Chapter 101: Be Kind

Gu Ning finished the papers within half an hour as well, without any hint of cheating. Gu Ning knew that it was hard for someone who knew that she had been bad at studying to accept her change, but true blue would never stain. Now she wasn't afraid to face her classmates and teachers.

After the afternoon tests, Gu Ning left directly. It was just 4 pm. The appointed time was 6 pm in the Youyi Restaurant on Youyi Road. It took around 20 minutes to walk from Fenghua Luxury Mansion to the Youyi Restaurant, so Gu Man and others planned to leave their houses at 5 pm. Thus Gu Ning went back home first.

She didn't run this time, but take a taxi instead. Within 20 minutes, she was back at Fenghua Luxury Mansion. Gu Ning had told her family that she had a monthly test today, so Gu Man and the rest were all surprised that she was home so early.

"Why are you home so early?" Gu Man asked.

"I finished the tests, so I'm back," Gu Ning replied.

"Is it because you didn't know the answers? It's fine. We can keep trying," Gu Qing comforted. They never blamed Gu Ning for her performance, but always encouraged her, because they all knew that not every kid was born academic.

Gu Ning didn't explain further. The results would be the best proof.

A short while later, Jiang Xinyue got back home as well. She only had two classes in the afternoon, and she left her school at 4:05 pm. She got home at 4:30 pm.

Everyone was ready to leave when it was 5 pm, but Gu Ning stopped all of them. She said, "Why should we go there so early? We always get to the family meal earlier than them. And they are always late. I think it'll be fine if we just arrive on time."

"Well..." Gu Man felt that it wasn't appropriate.

"I think Ningning is right. Why should we be there early and wait for them every time?" Gu Qing immediately agreed. She sat back down again. Gu Man compromised at the end.

Both Gu Man and Gu Qing deliberately didn't dress up. They were wearing the medium-level brand, and looked normal. No one would know what the brand was if he or she wasn't familiar with clothing brands. Jiang Xu was in the same style. As for Gu Ning, she was still in her casual suit.

They didn't leave until 5:30 pm.

They walked to the Youyi Restaurant. When they arrived, it was five minutes away from six pm, but they coincidentally met Gu Qinxiang's family outside. Gu Qinxiang's family included Gu Qinxiang, Lin Lijuan, Gu Qinxiang and the old lady.

They were always late for the family meal.

Gu Qinxiang was the richest one in the Gu Family, so he was also the most powerful one. Therefore, he became arrogant and also believed that he was the star in their family.

He was upset when he met Gu Man and others outside.

Except for Gu Qinxiang, Lin Lijuan, Gu Xiaoxiao, and the old lady all changed their faces. Especially the old lady, she was still annoyed that Gu Ning had shouted at her last time. She immediately raised her voice in anger, "Gu Ning the b*st*rd. Who told you to be here? Go away immediately!"

The old lady had lost all her manners, and was behaving like a crazy woman. All of sudden, her voice attracted attention from people around. Although the crowd didn't know what was going on, they disdained the old lady's rude behavior.

Gu Qinxiang was surprised by his mother, and also felt embarrassed amid the others people's looks. He called, "Mom..."

He knew his mother never liked Gu Ning, neither did he. He hated and despised Gu Ning too. Every time they met, the old lady would humiliate Gu Ning, but he had never seen his mother get so mad.

Gu Qinxiang had been busy these days, and he was seldom home, so he didn't know what had happened the other day.

Meanwhile, Gu Man and others were all immediately in a rage. Gu Man felt like crying. She retorted, "Mom, could you please be kind! Ningning is my daughter. She is not a b*st*rd. Besides, it's my third brother who asked me to be here."

The old lady didn't feel ashamed at all. Instead, she was more annoyed. "She is a b*st*rd! I'll never admit that she is my granddaughter! If she stays, I'll leave right now!"

"Mom, what is wrong with you? Can we just talk when we're in the private room? You're embarrassing me in front of everyone in public!" Gu Qinxiang was a little displeased.

No matter what, he was a man of a little fame in City F. His mother's behavior had obviously embarrassed him.

However, the old lady was so mad that she didn't care about their faces at all. Moreover, she indeed was a bossy and domineering woman, who only cared about herself. She continued to snap at Gu Ning, "What is wrong with you? You b*st*rd hit Xiaoxiao, but refused to apologize. You even yelled at me! You're insane!"

Gu Qinxiang was seldom home these days, so no one actually told him what had happened.

Hearing the word "b*st*rd", Gu Ning, Gu Man and others were all displeased. Gu Ning threw a cold look at the old lady. The old lady was scared and struck dumb at once.

Although Gu Qinxiang preferred to save his face, he lost control of his emotions since his daughter was involved.

"What? Gu Ning hit Xiaoxiao?" Gu Qinxiang changed his face at short notice. His eyes were full of anger as he looked at Gu Ning.

Gu Xiaoxiao criticized Gu Ning without delay, "Yes! Dad, Gu Ning hit my head with a plate, then she slapped me several times. Grandma told her to apologize to me, but she refused to do so. Besides, she even yelled at grandma, and threatened mom!"

After that, she gave Gu Ning a provocative look.

She was afraid of Gu Ning, but now that her father was here as well she wasn't afraid any more.

The crowd now all looked to Gu Ning with shock.

What?

She hit the girl with a plate, and even slapped her. She refused to apologize, then yelled and threatened the older generation?

If so, the young girl was very violent and rude.

Some immediately had a bad impression of Gu Ning.

However, some people, before it was confirmed, didn't immediately believe it. They still had doubts towards Gu Ning.

"Gu Man, what kind of a daughter do you have? How dare she to hit my daughter?" Gu Qinxiang shouted at Gu Man.

Gu Man was shocked by his shout. In the Gu Family, everyone was afraid of Gu Qinxiang because he was the richest, most powerful and the eldest man in their family.

Even Gu Qinyang, who worked in a national department, respected Gu Qinxiang very much.

Chapter 102: Who Is Rude?

Gu Qinyang was an ordinary civil servant, not an important official. He couldn't compare with Gu Qinxiang. Although Gu Man was afraid of Gu Qinxiang, she would never yield once Gu Ning was involved. She retorted, "Ningning hit Xiaoxiao only because Xiaoxiao humiliated Ningning first."

"So what? She hasn't be hurt physically anyway. She shouldn't slap my daughter." Gu Qinxiang didn't think it was wrong that Gu Xiaoxiao had humiliated Gu Ning.

"You..." Gu Man was so mad that she almost fainted all of a sudden. She almost fell.

Gu Ning immediately supported her mother and poured some power into her body.

Although there wasn't much power in Gu Ning's Jade Eyes, it was enough to help Gu Man stabilize her breathing.

Gu Man suddenly felt a cool air flow inside. Her breathing was immediately stabilized at once.

Gu Man thought that it was strange, but didn't think about it any further because Gu Ning soon stopped. Gu Man believed that it was an illusion.

"How could you say that! Why should Ningning be treated in that way?" Gu Qing was also mad. Even though she knew Gu Qinxiang was selfish, she didn't know that he could be so shameless.

"It was Xiaoxiao's fault for humiliating others, but Gu Ning should never hit her!" Gu Qinxiang almost lost his patience. He added, "Besides, our mother told her to apologize. She refused, and even yelled at our mother. She is so rude!"

