

Qin Zixun didn't know what had happened between Qin Yifan and Gu Ning, so he asked directly, "Hey, Our boss's family's construction material store will be opening tomorrow. Will you be attending the ceremony?"

Hearing that, Qin Yifan was surprised. He had no idea that Gu Ning's family was going to run a construction material store.

"Boss? It sounds like a gangster's word. Did you join a gang in your school?" Qin Zixun's father Qin Haozhi asked seriously. As an honest government worker, he hated gangs.

Qin Zixun understood his father's temper, so he immediately explained, "Of course not! We're just a group of good friends. There is a girl who is extremely good at fighting, so we call her our boss."

Hearing that, the Qin Family was displeased again. Qin Zixun's mother, Lu Hanlan scolded him, "Zixun, the National College Entrance Exam is just around the corner. Stop playing around all day, and focus on your studying! If you fail to get into a prestigious university, our family will be embarrassed."

Lu Hanlan valued the reputation of their family the most. Many of her friends' children had attended the examination last year, and all of them had been admitted into a prestigious university. If Qin Zixun couldn't do the same, it would be a shame to the Qin Family!

Speaking of studying, Qin Zixun was upset.

Qin Yifan walked away for a while then came back with a wooden box in his hands. It was as big as half a shoe box. He handed it to Qin Yifan. "I'm occupied tomorrow. Please help me send this gold brave troops to her!"

He wanted to go, but he wasn't invited. Besides, he also didn't know how to face her.

"What? The gold brave troops? It was completely made of pure gold, and worth over a million yuan!" Qin Yiqing was shocked. The rest were all astonished as well.

Normally, the gifts for the opening ceremony were at the price of a couple dozen thousand yuan at the most. Qin Yifan's present was too expensive.

Qin Yifan wore a wry smile. "I don't think it's too much. I just invited her to have fun at father's birthday party the other day, but she sent an antique worth several million yuan. A million yuan is nothing to her."

Hearing that, everyone was amazed. They

immediately figured out who Qin Zixun's boss was. It must be the girl who had sent the antique with Qin Zixun the other day.

However, Qin Haozheng still asked to make sure, "Is Zixun's boss the girl named Gu Ning?"

"Yes! Our boss is exactly Gu Ning. Not only is she good at fighting, she is also excellent at studying. She's the top one in our grade!" Qin Zixun was proud to introduce his boss.

Hearing that it was Gu Ning, Qin Haozheng and his wife had mixed emotions, because they were sorry for what Qin Yiqing had done to her.

Qin Yiqing also felt uneasy. Qin Yifan still wasn't willing to forgive her because of the drama last time. He always talked to her in a sarcastic way these days.

"I remember this girl. She is stunning with an air of elegance. I thought that she must be from a super-rich family, but I have never heard of an influential family with the family name 'Gu' in City F," Lu Hanlan said. She actually had a good impression of Gu Ning.

Both Qin Yifan's parents and Qin Yiqing now knew that although Gu Ning wasn't from a super-rich family, she was extraordinarily outstanding. She had made over a hundred million yuan at such a young age, but they didn't mention it this time.

The next day, Leng Shaoting ran with Gu Ning to her school as usual, but he deliberately stayed five meters behind her. Moreover, he didn't follow her to the school. When they had almost arrived, he went back at once. Gu Ning felt like laughing seeing Leng Shaoting being so careful.

During the break, Gu Ning went to ask for a leave. She told her head teacher that her uncle's store was going to open today, and that she had to be there. And that she also needed to go to City G tomorrow.

Zhang Qiuhua was slightly displeased. "Gu Ning, how come you're always occupied with other things? Do you know that the test is around the corner?"

"I promise it won't affect my studying! I'm terribly sorry to ask for a leave so often, but I have to do so," Gu Ning said.

Chapter 185 The Opening Ceremony

Since Gu Ning made a promise, Zhang Qiuhua compromised, but she still reminded her to study hard. If she failed to do so, Zhang Qiuhua wouldn't allow her to leave the next time.

"Oh, Yu Mixi is going to the opening ceremony with me today. Please allow it too," Gu Ning added.

"You…" Zhang Qiuhua was mad, but permitted it in the end. She pushed Gu Ning out with impatience. "Go away now, and leave me alone."

Gu Ning understood that Zhang Qiuhua was not really being unkind, so she didn't mind. She thanked her teacher before walking out.

The minute Gu Ning was gone, Jiang Yuan stepped in. Seeing that Zhang Qiuhua was displeased, he asked with care, "Professor Zhang, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. I'm just mad at Gu Ning. The test is around the corner, but she still always asks for a leave," Zhang Qiuhua complained.

"As least she asks for your permission. Chu Peihan in my class would never do that," Jiang Yuan said. In fact, no one dared to restrict Chu Peihan because of her special background.

Gu Ning went back to her classroom, and told Yu Mixi that they could leave later. Yu Mixi was relieved.

