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Chapter 1311: She Told Me to Protect You
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Other stuff was already delivered to the plane, so there was no need for them to carry anything on the way to the airport.
Before 1 pm, the Leng family was aboard. At 1:40 pm, its private jet stood in line and was ready for the flight, and it began to take off at 2 pm.
Right at this moment, Jiang Yutong's mother received a call from the direct-sale store of Kouzi. The 100 sets of Kouzi products had arrived and she could go to pick them up. They had paid the deposit only two days ago and the goods were already delivered.
Jiang Yutong's mother was in a bad mood when she heard the news. It wasn't a piece of good news to her.
Only this batch of products for Jiang Yutong was delivered, and other customers still needed to wait for a few days.
Gu Ning had actually deliberately prepared the batch of products for Jiang Yutong early on.
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When it was about 4 pm, the Leng family's private jet landed at the international airport of City B. And one of Leng Shaoting's subordinates would come to pick them up.
Gu Ning didn't see the large pile of gifts Master Leng had prepared for the Tang family until they got off the plane. She was greatly surprised and amused. "Grandpa Leng, you didn't need to prepare so many gifts!"
"I don't think there are too many gifts. I think they're not enough!" Master Leng argued.
In order to show Gu Ning's importance in the Leng family, Master Leng had spent a lot of time preparing the large pile of gifts. If Leng Yuanzhen and his wife hadn't stopped Master Leng in time, he would have prepared more gifts.
"Fine." Gu Ning didn't know what else she could say now.
Leng Shaoting arranged for a separate car to pack all of the gifts.
However, shortly after they left the plane, Gu Ning sensed that someone was looking at her with hostility.
She didn't turn to search for the person right away, but acted normally and used her Jade Eyes. Before long, she found the man, who stood in a terminal far from them. He was a foreigner and was staring at her with a telescope.
Although there was a distance between them, Gu Ning had a feeling that the man wasn't an ordinary man. He was highly likely a killer, and Gu Ning was sure that she was his target.
Because he was a foreign man, Gu Ning thought of Aimee first.
The foreigner might have been sent here by Aimee, because Aimee hated her. However, it was only Gu Ning's suspicion, because she didn't know which country the foreigner came from.
Gu Ning was suspicious of Aimee because Aimee was the only foreigner she had a grudge against till now and Aimee had tried to attack her many times.
Even though the foreign man came here for her, Gu Ning moved along with Master Leng and other important members of the Leng family. She was worried that they might be involved in trouble because of her. Therefore, she had to separate herself from them.
Gu Ning couldn't tell Master Leng about what she found right now, but she could be honest with Leng Shaoting.
Without delay, Gu Ning pulled Leng Shaoting aside and said to him in a very low voice, "Shaoting, someone is following and spying on me. He's a foreigner, and he stood in terminal No.12. I don't want Grandpa Leng and the others to get hurt, so I need to be alone in another car. You must protect them well, alright?"
Leng Shaoting frowned when he heard that. He was mad at the foreigner who was following and spying on Gu Ning, and he was also worried about Gu Ning's safety, but he had to listen to her given the current situation.
Gu Ning wasn't a weak girl, and she could protect herself. Master Leng, on the other hand, was an old man who knew nothing about fighting, so Leng Shaoting needed to protect his family right now.
"Fine." Leng Shaoting agreed.
There were three MPVs with seven seats each coming to pick them up.
Master Leng came to City B with Leng Yuanzhen and his wife and eight bodyguards.
Three bodyguards along with the gifts prepared by the Leng family sat in the first car.
Master Leng, Leng Yuanzhen and his wife, Leng Shaoting and a bodyguard sat in the second car. Gu Ning should share the second car with them, but now she moved to sit in the third car together with other bodyguards.
Master Leng and the others were curious about why Gu Ning suddenly did that, but Gu Ning didn't tell them the reason.
Master Leng knew that it had to be something abnormal, because he saw Gu Ning pull Leng Shaoting aside earlier.
"Shaoting, what did Ningning just talk to you about? Why isn't she sharing the same car with us?" Master Leng asked Leng Shaoting the moment they were seated in the car.
Leng Shaoting understood that it was impossible for him to fool his grandfather, so he told the truth. "Well, Ningning just noticed that someone is following and spying on her. She's afraid that you might be involved in danger because of her, so she told me to protect you."
"What? Why did you leave her alone since you know that she's in danger now? What if something terrible happens to her?" Master Leng was furious.
"She told me to protect you," Leng Shaoting said. "Grandpa, you don't need to be too worried. She's strong and smart. She can deal with it on her own."
"But…" Master Leng was still concerned.
"It's fine. She'll be safe," Leng Shaoting said with confidence.
Leng Yuanzhen and his wife remained silent. Although they were worried about Gu Ning's safety as well, Master Leng's safety was more important in their eyes. They indeed liked Gu Ning, but Master Leng was more closely connected with them. Therefore, it was better for Leng Shaoting to stay here and protect Master Leng.
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Chapter 1312: A Car Accident
Since Gu Ning chose to do that, she must have confidence in herself and Leng Shaoting chose to trust her.
The three cars were started and drove forward. Although Master Leng and the others chose to trust Gu Ning, they were still worried and kept turning to look at the car that Gu Ning was in.
Gu Ning sat on the rear seats and fixed her eyes on the foreign man. To her surprise, the foreign man drove a large truck behind them. She thought that he might plan to knock into them with the big truck.
Because a big truck was heavy and had greater power, it could easily knock a smaller car over.
In that case, Gu Ning wasn't worried, because she could use her magical power as a defense to stop the truck.
Gu Ning's magical power was strong enough to be used as a defense now, but it would cost her a lot of strength, so she only did it when her life was in great danger.
Although there wasn't a lot of traffic on the road and it wasn't difficult for them to avoid the truck, Gu Ning was still left with no choice.
If she moved out of the way, the truck might hit the car that Master Leng was in, which was unacceptable in her eyes.