"Gee!" Gu Ning couldn't help sneering. She stared at Gu Qinxiang and said coldly, "In that case, I can call you a b*st*rd and call your mother a shameless b*tch, and you also can't do anything about it?"

"How dare you!" Hearing that, Gu Qinxiang was in a rage. He screamed at Gu Ning, "How dare you to say that? You are so rude!"

The old lady was also very irritated at the same time.

"What? How come I'm wrong to say that? When Gu Xiaoxiao said that to my face, she never thought about respecting my mother. Isn't she rude?" Gu Ning argued.

"You..." Gu Qinxiang suddenly didn't know what to say.

Indeed although Gu Man was senior to Gu Xiaoxiao, Gu Xiaoxiao did not respect Gu Man, but throughout the past 18 years, no one felt that it was wrong. Even Gu Qinxiang was speechless when Gu Ning said it out loud in public.

The crowd now realized why Gu Ning hit the girl. All of the onlookers stood by Gu Ning's side. It was so rude to humiliate someone else's family. Even if her mother did something wrong, the young generation shouldn't humiliate the elder generation.

Now, everyone disliked Gu Xiaoxiao.

"Insane, insane, insane! Your mother has done a shameful thing! Why can't we criticize her? You..." the old lady said with rage. In her eyes, one who made a mistake deserved humiliation.

"Shut up," Gu Ning snapped at her. She threw the old lady a cold look. The old lady felt frightened, and suddenly closed her mouth. Moreover, the old lady felt great pressure from Gu Ning. She almost couldn't breathe. Even those onlookers felt a little stressed from her coldness.

"You've insulted my mother for 18 years, isn't it enough? I really think that my mother is not your daughter. Otherwise, why do you hate her so much? Since you're the mother of my mother, I didn't want to be rude, but now, if you dare to bully my mother, then I'll let you pay for it. Anyway, you don't admit that I'm your granddaughter. Similarly, I will not admit that you're my grandmother. Thus it's useless to threaten me with morality," Gu Ning said icily. She had now put her cards on the table.

Everyone was looking at the old lady with anger. She had humiliated her own daughter and granddaughter for 18 years! How vicious was she!

"You..."

The old lady had felt frightened by Gu Ning at first, then she trembled and almost lost her breath. Gu Qinxiang immediately supported his mother in case she fell down.

Gu Ning even threatened her.

Gu Qinxiang was shocked by Gu Ning's attitude. She was so different from the old self-abased girl. No, she wasn't. She was strong and confident enough to threaten the old lady now. Gu Qinxiang criticized with anger, "Gu Ning, you're so rude! How can you talk to the elderly like that!"

"Rude? It's all because of you shameless people! I'm a human being with dignity! I was quiet and polite before, but you always humiliated me. What I am doing now is only to defend my own dignity. The elderly? You don't deserve our respect. You have humiliated my mother for 18 years and called me a b*st*rd for 18 years. It is my shame to have you as my family. If you want to win the respect of people, you must learn how to respect others first. Treat others the way you want to be treated! From now on, I won't endure your insults anymore!" Gu Ning said with strong hate.

"You..." Gu Qinxiang's face changed quickly. Gu Ning's word made him feel guilty and annoyed at the same time. He couldn't deny that Gu Ning's words were reasonable, but he also felt embarrassed.

"Well put!"

At that time, a delightful female voice sounded.

Gu Ning immediately recognized who she was by her voice. It must be An Qian.

Seeing An Qian, Gu Ning realized that she had forgotten to pay the admission fee back to her.

Although she knew An Qian wouldn't care, she still felt a little embarrassed.

"Gu Ning, I'm with you! Never stay a coward, but stand up for yourself!" An Qian supported Gu Ning.

It was beyond her imagination that Gu Ning had such a complicated and terrible family background. An Qian felt annoyed for Gu Ning since she believed that they were friends.

"An Qian, what a coincidence!" Gu Ning said.

"Doctor An," Gu Man and others greeted her politely.

"This is our family issue. Please stay out of it, miss."

Gu Qinxiang was even more irritated to see that an outsider had interrupted them.

"Well, I think that Gu Ning doesn't admit that she is a part of your family, right? So how come it's a family issue? Besides, I'm talking to Gu Ning, not you. It has nothing to do with your family," An Qian retorted.

Chapter 103: Trouble

"You..." Gu Qinxiang was speechless again. However, before he could say another word, another voice interrupted him.

"Qianqian, what are you doing?"

A charming male voice sounded. Then, a tall handsome man walked over. He was around 30 and was in a suit with the air of an elite, but not arrogance.

"What else can I do! My friend is being insulted. I'm helping her!" An Qian said unkindly, but it was not aimed at the man.

Seeing the man, Gu Qinxiang immediately put a smile on his face. He flattered, "Oh, it's so nice to meet you, Executive Le! Are you here for dinner? What a coincidence! Let me be the host please!"

The man had to be powerful to be able to make Gu Qinxiang flatter him so obviously.

"No." Before the man could open his mouth, An Qian immediately rejected him. She was apparently pissed off by Gu Qinxiang.

"You..." Gu Qinxiang wanted to criticize An Qian, but remembering that the two came together, he shut his mouth.

Although he didn't know the relationship between them, they were either friends, or girlfriend and boyfriend, so Gu Qingxiang wasn't willing to have bad blood with An Qian before the man.

Gu Qinxiang turned to Le Zhengyu, waiting for his answer.

"Sorry, Chairman Gu, I'm here with my friend today. It's not very convenient," Le Zhengyu refused indirectly.

"Well, um, what a shame." Gu Qinxiang didn't insist, he didn't dare to insist.

Le Zhengyu had a hotel construction project in hand and Gu Qingxiang was trying to get it. He was on the waiting list now actually. Le Zhengyu would choose one out of five companies. It was a pretty intense competition. Therefore, Gu Qingxiang didn't dare to aggravate him.

An Qian immediately invited Gu Ning and her family, "Gu Ning, come and have dinner with us! You promised to buy me a meal, but I've waited for so many days. You didn't call me once!" An Qian almost criticized Gu Ning.

Gu Ning explained with embarrassment, "Um, I have many classes. I did plan to call you when I was free."

"It doesn't matter whether you buy me a meal or not, but we're friends. We should gather together if we have time. Don't wait for the next time. Let's have the meal together now! Oh, Gu Ning's mother, aunt and uncle, you all must come with us," An Qian said with determination. She had heard the old lady's words. If Gu Ning stayed, the old lady would leave right now. Besides, they just had a quarrel in public. It was impossible for them to sit down and eat together again.

An Qian didn't plan to help Gu Ning out, but she really wanted to have a meal with her.

"But..." Gu Ning didn't want to bother An Qian and Le Zhengyu.

An Qian knew what Gu Ning was thinking. She said, "You don't need to worry. He won't mind."

She meant Le Zhengyu of course. An Qian gave Le Zhengyu a knowing look at the same time.

Le Zhengyu received her message. Although he wore a resigned smile, he did not mind at all. He then opened his mouth, "Miss Gu, please dine together with us."