Except for Mu Ke and An Yi who needed to ask for their teachers' permission, Chu Peihan, Hao Ran and the others all left when they wanted to. It would be strange if they went to ask for permission. Their teachers would be surprised if they did that.

When the afternoon classes were finally over, they left their school together, and went to buy flowers.

"Boss, I noticed that Chen Ziyao was absent today!" Chu Peihan said.

"She must be too embarrassed to come," Mu Ke laughed.

"Although she was exposed, I still feel unhappy that I didn't punch her," Chu Peihan said, like she missed something and felt uncomfortable.

"I agree," Hao Ran said.

"Alright, beating someone is not always the best way to solve problems," Gu Ning persuaded them.

They went to a market to buy two baskets of flowers and plants. Before anyone else could pay the bill, Gu Ning did it herself. Then, they went to the construction material market.

The flower shop arranged a small truck to take the baskets of flowers and plants to the destination. The truck had space available for four people to sit in. Gu Ning let Mu Ke, Hao Ran, Qin Zixun and Zhang Tianping have a seat in it, while Gu Ning and other girls took a taxi.

When Gu Ning arrived at Jiang Xu's store, she was totally amazed by the amount of baskets of flowers and plants at the door.

Wow, there are so many of them! Weren't we supposed to make it simple? She didn't want it to be so boring, so she had called An Guangyao, An Qian and her friends, but there were at least dozens of flower baskets!

Gu Ning walked over to read the banners around the baskets. They were all from big companies to congratulate the opening of Xuri Construction Material Store.

She also noticed flower baskets from Shenghua Real Estate and Kamei Beauty Salon.

Gu Ning had heard of some of those companies, while some she had never heard of. That was because Gu Ning didn't spend much time learning about all the big companies in City F.

Other than those from the companies, there were many flower baskets from individuals. An Qian's were among them, and with some, Gu Ning was familiar with their owners.

Gu Ning and her friends all wrote down their names on the banners of eight flower and plant baskets to congratulate the opening of Xuri Construction Material Store.

There weren't many people inside when Gu Ning and her friends walked in, because many had already left after they had sent the gifts. Most of the people who stayed were acquaintances and friends.

Although Jiang Xu was a truck driver in the past, he knew many businessmen. Since Jiang Xu was going to run his own business, they were willing to maintain a good relationship with him.

That was the way to build up a network. An Qian was inside with Le Zhengyu.

"Hi, An Qian, Executive Le. It's so nice to meet you," Gu Ning went over, greeting them.

"Nice to meet you too, Ningning," An Qian smiled. "Nice to meet you too, Miss Gu," Le Zhengyu said.

"Uncle, how come there are so many baskets of flowers and plants at the door?" Gu Ning asked Jiang Xu.

Jiang Xu answered, "I have no idea either! Many have come to congratulate me this morning. I haven't figured it out yet. Oh, they also sent me many red envelopes with a lot of money inside. One of them even wants to cooperate with me. He's going to build a two-story 300-square-meters factory in the suburb."

Jiang Xu felt like he was in a dream after what he had been through today. It was too good to be true.

Gu Ning was astonished too. She immediately realized that someone had arranged it, but who?

While Gu Ning was still thinking about her doubts, a new message came into her phone. She checked it. It was from Leng Shaoting. Gu Ning understood what had happened the minute she read the message.

Leng Shaoting did it. He had arranged for many business partners of Xu Jinchen's family to send those gifts.

Speaking of that, Xu Jinchen was greatly amazed by Leng Shaoting's request when he received his boss's call.

Xu Jinchen called Leng Shaoting every day to ask him when he would be back so that he could leave. Leng Shaoting said that he would be back soon every time, but he never showed up in front of Xu Jinchen, and also refused to tell Xu Jinchen where he was.

Xu Jinchen didn't know that Leng Shaoting had gone to City F for Gu Ning until he received the call. To Xu Jinchen's astonishment, Leng Shaoting had gone to City F for Gu Ning in person.

Xu Jinchen intended to gossip about their relationship, but Leng Shaoting hung up on him right away. Xu Jinchen felt hurt, and tortured by his curiosity. However, he didn't dare to call Leng Shaoting again.

Damn it! Leng Shaoting, who had been single for so long, was going to have a girlfriend, while he was still alone.

Luckily, Leng Shaoting allowed him to leave their base so that he could find girls to date, but Leng Shaoting also warned him to keep the fact that he was in City F a secret.

Xu Jinchen was at least free now. He planned to go to City F to see how it was going between Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting.

On the way back to the capital, he encountered a robbery. When he finally got to the capital, it was too late to get on a plane to City F, so he had to wait till tomorrow.

Leng Shaoting sent a message to Gu Ning to tell her what he had done, in case she would be mad that he hadn't asked for her permission.

Chapter 186 Let's Go Dine Together

Gu Ning didn't know what to say. Although she thought that it wasn't necessary for him to do that, she was touched deeply. He arranged it all for her.

Gu Ning replied: How about the deal the man discussed with my uncle?

