Chapter 201: Leng Shaoting’s Real Identity

Even though, Ding Peiwei didn’t think that she was joking. Ding Peiwei was surprised. How come a teenage girl had the air of a successful businesswoman?

“I understand that I’m too young to make you believe that I’m being serious, but I truly mean it. My family is involved in the real estate industry. Although my family’s company isn’t comparable with Hongyun Real Estate, we have enough money to acquire this land. If you’re willing to consider my proposal, please have a discussion with the citizens here before we sign the contract,” Gu Ning said.

Ding Peiwei couldn’t make the decision alone, so Gu Ning didn’t force him to promise her anything. However, she was confident that she could settle the deal.

In the beginning Ding Peiwei was excited to hear the offer. If they could have a reasonable compensation, they wouldn’t be worried about the housing issue. However, he soon calmed down, and asked with doubt, “Since it’s your family business, can you, a child make the decision? And the chairman of Hongyun Real Estate is Fang Changsheng, whose brother-in-law is the director of the Roads and Traffic Authority. Moreover, the director’s cousin is the vice mayor. Are you sure your family can handle them?”

Anyone who wanted to acquire this land had to have the permission of the government.

Although Ding Peiwei believed Gu Ning to some extent, he doubted her ability. He didn’t know Gu Ning or her background after all. It was difficult for him to depend on a stranger. Meanwhile, he knew more about Hongyun Real Estate, which was one of the three biggest real estate companies in City G with several billion yuan in assets, ranked ninth on the list of the richest. It also had support from the government.

The reason why Hongyun Real Estate was able to win the right of acquisition before the open acquisition was that it had a strong network in the government.

Gu Ning understood that she had to show her ability to persuade Ding Peiwei.

“What if I tell you my support in the government is even more powerful than Hongyun Real Estate?” Gu Ning asked.

Hearing that, Ding Peiwei was astonished. He stared at her face, intending to know whether it was true.

Gu Ning added, “Mr. Ding, I know that it’s hard for you to trust me because we just met and don’t know each other, but I do hope that you can consider my offer. If you’re willing to sell this land to me, I can sign the contract and pay you the compensation on site. It doesn’t matter if you want the compensation in cash, check, by transfer or you simply want houses, I’m totally fine with it. As long as you sign the contract, you’ll get the money you should have. Don’t you think it’s a great offer? However, if you let Hongyun Real Estate take this land, you won’t get a reasonable compensation.”

Ding Peiwei was shocked as well as thrilled. They could sign the contract and get the compensation on site! It had never happened before. Normally, the compensation would only be transferred to their accounts after the acquisition had been over for a long time.

If Gu Ning could keep her promise, it was a great advantage to them. And it would be a bad idea if they sold this land to Hongyun Real Estate.

“Great! I’m willing to trust you for now, and I’ll talk to my neighbors later,” Ding Peiwei chose to believe Gu Ning.

“Very well. This is my number. Please call me once you make up your mind. However, I hope you can make it quick, because if Hongyun Real Estate finds out, you would suffer under its pressure,” Gu Ning reminded him.

“Sure, I’ll give you the answer before tonight.” Ding Peiwei also understood that if Hongyun Real Estate found out, it would probably force them to sell this land in a violent way. And they would be the victims.

“That would be great!” Gu Ning also wanted to know the answer today. After exchanging numbers with Ding Peiwei, Gu Ning asked again, “Oh, how large is this street approximately, and how many households are here?”

“Zhengyang Street is about seventy thousand square meters with 558 households,” Ding Peiwei answered.

A piece of land that was seventy thousand square meters wasn’t very large, but it was suitable to build a living area, mainly because of its good location.

It was 4 pm when Gu Ning said good-bye to Ding Peiwei, and it was too late to go to the street of antiques. Gu Ning also needed to use her network to gain the right of land acquisition.

Although Ding Peiwei hadn’t given her an

affirmative answer yet, she believed that they would agree. No one would reject her proposal especially in front of Hongyun Real Estate, not unless Hongyun Real Estate was willing to offer a higher

compensation than her.

“Let me help you with the right of land acquisition.” Leng Shaoting hadn’t been at Gu Ning’s side, but he had stayed near and heard their talk clearly.

“Will it be convenient for you?” Gu Ning asked.

She had planned to turn to Yan Zhenglin for help because Yan Zhenglin worked in politics. Leng Shaoting served in the military, and wasn’t that familiar with the politicians.

“Of course,” Leng Shaoting said. It wasn’t a big deal to him. And even if it was a big deal, he would try his best to settle it for Gu Ning.

“Thanks!” Gu Ning answered. She didn’t want to hurt his feelings.

Leng Shaoting wasn’t personally familiar with the authorities, but his family was involved in politics. The Leng Family was involved in military, politics and business, and was the head of the four most influential families in the capital.

Yes, Leng Shaoting was exactly the eldest grandson in his family which was the leading family in the capital, but he had gotten everything that he owned today by himself and had never asked his family for help.

Gu Ning then told Leng Shaoting what happened with Shenghua Real Estate.

Leng Shaoting avoided Gu Ning to call someone, so Gu Ning didn’t know who he called. She didn’t ask either. Everyone had his or her own secrets anyway. She kept many secrets from Leng Shaoting too.

Before long, the right of land acquisition was settled.

That being the case, Shenghua Real Estate and Hongyun Real Estate became competitors. Gu Ning decided to close the deal before Hongyun Real Estate even knew about it.

She immediately called An Guangyao telling him about what she had done in City G, and told him to prepare the contract along with the lawyers and assistants before she called him again. If it was successful, he would have to fly to City G tomorrow morning to go through the procedures.

She had already prepared the money.

Hearing the news, An Guangyao was shocked by Gu Ning’s efficiency. Although her action was a little abrupt and lacked thorough consideration, An Guangyao had to admit that she had made the right decision.

Normally, a real estate company needed to make allowances not only for funds and workers, but also the land when it was going to build buildings.

Chapter 202: Leng Shaoting’s Properties

As long as you had enough funds, you could easily get adequate workers, but it wasn’t easy to acquire a good piece of land. At the same time, you had to have the permission of the government. Otherwise, you would not have the qualification to acquire a piece of land even with enough funds.

An Guangyao knew that Hongyun Real Estate was a powerful company with several billion yuan in assets. Therefore, even though he didn’t know whether Gu Ning had made the right decision, he trusted

Hongyun Real Estate’s choice. It had to be a profitable deal if Hongyun Real Estate wanted to settle it.

However, what worried An Guangyao was the funds to build the buildings. Shenghua Real Estate was barely afloat right now, and he had already taken out a loan from the bank. He couldn’t get a mortgage again.

Gu Ning also lacked enough funds to build the buildings, but she had no intention to cooperate with another real estate company, so she wouldn’t build the buildings in a hurry even if she acquired the land.

She planned to build the buildings after her vacation when she would go to Province Y for stone gambling to collect funds. However, she couldn’t tell An Guangyao her plan yet. She would have to introduce him to Zhou Zhenghong before An Guangyao found out about her outstanding ability at stone gambling. In that case, it wouldn’t confuse him if she suddenly had a large amount of money later.