He obviously only invited Gu Ning and her family, not Gu Qinxiang's family. He didn't know what had just happened, but he understood that there were two different sides here. An Qian obviously stood by Gu Ning's side, so he had to agree with her.

"Alright! Since we're already here, we need to have dinner before we go back home." Seeing Le Zhengyu was fine with An Qian's invitation, Gu Ning answered at the end.

"Mom, aunt, uncle, Xinyue, let's go dine with Doctor An!" Gu Ning said to her family.

Although Gu Man and the rest all didn't want to bother someone else, Gu Ning had accepted, so they agreed as well. Gu Qinxiang, however, was totally annoyed that Le Zhengyu was willing to have a meal with Gu Ning and her family, while he had been rejected. He now hated An Qian very much.

However, he didn't dare to say another word.

Lin Lijuan and Gu Xiaoxiao were also mad, but they knew that the man was an important figure, so they closed their mouths too.

However, because they knew that the man was special, Lin Lijuan and Gu Xiaoxiao were even more displeased. Gu Ning was only a poor girl. How could she know that Executive Le!

Meanwhile, the old lady suddenly erupted, "Hey, what is wrong with you? My son invited you to dine with him. You rejected, so how could you eat with the b*st*rd? You... "

In the old lady's eyes, her son was a big boss, while Gu Ning was merely a poor girl as well as a b*st*rd.

"Mom, shut your mouth!" Gu Qinxiang was shocked. He immediately criticized, "You can't talk to Executive Le like that!"

Gu Qinxiang seldom criticized his mother, unless it was important. So the old lady realized that she had done something wrong. She immediately shut up, but also felt stressed because of the look from Gu Ning.

Gu Qinxiang apologized to Le Zhengyu at once, "Executive Le, I'm so sorry. My mom is a trouble in my family. Please forgive us."

"I'm fine. However, your mother swore at a young girl like that. It was too rude and too vicious!" Le Zhengyu was apparently unhappy to witness the old lady's behavior.

"My mom is too old to behave herself. I'll talk to her later," Gu Qinxiang said without delay.

"This is the last time. If I ever hear you call me a b*st*rd again, you'll pay for it," Gu Ning warned the old lady. She then ignored her, walking inside with others.

The old lady almost fainted from anger, but she did not dare to say another word. After they were gone, she then opened her mouth, "How-how could she do that!"

Gu Qinxiang snapped, "Enough! I'm on the waiting list of a significant project in Executive Le's hand. I have to maintain a good relationship with him! How dare you argue with him? If he gets mad and removes my name from the list. I'll lose a fortune!"

Hearing that, the old lady was shocked. She asked with worry, "What-what should we do now? It was all because of the b*tch Gu Ning. If it hadn't been for her..."

Chapter 104: Utterly Unreasonable

Even now, the old lady still didn't realize that it was her fault. She never believed that she could make mistakes. Therefore it must be Gu Ning's fault. The old lady was so selfish!

"Mom, could you stop blaming others for what you've done? Didn't you make mistakes?" Gu Qinxiang lost his patience, and raised his voice. Although he hated Gu Ning too, he also knew that his mother was the cause of the mess.

"How come it's my fault? Gu Ning did it! If she hadn't been here, it all wouldn't have happened!" the old lady retorted with anger.

"You..." Gu Qinxiang was speechless. The old lady was utterly unreasonable.

"However, since Gu Ning knows them. You can get Gu Ning to help you with the project in front of Executive Le," the old lady said airily.

People around who hadn't left yet were astonished. The old lady was really shameless. She had just sworn at the girl, and wasn't willing to admit that the girl was her granddaughter. Now she thought it was granted that Gu Ning would help them.

Everyone looked at the old lady with intense dislike, but the old lady was too shameless to notice.

Gu Qinxiang's family however, were all cheered up by the idea. They were all selfish people and didn't believe that there was anything wrong with it.

If Gu Ning had known about their idea, she would have laughed out of anger. She had never met such shameless people before!

Gu Ning didn't actually know Le Zhengyu. Even if they did know each other, she had no reason to help Gu Qingxiang. It would already be very kind of her not to get Le Zhengyu to delete Gu Qinxiang's name from the waiting list.

"Doctor An, we left the hospital in a hurry last time. I didn't thank you enough for your help. I'm so sorry," Gu Man said to An Qian.

"Please don't say that. Gu Ning and I are friends," An Qian replied.

Even though, Gu Man still felt a little guilty. She said, "Doctor An, please let us buy the meal this time."

"It's really fine. Please let my friend buy the meal." An Qian immediately rejected. She tried her best to show her kindness.

"Absolutely not," Gu Man argued. She then turned to Gu Ning. "Ningning, say something!"

"An Qian, please let us do the treating!" Gu Ning said.

Actually, even though Gu Man hadn't said that, Gu Ning would let Jiang Xu pay the bill secretly later. An Qian knew she couldn't reject anyway, so she compromised.

Because of what had just happened outside, Gu Qinyang's family were losing their patience waiting.

Qinxiang's family was always late, and they were used to it, but Gu Man and Gu Qing's families were never late. Instead, they were always the ones who came early. Now however, it was more than 10 minutes past 6 and they still hadn't showed up. Gu Qinyang's family felt displeased.

Gu Qingyang had a family of four. His wife, Wen Yulan, and twin children. The elder sister was Gu Yinyin, and the younger brother was Gu Qingshi. They were both 14 in the eighth grade.

Both Gu Yinyin and Gu Qingshi were good-looking kids with bad characters. They would probably behave themselves in front of strangers, but in front of the Gu Family, they would be themselves.

They were like Gu Xiaoxiao who enjoyed bulling Gu Ning and Jiang Xinyue. Therefore, they had a good relationship with Gu Xiaoxiao.

"What is wrong with our second aunt and the family of our fourth aunt? We invite them to have dinner with us, but they are so late! What do they think they are?" Gu Qingshi said with anger. He apparently didn't blame Gu Qinxiang's family. Indeed, Gu Qinxiang was the boss in the Gu Family, and no one dared to blame him. Gu Qinxiang was the richest one among them anyway.

"Exactly! I think we shouldn't have invited them at the very beginning. I feel so embarrassed to have such a group of poor relatives!" Gu Yinyin said with disdain.

Both Gu Qinyang and Wen Yulan didn't criticize their children for their unkind remarks. They both actually had the same idea, and they would never blame their children. Children learned the way of behaving from their parents. If their parents didn't show any respect to others, they basically would do the same thing.

Like what had happened when Gu Qinxiang, Gu Qing, Gu Qinyang and Gu Man had been intimate sisters and brothers in their childhood. Under the influence of their mother, the boys had started to despise the girls.

However, the most important reason was that they were selfish people. Their father didn't think that boys were better than girls, and had told his sons to treat the girls well, but their father had had to work hard to support his family. He hadn't been home often, let alone having time to educate his children. Otherwise Gu Man and Gu Qing wouldn't have been bullied for a long time.

Gu Qinyang called Gu Qing. He criticized her once the phone was answered, "What is wrong with you? Look at the clock! Do you know what time is it now? Do you need us to call you twice to have dinner together? If you don't want to come, just tell us. We won't wait for you!"

