Chapter 191: Leng Shaoting's Sudden Presence

There were several steel sticks in the store for emergencies in the future, but unexpectedly they came in handy before the opening ceremony.

The three of them went to the door with a steel stick in their hands.

There were three keys to this store. Gu Ning and Zhou Zhenghong each had one, and the last one was in the hands of the store manager.

Gu Ning didn't allow the two boys to come near, so she opened the door herself.

There were two doors. The inside one was a bulletproof glass door and the one outside was an aluminum alloy rolling door. The glass door was transparent, so there was a layer of curtain to cover it.

Outside, over a dozen hoodlums were about to damage the door. At the same time, the rolling door rose up slowly, and those at the front were surprised. However, they didn't think that the people inside had discovered them. They believed that they were going home, and had accidentally opened the door.

Those hoodlums couldn't see what was happening inside, but the lights were on, so they knew that there were people in it. However, they didn't care. Now since someone opened the door, they were more than excited to rob the jewelry and make a fortune. Thus they stopped and waited to dash in after the door was fully open.

Gu Ning saw it clearly with her Jade Eyes, and she immediately understood their plan.

At short notice, a person violently attacked those hoodlums from a nearby side. And those hoodlums were all beaten down, screaming in pain.

However, Gu Ning rounded her eyes at the sight of the familiar man. Leng Shaoting? Why is he here? Isn't he supposed to be in another city dealing with something? Gu Ning suddenly realized that Leng Shaoting actually came to City G for her. She was deeply touched by the surprise.

People inside the store all heard the agonized shouts from outside, and they were all confused.

Once the rolling door was rolled up, Gu Ning opened the glass door without hesitation, dashing ahead. She kicked a hoodlum away and hit another's leg with the steel stick before they could react. The two hoodlums shouted in great pain.

Both Ke Ying and Cao Hua, who followed behind Gu Ning, were astonished by the scene before their eyes. This young teenage girl was even better than them at fighting.

Ke Ying and Cao Hua were also amazed by the man who had attacked the hoodlums. The man had an air of a king. If they guessed correctly, the man must be a top player in the military.

After a few seconds of shock, they ran over, immediately fighting with the hoodlums.

Although they were just normal retired soldiers, they had been trained professionally for many years, and it was easy for them to deal with those hoodlums.

People inside the store didn't dare to come out yet, so they went to watch the surveillance cameras. Except for Zhou Zhenghong, the rest were all amazed by Gu Ning's movements.

She is so awesome!And the man who suddenly appeared is amazing too!

Ke Ying and Cao Hua are also doing well.

Within a short time, the hoodlums were all beaten down on the ground, and could barely stand up. Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning knocked most of them down, because they were so strong and were able to beat them down one down at a time.

Gu Ning came to Leng Shaoting, asking him, "Why are you here? Didn't you tell me that you needed to deal with something?"

Gu Ning asked the question on purpose. Although she was surprised and moved by his sudden presence and help, she was unhappy that he didn't tell her the truth.

Leng Shaoting panicked a little. "I did go to the capital to deal with something then I came here."

In case Gu Ning wouldn't believe him, Leng Shaoting added at once, "I have my plane ticket as proof. It's in my car." Saying that, Leng Shaoting was going to fetch the ticket to show Gu Ning.

Gu Ning immediately stopped him. "It's fine, I believe you."

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting relaxed.

The people inside the store saw that the problem was solved from the surveillance cameras, and walked out one by one. Seeing that the hoodlums were all beaten down on the ground moaning in pain with blood

around their bodies, they all drew a long breath in, like they could feel the pain too.

Zhou Zhenghong's sight fell on Leng Shaoting. He was curious about who this man was, but he didn't ask the question because he knew it wasn't a right time to do so.

"Alright, let's deal with these people first!" Gu Ning looked at the hoodlums.

Those hoodlums trembled in fear in her cold glance. It was beyond their imagination that these people who worked in this store were so excellent at fighting. They were all masters of kung fu!

"Who sent you?" Gu Ning asked angrily.

Those hoodlums exchanged glances, but hesitated to tell the truth.

"I don't have patience. If you don't tell me the truth, you can't bear the result," Gu Ning threatened.

"Please don't." Their head immediately opened his mouth. They were merely jobless hoodlums, who didn't have any sense of loyalty. It was nothing before their life.

"It's the boss of Zhoufu Jewelry, Shao Ping, who sent us here," the leading hoodlum said.

"What? Shao Ping?" Hearing that, Zhou Zhenghong was extremely displeased. He now deeply understood what Gu Ning had told him. If he wanted to start his own business again, Shao Ping would ruin it before he even began.

Luckily, he had Gu Ning as his support, so Shao Ping tried in vain.

"Are you sure?" Gu Ning fixed her eyes at him, asking coldly. Not because she didn't believe it, but she just wanted to confirm it.

It was universally known that Zhou Zhenghong and Shao Ping didn't get along. Thus it was possible that someone would deliberately use Shao Ping's name to damage Zhou Zhenghong's business. Shao Ping was Zhou Zhenghong's enemy, and Gu Ning would help Zhou Zhenghong to get revenge on him, but anyone who wanted to damage Jade Beauty Jewelry, she absolutely wouldn't let them get away with it.

"It was him! He has a good connection with Leader Hu in the Qing Gang. He planned to get Leader Hu to help him, but Leader Hu refused because the Qing Gang won't allow him to do that. Thus he introduced us to Shao Ping," the leading hoodlum told Gu Ning the details in case she wouldn't believe him.

Seeing that the hoodlum was being sincere, Gu Ning believed his explanation.

"How much did they pay you?" Gu Ning asked. "Fifty thousand yuan," the hoodlum answered.

"What? Only fifty thousand yuan? He is truly mean." Gu Ning sneered with disdain.

"Fine, you can all go now." Gu Ning let them go, since they were useless now.

Hearing that, the hoodlums immediately ran away.

"Uncle Zhou, do you know Shao Ping's address? What kind of car does he drive? And do you know the plate number?" Gu Ning asked Zhou Zhenghong.

Zhou Zhenghong understood that Gu Ning was going to cause Shao Ping trouble. He was afraid that she would do something against the law, and was about to persuade her.

Chapter 192: Revenge on Shao Ping

They all agreed that they had to teach Shao Ping a lesson, but they were also concerned that Gu Ning would commit a crime. However, before Zhou Zhenghong could open his mouth, Gu Ning interrupted him. "Relax, I just want to do something to his car, and punish him slightly."

Zhou Zhenghong relaxed then. He understood that once Gu Ning made up her mind, no one could change it.

Although Shao Ping did it because of him, the Jade Beauty Jewelry was Gu Ning's brand. If Shao Ping wanted to ruin Jade Beauty Jewelry, he would have bad blood with Gu Ning. He had indeed annoyed Gu Ning now.

Therefore, Zhou Zhenghong said to Gu Ning, "He lives in No. 1003, Building seven, Harmonious Home on XX Road. He drives a black BMW, and its plate number is G332."

"Is there any spray paint or glue left after the decoration of our store?" Gu Ning asked.

"Yes, we have white spray paint and superglue," the manager said.

"Give them to me," Gu Ning said.

The manager immediately ran inside to fetch them. Before long, he came out with a paper bag with three bottles of spray paint and two bottles of superglue in it.

Gu Ning took them saying, "Alright, it's late now. I think you better stay in the store and have a rest for the sake of your safety!"

After that, she left with Leng Shaoting.