An Guangyao thought that it wasn’t a completely secure deal, but he chose to believe Gu Ning. After he hung up, he immediately prepared the contract and informed the lawyer along with several reliable assistants. They were all as shocked as An Guangyao, but An Guangyao didn’t explain further, so they didn’t ask why.

Gu Ning received a call from Situ Ye later. Leng Shaoting’s face changed at once, but he didn’t stop Gu Ning. Gu Ning understood that Leng Shaoting wasn’t happy that she kept a close relationship with Situ Ye, but she had to answer the call. “Hi, how are you?”

“Great. Are you free tonight? May we dine together?” Situ Ye asked.

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was displeased. Gu Ning didn’t know what to say. She hadn’t even answered yet!

“I’m so sorry. I’m busy tonight. May we have the meal another day?” Gu Ning declined because of Leng Shaoting. However, it was unavoidable that she was going to have a meal with Situ Ye. He had done her a favor, and sent her a precious gift after all. She couldn’t play dumb.

“Fine, I’ll wait,” Situ Ye didn’t insist, but Leng Shaoting thought that Situ Ye was flirting with Gu Ning.

Men probably became sensitive when it came to a competition for love. Leng Shaoting knew nothing about romance before, but now he was able to sense any hint of threat.

Gu Ning, instead, didn’t think that Situ Ye had any special feelings towards her, so she seriously had no idea how to handle Leng Shaoting’s changing emotions.

“There’s nothing between us. Why did you suddenly became so upset when he called me?” Gu Ning asked resignedly.

“He is chasing you,” Leng Shaoting replied. He sounded like an unhappy child.

“That’s insane! The one who chased me isn’t him,” Gu Ning said. She didn’t realize that Leng Shaoting had misunderstood her until now.

“Then who did?” Leng Shaoting asked.

“I’ve already rejected him.” Gu Ning still didn’t tell Leng Shaoting who the one who chased her was.

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was finally relieved. He didn’t ask further, because Gu Ning had already rejected the person, and it was meaningless to know who he was now. However, Leng Shaoting still felt uneasy. He could sense that Situ Ye treated Gu Ning differently.

Leng Shaoting didn’t mention Situ Ye again, but he remained careful.

Ding Peiwei was active, and soon had a gathering with all the neighbors to discuss the deal offered by Gu Ning. Some believed it, while some had doubts. It sounded too good to be true.

Ding Peiwei told them that they could have the compensation in cash or by transfer on site once they signed the contract. Thus everyone agreed, although many of them still held suspicion. They would only feel safe after the deal was done.

Around 7 pm, Ding Peiwei called Gu Ning and told her that they had all agreed.

Gu Ning told him that she would come to acquire the land around 10:30 am tomorrow, and that they should prepare the documents beforehand. To allay Ding Peiwei’s concern, Gu Ning also told him that she had already gained the right of land acquisition.

Ding Peiwei was astonished. He didn’t expect that Gu Ning was so efficient. He even thought that she had prepared for it a long time ago, but no matter what, they only wanted a reasonable compensation.

With the affirmative answer from Ding Peiwei, Gu Ning called An Guangyao, telling him to leave for City G on the flight at 8:30 am tomorrow morning. She would pick him up in person.

When they signed the contract, it could be noisy and a mess. Gu Ning needed someone to keep the situation in order, and Leng Shaoting immediately took the job.

Gu Ning then found out that Leng Shaoting also had a corporation providing security services. It was called Shengshi Security Co. Ltd. and all the employees were retired soldiers. Moreover, there were two levels of security workers in Shengshi Security Co. Ltd.

One was a security officer, and the other was a bodyguard.

Common security officers were common retired soldiers, while bodyguards were retired Special Forces. The latter was much more expensive than the former.

Many retired soldiers couldn’t find a proper job, so Leng Shaoting thought that it was a good idea to establish a security company mainly hiring retired soldiers. However, unexpectedly, the company grew rapidly, and now had branches in every big city and province.

Shengshi Security Co. Ltd. was different from Qinghua Security Co. Ltd. which belonged to the Qing Gang.

The Qing Gang’s security company relied on its fame and quantity, but Leng Shaoting’s company was famous for its ability and quality. The examination in Shengshi Security Co. Ltd. was very strict. The company would test its employees regularly, and it was a high-end company.

Businessmen would turn to Qinghua Security Co. Ltd. while officials would choose Shengshi Security Co. Ltd. And except for the senior management in Shengshi Security Co. Ltd. nobody knew that Leng Shaoting was the real boss of it.

After the dinner with Leng Shaoting, Gu Ning told Leng Shaoting that she needed to deal with something personal, and told him to go rest. They would meet tomorrow.

Leng Shaoting respected Gu Ning as well as her privacy. So although he was curious, he didn’t ask her. He didn’t want to invade her privacy.

“Oh, wait a second.” Just when they were about to separate Leng Shaoting thought of something.

Chapter 203: Leng Shaoting’s Gift

“What?” Gu Ning asked.

Leng Shaoting took out a box, handing it to Gu Ning. “This is for you.”

“Again? You’ve already given me so many gifts today!” Gu Ning didn’t know what to do. Leng Shaoting must be on a gift giving spree right now.

“It’s different this time,” Leng Shaoting said.

Gu Ning took it, and opened it at once. However, the minute she saw what was inside, her eyes rounded in shock. “You…”

“You said that the pair of a dragon and a phoenix means eternal love.” Leng Shaoting fixed his eyes on Gu Ning with determination.

Gu Ning was deeply touched by Leng Shaoting again. Leng Shaoting bought the pair of pendants which were worth over ten million yuan just because it stood for good wishes of eternal love. He gave the phoenix pendant to her, and kept the dragon pendant with himself.

That gift was much more persuasive than sweet nothings.

Looking at Leng Shaoting, Gu Ning understood that she couldn’t make him wait any longer. He wouldn’t feel secure. Therefore, Gu Ning walked to Leng Shaoting, standing on her tiptoes to kiss his lips.

Leng Shaoting didn’t expect that Gu Ning would do that. When his lips met hers, his body tightened, and his mind went blank. It felt warm, and slightly wet, and the amazing feeling moved like lightning across his body. He felt like he was in heaven.

They were still in a restaurant, so Gu Ning’s lips only stayed on his for a few seconds. Seeing that Leng Shaoting was struck dumb, Gu Ning felt like laughing, but she felt shy too.

“That’s my answer,” Gu Ning said before she escaped away. Leng Shaoting didn’t get his mind back until she was gone.

Although his face was flushed because of the abrupt kiss, and his heart was pumping fast, he was thrilled. She kissed him as the answer, which meant that she said yes to him.

Even after she had run far from the restaurant, Gu Ning still blushed scarlet. She then went to change her outfit and ended up looking like a mature woman. She headed to Yongle Club afterwards.

Yongle Club was a high-end entertainment place in City G. Guests here were either the rich or the authorities, because common people couldn’t afford the bill.

Gu Ning arrived at Yongle Club at 9 pm. She had no idea whether Li Zhenzhen was here or not, but she knew the number of the private room, so she walked straight to it using her Jade Eyes to see whether Li Zhenzhen was inside.

The private room was dimly lit. There was soft music playing in a medium volume. Gu Ning noticed that Su Jing and her boyfriend along with another man were already sitting in it.