Gu Qinyang's attitude was terrible. In the past time, Gu Qing would tolerate it, but now she was in a rage. She remembered what she had been through for her last half lifetime, and she couldn't stand it any longer. She raised her voice and shouted, "Couldn't you be kind to us? Couldn't you find out the reason first? Couldn't you stop blaming us for everything? We've been early for the meal every time, while Gu Qingxiang is always late. You never said anything about that! I know we're poor, and you dislike us. I understand, but this time is different. It was mom who wouldn't allow Ningning to come. She even argued badly with us outside. We absolutely stand by Ningning's side. If Ningning can't come, we won't either!"

After that, Gu Qing hung up directly.

Gu Qinyang was struck dumb. He never expected that Gu Qing would be so mad, and he suddenly didn't know how to react. Because Gu Qing's voice was loud, Wen Yulan who was sitting aside also heard clearly. The old lady wouldn't allow Gu Ning to come? They even had had a fierce argument? What had happened?

They knew that the old lady never liked Gu Ning, and she always humiliated Gu Ning every time they met, but she had never been so irritated before. Had Gu Ning done something that aggravated the old lady?

As they felt confused, the door was pushed open, and Gu Qinxiang's family walked inside, and everyone seemed displeased.

Chapter 105: The V5 Bar

Especially the old lady, she was still muttering with obvious dissatisfaction. She walked in and said directly, "Tell the waiter we're ready to order. Gu Man and Gu Qing's families won't come."

It sounded like Gu Man and the family of Gu Qing should be blamed.

"What happened?" Gu Qinyang asked.

The old lady immediately told him everything, along with what had happened between Gu Ning and Gu Xiaoxiao. She obviously didn't tell all the truth, but attacked Gu Ning all the time.

"What? Gu Ning slapped Xiaoxiao?"

Gu Qinyang's family were all surprised by Gu Ning's change. It was so hard for them to believe it. Gu Ning was always behaved like a chicken and never dared to raise her voice in their eyes. How was it possible that she hit Xiaoxiao? Although they also believed that it was Gu Xiaoxiao and the old lady's fault to call Gu Ning the bastard, they thought it was Gu Ning who had done the worst things.

After that, the old lady told them that she planned to get Gu Ning to help Gu Qinxiang with the project. Her shameless confidence astonished Gu Qinyang and his wife. Even they felt embarrassed for the old lady's behavior. The old lady was totally insane!

Although Gu Qinyang and his wife despised Gu Man and Gu Ning too, they weren't willing to turn to them for help after having a terrible quarrel with them, but it had nothing to do with them. They didn't want to be involved either, so they focused on ordering afterward.

At the same time, Gu Ning and her friends were also ordering dishes.

"Gu Ning, tomorrow is the weekend. Let's go shopping together!" An Qian said.

"I'm leaving for City G tomorrow, sorry," Gu Ning answered.

On the way here, Gu Ning had already told Gu Man that she was going to City G, and that she would be attending a classmate's birthday party later. Gu Ning was now completely able to make decisions on her own. Gu Man and others had no reason to disagree.

"What are you going to do in City G?" An Qian followed up.

"To deal with something." Gu Ning didn't tell the details, so An Qian also stopped asking.

"Fine! Then, we can hang out the next time. However, when you're free, you must call me or text me sometimes. I don't have many friends in City F. I feel so bored," An Qian complained.

"Sure," Gu Ning said. It was her fault for forgetting to keep in touch with An Qian.

During the meal, everyone was happy and the atmosphere was harmonious. An Qian didn't mention what had just happened at all. She knew that it was Gu Ning's personal affairs.

After the meal, it was already 8 pm.

Gu Man and the other walked back home after saying good-bye to An Qian and Le Zhengyu, while Gu Ning took a taxi heading to the V5 bar on Huanle Road to meet her friends there.

Huanle Road wasn't far away from Youyi Road. Both of the roads were near the downtown. It took Gu Ning only a dozen minutes to get there by car. Youyi Road wasn't broad, but even though it was a small road, it was known as the bar road with many people and cars around.

Gu Ning knew the number of the private room, so she went straight inside. In the private room, everyone was present with a cake, but there was one man out of Gu Ning's expectation. It was Qin Yifan.

Gu Ning was so surprised that Qin Yifan as a mature adult was willing to hang out with those teenagers, but she was also happy to see him.

"Hi, what a surprise!" Gu Ning greeted him.

"Hi! Well, I'm free anyway, so I decided to come as well. Do you mind?" Qin Yifan said airily, but he was truly nervous that Gu Ning would mind.

"Of course not," Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, Qin Yifan was greatly relieved. He had actually known that Gu Ning would come to the bar, but it was also a coincidence. Qin Yifan and Qin Zixun were close cousins. Qin Zixun's father worked in politics, and Qin Yifan was in need of Qin Zixun's father's help, so he had visited Qin Zixun's family.

During the meal, Qin Zixun hadn't gotten home yet. Qin Yifan had then asked his father why. He then found out that Qin Zixun had eaten with his schoolmates and was going to have fun at the bar that night.

Qin Yifan had then thought of Gu Ning. He had called Qin Zixun, and asked where he was casually. Qin Zixun hadn't been thinking further, and told him everything. When it had been confirmed that Gu Ning would be there, Qin Yifan's heart had lost a beat. He had immediately said that he was bored and felt like coming as well. Qin Zixun hadn't rejected. Qin Yifan wasn't a stranger after all, and they often gathered together with Hao Ran and other boys.

Both Gu Ning and Yu Mixi ordered fruit wine without much alcohol, which wasn't as strong as beer. Therefore they wouldn't get drunk, but Chu Peihan had the same vodka mixed with Sprite as the boys. The alcohol was strong!

They were playing games. Chu Peihan had lost many times, but she remained clear.

It seemed that Chu Peihan was good at drinking.

Although Qin Yifan was having the same drinks as the boys, he didn't play with them. Because of their age gap, they didn't get along very well. Besides, he wanted to talk with Gu Ning more, but Gu Ning was enjoying chatting with Yu Mixi, so Qin Yifan wasn't able to keep Gu Ning talking with him. He could only talk to her once in a while.

In Fenghua Luxury Mansion, only Gu Man and Gu Qing were in Gu Qing's home, while Jiang Xinyue and Jiang Xu were in their home busy doing their own stuff.

Gu Man and Gu Qing were watching TV. They laughed at the funny plot, and already forgot what had happened this afternoon. They didn't care about the Gu Family any longer, so they hadn't been affected, but at that time, Gu Qinxiang called Gu Man. Gu Man and Gu Qing changed their faces at once.

Why did he call?

Although they didn't know the reason, they knew it must be something bad. Besides, Gu Man had broken off their connection today. Thus she didn't answer the call. Her phone rang continuously. Gu Man eventually turned if off directly.

In Gu Qinxiang's place, the family all sat in the living room with an unpleasant face, because Gu Man didn't answer the phone.

Gu Qinxiang was annoyed that Gu Man refused to answer his calls, but Gu Man had turned it off at the end. Gu Qinxiang was so mad that he threw the phone heavily onto the sofa.

"She won't answer the phone?" the old lady frowned tightly, and said with annoyance.

"She turned the phone off!" Gu Qinxiang raised his voice.