Leng Shaoting understood where Gu Ning was heading to, so he drove straight to the address of Shao Ping's home. Leng Shaoting wasn't familiar with the roads in City G, so he used GPS.

There weren't many cars on the road in the early morning, and they arrived at the Harmonious Home within 20 minutes.

"What do you want to do? Let me help you," Leng Shaoting said.

"I prefer to do it myself," Gu Ning declined.

Leng Shaoting felt a little disappointed, but he understood, so he didn't insist. Gu Ning wasn't willing to see Leng Shaoting being upset, like she just had hurt him. After a second thought, Gu Ning asked him, "Can you disable the surveillance cameras in this area for me?"

"Sure!" Leng Shaoting's face immediately lit up. It was a piece of cake for him to do that.

Then without delay the two worked separately. Leng Shaoting went to the surveillance room to turn off the cameras first before he sent Gu Ning a message of success. Gu Ning strode directly to Building 7 afterwards.

She slid into the underground parking lot, finding Shao Ping's car. Then she used the white spray paint aiming it at his black car, and turned it completely white. She next pulled out tools, which she had prepared for her adventure at Yuntai Mountain, from her Jade Eyes to deflate its four tires. Later, she violently levered the door open, and removed the steering wheel.

After that, Gu Ning took the elevator up to the tenth floor. She stood at the door of apartment No. 03, taking out the superglue she filled the narrow gap between the door and the ground with superglue. At last, she spayed the rest of the spray paint around the door randomly. The door was totally ruined now. Gu Ning was satisfied and left right away.

When she got back in the car, Leng Shaoting asked with curiosity, "What did you do?"

Gu Ning told him everything. The man lifted the corner of his lips. He could imagine Shao Ping's shocked face when he failed to open the door and saw his car tomorrow.

"Where to now?" Leng Shaoting asked. "Where are you staying?" Gu Ning asked. "In a hotel," Leng Shaoting replied.

"Can you drive me back to Clean Water Blue Sky before you go back to the hotel?" Gu Ning asked.

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was slightly upset. They had just met each other, and now she wanted him to leave without spending more private time with him. That left him in a bad.

After a while, Leng Shaoting said to her, "I haven't eaten yet."

Um...

Gu Ning was surprised, but she got hungry too when Leng Shaoting said that. "Well, then let's have night snacks together!"

"Great!" Leng Shaoting said, immediately cheering up.

Many night snack stands were open 24 hours a day, and it was only 2 am. It was the time when most bar lovers who had just come out of a bar went to have something to eat.

Although Leng Shaoting was allergic to seafood, he could eat fish, so they went to have roasted fish. It seemed like the two had a secret agreement to eat slowly until daybreak.

After the night snack, it was almost 4 am. It was too late to go back and sleep, but, what should they do next? They weren't a couple yet, so there were many things that they couldn't do. The atmosphere in the car started to get embarrassing.

All of a sudden, Gu Ning had an idea. "Well, why don't we have a drive around City G? I want to get familiar with it."

Yes, Gu Ning thought that she should be familiar with City G. And with her unique memory, she could bear everything that she saw along the way in mind.

Leng Shaoting didn't know what to do either, so he happily agreed with Gu Ning. He drove the car ahead, moving along the street.

At that time, there were drunk people in twos and threes arguing and playing with each other on the streets. And the sanitation workers were already doing their job cleaning the streets.

Without warning, there was a burst of sound from a noisy engine behind them. In the rearview mirror, they saw three cars driving at an extremely high speed racing towards them.

If Gu Ning guessed correctly, they were Mat Rempits[1]

While the three cars were passing by Leng Shaoting's, the people sitting inside lifted their middle fingers towards them. Those who sat in the three cars all did the same thing.

Both Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning were mad. "Let's surpass them!" Gu Ning said coldly.

Leng Shaoting immediately sped up, chasing them.

In the three cars were young men in their early twenties. They noticed that Leng Shaoting was catching up to them from the rearview mirror, and were surprised, but they soon felt that it was interesting and exciting. They didn't believe that Leng Shaoting was able to catch up to them. Thus a young man stretched his head from a car shouting at Leng Shaoting, "Come on, baby! If you can catch up to us, I'll call you my grandpa!"

Both Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning heard it clearly. Gu Ning said with determination, "Let's do it! I'll beat them down to the ground!"

They had insulted them, and Gu Ning would never let them get away with it.

Leng Shaoting drove a Porsche which was worth two million yuan. It wasn't a cheap car, but was slightly cheaper than their professional sports cars which were at the price of four million yuan.

Leng Shaoting was a skillful driver who drove fast and steadily so he soon caught up to them.

The young men in the sports cars were surprised that Leng Shaoting did it so easily. Although they sped up, Leng Shaoting still caught up to them in a few seconds, which greatly upset them. However, the more annoyed they felt, the more they failed to drive well.

[1] Mat Rempits is a Malaysian term for an individual who participates in immoral activities and public disturbance with a motorcycle as their main transport.

Chapter 193: Kick Them Away

Within a short time, Leng Shaoting's Porsche was ahead of all of them. He stopped the car right across the middle of the road.

Although it was a three-lane road, there happened to be a big truck parked in one of the lanes. Leng Shaoting's car occupied the other two lanes, and left no space for them to drive through. Not unless they drove through Leng Shaoting's car.

The young men in the three cars were swearing loudly, but they had to stop their cars quickly.

However, they were reluctant to admit their failure, so the first car turned around, planning to drive away, but it knocked into the second car.

The owners of these two cars didn't get along with each other. They had drunk today, and were easily annoyed. After the accident, an argument was about to begin.

The owner of the second car got out of it walking to the first car swearing, "Li Feng, what the f*ck have you done?"

Li Feng left his car, and he was mad too. "Ma Renyi, what the f*ck do you think you are that you are yelling at me? I didn't do it on purpose after all. I can pay you."

"I don't lack your compensation at all. I just f*cking hate you," Li Feng raised his voice.

The owner of the third car walked over at that time, criticizing them, "It's no big deal! Why are you arguing so loudly? Calm down!"

"Wei, it's not me who doesn't want to calm down. I just can't stand this shit any longer. He slept with my girl. I didn't say anything, but as long as he's present, my girls are seduced by him every time! Do you think I can tolerate that?" Ma Renyi clenched his teeth in anger.

Gu Ning was struck dumb. She didn't expect to hear such a dramatic story. She felt like laughing, but to be honest, the man called Li Feng was indeed much more handsome than the man named Ma Renyi. Or to be more specific, the man named Ma Renyi wasn't good-looking at all. He was only 168cm tall and a little fat with a plain face.

And the man called Li Feng was 186cm tall with a standard body. He wasn't very handsome, but wasn't plain either. Moreover, he dressed well and looked charming, like a typical playboy.

Women were always attracted by bad boys so it was understandable that Ma Renyi's girls would end up sleeping with Li Feng.

"They seduced me themselves, alright? It wasn't my fault. Could you resist the temptation if they turned you on? And I rejected them all afterwards. You couldn't keep them interested in you, and you can't blame me for that!" Li Feng retorted with disdain. He despised Ma Renyi because he failed to get his girls to stay by his side.

Although Ma Renyi was plain, he was rich; so many pretty young girls were still willing to play with him, but once they found out that Li Feng was both handsome and rich, they naturally turned to him.

"Li Feng, f*ck you!" Ma Renyi was annoyed by shame. He raised his fist to punch Li Feng.

