Chapter 371: Qin Zheng and Chen Ziyao

“Oh, isn’t it Gu Man?” the woman said with surprise when Gu Man turned around, but she was pretending and ridiculed Gu Man on purpose. The woman was called Xu Xinlan. She was the wife of the owner of the factory where Gu Man had worked. Her family was rich, so she always thought that she was better than others, especially Gu Man. Gu Man had gotten pregnant before getting married, and Xu Xinlan had often ridiculed Gu Man because of it.

“Yes,” Gu Man answered calmly and ignored her.

However, the woman wouldn’t miss a good chance to humiliate Gu Man in public. “Oh, did you quit your job and find a better one, so that you can afford all this stuff?”

“Yes,” Gu Man gave her a perfunctory answer.

Xu Xinlan was mad at Gu Man’s attitude and raised her voice, “Gu Man, I’m talking to you! Mind your attitude!”

Gu Man looked to Xu Xinlan coldly and said, “Ms. Xu, if you don’t like my attitude, stop talking to me.” Gu Man’s character had changed a lot recently, and she wouldn’t tolerate people’s unfair behavior anymore.

“You…” Xu Xinlan was furious.

In the beginning, Gu Ning didn’t defend Gu Man, because she was curious to see whether her mother was able to handle it herself. Luckily, Gu Man handled it very well, and Gu Ning felt happy for her mother.

“Pack these three bottles! I’ll take them.” Xu Xinlan said to the attendant and looked at Gu Man with disdain. She believed that Gu Man couldn’t afford the wine.Please go and support our new domain mangabyte.com

“I’ll pay for the three bottles,” Gu Ning said and took out a bank card giving it to the attendant.

“Ningning!” Gu Man and Gu Qing wanted to stop her. Although they were rich now, the wine was too expensive.

“It’s fine. We’re shopping for the New Year festival after all!” Gu Ning comforted them. Since Gu Ning insisted, Gu Qing and Gu Man agreed in the end.

“I asked for the wine before you!” Xu Xinlan ran to them and shouted.

“Where is the proof?” Gu Ning asked.

“You…” Xu Xinlan was irritated again. However, before she could say anything, Gu Ning had already paid the bill.

After that, Qiao Ya took the bottles of red wine and they left right away. Xu Xinlan was in a rage, but could do nothing about it.

When it was about 20 minutes from 12 pm, Gu Qing and Gu Man were almost finished shopping. Gu Ning had an appointment with An Qian, so she didn’t go home with them, but she let Gao Yi and Qiao Ya drive Gu Man and Gu Qing back.

The western restaurant where Gu Ning was going to meet An Qian wasn’t far from this shopping mall, so Gu Ning walked straight to it. She arrived at the appointed western restaurant five minutes before 12 pm. Gu Ning didn’t walk inside, but called An Qian first.

An Qian would get there within two minutes, so Gu Ning decided to wait for her downstairs. However, a group of people whom Gu Ning disliked arrived earlier than An Qian. They were Qin Zheng and Chen Ziyao.

However, what surprised Gu Ning was that the two walked hand in hand. Obviously, there was something going on between them!

They didn’t see Gu Ning until they came near, and both of them were struck dumb when they noticed Gu Ning. To their astonishment, Gu Ning appeared in their sight all of a sudden. And they immediately loosed their hands. Or to be specific, it was more likely that Qin Zheng got rid of Chen Ziyao’s hand.

There was nothing between him and Gu Ning now, but he was unconscionably worried that Gu Ning would be upset.

Chen Ziyao was quite displeased that Qin Zheng was eager to get rid of her. She knew that Qin Zheng cared about Gu Ning, which annoyed her.

“Why are you here?” Qin Zheng asked.

“Why can’t I be here?” Gu Ning responded. She thought that Qin Zheng was being a little ridiculous.

“I…” Qin Zheng was struck speechless, and felt embarrassed.

“Let’s go now!” Chen Ziyao didn’t want them to keep talking, so she interrupted and pulled Qin Zheng upstairs. Qin Zheng wasn’t happy about that, but he didn’t say anything. Although he ached to reach out and hold Gu Ning close, Gu Ning obviously didn’t want to be near him, so he didn’t stay any longer and followed Chen Ziyao going upstairs. No sooner had Qin Zheng and Chen Ziyao walked upstairs than An Qian got here.

Seeing Gu Ning, An Qian complained, “If I didn’t call you, would you totally forget about me?”

“Impossible! You know that I left City F once the winter vacation began, and I just came back the day before yesterday. I know that it’s my fault that I’ve been too busy recently to call you,” Gu Ning explained.

“Fine,” An Qian said. And they walked upstairs afterwards. It was lunchtime and there were many people in the restaurant. Unfortunately, Gu Ning was seated not far from Qin Zheng and Chen Ziyao, so they saw each other once more.

Qin Zheng was distracted ever since Gu Ning appeared. Even though he understood that it was impossible for him and Gu Ning to be together again, he was reluctant to accept the truth. He was curious about why Gu Ning suddenly became so charming as well as outstanding after they had broken up. Back when they had been together, Gu Ning was like nobody!

“Qin Zheng, what are you doing!?” Chen Ziyao was mad and questioned him. In fact, Chen Ziyao had a good impression of Qin Zheng, but didn’t like him very much. The reason why they became boyfriend and girlfriend was because they had slept together after both of them had gotten drunk at a party. And now that Qin Zheng was her boyfriend, she naturally wouldn’t allow him to admire other girls.

Qin Zheng didn’t answer Chen Ziyao’s question, but drew his look back. They were in a public place, so Chen Ziyao wasn’t willing to quarrel with Qin Zheng either and they both ate in silence.

After the meal, An Qian went back to work in the hospital, while Gu Ning went home.

Gu Qinyang’s family arrived at around 2 pm. Their family reunion was appointed at the Friendship Restaurant, so they booked a room at a nearby hotel. The appointed time of their family reunion meal was 6 pm.

Gu Qinxiang and Gu Qinyang’s families arrived at the private room at 5:40 pm, but Gu Man and Gu Qing hadn’t shown up yet, which annoyed them. Gu Ning and her family arrived on time, and all of them were in designer brands. And with the nourishment of Gu Ning’s power, Gu Qing and Gu Man looked much younger than before.

Chapter 372: The Air of Rich People

The changes in Gu Qing and Gu Man were too obvious to be ignored, and everyone was impressed and stunned. Especially Lin Lijuan and Wen Yulan; as women, they were both jealous of Gu Qing and Gu Man.

Lin Lijuan then said acidly, “Oh, you’re rich now, so you all have the air of rich people.”

“Rich? Are they richer than my uncle?” Gu Qingshi asked. He acted arrogant because he didn’t believe that Gu Ning’s family was richer than Gu Qinxiang’s family.

“Exactly!” Gu Yinyin echoed.

Gu Yinyin and Gu Qingshi were both young, and didn’t know much about their family conflicts. They had only heard that Gu Man and Gu Qing’s family were rich now, but had no idea how rich they were.

“Qingshi, Yinyin, shut your mouths!” Gu Qinyang criticized them. He didn’t want to annoy Gu Ning, and wouldn’t allow his son and daughter to do so. Gu Yinyin and Gu Yinyin felt aggrieved, but had to listen to their father.

“So what? You did the same thing before, so why don’t you continue doing it?” Gu Ning retorted directly.

“You…” Lin Lijuan was mad.

Gu Qingyun understood that Gu Ning was different now, but he still believed that she was inferior to them. Seeing Gu Ning being so proud, Gu Qingyun was furious. “Gu Ning, how dare you talk to my mother like that!”