Chapter 106: The Large Iceberg, Leng Shaoting

"What? She turned it off? How dare she!" The old lady was irritated. In her eyes, Gu Man should always abase herself before her.

"Why don't you call Gu Qing?" Lin Lijuan proposed.

Hearing that, Gu Qinxiang immediately called Gu Qing.

Seeing Gu Qinxiang's call, Gu Qing knew he must be calling for Gu Man.

Although Gu Qing stood by Gu Man, she personally didn't have many arguments with Gu Qinxiang. Thus she answered. Besides, she also wanted to know the reason why Gu Qinxiang called Gu Man. She wanted to be prepared.

"Gu Qing, is Gu Man with you?" The minute Gu Qing answered the phone, Gu Qinxiang opened his mouth and said with an unfriendly tone.

"No," Gu Qing said.

"Call Gu Man, and get her to call me back," Gu Qinxiang ordered.

Gu Qing felt like laughing. They always took them as their servants, and ordered them to do everything like they were their masters. Gu Qinxiang was used to it, but Gu Qing was mad. She asked, "For what?"

"It's none of your business. Just follow my order," Gu Qinxiang replied.

"I can tell her that you called, but I won't force her to call you back," Gu Qing said, then she hung up directly with anger. After a break, she said to Gu Man, "Our eldest brother wants to talk to you. I don't think that he has anything good on his mind."

"I won't talk to him," Gu Man said. No matter what happened to Gu Qinxiang, it had nothing to do with her. Unless her mother had an accident then she would fulfill her duty.

Gu Qinxiang was annoyed once more, because Gu Qing had hung up on him. He couldn't believe that Gu Qing dared to do that.

"I don't think Gu Man will call you back. Why don't we go and find her at her work tomorrow?" Lin Lijuan said.

Gu Qinxiang agreed. Since Gu Man wouldn't answer his call, she was unlikely to call him back. "Then you go find her tomorrow!" Gu Qinxiang said to Lin Lijuan.

In the V5 bar.

Around 10 pm, Gu Ning received a message. She had a look. It was from Leng Shaoting, but she had changed his name into "The Large Iceberg".

There was a faint smile on her lips. She knew that Leng Shaoting wanted the gun back, but she didn't plan to give it back to him easily. She wanted to let him pay for it. She didn't want to hurt him, but just wanted to have a little fun.

She opened the message.

The Large Iceberg: "When are you free tomorrow? I'll take it back."

Gu Ning: "Ain't free tomorrow."

The Large Iceberg: "Then when are you free?"

Gu Ning: "No idea."

Leng Shaoting didn't send a message back for a long time. Gu Ning was slightly pissed off.

Was he mad? She thought. If he was mad, he would be so easy to annoy! How could he be so cold? Wasn't he supposed to be friendly and even beg her for the gun?

"What's up?" Qin Yifan noticed Gu Ning was texting. She was happy at first, then suddenly looked displeased. Qin Yifan felt uneasy somehow.

"Nothing," Gu Ning answered. She laid her phone on the table, but she was slightly unhappy. She drank the other half of the fruit wine, then she poured another glass of it.

Seeing that, Qin Yifan frowned a little. He sensed that something must be wrong, but it wasn't convenient for him to ask.

Actually, Leng Shaoting wasn't mad. He simply didn't know how to reply. He wasn't a man who was skilful at chatting.

Gu Ning said that she had no idea, what else could he possibly say?

Xu Jinchen, who sat aside, glanced at Leng Shaoting, who was texting, from time to time. He was so curious to know whether he was texting with Gu Ning, and what they were talking about. However, he didn't dare to ask, or have a look. He felt so uncomfortable with his burning curiosity.

Leng Shaoting gave him a cold glance. Xu Jinchen immediately sat straight back.

After a long time, Leng Shaoting sent a message out again. When can you be free? I won't be staying long in City F.

Gu Ning saw a new message coming in. Qin Yifan saw it too, but he only saw the sender's name was "The Large Iceberg". Who was "The Large Iceberg"? It seemed like a man's nickname.

Gu Ning took her phone and clicked it open.

Although she intended to cause him some troubles, she didn't want to go too far. It was her fault after all. Besides, she had a good impression of military officers, or she admired them. Even though Leng Shaoting was cold, he was so extraordinarily handsome, which also left a great impression on Gu Ning.

She then texted, "Monday! Buy me a great meal before getting the gun!"

Leng Shaoting received the message. Without further thinking, he sent an affirmative answer back. The gun was the most important thing in his eyes.

After that, Gu Ning was delighted again. Qin Yifan felt very curious but was nervous at the same time. He didn't know what Gu Ning had spoken about with the man, but it seemed like a boyfriend and girlfriend who got back together after an argument.

Qin Yifan still didn't fully know whether he fell in love with Gu Ning so he didn't say anything.

"Shaoting, I've never seen you holding the phone and sending messages all the time. Who did you text?" Xu Jinchen couldn't help but ask. He wanted to find out whether it was Gu Ning.

"A human being," Leng Shaoting answered.

Xu Jinchen was speechless. A human being? Of course he knew it was a human being. The point was who was the human being?

"Then who is the human being?" Xu Jinchen tried again.

"Why do you have to know?" Leng Shaoting ignored Xu Jinchen standing up and walked to the stairs.

Xu Jinchen clenched his teeth with upset. It was so hard to find out about Leng Shaoting's little secret!

All of a sudden, an idea dawned on Xu Jinchen. He said, "Oh, I encountered Gu Ning on my way running in the morning yesterday! She is so funny. I think I kind of like her."

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting stopped for a second, but just a second. Then he was gone without saying a word.

Although Xu Jinchen couldn't see Leng Shaoting's face, he assumed that there must be something going on between Gu Ning and him, because he had stopped for a second.

Chapter 107: Cowards!

Gu Ning and her friends didn't stay in the bar for too long. Their activity at the bar ended at 11 pm. However, 11 pm was exactly when the night life began, so Chu Peihan proposed to have night snacks. She knew a place with delicious roasted fish.

Gu Ning admired Chu Peihan's outstanding ability to drink. She was even able to stay clear after she had drunk so much! She simply felt a little dizzy, but was still clear-minded.

Since 11 pm wasn't very late, and it wasn't easy for them to gather together, they all agreed to go. They took a taxi heading to the roasted fish diner. It wasn't far away, so they arrived after a few minutes.

They had no idea whether the roasted fish here was truly as delicious as Chu Peihan had said, but the diner seemed extremely popular. The roasted fish must be good.

The diner was super crowded with people and tables inside and outside. There were a few diners around, but no one was more crowded than this one.

On their way here, Chu Peihan had already called to reserve a table. If they hadn't been so lucky, they wouldn't have a table to sit around.

Their table was near the door outside. Half an hour later, the roasted fish was on the table. Exactly like what Chu Peihan had said, the roasted fish smelt so good.

While they were eating night snacks, everyone except Gu Ning and Yu Mixi kept on drinking. Seeing that everyone was still able to remain clear, Gu Ning didn't want to stop them from drinking in case they would get upset.

"Ningning, could you please go with me to the washroom?" Yu Mixi asked Gu Ning quietly.

"Sure," Gu Ning answered. She stood up and walking towards the washroom with Yu Mixi.