They arrived at an overpass and drove in a line. Finally, the foreign man seized the chance and accelerated.
Leng Shaoting and the others still had no idea what they big truck was going to do because they weren't on the same lane.
When the big truck was only a meter away from them, it suddenly changed its course and turned to hit the car that Gu Ning was in. It was too late for the chauffeur to avoid it.
Gu Ning, at the same time, used her magical power and made a defense to protect them.
She couldn't make sure that the car would be fine, but only hoped that the people inside would be safe.
Leng Shaoting also realized the problem and told the chauffeur in his car to stop at once, but it was too late and he could only watch the big truck hitting the MPV that Gu Ning was in.
With a loud crash, the big truck hit the MPV and pushed it towards guardrails. It seemed that the MPV was going to fall from the overpass.
The scene scared everyone in the other cars on the overpass.
This overpass was about 20 meters high, and people in the car would be dead once it fell.
At this moment, a middle-aged man sitting on the rear seat of a taxi which was 100 meters away from the scene opened his eyes in an instant, and looked shocked. He sensed unusually strong magical power!
Only cultivators or ghosts could figure out that it was magical power. However, this middle-aged man wasn't a ghost, so he was a cultivator. In addition, his face looked normal, which meant that he was a member of the Good Practice.
This middle-aged man was shocked by the magical power because it was pure magical power instead of mysterious power from cultivators. There must be a treasure filled with magical power.
Unfortunately, he was far from the scene, so he didn't know what was happening there.
The MPV stopped in front of the guardrails, and didn't fall. The big truck didn't move forward either in case it fell as well, so it stopped two meters away from the guardrails.
In fact, even if the big truck continued to push the MPV forward, Gu Ning was still able to stop it with her magical power.
Gu Ning actually allowed the big truck to push the MPV aside on purpose, because it would be strange if the MPV was fine after the heavy hit.
The foreign man was stunned by the scene when the MPV didn't fall from the overpass but stayed mostly fine. It wasn't in accordance with scientific law.
The bodyguards in the MPV were also astonished, but Gu Ning remained calm and jumped out of the broken rear window at once.
The side of the car was blocked by the big truck, but the rear glass wasn't.
Although the bodyguards were greatly surprised, they soon got their mind back and began to do their job. They got out of the car right away.
Only the chauffeur was still in a lot of shock.
Leng Shaoting also ran to see Gu Ning without hesitation, but he saw her jumping out of the car, so he knew that she was fine, then he turned to catch the driver of the big truck.
The foreign man was angry when he saw that Gu Ning survived. He was disappointed and wanted to escape but was stopped by Leng Shaoting and they began to fight.
Seeing that, everyone realized that it had to be a murder attempt. They were also surprised that Gu Ning and the other people in the MPV were fine.
The car accident looked too scary, and they felt it was unbelievable that the people in the car could survive.
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Because Leng Shaoting was fighting against the foreign man, Gu Ning ran to comfort and to tell Master Leng that she was fine.
Master Leng almost cried when he saw Gu Ning's face.
"Grandpa, uncle and aunt, I'm fine," Gu Ning said to them.
"Great, great…" Master Leng's voice was still trembling.
They didn't want anything terrible to happen to Gu Ning.
To the foreign man's astonishment, Leng Shaoting was so strong and skilled at fighting that he couldn't get rid of him at all. He also understood that Leng Shaoting must be aware of his aim because Leng Shaoting ran to stop him without delay.
The foreign man wasn't weak actually, but he was no match for Leng Shaoting. Leng Shaoting soon caught him and left him to two bodyguards.
At this time, the middle-aged male cultivator arrived at the scene of the accident, but the magical power was already gone. He was confused and curious to know where the magical power came from.
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hapter 1313: Propose Marriage in the Tang Family
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Although the magical power was nowhere to be found now, the middle-aged man was very sure that its appearance must have something to do with this car accident because they happened to show up at the same time. Therefore, the magical power had to come from a certain person at the scene but it was hidden right now.
The cultivator could only remember the faces at the scene for further research.
When the cultivator came, Gu Ning also noticed him and she knew that he must have come for the magical power. Gu Ning felt lucky that she didn't expose herself, or she might be in trouble. She knew too little about the cultivation world right now, so she didn't want to expose herself.
"Let me go!" The foreign man struggled.
"Let you go?" Gu Ning sneered and walked towards him. "If this was just an accident, I wouldn't make things difficult for you, but it isn't. I know that you started following me from the airport."
Hearing that, the man was greatly surprised. He thought that he had hidden himself very well.
"Have you called the police?" Gu Ning asked.
"Yes," a bodyguard replied.
Although this was a personal grudge, the car accident already happened so they needed to call the police.
Within 10 minutes, the traffic police arrived. If this was a normal car accident, it was very easy to deal with it, but it wasn't so it would be complicated.
Leng Shaoting didn't want to delay the meeting with the Tang family because of it, so he directly took out his officer's certificate. He made it very clear that it was a murder attempt and he needed to do the interrogation himself. However, he was busy now, so he needed to arrange for two bodyguards to escort the foreign man to the Public Security Bureau and he would interrogate the suspect later that night.
Leng Shaoting wouldn't punish the foreign man of his own accord, so he proposed to escort him to the Public Security Bureau first.
The traffic police agreed once Leng Shaoting showed his officer's certificate. Although they were surprised to know that Leng Shaoting was a major general at such an early age, they still listened to him.
Onlookers didn't know what certificate Leng Shaoting held in his hands, but they knew that he must be an important figure.
After that, the traffic police along with two bodyguards from the Leng family escorted the foreign man to the Public Security Bureau.
Leng Shaoting left a bodyguard to deal with the following things, then drove away.
Gu Ning called K and told K about what she had just been through. K was surprised and said that he would check the surveillance cameras of the foreign man's action from the beginning to the end. In addition, he would also find out what the foreign man had done before and his identity.