Li Feng also had been wanting to beat Ma Renyi for a long time. He didn't think that it was his fault that girls all left Ma Renyi for him. If Ma Renyi hadn't been Wei Feihong's friend too, he would have punched him already. Now since Ma Renyi wanted to fight with him in first place, he wouldn't hesitate.

Wei Feihong, who was the owner of the third car, wanted to stop them, but was also afraid that they would hurt him, so he could only shouted from the side, "Stop now, both of you!"

However, Ma Renyi and Li Feng had already lost their minds. They only wanted to punch the other to death, and no one would listen to Wei Feihong. The two were soon in a violent fight. It seemed that they indeed hated each other badly.

Leng Shaoting had followed Gu Ning in getting out of the car earlier on. Gu Ning enjoyed watching the two fight with her arms across her chest. Although they weren't good at fighting at all, it was funny to see that they were black and blue.

Wei Feihong noticed Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting, and was stunned by their outstanding appearance. He wasn't interested in Leng Shaoting, although the man was extraordinarily handsome, so he quickly ignored Leng Shaoting. His sight fell on Gu Ning then, and he leered at her.

Leng Shaoting gave him a cold glance, which frightened Wei Feihong. He was scared by the man's look. It was so terrifying!

Leng Shaoting was so mad that the man was leering at Gu Ning. It was an insult to Gu Ning.

Gu Ning was of course displeased at Wei Feihong's look as well. She walked towards Wei Feihong step by step, followed by Leng Shaoting. Wei Feihong unconsciously moved backwards in horror. However, he soon realized that it was very shameful to do that, so he calmed himself down. However, Leng Shaoting's look still made him feel uncomfortable, as if Leng Shaoting was his boss.

He asked with dissatisfaction, "What do you want to do?"

"Didn't you say that once we catch up to you, you'll call us your grandpa. Now we did it, it's time for you to call us grandpa," Gu Ning said in a proud and casual way, looking at him like he was a loser.

"You..." Wei Feihong was mad. However, he soon sneered. "Of course! However, when I said 'catch', I actually meant that if you sleep with me, I'll call you whatever you want in my bed!"

Wei Feihong not only denied it, but also humiliated Gu Ning. Both Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning were irritated now. Before Gu Ning could do anything, Leng Shaoting directly kicked Wei Feihong away. He heavily fell onto his own car with a loud crash. The front cover of the car caved in by the great force.

Wei Feihong had been kicked in the stomach, and was already in great pain and then he hit the car heavily. It was too painful for him to utter a word.

Because of the loud sound, Ma Renyi and Li Feng immediately focused on Wei Feihong, and both were shocked.

"Wei!"

Although Ma Renyi and Li Feng were also black and blue, they couldn't leave Wei Feihong alone because of his background. If he was injured while they were together, Wei Feihong's father would never let them get away with it.

That being the case, Ma Renyi and Li Feng stopped fighting with each other, and ran to Wei Feihong at once.

"How dare you kick Wei! Do you know who he is?" Ma Renyi looked to Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning, threatening them.

Wei Feihong's background wasn't simple.

Seeing that Ma Renyi was black and blue and had an angry look, Gu Ning thought that it was hilarious. She almost laughed out loud. "Oh, so who is he?" she asked.

Chapter 194: You Can't Bear the Result!

Gu Ning didn't care about his background. Even if he was the son of the governor of this province, Gu Ning would beat him as always.

Gu Ning's attitude annoyed Ma Renyi and Li Feng. "Wei's father is a senior leader of the Xuanwu Branch in the Qing Gang. You've hurt Wei, and you can't bear the result!"

The Xuanwu Branch was in charge of the different kinds of legal businesses of the Qing Gang.

Wei Feihong's father, Wei Zhiming was the general manager of all the entertainment places in City G on behalf of the Qing Gang. He was indeed a senior leader in the Xuanwu Branch, but was only a manager among the Qing Gang.

Wei Zhiming might be an influential figure to others, but he was nothing to Gu Ning.

"So what? Even if your boss was here, I'm not afraid of him either," Gu Ning said airily, like the Qing Gang was merely nothing in her eyes.

"You..." Ma Renyi and Li Feng were mad. They didn't expect that this young girl was so bold that she wasn't even afraid of the Qing Gang, but they thought that Gu Ning behaved like that because she had no idea of the power of the Qing Gang.

"You're just being naive! Don't you dare leave!" Li Feng said angrily. He took out his phone calling for help.

"Why should I listen to you? We're leaving, and what can you do?" Gu Ning said with disdain, and left with Leng Shaoting.

Although she wasn't afraid of them, it didn't mean that she would stay as they wanted. Why should she listen to them?

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were leaving, but Ma Renyi and Li Feng indeed had no idea how to stop them. They could only watch them disappearing from sight. They couldn't beat them in a fight after all, and they were all injured, but they still yelled at their backs, "Let's go and see! You'll pay for it!"

At that time, it was almost 6 am, and the sky started to light up. It was winter, so the dawn came late. If it had been summer, the sky would be completely bright already.

There were more and more cars on the roads now and many people were running in the morning.

They drove on the road for a while longer. The sky was completely bright at 7 am, so Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went to the store. When they arrived at the store, it was already open. Zhou Zhenghong arranged the workers to have breakfast in shifts.

Gu Ning was busy causing Shao Ping trouble last night, so she hadn't introduced Leng Shaoting to Zhou Zhenghong yet. Zhou Zhenghong was her most important assistant, and it was necessary to introduce them to each other.

"Uncle Zhou, this is my friend, Leng Shaoting," Gu Ning said to Zhou Zhenghong, then turned to Leng Shaoting, "This is the executive boss of my jewelry company, Zhou Zhenghong."

Zhou Zhenghong and Leng Shaoting greeted each other.

Zhou Zhenghong asked Gu Ning about what she had done to Shao Ping. Not only Zhou Zhenghong, but the others were also curious about it. Gu Ning didn't hide the truth. She told them everything, and everyone felt satisfied.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting hadn't had breakfast yet, but they had eaten at night, so they were full now.

It was the first time that all the female workers in the store had seen such a handsome man like Leng Shaoting. They couldn't help glancing at him, but nobody had any illusions about him because they were a little in awe of him.

Shao Ping woke up early this morning. He called the leading hoodlum who he had hired to damage the Jade Beauty Jewelry store, but no one would answer. He tried calling the other hoodlums later, but it was still the same. Shao Ping was mad for a long while. Nobody answered his calls, so he stopped calling. He hoped that they would call him back later.

Then he planned to leave his home and have a look at the Jade Beauty Jewelry store himself, but when he tried to open the door in vain countless times, he roared in anger, "What the f*ck is going on now? The door won't open!"

His wife was woken up by the noise. She walked out and heard Shao Ping's angry voice.

"What? The door won't open? What's wrong with it?" Mrs. Shao immediately went to open the door, but she also tried in vain. "What happened?" she asked with anxiety.

"How would I know? Call the property company right now!" Shao Ping shouted in anger.

Mrs. Shao went to call them at once.

Harmonious Home was a medium-level living area with good service provided by the property company. Especially when Mrs, Shao called them; they sent people to help without delay.

Then they found out that someone had poured superglue in the gap, and sprayed white paint around the door. The door was merely a waste now, and had to be removed.

Shao Ping was in a rage. He didn't understand who would do that to him. He asked the worker from the property company to check the surveillance cameras, but the tape was broken.