Leng Shaoting: He just happens to be building a factory in the suburb, but he would only discuss with your uncle if he is satisfied with the construction materials.

Which meant that the man wanted to cooperate with Jiang Xu because he was satisfied with the quality of the construction materials that Jiang Xu could supply. That made sense though. The construction materials that Jiang Xu had prepared were all of high quality. Most of the reliable buyers would choose Jiang Xu to be their provider.

Gu Ning replied: Thanks!

Actually, Leng Shaoting was sitting in his Land Rover not far from the Xuri Construction Material Store. He looked to the direction of the Xuri Construction Material Store. There was a faint smile on his lips. He was happy to see her being happy.

Gu Ning then told Jiang Xu, "Uncle, these are all from a friend of my friend. He knew that we are holding the opening ceremony today, so he got them to send you some gifts. Please note their names, we can send gifts back to them in the future."

"Your friend? What kind of friend? How does he know so many rich people?" Gu Man asked. This was the first time she had asked Gu Ning about her friends, but it cost too much money this time, and all of them were astonished.

Gu Ning knew that she couldn't give her mother a perfunctory answer, so she explained in this way, "He is the friend whose life I saved. We keep in touch now. Mom, you know network matters in business. He is an important figure, and he is willing to help me. I don't think I should reject."

Hearing that, Gu Man believed that it was alright.

Meanwhile, Qin Zixun took out a box handing it to Gu Ning. "Boss, my cousin Yifan is occupied today, so he asked me to give this gift to you."

"What?" Gu Ning was surprised. She didn't tell Qin Yifan so how did he know about it? Qin Zixun must have told him.

"Thanks," Gu Ning took it, then gave it to Jiang Xu.

"Wow…" Jiang Xu opened it, and rounded his eyes in shock when he saw what was inside. Is this gold?

"This is a brave troops made completely of pure gold. The brave troops is a legendary animal and stood for good wishes in the ancient time. It could accumulate endless fortune into its stomach, but didn't show it at all. It can also bring you good luck and help you run a profitable business," Qin Zixun explained.

"What? Completely made of gold?"

Hearing that, everyone was more than shocked. It must be worth over a million yuan at least according to its size!

"It-it's so expensive!" Jiang Xu's hands were trembling a little. He didn't dare to take it.

Gu Ning didn't think that it was a big deal. She had sent Qin Yifan's father an antique worth several million yuan last time. Qin Yifan did it this time to show his appreciation.

Gu Ning went to Jiang Xu's side, comforting him in a quiet voice, "Uncle, please take it. I sent his father an expensive gift at his father's birthday party. It's fine for us to take his gift."

Gu Ning said that just to allay Jiang Xu's concern. Indeed, Jiang Xu relaxed a lot after Gu Ning's comfort.

During a break, Gu Ning walked aside to call Qin Yifan.

Qin Yifan hesitated to answer it in the beginning, because he didn't know what to say to Gu Ning, but he answered it in the end. "Hi."

"Hi, thank you so much for the gift. I'm sorry, I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would feel uneasy," Gu Ning thanked him before apologizing to him.

"It's nothing. I am occupied today anyway," Qin Yifan said airily. Of course, it was an excuse.

Gu Ning also understood, and she didn't point it out. They soon hung up.

In the office, Qin Yifan let his mind wander, fixing his eyes on the phone. He felt sad in his heart, because he couldn't forget Gu Ning.

In the afternoon, Jiang Xu guided his guests to a nearby five-star hotel to dine together. All the guests has sent him expensive gifts, he absolutely had to treat them well.

After the meal, it was still early. Gu Ning proposed, "Why don't we go and visit Mixi's mother? We haven't visited her in so long."

Gu Ning thought that it would be impolite because they hadn't visited Mixi's mother in a week.

"Oh, right! How could we forget?!" Everyone suddenly realized it afterwards.

"Is it convenient for you all?" Yu Mixi understood that her friends would never visit her mother with empty hands.

"It's nothing. Don't worry about it."

Then, they went to the hospital together. They bought a pile of nourishing products before they visited Mixi's mother. Yu Mixi tried to stop them in vain.

Yu Mixi's parents were both astonished when they appeared with bags and boxes of nourishing products. Yu Mixi's mother recovered well, even her chronic disease was cured. She could now live like a normal person.

That was the effect of Gu Ning's power.

Although Mixi's mother was in good condition now, she had lain in bed for so long, and lacked exercise. She still needed to practice to be able to use her limbs well, but she could leave the hospital soon.

Yu Mixi's mother thanked Gu Ning endlessly, and almost bent on her knees before Gu Ning after she found out that Gu Ning was the one who had lent the money to her family.

To let Yu Mixi's mother have a good rest, Gu Ning and her friends left after 30 minutes. They didn't want to bother Yu Mixi's mother for too long. Yu Mixi wanted to walk them out, but Gu Ning declined.

Their homes were in different directions, so they separated at the gate of the hospital.

Gu Ning planned to run home. As long as she could run, she wouldn't take a car, but before long, a familiar Land Rover stopped by her side. It was Leng Shaoting.