When Leng Shaoting and his other family members arrived at the Tang family's house, it was already 5:30 pm.
They were about half an hour later than the appointed time, but luckily the dinner began at 6 pm.
The Tang family didn't think further about it because they thought there might have been a traffic jam on the road.
Gu Ning didn't want to worry the Tang family, so she reminded Master Leng and the others not to mention the car accident. However, even if they kept it a secret today, the Tang family would know about it sooner or later. They simply didn't want to ruin the happy atmosphere.
Because the Leng family were visiting the Tang family today, Gu Man didn't go to the beauty salon and rather stayed at home. Jiang Lihua, Tang Yunfan, and Tang Yunhang were also back home at 4 pm.
Tang Yunrong and Cao Ruihua arrived at the Tang family's house at 4:30 pm, while Tang Jiakai, Cao Wenxin, and Cao Wenjun got back later too.
Except for Tang Jiayang who was abroad, all the other members of the Tang family were present. They took it very seriously because it wasn't only about Gu Ning's marriage, but also because the highly respected figure, Leng Weihua, would show up today.
Every one of them was very excited.
Normally, the big gate of the Tang family's house was closed, but it was open early today, waiting for the Leng family's arrival.
Once the Leng family's cars came close, a security guard reported it to Tang Haifeng and Tang Haifeng along with his other family members walked out without delay. They stood outside the door of the main building in a straight line, as two MPVs entered the Tang family's large property then moved towards the main building.
The two cars soon stopped, and a bodyguard immediately got out of the first car to open the car door for the people inside. Leng Shaoting left the car first, followed by Gu Ning, then Master Leng appeared.
The members of the Tang family walked to welcome Master Leng right away.
"Very nice to meet you, Leader Leng. Welcome to my home!" Tang Haifeng greeted him.
"Nice to meet you, Leader Leng!" The other people also greeted Master Leng with great respect.
"You don't need to call me Leader Leng. We're a family now. Just call me Leng, Uncle Leng, and Grandpa Leng!" Master Leng said with a smile.
"Ha-ha, nice to see you, Leng," Tang Haifeng said. Although Leng Weihua used to be in a very high position, he was retired now, and they were indeed going to be family.
"Nice to see you, Uncle Leng," Tang Yunhang and the other members of his generation said.
"Nice to see you, Grandpa Leng," Tang Jiakai and the other young members said.
Leng Yuanzhen and Yu Yin left the car later, and everyone introduced themselves to each other before they walked into the living hall.
The moment they were seated, they saw endless gifts being brought inside one after another, which surprised the Tang family. To their astonishment, the Leng family came with so many gifts, which meant that they attached great importance to Gu Ning.
"Tang, you have a very outstanding granddaughter. She's able to become so successful at such a young age. She has my respect and affection. You know what, all of my old friends want her to be their granddaughter-in-law. Although Ningning is Shaoting's girlfriend, I still hope that they can get engaged right now," Master Leng said.
"Ha-ha, ha-ha, I know. Ningning is the pride of our family," Tang Haifeng said with a broad smile.
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Chapter 1314: More Expensive than Gold
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
However, Tang Haifeng looked sad all of a sudden and sighed, "Well, I just wish we had found them earlier so that they wouldn't have suffered so much in the past years."
Even though they lived a good life now, he still felt guilty upon thinking what Gu Ning had been through before. It wasn't something he could control, but he still felt guilty. He cared about Gu Ning, so he felt for her.
"Grandpa, you don't need to feel guilty. I think it's fate that brought us together. If I had grown up in the Tang family, I probably would have become a useless spoiled rich kid and wouldn't have achieved what I have today. Without being through a lot, I couldn't have learned to be strong and brave," Gu Ning immediately said to comfort Tang Haifeng.
Actually, if Gu Ning hadn't suffered a lot, Tang Aining wouldn't have been reborn. If Tang Aining hadn't been reborn, she wouldn't have met Leng Shaoting. If all the above never had happened, Gu Ning wouldn't have met the Tang family and would have to live a terrible life with Gu Man as usual. Gu Ning might have fallen in a vegetative state because of the car accident, and Gu Man would have to pay a highly expensive medical fee by herself.
"Ningning's right. No matter what kind of life a person is living, there could be chances and twists of fate. It is what it is, and we should focus on our future," Master Leng said.
"Right, we need to pay more attention to our happy life now and the future." Tang Haifeng was cheered up.
Afterwards, they began to chat with each other about something pleasant.
Although the Tang family was unwilling to see Gu Ning, who just became a part of them, soon marry into another family, they respected Gu Ning's own desires. As long as she wanted it, the Tang family would be supportive.
Moreover, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were only going to be engaged right now. And even if Gu Ning married Leng Shaoting, she would still be a member of the Tang family, which could never be changed.
Because it was a sure bet that Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting would get married one day in the future, the two families directly talked about their engagement date today. However, it wasn't up to them to pick a random date. They needed to carefully choose the right time.
"I think one of my old friends can help us settle the date. He's a famous professor, Zhao Yiru, and he's an expert of xuanxue [1. Xuanxue is a metaphysical post-classical Chinese philosophy from the Six Dynasties (222-589), bringing together Daoist and Confucian beliefs through revision and discussion.]," Tang Haifeng said.
Neither Master Leng nor Master Tang knew much about the date of birth and eight characters of a horoscope, so Tang Haifeng thought of Zhao Yiru.
"Great!" Master Leng agreed with happiness.
During this time, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went outside for a while. When they came back, they carried a big sack with something moving inside. It was obviously something alive.
The second they walked inside, they scared everyone in the living hall.
"Ningning, what are you carrying in the sack? Did you just kidnap someone?" Tang Haifeng asked.
Gu Ning was amused. "Of course not, grandpa. There is a fish inside."
"A fish? Where did you get this big fish?" Master Leng asked.
