Chapter 251: Human Trafficking

The second was a waste. Zhao Yuefeng was a little disappointed, but he wasn’t upset because the first jade of the oil green type was worth over a million yuan, so he had already made a fortune.

However, the third one contained medium-high-level jade of the water type, which shocked Zhao Yuefeng.

Jesus! Gu Ning was so lucky! She just picked three raw materials and two of them have jade!

Seeing that the level of the jade was relatively high, Zhao Yuefeng planned to share it with Gu Ning later.

The third jade was slightly bigger than a fist, and it was worth twenty million yuan. If it was not for the fact that Zhao Yuefeng wouldn’t sell it, those jewelry businessmen would be in a fierce competition for it.

“Miss Gu, I didn’t expect that you’d be so lucky, and I don’t think that I should take them all alone. Why don’t we share them together?” Zhao Yuefeng said to Gu Ning. He was a generous man too. He was willing to share with Gu Ning, which proved that he was an upright man, but since Gu Ning had promised to give them to him, she wouldn’t share with him now.

“Mr. Zhang, thank you so much for your kindness, but I think that I have better jade among my raw materials!” Gu Ning replied.

Even so, Zhao Yuefeng tried to persuade Gu Ning to accept his advice, but Gu Ning insisted on not doing so, so he compromised in the end and bore her generosity in mind.

It wasn’t early when they finished shopping, so Gu Ning and Zhao Yuefeng separated afterwards.

Zhao Yuefeng understood that Gu Ning was going to meet Master Tang, so he didn’t invite her to leave with him.

Gu Ning found an empty place without people around before putting all of her raw materials into her telepathic eye space.

Walking along the street of stone gambling, Gu Ning had an impulse to acquire all the raw materials with jade inside, but she knew that it wasn’t the right time to do so, thus she curbed her impulse.

She walked out of the street of stone gambling, taking a taxi to Tengfei Hotel. It was a five-star hotel in the downtown where Master Tang was staying, so they had an appointment there.

Although it was only 4 pm and was too early for the dinner, Gu Ning planned to stay in the hotel too, and have a rest before she went to meet Master Tang.

After a while, Gu Ning noticed that the driver was driving the taxi to a remote place. Even though Gu Ning wasn’t familiar with the route, she was aware that Tengfei Hotel was located in the downtown.

All of a sudden, Gu Ning realized that she was in trouble. She had heard earlier that human trafficking was a big problem in City Teng, but she didn’t expect that she would encounter it. She calmed herself down and asked, “Hi, why are we going to a remote place?”

“Oh, it’s a short-cut, and we’ll arrive soon.” The driver lied, because he believed that Gu Ning wasn’t familiar with the route.

Gu Ning thought for a while. She thought that there might be many people who had been trafficked, and their families had to be very anxious. Thus she decided to rescue them.

Gu Ning was a girl who abhorred abomination. If it was possible, she would love to wipe human trafficking out all at once.

In that case, she probably couldn’t meet Master Tang on time today, so she secretly sent him a message and delayed the appointment to tomorrow morning.

Master Tang was a little disappointed that he wouldn’t be meeting Gu Ning today, but he understood that Gu Ning had her own things to deal with.

“Hi, we’ve been on the road for over a dozen minutes now. Why are we still in a remote place? I think we’re out of town already,” Gu Ning asked again, as if she had no idea that she was in danger.

“Don’t worry. We’ll be there in a minute,” the driver said, and was relieved to see Gu Ning being “naive”.

“Fine. I’m sleepy and I need to have a short nap. Please wake me up when we arrive.” Gu Ning yawned, like she was exhausted. Then she leaned against the back of the seat closing her eyes.

“No problem!” The driver was more than willing to see that.

Gu Ning obviously didn’t close her eyes. She just turned her body so that the driver wouldn’t see her face.

They were in an isolated area surrounded by mountains already.

A few minutes later, the car stopped outside of an abandoned warehouse. The driver called her, “Hey, we have arrived already!”

Gu Ning woke up at once, and pretended to be scared to see the scene before her eyes. “Where-where is this place? This is not the Tengfei Hotel!”

“Of course it’s not, but since you’re already here, get out right now!” The driver opened the car door of the back seats, leering at Gu Ning.

“No-no, what do you want to do?” Gu Ning pretended that she was terrified.

“You will find out,” the driver sneered.

“Please don’t…”

“Well, it’s not up to you now. Can you fight against these two muscular men?” The driver pointed at two tall, muscular men standing in front of the car. “I think you better be quiet, or we’ll punch you to be.”

Gu Ning struggled for a few seconds then got out of the car.

“Get in!” The driver pushed Gu Ning into the warehouse, and Gu Ning didn’t resist at all.

It was a mess inside.

There was a slightly fat man with a plain face who was around 40-years-old sitting on a chair. He was smoking in a relaxed manner with his legs crossed and his eyes closed. And there were two strong men standing behind him.

In the corner squatted two pretty, well-dressed women in their early thirties along with a young boy who was around 12-years-old. They all wore horrified expressions, trembling and weeping in fear.

Beside them was another tall and muscular man. Apparently, they were trafficked here too.

Gu Ning immediately used her Jade Eyes to scan those men to check whether they carried guns. Luckily, they had no guns with them. In that case, Gu Ning would be safe.

However, Gu Ning smelt a touch of fresh blood from a pile of agglomeration 10 meters away to her right side.

Did they kill someone and throw the body there?

Thinking of that, Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes to see what was behind it, and she was shocked.

There was a man and a woman who were around 27-years-old dressed all in black behind the agglomeration. Both of them were injured.

The man’s thigh was severely injured, and the blood soaked through the bandage.

Chapter 252: Old Friends

The woman was hurt much more severely. Her wound was on her shoulder near the chest, and the blood also soaked through the wet bandages. Her face was extremely pale, as if she could die at any moment.

However, what shocked Gu Ning wasn’t the fact that they were badly injured, but their faces.

Gu Ning recognized them, or to be specific, Tang Aining, as she was called in her previous incarnation, recognized them. Although they weren’t familiar with each other, they had a very close connection.

They were professional killers like Tang Aining. The man was called Flying Eagle, while the woman was Flying Bird. They didn’t serve the same organization as Tang Aining, and Tang Aining had met them during training in the Amazon Rainforest. They had also worked together in a grave situation.

Flying Bird and Flying Eagle were a couple. They had told Tang Aining that what they wanted most was to live a life like an ordinary person, but it was almost impossible to get out of their organization.

Their organization planned to kill them in case their dirty secrets would be exposed, so they had to avoid being caught by the organization. They had been hiding for a long time, which wasn’t better than it had been before. At least they had free time when they had been in the organization. However, once they escaped, they would never go back.

If Gu Ning guessed correctly, they were probably in the middle of hiding.

“Boss, I got you one more, and she’s a beauty!” The driver said to the man who was sitting on the chair.

Hearing that, the man opened his eyes, looking over.

He was apparently stunned when his gaze fell on Gu Ning’s face, then he leered at her, throwing the cigarette in his hand onto the floor before he stood up, walking towards Gu Ning. “This one is truly beautiful! I don’t think I’ll sell her.”