Gu Ning didn't get in right away, but squinted at Leng Shaoting. "Why are you here?"

Leng Shaoting was a little nervous. He didn't dare to meet her eyes, and he knew he shouldn't have followed Gu Ning, but he told her the truth. "I've been following you."

"Why?" Gu Ning asked.

"No reason, I just wanted to follow you," Leng Shaoting replied.

Gu Ning was touched. She wasn't willing to push Leng Shaoting away from her, so she decided to forget it, and got in the car. "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet," Leng Shaoting said. Gu Ning signed resignedly.

"What do you want to have? Let's go dine together," Gu Ning said.

"Great!" Leng Shaoting's face lit up. He immediately drove the car ahead.

Chapter 187 Are You Mad?

Leng Shaoting wasn't picky about restaurants, but he chose a fancy one with a romantic ambiance when he was with Gu Ning. Although they didn't talk much sitting across each other, they enjoyed being together.

Leng Shaoting ordered a steak, while Gu Ning only ordered a cup of coffee because she had already eaten.

Leng Shaoting frowned a little with obvious dissatisfaction. "Aren't you afraid that it'll affect your sleep?"

"Not at all. It has no effect on me," Gu Ning explained. In fact, Gu Ning had her power, so she could fall asleep or stay awake whenever she wanted.

Leng Shaoting didn't insist then.

Gu Ning suddenly realized that she totally forgot her plan about the Yuntai Mountain, but she didn't have time now and could only wait until she was back from City G.

When it was almost 10 pm, the two left. Leng Shaoting sent Gu Ning back to zone G, and as usual didn't leave till she had fully disappeared from his sight.

When Gu Ning got home, she noticed that her family were all staring at a bunch of gifts and red envelopes that they had received today.

Both An Qian and Le Zhengyu had sent a red envelope of sixty-six thousand yuan, which meant good luck. Shenghua Real Estate had sent eighty-eight thousand yuan, which had a good meaning of a thriving business.

Kamei Beauty Salon only sent baskets of flowers, because it was their own business.

And those who had come for the sake of Leng Shaoting all sent sixty-six thousand yuan or eighty-eight thousand yuan on behalf of their companies, even the individuals had sent at least a couple dozen thousand yuan each. Similarly, Jiang Xu's friends had sent thousands of yuan as well. The most expensive gift was Qin Yifan's gold brave troops, which was worth a million yuan.

They had received over a million yuan in cash today. It was the first time that Jiang Xu and others had seen so much cash, thus they couldn't believe that it was true.

"Ningning, these are all from your friends. I think you should take them!" Jiang Xu had already separated the gifts from Gu Ning's network apart. He thought that these belonged to Gu Ning, instead of him.

"No, please take them. You can save them as your fund," Gu Ning declined.

"But…" Jiang Xu didn't think that it was a good idea.

"Don't worry. You need to pay those guests back when they invite you to attend a ceremony or something else in the future after all," Gu Ning explained.

Leng Shaoting deliberately helped her uncle build up a network, so he had a chance to maintain the relationship with them.

"Well…" Jiang Xu thought for a while and finally agreed. "Alright then, I'll take them!"

"Oh, Mom, I'm leaving for City G tomorrow," Gu Ning said to Gu Man.

"What are you going to do there?" Gu Man asked. She had the feeling that Gu Ning was always busy recently, so she was slightly worried.

"I need to go over and have a look of my new store. It's going to open this weekend," Gu Ning didn't hide the truth, but didn't give information about the store. Gu Man thought that it was a store ran by Gu Ning and Mu Ke, so she didn't ask further.

The next day, Gu Ning left at 7 am. Leng Shaoting was waiting for her at outside of zone G.

"Will you be staying in a hotel in City G?" Leng Shaoting asked.

Although Leng Shaoting heard from Chen Meng that he had met Gu Ning at Clean Water Blue Sky, he wasn't sure whether she had stayed in a friend's place or she bought it herself.

"Not really. I have an apartment at Clean Water Blue Sky in City G. I'll stay there, because I'll be flying to City G often in the future," Gu Ning said.

All of a sudden, an idea dawned on Gu Ning. "Did you arrange for people to attend my opening ceremony there the same way you did yesterday?"

Leng Shaoting panicked a little, but nodded.

Gu Ning didn't know what to say. She didn't want him to do that for her, but wasn't willing to turn him down either.

"Are you mad?" Leng Shaoting asked nervously.

"Of course not. I just think that it isn't a good idea that you owe others because of me," Gu Ning explained.

"It's fine. They're all my fellows this time," Leng Shaoting said. Leng Shaoting purposely didn't tell Xu Jinchen about Gu Ning's business in City G. He had already allowed Xu Jinchen to leave their base, and he knew that Xu Jinchen would absolutely go to City G if he found out what Gu Ning was doing there. Leng Shaoting, of course, didn't want him to show up.

Gu Ning felt more at ease after Leng Shaoting's explanation.