"I found it in the sea when I was in XH the other day. Because this fish is really rare, I planned to eat it when we were all together so I kept it somewhere else. I just arranged for someone to deliver it," Gu Ning lied. She couldn't tell them that she had a telepathic eye space and kept the fish in it the entire time.
Leng Shaoting was aware of it, but Gu Ning had no intention to let more people know about it.
"Really? What kind of fish is it?" Everyone got curious and moved over to have a look at the fish.
Leng Shaoting put the fish down and opened the sack. The giant yellow croaker was shown before them.
"What is this fish?" Many people couldn't recognize what kind of fish it was.
However, Master Leng and Master Tang were shocked when they saw the fish. "This is a giant yellow croaker!"
"Giant yellow croaker?"
Although many of them still didn't know what a giant yellow croaker was, they knew that it couldn't be ordinary after seeing Master Leng's and Master Tang's reaction.
"This fish is very rare, and it's even more expensive than gold!" Tang Haifeng exclaimed. He had read about it in a book, but had never seen it before.
"Right, it's super expensive!" Master Leng said.
"How expensive is it?" Tang Jiakai asked.
Gu Ning then explained. "The giant yellow croaker is a critically endangered species of marine and brackish water fish in the family Sciaenidae. There once was a giant yellow croaker which weighed 48 kg, and someone paid six hundred thousand yuan for it. This giant yellow croaker I caught is at least 70 kg, so it should be worth over a million yuan."
Hearing that, everyone was shocked again. A single piece of fish was worth over a million yuan! This could be the most expensive dish they had ever eaten.
"Ningning, I can't believe that you could get the most expensive fish in the world!" Cao Wenxin said.
The others began to compliment Gu Ning as well.
Actually, Gu Ning relied on her telepathic eye space to catch and keep this giant yellow croaker. Nevertheless, she had to keep it a secret.
"How should we cook it?" Tang Yunfan asked.
"We can let the cook do it in every way he knows," Gu Ning said.
"We can't eat all of it," Master Leng said.
"It's fine. We must eat it when it's fresh," Gu Ning said.
Gu Ning was right, so the others agreed.
When the cook came over and saw the giant yellow croaker, he was greatly surprised too.
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Chapter 1315: I Have too Many Enemies
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
As a cook, he knew a lot of food materials, including the giant yellow croaker, so he was aware of its rarity. Because it was too rare and expensive, he had to be cautious not to damage it. Even if the Tang family wouldn't blame him, he would blame himself if he ruined the dish.
Before dinner began, Gu Ning received a message from K. It was easy for K to investigate through surveillance cameras, but he needed some time to figure out the foreign man's identity.
There were several cooks cooking in the kitchen at the same time, but it still took them almost an hour to cook the fish. So by the time the dishes were placed on the dining table one after another, they were all more than ready to enjoy dinner.
There were many plates of fish on the table, and it was some of the most valuable food in the world, so everyone enjoyed the meal in harmony. They also drank a little.
However, both Tang Haifeng and Leng Weihua were old men now, so they didn't drink strong alcohol, and instead drank nutritious liquor. However, because nutritious liquor still contained alcohol, they couldn't drink much of it. Nevertheless, they were celebrating today so it wasn't appropriate for the others to stop them from drinking.
Therefore, Gu Ning put a power crystal into their cups, so that they would be fine even if they drank a lot.
They all believed in Gu Ning's magic pills, so nobody stopped her.
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As they were enjoying the meal in the Tang family's house, the car accident went viral especially after people found out that Gu Ning was involved in it.
Some passers-by had taken many videos of the car accident and uploaded them to the Internet. So many Internet users were mad at the foreign man, and they sharply criticized him to defend Gu Ning.
It couldn't be more obvious that the foreign man tried to murder Gu Ning, because he wanted to escape the second he failed. He was skilled at fighting as well, which meant that he wasn't an ordinary man.
At the same time, some people also thought that it might have just been an accident, and the foreign man ran away in fear. In addition, the foreigner looked very strong and he must exercise regularly, so it was understandable that he was good at fighting.
Some Internet users, on the other hand, turned to attack Gu Ning and said that she had delusions of persecution. They believed that it was simply an accident, but Gu Ning regarded it as a murder attempt.
Without delay, Gu Ning's fans and those who defended her attacked them back.
"Goddess Gu never said that it's a murder attempt, but we made the judgment from the video ourselves. You can't blame Goddess Gu for it!"
"Right, we aren't dumb, and it's obviously an attempted murder."
"Haters are really unkind! Couldn't you see that the car that Goddess Gu was in was heavily hit by the big truck?"
"If Goddess Gu hadn't been so lucky or if the car had been pushed down, she could have been killed."
"The foreign man should be put in jail!"
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Some haters even said that Gu Ning was purposely hit by the big truck because she had done bad things.
Other Internet users who defended Gu Ning argued that Gu Ning was too outstanding and that some evil people were obviously jealous of her.
Anyway, the haters were no match for Gu Ning's fans.
Gu Ning was the victim in this accident, so many people still believed that she was innocent. Moreover, Gu Ning had left a good impression on the public.
That being the case, countless kind Internet users and Gu Ning's fans mentioned her on Weibo and they all cared about her situation. Some of them even @(mentioned) the Public Security Bureau, trying to seek justice for Gu Ning.
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In the Tang family's house, they went to have a seat in the living room after dinner.
The members of the Leng family needed to stay there tonight. Although they had wanted to stay in a hotel, both Gu Ning and the Tang family persuaded them to stay, so they agreed in the end.
The Tang family had prepared rooms for them earlier on.
Master Leng was at an old age, and he felt sleepy after drinking a little alcohol, so he went to bed a while later.
Tang Haifeng also went back to his bedroom, and left the younger generation chatting with each other in the living room.
Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting needed to deal with something, so they excused themselves and left.
Tang Jiakai and Cao Wenxin thought that they were going to have fun outside, so they wanted to go with them, but Gu Ning told them that it was something serious.
At this time, it was only 8:30 pm.