The man stopped in front of Gu Ning, reaching out his hand to touch her face. Gu Ning didn’t avoid him, but while his hand was still in the air above her face, she grabbed his wrist and broke it without hesitation. The man immediately shouted in pain.

Afterwards, Gu Ning kicked the man’s abdomen heavily, and the man was kicked off knocking into the wall before he fell down on the ground with a loud sound. Having been through so many agonizing injuries, the man could barely utter a word, but he was still conscious.

Gu Ning had finished it within seconds so that all the muscular men around didn’t realize that she was so good at fighting until their boss was beaten down.

They were annoyed and they all began to attack Gu Ning.

Although these men were all bulky and muscular, they were barely comparable with Gu Ning who was a master of kung fu. Within minutes, they were all punched down lying on the floor, moaning in pain.

It was beyond their imagination that a teenage girl could be so excellent at fighting.

The driver was regretful now. If he had known, he would never have brought her here.

“Stand up and leave now!” Gu Ning said to those who sat in the corner trembling in horror.

They immediately got their mind back and thanked Gu Ning before quickly running out of this warehouse.

Gu Ning picked up a rope, tying them up.

However, she immediately didn’t drag them away, but walked towards the agglomeration at her right side.

Flying Bird and Flying Eagle panicked a little seeing Gu Ning walking to them. They knew that they had been discovered and unconsciously prepared to defend themselves. Unfortunately, they were badly injured now, and the girl before them was apparently powerful. If she really wanted to hurt them, they wouldn’t have any chance to escape.

Gu Ning didn’t appear before their eyes abruptly, but stopped when she was almost there. “I smelt the blood, and I know someone’s injured and weak. If you want to survive, you have to trust me because I can cure you.”

Flying Eagle and Flying Bird were both astonished by her acute sense of smell, but after she said that she was able to cure them, their first reaction wasn’t excitement but worry.

Gu Ning hit right on the point because Flying Bird was in great danger now and would soon be dead if she didn’t get care, but they had been shot by guns, and it was sensitive, so they were afraid that it would cause them more trouble if Gu Ning found out. In fact, they didn’t dare to go to the hospital either.

As killers, they could cure basic injuries, especially removing bullets, but the problem was that they lacked tools and medicines. It would only be worse if they touched their wounds rashly.

Nonetheless, they were about to die and the most important thing now was to survive.

Can she cure gun wounds? Both of them had doubt, but they were willing to give it a try.

Flying Eagle then asked, “Could you please keep it a secret among us?”

“Of course, I won’t tell anyone else about you,” Gu Ning replied with sincerity.

“Great, we trust you,” the man said.

After that, Gu Ning walked behind the agglomeration.

There was a scalpel, painkillers and hemostatic drugs, and anything else useful she could think of in her telepathic eye space. They could be of great help when she needed them.

Gu Ning immediately took the small medicine box out of her backpack and squatted in front of them to open it. Seeing what were inside the medicine box, Flying Eagle’s and Flying Bird’s eyes lit up. Before Gu Ning continued, Flying Eagle said to her, “Why don’t you lend this medicine box to us? I can cure her myself.”

He was still worried that Gu Ning would find out that their injuries were gunshots.

Gu Ning understood their worries, but Flying Bird was severely injured. If Gu Ning didn’t cure her with her power, she would die.

“Are you sure that you’re able to remove the bullet as fast as you can?” Gu Ning asked, but she apparently didn’t believe that he could do that.

The two were surprised and alert. How could she know that they were injured by guns?

However, before they asked, Gu Ning opened her mouth again. “I’m very sensitive to smell, and there is a faint smell of saltpeter on your body. Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone else about you. She is in great danger now, and there is no time to waste. You lack strength yourself, so how can you remove her bullet?”

Chapter 253: Gao Yi And Qiao Ya

Gu Ning said with sincerity, and allayed their concern.

They gradually relaxed too.

Flying Eagle indeed lacked strength right now, and it was too risky if he was going to remove the bullet from Flying Bird. Therefore, Flying Eagle agreed in the end.

Gu Ning immediately took out a pair of scissors to cut off the bandages wrapped around Flying Bird’s wound. With the help of her Jade Eyes, Gu Ning then used a scalpel to remove the bullet expertly. At the same time, she secretly put her power into Flying Bird’s body to stop the blood from flowing out.

Looking at Gu Ning’s expert skills, Flying Bird and Flying Eagle were both impressed.

This must not her first time removing a bullet!

Who is she? Why is she so good at fighting as well as medical treatment?

A few minutes later, the bullet was removed. Gu Ning administered painkillers and hemostatic drugs to Flying Bird at once, then wrapped the wound in gauze.

To not arouse their suspicion, Gu Ning didn’t cure Flying Bird’s wound completely. The injury was healed inside, but its outside looked the same. It was still painful, but not severe now.

Flying Bird now looked much healthier under the nourishment of the power, and she started to regain her strength.

Gu Ning then cured Flying Eagle’s wound on his leg. She removed the bullet quickly and administered the same drugs to him.

“Thank you so much!” The two said to Gu Ning with great sincerity.

They knew that Gu Ning had saved their lives and it was far from enough to just thank her orally, but they had no idea how to repay her.

“Once we’re fully recovered, please feel free to ask for our help. As long as we can do it, we’ll spare no effort to assist you,” Flying Eagle promised with great gravity.

They were of course willing to repay Gu Ning.

“What if I want you both to be my closest assistants from now on?” Gu Ning asked seriously.

Hearing that, the two were surprised. They understood that Gu Ning meant that she wanted them to be her trustworthy assistants, but they had just met each other for the first time, so why should she believe them? Wasn’t she afraid that they could be bad people?

Although they weren’t bad people and were willing to follow Gu Ning’s lead, they were in a dangerous situation now. “We’d love to, but we’re in great danger right now, and we don’t want you to be involved.”

They didn’t want Gu Ning to suffer along with them.

Gu Ning understood that, but she was able to solve the problem. As long as she asked K to wipe their names off the wanted list from the intranet inside those killer organizations, they wouldn’t be chased any longer. Without a high reward, nobody would be interested in chasing them.

“I don’t care. If you will be loyal to me, I’ll protect you both,” Gu Ning said. Although she was young, she had an air of maturity and confidence. Her speech was quiet persuasive. However, it was still hard for the two to believe Gu Ning because of their special identity.

“Well…” They agonized over their choice.

“May I know the reason why you hesitate?” Gu Ning asked.

“To be honest, someone wants our heads so we’re dangerous to be around,” Flying Eagle replied.

“If you were not being chased, would you agree?” Gu Ning asked.

“It’s much easier said than done!” Flying Eagle forced a smile. He apparently didn’t believe that it was possible.

“Well, are you willing to trust that I can protect you?” Gu Ning asked again.

“Sure,” Flying Eagle and Flying Bird answered with one accord. Gu Ning had already shown her ability in front of their eyes.

Gu Ning didn’t say another word, but took out her phone, calling K.

“Hey, boss, what’s up?” K asked the minute he answered the call, and he sounded in a great mood.