“Gu Qingyun, who do you think you are? And why can’t I talk to your mother like that?” Gu Ning sneered, which irritated Gu Qingyun.

Gu Qingyun abruptly stood up, like he was going to punch Gu Ning.

“Alright! Sit down now!” At this moment, Gu Qinxiang stopped his son. He was also unwilling to annoy Gu Ning and the others, because he couldn’t bear the result.

Gu Qinxiang had warned his family not to find fault with Gu Ning and the others like they had done before, so Gu Qingyun had to listen to his father and curbed his anger for now.

“Have a seat, you all!” Gu Qinxiang said to Jiang Xu and the others.

Jiang Xu and the others sat down afterwards. When they were just seated, the dishes were placed on the table one by one.

The old lady was unusually polite this time, but they all knew that it wouldn’t last long, because it was all an act. Without surprise, the old lady opened her mouth after the dishes were all on the table, “Jiang Xu, you really kept it a deep secret and none of us found out that you’re a big boss until Qinxiang met you in the hotel. What? You’re rich now, so you’re going to abandon us?” The old lady took it for granted that Jiang Xu owed them.

Jiang Xu hadn’t run his business for very long, but he wasn’t weak anymore. Gu Ning had also reminded him to be confident and never yield. Otherwise, those shameless people would take full advantage of them. Therefore, Jiang Xu became tough now to protect his family. Thus facing the old lady’s harsh questions, Jiang Xu stayed calm and argued, “You must be joking! If we were going to abandon you, we wouldn’t have come here today. And we’ve always lived our life separately. Nobody cares about each other, so why should I tell you what I’m doing now?” In other words, it was none of their business.

Please go and support our new domain mangabyte.com

“You…” The old lady was stunned. Although she knew that Jiang Xu’s explanation made sense, she couldn’t accept it. “Well, do you mean that it’s not your filial duty to support your-mother-in-law?” The old lady still believed that she had the right to share Jiang Xu’s money.

“Mom, we respect you as always! We have never missed a red envelope for you during any festival. Isn’t it enough?” Jiang Xu asked. Jiang Xu was telling the truth. Although Gu Qing and Gu Man had been poor in the old time, they had never forgotten to prepare a red envelope for the old lady.

“It’s different now! You’re rich and you’re supposed to give me more!” The old lady lost her patience and removed her disguise. She never liked the red envelopes that Gu Qing and Gu Man had prepared for her, because there wasn’t much money inside, but she had still taken them out of greed.

“Mom, do you really lack money? Qinxiang is very rich, so it’s unreasonable that you’re short of money!” Jiang Xu said. Obviously, he aimed at Gu Qinxiang. In fact, Jiang Xu understood that Gu Qinxiang wouldn’t treat his mother badly, because he was a filial son, although he treated his brothers and sisters unfairly. Thus, Jiang Xu only said it to criticize the old lady.

“You…” The old lady was furious. Gu Qinxiang of course supported her well, but it didn’t mean that she would stop wanting more.

“Jiang Xu, it doesn’t make sense. Even though mom doesn’t lack money, shouldn’t you be a filial son-in-law and take good care of our mother?” Lin Lijuan said, like it was really Jiang Xu’s fault.

“Ok, why don’t you tell me what you and your husband have done for your mother, so that I can learn from you?” Jiang Xu said sarcastically. He knew that a selfish man like Gu Qinxiang definitely wouldn’t support his mother-in-law, and the old lady was too mean to allow Gu Qinxiang and Lin Lijuan to give Lin Lijuan’s family anything. In that case, Lin Liyuan had no position to blame Jiang Xu.

However, in the old lady’s eyes, she thought that Gu Qinxiang and Lin Lijuan had to have secretly given Lin Lijuan’s family something behind her back, so she was mad at once. “Lijuan, did you secretly give your mother money from our pocket?” It was unbearable if Lin Lijuan did that.

“Mom, I didn’t!” Lin Lijuan immediately denied, but she was lying

Although Lin Lijuan denied it, the old lady still warned her, “Listen, you married my son, and you’re part of our family now. Never take money out of our pocket to support your relatives!”

“Sure I won’t,” Lin Lijuan said, but didn’t take it seriously.

“Ha-ha!” Gu Ning laughed. “Since she married your son and is part of your family now. You don’t allow her to take money out of your pocket to support her relatives, so you shouldn’t ask your daughters to do the same thing. Don’t forget that your daughter is married too.”

Chapter 373: Don’t Force Me to Kill You

“You…” What Gu Ning had said was like a slap which slammed across the old lady’s face, and she felt utterly embarrassed. However, the old lady didn’t want to give up, so she played the blame game. “Jiang Xu has no parents and he should regard me as his mother. His is mine too!”

Hearing that, Jiang Xu and the others were all shocked and amused by the old lady’s stupidity and shamelessness. Gu Ning snapped at her, “I’ve never seen such a shameless person like you in my whole life! Who do you think you are?”

Being humiliated by Gu Ning, the old lady lost her reason. “Who do you think you are then? You’re merely a b*st*rd!”

“Bang!” Gu Ning hit the table heavily with her hand angrily, which scared everyone around the table. She looked straight into the old lady’s eyes icily and asked, “Do you still remember what I warned you?” Gu Ning’s tone was quite threatening.

The old lady was terrified and couldn’t utter a word.

Gu Qinxiang knew that today’s family reunion was completely ruined. What the old lady had said and done had to irritate Gu Ning. However, before he could stop his mother, Gu Qinyang criticized the old lady, “Mom, how can you say that! Ningning is your granddaughter after all!”

Gu Qing had told Gu Qingyang that they came to today’s family reunion just for his sake. If Gu Qinxiang’s family and the old lady dared to annoy them, they wouldn’t tolerate it. Therefore, Gu Qinyang was cornered now, because he was unwilling to irritate either of them.

“She is a…” The old lady unconsciously retorted. She totally forgot that Gu Qinxiang had reminded her to not call Gu Qinxiang b*st*rd again. However, the only lady only cared about herself.

“Enough!” Gu Man interrupted before the old lady could say the humiliating word again. Gu Man had really had enough of such a toxic relationship with her mother. “We came here today just because of Qinyang. If you don’t like us, you can get out of here right now!” This time, Gu Man was really mad, and nobody dared to ignore her.

“What? How can you say that to me?” The old lady couldn’t believe her ears. Everyone else around the table was greatly surprised too, including Gu Ning. However, Gu Ning loved to see Gu Man being tough and strong

“Gu Man, how can you talk to our mother like that!” Gu Qinxiang scolded Gu Man. He knew that the old lady was being unreasonable, but he couldn’t accept the fact that Gu Man dared to drive them away.

Please go and support our new domain mangabyte.com

“Why can’t I? I don’t owe you anything, and you have no right to judge us!” Gu Man said.

“You…” Gu Qinxiang was struck dumb, and didn’t know how to retort because Gu Man was simply telling the truth.

Gu Qing added, “When Man and I were poor, you never respected us and always made fun of us. We didn’t care. All we wanted was to live our own life. However, now we’re rich, and you want to share our money or even grab our fortune away? I mean seriously, who do you think you are?”

“You, how dare you!” The old lady was furious, but she still believed that she was right. “I think that you’re the ones who should get out of here right now!” the old lady almost yelled in anger. Saying that, she threw an empty glass at Gu Man.

“Mom!” Everyone was shocked, but it was too late to stop the crazy old lady.

However, right at this key moment, Gu Ning raised her hand and caught the empty glass in the air.

The scene astonished everyone once more. How is it possible? How can Gu Ning be so agile? Everyone had the same questions in their mind.

Gu Ning gave the old lady a sharp look. And with the effect of her power, it seemed like the air in the room was frozen. The old lady was trembling from fear and coldness. She lost her breath and almost had a heart attack.