Shao Ping almost went crazy, but he still had to call someone to replace the door. About an hour later, the repairer came to remove the door. Shao Ping told his wife to stay in the house before he left. However, when Shao Ping got to the underground parking lot and found out that his car was badly damaged, he fainted because of the anger.

The Jade Beauty Jewelry store would hold its opening ceremony at 10 am. The 10 security guards that Situ Ye had arranged for Gu Ning had already arrived at 9 am.

Meanwhile, Situ Ye called Gu Ning to congratulate her.

Because of Situ Ye's special identity, he couldn't come to the opening ceremony in person. Thus he could only call Gu Ning.

Leng Shaoting misunderstood and thought that Situ Ye was chasing Gu Ning too, so he disliked Situ Ye from the very beginning. Therefore, when he heard that the call was from Situ Ye, he got nervous all of a sudden.

Although Gu Ning seemed to treat Situ Ye like a common friend, Leng Shaoting was still mad at the fact that Gu Ning had turned to Situ Ye for help.

Gu Ning of course sensed his unhappiness. She understood what was on his mind. He must be unhappy about what Situ Ye had done for her.

Gu Ning hung up and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Why didn't you tell me you need guards?" Leng Shaoting asked with dissatisfaction.

"You said that you were busy, so I didn't want to bother you," Gu Ning replied.

She actually hadn't known that she could turn to Leng Shaoting for help. Instead, she thought that it would be more convenient if Situ Ye was willing to help, since his gang was based in City G.

Chapter 195: The Opening Ceremony I

Leng Shaoting now regretted that he had lied to Gu Ning, but he still argued, "Even if I'm not here, I can still help you."

Indeed, whether he came to City G or not, it was easy for him to arrange security guards for Gu Ning. He only needed to make a call.

"I promise I'll come to you if I need anything the next time. Please don't be upset," Gu Ning comforted him.

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was finally cheered up. "Great!"

The most noticeable feature of this opening ceremony was the King's Green, so they left a large empty space in the middle of the store to place the King's Green for people to appreciate it. It was locked in a glass box with a guard beside it.

There were people gathering around gradually. Some were here to have a look, while some came to congratulate Zhou Zhenghong.

Ling Xue and a cameraman had arrived earlier to find out who the guests were.

Master Yan, Master Fu and Master Bai arrived at almost the same time, because they had an agreement to set off together.

Yan Zhenglin, the mayor of City G, came along with his father, Master Yan and Bai Linwei arrived with his father Master Bai.

The arrival of these important figures immediately caused a sensation. Nobody knew when Zhou Zhenghong had such a close relationship with those influential people in City G.

Gu Ning was only a random customer today. She didn't show up with any title at Jade Beauty Jewelry. Master Fu and the others were aware of that, so they only congratulated Zhou Zhenghong to protect Gu Ning's real identity.

Leng Shaoting kept following behind Gu Ning. His outstanding appearance and air of coldness and threat were hard to ignore.

Master Bai and the others were all sophisticated. They knew that Leng Shaoting wasn't simple at the first glance, but they had no idea about his background. They also wondered whether Gu Ning and the man were a couple. However, they refused to believe it, because Gu Ning was too young after all.

Gu Ning behaved like a mature grown-up, so it was still possible that she fell in love earlier than others. All in all, they wouldn't ask Gu Ning for the answer. It was her personal affair, and they had no right to interfere. They also believed that Gu Ning was a person of principles. Even if she was in love, it had to be because the man was reliable.

"Grandpa Fu, Grandpa Yan, Grandpa Bai, Mayor Yan, Chairman Bai, it's so nice to meet you all!" Gu Ning walked over greeting them.

"You don't need to call me Mayor Yan. You can just call me Uncle Yan," Yan Zhenglin said kindly. He didn't seem like a man of authority at all. Gu Ning had saved his life after all, and he wasn't willing to behave like an official in front of her.

"Uncle Yan, welcome!" Gu Ning called him as he wanted.

"Oh, you don't need to call me Chairman Bai either. Call me Uncle Bai please. We aren't strangers anyway," Bai Linwei added.

Bai Linwei was a pleasant person too. Most importantly, he really appreciated Gu Ning's ability, and wanted to make friends with her.

"Uncle Bai, you're welcomed too!" Gu Ning said.

She was of course happy to know that those significant figures were willing to have a close connection with her.

At that time, a black Jaguar stopped at the road outside the Jade Beauty Jewelry store. Li Zhenyu was the driver, and Qin Yifan was sitting in the passenger seat, while Li Zhenzhen was in the back seat.

Even though it was a broad road and the store was six meters away, they still recognized Gu Ning at first sight.

"Why is Gu Ning here?" Seeing Gu Ning, Li Zhenzhen felt terrified out of instinct. Gu Ning had really scared her.

"She even knows the Bai Family, the Yan Family and the Fu Family! And they seem very close!" Li Zhenyu was astonished too, but he was more shocked that Gu Ning knew those masters.

Li Zhenzhen had the same feeling.

They had thought that Gu Ning was merely a poor ordinary girl who couldn't make any acquaintance of those super-rich and influential families, but they were so close now! Those masters would probably ignore Li Zhenyu directly even if he went to greet them on his own initiative.

Qin Yifan was also amazed by the scene, but his attention soon moved to the man beside Gu Ning. Who is this man?

Although he wasn't sure that they were a couple, Leng Shaoting's appearance threatened Qin Yifan. He had to admit that the man was much more handsome than him. He didn't think that Gu Ning was a superficial girl, who would judge a man from his appearance. Thus he believed that if Gu Ning liked this man, the man must be outstanding

Li Zhenzhen loved Qin Yifan, but she also liked to appreciate other beautiful men, especially those charming male idols and stars, but Qin Yifan was the man in her heart, while others were only in her eyes.

Therefore, when Leng Shaoting appeared in her sight, Li Zhenzhen was attracted by him instantly. The man was even more charming than her idol! At the same time, she was jealous of Gu Ning. No matter what the relationship between them was, even if they were only common friends, Li Zhenzhen still believed that Gu Ning didn't deserve such a handsome man.

However, to make Qin Yifan give up on Gu Ning, Li Zhenzhen complimented against her will, "The man must be Miss Gu's boyfriend. He is so handsome!"

Qin Yifan felt hurt, but he didn't say anything. He also had no idea that Li Zhenzhen had said that on purpose, so he didn't blame her for it.

Qin Yifan thought that Gu Ning must have a connection with Jade Beauty Jewelry, but Li Zhenyu and Li Zhenzhen didn't think so They only thought that Gu Ning was here to attend the opening ceremony, even though they knew that Gu Ning and Zhou Zhenghong were friends.

Because of Gu Ning's presence, the three stayed in the car waiting.

"Girl Gu, may I ask, who is this young man?" Master Bai glanced at Leng Shaoting. He didn't want to investigate his background, but thought that it would be impolite if he ignored the young man.

"Oh, right! This is my friend, Leng Shaoting," Gu Ning immediately introduced.

Leng Shaoting only nodded to them because of his character, but he didn't show any disrespect.

Master Bai and the others also smiled to him. They could tell that Leng Shaoting wasn't a talkative man, so they didn't mind.

"Let's go and see the King's Green now! You all have seen it, but I haven't yet," Bai Linwei proposed. Although he had less interest in jade, the King's Green was worth looking at and taking a picture.

Chapter 196: The Opening Ceremony II

"I agree. If we don't go and have a look now, it could be crowded later," Yan Zhenglin said.