Indeed, after he could walk again, he cheered up a lot. He was now able to climb mountains, run, drive and so forth. His life was getting increasingly better.

“K, help me wipe the names of Flying Bird and Flying Eagle off the wanted list from the intranet inside the killer organizations,” Gu Ning ordered.

“No problem, do you have an account and password? If you have, it’ll be faster.” Although K was curious about why Gu Ning wanted to do that, he didn’t ask the reason.

“I’ll text you,” Gu Ning said before she hung up.

Flying Bird and Flying Eagle rounded their eyes in great shock. How can she know our identity?

Although they knew that Gu Ning had no intention to hurt them, they were still alert. “How do you know our identities?” Flying Eagle asked coldly.

“If you really trust me, please don’t ask meaningless questions. If you’re willing to follow my lead, never betray me. I won’t treat you unfairly either, but if you’re reluctant to do so, I won’t force you,” Gu Ning said.

She wouldn’t force them, but she knew that they would agree.

“Great, we’ll follow your lead,” Flying Bird answered this time.

She had heard of K who was a famous international hacker. Once he acted, it was possible that their names could be removed. In that case, both she and Flying Eagle would be safe. Moreover, Gu Ning had just saved their lives, and there was no reason for her to deny Gu Ning’s offer. Gu Ning didn’t care that they were in danger, so there was nothing that they should be worried about.

Flying Eagle had the same idea, and the two would never leave the other alone.

Flying Eagle gave Gu Ning his account and password, and Gu Ning immediately sent it to K. Five minutes later, K called Gu Ning back and told her that it was already done.

As of this moment, Flying Bird and Flying Eagle had disappeared from this world. Flying Eagle’s real name was Gao Yi, while Flying Bird’s was Qiao Ya.

After that, Gao Yi and Qiao Ya left with Gu Ning.

Although they were still injured, they were able to walk normally and didn’t feel uncomfortable at all. Gao Yi and Qiao Ya were surprised, but didn’t show it. They knew when they should be quiet.

Before they left, Gu Ning used the trafficker’s phone to call the police.

They left the remote area by driving the taxi. Gu Ning stopped the car in the parking lot inside a shopping mall. She then went to buy two sets of clothing for Gao Yi and Qiao Ya.

After Gao Yi and Qiao Ya changed their clothes, they abandoned the taxi, directly taking another car to Tengfei Hotel.

While Gu Ning and the other two were on their way to the hotel, the police arrived at the warehouse. The group of traffickers was exactly those who they had wanted to arrest these days, and the policemen couldn’t thank the person who called them enough. It really was a gift!

All of them were arrested without delay.

Gu Ning and the other two arrive at the hotel around 7 pm.

Chapter 254: Dine with Master Tang

For their convenience, Gu Ning booked a presidential suite with two bedrooms, one living room, and a kitchen. Gu Ning used a bedroom, while Gao Yi and Qiao Ya shared another.

Before long, the hotel sent food materials up to their room, and they planned to cook themselves. They were staying in a presidential suite, so the food was free.

Gu Ning went to cook, but Gao Yi felt embarrassed to let his new boss cook for them, so he stopped her. “Boss, please allow me to do that.”

Gao Yi was almost fully recovered now.

“It’s fine. I can handle it. You can have a rest first,” Gu Ning declined.

Gao Yi then compromised.

Around 10 pm, Leng Shaoting called Gu Ning.

“What are you doing now?” Leng Shaoting asked.

“I’m missing you,” Gu Ning replied. Although she sounded like she was teasing, she was truly missing him.

Gu Ning’s words could always affect Leng Shaoting easily, especially when she said that she missed him. Leng Shaoting felt turned on every time.

“I miss you too, but we won’t leave for City Teng until tomorrow afternoon,” Leng Shaoting was hoarse and slightly displeased, because he couldn’t meet Gu Ning as soon as he wanted.

“Don’t worry about me. I have two ace fighters accompanying me now, and I’ll be safe.” Leng Shaoting was occupied by his task, so Gu Ning didn’t want to bother him.

“Didn’t you tell me that you’d be alone?” Leng Shaoting asked.

“I met them after I arrived at City Teng. I promise they’re really reliable,” Gu Ning answered.

“Great, then I’ll come to you when I’m free,” Leng Shaoting said. He couldn’t wait to see Gu Ning in City Teng actually.

In fact, he didn’t have to join the group to fulfill the task, but he had heard that Gu Ning would be in City Teng, so he had then decided to take it.

Gu Ning understood that Leng Shaoting was a stable man, so she didn’t reject.

The next morning, Gao Yi’s leg was back to normal. He didn’t feel any pain at all now. If there wasn’t an obvious scar left on his leg, he would probably have believed that his leg had never been injured.

Qiao Ya was injured more seriously, so she wasn’t fully recovered yet, but she felt much better now, and she didn’t feel pain unless she pressed on her wound.

Both Gao Yi and Qiao Ya were astonished that they were able to recover within several days, and now they admired Gu Ning more than ever. Although it was so unusual, they didn’t doubt it. Instead, they felt lucky.

Around 9 am, Gu Ning went to a bank and opened two accounts with five million yuan in each of them. She then bought two smart phones along with telephone cards.

When she was back in the room, she gave both Gao Yi and Qiao Ya a bank card and a smart phone before she gave them her orders.

One had to go rent a contemporary shop at the street of stone gambling, while the other should rent two machines as well as a cart and take them back to the shop.

Gu Ning didn’t hide the truth that she planned to collect a large amount of funds by stone gambling.

“Stone gambling?”

Hearing that, Gao Yi and Qiao Ya were shocked. Although they didn’t know how to play stone gambling, they had heard of it. It was a highly risky business, but it seemed that stone gambling was merely a piece of cake for Gu Ning.

Gu Ning explained later, “I have my own special skill, and it’s very accurate.”

Special skill?

Gao Yi and Qiao Ya couldn’t believe their ears, but they didn’t ask further. What they needed to do was believe in Gu Ning and obey her orders. After what they had been through yesterday, they didn’t regard Gu Ning as a teenager any more.

They then left to fulfill their assignments.

Gu Ning, on the other hand, was going to meet Master Tang this morning.

She arrived at the appointed private room at 10:50 am, but unexpectedly, Master Tang arrived earlier than her.

Master Tang was alone in the private room, and his two bodyguards were standing outside of the door.

Seeing Gu Ning, Master Tang felt the inexplicable intimacy once more, but he didn’t mind it. He welcomed Gu Ning at once. “Girl Gu, come and have a seat!”

“Nice to meet you, Master Tang,” Gu Ning said before she sat down.

“Please help yourself and order anything you want.” Master Tang pointed at the menu beside Gu Ning, then pressed the service bell on the side.

Before long, a waiter came inside.

Gu Ning didn’t hesitate and ordered two of her favorite dishes. Master Tang did the same.

There were only two of them eating, so they didn’t order too many.

After the waiter was gone, Master Tang asked Gu Ning, “Girl Gu, thank you so much again for what you did yesterday. If it hadn’t been for you, I probably wouldn’t have survived at the airport in City Teng.”

“Master Tang, it’s my pleasure to help,” Gu Ning said.