Su Jing stood up, walking into the washroom. Meanwhile, Lin Wencong, Su Jing’s boyfriend, immediately took out a small paper packet, handing it to the other man. “Even if you can’t win Lin Zhenzhen’s heart, you can have her body first. Take a video of it. She wouldn’t dare to sue you.”

Yuan Sen, who was the one that Su Jing had mentioned earlier today, wore an evil expression. “I know that she won’t agree to be my woman anyway. And I also know that you’re interested in her too. Why don’t we play together later?”

“If you just want to play with her, of course I’m willing to.” Lin Wencong wore a greedy expression too. Indeed, he had always wanted to sleep with Li Zhenzhen.

The music wasn’t loud inside, so Gu Ning heard most of their talk with her acute hearing.

After hearing their scheme, Gu Ning was satisfied. She had actually had the same idea to pay Li Zhenzhen back, but unexpectedly, someone did it for her now. Gu Ning decided to be an onlooker. If their scheme didn’t work well, she would then help.

She ordered a room adjacent to this one, drinking a glass of red wine, waiting for what was going to happen next.

Li Zhenzhen arrived soon after Gu Ning sat in the near private room. In fact, Li Zhenzhen was unwilling to come, but Qin Yifan ignored her all day. She wanted to relax by drinking.

The four drank while chatting. Neither Lin Wencong nor Yuan Sen showed any hint of misbehavior. They were like good friends, gathering together in harmony.

Leng Shaoting went back to his room in the hotel. He couldn’t help thinking about the kiss. It was like a dream come true.

When Su Jing and Li Zhenzhen were a little drunk, Yuan Sen and Lin Wencong secretly put the drug into their glasses of wine, and let them drink it. Before long, Su Jing and Li Zhenzhen were unconscious.

Yuan Sen and Lin Wencong pushed them a little to check whether they had really lost consciousness. Seeing that they didn’t move at all, Yuan Sen climbed onto Li Zhenzhen without delay, like a hungry wolf. He crazily kissed her face, and his hands were moving violently across her body. He was already turned on. However, within a few seconds, Lin Wencong stopped him. “Why are you rushing? We could be discovered here, so we better leave now.”

Although Yuan Sen was reluctant to remove his hands, he knew that it wasn’t the right place. Thus Lin Wencong and Yuan Sen laid Su Jing and Li Zhenzhen on their backs respectively, and left.

Gu Ning immediately stood up following them.

They came here often, and were familiar with the waiters here. All the workers knew that they were friends, so no one stopped them. Everyone thought that Su Jing and Li Zhenzhen were simply drunk.

Lin Wencong and Yuan Sen carried Su Jing and Li Zhenzhen to the parking lot, driving away.

Gu Ning immediately got into a taxi and told the driver to follow their car.

“Miss, why do you want to follow the car?” the driver asked. He didn’t want to be involved in any trouble.

Facing the driver’s concern, Gu Ning pretended that she was heartbroken, saying in anger, “My fiancé cheated on me, and I need to get pictures as proof to leave him!”

Gu Ning acted well, and the driver immediately believed her.

He sped up, following the car without hesitation, and even comforted Gu Ning. “Miss, I don’t think it’s a bad thing that you found out about it before you got married. You can dump him now that you found out that he’s dishonest. If he did it in your marriage after you had children, you would be in a painful dilemma.”

Chapter 204: Li Zhenzhen’s Nightmare I

The taxi followed Lin Wencong’s car closely. To Gu Ning’s astonishment, they drove to Clean Water Blue Sky. There were so many coincidences today!

Gu Ning was of course happy to know that. It saved her a lot of trouble.

Their car went into Clean Water Blue Sky. Gu Ning immediately got out of the taxi, striding into Clean Water Blue Sky.

Seeing that Gu Ning used a key to open the gate, the taxi driver couldn’t help thinking to himself that her fiancé must be a terrible man who even brought his mistress back home. As a man, the taxi driver was sometimes also sexually excited by other women, but he had never done anything to hurt his family. He was a man of principles.

Gu Ning followed them along to the villas in the middle of Clean Water Blue Sky.

There was a circle of tall buildings at the outer edge of Clean Water Blue Sky with around 20 villas in the middle. Lin Wencong’s car stopped in the garage on the first floor of the No. 08 villa before they carried Su Jing and Li Zhenzhen inside.

Gu Ning avoided the surveillance cameras and slid inside. She used her Jade Eyes, seeing that Lin Wencong put Su Jing on a sofa in the living room before he followed Yuan Sen, who had Li Zhenzhen on his back, to the upstairs master bedroom.

Gu Ning checked the position of the master bedroom, then climbed onto its balcony.

Lin Wencong and Yuan Sen had no idea that someone was monitoring their behavior. They even didn’t bother to close the curtains.

“Make her take this. It’ll be funnier.” Lin Wencong took out another packet, handing it to Yuan Sen.

Yuan Sen smirked. He knew what it was without asking. He took it and went to put it in water, while Lin Wencong set up the camera.

Before long, Yuan Sen came back and forced Li Zhenzhen who was still unconscious to drink the water. Li Zhenzhen soon reacted. She felt like she had caught a fever and her body was so hot, she kept tearing at her clothing…

Yuan Sen couldn’t wait for a second longer, jumping onto Li Zhenzhen’s body, followed by Lin Wencong. They started to have a sexual threesome.

Gu Ning waited aside after her camera was set up. She didn’t watch them doing it with her own eyes. It would be very shameful for her to do that. Even their moans of sexual pleasure embarrassed Gu Ning to a great extent. She couldn’t bear it.

Yuan Sen’s movements were violent without any kindness. However…

“Su Jing told me that Li Zhenzhen has liked the man called Qin Yifan since she was a girl, and I thought that Li Zhenzhen would stay a virgin for the man! Unexpectedly, she is afraid of loneliness too!” Yuan Sen said in a sarcastic way. He was slightly disappointed that Li Zhenzhen wasn’t a virgin, but he didn’t care about it too much. Li Zhenzhen wasn’t a girl after all. She was in her mid-twenties, and it was common that she had some sexual experience.

“Li Zhenzhen stayed abroad for a few years. No one knows how many men she had. Hey, is it loose? I heard that foreigners’ d*cks are large,” Lin Wencong joked while he was brutally rubbing Li Zhenzhen’s boobs.

“Mine isn’t small though!” Yuan Sen said.

Gu Ning didn’t want to hear them talking any longer. She packed up her camera, leaving a bug there and left. A video of several minutes was enough, and she left the bug to record what would happen next.

With the help of her telepathic eye space, she had put away many useful tools, like a camera, bug, knife, gun, laptop and so forth.

Gu Ning had the video in her hands, but didn’t plan to expose it. Instead, she wanted to wait and see how they would get revenge on each other.

After what had happened tonight, Gu Ning didn’t bother to deal with Li Zhenzhen personally.

Li Zhenzhen either had to yield under the threat from Lin Wencong and Yuan Sen and keep having such an amoral sexual relationship with them both, or she sued them, but had to be known as a victim of rape from now on. Besides, it wouldn’t be easy to sue the two men.