City B had nine districts which each had a separate branch of the Public Security Bureau. The foreign man was taken to the branch of the district where the Tang family's house was located.
Gu Ning checked that day's trending news afterwards. She knew that what had happened today would be put on the headlines, because she was too famous on the Internet. However, when she saw the comments left by haters, she directly ignored them. She wouldn't be affected by them.
"Do you have any idea of the suspect?" Leng Shaoting asked Gu Ning.
"No idea. I have too many enemies," Gu Ning said with a resigned look.
It was true that Gu Ning had too many enemies, so she honestly didn't know which one of them had schemed against her this time.
Because Leng Shaoting was aware of K's ability, he believed that Gu Ning could handle it properly by herself.
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While they were on their way to the branch of the Public Security Bureau, Tang Jiakai received a call from Teng Xiaoyu and learned what had happened today.
Tang Jiakai was mad once he heard the news and went to search for more information about the car accident. After watching the video, Tang Jiakai was filled with fury.
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Chapter 1316: Do You Think You Can Be Fine?
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
He couldn't believe that someone still wanted to kill Gu Ning after she became famous for her kung fu skills and powerful connections in many industries. At the same time, Tang Jiakai realized why Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting suddenly left tonight.
However, none of the members of the Leng family mentioned the accident today, because they didn't want to worry them, so Tang Jiakai also kept it a secret for the time being. Gu Ning was safe anyway.
Speaking of Teng Xiaoyu, he made a full recovery with the help of Gu Ning's treatment, and his team also won the first prize in the competition. Therefore, Teng Xiaoyu was very grateful to Gu Ning.
He had already been chosen by the national basketball team, and it was very likely for him to join it.
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About 20 minutes later, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting arrived at the branch of the Public Security Bureau.
Although it was almost 9 pm now, there were people working there all day long.
Leng Shaoting had made a call before they came, so the director of that branch was already waiting for them.
The director had heard of a young major general named Leng Shaoting from the capital, so he didn't dare to displease Leng Shaoting. Leng Shaoting was born in the famous Leng family, and nobody was willing to upset them.
The director was familiar with Gu Ning's face as well, so he politely greeted Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting once they showed up. "Very nice to meet you, Major General Leng and Miss Gu!"
The director's surname was Yao, and he had attended Tang Yunfan's wedding with Gu Man before. He was familiar with Gu Ning's face, but Gu Ning didn't know him because they had never talked with each other before. In addition, Director Yao wasn't aware that Gu Ning was also involved in this accident, so he was surprised to see her here.
Gu Ning hadn't talked with Director Yao before, but she remembered his face right away. She had just heard someone call him Director Yao before she saw him, and she directly matched his face with this title.
"Nice to see you, Director Yao!" Gu Ning smiled.
Director Yao was astonished that Gu Ning recognized him and he felt flattered.
"Miss Gu, Major General Leng, I just heard about what happened today, and we all take it very seriously," Director Yao said.
"Great, let's get inside now!" Gu Ning said.
After that, they went to the interrogation room together. Because Leng Shaoting said that he would do the interrogation himself, Director Yao didn't appear in the room until now.
In the room, the foreign man was tied to a chair with two bodyguards standing by his sides.
"Lord Leng, Lady Ning," the two bodyguards greeted Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting with great respect.
"Please have a seat, Major General Leng, Miss Gu." Director Yao invited Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting to seat themselves. There were only two seats in the room, so Director Yao decided to stand.
"Director Yao, please seat yourself, I can get another chair for myself," Gu Ning said. She didn't forget her manners, even though Director Yao was quite respectful of her.
"It's fine. Miss Gu, I can do it," Director Yao said, then turned to tell a policeman to get him a chair.
After a short while, Leng Shaoting, Gu Ning, and Director Yao sat together in front of the interrogation table.
"Tell me, who sent you here?" Leng Shaoting coldly said, staring straight at the foreign man, which made him feel quite stressed.
It was not only the foreign man, even Director Yao was surprised by Leng Shaoting's influence.
Leng Shaoting really had a natural air of a man with great power.
Nevertheless, although the foreign man felt great pressure from Leng Shaoting, he had no intention to admit to the crime. "Why do you think that it's an attempt at murder?"
"You were spying on me with binoculars at the terminal in the airport today," Gu Ning plainly said.
Hearing that, the foreign man was shocked. To his surprise, Gu Ning had already noticed him at the airport. He didn't think that it was possible.
Director Yao didn't understand why the foreign man looked so surprised, but he was now sure that it must have been an attempted murder.
The foreign man closed his mouth, but Gu Ning didn't seem worried. "Do you think that you will be fine by keeping quiet?"
The foreign man still stayed silent, which he thought was the only thing he could do now.
In fact, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting weren't surprised by his reaction and the result, but they thought that it was necessary for them to come here and do the interrogation.
Gu Ning took out her phone and played the video that K just sent to her phone. In the video, the foreign man entered the airport and reached the terminal, then he used binoculars to spy on Gu Ning. The video showed the whole process of him following Gu Ning till the car accident happened.
The foreign man was stunned by the video, and he couldn't figure out how Gu Ning was able to get it.
"Well, I think this video is enough to prove your evil intentions. Do you still think that you will be fine by saying nothing now?" Gu Ning sneered.
Director Yao was curious about the video.
The foreign man hesitated for a while, but still kept his mouth shut. Gu Ning lost her patience. "Fine, since you refuse to say anything, let's wait and see!"
She decided to punish this foreign man after K found more evidence.
Leng Shaoting told the two bodyguards to stay and guard the foreign man. This foreign man was a professional killer after all, and he might escape.
Before Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting left, Gu Ning sent Director Yao the video. "Director Yao, I hope that you can release this video from an official account on Weibo."
"Sure." Director Yao agreed.
Afterwards, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting left.
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pter 1317: Don't Worry, I'm Fine.
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Because Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting weren't out for a long time, it was only 10 pm when they were back in the Tang family's house and many people were still awake, while the Cao family already left.