“I do admire your modesty!” Master Tang complimented her.

Gu Ning smiled a little, because she had heard many people say that. She of course wouldn’t ask people to repay her if she was willing to help them on her own. She wasn’t a hypocrite.

All of a sudden, Master Tang wore a serious face and said, “However, could you please do me a favor again?”

“What favor is it?” In fact, Gu Ning already knew the answer without asking, but she didn’t want to jump to conclusions.

Gu Ning was indeed right.

“Girl Gu, I just want to know, can I be cured?” Master Tang asked with nervousness and anticipation.

Actually, Master Tang was already cured. However, Gu Ning couldn’t tell him the truth, because it was hard for people to accept that she had cured his disease just by pressing his chest. Thus she gave him a vague answer. “Master Tang, to be honest with you, I know nothing about medical treatment, so I’m not sure whether you can be cured.”

“However, I know a unique method of massage, which can relieve diseases related to vascular veins and bones. If it wasn’t a serious disease, it won’t recur. When I was massaging you yesterday, I used my unique method of massage. I’m not sure whether it’ll recur or not, but I’m confident that you’ll be healthy as long as you take good care of yourself.”

“Really?” Although it wasn’t an affirmative answer, Master Tang was thrilled to hear that he could be healthy.

Chapter 255: Shopping Spree of Raw Materials

During the meal, Gu Ning had a pleasant talk with Master Tang. Master Tang also sincerely invited her to have a trip in City B, and Gu Ning agreed. City B was a developed city like the capital.

After the meal, Gu Ning and Master Tang went their separate ways.

When she was back in her room, Gu Ning changed her outfit and dressed like a mature woman with heavy make-up and curly hair. Then, she left the hotel, and took a taxi to the street of stone gambling.

She contacted Qiao Ya when she arrived. Qiao Ya and Gao Yi had already prepared the shop and machines.

There were plenty of empty shops and machines provided for those who bought a large amount of raw materials but couldn’t transfer them away for a short period of time. Therefore, it didn’t cause Gao Yi and Qiao Ya much trouble to settle it.

Under the guidance of Qiao Ya, Gu Ning soon found the location of the shop.

However, the minute Gu Ning walked inside, Qiao Ya stopped her and said coldly, “Sorry, Miss, this is a private place and no outsiders are allowed to enter.”

“Well, what if I must go inside?” Gu Ning asked. She deliberately lowered her voice.

Gao Yi and Qiao Ya who were professional killers recognized her at once. Nevertheless, Gu Ning completely changed after she dressed up and wore make-up, and they couldn’t believe their eyes. “Boss?”

Gu Ning was satisfied that they were both able to recognize her. If they failed to do so, Gu Ning would have to doubt their ability.

“Qiao Ya, please guard the warehouse. Gao Yi, take a cart and let’s shop for raw materials together,” Gu Ning said.

“Sure,” the two answered.

After that, Gao Yi pushed a cart, following Gu Ning out.

Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes the moment raw materials appeared in her sight. Once she found that there was jade inside, she would buy it.

Of course, Gu Ning wouldn’t buy every piece of raw material with jade inside. She planned to acquire all the raw materials with high-level as well as top-level jade, and half of the raw materials with medium-level as well as medium-high-level jade inside. As for those raw materials that contained jade whose level was lower than medium-low level, Gu Ning would directly ignore them.

There was zero to three raw materials with high-level jade inside in a normal shop. That was to say; either there was no high-level jade or at most there was three pieces of it in a shop normally. As for top-level jade, Gu Ning barely found one in many shops. Meanwhile, many shops had raw materials with medium-high-level jade inside, but the amount didn’t exceed 10.

Gu Ning didn’t cut the raw materials on site, but packed them up, taking them away.

In the first shop she got three raw materials with medium-high-level jade and one with high-level jade inside.

Gao Yi pushed the cart, and it wasn’t convenient for him to walk inside with Gu Ning, so he waited for her outside. However, within 10 minutes, Gu Ning stepped out with a big cardboard box, which shocked Gao Yi.

She’s so quick!

Gao Yi immediately walked over to take the box from Gu Ning. It weighed around 60 pounds.

In the second shop, Gu Ning still finished shopping within 10 minutes, and she got almost the same amount of raw materials as the first shop.

Gu Ning then continued to buy raw materials. She had already got 45 raw materials with jade inside by the time she reached the seventh shop among which five contacted top-level jade, so Gu Ning put them away in her telepathic eye space while packing.

There were several of them in a large size, and there was no more room in the cart to put them. Thus Gao Yi first went back to the warehouse before he came back again.

It wasn’t uncommon that people would acquire raw materials in a large amount, so no one paid much attention to them.

They only cared about those who cut out raw materials with jade, or even priceless jade.

Qiao Ya was surprised to see Gao Yi come back so soon with a cart full of raw materials.

The second time, Gu Ning got 50 raw materials in nine shops. Two of them contained top-level jade, and Gu Ning put the two in her telepathic eye space too.

Gao Yi then moved the raw materials back to the warehouse again. The third time, they went to a large store that belonged to the Wang Family, which was one of the three largest raw material suppliers in City Teng.

The Wang Family also had a quadrangle in the same structure as the Zhang Family. The cheapest raw materials at the price of hundreds of yuan each were in the front hall, while there were rooms ranked as A,B,C and D according to the different levels of raw materials at the back.

The raw materials were at the price of hundreds or thousands of yuan a pound in Room D; the price rose to between thousands and dozens of thousands of yuan a pound in Room C; in Room B, the price stayed at dozens of thousands of yuan a pound, but in Room A, the raw materials already had a window, which meant that it was highly possible to cut out jade. In that case, the price rocketed up to millions or dozens of million yuan each.

However, the size and value of the jade inside the raw materials in Room A were still in doubt, and it was still possible that there was only a thin layer of jade, so buyers had to have the courage to gamble.

Gu Ning had a tour around the hall first, and found three raw materials with medium-high-level jade inside. Then she went to Room D and Room C, and got 16 pieces of medium-high-level jade, five pieces of high-level jade and two pieces of top-level jade.

When Gu Ning walked into Room B, she noticed a huge raw material the size of her body. Although they had the same size, the raw material was a stone, so it would be many times heavier than her. Approximately, it had to weigh at least 400 pounds.

There was dense and strong power inside this huge raw material. It was a piece of medium-high-level jade, but she would have to cut it out to see its type.

Its outer layer wasn’t very thick, and it should weigh around 300 pounds after its outer layer was removed. A piece of jade that size had to be worth over a billion yuan at least.

Thinking of that, Gu Ning was thrilled. And she moved the huge raw material into her cart without delay. Because of her power, she was full of strength and much more powerful than ordinary people. However, her action shocked everyone around.

How is she able to move a huge raw material which is much heavier than herself into the cart?

Gu Ning noticed their reaction, but she didn’t mind. She pushed the cart out to pay the bill.

When people saw that Gu Ning pushed her cart out with a huge raw material inside, they were all astonished. Such a huge raw material from Room B had to cost fifteen thousand yuan a pound at least. And it would cost at least seven million yuan in total!

Wow!