It wasn’t rare that women had sexual experience before she get married nowadays, but a sexual threesome was totally different. It was a scandal and a shame that she could never get rid of because of the video. No matter what happened next, Li Zhenzhen was doomed to live a hard life in the future.

Gu Ning still felt disgusted after she went back to her apartment, because she could hear the moans and their talk through her earphones along the way.

“Why don’t we get Su Jing up here too? You don’t care for her anyway,” Yuan Sen said. As a close friend of Lin Wencong, he knew it clearly. True love was merely a fart in their eyes. They only played around, and abandoned whoever they had slept with.

“Ha-ha, no problem. I’ve already had enough, and have wanted to change to a new woman for a long time,” Lin Wencong said airily.

He wasn’t as loyal as he seemed. While he was with Su Jing, he kept having sexual relationship with other women as always, but he was skillful at hiding and lying, so Su Jing had no idea what he was doing behind her back. She even believed that he was deeply in love with her. In fact, there was no reliable rich heir at all!

Within minutes, Gu Ning heard the moans of four people. Her stomach was turning, but she had to keep listening to know what happened next.

Gu Ning sent a message to Leng Shaoting the minute she got back. She told him that she had just finished her business.

Leng Shaoting replied in a second. That’s good to know.

He must have been holding his phone, waiting for her message through the night.

Indeed, Leng Shaoting was holding his phone in his hands, waiting for Gu Ning’s message or call. Gu Ning had told him that she was going to deal with something, so he didn’t dare to bother her. In addition, he still had no idea how to face her after the kiss.

When it was almost 12 am, they stopped texting each other, and agreed to meet tomorrow, but Leng Shaoting stayed awake the whole night yet again.

Lin Wencong and Yuan Sen also finished around 1 am. Gu Ning had to admit that they were really full of energy.

The next day, Gu Ning went back to her apartment after her morning run. She put on the earphones connected to the bug before changing her clothes.

In the villa.

In a big bedroom, there was a mess apparently left by the previous night’s violent sex.

Chapter 205: Li Zhenzhen’s Nightmare II

When Li Zhenzhen finally opened her eyes, she was still dazed and in great pain. Her sight gradually became clear, but when she recognized the faces in front of her eyes, she trembled in shock. She checked herself, but only found out she was almost bare in the air, black and blue. Li Zhenzhen was stunned.

What has happened? What has happened? What has happened? What the hell has happened?

Seconds later, Li Zhenzhen screamed in horror. She sat up abruptly, realizing what had happened to her.

Why? How is it possible!

Li Zhenzhen’s scream woke everybody else in the bed. Lin Wencong and Yuan Sen seemed calm, but Su Jing was as stunned as Li Zhenzhen. If there were only Lin Wencong and her in the bed, it would be normal, but why were Li Zhenzhen and Yuan Sen in bed too?

Did we…? A terrible truth dawned on Su Jing. No, no, it’s impossible ! Su Jing kept persuading herself that it wasn’t true.

“What the hell happened?” Li Zhenzhen questioned in anger. She almost wanted to kill them.

“What else do you think happened? We were all drunk last night, so we had sex together,” Yuan Sen said airily, like it was par for the course. Indeed, it was par for the course to him. Normally, he would spend some money or say some sweet nothings to get laid, but facing Li Zhenzhen, he had to use special skills.

“I was not drunk at all! Did you drug us?” Li Zhenzhen glared at Yuan Sen, questioning him. She wasn’t dumb and knew how much she could drink. She had been a little dizzy last night, but not drunk. The only possibility was that she had been drugged.

Li Zhenzhen knew that Yuan Sen was a playboy who quickly changed the women beside him without second thought. It was common for him to drug a woman to get laid.

Yuan Sen had chased her for a long time, but she didn’t accept hm, so he had probably drugged her due to anger.

Li Zhenzhen knew it clearly.

“What? We were drugged?” At that time, Su Jing finally realized what had happened. She looked at Lin Wencong, questioning him, “What the hell is going on here?”

Lin Wencong and Yuan Sen even didn’t bother to hide the truth, so they admitted. “Right, we did drug your drinks last night, and we all made love in a four…”

“You asshole!” Li Zhenzhen raised her hand to slap Yuan Sen, but was stopped and seized by him before her hand could fall on his face.

Yuan Sen looked at Li Zhenzhen with disdain, sneering, “Do you want to hit me?”

“Lin Wencong, why did you do that?” Su Jing asked in pain and anger.

“Su Jing, did you really think that I was in love with you? You’re merely a not poor girl from a barely rich family. It was your illusion that you could marry me. If you weren’t sexy and good in bed, I would have dumped you already. However, I’ve already had enough, and it’s time to change to a new girl. If you want to stay by my side. Um… I would need to think about it,” Lin Wencong sneered. He looked at Su Jing like she was a replaceable toy.

“You…” Su Jing was annoyed and burst into tears. She thought that she had found her true love. She thought that Lin Wencong loved her deeply just like she loved him. To her astonishment, she was just a sexy toy to him.

“Yuan Sen, I’ll sue you!” Li Zhenzhen roared in anger.

“Very well! Sue me now! However, if you dare to sue us, I’ll upload the video of our violent love-making foursome to the Internet. You’ll be famous by then,” Yuan Sen threatened. He didn’t seem scared at all.

“What? You took a video?”

Hearing that, both Li Zhenzhen and Su Jing were irritated as well as shocked.

“Yes, we took a video of it. Li Zhenzhen, if you keep playing with us, we can keep it a secret, and you may keep chasing Qin Yifan. Even if you can marry him in the future, we won’t be involved at all. However, if you want to ruin your reputation, sue us as you like. And let me tell you, I have the video as proof. You two don’t seem forced in the video!” Yuan Sen sneered. He wasn’t afraid of Li Zhenzhen suing them.

“You…” Li Zhenzhen and Su Jing had no idea what to do now. Li Zhenzhen burst into tears all of a sudden.

“Lin Wencong, why? Why did you do this to me? If you didn’t like me, you could ignore me, but why did you have to play with me?” Su Jing almost had a breakdown. It was so painful to be betrayed and hurt by someone you loved.

“I won’t reject a woman who chases me,” Lin Wencong said. He didn’t care that Su Jing was in pain now.

Indeed, Su Jing had chased Lin Wencong on her own initiative. Although she had treated him seriously, she had made a wrong choice. She was doomed to lose before such an adept playboy.

Knowing that Li Zhenzhen was stuck in her nightmare, Gu Ning was in a good mood.

At 8 am, An Guangyao called Gu Ning, and told her that they were already at the airport. There were eight of them in all, including himself, a lawyer and a financial worker.

Gu Ning immediately called Ding Peiwei. Ding Peiwei told her that everything was going well, and that they were waiting for them.

After receiving Gu Ning’s call, Ding Peiwei felt that it was becoming more of a reality now. And his neighbors all relaxed, but the deal wasn’t settled yet, so they didn’t feel completely safe.

Then Gu Ning called Leng Shaoting around 9 am and they headed to the airport together.

Chapter 206: Land Acquisition II

Seeing Gu Ning, Leng Shaoting was still a little nervous. Gu Ning actually had the same feeling. Thus Leng Shaoting immediately changed the topic, “The bank has already prepared the cash. You can go and get it. Security guards and government workers will be arriving at 10:30 am.”