Although Gu Ning hated the old lady to death, she wouldn’t kill her. “Don’t force me to kill you!” Gu Ning clenched her teeth. Saying that, she tightened her fingers and the empty glass was immediately smashed into pieces.

Everyone rounded their eyes in shock looking at Gu Ning with horror. How-how is it possible?

“Ningning!” Gu Man was scared and ran to check Gu Ning’s hand without delay. Seeing that Gu Ning’s hand was fine, Gu Man was relieved.

“Uncle Qinyang, I think that it’s enough for today. Either they get out of here right now, or you can leave with them. And we’ll stay and finish the meal,” Gu Ning said in an undeniable tone.

It wasn’t Gu Ning who was forcing Gu Qinyang into a corner, because they had come to an agreement beforehand.

Having witnessed what just had happened, Gu Qinxiang was terrified. Even if Gu Ning didn’t drive him away, he wasn’t willing to stayt here any longer either. He said to Lin Lijuan, “Let’s leave now.”

Within seconds, Gu Qinxiang’s family disappeared. Gu Qingyun who had claimed that he was going to teach Gu Ning a lesson also escaped as soon as possible.

Gu Qinyang’s family stayed, but lost their appetite. They behaved carefully, in case Gu Ning got angry. On the contrary, Gu Ning and her family enjoyed the meal, as if nothing had happened.

In the past, Gu Qinyang had been better than Gu Qing and Gu Man, but now everything has changed completely. Gu Qinyang was scared of Gu Qing and Gu Man after today. Before long, they separated too. Gu Qinyang’s family felt like they had been released from prison when they left the restaurant.

“Gu Qing and Gu Man are totally different now!” Wen Yulan sighed with jealousy. However, she also felt lucky that there were no long-standing grudges between them, Gu Qing and Gu Man.

In fact, Gu Qinyang’s family had always despised Gu Qing and Gu Man because they had earned less, but now Gu Qing and Gu Man were both far richer than them. Although Gu Qinyang had a cradle-to-grave job, he had no power at all, and his salary was barely enough to improve his family’s living standards.

Chapter 374: Leng Shaoting Is Back!

The old lady fell down, trembling and had a fever the moment that she got back home. Gu Qinxiang immediately sent his mother to the hospital and called Gu Qinyang. Gu Qinyang’s family went to visit the old lady at once. Although the family reunion didn’t end well today, the old lady was Gu Qing and Gu Man’s mother after all, so Gu Qinxiang still called them and told them that the old lady was sick.

Gu Qing and Gu Man didn’t feel sad or nervous when they heard the news because they had already given up the so-called family connection with their mother. Nevertheless, they would go and visit their mother since the old lady was sick.

Gu Ning was reluctant to see the old lady again, but she was worried about Gu Man, thus she went to the hospital along with them. However, Gu Ning didn’t walk into the hospital, but waited outside.

The old lady had already lost consciousness when she was admitted to the hospital. And because of what had happened today, Gu Qinxiang didn’t dare to criticize Gu Qing or Gu Man anymore. In that case, it was quite harmonious in the patient room.

While Gu Ning was waiting outside, she received Leng Shaoting’s call.

“Ningning, what are you up to right now?” Leng Shaoting asked.

“I’m at the hospital,” Gu Ning answered.

“What’s wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable?” Leng Shaoting was nervous.

“No, it’s not me. Just a relative,” Gu Ning explained.

“Oh.” Leng Shaoting sensed that it wasn’t an important person from Gu Ning’s tone.

“When will you be back?” Leng Shaoting asked again.

“A while later I guess,” Gu Ning said. She didn’t think further about why Leng Shaoting asked that.

Gu Qing and Gu Man left the hospital a few minutes later. And when they had almost arrived at Fenghua Luxury Mansion, Gu Ning received Leng Shaoting’s call once more. However, because Gu Man was with her, it wasn’t convenient for Gu Ning to answer Leng Shaoting’s call. She cut the call off and texted him.

Leng Shaoting then sent a message back to her. I’m waiting for you outside of Fenghua Luxury Mansion in a black car.

Reading the message, Gu Ning’s hands trembled and her phone almost fell. She was so excited and surprised that Leng Shaoting would come to City F.

“Mom, Peihan is inviting me to sing karaoke, so I’ll get out at the gate of Fenghua Luxury Mansion,” Gu Ning lied.

“Don’t be home too late!” Gu Man knew that Chu Peihan was Gu Ning’s friend, so she didn’t stop Gu Ning. And it wasn’t very late at that moment.

Gu Ning then got out of the car at the gate of Fenghua Luxury Mansion.

The minute that she was out of the car, Gu Ning noticed the black car parked at the front. She knew that Leng Shaoting was in it, but wasn’t in a hurry to go over there until Jiang Xu drove away.

Leng Shaoting left the car without delay when Gu Ning walked near. He had seen Gu Ning earlier on, but had to curb his desire to hug her because her family hadn’t left yet. Watching Gu Ning stepping towards him, Leng Shaoting was thrilled and couldn’t wait to hold her in his arms, but he still controlled himself to not do so because there were a lot of people around. Leng Shaoting could only open the car door for Gu Ning quietly, but there was a burning desire in his eyes.

Gu Ning had the same feelings.

Once Gu Ning was in the car, Leng Shaoting closed the car door and sat in the driver’s seat. He clasped Gu Ning’s hand in his, fixing his eyes on her with passion.

“Where should we go now?” Gu Ning asked.

“No idea,” Leng Shaoting replied.

“Just talk for a while in the car?” Gu Ning asked.

Leng Shaoting frowned a little. Apparently that wasn’t what he wanted.

“Well, then what should we do?” Gu Ning asked. “Um, I’m staying in a hotel tonight,” Leng Shaoting said. He was implying something. Gu Ning flushed and turned her face aside. “Let’s go there then!”

With Gu Ning’s permission, Leng Shaoting’s eyes lit up at once and he drove ahead to the hotel.

To calm her embarrassment, Gu Ning changed the topic. “Did you finish your work?”

“Yeah,” Leng Shaoting said.

“When will you go home for the New Year festival?” Gu Ning asked.

“Tomorrow afternoon,” Leng Shaoting replied.

During their small talk, a picture suddenly emerged before Gu Ning’s eyes. She saw that a shadow secretly came to a car and pried the car door open before he cut the brakes. Gu Ning recognized that it was An Guangyao’s car. Although she didn’t foresee what was going to happen next, it would be dangerous if the brakes of the car were broken.

Gu Ning immediately realized that An Guangyao was in danger, and called him at once.

An Guangyao answered her call within seconds. Before he could say anything, Gu Ning asked, “Uncle An, where are you now?”

“I’m in the Kadun Hotel. The party is over and I’m going home. What’s up?” An Guangyao said.

“I have something important to discuss with you. Don’t leave and wait at the hotel for me,” Gu Ning said seriously.

“Sure,” An Guangyao replied.

When Leng Shaoting heard that Gu Ning was going to meet An Guangyao, his face changed slightly, but he understood that it had to be an emergency. Anyway, they would spend the night together, so he didn’t mind changing the place.

Gu Ning also understood it was strange that she suddenly changed the plan, so she explained, “Well, Uncle An is at a party tonight, and I just had a premonition that something bad is going to happen, so I have to stop it. I’m sorry if that sounds strange.”

It did sound strange, but Leng Shaoting chose to believe Gu Ning as always.

In the parking lot, a pair of eyes stared at An Guangyao from a car which was only 10 meters away from An Guangyao’s. Seeing that An Guangyao answered a call and went back into the hotel, the man thought that An Guangyao had something else to deal with, so he kept waiting in the car.