Everybody couldn’t help taking a long breath in, because no one believed that the huge raw material was worth risking.

Even the manager failed to figure out why this woman chose this huge raw material. Their boss also wasn’t positive about it.

Their boss was a well-known jade expert. If he wasn’t positive about it, no one else would be. Accordingly, consumers who were familiar with their store all believed that this huge raw material was a waste. And so this raw material had stayed in their store for two years, because no one was willing to buy it.

Nevertheless, Gu Ning bought it today. The manager of course wouldn’t stop her. In addition, he would make a high commission.

However, Gu Ning was aware that there was greatly valuable jade in it, so she was willing to pay for it even if its price was seventy million yuan.

Chapter 256: A Small Revenge

This huge raw material weighed 450 pounds. It cost twenty thousand yuan a pound, but the manager gave Gu Ning a discount, so she paid 7.8 million yuan in the end.

After that, Gu Ning packed those relatively small raw materials up in cardboard boxes, and let the workers in the store help her move the huge raw material out.

Gao Yi, who was waiting outside, rounded his eyes in shock when he saw the huge raw material.

Is there really jade inside? If not, boss will lose a fortune!

Gao Yi then moved all the raw materials back to their warehouse, and Gu Ning told him to have a rest, and that she would call him if she needed his help later.

This time, she planned to cut out some raw materials here. The Wang Family was one of the three largest raw material suppliers in City Teng, so many jewelry businessmen would come here looking for high quality jade.

There were more pieces of high-level jade in Room B. If not for the huge raw material, Gu Ning wouldn’t have walked out in such a hurry. She went back to Room B as fast as she could to pick up those two raw materials with high-level jade, and two with medium-high-level jade.

However, right when Gu Ning was about to pick up the last raw material with medium-high-level jade inside, a voice stopped her.

“Hey, I saw this raw material first! Give it to me,” a girl who was around 17-years-old shouted at Gu Ning rudely, then she ran to Gu Ning to grab it.

Gu Ning turned her body and escaped from the girl’s hands. “Don’t you know the rules in stone gambling? The person who gets it first owns it, not the person who sees it first owns it.” Gu Ning wasn’t mad, but looked at the girl coldly.

“Exactly! There are rules in stone gambling, and this girl is so rude!” someone criticized.

“So what? Do you know who I am? I’m the daughter of the Wang Family, Wang Xinyan. This is my family’s store, so it is mine if I say so,” the girl said arrogantly.

Hearing that she was the daughter of the Wang Family, people around were all scared, especially when they found out that she was Wang Xinyan.

Why? Because she was notorious for her rude and unkind behavior.

“She is the daughter of the Wang Family? She is a troublemaker!”

“Exactly! No one dares to have bad blood with the Wang Family!”

“I heard that a young girl also picked up a raw material that Miss Wang liked last time, and she wasn’t willing to give it back either. She even had a fight with Miss Wang. Because of that, her father’s settled deal with the Wang Family was canceled.”

“I heard of that too! Miss Wang had a scratch on her arm, but the girl had several scratches! One was even on her face,” another man added. Then he persuaded Gu Ning with kindness, “Miss, I think you better give this raw material back to her. You can’t afford the result.”

The Wang Family was also well-known for its rudeness and arrogance in City Teng, because It was not only one of the largest raw material suppliers in City Teng, but the second son in their family was the vice mayor of City Teng. The Wang Family was influential in both politics and business, so no one dared to act against them.

Although it had nothing to do with Gu Ning, she had a bad impression of the Wang Family now.

“What if I refuse to give it to you? What can you do to me?” Gu Ning asked Wang Xinyan, and she didn’t seem afraid at all.

Why did Wang Xinyan have to get this raw material? Was she only being naughty or she was positive about it?

“If you don’t give it to me, I’ll have someone drive you out!” Wang Xinyan threatened.

“Really? However, I don’t think you can make the decision. If the boss of this store agrees to do so, I’ll leave right away,” Gu Ning said.

“You…” Wang Xinyan was mad. She didn’t expect that Gu Ning wasn’t afraid of her at all. “Don’t you dare leave! I’ll go and find my grandpa!”

Saying that, Wang Xinyan turned around, running out.

Seeing that, everyone was looking at Gu Ning worriedly, but she still seemed at ease.

Wang Xinyan’s grandpa was in the yard at this time, so she soon went back with her grandpa.

Wang Xinyan’s grandpa was called Wang Hongming, he was the leader of one of the four most influential families in City Teng.

There were four main influential families in City Teng, namely the Shi Family, the Zhang Family, the Shen Family and the Wang Family. Among them, both the Zhang Family and the Wang Family were raw material suppliers.

Wang Hongming seemed in a bad mood, but no one knew the reason.

Although the Wang Family was always arrogant, they would also compromise if they were the extremely unreasonable side.

“Grandpa, it’s her! She grabbed the raw material away from me!” Wang Xinyan pointed at Gu Ning complaining to her grandpa.

“What exactly happened?” Wang Hongming asked. He had a natural gravitas and air of threat.

And he clearly knew about his granddaughter’s character. It was highly possible that his granddaughter exaggerated it. However, his granddaughter had an outstanding instinct. Since she wanted this raw material, it was also quite possible that there was jade in it. Thus he didn’t want to lose it either. Therefore, he intentionally used his gravitas to threaten Gu Ning so that she would give it up herself.

However, Gu Ning didn’t feel threatened at all. She met Wang Hongming’s eyes directly and said, “I picked up this raw material first, but Miss Wang claimed that she saw it before me. I don’t think that there is such a rule in stone gambling.”

Wang Hongming squinted. He didn’t expect that this woman would stand up against him.

“Grandpa, I just turned around to pull my cart, but she grabbed it right away!” Wang Xinyan insisted.

“Miss, since my granddaughter saw it first, and she wants it badly. Would you please give it back to her? There are plenty other raw materials in our store so please choose another one. My granddaughter has a bad temper, and she won’t listen to any of us, but we all don’t want her to attack you.” It seemed like Wang Hongming was being friendly to Gu Ning, but he was actually threatening her.

“Well, I can give this one back to her, but what if I pick another raw material and she claims that she saw it before me again?” Gu Ning said.

Wang Hongming immediately wore a pleased face. People around also believed that Gu Ning yielded and compromised. However, they didn’t know that Gu Ning was actually preparing for her small revenge.

“It won’t happen again. I’ll take her out the minute she gets this raw material,” Wang Hongming promised.

Chapter 257: A Super-rich Woman

“Very well.” Gu Ning gave the raw material to Wang Xinyan. Wang Xinyan grabbed it without hesitation and gloated over her victory. With the raw material in her hands, Wang Xinyan left with Wang Hongming.

There was a dense sense of coldness at the bottom of Gu Ning’s eyes. She had planned to only take half of the medium-high-level jade and all of the top-level and high-level jade, but now she changed her mind. She would take all the raw materials, even those with medium-level jade inside.

Before long, Gu Ning picked out all the raw materials with jade that medium-level and above from Room B,C and D, and put them into her cart. There were 68 of them in total. Three of them contained top-level jade; seven of them contained high-level jade; 21 of them contained medium-high-level jade and the rest all contained medium-level jade.