Tang Jiakai called Gu Ning to have a talk in the backyard once she got home, and Gu Ning knew what he was going to ask her seeing his expression.
She knew that it had to be about today's car accident. She was right.
"Ningning, I just heard of the terrible car accident. Are you sure that you're fine?" Tang Jiakai asked. Although he saw Gu Ning with his own eyes now, he was still worried about her.
Gu Ning felt touched that Tang Jiakai cared about her. "Don't worry, I'm fine."
"Great." Tang Jiakai nodded and felt relieved after hearing the answer from Gu Ning's mouth. "Did you just go out to see the suspect? How is it now? Do you know who sent him?"
Tang Jiakai knew that it must have been an attempted murder, and he was quite angry about it. If he knew who the mastermind was, he would definitely pay the person back.
"Not yet, it's under investigation," Gu Ning said.
Gu Ning wasn't sure whether K could successfully find out about the foreign man's background, because he was from another country. And even though K was a skilled hacker, there were still things he couldn't do.
In fact, even if K couldn't find out who the mastermind was, Gu Ning was still able to kill the foreign man without attracting any attention. It would be best if the foreign man was willing to tell her the name of the mastermind, but she couldn't do anything about it if the foreign man refused to do so.
Tang Jiakai stopped asking about the accident, and they went back to the living room together.
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Director Yao watched the video after Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting left. It was solid proof of the foreign man's evil intentions.
Without delay, Director Yao arranged for someone to post the video along with an explanation to Weibo.
At this time, many people were off work and surfing on the Internet, so this post attracted a lot of attention within a short time.
In the beginning, only a few people were interested in it, but it went viral the second Gu Ning's fans read it.
Countless Internet users began to repost it.
The video was enough to prove that the foreign man indeed had the intention to murder Gu Ning. He had spied on Gu Ning along the way from the airport to the overpass and even heavily hit her car in the end.
When there was no solid proof, almost 80% of Internet users already chose to side with Gu Ning and now they were even more determined to defend her. They @(mentioned) Gu Ning again and hoped that she would be fine.
This time, many Internet users also @(mentioned) Gu Ning's companies and many influencers who often reposted Gu Ning's posts on Weibo.
Not many haters showed up, and Gu Ning's fans were still defending her on the Internet.
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At 11 pm, the members of the Tang family went to sleep in their rooms.
Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting also went back to their own rooms. Because they were staying in the Tang family's house tonight, it wasn't appropriate for them to stay in the same room.
Right at this moment, Hao Ran read the news and called Gu Ning at once. Gu Ning told him that she was fine and comforted him for a while before he calmed down.
In order to not be bothered again by her friends, Gu Ning directly @(mentioned) all of them in their WeChat group and told them she was fine now.
The next day, Gu Ning got up at 6 am. Master Leng and Tang Haifeng were exercising in the yard.
They were old and light sleepers, so they always got up very early in the morning. In addition, Tang Haifeng was the Leng family's guest, so it would be impolite if he got up too late.
Leng Yuanzhen and Yu Yin also got up before 7 am.
Tang Yunfan understood that their guests would get up early today, so they didn't stay in bed for long either.
Breakfast was already prepared, so they soon gathered in the dining hall.
Leng Yuanzhen and Yu Yin only had two days off, so they had to go back to the capital after lunch.
Except for Tang Yunhang, the other members of the Tang family stayed home. However, because Tang Yunhang needed to deal with something important at work, he had to leave.
Gu Man and Jiang Lihua could be free all day, so there was no need for them to go to work.
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Shortly after they finished breakfast, Gu Ning received a call from K.
"Hi, boss, I've found everything I could. The man's name is Luca. He entered City B from Country Y in the night the day before yesterday, then stayed in XX hotel. About 9:40 am yesterday, he went to rent a big truck at XX road before he left for the airport, and what happened next is in the video I sent you yesterday. As for detailed information about Luca's background, I'm afraid I can't help," K said and he was very honest.
"It's fine." Gu Ning didn't feel disappointed.
Since K couldn't help her with it, Gu Ning decided to turn to Leng Shaoting for help. If Leng Shaoting couldn't do anything about it, she still had Tang Yunfan's support. She knew that Tang Yunfan had some connections in Country Y.
Anyway, she wouldn't give up right away.
"Shaoting, do you know anyone in Country Y who has the ability to get detailed information about a man?" Gu Ning asked Leng Shaoting later.
"Yeah, who do you want to know more about?" Leng Shaoting said.
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Chapter 1318: Criticized by Tang Yunfan
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Gu Ning then told Leng Shaoting what K had found out about the foreign man.
Leng Shaoting was very happy to help Gu Ning and promised that he would deal with it. He called one of his friends in Country Y and his friend agreed to help with alacrity.
After that, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went back to the living room.
However, Tang Yunfan suddenly received a call and coldly stared at Gu Ning in anger.
Gu Ning got nervous and thought that Tang Yunfan must have heard about the car accident right now. Her father must be mad at her because she had kept it a secret from him.
"Ningning, why did you keep the car accident at the road outside the airport a secret from us?" Tang Yunfan curbed his anger and questioned Gu Ning with a serious expression.
Hearing that, Tang Haifeng was surprised. He glanced at Tang Yunfan, then his sight fell on Gu Ning.
Master Leng and the others felt a little embarrassed sitting in the living room. They knew that this secret couldn't be hidden forever, and that it would be exposed sooner or later.
"What car accident?" Tang Haifeng asked in a hurry.
Gu Man also stared at Gu Ning.
Gu Ning panicked a little and explained at once. "Um, I was just afraid that you'd be too worried about me, and I'm fine. I didn't want to ruin the good atmosphere yesterday either."
"Do you still think that it was the right thing to do? How could you keep it a secret from us? We're a family, and we care about you, especially when your life could have been in great danger." Tang Yunfan began to tear up.