“Thanks, you’ve helped me a lot,” Gu Ning said. She sincerely appreciated Leng Shaoting for what he had done for her.

“You don’t need to thank me,” Leng Shaoting said.

“Aren’t you afraid that I’ll completely rely on you if you keep doing everything for me,” Gu Ning joked.

“As long as you want, and as long as I am able to, I’m willing to give you my everything,” Leng Shaoting said with sincerity.

“Well, I hope you won’t regret it.”

While Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were on their way to the airport, Li Zhenzhen and Su Jing were already passed out after a seemingly endless sexual assault by Yuan Sen and Lin Wencong. They took many photos this time as well.

When Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting arrived at the airport, the plane would be landing after a few minutes. Gu Ning let Leng Shaoting wait in the car and she went to fetch An Guangyao and others.

An Guangyao and the others arrived at City G. He along with the lawyer, Li Zewen, got into Leng Shaoting’s car, and the rest took another MPV.

Both An Guangyao and Li Zewen were surprised by Leng Shaoting’s outstanding appearance and air of coldness.

Gu Ning introduced An Guangyao, Li Zewen and Leng Shaoting to each other, before she began to tell An Guangyao about the land acquisition in detail.

Forty minutes later at 10:20 am, they arrived at Zhengyang Street.

The appointed place was the middle square in Zhengyang Street. All the neighbors were already waiting for them with anxiety and excitement. Shengshi Security Co. Ltd. sent 20 normal security guards, who had arrived at Zhengyang Street at 10:10 am. However, they didn’t enter until their employer came.

Leng Shaoting gave Gu Ning the number of the security leader, and she called the security leader the minute they arrived. They met each other for the first time just before their cars drove inside.

Gu Ning’s group arrived in a Porsche, and three MPVs.

Gu Ning called Ding Peiwei while they were at the entrance of the street. Ding Peiwei also told his neighbors that the representative of the new real estate company was coming. Unexpectedly, four cars arrived at the same times.

They were shocked that almost 30 people came to settle the deal. The group consisted of too many people in different positions. All the neighbors couldn’t help feeling nervous. Are they going to use violence?

Ding Peiwei also panicked a little. He didn’t know Gu Ning very well after all, and had no idea why she gathered so many people to be here. However, he stayed calm. It was too early to jump to conclusions. Therefore, Ding Peiwei welcomed Gu Ning with a broad smile. “Miss Gu, it’s so nice to meet you all!”

“Nice to meet you too, Mr. Ding! This is the chairman of Shenghua Real Estate, An Guangyao. He’s responsible for this land acquisition,” Gu Ning introduced An Guangyao to Ding Peiwei.

“Nice to meet you, Chairman An,” Ding Peiwei greeted An Guangyao, reaching out his hand to him.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Ding.” An Guangyao shook hands with Ding Peiwei.

Meanwhile, another three private cars arrived. The neighbors living in Zhengyang Street were even more nervous now, but Gu Ning knew that they were just government workers.

The three cars stopped behind the MPVs.

Ding Peiwei was astonished when he recognized the people getting out of the cars. The leading men were the secretaries of the Housing Authority and Land and Resources Bureau!

The two secretaries must be arriving here on behalf of the two directors of the Housing Authority and Land and Resources Bureau! And the rest were all their assistants.

Ding Peiwei walked to them at once. “It’s so nice to meet you, Secretary Chang and Secretary Gao!”

Facing Ding Peiwei, the two only nodded slightly, but they behaved kindly and didn’t seem arrogant at all.

The two were often shown in the news conferences, so many people living in the Zhengyang Street were familiar with their faces.

“It’s him!”

“Yes! I’ve seen him on TV!”

“They’re the secretaries of the Housing Authority and Land and Resources Bureau. Jesus! They came in person!”

“I think that they are seriously going to acquire this land.”

…

An Guangyao and Gu Ning were both astonished as well. They didn’t expect that such important figures would arrive too.

Gu Ning didn’t know whom the government would send, so she had only told An Guangyao that the government would help them. To Gu Ning’s surprise, the secretaries of the Housing Authority and Land and Resources Bureau came. She had thought that the government would only send a random office leader to be here.

Gu Ning gave An Guangyao a glance to remind him to welcome the secretaries. He was in charge of this deal after all. An Guangyao then immediately walked to the two secretaries.

“It’s my honor to meet you here, Secretary Chang and Secretary Gao! I’m the chairman of Shenghua Real Estate, An Guangyao,” An Guangyao said to them.

“Nice to meet you too,” Secretary Chang said with politeness.

As the Secretary of the Housing Authority, he understood that a person in a position higher than the director demanded this land acquisition. The Shenghua Real Estate had a greater support from the government, so he had to be polite and careful.

He also knew that this deal was of great help to the development of the new city. And Hongyun Real Estate’s behavior had already annoyed the citizens living in this street. However, Shenghua Real Estate was willing to acquire this land at a reasonable price, which those citizens agreed on. All they needed to do now was to go through the procedure.

Then, they started to sign the contracts.

The citizens were divided into three groups according to house number.

In the beginning, it was chaos, but with the help of the security guards, it was soon in good working order.

The compensation was decided by the living space on the Premises Permit.

Chapter 207: Land Acquisition III

Workers from the Housing Authority would also check the documents that they brought here with them.

The foundation was twenty thousand yuan, and the building area was ten thousand yuan per square meter. Self-built houses had the right of foundation property, while that of the tall buildings naturally belonged to the state. Therefore, Gu Ning had to buy the right of foundation property from the government later.

In the beginning, many thought that they should be paid in cash, but now all agreed to be paid by transfer. It wasn’t safe to carry millions of yuan in cash after all. Some also wanted a house as compensation.

The house price was eight thousand yuan per square meter in this area. If one wanted to use the compensation to buy a house, he could have a 20% discount of the actual house price. A 20% discount could save a lot of money, so many were willing to buy a house with the compensation. Moreover, some used the major living space of their place to exchange for a house, and used the rest of the living space to exchange for money.

Every house owner was handed a piece of contract to read first. If they had any questions, they could ask now. If they didn’t, they could sign the contract right away and get the compensation.

Every piece of contract had two copies. An Guangyao and the others had worked for a long time to prepare over a thousand copies of the contract. Thus they could finish the paperwork efficiently today.

While they were busy signing contracts, Hongyun Real Estate heard the news that Shenghua Real Estate from City F had also gotten the right of land acquisition in Zhengyang Street. Fang Changsheng, the chairman of Hongyun Real Estate, panicked and immediately asked for details.

The chief of the Development Section of Land and Resources Bureau told Fang Changsheng the news. The two maintained a close relationship, so the chief called Fang Changsheng the minute he heard the news. However, the chief didn’t know the details either, and it happened too fast. They had heard nothing about it yesterday, but Shenghua Real Estate got the permission within a day like lightning.

Fang Changsheng didn’t ask further, but called Liu Shikun who was the vice director at once.

Liu Shikun knew nothing about it either. He wouldn’t have known about it if Fang Changsheng didn’t call him. After that, he called the vice director of Land and Resources Bureau without delay.