Gu Ning didn’t even ignore the two raw materials with the priceless jade inside that was in Room A.

One of the raw materials was as big as a basketball, while the other was about the size of a football.

Everyone was stunned by Gu Ning’s shopping spree of raw materials. Someone even thought that she must be crazy because she was spending money completely like a spendthrift.

The manger was also shocked when Gu Ning went to pay her bill.

The pile of her raw materials cost 26.8 million yuan in all, and the two raw materials from Room A were worth twelve million yuan, because they already showed a window of jade inside.

The raw material that was the size of a basketball from Room A cost seven million yuan, while the other which was about the size of a football cost five million yuan. If the jade inside of them was two third of their size after the outer layer was removed, the bigger one and the smaller one would be worth at least ten million yuan and eight million yuan respectively. In fact, it wasn’t very profitable to buy raw materials in Room A, but it was highly possible to make money.

People around Gu Ning while she was paying her bill, instead, all felt concerned for her if she lost.

Gu Ning settled her bill within seconds.

When she had just finished, she heard Wang Xinyan’s voice from the area of stone-cutting.

“There is jade! There is jade inside, Grandpa!” Wang Xinyan raised her voice with excitement. Wang Hongming was also pleased to see that.

Gu Ning already knew that the raw material contained jade, so she wasn’t surprised.

The jade belonged to Wang Hongming, so no one bid for it, because the Wang Family also ran a jewelry store, and so Wang Hongming naturally wouldn’t sell it.

The worker washed the layer of dust off of the jade, and said with astonishment, “It’s light pink, and has to be of the pink lotus-root type!”

“What? It’s a medium-high-level jade!”

“Indeed, it’s worth a lot!”

“Wow, I’m so envious.”

…

“I chose it!” Wang Xinyan said with great pride, and Wang Hongming beamed with pleasure.

“Miss Wang is really a promising young girl with outstanding ability of stone gambling!”

“Master Wang must be very proud of you.”

…

Everyone flattered them continuously.

Gu Ning sneered. It was too early to be so happy.

She understood that what she was going to do would definitely annoy the Wang Family. They would probably try to hurt her secretly, but she didn’t care, because she had Leng Shaoting’s support now. And Leng Shaoting was more than willing to protect her.

Speaking of Leng Shaoting, he was already on a private jet flying to City Teng now.

Chen Meng was the pilot while Gu Yueze who ranked ninth in their team was the co-pilot.

In the plane, Xin Bei, Si Ming and Xu Jinchen were chatting casually, but Leng Shaoting sat alone at the back staring at his phone with affection in his eyes.

Si Ming noticed that, and was surprised. He immediately spoke to Xin Bei and Xu Jinchen in a low voice, “Hey, look at our boss. He keeps staring at his phone with fondness in his eyes. Is he looking at pictures of beauties?”

Xin Bei and Xu Jinchen looked to Leng Shaoting at once.

However, Leng Shaoting clearly heard what Si Ming said, so he put his phone down giving them a cold look.

Thus when Xin Bei and Xu Jinchen turned back, they met Leng Shaoting’s cold look right away. They felt like they had both been caught at a crime scene, and immediately turned their eyes away.

Si Ming panicked too. It felt so bad that they were caught while gossiping about their boss. Although they knew that their boss wouldn’t be mad at them because of that, they were frightened under the pressure of their boss’s air. Thus Si Ming changed the subject without hesitation. “Um, Jinchen, where were we just then? Oh, you just told us that your family introduced a girl to you. How is she?”

“The blind date was so boring. I hated it!” Xu Jinchen said with strong dislike.

“I agree. You still have a long life ahead. I don’t think you need to worry about that,” Xin Bei said.

…

In the Wang Family store, people were all astonished when Gu Ning pushed her cart which was full of raw materials, walking to the area of stone-cutting.

“Jesus! She bought a lot!”

“I think that there are too many of them.”

“Look, there were two raw materials with a window! The cart must cost at least twenty million yuan.”

“She must be super-rich!”

…

Wang Xinyan and Wang Hongming were both shocked too.

“It’s meaningless to buy so many raw materials. They could all be waste,” Wang Xinyan said acidly.

Wang Hongming apparently didn’t believe that Gu Ning was able to cut out jade. However, Wang Xinyan had just grabbed a raw material with a medium-high-level jade of the pink lotus-root type inside from her. If Wang Xinyan hadn’t grabbed it, the valuable jade would be hers.

In that case, Wang Hongming couldn’t help thinking to himself about whether the woman had just been lucky or if she really had her own special skills.

“How can you know the results before they’re even cut out?” Gu Ning retorted with confidence.

“Gee, do you think it’s easy to cut out jade?” Wang Xinyan looked at Gu Ning like she was an idiot.

“Well, let’s see,” Gu Ning said.

“I think they’re all waste, and you’ll be broke, ha-ha.” Wang Xinyan of course hoped that Gu Ning would fail.

Chapter 258: Why Don’t We Have A Bet

“No one knows what is going to happen till it really happens. Although stone gambling is a highly risky business, I’m confident that I can win, like this jade of the pink lotus-root type…” Gu Ning stopped at this time. There was no need for her to finish the sentence, because Wang Xinyan and Wang Hongming understood her meaning.

Wang Hongming was curious about Gu Ning now.

This woman seems to not be an ordinary person. Did she know that there was jade of the pink lotus-root type in the raw material beforehand? If so, there could be more raw materials with jade inside in her cart! Wang Hongming started to sense that something was wrong.

“I told you that I saw the raw material before you!” Wang Xinyan was reluctant to admit the fact that Gu Ning had also been positive about the raw material.

“Anyway, we were both positive about it. It makes no difference who the first one was,” Gu Ning smiled and sounded sarcastic.

“You…” Wang Xinyan was mad. She increasingly hated Gu Ning now.

All of a sudden, an idea dawned on Wang Xinyan. She wore an evil smile and said, “Since you’re so confident, why don’t we have a bet?”

“Oh, how?” Gu Ning wouldn’t reject it.

“Except for the two raw materials with a window, if you can cut out 10 pieces of jade from the rest of the raw materials in your cart, I’ll give this jade of the pink lotus-root type to you. Otherwise, you have to buy it at full price,” Wang Xinyan said.

“Xinyan, don’t be so naughty!” Wang Hongming snapped. It wasn’t because he had no confidence in Wang Xinyan, but he didn’t want to lose the jade of the pink lotus-root type. What if Gu Ning won? Although he didn’t believe it, he was worried. And it would be shameful if Wang Xinyan lost.

However, in the onlookers’ eyes, they believed that Wang Xinyan was taking advantage of Gu Ning. It was universally acknowledged that nine out of ten raw materials could be waste. If there were two raw materials with jade inside in Gu Ning’s cart, it would be great luck. The point was that Wang Xinyan had already gotten the jade of the pink lotus-root type, and she absolutely wouldn’t let Gu Ning win easily.

Even so, no one dared to say a word. It had nothing to do with them after all, and none of them were willing to stand up against the Wang Family.