When they came out, because the floor was a little slippery, Yu Mixi accidentally slipped. She knocked into a man, and the glass held in the man's hand fell down on the ground.

"Sorry, I'm so sorry," Yu Mixi immediately apologized, but the man was clearly displeased. He swore at Yu Mixi loudly, "Do you f*cking have eyes?"

His shout raised a lot of attention from people in the diner.

However, the next second, the man noticed Yu Mixi's and Gu Ning's beautiful faces. He changed his attitude at once, ogling and flirting. "Hey, beauty, come and drink with us. Then I'll forgive you."

"Come on!" the other men around the same table echoed.

"We don't drink, but I can buy you a box of drinks. How about that?" Gu Ning didn't want to cause more trouble, and planned to pay money for it.

"Whoa! What a generous beauty! We don't lack drinks. We want girls," the man rejected.

"Exactly, we don't care about drinks at all. We can totally afford it. We want you both to drink with us," another man said.

"What if we say no?" Gu Ning asked calmly. It seemed that she was not afraid or nervous at all.

The man was upset hearing that. He sneered and threatened, "No? It's not up to you right now. Do you think you can fight against us?"

Gu Ning was slightly mad now. Although Yu Mixi had knocked into him first, she hadn't done it on purpose. Besides, she had already apologized. A well-educated man would normally forgive that, but the man clearly wasn't.

If so, Gu Ning didn't want to waste time on them.

"Fine. However, I don't like to drink inside the diner. It's too airless. Why don't we go outside and drink at my table?" Gu Ning said provocatively.

"No problem. Let's go!" The man had no idea what was on Gu Ning's mind right now. They never believed that those girls were able to deal with them. Moreover, they were also irritated by Gu Ning's challenge.

"Pay your bill first before coming out," Gu Ning said. She didn't want to pay the bill for them if they ran away later.

"Sure," the man answered. He paid the bill right away and followed Gu Ning, stepping outside.

Although Yu Mixi was terrified, she wasn't worried at all. Let alone whether these men could beat Gu Ning or not, Chu Peihan and the boys were outside too. These men would learn their lesson for sure.

Chu Peihan and the boys saw Gu Ning and Yu Mixi coming along with several men. They were curious. Were they Gu Ning's friends? Everyone believed so.

Those men panicked a little when they finally found out that there were many more people outside other than the two girls.

"Boss, are they your friends?" Hao Ran asked.

"Mixi knocked into this man accidentally. The man wanted us to drink with them. We refused and proposed to buy them a box of drinks, but they weren't willing to accept. If we don't drink with them, they won't let us leave. Thus we had to accept," Gu Ning explained airily, but her words were all against the man's behavior.

Hearing that, everyone was displeased.

"Since they want to drink, let's be their good company!" That sentence was full of viciousness.

Those men weren't idiots. They immediately knew that they had made a terrible choice. The man who was their head said nervously, "I don't think that's necessary. No, no, we've had enough."

Then, they ran away quickly.

Gu Ning didn't stop them, because that was exactly what she wanted. If it could be dealt with in an easy way, she would do it.

"Ha-ha, ha-ha! Cowards!" Hao Ran mocked.

"They're smart not to fight with us," Qin Zixun said.

"Ningning is a nice girl. If I had been there, I would have punched them with my fists already," Chu Peihan said. She waved her fist, like she was going to hit someone.

"I think Gu Ning is clever to bring them out, and scare them away. They're two young girls. What if the men had bullied them?" Qin Yifan said. He still was nervous about what had just happened.

"Ha-ha," Hearing that, everyone snorted with laughter. Hao Ran said, "Impossible! Our boss has easily knocked Zixun, Tianping and me down. It's super easy for our boss to beat them to the ground!"

"Exactly, our boss didn't want to cause trouble, so she scared them away. Otherwise they would have suffered a lot," Qin Zixun added.

What? Gu Ning had easily beaten Hao Ran and the boys down on the ground? Qin Yifan rounded his eyes. He couldn't believe his ears, and asked, "Really? Gu Ning had easily beaten you all down on the ground?"

"Yes! That's why she is our boss!" Zhang Tianping replied.

Chapter 108: Grudge Between Zhou Zhenghong and Shao Ping

Getting the affirmative answer, Qin Yifan took a long breath in. He looked at Gu Ning with surprise and admiration. "It's unbelievable that you're so powerful!"

He clearly knew about the ability of Hao Ran and the two other boys. Each one of them could fight against about five ordinary men. However, Gu Ning alone was able to beat them down so easily.

Although Gu Ning was strong, and it was good to know no one could bully her, Qin Yifan felt bitter in his heart. He now lost the qualification to protect her.

Gu Ning smiled but didn't say a word. They continued to eat and drink afterwards.

When they were about to separate, it was already 1 am. Chu Peihan didn't want to go back home. She wanted to stay in the hotel with the rest of the girls to chat with each other.

Gu Ning thought for a while then agreed. She had already put away everything she needed in the telepathic eye space. Yu Mixi also told her families that she would be safe, so it was fine for her to stay out for a night too.

Qin Yifan had the intention to send Gu Ning home, but the girls weren't going back home tonight. Therefore, he could only drive those three girls to the hotel. Hao Ran and the boys were still clear even after they had drunk so much. They went back home as well.

The next day, Gu Ning got up at 6:30 am. She needed to catch her plane at 8:30 am. Yu Mixi immediately got up after Gu Ning. She was going to help her father at home. Chu Peihan let them leave first. She hadn't had enough sleep yet. Thus Gu Ning and Yu Mixi left earlier.

On her way to the airport, Gu Ning called Zhou Zhenghong and told him the time that she would land.

Around 6:40 am, Yu Mixi got home. Her family ran a small breakfast stand. There were continuously people comming to have breakfast at that time. Seeing that her father was being busy, Yu Mixi immediately went up and helped him.

Yu Mixi's father was just in his early forties, but due to years of labor work, he seemed like a fifty year old man.

"XIxi, why are you home so early?" her father asked.

Yu Mixi's father hoped that Yu Mixi could make friends and hang out with them sometimes. He didn't want to see that his daughter only studied or helped him all day at home. Without a good network, she couldn't make any difference in the future.

...

Gu Ning arrived at the airport of City G at 9:40 am. Zhou Zhenghong was already waiting for her at the exit.

Seeing Gu Ning, Zhou Zhenghong's eyes brighten up as if he had seen gold. In Zhou Zhenghong's eyes, Gu Ning was the gold. No, she was more valuable than gold.

Gu Ning had brought him much more than money. She was the one who found his talent. Gu Ning had rescued him from desperation, and helped him live a meaningful life. He respected Gu Ning deeply from his heart.

Zhou Zhenghong immediately came towards her with warmth. "Boss, nice to see you again."

"Hi, Uncle Zhou, nice to see you! I hope you haven't waited for me for a long time," Gu Ning said.

"No, I've just waited for you around 10 minutes," Zhou Zhenghong said airily. Actually, he had been waiting for Gu Ning for almost an hour, but it was nothing for him.

Gu Ning knew that he told a white lie. She didn't want to hurt his feelings either, so she didn't say anything further, but followed Zhou Zhenghong to the parking lot.