"We also want to see it again. Let's go now!" Master Fu said, walking into the store without delay. Master Bai and Master Yan followed. They didn't want to bother Gu Ning, especially when there was a man beside her.

The Bai Family ranked third, and the Fu Family ranked seventh on the list of super-rich and powerful families. Other than the group of those masters, the Ai Family that ranked second and the Ou Family which ranked fifth arrived later too.

Although their family's leaders didn't come, the visitors were important enough to represent their families.

The Ai Family sent Ai Weichen, who is Master Ai's youngest grandson, to attend the ceremony. He was a 27-year-old tall, handsome man with an air of elegance. His appearance aroused excitement in the ladies. The Ou Family sent Ou Nianyin, who was the family leader's eldest daughter to attend the

ceremony. She was a 30-year-old ambitious woman, and the heir of the Ou Family. The Ai Family and the Ou Family had maintained a close connection with each other for generations.

Ai Weichen's and Ou Nianyin's sight fell on Leng Shaoting for a second, then moved away, but Gu Ning noticed the shock in their eyes. Yes, they were indeed shocked and amazed.

"I arranged for them to come here," Leng Shaoting said to Gu Ning in a gentle voice.

Gu Ning had the same idea when Ai Weichen and Ou Nianyin glanced at Leng Shaoting. She was surprised that Leng Shaoting knew them because

they were from super powerful families. Gu Ning was now even more certain that Leng Shaoting wasn't simple.

She was curious now about Leng Shaoting's real identity. It seemed that the man was more influential than she imagined. However, she wouldn't ask him, Instead, she would wait until he was willing to tell her the truth.

Meanwhile, Gu Ning didn't understand why Ai Weichen and Ou Nianyin looked so shocked when they came inside. Leng Shaoting had arranged for them to attend this ceremony. They should know that Leng Shaoting would be here to. So why did they still seemed astonished?

An idea dawned on Gu Ning all of a sudden. Was it because of her?

Gu Ning suddenly realized that Xu Jinchen had told her that Leng Shaoting had never had a girlfriend or any woman at his side. Gu Ning assumed that they had to have been amazed to see Leng Shaoting with her.

She was right. Both Ai Weichen and Ou Nianyin were shocked that Leng Shaoting was with a girl, and they seemed close. Nevertheless, they didn't greet Leng Shaoting in order to not expose their relationship.

After they had sent the gifts, Ou Nianyin immediately gossiped with Ai Weichen aside.

"Weichen, boss is with a woman, oh no, a girl! Doesn't he dislike being too close with a female? And, could they be a couple?" Ou Nianyin was excited as well as shocked. It was a big news after all.

"I don't know whether they're a couple or not, but I'm sure that they must be close!" Ai Weichen said seriously.

"Of course they are!" Ou Nianyin rolled her eyes.

After that, many influential people in City G gradually arrived, including many jade experts and businessmen. Zhao Yuefeng came as well.

Many of them didn't know Zhou Zhenghong, so they didn't send expensive gifts, but only baskets of flowers and plants. It would be impolite if they came with empty hands.

"Miss Gu, what a coincidence!" Zhao Yuefeng was surprised to see Gu Ning. Although he didn't keep in touch with Gu Ning, he had an impressive

impression of her. He admired her to some extent! Thus he was more than thrilled to meet her in this opening ceremony.

"Mr. Zhao, nice to meet you!" Gu Ning was also surprised to see Zhao Yuefeng. Then she realized that she had forgotten to invite him, and felt slightly sorry. They were peers now. However, Gu Ning's business focused on jade, so they weren't competitors yet. Zhao Yuefeng was involved in all kinds of jewelry, and jade was only a part of it. In addition, the major market of Zhao Yuefeng's business wasn't in City G. He only had a branch here.

Therefore, they weren't enemies.

Gu Ning actually didn't want to hide the fact that she was the real boss ofJade Beauty Jewelry from Zhao Yuefeng, but there were too many people around, so it wasn't convenient for her to tell Zhao Yuefeng her real identity.

"Miss Gu, do you know the boss of Jade Beauty Jewelry?" Zhao Yuefeng asked.

"Yes," Gu Ning answered.

"I don't know the boss, but I wanted to have a look at the King's Green. Thus I came here without an invitation," Zhao Yuefeng said. He seemed a little embarrassed.

"May I introduce you to the boss?" Gu Ning said.

"Really? That would be so great! Thank you so much, Miss Gu!" Zhao Yuefeng was excited. Although Jade Beauty Jewelry now was barely comparable to his Furong Jewelry, it wasn't a bad idea to maintain a good relationship with its boss.

Gu Ning guided Zhao Yuefeng to Zhou Zhenghong who was welcoming the guests. At the same time, Qin Yifan and the other two were surprised that Gu Ning knew Zhao Yuefeng too.

The Qin Family and the Li Family were both involved in the jewelry industry, and they were familiar with the important figures in this field.

Zhou Zhenghong only greeted his guests and the visitors for a short while then they would go inside to see the jade. Thus it didn't cause any bother when Gu Ning and Zhao Yuefeng walked over.

"Uncle Zhou, this is the chairman of Furong Jewelry, Zhao Yuefeng," Gu Ning introduced.

Zhou Zhenghong actually recognized Zhao Yuefeng before Gu Ning introduced him. Zhou Zhenghong worked in the jewelry industry too, but since Gu Ning introduced Zhao Yuefeng to him, they must know each other, so Zhou Zhenghong greeted him with great enthusiasm, "It's so nice to meet you, Chairman Zhao!"

"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Zhou. Please don't mind my coming without invitation," Zhao Yuefeng said.

"Of course not! You're absolutely welcomed! Would you mind dining together after the ceremony?" Zhou Zhenghong invited.

"I'd love to!" Zhao Yuefeng answered.

They chatted for a while longer before Zhao Yuefeng went inside to see the King's Green.

Everyone in the Jade Beauty Jewelry store was more than shocked that so many influential figures came today.

Zhou Zhenghong was clear that it was all because of Gu Ning. Her network was amazing!

However, what happened later was more shocking

Shang Juntong, who was the general manager of Qinghua Group arrived too. The Qinghua Group was the Qing Gang's property!

Chapter 197: Natural Red Coral

Although the Qinghua Group was the Qing Gang's property, it didn't stand for the Qing Gang, because it had its own network, and wouldn't bother the Qing Gang. Therefore, nobody believed that Zhou Zhenghong had a relationship with the Qing Gang. However, it wasn't easy to have a connection with the Qinghua Group.

The industries of the Qinghua Group didn't concentrate in City G. Thus even though it had over a hundred billion yuan in assets, it only ranked fourth with thirty billion yuan in assets, on the list of the richest in City G. The list of the richest in City G naturally only ranked according to the assets or wealth in City G.

However, nobody could figure out how Zhou Zhenghong was able to invite almost half of the important figures in City G to attend his opening ceremony. Those figures came not only for the sake of Zhou Zhenghong, but also for the good of their own business.

The Qinghua Group sent a 20 centimeters tall and 15 centimeters wide, natural red coral to the Jade Beauty Jewelry. It was huge and rare.

Natural red corals were made up of polyps. It grew very slowly and didn't regenerate. Red corals only existed in several straits (Taiwan Strait, Strait of Japan, Baltic Strait and the Mediterranean Sea). Due to the limitation of sea areas, the red coral was super precious. Red coral was also an organic gemstone with a pleasant color and a lustrous texture. It grew in the deep sea at a depth of 1000 to 2000 meters. It was listed as one of the three organic gems; together with pearls and amber, and one of the seven treasures in

the Eastern Buddhist scriptures. It had been regarded as a symbol of good wishes since ancient times.