Leng Shaoting drove fast and steadily, so they soon arrived at Kadun Hotel.

The moment that Gu Ning got out, she called An Guangyao. An Guangyao told her he was in a tea room, and Gu Ning along with Leng Shaoting quickly went to meet him. Only An Guangyao and Zhang Shunjie were in the tea room when they came inside.

“Nice to meet you, boss and Mr. Leng!” An Guangyao and Zhang Shunjie greeted Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting walked over and sat down. Zhang Shunjie poured two cups of tea for them. “How was the party?” Gu Ning asked.

“Not bad. We just had some conflicts with Wu Lianqin,” An Guangyao replied.

“Why?” Gu Ning asked.

Chapter 375: Cut Brakes

“Well, one of my friends introduced a boss of a clothing company to me tonight. The clothing company is going to build a factory, and is looking for a qualified construction company. Wu Lianqin wanted to strike the deal, but the boss of the clothing company chose to cooperate with me after we discussed the project at the party. It’s normal that businessmen compete against each other in the same industry, but Wu Lianqin blamed me for it and threatened me,” An Guangyao said.

Gu Ning was slightly mad. Although she wasn’t very sure that Wu Lianqin had something to do with the cut brakes, she sensed that Wu Lianqin was involved.

“Other than Wu Lianqin, have you annoyed anyone else recently?” Gu Ning asked.

“Except for Hongyun Real Estate, we haven’t annoyed anyone else,” An Guangyao said.

It was impossible that Hongyun did it, because Hongyun already went bankrupt. In that case, it was highly likely that Wu Lianqin was behind that.

“To be honest with you, I came to you because I suddenly had a bad premonition about you. I’m worried that something bad might happen to you. Although it sounds strange, my premonitions are always right,” Gu Ning explained, trying to make it sound reasonable.

An Guangyao and Zhang Shunjie had the same reaction as Leng Shaoting. Although they felt that it was indeed strange, they chose to trust Gu Ning. In fact, they trusted Gu Ning even more than Leng Shaoting did. In Leng Shaoting’s eyes, Gu Ning was his love so he would naturally believe her, but in An Guangyao’s and Zhang Shunjie’s opinions, Gu Ning was like a goddess who could make the impossible become possible.

“Alright, that’s all I wanted to say. Let’s leave now, but we should check the car first in case any accidents happen. One can never be too careful.” Gu Ning couldn’t directly tell them that the car was damaged, so she just reminded them to be careful.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting followed An Guangyao to the underground parking lot. Once they were in the parking lot, Gu Ning observed the surroundings to see whether the man was still here. Some criminals would stay at the site to see the result in person.

As Gu Ning glanced around the parking lot, she met the man’s eyes in the car. The man’s face changed when Gu Ning caught his sight. Obviously, he was the one who cut the brakes.

Before long, Zhang Shunjie found that there was something wrong with the car.

“Boss, the brakes were cut!” Zhang Shunjie said.

“What?” Hearing that, An Guangyao was shocked. He abruptly looked at Gu Ning and felt lucky that Gu Ning’s accurate premonition saved his life. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have seen tomorrow’s sun.

“Was it Wu Lianqin?” An Guangyao assumed, and believed it was highly possible.

“I think that it’s possible, but we don’t have evidence. We can turn to the manager of Kadun Hotel first and check the surveillance cameras to find out who did it.” Although Gu Ning had already seen the man in the car, she still needed the proof. She wouldn’t let the man get away with it because he dared to hurt her staff. If Gu Ning hadn’t had the premonition, An Guangyao and Zhang Shunjie would have been killed.

Please go and support our new domain mangabyte.com

“I’ll find the manager right now,” Zhang Shunjie said and quickly walked to the hotel hall.

The criminal who was hiding in the car didn’t hear their discussion clearly, but he knew that his scheme had been exposed, and was quite surprised. However, the criminal didn’t realize that Gu Ning already knew that it was him who had damaged the brakes, so he didn’t leave right away, but stayed to see what would happen next.

Zhang Shunjie told the manager of Kadun Hotel what had happened to their car, and the manager was astonished. He hadn’t been bought by money, so he immediately let Zhang Shunjie watch the surveillance cameras.

Although the shadow in the surveillance cameras wasn’t very clear, because the man was wearing a mask and hat, they could see the whole process when the man was cutting the brakes. Luckily, they saw that the man was still hiding in the parking lot, so the manager called the police at once.

An Guangyao was an important figure in City F, thus the police arrived soon. The manager showed the video to the policemen when they arrived, and three of them went straight to the car where the criminal hid afterwards.

The man didn’t realize that he had been exposed until the three policemen ran to him, but it was too late for him to escape now. And when the criminal was brought back to the hotel, he finally figured out that there were surveillance cameras in the parking lot. It was obvious that this man was too stupid to be a criminal.

Gu Ning told An Guangyao to request that the police force the man to admit his crime on site. An Guangyao was influential in City F, so the police were willing to help him. However, Gu Ning was the one who questioned the criminal. With the solid proof on the table, the man couldn’t deny it. He didn’t want to be sentenced alone, so he told Gu Ning who was behind him.

Wu Lianqin’s secretary had called him and promised to give him fifty thousand yuan if he succeeded. He got a deposit of twenty thousand yuan. There were messages and call recordings as evidence.

And although it was Wu Lianqin’s secretary who instigated him to do it, everyone knew that Wu Lianqin’s secretary had followed Wu Lianqin’s order.

“Wu Lianqin, it’s really him!” An Guangyao was mad, even though he had known the answer. However, they still lacked enough evidence to sentence Wu Lianqin. The police would handle it. No matter what the result was, Gu Ning made up her mind to get revenge on Wu Lianqin.

It was late when they finally settled the mess. Gu Ning told An Guangyao and Zhang Shunjie to have a rest.

An Guangyao’s car was damaged, and was left in the parking lot waiting to be repaired. Thus Kadun Hotel arranged a car to send An Guangyao and Zhang Shunjie back.

After An Guangyao and Zhang Shunjie were gone, Gu Ning sat in the car, while Leng Shaoting went to book a room. Leng Shaoting would go to the room first, and Gu Ning would follow him up later. She was worried to be seen by people who knew her, because it might cause rumors.

While Gu Ning was waiting in the car, she surfed the Internet searching for information about Wu Lianqin. Wu Lianqin was a famous businessman in City F, and there should be an introduction for him.

Chapter 376: Leng Shaoting’s and Situ Ye’s Gift

Without much effort, Gu Ning got screenshots of Wu Lianqin’s photos and introduction. She sent those materials to Gao Yi and told him to investigate Wu Lianqin’s background to see whether he had done anything illegal. As a professional killer, it was also necessary to be an excellent detective. It wasn’t difficult for Gao Yi to investigate Wu Lianqin.

Leng Shaoting booked the room and told Gu Ning its number. He understood that Gu Ning wanted to keep it private, and he respected her. When they were both in the room, Leng Shaoting couldn’t wait to undress Gu Ning and spend the whole night with her in the bed for a second longer.

The three policemen took the criminal back to the police station and went to arrest Wu Lianqin’s secretary without delay. They also informed Wu Lianqin that he needed to come to the police station as soon as possible.

Since their scheme was already exposed, Wu Lianqin’s secretary had to admit it, but he didn’t mention Wu Lianqin at all. He only claimed that he disliked An Guangyao and tried to kill him. The secretary protected Wu Lianqin because he knew that Wu Lianqin would hurt his family if he told the truth.

Wu Lianqin was furious when he found out that their scheme had been exposed, but he wouldn’t admit that he was involved since his secretary was willing to be the scapegoat. Because Wu Lianqin denied it, the police couldn’t arrest him. And his secretary was made a scapegoat for what happened.