They arrived at the airport 30 minutes later. Leng Shaoting sent Gu Ning to the lounge before he left.

Zhou Zhenghong called Gu Ning afterwards. "Boss, there is a news reporter from News At Half Past Six that wants to interview me. Should I accept it?"

"Yes! It's a great opportunity to advertise our brand," Gu Ning answered. Although their advertisement was already popular, she didn't want to miss any chance to promote it.

With Gu Ning's permission, Zhou Zhenghong immediately contacted the reporter and accept it.

The reporter who called Zhou Zhenghong was named Ling Xue, and was a news reporter working for the News At Half Past Six. The show was always high on the ratings.

Although the advertisement for the Jade Beauty Jewelry had already been aired a few days ago, they weren't jade lovers, so they didn't think there was a need to have an interview about it.

However, the program editor suddenly assigned them a task to interview the boss of the Jade Beauty Jewelry and shoot the King's Green.

A video of the jade was more attractive than photos.

Therefore, Ling Xue noted the number from the advertisement post of the Jade Beauty Jewelry and dialed it.

The store wasn't open yet, but there were workers to answer the call.

A worker immediately told Zhou Zhenghong the news after Ling Xue's call. With Zhou Zhenghong's permission, the worker gave his number to Ling Xue, which was how the two got to know each other.

Ling Xue came over the minute that Zhou Zhenghong called her and agreed to have the interview, but reporters weren't allowed to enter the factory, so they had the interview outside. Zhou Zhenghong went in to bring the King's Green to let them shoot.

In case any accidents would happen, Chang Qingshan and the others all stopped working and went out with Zhou Zhenghong.

Zhou Zhenghong was experienced and he knew how to advertise the brand of Jade Beauty Jewelry.

Although the news reporter came to them on her own initiative, Zhou Zhenghong still gave the reporter and cameraman a red envelope of five hundred yuan each, because the news was to their advantage.

As long as they took the red envelopes, they would probably extend the commercial time.

Ling Xue told him that if it was possible, they would shoot in the store tomorrow as well. Zhou Zhenghong of course welcomed them, because it was free advertisement for them.

Chapter 188 Leng Shaoting's Secret

After the interview, Zhou Zhenghong went to pick Gu Ning up. He locked the King's Green into the safe before driving away.

Gu Ning turned her phone on the minute she got off the plane. She called Leng Shaoting at once, but his phone was turned off. Gu Ning understood that Leng Shaoting was leaving City F today as well, so he was probably on the plane. She then sent him a message and told him that she had a safe arrival.

At that time, in the airport of City F, Xu Jinchen just got off his flight too. He called Leng Shaoting, but his phone was turned off. Xu Jinchen was a little dumb struck. Is boss leaving today just because I'm coming? It must be that, otherwise he wouldn't turn his phone off.

Leng Shaoting would turn his phone off in only two cases: he was in the middle of a task, or he was on a plane. His phone was never out of power. As long as he wasn't on a task, he always kept his phone on.

Leng Shaoting wasn't on a task. If he was, Xu Jinchen would know about it. Xu Jinchen didn't know what to do now. His boss left just when he came.

Gu Ning had called Master Fu and his friends before she went aboard the plane. Those masters were thrilled to know that Gu Ning would be in City G this morning. They were excited to see the King's Green.

Gu Ning saw Zhou Zhenghong when she came out of the exit of this airport in City G. She called Master Yan, Master Fu and Master Bai and told them to meet her in the factory area when she got in the car.

The three masters had gathered together earlier on, looking forward to Gu Ning's arrival. Once Gu Ning called them, they went to the factory area without delay.

It took a while longer for Gu Ning to get to the factory, so those masters arrived there earlier than her. They didn't go in right away, but instead called Gu Ning. Because Gu Ning would be there within five minutes, they decided to wait for her outside. Even if they went in right now, no one would welcome them, because nobody knew them.

Within five minutes, Gu Ning was finally there. Seeing Gu Ning, those masters were all excited, as if they were meeting their own granddaughter. Their aim was actually to see the King's Green, so they urged Gu Ning to go inside when Gu Ning greeted them. Both Zhou Zhenghong and Gu Ning felt like laughing.

After registering at the gatekeeper, a group of them walked inside.

Master Fu and Master Bai were eager to see the King's Green, and weren't in the mood to visit the factory, but Master Yan, who had less interest in jade, chose to visit the factory first.

Gu Ning guided Master Fu and Master Bai to the lounge. Meanwhile, Zhou Zhenghong went to fetch the King's Green.

Seeing the King's Green, Master Fu and Master Bai competed with each other to have the first look.

"Girl Gu, all the jade you have here is precious!" Master Yan took a round in the factory and was surprised.

"Yes, I plan to build a high-end brand, so all the jade is above medium-high-level," Gu Ning said.

"That's a very good idea," Master Yan complimented.

Master Fu and Master Bai both couldn't put the King's Green down, and both wanted to take it away. After 30 minutes, they finally agreed to leave it in its box.