The vice director of Land and Resources Bureau told him that the government had already permitted it, and that the land acquisition was ongoing now.

Liu Shikun had mixed emotions. He failed to figure out the connection between Shenghua Real Estate from City F and the government of City G. Liu Shikun called Fang Changsheng back, asking him in anger, “You had the right of land acquisition for so many days. How come you haven’t successfully acquired the land yet?”

Fang Changsheng replied resignedly, “Those citizens thought that our compensation isn’t enough. They weren’t willing to sell the land to us.”

“You could have added to the compensation! It’s a profitable deal after all. Shenghua Real Estate is already at the Zhengyang Street now. If you still want this land, go and grab it from them!” Liu Shikun snapped.

He had arranged the deal for Fang Changsheng, and he could gain a large amount of money from it too, so he hated to see Hongyun Real Estate lose it. They intentionally provided a low compensation in order to make a fortune from the deal, but in fact, even if they paid a regular compensation, they could still make a lot. Nobody wanted to miss this great chance of making money. Therefore, they were willing to raise the compensation if needed.

To their surprise, Shenghua Real Estate had already made an agreement with the citizens living in Zhengyang Street, and they were signing the contracts today. Fang Changsheng was also shocked that the government of City G supported Shenghua Real Estate.

However, Shenghua Real Estate only had seven hundred million yuan in assets. It also had an ongoing project, so its funds weren’t comparable to Hongyun Real Estate.

“I’ll send people there at once.” Fang Changsheng knew the benefits of the deal, so he naturally wouldn’t let it go.

During the lunch time, Gu Ning bought many lunchboxes from a nearby fancy restaurant handing them out to the workers. And the citizens who were still at the back of the lines would eat at home. It took time to sign the contract anyway.

However, at the same time, another three private cars arrived one by one, and attracted a lot of attention.

Many citizens changed their expressions when they recognized the people getting out of the cars. The man leading them was Fang Changsheng’s secretary, whose name was Sun Kai.

He was followed by Zhang Guangde, who was the leader of this area.

Seeing Zhang Guangde, Gu Ning knew that the newcomers must be people from Hongyun Real Estate. They had to be here to compete with them.

No businessman would tolerate the fact that someone grabbed a deal away at the last second, but it was meaningless for them to show up now, because Zhengyang Street had already been bought by Shenghua Real Estate.

Hongyun Real Estate had almost settled the deal, but hadn’t settled it yet. It was a common business competition between Hongyun Real Estate and Shenghua Real Estate.

If Hongyun Real Estate had already settled the deal, Gu Ning wouldn’t have grabbed it from them. It wouldn’t have been legal either.

“They’re from Hongyun Real Estate! Why are they here?”

“Do they want to compete for this land?”

“I’m afraid so…”

Everyone started to discuss Hongyun Real Estate with hatred. Hongyun Real Estate had planned to acquire their land at a low price, so they had no positive comments towards it.

The people from Hongyun Real Estate were all shocked by the scene before their eyes. They didn’t expect that Shenghua Real Estate was so efficient that the citizens were already signing the contract.

“What-what are you doing? How can you sign the contract right now?” Zhang Guangde was mad. If Shenghua Real Estate won this competition, he couldn’t get benefits from Hongyun Real Estate either.

Zhang Guangde slightly blamed Hongyun Real Estate because they had given a too low compensation. If they had provided a reasonable price, the citizens wouldn’t have resisted. In that case, he could have smoothly gotten his share from the deal, but now, everything was gone.

“Hongyun Real Estate wouldn’t give us a reasonable price, but other company will!” Ding Peiwei sneered. He was more than happy to see Zhang Guangde being so mad.

“Exactly, Shenghua Real Estate’s acquiring price is much higher than yours. Only idiots would sell this land to Hongyun Real Estate!” another citizen agreed.

Chapter 208: They Won’t Give up

“We can discuss it!” Sun Kai said, although he knew that it was too late to say that.

“Bullshit! We protested for several days, but you weren’t willing to raise the price. You simply wanted to snatch this land from us because no other real estate companies dared to compete with you due to your network in the government. Now Shenghua Real Estate is willing to give us a reasonable price, and you come here wanting to discuss with us? No way!”

“They only want benefits!”

“Agree!”

Sun Kai knew that Shenghua Real Estate must have the government support, so he didn’t waste time arguing, but left afterwards.

If Shenghua Real Estate hadn’t already signed the contracts with the citizens, they could compete for it, but now it was too late to do so.

Although the people from Hongyun Real Estate left now, Gu Ning understood that they wouldn’t give up easily. They didn’t dare to cause them trouble in public, but they would probably try to hurt them secretly.

Gu Ning was sure now that they would come back. Nevertheless, she wasn’t afraid of them. She wasn’t a naive girl to be trifled with.

Nobody thought that the people from Hongyun Real Estate would leave so quickly. Everyone thought that they would cause some trouble before leaving.

Sun Kai called Fang Changsheng the minute he was in the car.

“Boss, Shenghua Real Estate has already signed the contracts with the citizens,” Sun Kai said.

“What? How could they be so quick?” Fang Changsheng jumped up from his chair in anger. He couldn’t believe it. Shenghua Real Estate had settled the deal like lightning! They hadn’t gotten the right of land acquisition until yesterday, but they had persuaded all the citizens living in the Zhengyang Street this morning.

“I don’t know the details, but they are truly signing the contracts, and I had to leave.” Sun Kai sighed. Hongyun Real Estate lost a lot this time.

“Damn the Shenghua Real Estate! How dare they act against me! I’ll make them pay for it!” Fang Changsheng was in a rage. He hated Shenghua Real Estate to death now, and he wouldn’t give it up. Since Fang Changsheng failed to get the land, he planned to prevent Shenghua Real Estate from having it.

Li Zhenzhen and Su Jing didn’t wake up until 2 pm. Yuan Sen and Lin Wencong had already prepared lunch for them. Lin Wencong and Yuan Sen only wanted to have sex with them, and had no intention to abuse them, except in bed.

“Have the meal first! Then you can take a shower before we go back,” Yuan Sen said to them.

Li Zhenzhen and Su Jing glared at them, but didn’t dare to resist, because they weren’t able to do so. Thus they had to follow his order. After that, Lin Wencong and Yuan Sen sent them back.

On the way, Lin Wencong warned them, “You two better keep it quiet, or you’ll be the only people who will be punished. As long as you play with us these days, we’ll let you go once we lose interest.”

At that time, Li Zhenzhen’s family wasn’t at home. There was only a housemaid in the house.

“Are you alright?” the housemaid asked Li Zhenzhen with care, seeing that she looked so exhausted.

“I’m fine. I’m just a little tired. I need some sleep. Please don’t bother me for dinner,” Li Zhenzhen said to the housemaid in a low voice while she tried to curb her mental breakdown.

Luckily, it was winter, and she was wearing many layers of clothes. Otherwise, the housemaid would have found out about the injuries around her body.

“Sure,” the housemaid answered.

Li Zhenzhen went upstairs, hiding herself in her room. She locked the door, and collapsed on the bed crying in pain, but not aloud. She had wanted to die when she had woken up after the sexual assault, but now she changed her mind. She wouldn’t let them get away with it easily. She set herself to get revenge. Since she couldn’t sue them, she would hire professional killers to kill them.