When An Guangyao heard the result, he wasn’t surprised, nor was he mad, because Gu Ning had told him that she had another plan to teach Wu Lianqin a lesson.

When it was almost 11 pm, Gu Ning called Gu Man. She made up an excuse that Chu Peihan wasn’t in a good mood, so she wouldn’t be coming home tonight. Gu Man didn’t doubt it and agreed.

The next day, Gu Ning still stayed with Leng Shaoting. It was raining outside, so Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting ate at the hotel.

Meanwhile, Wu Lianqin’s secretary and the criminal were sentenced to three years in jail for attempted murder.

In City G, Liu Shikun and the others were also sentenced by the court, but the New Year festival was tomorrow, so Yan Zhenglin told Gu Ning that the Hongyun Group’s properties would be put up for auction after the festival. Gu Ning wasn’t in a hurry, so she agreed.

Leng Shaoting didn’t leave the hotel and Gu Ning until it was 5 pm.

Before he left, Leng Shaoting took out a box from the trunk of his car. He said that it was a New Year gift for Gu Man, and that there were two pieces of ginseng inside. They seemed old and had to be expensive. Other than ginseng, there were also many other precious herbal medicines in the box. Since it was a gift from Leng Shaoting, Gu Ning accepted it with pleasure.

After that, Gu Ning sent Leng Shaoting to the airport.

Leng Shaoting didn’t want to bother Gu Ning, but he wanted to seize every second that he could be with her, so he let Gu Ning send him to the airport.

When Leng Shaoting had left for a short while, Gu Ning received Gao Yi’s call; he had gotten evidence of all of Wu Lianqin’s criminal activities. Wu Lianqin was a very bold businessman, and he was too proud to destroy the proof. Thus it was very easy to investigate his criminal history.

Corrupt Wu Lianqin, had illegally taken over forty million yuan which was the funds of a construction project, putting it into his own pocket, and had even used shoddy construction materials. He had also schemed against his competitors in business and deliberately caused a car accident.

Except for his corruption, the rest was all done by others who worked for him, so there was no direct proof to prove that he was guilty. However, corruption alone was enough to sentence him to prison.

With the evidence in her hands, Gu Ning told K to find the email address of the chairman of the Tianhua Group and send all of Wu Lianqin’s dirty secrets to the chairman. Tianhua Group was the parent company of Tianhua Real Estate in which Wu Lianqin was the executive president.

Gu Ning didn’t send the email in person, because she didn’t want to be involved. Her aim was to unseat Wu Lianqin after all.

The chairman of the Tianhua Group was furious when he read the email, and immediately demanded that people look into it.

Gu Ning shared her dinner with Gao Yi and Qiao Ya. She wasn’t going home yet, so she put Leng Shaoting’s gift into her telepathic eye space. During the meal, Gu Ning received Chu Xuanfeng’s call. Chu Xuanfeng asked where she was and wanted to meet her in person. Gu Ning had a sense that it had something to do with Situ Ye, but either way, she agreed to meet with him.

Chu Xuanfeng came alone, but showed up with a box of gifts. He told Gu Ning that it was Situ Ye who asked him to give her the New Year gift.

Gu Ning was surprised, but it was also predictable. She didn’t accept it immediately, but instead used her Jade Eyes to see what was inside. If they were too expensive, she would decline.

Without doubt, the objects inside were truly expensive, like two bottles of 85′ Medusa from the Conti Winery in Rome, which were worth at least a hundred and ninety thousand yuan! And there were many precious herbal medicines too. Gu Ning hesitated because it was Situ Ye, not Leng Shaoting, who sent such expensive gifts to her.

“I don’t think that I should take them,” Gu Ning said. Although they were nothing to Situ Ye, they were really very expensive.

Knowing what was on Gu Ning’s mind, Chu Xuanfeng almost begged, “Please accept it! Otherwise I’ll be in big trouble.”

Gu Ning didn’t know whether Chu Xuanfeng was being serious, but she didn’t want him to get in trouble. After a short time of hesitating, Gu Ning accepted the box of gifts in the end. Anyway, she had received much more expensive gift than that from Situ Ye before!

“Alright, I’ll call him to thank him for the gifts,” Gu Ning sighed, and took the box.

Seeing that Gu Ning took the box, Chu Xuanfeng was relieved. Actually, he wasn’t lying. If he failed to get Gu Ning to accept the gifts from his boss, he wouldn’t have a peaceful New Year festival this year.

Gu Ning called Situ Ye the moment Chu Xuanfeng was gone.

“Hi, how are you doing?” Situ Ye said once he answered the call.

“Great. And I just received your New Year gift; they’re too expensive,” Gu Ning said.

“Why don’t you buy me a meal when you’re in City G to thank me?” Situ Ye said. Apparently, he was creating chances to meet Gu Ning alone.

“No problem,” Gu Ning said. Since she had already accepted Situ Ye’s gifts, it was reasonable that she invited him to dine together.

They said “Happy New Year” to each other before hanging up.

Chapter 377: The New Year Festival

After dinner, Gu Ning went back home.

Gu Man was quite surprised to see Gu Ning coming back home with two boxes. “Ningning, what are these?”

“New Year gifts from my friends.” Gu Ning placed the boxes on a table and opened it.

When Gu Man saw what was in the boxes, she exclaimed, “Ningning, your friends are so generous!” None of the objects were cheap.

“Yeah, we’re very good friends,” Gu Ning said but didn’t explain further.

After seeing the gifts, Gu Man suddenly thought of something and said, “Oh, the old lady is paralyzed.” Gu Man wasn’t very sad when she said it, but her mood was affected to some extent. The old lady was her biological mother after all. However, it was good news to Gu Ning. If the old lady was paralyzed, she wouldn’t be able to cause Gu Man and Gu Qing trouble anymore.

Gu Ning was always busy ever since she had come back from City F, and she didn’t have much time to talk with Gu Man, so she hadn’t mentioned Tang Yunfan yet. And tomorrow was the New Year festival. Gu Ning wasn’t willing to bring it up, in case Gu man would be affected.

The next day was the New Year festival.

Gu Ning chatted with Leng Shaoting on the phone for about half an hour early in the morning. Leng Shaoting was in his apartment, and he would go to the Leng family’s house in the afternoon for the New Year’s Eve family dinner.

Thinking of Leng Shaoting and his family, Gu Ning felt sorry for him. Luckily, he had a close relationship with his grandpa. Otherwise, Gu Ning would certainly invite him to spend the festival with her.

In the morning, Gu Ning called Gao Yi and Qiao Ya and invited them to come over. Jiang Xu’s family also came to Gu Ning’s home to spend the New Year festival together.

After lunch, they were going to prepare for the New Year’s Eve family dinner.

Leng Shaoting had his lunch with Xu Jinchen, Si Ming and the other teammates in the capital. He wouldn’t have time to gather together with them after the New Year’s Festival, so he decided to advance their meeting.

They also understood that Leng Shaoting was eager to meet Gu Ning after the festival, so they didn’t complain.

However, one of them felt sad that he was still single. That one was precisely Xu Jinchen.

Si Ming and Qiu Yuxin got along quite well recently. And although they weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend yet, they would be sooner or later.

The capital, in the Leng family’s old house…

All the members of the Leng family gathered together in the living hall, chatting with one another, except for Leng Shaoting.

There were grudges among some of them, but none of them would be so dumb as to argue during the New Year festival, especially in front of Master Leng.

Please go and support our new domain mangabyte.com

“It’s almost 4 pm. Why is Shaoting still absent?” Leng Shaoxun asked.