“Grandpa, do you think that I would lose?” Wang Xinyan argued.

“You… Well, fine. You can do whatever you want,” Wang Hongming compromised.

Wang Hongming spoiled Wang Xinyan rotten because only Wang Xinyan liked jade as much as he did. She was also willing to learn. Most importantly, Wang Xinyan had outstanding instinct, and she often cut out jade from raw materials. Even he couldn’t do that.

Wang Xinyan’s rude and self-willed character came into existence exactly because her grandpa spoiled her.

With the approval of Wang Hongming, Wang Xinyan challenged Gu Ning, “Do you dare?”

“Of course! Why not?” Gu Ning agreed willingly. She was going to cut out raw materials here after all, and she was sure that she would win. However, others didn’t believe so. All of them thought that she was doomed to fail.

Wang Xinyan was jealous of Gu Ning’s generosity. Although the Wang Family was super-rich and had a wealth of ten billion yuan, she only had savings of hundreds of thousands of yuan.

“Then let’s begin!” Wang Xinyan urged with impatience.

“However, I think we better sign an agreement before we begin, in case someone regrets,” Gu Ning proposed, because she had no trust in the Wang Family.

“You…” Wang Xinyan was displeased facing Gu Ning’s mistrust, but to convince her, Wang Xinyan agreed, “Sure, no problem.”

Wang Hongming was arrogant, but not dumb. He started to get anxious seeing Gu Ning being so confident, but he still didn’t believe that Gu Ning had the ability to cut out 10 pieces of jade from her 60 or so raw materials.

Minutes later, they signed the agreement. And Gu Ning began to cut out her raw materials.

There were three machines in the store, and only one was occupied, so the other two worked together to cut out Gu Ning’s raw materials.

Gu Ning chose a raw material the size of a football with medium-level jade inside first. She drew the lines herself before she handed it to the worker. The second one was as big as an American football and also contained medium-level jade. Gu Ning drew the lines on it too.

Many people gathered around at once. No one wanted to miss this exciting bet.

The machines were working, and Wang Xinyan and Wang Hongming were nervous.

“The green shows!” the worker said with excitement after the first cut. His voice attracted all the attention of the people around him.

“What? There is jade inside? How is it possible?” Wang Xinyan couldn’t believe her ears, neither could Wang Hongming. How was it possible?

Nevertheless, it was the truth.

“What type is it?” someone asked.

The worker cleaned the dust from the jade and had a closer look. “It’s dark green with a smooth texture. It must be Black Jadeite.”

“Black Jadeite! It’s a rare medium-level jade!” someone said with thrill.

“There is probably just a thin layer of it!” Wang Xinyan snorted. She of course wanted Gu Ning to lose. Thinking of the possibility that she could fail, Wang Xinyan’s expression became evil. No, I can’t lose.

“We’ll know whether there is only a thin layer of it,” Gu Ning said with confidence.

Wang Hongming felt anxious again. He suddenly had a feeling that there were probably more than 10 pieces of jade among her raw materials.

“Miss, do you want to sell it?” someone bid at once.

“Yes, but I’ll sell it after it’s fully cut out,” Gu Ning said.

Since she said so, people around her waited for the final result.

Chapter 259: Do You Want to Deny It?

Gu Ning’s second raw material that was cut out was jade too, and Wang Xinyan was more than upset now.

“Jesus! This miss is so lucky!”

“Indeed, I’ve never seen another person who can cut out two pieces of jade consecutively.”

…

Everyone was amazed.

“How is it possible? Why?” Wang Xinyan couldn’t believe her eyes, and refused to accept the truth.

Wang Hongming was displeased too. Is this woman lucky or able?

However, no one would believe that she was just lucky to cut out two pieces of jade consecutively.

However, if this woman had extraordinarily outstanding ability of stone gambling, there could be more jade in those raw materials. Wang Hongming almost had a breakdown.

Normally, the workers would be thrilled to cut out jade, because they could be famous by doing so, but now it was a completely different situation. Their boss didn’t want them to cut out jade at all, so their hands were trembling slightly. The raw materials in their hands were like hot potatoes that they wanted to throw away, but they couldn’t do that.

The second piece of medium-level jade was of the water type.

At this time, the third machine was available, so Gu Ning took out the third raw material, still with medium-level jade inside. The green showed within minutes too.

Everyone was more than shocked now.

Wang Hongming was extremely displeased now, and Wang Xinyan’s face distorted in jealousy.

Once someone cut out jade, firecrackers would be exploded so that people would be aware of the good news. Meanwhile, more and more people swarmed into the store.

“Nice to meet you, miss. I’m the manager of Baoyuan Company, Zhang Yan. This is my name card. I hope that we can cooperate someday,” a man immediately introduced himself to Gu Ning.

Baoyuan Company was a second-tier brand in the jewelry industry.

Gu Ning’s next goal was precisely to expand her client group for her jade provider business which she was going to open soon, and jewelry companies were the majority of her potential clients, so she was more than willing to meet the manager.

“Nice to meet you too. My name’s Tang Aining.” Gu Ning used the name in her previous incarnation, but wasn’t worried that it would cause her any trouble if the Tang Family and Qi Ziyue found out.

Let alone there being so many different people with the same name, even if she showed up with the name, Tang Aining, in front of their eyes, they wouldn’t doubt it at all, because she had changed completely.

Gu Ning then exchanged name cards with the man.

“Miss Tang, nice to meet you! I’m the manager of Jinyu Jewelry, Qin Yan…”

“Miss Tang, so glad to meet you! I’m…”

…

More and more managers of jewelry companies came to Gu Ning’s side and exchanged name cards with her in search of future cooperation. Gu Ning didn’t reject.

Within a short time, Gu Ning received seven name cards including first-line, second-line and third-line jewelry brands.

Someone bid the minute that the first jade was fully cut out.

“Five million yuan.”

“5.5 million yuan!”

…

“Thirteen million yuan.”

In the end, the Black Jadeite was sold at the price of thirteen million yuan.

To not expose her real identity, Gu Ning had told K to open an account in a Swiss Bank for her earlier.

The Swiss Bank had an extremely high-level secrecy system and was well-known as the most trustworthy bank around the world. About a quarter of the world’s personal wealth was stored in the bank. Politicians, business tycoons and A-list celebrities in the world all put their money in the Swiss Bank, which had also created Switzerland’s world-famous financial industry. In that case, even if someone wanted to investigate her identity, he or she was doomed to fail.

The first deal was finished within minutes.

Gu Ning then took out her fourth raw material, and it was the same.

Everyone rounded their eyes in great shock. It was shocking enough that she had already cut out three pieces of jade consecutively, but it seemed that there was more to come.

The second jade was fully cut out later, and was sold at the price of eight million yuan.

Gu Ning’s fifth raw material also cut out valuable jade.

Everyone was stunned, and no one could believe that it was real. They felt like they were in a dream, which was too good to be true.

“Jesus! This is the first time that I’ve ever witnessed someone cut out five pieces of jade consecutively!”

“Indeed! I think there’s more jade in the rest of the raw materials.”

“I agree!”

Many people started to believe that.

“Why does she look so familiar?”