At Zhengyang Street, they didn’t finish signing the contracts until 5 pm. Shenghua Real Estate wouldn’t be building buildings on this land soon, so the citizens had a month to find new houses.

After this Sunday, the final exams were only a month away. Gu Ning planned to leave for Province Y to collect money during the winter vacation.

“Do you need me to help support you financially?” Leng Shaoting asked Gu Ning.

“It needs hundreds of millions of yuan! Aren’t you afraid that I can’t pay you back if you lend me the money?” Gu Ning asked.

“I don’t need you to pay me back,” Leng Shaoting said seriously. He already treated Gu Ning like his family.

“Ha-ha, it seems like I’m already married into a super-rich family,” Gu Ning joked. “However, I can handle it myself, thanks.”

“Well, if you need something, just tell me,” Leng Shaoting said, respecting Gu Ning’s decision.

“Sure,” Gu Ning replied.

Gu Ning told Zhou Zhenghong to order two large private rooms in the Huangdeng Hotel. An Guangyao invited the two secretaries and other government workers to dine together, but was declined. An Guangyao knew that they had their own concerns, so he didn’t insist. And the security guards all went back to their company after the day’s task, so only the staff of Shenghua Real Estate went to the Huangdeng Hotel.

Gu Ning couldn’t fly back to City F today so she called Gu Man as well as Zhang Qiuhua and asked for a leave again.

Zhang Qiuhua was displeased when Gu Ning said that she would be absent from classes again. She wanted to criticize Gu Ning, but Gu Ning promised that it wouldn’t affect her studying, so Zhang Qiuhua compromised.

They arrived at Huangdeng Hotel around 6 pm. Zhou Zhenghong was already waiting for them.

Gu Ning arranged the staff of Shenghua Real Estate in a private room, and An Guangyao and Li Zewen followed Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting, walking into another private room where Zhou Zhenghong was.

Gu Ning planned to introduce An Guangyao to Zhou Zhenghong, but she still didn’t want others to know that she was the real boss, so they had to dine in different rooms.

Zhou Zhenghong knew that Gu Ning was going to invite her friends to eat together, but he didn’t know whether Gu Ning had told them about their relationship, so he simply greeted them when they came inside. “Hi, nice to meet you all.”

“Uncle Zhou, let me introduce you. This is the chairman of Shenghua Real Estate, An Guangyao. And this is its lawyer Li Zewen,” Gu Ning said to Zhou Zhenghong, then she turned to An Guangyao and Li Zewen. “Uncle An, Uncle Li, this is the chairman of Jade Beauty Jewelry in City G, Zhou Zhenghong.”

Chapter 209: Great Admiration

“It’s so nice to meet you!”

An Guangyao shook hands with Zhou Zhenghong.

However, Li Zewen was surprised. “What? You’re the Chairman Zhou of Jade Beauty Jewelry? It’s so nice to meet you! I read the news about your opening ceremony on the Internet. It was a sensation!”

An Guangyao knew nothing about it, so he didn’t have any special feelings.

“Thanks!” Zhou Zhenghong said.

“Alright, please have a seat, you all. I let you meet today to tell you that Shenghua Real Estate and Jade Beauty Jewelry belong to the same group,” Gu Ning said.

“What?”

Zhou Zhenghong, An Guangyao and Li Zewen were all astonished, looking to Gu Ning.

The two companies belong to the same group? If Shenghua Real Estate and Jade Beauty Jewelry belong to the same group, she had to be the owner of those two companies!

If Gu Ning hadn’t emphasized those two companies, they probably wouldn’t have had an idea, but Gu Ning did emphasize them.

They were confused.

Seeing that, Gu Ning smiled and said with certainty, “Like what’s in your mind now, I am the owner of both Shenghua Real Estate and Jade Beauty Jewelry.”

The three men couldn’t help taking in a long breath. They were shocked by the news. After a while, they understood it.

An Guangyao and Li Zewen thought that it was possible that Gu Ning was able to open Jade Beauty Jewelry since she had the funds to acquire Shenghua Real Estate. Zhou Zhenghong had the same idea. It wasn’t impossible that Gu Ning was able to acquire Shenghua Real Estate since she had enough capital to open Jade Beauty Jewelry.

However, she was so young, which was unbelievable!

After Gu Ning’s explanation, An Guangyao and Li Zewen then found out that she had a special skill for stone gambling, and that she had gained all her capital by it.

An Guangyao and Li Zewen were shocked again.

Stone gambling was a high-risk activity. It was much harder to make money than normal gambling. Even the gods couldn’t make an accurate judgment, but Gu Ning became a billionaire by stone gambling. It was so incredible!

An Guangyao and Li Zewen now couldn’t admire Gu Ning more.

“Boss, do you have any more shocking news?” An Guangyao joked. He now believed that Gu Ning must be an extraordinary human being.

“Of course, and you’ll know about it in the future,” Gu Ning replied, half joking. She absolutely could do more than that.

“It seems like we better be mentally prepared for the coming shock!” Zhou Zhenghong joked as well.

They all enjoyed this gathering, except Leng Shaoting who was always silent.

Leng Shaoting’s phone vibrated all of a sudden. He told Gu Ning that he needed to answer the call before he went out. Before long, Leng Shaoting came back. He stared at Gu Ning with affection, but said with determination, “I’m sorry, but I have to leave right away for a task.”

“What?” It was so abrupt that Gu Ning was reluctant to let him go, but she also understood that ad hoc assignments happened often. “Is it an emergency? Do you have time to eat first?”

“I don’t think that I have time to eat right now. I’ll come to you once it’s done,” Leng Shaoting answered.

“Sure, let me walk you out,” Gu Ning said.

Hearing that Leng Shaoting was leaving, An Guangyao and the others all wished him good luck.

Gu Ning walked Leng Shaoting to the parking lot. She reminded him to be careful. At the same time, Leng Shaoting suddenly bent to place a kiss on Gu Ning’s lips. Although he still felt shy because of the last kiss, he loved the feeling of it, which made him want it more. Since they were going to be apart, only a kiss could alleviate the love-sickness.

“I’ll be back by your side,” Leng Shaoting promised. Gu Ning then watched the man disappear from her sight.

She felt so lost when he was gone. However, it was unavoidable that they both had to work and would be apart once in a while.

When Gu Ning went back to the private room, the dishes were already on the table.

The rest of the people around the table were all curious about Leng Shaoting’s identity, but no one asked. None of them liked drinking, so they didn’t drink at all. During the meal, they kept discussing.

“Uncle An, I plan to build an office building outside of the living area on Zhengyang Street. It doesn’t need to be very big, 300 square meters with five or six stories will be enough. It’ll be the branch of our group and the office building of Shenghua Real Estate as well as Jade Beauty Jewelry in City G. I’ve already made up my mind to set the headquarters in the capital, because I’m going to apply at the Capital University. I also plan to live there afterwards. I’ll leave for the capital to see whether there is a suitable office building on sale or appropriate foundation to build one this vacation. The name will be the Shengning Group. I decided to run the real estate and jewelry business across this country. There will only be branches in City F and City G. In addition, I’ll also be involved in other industries in the future, including entertainment,” Gu Ning said to them.