He understood why Gu Ning did that, but Gu Ning didn't understand their feelings. He was worried about Gu Ning's safety, although Gu Ning was safe and sound in front of him now. Besides, it wasn't a simple car accident, but an attempted murder.
If it was an attempted murder, it meant that Gu Ning was in great danger now and someone was scheming against her.
He was very clear about Gu Ning's outstanding ability and success, which meant that she was doomed to encounter unfair competitions, trouble, and attacks. He also knew that Gu Ning was a strong girl and that she was determined to build her own business empire, but he was still concerned about her. He was a father, and it wasn't easy for him to get his daughter back.
Gu Ning understood that she had made a terrible mistake, so she apologized. "Dad, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. I promise it won't happen again."
She had indeed ignored how they would feel after they found out.
"Ningning!" Tang Haifeng was anxious and annoyed, but didn't know what to say now.
Gu Man also wanted to say something, but could only whimper now.
"Man…" Tang Yunfan laid his hands on Gu Man's shoulders to comfort her.
"Well, I have to say it's also our fault because we kept it a secret in case you would be too worried." Master Leng opened his mouth at this moment.
"Leng, don't say that. We all understand why Ningning chose to do that, but I just hope it won't happen again," Tang Haifeng said at once.
Tang Yunfan also said, "Please don't say that. We just feel that as the elder generation, we should take better care of the younger generation. Ningning is too independent sometimes, and we all hope that she will talk to us when she's in trouble."
Gu Ning somehow felt amused, because they all changed their tone once Master Leng opened his mouth. However, Gu Ning had to admit that what Tang Yunfan just said was right. She was unwilling to tell her family what she was going through and she always chose to carry the burden herself.
"Grandpa, dad, I'm sorry, please forgive me this time. I promise I won't do it again in the future," Gu Ning said.
Tang Haifeng, however, was still a little mad. "You better keep your words. This isn't the first time that you've done this."
"Yeah, yeah, no problem." Gu Ning chickened out.
Hearing that, Tang Haifeng was satisfied.
Tang Yunfan gave Gu Ning one last glare and dropped the topic.
Because of Master Leng's presence, Tang Yunfan stopped questioning her, but he was actually still a little mad at Gu Ning.
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Leng Shaoting's friend was quite helpful and he soon found out that Luca was a member of the Mafia in Country Y. Luca used to be a member of the killers' team in the Mafia, but he was removed because he often took private tasks which broke the rules in the organization. Nevertheless, he was excellent at fighting, so he worked as a security guard in a casino owned by the Mafia now.
Other than that, Leng Shaoting's friend also found out about those who kept in touch with Luca recently and their identities. He also got Luca's recent bank statements.
Leng Shaoting's friend was very smart. Since Leng Shaoting told him that it was a murder attempt but they didn't know Luca at all, it was highly likely that Luca was hired by someone else to murder Gu Ning.
If there was a deal, there had to be a payment.
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Chapter 1319: Find out about the Hirer
Leng Shaoting's friend found that the only person who transferred money to Luca was a businessman called Smith, and his name was also on the list of the call records.
Most importantly, Smith had been to the city where Gu Ning had stayed.
Gu Ning had never been to Country Y before, so she was sure that the mastermind behind this scheme couldn't be a foreigner.
Smith had been to the same city where she had stayed before, and he also called and made a transfer to Luca, it was highly likely that he was the middleman. Gu Ning had never seen Smith before after all. Therefore the mastermind had to be someone else.
After that, Gu Ning looked at the contacts in Smith's phone, and found Leng Shaojia's number.
The second Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning saw Leng Shaojia's name, they knew that she must have been the hirer of the professional killer. Leng Shaojia never liked Gu Ning and always wanted to cause her trouble.
Leng Shaoting was furious and it seemed that he wanted to kill. Gu Ning grabbed his hand right away in case he attracted attention from the others. "Shaoting, calm down. I don't want grandpa to know about it right now."
Gu Ning was also mad and wanted to kill as much as Leng Shaoting did, but she wasn't as surprised as him when she found out that the mastermind was Leng Shaojia. She knew that Leng Shaojia would never stop making things difficult for her and that Leng Shaojia held a long-standing grudge against her.
However, to her astonishment, Leng Shaojia had hired a professional killer trying to murder her this time. Leng Shaojia's cruelty and boldness shocked Gu Ning.
Since Leng Shaojia aimed to kill her, Gu Ning had to take it seriously, but she still wouldn't let Master Leng know anything about it. After all, Leng Shaojia was Master Leng's granddaughter. Even though Master Leng was quite disappointed in Leng Shaojia, Leng Shaojia grew up in his sight and there was a family connection between them. Therefore, even if Master Leng wouldn't blame Gu Ning for what she would do to Leng Shaojia, he would still feel unhappy about it.
Gu Ning wasn't weak nor was she too kind, so she was determined to get revenge on Leng Shaojia, but she had to make allowances for Master Leng's feelings as well.
In fact, Gu Ning wouldn't feel guilty if she really did it. She wouldn't kill Leng Shaojia, which was the only concession she could offer.
As for Leng Shaoting, she believed that he would be supportive even if she was going to seriously injure or disable Leng Shaojia. Leng Shaojia and Leng Shaoting were like strangers, while Gu Ning was Leng Shaoting's love. Besides, what Leng Shaojia had done to Gu Ning was illegal.
If Leng Shaoting was dissatisfied with Gu Ning's decision to take revenge, she would have to think about Leng Shaoting's affection towards her. If Leng Shaoting forgave Leng Shaojia, he would be cruel to Gu Ning and break the law. Gu Ning didn't want nor need a man who was cruel to her.
Leng Shaoting gradually calmed down with the help of Gu Ning's comfort, but he was still full of anger. He had warned Leng Shaojia to stay away from Gu Ning, but Leng Shaojia ignored his warning.