This natural red coral was worth over ten million yuan, which shocked everyone, including Gu Ning. She had to admit that Situ Ye was really generous. Its price wasn't a big deal. The point was that the natural red coral was too rare to buy in the market.

Gu Ning liked it very much at the first sight, and decided to take it home as part of her collection.

Leng Shaoting, on the other hand, was upset to see Gu Ning being so happy about Situ Ye's gift. He immediately disliked the natural red coral.

After that, Kong Yuan, the Chief of Staff of the Military Division in City G arrived. His arrival caused another round of sensation. What? An important figure in the military division came too!

There was no need to ask Leng Shaoting. Gu Ning immediately understood that he must have arranged it too, but she was astonished by Kong Yuan's position.

He was the Chief of Staff, which was a colonel in the army. If Leng Shaoting was able to send him here, then Leng Shaoting must either be his relative or in an even higher position than him.

Gu Ning preferred to believe the second assumption.

If he was in a higher position than Kong Yuan, he must be at least a major general...

Thinking of that, Gu Ning abruptly looked to Leng Shaoting in astonishment.

Leng Shaoting understood what was on Gu Ning's mind, and he didn't want to hide. "Major general."

Major general. He was a major general!

A 25-year-old major general! It was incredible! Normally, a major general would be over 40-years-old.

Gu Ning couldn't help taking a long breath in. She thought to herself "Leng Shaoting, how old were you when you joined the army? And how many great achievements have you made?"

Gu Ning suddenly felt like crying. It was very difficult to achieve the position of major general. He must have risked his life countless times and paid a lot for it.

Thinking of the possible danger that Leng Shaoting could encounter while he was on a task, Gu Ning's heart ached. She wanted to check the injuries around his body. There had to be injuries on his body. The only question was whether there were many or few injuries.

Leng Shaoting wasn't good at romance, but he was highly intelligent, so he sensed that Gu Ning was worried from her emotions at once. He knew that she was concerned about him. He was happy to know that, but also felt bad. And he could only comfort her. "I'm fine."

Gu Ning didn't say a word, trying to calm herself down. It wasn't the right time to cry.

Qin Yifan also noticed that Gu Ning was worried about the man. He felt hurt deeply. It seemed that they were really a couple.

Kong Yuan sent a gift of calligraphy written by the famous artist, Zhuge Li.

By now, the brand ofJade Beauty Jewelry had become completely well-known. No one had ever seen such a group of influential guests from all kinds of important fields. The Jade Beauty Jewelry store wasn't very big now, but it was already famous.

What shocked the crowd as well was the quality and level of the jade used by Jade Beauty Jewelry. The jade was all above medium level, some of them were even top-level.

When it was about 10 am, Zhou Zhenghong started to address his speech.

"Respected leaders, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, my friends, good morning to you all! Today, we are here to hold the opening ceremony of the Jade Beauty Jewelry flagship store. As the representative
of Jade Beauty Jewelry Co., Ltd. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you!"

"Jade, is the essence of all things, enjoying the reputation of 'The Crown of Valuable Stones'. It has the good meanings of luck, wit, nobility, and fortune. Jade Beauty Jewelry will create high-end jade jewelry. Let's wish Jade Beauty Jewelry a thriving future! Thank you all for coming! Thank you!"

After the speech, there was a round of applause. Then it was time for the ribbon cutting. Yan Zhenglin, Kong Yuan and Master Bai cut the ribbon together. After the ribbon cutting, guests could make a reservation for the King's Green.

Gu Ning thought that there would be few people who were willing to pay a high price for jade, but unexpectedly, over a dozen people made a reservation. However, the King's Green wasn't big enough to fulfill their needs, so they could only apply an alternative plan.

Luckily, Gu Ning had prepared a plan B for it.

The alternative was to bid secretly. Customers could write down the bid price and types of jewelry he or she wanted on a piece of paper, then hand the paper to the worker. The worker would collect all the pieces of paper and the most generous buyer would win the King's Green.

Before long, the results were revealed. Undoubtedly, both Master Fu and Master Bai won a wide jade ring at a much higher price than others.

Gu Ning had already made over a hundred million yuan on the first day, before the store even opened.

Because it was only the reservation for the jewelry, they each paid a deposit of 20%.

Moreover, there would be a gap between the predetermined number of grams and the final number of grams. If the jewelry exceeded the predetermined number of grams the customer had reserved, there was no need to pay more for it. And the customer could acquire more than the predetermined number of grams at the original price. And if the jewelry didn't meet the predetermined number of grams the customer had reserved, its price would be lowered accordingly

It was universally acknowledged and accepted that the weight of the jewelry couldn't be a 100% accurate.

Chapter 198: Leng Shaoting Was Jealous

Gu Ning of course would not take advantage of her customers, and the jewelry would only be heavier, not lighter. It wasn't a big deal to let the customers buy the jewelry at a lower price.

It hadn't cost her much money to get the jade after all.

Zhou Zhenghong guided the guests to have a meal in the Huangdeng Hotel later.

Qin Yifan and the other two didn't show up at all from the beginning to the end.

All the staff remained in the store, and didn't follow Zhou Zhenghong to the hotel; they would eat in the afternoon.

The Jade Beauty Jewelry store wasn't far away from the Huangdeng Hotel. It only took several minutes to walk there, so most walked while some drove.

During that break, Leng Shaoting said to Gu Ning, "Please follow me. I have something to give you."

"What is it?" Gu Ning was surprised and curious. She followed Leng Shaoting to his car in the parking lot.

Leng Shaoting took out a wooden box from his car. It was as big as two palms.

Gu Ning opened the wooden box, and felt a strong power hit her face. She trembled a little, but when she saw what was inside, she couldn't believe her eyes. There were two huge diamonds in it. One was blue, and the other was red. Both were as big as a quail's egg.

There was also a blood-red jade bracelet and a purple jade the size of an egg. It was a top-level jade called Purple Eye.

Gu Ning didn't know the price of the diamonds, but she knew that of the Purple Eye jade and the blood-red jade bracelet.

Purple Eye jade was at the same level as Fulushou jade. This Purple Eye jade was as big as an egg, and it must be worth at least a couple dozen million yuan.

And the blood-red jade bracelet was even more precious. Gu Ning had read the news on the Internet that a blood-red jade bracelet which weighed 46 grams had been sold at the price of four hundred and eighty million yuan at auction, but this blood-red jade bracelet in the box was even several grams heavier!

Price at auction was normally much higher than at market price. And the exact price of jewelry actually depended on the buyer. Gold for instance, it was worth three hundred yuan a gram sometimes, and was worth two hundred yuan a gram at other times. Its price changed.

"It's more precious than his," Leng Shaoting said airily.

Gu Ning was struck dumb for a second, and didn't know what to say.

Leng Shaoting explained further, "The blood-red jade bracelet is more precious than the red coral."

Hearing that, Gu Ning immediately understood what Leng Shaoting meant. She snorted with laughter all of a sudden.

Leng Shaoting was jealous just because Situ Ye had sent her a valuable natural red coral!

Gu Ning teased, "Are you jealous?"

Leng Shaoting flushed feeling uneasy, but he didn't deny it.