Hearing Leng Shaoting’s name, Leng Yuanqian’s family felt uncomfortable but didn’t dare to say anything. However, right at this moment, they heard Leng Changzhi’s happy voice. “Lord Leng is back!”

Leng Shaoxun abruptly stood up, running out at once. “Shaoting! Why are you so late? I thought that you wouldn’t be back for the festival!”

“I was just occupied by something,” Leng Shaoting said. Entering the front hall, Leng Shaoting greeted the older generation one by one.

“Welcome home, Shaoting!” Only Master Leng was visibly excited to see Leng Shaoting, while the rest simply remained polite.

“Hi, Shaoting,” Leng Shaoming said. He wasn’t as cold as his parents but didn’t show any affection either.

“Been a while, Shaoting,” Leng Shaoxi said with respect. However, Leng Shaojia directly ignored Leng Shaoting.

“Shaoting, it’s not dinner time yet. Could you please teach me some fighting skills now?” Leng Shaoxun begged.

Before Leng Shaoting could say a word, Master Leng criticized Leng Shaoxun, “It’s the New Year festival! Don’t be so naughty and sit down.”

Once Master Leng opened his mouth, Leng Shaoxun didn’t dare to say it again and sat down quietly.

“Shaoting, come here!” Master Leng waved his hand and told Leng Shaoting to sit by his side.

Leng Shaoting walked over and sat down by Master Leng’s side. Master Leng then kept talking with Leng Shaoting and cared about him very much.

Seeing that Master Leng cared so much about Leng Shaoting, others around the table were jealous.

Leng Shaojia, who was always impulsive felt like her biological brother had been ignored and asked, “Grandpa, my older brother has left home for a long time too, so why don’t you care about him like that?”

Leng Shaoming didn’t work in the capital but in a nearby county. Although the county wasn’t far away, he seldom had time to come back home. Leng Shaoming was also an outstanding young man. With his family background, he became the head of the county when he was only 25-years-old. In addition, he was promoted to be the vice mayor of a nearby third-tier city recently, and he could soon move back to work in the capital as an important official.

However, no matter how outstanding Leng Shaoming was, he was barely comparable to Leng Shaoting. Leng Shaoting was only half a year older than Leng Shaoming, but he was already the youngest major general in the country’s history.

“Shaojia, mind your words! Since when does grandpa not care about me? You don’t know anything so stop saying that,” Leng Shaoming instantly snapped at Leng Shaojia. Master Leng treated Leng Shaoting better than him, and he did feel aggrieved, but he never showed his dissatisfaction because he didn’t want Master Leng to think that he was mean or selfish. What Leng Shaojia had said merely damaged his image.

“I’m telling the truth!” Leng Shaojia, instead, had no idea what was on her older brother’s mind.

“Shaojia, close your mouth now!” Leng Yuanqian also criticized her. What Leng Shaojia had said was very inappropriate.

Even though Leng Shaoming and Leng Yuanqian both scolded Leng Shaojia, Master Leng was still displeased. He looked to Leng Shaojia with unhappiness and said seriously, “You’re always complaining in this family. Are you living too comfortable a life for you to be that troublesome?”

It was a fact that Master Leng cared more about Leng Shaoting than Leng Shaoming, but that was because Leng Shaoting lost his parents when he was just a child. If Master Leng didn’t care about Leng Shaoting, nobody would. On the contrary, Leng Yuanqian’s family didn’t care about Leng Shaoting, who was their cousin at all and even schemed against him. Ironically, the more they disliked Leng Shaoting, the more Master Leng care about him.

Leng Shaojia was mad but did not have to nerves to argue with Master Leng, so she lowered her head and kept silent. At this moment, Jiang Shuyuan didn’t dare to defend Leng Shaojia either.

In City F, Gu Ning’s family prepared many kinds of dishes on the table at around 6 pm. And the seven of them sat around the table chatting, laughing and joking in harmony. Even Gao Yi and Qiao Ya who were always expressionless smiled a lot.

Chapter 378: A Granddaughter Showed up out of the Blue

It was the most meaningful New Year festival that they had ever celebrated. It was the same for Gu Qing and Gu Man’s families.

After the New Year’s Eve family dinner, they gathered together to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Gao Yi and Qiao Ya didn’t leave until it was very late. And Gu Ning invited them to come over tomorrow again.

When it was just past midnight, Gu Ning was about to call Leng Shaoting, but Leng Shaoting called her first.

“Happy New Year!” Leng Shaoting said the moment Gu Ning answered the call.

Gu Ning smiled gently, “Happy New Year! Where is my red envelope?”

“I’ll give it to you in a few days,” Leng Shaoting said.

Although Gu Ning was just joking, she wouldn’t reject if Leng Shaoting prepared a red envelope for her. They talked for a little while longer before hanging up. Gu Ning checked her phone later and many new messages were coming in. Other than Hao Ran and her other close friends, Qin Yifan also sent her a message.

Gu Ning immediately typed a message and sent it to all of the contacts on her phone. It was too late, so she didn’t call them one by one.

Please go and support our new domain mangabyte.com

The next morning, Gu Ning called those masters one by one. Although she had already sent them a message to wish them a Happy New Year, it was more meaningful if she called.

The first one Gu Ning called was her “grandpa” Tang Haifeng. “Girl Gu, Happy New Year!” Tang Haifeng was happy to hear from Gu Ning, and couldn’t wait to wish her Happy New Year the moment that he picked up the phone.

Gu Ning smiled and said, “Happy New year, grandpa! Where is my red envelope?”

Tang Haifeng had told Gu Ning to call him grandpa directly, so Gu Ning followed his request.

“Of course I’ve prepared a red envelope for you, but you have to visit me in person first!” Tang Haifeng said and joked. However, he really missed Gu Ning. Ever since they had separated in City Teng, he always missed Gu Ning. Tang Haifeng didn’t tell his family about the fact that Gu Ning closely resembled Tang Yunfan, because it didn’t prove anything if they were only alike in appearance.

“Sure, I will once I’m free! However, the red envelope must be worth it. If it isn’t enough to pay for my plane tickets, I’ll be mad,” Gu Ning said and acted greedy. Tang Haifeng laughed out loud with pleasure, “Ha-ha, don’t worry. Grandpa will give you a thick red envelope.”

“Very well, then I’ll call you when I come to visit you,” Gu Ning said.

“Be quick and don’t let me wait for you for a long time!” Tang Haifeng said. Although Gu Ning was just joking about the red envelope, Tang Haifeng took it seriously and prepared a thick red envelope for Gu Ning.

“I won’t,” Gu Ning said and hung up.

It was the New Year festival, so everyone in the Tang family gathered together in the house. Except for Tang Yunfan who stayed in his study the entire time, the rest of the people all heard what Tang Haifeng had said on the phone. Seeing Tang Haifeng being so happy after answering the call, everyone was quite surprised and had no idea what had happened.

“Grandpa, since when do you have another granddaughter?” Tang Jiakai asked. He was the eldest grandson in the Tang family. Tang Jiakai inherited his family’s beautiful appearance. His skin was smooth and shiny and his features were attractive. The young man had an air of natural nobility. Apart from that, Tang Jiakai’s features resembled Gu Ning’s to some extent. Maybe that was the effect of genes.

“Just a young girl I met,” Tang Haifeng said. When he mentioned Gu Ning, his face lit up with pride, because he was proud of Gu Ning.

“What?” Everyone was astonished again. Master Tang had just left home for a week, and he already regarded a stranger who he had met as his granddaughter?

However, the next moment, Tang Haifeng looked upset. “When I was in City Teng, I had a heart attack at its airport. It was Girl Gu who saved my life.”