The reason why Gu Ning aimed at the real estate and entertainment industry was that the Tang Family was mainly involved in those two industries.

Hearing Gu Ning’s blueprint, the three of them all rounded their eyes in shock. If another teenage girl said that to them, they probably would think that she must be crazy or naïve, but the girl was Gu Ning, they instead believed that she was more determined than ambitious. And no one doubted her ability.

It was the truth! She seemed to be an ordinary high school student, but owned a real estate company with around seven hundred million yuan in assets and a jewelry company with several hundred million yuan in assets; all within a month! And the value of the jewelry company’s assets wasn’t less than that of the real estate company. Currently, she had over a billion yuan in assets!

Moreover, when her jewelry store opened, most of the important figures in City G attended its opening ceremony. Actually, no one dared to question her ability.

Although it was much harder to run a business in the capital than in City F and City G, it didn’t mean that Gu Ning couldn’t make it. They could be concerned about the future of the group, but they should encourage Gu Ning more to conquer any problems ahead. They belonged to the same group after all.

“Uncle An, if you’re free, please send some people to inspect the sources concerning real estate in the capital. If there is any suitable land, you may bid for it. You don’t need to worry about the money. I’ll leave for Province Y to collect enough funds by stone gambling during this vacation,” Gu Ning said.

Chapter 210: This Isn’t Your Place

The house price in the capital was nothing like that in any other first-tier cities. It was around twenty thousand yuan per square meter in the suburb, and it could be dozens of thousand yuan per square meter near the downtown.

In a normal city, a land the size of seventy thousand square meters was worth lower than a hundred million yuan, but in the capital, it was worth several hundred million yuan. In a normal city, a businessman could use around a hundred million yuan to build a common living area, but in the capital, it was only enough for a single office building. Therefore, if you planned to build a medium-level living area on a piece of land that was seventy thousand square meters, you had to prepare at least a billion yuan.

“Sure,” An Guangyao answered.

Since Gu Ning could collect enough funds by stone gambling, there was no need for him to worry about the money.

“Uncle Zhou, please start searching for qualified talent these days. When Jade Beauty Jewelry is working well, you can prepare to open other branches,” Gu Ning said to Zhou Zhenghong.

“No problem,” Zhou Zhenghong answered.

In fact, Zhou Zhenghong had also had the idea to open branches because Jade Beauty Jewelry store had made great profits till now, but he thought that they had just opened the flagship store, so he had better take it slow. However, after Gu Ning’s order, Zhou Zhenghong suddenly realized that they could hire and train qualified talent beforehand!

After the meal, Gu Ning told An Guangyao and the others to stay in the Huangdeng Hotel tonight, and they would go back together tomorrow morning. Then Zhou Zhenghong drove Gu Ning back to Clean Water Blue Sky.

When Gu Ning was back in her apartment, she brushed her teeth, and washed her face, before lying in her bed to check their “Family of Fighters” WeChat group.

There were thousands of messages, and many had mentioned(@) her. However, Gu Ning had been so busy these past two days that she forgot to reply.

Many of the messages that had mentioned(@) her all asked where she was and why she disappeared. They of course understood that Gu Ning had her personal affairs to deal with, so none of them had called to bother her, but they had no idea what Gu Ning was doing. Gu Ning was very mysterious to them now.

If Gu Ning didn’t tell them on her own initiative, they wouldn’t ask either.

Gu Ning simply explained to them that she was running a startup, but she didn’t tell them any other details.

Yu Mixi and Chu Peihan were mentally prepared already, thus they weren’t very surprised, but Hao Ran and other boys were astonished. They were also disappointed that Gu Ning refused to tell them more.

Gu Ning then told them that she would be absent from classes tomorrow.

At that time, an idea dawned on Gu Ning. She asked them to send her their Chinese zodiac signs. However, she still didn’t tell them what it was for.

Gu Ning decided to send each of them a gift. After that, she sent a message to Zhou Zhenghong booking jade pendants in the shape of her friends’ Chinese zodiac signs. All the jade pendants were made from medium-high-level jade, and were carved with her friends’ name.

Except for the jade pendant in a rabbit’s shape with “Han” carved on it, they all had to be sent back to her before the next Friday, the rest could be made slowly.

…

Gu Ning and the others’ flight would take off at 9:50 am, and Zhou Zhenghong came to pick Gu Ning up around 8 am.

However, before they headed to the airport, Gu Ning went to the Jade Beauty Jewelry store first. She wanted to bring An Qian a gift to thank her for when she had taken good care of Gu Man.

An Qian wouldn’t accept the administration fee, so Gu Ning could only send her a gift. Although the administration fee wasn’t much, Gu Ning valued their friendship above money. Thus she prepared a gift of a jade pendant which was worth 280 thousand yuan for An Qian. It was a jade pendant of the hibiscus type in the shape of a leaf as wide as a woman’s thumb.

At 8:20 am, An Guangyao and the others climbed into an exclusive car arranged by the hotel, leaving for the airport to meet Gu Ning.

Gu Ning arrived at the airport at 9:10 am. She checked in, walking into the lounge, and met An Guangyao. Ten minutes later, they went aboard.

Gu Ning had booked the plane ticket herself, so their seats weren’t adjacent to each other.

While Gu Ning was on the plane flying back to City F, something happened in Kamei Beauty Salon at the same time.

Lin Lijuan needed to attend a classmates gathering this afternoon, so she went to get skincare done this morning.

However, to her surprise, she met Gu Man and Gu Qing. Both of them were dressed elegantly and looked totally different now.

Both Gu Qing and Gu Man had been beautiful girls when they had been young, but what had happened in their miserable lives had aged them fast. However, their lives were completely different now. Although they weren’t young anymore, they were still elegant and charming after comprehensive care. What they had been through only accentuated their beauty.

“Why are you here?” Lin Lijuan asked acidly. She was jealous. She knew that they must be here for skincare, but she refused to believe that they could afford it.

Seeing Lin Lijuan, both Gu Man and Gu Qing were unhappy. Although they knew that Lin Lijuan was a VIP in Kamei Beauty Salon, it was still upsetting to meet her.

“Why can’t we be here? This isn’t your place,” Gu Qing argued.

“How could you possibly afford it?” Lin Lijuan questioned with doubt. She had already noticed that Gu Qing and Gu Man were wearing fashionable clothes, and their skin had apparently improved a lot, but she still couldn’t believe it.

“What? You can’t stand the fact that we’re rich now?” Gu Qing asked sarcastically.

“Gee! I know how poor you are; you can’t be rich all of a sudden!” Lin Lijuan said. In her eyes, Gu Qing and Gu Man should be dirt poor throughout their entire lives.

“Why can’t we be rich? Our eldest brother, your husband, was poor in the very beginning too!” Gu Qing retorted.

After a second, Gu Qing added, “And, whether we’re rich or not has nothing to do with you!”

“You…” Lin Lijuan was mad, but she couldn’t help being curious about their situation now.

“Who is so rude that they dare to pick on the bosses here?”

At that time, a female voice sounded from outside the door.

If Gu Ning had been here, she would easily have recognized the woman by her voice even before seeing her face.