Gu Ning didn't know what to do. Leng Shaoting was being so sensitive. He had been jealous of Situ Ye twice today.

Actually, it wasn't completely Leng Shaoting's fault. Because Gu Ning hadn't agreed to be his girlfriend yet, he didn't feel secure. He was afraid that Gu Ning would reject him once he didn't perform well.

"I like it very much," saying that, Gu Ning put the blood-red jade bracelet on her wrist.

Gu Ning not only liked it, but was also deeply moved. It was so beautiful and precious. Most importantly, it was from Leng Shaoting. Thus except for the blood-red jade bracelet, Gu Ning absorbed all the power from the rest in the box.

Her Jade Eyes were already full of power yesterday, and the telepathic eye space expanded a square meters afterwards.

"Where did you get these?" Gu Ning asked with curiosity.

"I picked some up in the middle of fulfilling tasks. And others sent me some. I have many more of them in the capital," Leng Shaoting said.

Leng Shaoting had no interest in jewelry. It was nothing different than a stone in Leng Shaoting's eyes. If it hadn't been priceless, Leng Shaoting wouldn't have kept it.

Now since he found out that Gu Ning liked jewelry, he would keep it well for her.

Gu Ning didn't know that Leng Shaoting had gone back to the capital in order to bring the jewelry to her until now. She felt like crying once more. This man didn't say sweet nothings, but everything he had done was more special and meaningful than oral promises. Actions spoke louder than words after all.

Gu Ning curbed her impulse to cry saying, "Could you please keep it for me for a while? It isn't convenient for me to take it right now."

It indeed wasn't convenient for her to hold such a big box. And with Leng Shaoting's presence, she wasn't able to put it into the telepathic eye space.

Leng Shaoting took the wooden box and laid it back in its original place.

After that, the two went straight to the Huangdeng Hotel. Because Master Bai and the other important figures were there too, Gu Ning couldn't be absent.

What had happened at the opening ceremony of Jade Beauty Jewelry went abroad before it aired on the News At Half Past Six . The news went viral on the Internet within a short time. Everyone was shocked by the opening ceremony of Jade Beauty Jewelry, especially peers who worked in the jewelry industry.

Luckily, Jade Beauty Jewelry only made jade jewelry, and wasn't involved in other kinds of jewelry yet.

Meanwhile, Shao Ping finally woke up, but his first reaction was to ask the condition of Jade Beauty Jewelry, instead of himself or his car.

Mrs. Shao had kept her eyes on the news of Jade Beauty Jewelry, and was quiet jealous of it. "Honey, Jade Beauty Jewelry is big news today! Over a half of the celebrities in City G have attended its opening ceremony, including the Ai Family, the Bai Family, the Qinghua Group, the Ou Family, the Fu Family and even the mayor! The Chief of Staff also..."

Before Mrs. Shao could finish, Shao Ping was hit heavily by the news. He spat a mouthful of blood before he fainted again.

"Honey! honey! Doctor, please..." Mrs. Shao panicked running to the doctor at once.

At the same time, Wei Zhiming, who was the general manager of the entertainment industry of the Qing Gang, made up his mind that his son had to be revenged, even though it was his son's fault. He would protect his son no matter whose fault it was. However, he hesitated after he found out that Leng Shaoting's car belonged to the Ai Family.

The Qing Gang wasn't afraid of the Ai Family, but Wei Zhiming was afraid of it.

Chapter 199: Be Abandoned

It was Wei Feihong's fault after all. If he secretly used the Qing Gang's force to get revenge on the Ai Family, his boss would punish him if it was exposed. Thus although Wei Zhiming was mad, he had to give it up.

In case Wei Feihong would cause any more trouble, he reminded his son to be more careful. Facing his father, Wei Feihong had to listen to the persuasion.

After the meal, Gu Ning went back to the store with Zhou Zhenghong. It was already crowded in the Jade Beauty Jewelry store.

The King's Green was fully reserved, but it was still shown in the store for the whole day, so many came here to see it. And there were also many jade buyers.

City G was developing well nowadays and there were many rich people in this city.

Gu Ning noticed a familiar face the minute she walked inside. It was the woman who had dined with Li Zhenzhen the last time when Gu Ning had encountered Li Zhenzhen in a restaurant.

Although they had only met once, Gu Ning remembered it clearly with the help of her outstanding memory.

Seeing Su Jing, Gu Ning unconsciously checked whether Li Zhenzhen was here too. She was ready to revenge herself on Li Zhenzhen now, but Li Zhenzhen wasn't in the store. Su Jing was only shopping with a man who was around 30-years-old.

"Jingjing, Li Zhenzhen doesn't know that you're here to buy jewelry, right?" the man asked.

"I didn't tell her. If she finds out that I came here to buy jewelry instead of jewelry stores owned by her family, she'll be mad at me, but the jewelry in the stores of her family is so ordinary, and I don't like its design either. Other high-end brands are too expensive. This store is newly opened, and customers can have a 10% discount today. I absolutely need to have a look here," Su Jing said, and she complained a little about Li Zhenzhen.

The man stayed quiet, and Su Jing added, "Oh, Zhenzhen won't dine with us this afternoon. She'll meet us at Yongle Club around 9 am in the morning."

Gu Ning heard their talk clearly. After hearing Li Zhenzhen's schedule, Gu Ning had a good idea. It was a perfect timing, and she wouldn't miss it.

"Fine, but I'm afraid that someone will be disappointed," the man joked.

"In fact, I have sympathy for Sen. He was a playboy, but now has changed a lot for Zhenzhen. Unfortunately, Zhenzhen likes another man," Su Jing said.

"Nevertheless, I have sympathy for Li Zhenzhen. She fell in love with a man who dislikes her. It has been so many years. I don't think she can be together with him," the man said.

"Indeed! They aren't like us who love each other deeply," Su Jing said, holding the man's hand in happiness.

However, Gu Ning sensed that the man didn't feel as happy as Su Jing. The man probably wasn't as deeply in love with Su Jing as she thought.

Gu Ning didn't stay in the store for very long, and left with Leng Shaoting.

"Where to now?" Leng Shaoting asked after they were in the car.

Gu Ning had the same question in mind. Where should we go next?

At that time, Leng Shaoting's phone rang. Wherever he was and whatever he was doing, as long as he wasn't restricted, he would answer the call, especially when the caller was his teammate. His teammates always called him for something important.

The caller was Xu Jinchen this time. Leng Shaoting didn't avoid Gu Ning. "What's up?"

"Where are you boss?" Xu Jinchen asked, or complained to be specific.

"Do you have anything important to say?" Hearing Xu Jinchen's voice, Leng Shaoting immediately understood that he had nothing serious to talk to him about.

"Nothing serious actually. I just want to know where you are now. I arrived at City F yesterday and I wanted to come to you, but your phone was turned off," Xu Jinchen said. He felt that he had been abandoned.

"Do you have too much time to kill?" Leng Shaoting asked.

Xu Jinchen instantly sensed danger ahead. He understood that if he gave his boss an affirmative answer now, he would be tortured, so he denied at once, "No-no-no. I'm busy, bye."

Xu Jinchen hung up right away.

"Ha-ha," Gu Ning laughed out loud. She asked with curiosity, "Why is he so afraid of you?"

Xu Jinchen behaved like a child in front of Leng Shaoting.

"I've punished him too many times," Leng Shaoting replied.

"Oh, was Xu Jinchen right in saying that you're mean and always punish you fellows?" Gu Ning asked, although she didn't believe it herself.