Although Leng Shaojia simply wanted to disable Gu Ning, the car accident turned out to be an attempted murder and Gu Ning could have been killed. Gu Ning had only survived because of her magic power. If she was simply an ordinary girl who had no magic power at all, Leng Shaoting would have had to cry over her dead body. Therefore, it was impossible for Leng Shaoting not to be mad at Leng Shaojia.
No matter what Leng Shaojia had planned to do, it seemed that she wanted Gu Ning dead.
And even though Gu Ning was fine now, it was very likely that Leng Shaojia would try to kill Gu Ning again in another way.
As long as Leng Shaojia still had the idea to hurt Gu Ning, it was unacceptable in Leng Shaoting's eyes.
"Ningning, don't worry. I promise that I'll make Leng Shaojia pay for this," Leng Shaoting said to Gu Ning. He didn't care about Leng Shaojia at all; Gu Ning was much more important to him than Leng Shaojia. Actually, the only reason he wouldn't kill Leng Shaojia was for the sake of Master Leng.
"Shaoting, can you leave it to me?" Gu Ning said. Leng Shaojia and Leng Shaoting were cousins after all, and Gu Ning didn't want to see him criticized for it. In addition, she wanted to take revenge on her own.
"Sure." Leng Shaoting nodded. He understood that Gu Ning wanted to do it herself and he knew that Gu Ning wouldn't kill Leng Shaojia either.
"Don't tell Grandpa Leng and the other members of your family. I don't want them to feel bad, and I won't kill Leng Shaojia," Gu Ning said. She still needed to face Master Leng in the future anyway.
"Great," Leng Shaoting said.
"Alright, let's go to deal with Luca now," Gu Ning said.
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It was only 10 am, so they would be back before lunch at 12 pm.
Although it was a little inappropriate that Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting often went out when the Leng family visited the Tang family for the first time, the others were aware that they needed to deal with the killer, so nobody criticized them.
Before they went to the branch of the Public Security Bureau, Gu Ning called Director Yao. She needed Director Yao to help her with this case. This was a special case after all, and it would be better if Director Yao was present.
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Chapter 1320: An Unqualified Killer
Director Yao was in the branch now, and he didn't dare to leave once he heard that Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were coming today. However, Gu Ning needed to see Luca without Director Yao being there this time, so she told him that she would talk with the suspect alone later.
Director Yao absolutely agreed.
About 20 minutes later, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting arrived.
Because it was daytime, all the policemen were in the branch.
"Goddess Gu?" A policeman was super excited when he recognized Gu Ning.
The news about Gu Ning's brave behavior on the Internet was quite popular and many policemen admired her bravery and ability.
"Hi!" Gu Ning smiled at him since she was recognized.
"Goddess Gu, did you come here to interrogate the suspect? Please follow me this way," the policeman said.
Every policeman in the branch was aware of the car accident by now. They also knew that it was an attempted murder, but they weren't clear about Leng Shaoting's background. Because Leng Shaoting's background was too special, Director Yao didn't tell them.
"Thanks," Gu Ning said.
"My pleasure," the policeman said and guided the way.
Many people in the branch recognized Gu Ning too, and greeted Gu Ning with a smile.
Director Yao walked out later, but he didn't follow Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting up, because Gu Ning already told him that they would be seeing the suspect alone.
"Miss Gu, I've turned off the surveillance cameras in the room, so you can do what you need to do next," Director Yao said.
"Thank you very much," Gu Ning said.
After that, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting walked into the interrogation room, and the two bodyguards left to guard the door.
Although Luca was kept in the room, he was treated well and had enough food and water.
Luca knew that it would be very hard for him to escape, so he accepted reality and stayed obedient.
Director Yao had turned off all the surveillance cameras in the room, but Gu Ning had prepared her own camera. She placed it on the table which directly faced Luca.
Luca glanced at it, but didn't think that it was a big deal.
"Have you made up your mind yet? Tell us or not?" Gu Ning asked. Even though she already had the answer, she still wanted to hear it from Luca.
Luca remained silent.
"If you tell me a name, I can let you live, otherwise you'll be killed," Gu Ning added.
"You can't kill me. It's illegal," Luca said all of a sudden.
"Is it legal to murder me?" Gu Ning thought it was ridiculous.
"Do you have any proof?" Luca argued.
Gu Ning sneered and sneered. "Luca, you shouldn't be so dumb."
Hearing Gu Ning call his name, Luca squinted at her. He wasn't surprised because he knew that Gu Ning wasn't an ordinary girl, but he closed his mouth again.
Gu Ning didn't mind, and continued, "Luca, a member of the Mafia in Country Y. Used to be a killer, but later was transferred to be a security guard after breaking the organization rules…"
The next second, Luca rounded his eyes in shock staring at Gu Ning. He couldn't believe that she was able to get such detailed information about him.
"A businessman named Smith helped someone else make the murder deal with you. The real hirer is a woman, right?" Gu Ning said with a faint smile on her lips.
"You…" Luca opened his mouth. He wanted to say something, but closed his mouth again. He couldn't deny what Gu Ning just said to him.
"Do you want to say anything now?" Gu Ning asked.
Gu Ning had already done a thorough investigation on him, so there was nothing else he could say now.
"Since you still choose to be silent, you can just wait for the punishment," Gu Ning said. She was unwilling to waste time on Luca.
"How did you know?" Luca asked in the end.
Luca understood that he was doomed to be punished, but he was curious to know how Gu Ning got to know so much about him.
"Have you done research on me before you conducted the attempt on my life?" Gu Ning asked.
"Your name is Gu Ning, 19 years old, born in City F. You often visit the capital and City B. You would appear at the airport and fly back to City B from the capital yesterday," Luca replied.
In fact, a woman called Amy told him everything, and he knew nothing about Gu Ning and her achievements, or any of the news about her on the Internet. He was from Country Y, and couldn't care less about the news in another country.
"You're an unqualified killer," Gu Ning sneered. "How did you dare to try to murder me before you even learned all of the information about me?"
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