Tang Haifeng was reluctant to bring it up because he didn’t want to worry his family.

“What?” Everyone was shocked this time.

“Dad, why didn’t you say anything about it?”

“I didn’t want to worry you,” Tang Haifeng replied.

“I think that you just want to impress us because of the young girl who you met,” Tang Yunhang hit the point.

Gu Ning had rescued Master Tang, and his family definitely appreciated her kind behavior, but wasn’t it too much to take Gu Ning as his granddaughter?

Tang Haifeng understood their concern, and sighed, “I regard Girl Gu as my granddaughter not only because she saved my life, but also because she strongly resembled Yunfan. Nobody would doubt it if I said that they’re father and daughter!”

“What?” Everyone was more than shocked now.

Tang Haifeng added, “Yunfan refuses to get married and I’m wondering if Yunfan would be willing to be the young girl’s adoptive father. The girl had a hard childhood and lost her father when she was just a baby. However, the girl said that she first wants to know Yunfan’s opinion. I thought that Yunfan won’t agree according to his character, so I took her as my granddaughter.”

“Does she know who you are?” Tang Jiakai asked. He doubted Gu Ning’s aim, which was reasonable because the Tang family wasn’t a simple family after all.

“She didn’t know it at the beginning, but I told her later and gave her two Black Cards of the hotel and shopping mall under the Tang family’s name,” Tang Haifeng said.

“Did she accept it?” Tang Yunhang’s wife, Yan Xiuyu, asked.

Tang Haifeng knew what was on their mind, and explained, “I know what you’re suspecting. Although she’s just 18, she isn’t simple at all. Not only has she saved my life, but she also improved my heart condition with a special way of massage. I now feel much more energetic than ever. I had a checkup the other day, and the doctor said that it’s very unlikely that I’ll have heart disease again.”

Everyone rounded their eyes in shock now. Really? A special way of massage can cure heart disease? Is the young girl a human being? Even the most advanced medical science wasn’t able to cure heart disease, only improve it. Gu Ning, on the other hand, could cure it completely just with a massage? It must be a miracle!

Everyone had thought that Gu Ning had only administered First Aid to Tang Haifeng when he had a heart attack. It wasn’t very difficult anyway, but to their astonishment, Gu Ning had cured Tang Haifeng’s heart disease!

Chapter 379: A Woman Who Admires Leng Shaoting

“And,” Tang Haifeng continued, “she has no interest in the Tang family’s properties because she alone unseated an influential family in City Teng and established a big jade provider with billions of yuan in assets. And that’s just the beginning!”

Although there was no news that Gu Ning had unseated the Wang family, Tang Haifeng believed that she had to have been involved. Ever since Gu Ning had gotten the raw material exploitation right, the biggest raw material supplier and the Colorful Jade Provider were managed by the same person, which was enough to show that Gu Ning was the boss. Apart from that, Tang Haifeng believed that Gu Ning would be even more successful in the future.

Hearing about what Gu Ning had achieved at such a young age, Tang Haifeng’s family was too amazed to say a word.

Tang Haifeng continued to tell the story about Gu Ning, “When I left City Teng, she also gave me several pieces of natural red coral which are worth millions of yuan! Although millions of yuan are nothing, it’s rare to see natural red coral!”

Tang Haifeng’s family now had mixed emotions and felt a little ashamed of their suspicion towards Gu Ning. However, it wasn’t their fault. After all, they had no idea what Gu Ning had achieved until now. Moreover, there were many money hunters nowadays, and they needed to be careful.

“Wow, I’m really curious about her. Grandpa, when will she come to City B?” Tang Jiakai asked.

Tang Yunhang and Yan Xiuyu also had a great impression of Gu Ning. Both of them wanted to meet her as soon as possible too. They weren’t selfish and arrogant people, so they now appreciated Gu Ning, not because she was rich but because of her outstanding ability. No matter how rich Gu Ning was, she couldn’t compare with the Tang family anyway.

“Well, she will come here after the entrance examination to college,” Tang Haifeng said. He also looked forward to seeing Gu Ning again.

“It’ll be a long time!” Tang Jiakai was slightly disappointed.

After chatting with Master Tang on the phone, Gu Ning called Master Bai, Master Yan, and Master Fu too.

The capital, in the Leng family’s house…

Guests were visiting the Leng family in the morning. They were a middle-aged couple along with a young woman, who was around 23-years-old.

“Happy New Year, everyone!” the middle-aged couple smiled politely and said with pleasure the moment they walked inside.

“Happy New Year, Grandpa Leng, Uncle Leng, and Aunt Leng!” the young woman also greeted everyone with great respect.

The middle-aged man was called Shen Yanfeng. He was the cousin of Master Leng’s deceased wife. The middle-aged woman was his wife, Chen Qiuyin, and the young woman was his daughter, Shen Zhilin. The Shen family wasn’t an influential family in the capital but was super-rich, and famous to some extent, mainly because of their relationship with the Leng family.

Master Leng loved his deceased wife deeply, so he was naturally willing to take good care of the Shen family.

Master Leng smiled, “Happy New Year! You didn’t need to bring so many gifts.”

Shen Yanfeng shook his head lightly and said with sincerity, “Of course we should bring some gifts to visit you! We can’t come here with empty hands.”

Master Leng smiled but didn’t say anything further. Leng Yuanqian opened his mouth instead, “Please, everyone be seated.”

After that, Yu Yin told the servants to help Shen Yanfeng and Chen Qiuyin with all the gifts in their hands and to pour cups of tea for them.

Shen Yanfeng glanced around after he sat down. “Where are the children?”

“Shaoming is in his room, Shaojia is busy with her design, and Shaoxun, Shaoxi, and Shaoting are in the backyard,” Leng Yuanzhen said.

Hearing that Leng Shaoting was here too, Shen Zhilin’s eyes lit up with excitement. Although she tried her best to hide her affection towards Leng Shaoting, it was quite obvious from her face.

In fact, everyone knew that Shen Zhilin admired Leng Shaoting. In the beginning, Master Leng had intentionally introduced her to Leng Shaoting. The Shen family was a close relative to the Leng family after all, and Shen Zhilin was a pretty good girl too, but unfortunately, Leng Shaoting didn’t like her at all, so Master Leng gave up in the end.

However, the Shen family wasn’t willing to miss any chance that they could build a closer connection with the Leng family, so Chen Qiuyin said, “Zhilin, why don’t you go and have fun with the younger generation? It would be boring if you stayed here with us.” However, it was just an excuse.

The Shen family wanted to marry Shen Zhilin into the Leng family, not only because Shen Zhilin admired Leng Shaoting, but because they wanted to stick together with the Leng family. In that case, a marriage alliance would be the best way to achieve their goal.

Leng Shaoming was a better choice than Leng Shaoting when it came to marriage, because Leng Shaoming was more easy-going, while Leng Shaoting was always cold and aloof, but Shen Zhilin only admired Leng Shaoting, so her parents had to follow her desires. Anyway, as long as the man was from the Leng Family, they would be satisfied.

“Um, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll go to visit with Shaoxi now,” Shen Zhilin said politely to the elderly.

“Enjoy yourself!” Although Master Leng understood what was on their minds, he couldn’t stop them, because they used Leng Shaoxi as the excuse. However, no matter what, the result would be the same as usual. Leng Shaoting wouldn’t care about Shen Zhilin. In addition, Leng Shaoting already had a girlfriend now, so Master Leng wasn’t worried at

all.

Shen Zhilin went to the backyard and noticed Leng Shaoxun, Leng Shaoxi, and Leng Shaoting. Leng Shaoting was teaching Leng Shaoxun kung fu, while Leng Shaoxi was watching them from the swing.