"It's so amazing!" Master Fu said with jealousy. He himself wanted to cut out the King's Green.

Then, Master Fu and Master Bai went to have a tour in Gu Ning's factory. They all kept complimenting her when they found out the quality of the jade in this factory.

Knowing that Gu Ning alone had cut out all the jade, they were totally amazed.

"How did you do it? Even God can't be so accurate, but you did it so easily!" Master Bai was astonished, and couldn't believe it.

Gu Ning only smiled, but didn't explain further.

Master Bai also didn't force Gu Ning to tell him everything. It was Gu Ning's business after all. They knew that they should keep a distance from others' privacy. Unless Gu Ning was willing to tell them herself.

After the short tour, it was 11:30 am. Gu Ning invited them to have a meal together, including Zhou Zhenghong, Chang Qingshan and the others.

Master Fu and his friends left after the meal, while Gu Ning and the others went back to the factory.

At that time, Gu Ning was finally free to see the pair of pendants.

The one with a dragon on was already finished, but the other one with a phoenix still needed rubbing.

Gu Ning took a look at it, and was satisfied. Chang Qingshan's carving skill was truly excellent.

Chang Qingshan was better than Zhang Rong in hand carving, and Zhang Rong was more skilled at carving with machines, so Gu Ning had asked Chang Qingshan to make the pair of pendants for her.

In the afternoon, Gu Ning stayed in the factory. Although she couldn't help them with anything, she absorbed a lot of power.

When it was almost 3 pm, Qin Yifan arrived at the airport in City G.

Gu Ning called Situ Ye inviting him to dine together at 6 pm. She needed his help. Situ Ye was happy to help her, so he agreed without hesitation. As long as Gu Ning wanted to meet him, even if he wasn't available, he would change his schedule to fit hers.

The appointed place was the Huangdeng Hotel. Gu Ning ordered a private room and told Situ Ye its number.

She arrived at Huangdeng Hotel around 5:40 pm. Situ Ye got there at 5:50 pm.

"So nice to meet you. Please have a seat," Gu Ning welcomed him.

Although she knew that Situ Ye was the boss of the Qing Gang, she didn't feel nervous. She behaved as usual. After all, she had assumed that he served as a senior leader in the Qing Gang in the very

beginning.

The boss of the Qing Gang was of course in a more important position than a senior leader, but the influential officials and the national leader would respect even a senior leader, let alone the boss, of the Qing Gang, because a senior leader was only ranked lower than the boss.

The reason why Gu Ning felt at ease was because Situ Ye treated her in a friendly way. However, she now treated him with more respect.

Gu Ning let Situ Ye order first.

After the waiter left, Situ Ye asked, "What do you want me to do? You can just tell me."

Chapter 189 Shao Ping's scheme

"Well, my jade jewelry store is going to open in City G tomorrow. In case accidents would happen, I want to hire some guards to protect the jewelry, and help us with keeping order on site. Do you have any recommendations for good security contractors?" Gu Ning was actually aware that the Qing Gang had its own security contractor, but she didn't say it directly, so that she hid the fact that she already knew his real identity.

"You're going to open a jade jewelry store?" Situ Ye was surprised. He didn't expect that Gu Ning was able to run a business at such a young age. "Wow, you're really incredible!"

As for her request, it was nothing to him, so he answered with alacrity, "I have a security contractor myself. How many guards do you need? I can arrange it for you tomorrow."

"Really? That would be so great! I need 10 please," Gu Ning said.

"No problem, we're friends!" Situ Ye replied.

In fact, people in gangs valued friendship. As long as you were their friend, they were willing to do their best to help you. Of course, they hated betrayal the most. Once you betrayed them, you were doomed.

News At Half Past Six aired at 6:30 pm, when everyone was enjoying their meal, or having a rest after dinner. It was great entertainment to eat or rest while watching the show.

Shao Ping was lying on the sofa right after his dinner. He turned on the TV watching News At Half Past Six.

He had already known about the recently most popular brand Jade Beauty Jewelry. He was also super jealous of the King's Green. He couldn't help

thinking to himself, "why couldn't I have cut out the King's Green, and won a fortune."

Besides, the Jade Beauty Jewelry was a high-end brand using jade from the medium-high level and above. His Zhoufu Jewelry couldn't even provide several medium-level jade, and mainly used the medium-low or low-level jade. His brand had barely two hundred million yuan in assets, and was becoming less popular.

He also understood that it was because he had replaced Zhou Zhenghong to be the new boss of Zhoufu Jewelry. His behavior affected the brand of Zhoufu Jewelry. Shao Ping didn't want to accept the truth, but he had to face it.

He still had no idea that Zhou Zhenghong was in charge of the Jade Beauty Jewelry, or he would have been totally shocked. However, before long he indeed was shocked, because Zhou Zhenghong appeared on News At Half Past Six with the King's Green in his hands. His title was the chairman of the Jade Beauty Jewelry Company.