“Who?” someone asked.

“I can’t remember it now all of a sudden.”

The news went abroad soon, and more people swarmed inside of the store. Its hall was filled with people now.

“Stop it now!” Wang Xinyan suddenly opened her mouth. If it continued, she was doomed to fail, which was the last thing she wanted to experience in this world. Thus she tried to deny the bet.

Although Wang Hongming had the same idea, he felt embarrassed to do so. What this woman had done today was beyond his imagination. He was shocked and regretful, because those raw materials were all from his own store!

It was painful for him to see more jade cut out from the rest raw materials, but he couldn’t take them back because he had already sold them.

“What? Do you want to deny the bet?” Gu Ning looked to Wang Xinyan asking sarcastically.

Hearing that, everyone showed disdain towards Wang Xinyan.

Wang Xinyan felt a little embarrassed in such a situation, even though she was usually shameless. However, she raised her voice and said, “If so, what can you do to me?”

She didn’t believe that Gu Ning could handle her. She was the daughter of the Wang Family!

“What do you think, Master Wang?” Gu Ning said to Wang Hongming. It sounded so sarcastic and provocative.

Wang Hongming flushed a little. He knew that it was embarrassing, but he sincerely didn’t want it to continue, so he used an excuse. “Since Miss Tang already cut out so many pieces of jade. I don’t think that you lack the jade of the pink lotus-root type at all. Why don’t we stop right now?”

Chapter 260: She Is the Queen of Jade

“Master Wang, you must be kidding me. This jade of the pink lotus-root type is worth at least twenty million yuan. Why should I abandon it? Well, I’m not an unreasonable person either. If I win, you don’t have to give this jade of the pink lotus-root type to me, but you have to pay me the same amount of money as its price. The Wang Family is a well-known super-rich family in City Teng, so I think that twenty million yuan is barely anything to you, right?” Gu Ning said, still in a provocative way.

Wang Hongming was displeased and slightly mad. Although twenty million yuan truly was nothing for the Wang Family, he wasn’t willing to give it to a stranger out of the blue.

“Miss Tang, are you sure?” Wang Hongming asked and threatened.

“Why not? Your granddaughter is the one who proposed the bet, and now she wants to deny it? Don’t you think that it’s shameful?” Gu Ning asked coldly. She wasn’t weak or a chicken.

The crowd burst into discussion at once.

“Exactly! They have no right to do that.”

“The Wang Family is an influential family. It’s so inappropriate for them to do that.”

“Indeed. I saw Miss Wang grab the jade of the pink lotus-root type from Miss Tang just then with my own eyes!”

“What? It’s so shameful!”

“It’s not the first time the Wang Family has done such a thing either.”

…

Although the Wang Family was powerful, it wasn’t dominant, so many people still dared to discuss it.

Especially the representatives of the jewelry companies, they stood with Gu Ning and weren’t afraid of the Wang Family at all, because the power behind them was much more influential than the Wang Family.

Wang Hongming was embarrassed, but couldn’t vent his anger in public, because it would give others ammunition.

Thus he tried his best to curb his anger and said icily, “Fine, you can continue cutting those raw materials. If you win, I’ll pay you the same amount of money as its price.”

The Wang Family didn’t lack jade, but it didn’t have many pieces of medium-high-level jade either, so he would rather pay Gu Ning the money and keep the jade.

“Grandpa…” Wang Xinyan disagreed.

“Shut up! You brought this up, and you must bear the result,” Wang Hongming snapped. He was now a little annoyed at Wang Xinyan’s self-willed personality. If she hadn’t made the bet with Gu Ning, it wouldn’t have ended up like this.

“Grandpa, we’re one of the most influential families in City Teng, and my uncle is the vice mayor. Do we have to care about a stranger?” Wang Xinyan argued, and didn’t hide her intention to threaten Gu Ning at all.

“Oh, so the vice mayor can bully others whenever he wants to? Shouldn’t a government officer be upright and reasonable? Why is your uncle the opposite? Moreover, the vice mayor isn’t the most powerful man in this city. What if someone in a higher position than your uncle finds out about what you’ve done, what will happen to your uncle?” Gu Ning said.

Actually, Wang Hongming wanted to see whether Gu Ning would panic because of their family’s network, but unexpectedly, Gu Ning wasn’t afraid at all.

“Xinyan, shut up right now! This is your own business, so don’t involve our whole family and your uncle. I don’t want you to cause any misunderstandings,” Wang Hongming criticized Wang Xinyan. He indeed was worried that his second son would be affected. If his son’s career was damaged, the Wang Family would be hurt too. In addition, the Wang Family had never encountered such a trouble before today.

This woman doesn’t care about our Wang Family’s power. Does she have more powerful backing? Wang Hongming couldn’t help thinking to himself.

Wang Xinyan was reluctant to accept it, but didn’t dare to utter another word, so she compromised in the end. She could now only wish that Gu Ning wouldn’t cut out more pieces of jade.

The gamble went on. Within minutes, the sixth piece of jade was cut out and sold.

Every time Wang Hongming heard that there was another piece of jade in Gu Ning’s raw material, he became more upset.

Gu Ning had cut out a lot of pieces of medium-high-level jade till now.

However, the workers were feeling tortured. They now could only hope that their boss wouldn’t vent his anger on them. Otherwise, they could be fired.

When the seventh piece of jade of the hibiscus type was cut out, a worker’s hands were trembling and there was a dense layer of sweat around his forehead.

“How is it possible? How!” Wang Xinyan almost cried in anxiety.

Wang Hongming gave up right then. He knew that they would definitely lose, and was more jealous of Gu Ning’s ability of stone gambling.

“Oh, I remember it now!”

All of a sudden, the man who had said that Gu Ning looked familiar opened his mouth again. “I read the news on the Internet. There was a woman who cut out four pieces of medium-high-level and high-level jade continuously in City G the other day, and she made 345 million yuan at that time! Everyone regards her as the Queen of Jade! I think that she is probably the Queen of Jade.”

“What? The Queen of Jade?”

People were all shocked, looking to Gu Ning.

Wang Hongming had heard of it too, but didn’t believe it, because he thought that it must be a publicity stunt or the woman was just lucky, but now…

If this woman before his eyes was the Queen of Jade, the news had to be the truth, because she had already shown her ability in front of them.

Thinking of this woman’s extremely outstanding ability, Wang Hongming gave the raw materials in Gu Ning’s cart a worried glance. Is there a piece of jade in every… Wang Hongming didn’t dare to continue thinking about it, because he couldn’t accept the truth.

Someone immediately used his phone to take pictures of Gu Ning. Gu Ning noticed that, but she didn’t stop him. Since she changed her outfit and appearance, she wasn’t afraid that someone would recognize her.

Before long, a piece of news with the title The Queen of Jade Cut Out More Highly Valuable Jade in City Teng [To be continued] was released.

Not many people knew who the Queen of Jade was, but the news was shocking enough.

Citizens in City Teng were all aware of the high risk of stone gambling. Thus they were all curious as to why it suddenly became so easy to cut out jade.

Some searched the Queen of Jade on the Internet at once, and there was more astonishing news about her.