Zhou Zhenghong bought a Mercedes-Benz. It was the same as Jiang Xu's and was around five hundred thousand yuan. The elder generation did like Mercedes-Benz very much.

Although Gu Ning had given him a one million yuan budget, Zhou Zhenghong didn't want to spend that much money on a car, so he only bought a car at the price of around five hundred thousand yuan. However, the price wasn't low either. Many people with hundreds of millions in wealth would drive a car at the same price too.

When they drove out of the airport, Zhou Zhenghong reported to Gu Ning, "Boss, I've already visited the street of stone gambling. Many shops have cut out jade last week, so their sales are very good these days, especially the one we've been to. Thus all the shops have gotten a new batch of raw materials in several days ago."

"Very well. Let's go to the supermarket first. I need to change. Then we can dine before heading to the antique market," Gu Ning said.

"Sure, boss," Zhou Zhenghong answered. Then he added, "Boss, the store contract has been signed. It's under renovation now. The processing plant is ready with security and anti-theft measures as well. The equipment, designers and carvers are also in place."

They were going to produce jewelry in large number. And it was impossible to do it all by hand, so they needed machines. The price of jewelry made by machines was lower than the price of jewelry made by hand.

Gu Ning planned to use machines to carve the medium-level jade, while the high-level and top-level jade would be carved by hand. In that case, they could make the most of high-level and top-level jade.

"Great. Let the designers meet the carvers in the processing plant this afternoon. We'll start running tomorrow. We need to prepare enough products before we open the store," Gu Ning said.

"Sure," Zhou Zhenghong answered.

"Oh, by the way, could you please tell me about the grudge between you and Shao Ping?" Gu Ning asked. She knew that she was adding insult to the injury, but if she didn't know what had happened, she couldn't help him properly.

Indeed, hearing the name of Shao Ping, Zhou Zhenghong immediately wore an unpleasant face filled with hatred, but he tried to curb his anger.

He didn't blame Gu Ning for bringing it up. Since Gu Ning had asked, he didn't want to hide. After he calmed himself down, he opened his mouth. "Shao Ping and I were born in the same place. We've known each other since we were young. However, we didn't get along well. Many children hated me in my village because I was the boy who was always getting complimented by others. Shao Ping hated me to the most. He even found someone to beat me. Then, I went to university, while he failed the exam. He went to work afterwards, and we didn't meet for at least 10 years."

"We met each other again about 10 years ago. By then, my company was slightly profitable, while he was still living in poverty. He turned to me for help. I agreed without further thought. He was clever, but not honest. There was always jewelry missing in my store. I found out that he was the thief in the end, so I laid him off. After that, he left City G. I had no idea where he was going."

"A year ago, he came back. He found me and bought me a meal. He even apologized to me about his previous bad behavior. Although I didn't want to have a close relationship with him, we kept in touch. Half a year later, we got along well, but I still kept a polite distance from him."

Chapter 109: Leave Us Alone

"Half a year earlier, he said that one of his friends wanted to sell a batch of jade, and he asked for my opinion. I lacked jade at that time, so I went to have a look. The batch of jade was medium-level and lower level jade. They were real and cost fifty million yuan. However, I didn't have that much money. I needed to take out a mortgage. Shao Ping then agreed to let me write him an IOU. I was badly in need of the jade, so I wrote it."

"However, the bank refused to loan me anything. Meanwhile, the batch of jade suddenly became fake. There were problems with my finances as well. I then realized that I was trapped. Although I knew it has been aided and abetted, I didn't have any proof, so I could do nothing. In the end, I had to sell my company to Shao Ping."

"I told you that I would protect my friends. Since we're already friends, I'll help you grab Zhoufu Jewelry back. If you don't want the brand any more, we can destroy it," Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, Zhou Zhenghong felt touched deeply. He thanked gratefully, "Boss, thank you so much."

He believed in Gu Ning.

It took around 40 minutes to arrive at the downtown shopping mall from the airport. It was around lunchtime, so Gu Ning told Zhou Zhenghong to order food in the food court, while she went to change first. They planned to eat before going to the antique market.

Gu Ning bought a set of fashionable female clothing. She was wearing a black dress with black stockings and a beige woolen coat. She also put on a pair of black high-heel shoes and seemed more attractive and outstanding. Then she went to get a new curly hairstyle with fine makeup done.

She now looked like a mature and charming woman. She was totally different from the female student before. Therefore, when Gu Ning pushed the door of the private room open and walked in, Zhou Zhenghong couldn't recognize her. He said, "Miss, I'm sorry you probably entered the wrong room."

"Ha-ha," Gu Ning couldn't help laughing. She said, "Uncle Zhou, it's me. I'm Gu Ning."

"What?" Zhou Zhenghong was shocked. He explained later, "Boss, I can't recognize you now!"

"That's exactly what I want! I'm going to cut out a lot of jade later, and I want to disguise myself," Gu Ning added.

Zhou Zhenghong understood, but he was still utterly surprised by her complete change.

"Oh, these are the keys to your apartment." Zhou Zhenghong drew out a string of keys, handing it to Gu Ning. He then told Gu Ning the location of the apartment.

They went to the antique market after the meal.

At the same time, Lin Lijuan called Gu Man after her lunch, but Gu Man wouldn't answer.

Although Lin Lijuan knew that that would be the result, she was still irritated. She drove straight to the factory that Gu Man had worked for.

However, when she arrived at the factory, she was surprised by the fact that Gu Man had already quit her job. Gu Man had quit her job? Where was she now? It was hard for Gu Man, who was a middle-aged woman without an academic degree, to find a new job.

Lin Lijuan immediately called Gu Qinxiang and told him that Gu Man had quit. Gu Qinxiang was also astonished. After a while, he told Lin Lijuan to wait at the old house this afternoon.

Gu Qinxiang didn't know that Gu Man and her daughter had already been kicked out of the old house.

Lin Lijuan was struck dumb for a second. Then she told Gu Qinxiang what had happened.

Hearing that, Gu Qinxiang was mad. He was furious that Gu Man and her daughter dared to stand up against his family.

"Call Gu Qing and ask her where Gu Man is," Gu Qinxiang said. Then, Lin Lijuan called Gu Qing.

At the beginning, Gu Qing answered her phone, but wasn't willing to tell Lin Lijuan anything about Gu Man, so Lin Lijuan called her many times. Gu Qing started to feel annoyed, and she refused to answer Lin Lijuan's phone calls again. Lin Lijuan was aggravated for a long time.

She tried to call Jiang Xu, but Jiang Xu did the same thing. He didn't tell Lin Lijuan anything at first, then ignored her calls directly. Jiang Xu was truly busy after all.

During these days, Jiang Xu was occupied in decorating the store, cooperating with the construction material factories, hiring staff and maintaining a good relationship with the Industry and Commerce Bureau.

Jiang Xu knew the rules well. He knew he needed to deal with them with money, but he didn't go too far with it. Jiang Xu was an upright man, but he also knew what a businessman had to do in this society today. As long as he didn't hurt others and do harmful things for money, he was willing to obey the unspoken rules.

Lin Lijuan was almost in a rage because of Gu Qing's and Jiang Xu's attitude. She disliked to be ignored. Lin Lijuan called Gu Qingxiang once more. Gu Qinxiang was also irritated, so he told her to go to Gu Qing's workplace.