Shao Ping jumped up from the sofa rounding his eye in shock.

"No, it's impossible! Impossible!" Shao Ping refused to believe it. His wife, who was in the kitchen washing dishes, heard his angry voice and came running out to him. "What happened?"

"Zhou Zhenghong is the chairman of the Jade Beauty Jewelry Company! Can you believe it?" Shao Ping pointed at the TV.

"What? That's impossible!" Mrs. Shao almost couldn't accept it, but the news playing on the TV made it very clear.

Mrs. Shao had also heard of the Jade Beauty Jewelry. She had even told her friends that she would be going to have a look tomorrow. Women loved jade after all.

Although her husband ran a jewelry company, that jewelry wasn't of good quality, and was barely comparable to Jade Beauty Jewelry. However, she had no idea who was the boss of the Jade Beauty Jewelry back then. So when she found out that Zhou Zhenghong was the boss, she was so shocked that she wasn't even aware that her dish-washing cloth fell onto the ground.

"Where did he get the money? Where the hell did he get the jade?" Shao Ping couldn't figure it out. He didn't believe that Zhou Zhenghong was able to collect that much money and jade in a short time, but Zhou Zhenghong was the chairman of the Jade Beauty Jewelry all of a sudden. Shao Ping was deeply confused.

Usually, the chairman was the most influential boss in an enterprise, so Shao Ping didn't know that there was a big boss behind Zhou Zhenghong.

"No, I can't accept it. I can't!" Zhou Zhenghong almost screamed in anger.

"Honey, don't you know Leader Hu in the Qing Gang? Why don't we turn to him for help?" Mrs. Shao proposed an evil plan.

She understood that once Zhou Zhenghong became successful again, he would get revenge on them.

"Right! We can ask Leader Hu for help." Shao Ping immediately called Leader Hu, but Leader Hu refused to do them a favor, saying that their boss was doing a full-scale investigation in their gang recently and that he didn't dare to receive money in private. Although Shao Ping called him Leader Hu, he was only the head of a small group.

Shao Ping was mad, but didn't dare to say another word, because he didn't want to annoy the man and cause himself the trouble.

However, Leader Hu also recommended some hoodlums to Shao Ping. Those hoodlums didn't serve in the Qing Gang, so they weren't restricted. Shao Ping agreed.

When the News At Half Past Six was on air, Qin Yifan was in the Li Family's house. Both he and Li Zhenyu's family were astonished by the fact that Zhou Zhenghong was the chairman of Jade Beauty Jewelry.

"Did Zhou Zhenghong cut out the King's Green? How come I heard nothing of it from the street of stone gambling? And the Jade Beauty Jewelry is a high-end brand. Where did he get the money and the jade?" Li Zhenyu's father Li Zhiyong was shocked as well as confused.

He, who also worked in the jewelry industry, had heard of what had happened to Zhou Zhenghong, so what was happening now was very surprising.

Qin Yifan, instead, had a different opinion. He recognized that Zhou Zhenghong was the man who had been with Gu Ning last time in the street of stone gambling. And Gu Ning was so talented in stone gambling. Thus Qin Yifan thought that the King's Green must be Gu Ning's.

He even had the thought that Gu Ning had something to do with the Jade Beauty Jewelry. Thinking of that, Qin Yifan couldn't help but take a long breath in. If so, Gu Ning would be too incredible!

Those were all his guesses, but those could all be true. He would have called Gu Ning and asked her, if they didn't have an awkward relationship now.

The competition among businessmen who were involved in the same industry was fierce, especially between peers. Li Jewelry had three hundred million yuan more than Zhoufu Jewelry in assets, but the jewelry they provided was at the same level. They both had gold, silver, platinum and diamond on sale, Li Jewelry just had more medium-level jade than Zhoufu Jewelry.

Chapter 190 Trouble in the Midnight

The Li Family maintained a good relationship with the Qin Family. The Yicui Jade-store was also a famous store which had a history of a 100 years mainly selling jade of medium and above levels. Thus Li Jewelry had benefited from it to some extent.

Zhoufu Jewelry was valued less than Li Jewelry, but it was always popular, so the Li Family and Zhou Zhenghong had been competitors. Li Zhiyong obviously wouldn't attend the opening ceremony of Jade Beauty Jewelry, but he was quite curious about it. Although Li Jewelry wasn't comparable to Jade Beauty Jewelry in the levels of jade, he decided to

find out more about Jade Beauty Jewelry. Therefore, Li Zhiyong asked Li Zhenyu to have a look in the Jade Beauty Jewelry store tomorrow.

Qin Yifan came to City G for Jade Beauty Jewelry, so he would naturally be going there. And Li Zhenzhen would also attend the opening ceremony because of Qin Yifan.

Although Qin Yifan had refused her and broken her heart, she couldn't forget him. She still wanted to try. Their relationship was already so bad that to make it worse made no real difference.