However, Leng Shaoting got nervous, explaining without delay, "Of course not! We've trained strictly before, and I punished them when they were lazy, so they're all scared of me."

"Well, I think you're right," Gu Ning agreed. She was absolutely clear about how cruel the training could be. Once you got lazy, or didn't meet the standards, you would be punished severely. If you weren't strong enough, you were out.

Gu Ning still had no idea where they should go next. Oh!

"Let's go to the street of antiques!" Gu Ning said.

The news ofJade Beauty Jewelry went across many cities around City G. People were all shocked by its grand opening ceremony.

Outsiders might forget it soon after they had read the news, but insiders, especially jewelry businessmen and jade lovers couldn't care about it more.

Shao Ping woke up after a while, but he still couldn't accept the truth that Zhou Zhenghong was the boss ofJade Beauty Jewelry who had caused a sensation around the city. He wanted to forget it all, but all the TV news was reminding him of it.

"Oh, what about the door and my car? Did you find out who did it?" Shao Ping asked in anger. He failed to figure out whom he had annoyed, and who had damaged the door of his home and his car.

"No idea. The man in the monitoring room told me that the tape was broken during a certain period of time. I think it's a scheme! Someone did it on purpose, and the man in the monitoring room must have been bribed. I've already called the police," Mrs. Shao was mad too. She believed that it couldn't be an accident.

"Could it be Zhou Zhenghong? You just got hoodlums to damage his store yesterday, then the door of our home and your car are ruined today. If it wasn't him, I can't think of anyone else," Mrs. Shao said.

Shao Ping then realized that what his wife said was indeed possible. The Jade Beauty Jewelry store opened today as planned, which meant that his plan had failed last night.

He also knew that those hoodlums would betray him if they felt that it was necessary.

Chapter 200: Land Acquisition I

To make sure of it, Shao Ping immediately took out his phone calling the leading hoodlum.

However, the leading hoodlum still wouldn't answer his call, so Shao Ping called Leader Hu afterwards.

Leader Hu answered, "Hi, what's up, Mr. Shao?"

"Hi, Leader Hu, those hoodlums helped me deal with Zhou Zhenghong's store last night, but they won't answer my call now. I don't know why. I think that they probably failed. Could you please help me find them?" Although Shao Ping was raging now, he didn't dare to vent his anger at Leader Hu.

"Really? Did they get in trouble?" Leader Hu was surprised that Jade Beauty Jewelry was able to handle those hoodlums.

Leader Hu didn't deny Shao Ping's request. "Let me try to find them and then I'll let you know the minute that I do."

"Very well, thank you so much!" Shao Ping said then he hung up.

"Honey, what if Zhou Zhenghong really damaged our door and car?" Mrs. Shao asked.

"If it is true, we'll do the same thing to him! He has made me lose hundreds of thousands of yuan this time!" Shao Ping clenched his teeth, as if he was the victim.

If he hadn't turned to those hoodlums for help, Zhou Zhenghong wouldn't have gotten revenge on him. In addition, Zhou Zhenghong hadn't actually done it. Shao Ping not only annoyed Zhou Zhenghong, but aggravated Gu Ning, who was the real boss of Jade Beauty Jewelry.

Of course, Shao Ping wasn't dumb enough to cause Zhou Zhenghong trouble in public. He would scheme against Zhou Zhenghong behind his back.

In the end, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting didn't go to the street of antiques, because of an incident on the road halfway there.

They were in an old district of City G, and there were many people as well as policemen gathered around the entrance of a street, fiercely arguing.

Leng Shaoting, who was a military officer, couldn't ignore it, so he stopped the car on the side, got out of it and walked over.

Two groups of people stood against each other in the middle of a crowd.

A group of citizens all had sticks and brooms in their hands, while the other group, who were policemen, all had their hands on their guns.

"Ding Peiwei, it's illegal to use violence against the police. As a senior teacher, you should know that! How dare you lead others to resist us on the street! You'll be taken into the police station!" a man who was around 30-years-old loudly said to a man in his middle forties.

"It's you who aren't being honest! You can't blame us. We agree that the real estate businessmen need to acquire land to develop a new city, but you should at least give us a reasonable price!" Ding Peiwei argued angrily.

Hearing that, Gu Ning immediately understood what was going on here. The real estate businessman wanted to acquire the land, but was rejected because of the low compensation.

"Exactly! Don't think that we know nothing about it. The acquisition of land in Dongcheng last year is a great example. The location of the land is similar to Zhengyang Street, and the foundation was worth twenty thousand yuan, while the building area was ten thousand yuan per square meter. However, what did you do this time? The foundation is only worth fifteen thousand yuan, and the building area is only seven thousand yuan per square meter. Aren't you hurting our interests?" another person said with indignation.

"How can you be so evil? Are you not afraid of being punished by God?"

All the citizens criticized.

Hearing that, Gu Ning was also mad. It was truly unfair!

She had inspected the surrounding area just then. It was a great location, and it would be reasonable if the foundation was worth twenty thousand yuan, and the building area was ten thousand yuan per square meter. Although it was an old district which wasn't as prosperous as the newer ones, there were schools around, including primary, middle and high schools. Therefore, many would come here to buy houses if there were more living areas. It would be a very profitable deal.

Thinking of that, an idea dawned on Gu Ning. She decided to acquire this land.

Since this Hongyun Real Estate gave them a low price, then she would set a higher and more reasonable price.

"You..." the man who was standing against Ding Peiwei was called Zhang Guangde. He was the leader of this area, and he didn't know how to argue with those citizens, because he really had planned to take the extra money into his own pocket.

"Zhang Guangde, let me tell you that if Hongyun Real Estate can't give us a reasonable price, we won't comprise no matter what happens," Ding Peiwei said with determination.

"Fine! Let's see what you can do!" Zhang Guangde didn't know how to solve the problem now, so he could only threaten them before walking away with the policemen.

Luckily, no one was injured in this mess.

After Zhang Guangde and the policemen were gone, Gu Ning walked to Ding Peiwei.

Although Leng Shaoting didn't know what Gu Ning was going to do, he listened to her and waited by the car.

"Hi, Mr. Ding, may I talk to you in private?" Gu Ning asked politely.

Since Ding Peiwei was able to lead them to resist the acquisition, he must be an influential figure among the citizens.

Ding Peiwei thought that Gu Ning was a student in his school. He failed to recognize her, but since she had something to talk to him about, he didn't reject. Afterwards, Ding Peiwei walked aside with Gu Ning.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Ding Peiwei asked. He was still mad, but tried his best to remain gentle in front of Gu Ning.

Gu Ning didn't hide her intention, and asked directly, "I noticed that you were arguing over the acquisition of this land. Is it because you don't want to leave here, or are you not satisfied with the compensation?"

Hearing that, Ding Peiwei sighed resignedly and explained, "I've lived here for dozens of years, so of course I don't want to move away, but we also know that this city needs to develop, and the demolition will happen sooner or later. Even though we're unwilling to do so, we can't fight against the government; but-but the compensation that Hongyun Real Estate offers is too low."

"What if I can provide you with a reasonable compensation in which the foundation is worth twenty thousand yuan, and the building area is ten thousand yuan per square meter, are you willing to sell the land to me?"

"What?" Ding Peiwei was shocked, he couldn't believe his ears.

If a 30-year-old mature woman had said that to him, he probably wouldn't have been shocked, but Gu Ning was merely a teenage girl.