Lin Lijuan went to Gu Qing's and Jiang Xu's workplaces afterwards, but she only found out that they had both quit already. Lin Lijuan was completely struck dumb. What had happened? Why had they all quit?

At that time, an idea dawned on Lin Lijuan that Gu Qing's family could have moved too. Thinking of that, Lin Lijuan went to prove it. It then turned out to be true. Gu Qing's family had also moved.

What had happened?

Lin Lijuan told Gu Qinxiang later. Gu Qinxiang was beyond mad now. He called Gu Man, Gu Qing and Jiang Xu himself, but no one would answer his call.

Did they really plan to end their relationship with the Gu Family? How could they possibly do that?

Gu Qinxiang called Gu Qinyang and told him everything. He asked Gu Qinyang to call Gu Man and ask her what was going on. Gu Qinyang was also very surprised. He believed that it must be Gu Man's fault. He called Gu Man at once.

Gu Man answered Gu Qinyang's call. Although she knew that Gu Qinxiang had to be behind it, she didn't want to irritate Gu Qinyang for now.

"Gu Man, what's wrong with you? Why have you, Gu Qing and Jiang Xu all moved? Why do you refuse to answer our eldest brother's call? Where do you live now?" Once the phone was answered, Gu Qinyang roared in anger. Even Gu Qing, who sat aside heard him clearly.

Gu Man felt aggrieved and like crying.

Gu Qing grabbed Gu Man's phone away. She roared back angrily, "Mind your attitude! Why should we tell you anything? It's none of your business! Leave us alone!"

Chapter 110: Cut Out Jade

"All you've done is blame us. What have we actually done wrong? From now on, you better be friendly to us. Otherwise, we're no longer brothers and sisters!" Then, Gu Qing hung up on Gu Qinyang.

Gu Qinyang was so mad that he almost smashed his phone on the ground. He couldn't accept the fact that Gu Qing ignored him. Gu Qinyang had always felt he was superior to Gu Qing. He never realized that he was the one that was wrong.

Although they were brothers and sisters, they didn't have the right to get involved in Gu Man's and Gu Qing's personal affairs. However, they thought that they were richer than their sisters, so they believed that they naturally had the right to control their sisters.

Gu Qinyang called Gu Qing again, but she wouldn't answer.

...

Gu Ning opened her Jade Eyes while walking along the antique street. Many of the objects were the same ones of the last week. There were a few new objects, but most of them were fake.

Even though they were almost all fake, there were real antiques. Besides, Gu Ning had been very lucky ever since she had been reborn.

After a while, Gu Ning found an antique with power halfway down the street. It was a crumpled, dirty teapot. It was big, and looked ordinary and unattractive. If Gu Ning hadn't noticed the power above it and known that it was real, she would have missed it too.

She stared at it, and gradually fell in love with it. The color of the pot was dark and thick. Its material was like jade. The shape was simple and delicate with mysterious charm.

Gu Ning didn't know much about antiques, so she couldn't determine the source or the price of this teapot. However, judging from its intense power, Gu Ning believed that the teapot must have a long history. Its price wouldn't be low.

"Hey, how much is this?" Gu Ning asked.

The stand owner took a glance at the teapot with obvious dislike in his eyes. The teapot was dusty and dirty. Its size was big, and it was ugly. He didn't throw it away yet only because he didn't want to lose money.

The stand owner then glanced at Gu Ning's face. The price would depend on how interested Gu Ning was in this teapot. If she was very interested in it, the price would be higher, and vice versa.

Gu Ning knew the rules, so she didn't show her happiness on face, but instead looked hesitant. Accordingly, the stand owner couldn't raise the price.

"Five hundred yuan," he said.

After that, he was a little regretful. He only bought this object at the price of fifty yuan.

"Great!" Gu Ning immediately took out five hundred yuan and gave it to the stand owner. The stand owner was surprised that she would buy it so quickly without bargaining at all. However, he believed that it must be a fake, so he happily took the money from Gu Ning.

Gu Ning continued to walk around. She found another object with power before long. It was a landscape painting called The Pond and The People . In the painting, a few strokes revealed the leisurely lifestyle of the people living in the south. There was no specific character but it could make others feel the beauty of life.

The several willow trees on the painting weren't painted by ink, but in the creative way of the most typical combination of Chinese and Western styles. The paint was squeezed directly from the tubes while the artist was painting. The artist's name was Wu Guanzhong.

Gu Ning knew that Wu Guanzhong was a famous modern artist, oil painting artist and art educator. He had passed away several years ago.

In her last lifetime, her father Tang Zhenhua owned a painting calledThe Snow of Peking . It had cost him four million yuan at auction. Therefore, this The Pond and The People landscape painting would be worth several million too. It would be more expensive than The Snow of Peking .

Gu Ning bought the painting at the price of one thousand yuan. Everyone believed that it was fake, because it was sold at a stand. If the stand owner had known that it was authentic, he would had sold it to an art lover himself and made a fortune from it.

When Gu Ning almost reached the end of the antique street, she found a pink glass with deer heads as decoration. She still didn't know the source and the price of this pink glass, but she bought it since it had power.

Gu Ning thought to herself that she must read more books about antiques. Even though she could recognize the real antiques now, she had no idea about its price. She didn't want to be deceived when she was going to sell it in the future.

She paid 1,200 yuan for this pink glass.

Zhou Zhenghong stood aside with mixed emotions.

He didn't know whether those objects Gu Ning had bought were real or not. It only cost several thousand yuan after all, which was nothing for Gu Ning.

However, he believed that Gu Ning wouldn't waste her money on it if it was fake. She must have bought them because she thought they were real. If those antiques were real, it was so unbearable.

How could Gu Ning accurately pick out the real antiques? Zhou Zhenghong was curious and surprised, but he didn't say a word. He knew that curiosity killed the cat. He only needed to know that Gu Ning had helped him a lot. And he would stay loyal to her.

The two went to the street of stone gambling later, and started shopping from the first shop as usual.

There were almost all new raw materials indeed. The number of raw materials with jade inside inclined too. In the first shop, Gu Ning had already found two raw materials with high-level jade, and four raw materials with medium-high-level jade. Their sizes varied from an apple to a football.

There were other raw materials with low-level jade inside. However, Gu Ning didn't buy them, not because she disliked the jade, but because she wanted to save some for other customers.

She didn't plan to cut the raw materials out here, so she didn't buy any waste raw materials to disguise her behavior. Gu Ning bought seven raw materials in the end. She went into other shops later, and bought four to six raw materials with high-level jade in each shop.

Now she had 28 raw materials in hands. Although they were mostly small, they were worth a fortune. They weighed 336 pounds, and were worth about one billion yuan at least. They were too heavy to push around in a cart.

However, since Zhou Zhenghong was here, it wasn't convenient for Gu Ning to put them all in the telepathic eye space.

Although the customer could store the raw materials in the shop, Gu Ning didn't want to do that, because she clearly knew that all her raw materials had jade inside.

She could only leave them in the car and let Zhou Zhenghong watch them. And she would continue to buy some in the street of stone gambling.

This time, she was going to cut out jade and sell some to collect money.