After the airing of News At Half Past Six, it caused a sensation in City G. Many people who knew Zhou Zhenghong were greatly shocked by the news that he was the chairman ofJade Beauty Jewelry. Although they had the same thoughts as Li Zhiyong, nobody knew the answers.

However, at the same time, those who had had a good relationship with Zhou Zhenghong before and had alienated him after his bankruptcy now called him continuously to congratulate him in order to restore their connection.

Zhou Zhenghong treated them politely. He didn't hate them because they had all abandoned him. Business was business after all. Zhou Zhenghong understood why they turned to him now, and he would also make full use of them too. Thus as long as they didn't hurt him deliberately, he wouldn't be emotional. He wouldn't hurt others on purpose either. Zhou Zhenghong always competed with others equally in business. Unless the other part used amoral tricks in the first place, he would never scheme against others.

Gu Ning also had a great meal with Situ Ye. Situ Ye proposed giving Gu Ning a ride back after the meal. Gu Ning declined at first, but Situ Ye insisted, so in the end she agreed to let Situ Ye drive her back to the processing plant.

The opening ceremony would be held tomorrow, but they hadn't delivered the jewelry to the store yet. They had to finish the delivery tonight and lay the jewelry in their places.

When Gu Ning got back to the processing plant, it was almost 8 pm. They had already packed the jewelry up and were waiting for Gu Ning. A group of them, Gu Ning included, loaded the car with the packed jewelry, driving to the store afterwards.

All the store workers had already cleaned the store while waiting for the jewelry. They started to place the jewelry after Gu Ning and others arrived.

When it was almost 10 pm, Gu Ning received a message from Leng Shaoting.

Leng Shaoting: What are you doing now?

Gu Ning: Placing the jewelry in my store. How about you?

Leng Shaoting: I'm at the airport in the capital leaving for another city to deal with something.

Gu Ning: Take care!

They didn't finish placing the jewelry until it was past 12 pm. And then they went to the meeting room.

Except for Zhou Zhenghong, Chang Qingshan, Wang Zhiyong and Zhang Rong, no one else knew that Gu Ning was the real boss, so Gu Ning let Zhou Zhenghong hold the meeting. However, she still attended the meeting as a shareholder. She also told the staff to keep it a secret between them to avoid any trouble.

Everyone thought that Gu Ning didn't want others to know her identity because of her young age, and promised to keep it quiet.

Moreover, all the workers were kind and upright people. They didn't think that there was an immoral relationship between Zhou Zhenghong and Gu Ning just because she had shares ofJade Beauty Jewelry Company at such a young age.

All of a sudden, Gu Ning heard some noise outside, so she adjourned the meeting. Everyone was confused, looking to Gu Ning. Gu Ning said to a male worker beside her in a low voice, "Go check the surveillance cameras for outside."

The man immediately realized that something must be wrong, so he ran to the surveillance room and checked the cameras.

Gu Ning had Jade Eyes, and was able to see what was happening out there, but she didn't want anyone else to know that, so she could only send a worker to check the surveillance cameras first, and tell the others afterwards.

Before long, the male worker came back with an upset face. "There is a MPV[1] outside. Over a dozen men got out of it with steel sticks in their hands and they are staring at our store now!"

The news caused horror in the crowd. All the workers in the room understood that the store was in trouble. Although the store was alarmed and couldn't be easily robbed, it would affect the opening ceremony tomorrow if its outside was damaged.

"I'll handle it," Gu Ning said standing up. "What?"

Everyone was shocked and looking at Gu Ning. They couldn't believe their ears. She is going to handle it? She is merely a teenage girl!

"Are you sure you can handle it?" Only Zhou Zhenghong believed that Gu Ning wasn't joking, but he was still worried.

"Of course!" Gu Ning replied with confidence.

Everyone was surprised again. Can she fight?

However, they also knew that Gu Ning had to have a plan, or she wouldn't do it.

"I'll go too!"

Two guards stood up at once. As security guards, they ought to protect the store if any accidents happened. Both of the two security guards were strong boys around 27 years old. One was named Ke Ying, and the other was Cao Hua.

"Very well. Please be careful," Gu Ning said to them.

She could actually handle it alone, but since she hired them, they had to do their jobs. In addition, Gu Ning also wanted to test their ability with this chance.

"I'll go too!"

Chang Qingshan and the others knew that Gu Ning was good at fighting, but they didn't know how good she was. Thus they couldn't let her, a teenage girl, handle it alone.

"It's fine. You can stay here," Gu Ning ordered.

However, it was an emergency; they weren't willing to hide inside.

Chang Qingshan and others wanted to argue, but was stopped by Zhou Zhenghong. Zhou Zhenghong told them that Gu Ning was excellent at kung fu, and that they could end up being her burden if they went

outside.

Since Zhou Zhenghong said so, they chose to believe him. No one wanted to cause more problems.

In fact, Gu Ning was happy to know that they were willing to stand up for her in an emergency. They truly had their loyalty to her and they were all reliable people.

[1] MPV stands for a multi-purpose vehicle and is usually a large hatchback with seating for six or more passengers.