Seeing the extraordinarily handsome Leng Shaoting, Shen Zhilin’s heart was pounding fast, and her eyes were full of admiration now. She knew that Leng Shaoting was always cold and remained aloof from others. He had never cared about her, but it wouldn’t stop her from loving him.

“Zhilin! Come here and have a seat!” Leng Shaoxi was excited to see Shen Zhilin.

Among the young generation, Leng Shaoxi was the only one who had a close relationship with Shen Zhilin. Leng Shaojia was too proud to be friendly to Shen Zhilin and Shen Zhilin didn’t like her either.

Hearing Leng Shaoxi’s voice, Shen Zhilin drew her gaze back from Leng Shaoting and smiled towards Leng Shaoxi, walking ahead, “Shaoxi, Happy New Year!”

“Happy New Year to you!” Leng Shaoxi said. Leng Shaoxi moved aside a little so that there was enough space for Shen Zhilin to sit.

“Shaoxi, when did Shaoting come back?” Shen Zhilin asked and pretended that she was just chatting casually.

“Yesterday afternoon,” Leng Shaoxi said.

“Then when will he leave?” Shen Zhilin asked again.

“No idea,” Leng Shaoxi replied. She didn’t know that Shen Zhilin admired Leng Shaoting, so she didn’t think further about why Shen Zhilin would ask those questions.

Leng Shaoting was teaching Leng Shaoxun kung fu, thus Shen Zhilin didn’t bother him, in case it would seem rude.

After a while, Leng Shaoting finished his lesson. Shen Zhilin immediately walked over. “Happy New Year, Shaoting!”

Chapter 380: Shaoting Has A Girlfriend?

However, Leng Shaoting only answered lightly and turned around walking into the house.

This wasn’t the first time that Leng Shaoting had ignored Shen Zhilin like that. Shen Zhilin felt sad but didn’t mind, because she was already used to it. In order to ally her embarrassment, Shen Zhilin turned to Leng Shaoxun. “Shaoxun, Happy New Year!”

“Happy New Year to you too,” Leng Shaoxun replied politely. He wasn’t as cold as Leng Shaoting after all.

When it was time for the meal, everyone went back to the front hall. In the hall, Leng Shaojia and Leng Shaoming also came downstairs to join them.

“Happy New Year, Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen!” they said.

“Happy New Year to you!” Shen Yanfeng and Chen Qiuyin replied with pleasure. Shen Yanfeng even complimented, “I haven’t seen you in a long time, and Shaoxun has grown much taller and handsome now! Shaoxi is also prettier!”

Although those were simply courtesies, Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi still thanked them, “Thank you, Uncle Shen.”

“Oh, where is Shaoting?” Master Leng asked.

“He’s changing in his room,” Leng Shaoxun replied.

Before long, Leng Shaoting came back outside. The moment he appeared, Shen Yanfeng couldn’t move her eyes off him. Even Shen Yanfeng and Chen Qiuyin appreciated Leng Shaoting very much. It would be wonderful if their daughter could marry Leng Shaoting

“Shaoting is a really outstanding young man. He became a major general at such a young age. No matter whose daughter marries him, she will be super lucky!” Shen Yanfeng complimented. However, once he complimented Leng Shaoting like that, it seemed like Leng Shaoming wasn’t good enough to be outstanding. Although Leng Shaoming was quite excellent among his peers, he was hardly comparable to Leng Shaoting. Therefore, Leng Shaoming’s family was displeased, but they couldn’t retort because it was the truth.

“By the way, Shaoting, do you have a girlfriend?” Shen Yanfeng asked Leng Shaoting.

“Yes,” Leng Shaoting answered with alacrity. Leng Shaoting understood what was on the Shen family’s mind, so he decided to not keep it a secret anymore to make them give up on the idea. However, Leng Shaoting’s simple answer caused a sensation among the people around the table. Everyone except for Master Leng rounded their eyes in shock.

“What? Seriously?” Leng Shaoxun couldn’t believe his ears.

“Yes,” Leng Shaoting said. Thinking of Gu Ning, Leng Shaoting looked gentle and his expression was full of love, which amazed the rest of the Leng family because none of them had ever seen him like that.

After the great shock, the Shen family were all disappointed, but they weren’t in despair yet. As long as Leng Shaoting was unmarried, Shen Zhilin still had hope. And since Leng Shaoting had a girlfriend, he wasn’t gay!

Shen Yanfeng pretended to gossip. “Ha-ha, I had no idea that Shaoting already had a girlfriend, who is the girl?”

“Someone I love,” Leng Shaoting said. He didn’t mention his girlfriend’s background at all. In other words, he didn’t care about family background, as long as he loved her.

Please go and support our new domain mangabyte.com

Hearing that Leng Shaoting’s girlfriend wasn’t from a powerful family, the rest of the people in the Leng family were relieved, because there wouldn’t be another force of support behind Leng Shaoting, but what they didn’t know was that Leng Shaoting’s girlfriend was quite a promising businesswoman, and she would be more powerful and influential than any of the other richest families in the capital in the near future.

Master Leng laughed and echoed, “We never care about family background. As long as Shaoting is happy, I’ll support him!”

The Shen family weren’t dumb and dropped the topic at once.

The dishes were placed on the table soon, so they moved to the dining hall. Shen Zhilin, on the other hand, lost her appetite when she heard that Leng Shaoting already had a girlfriend. After the meal, Leng Shaoting left right away. Shen Zhilin felt sad, but she couldn’t do anything. If she continued flirting with Leng Shaoting after she knew that he had a girlfriend, it would be her fault.

At that time in City F, Wu Lianqin was arrested by the police at his home after the New Year’s Eve. And his dirty secrets were soon exposed, which shocked citizens in City F.

Because of the New Year festival, Wu Lianqin was arrested a day later than was planned. However, once the festival was celebrated, he was immediately arrested. Wu Lianqin was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison.

Since Wu Lianqin was thrown into jail, Gu Ning wouldn’t bother Tianhua Real Estate, because it didn’t belong to Wu Lianqin after all.

Gu Ning also heard other news today. An Yi told them in their WeChat group that the couple who had stolen his family’s money was also caught by the police, but the money had already been spent so it was impossible to get it back. Gu Ning had deep sympathy for An Guangyao. Luckily, An Guangyao’s life was getting better ever since he started working for Gu Ning

In the afternoon, Jiang Zhongyu and Master Xu came to visit Master Leng.

“Where is Shaoting?” Jiang Zhongyu asked. He knew that Leng Shaoting came back for the New Year festival, but he never saw him.

“He’s gone,” Master Leng said.

“What? It’s still the Spring Festival now, and Jinchen is still home!” Master Xu was surprised.

“He’s in a hurry to meet his girlfriend,” Master Leng replied. Although Leng Shaoting didn’t stay to keep him company, Master Leng thought that it was more important for his grandson to get married.

“Ha-ha, it seems that his girlfriend is more important than his grandpa!” Jiang Zhongyu joked.

Master Leng rolled his eyes. “I’m happy to see that he cares about his girlfriend. At least I don’t need to worry about his marriage anymore.”

“Ha-ha, you’re right,” Master Xu and Jiang Zhongyu agreed and laughed.

“Speaking of Shaoting’s girlfriend, she is our family’s life-saver!” Jiang Zhongyu said.

“Life-saver? What do you mean?” Hearing that, both Master Leng and Master Xu were confused, so was everyone else around them.

“You don’t know about it?” Jiang Zhongyu was surprised. He had thought that Master Leng already knew.

“What happened, Grandpa Jiang? Why is Shaoting’s girlfriend your family’s life-saver?” Leng Shaoxun asked with burning curiosity.