Chapter 401: To City B

Hearing that, Gu Ning was furious. She turned and walked out again. Zhou Zhenghong was her staff. Since his family was in danger, there was no reason for her to stand aside. Shao Ping was digging a grave for himself.

In fact, Shao Ping just wanted money, because he also knew that Jade Beauty Jewelry wasn’t Zhou Zhenghong’s company.

“Uncle Zhou, did Shao Ping tell you their location?” Gu Ning asked.

“No.” Zhou Zhenghong’s voice was trembling.

“Don’t panic. I’ll be right there,” Gu Ning said before she hung up. She then immediately called K and told him Zhou Zhenghong’s address. Gu Ning ordered K to hack all the surveillance cameras around Zhou Zhenghong’s house. If he saw a young boy around 13 years old being kidnapped, he would track the direction that the boy was taken.

K was an ace hacker, and he brought his computer everywhere with him. The minute he received Gu Ning’s order, he acted. Fifteen minutes later, K sent the address where the boy was being kept to Gu Ning. It was an abandoned factory in the suburb which was owned by Shao Ping.

To Gu Ning’s surprise, Shao Ping had abducted Zhou Zhenghong’s son by himself. Gu Ning told the taxi driver to drive straight to the address and sent Zhou Zhenghong a message on the way.

Gu Ning: Uncle Zhou, I got someone to check the surveillance cameras, so I found where Shao Ping is now. Trust me, I’ll bring your son back to you.

Ten minutes later, Gu Ning arrived, however, she didn’t tell the driver to stop the car near the abandoned factory. Instead, she got out at an apartment building 100 meters away. There were apartment buildings here and there, so the taxi driver didn’t think about why Gu Ning came here.

After leaving the taxi, Gu Ning didn’t run to the abandoned factory at once. She used her Jade Eyes to check the surroundings first, in case Shao Ping would notice her and hurt Zhou Zhenghong’s son.

However, she only had three minutes left. If Shao Ping didn’t get the money within half an hour, it was likely that he would kill Zhou Zhenghong’s son. Therefore, when Gu Ning saw that Shao Ping couldn’t see her from his position, she dashed to the abandoned factory without delay.

With her unusual speed, it only took six seconds for her to run 100 meters, which broke the record of athletes at an international level.

In the abandoned factory, Zhou Zhenghong’s son, Zhou Huan was on the ground. He was tied tightly with ropes and his mouth was stuffed with a rug. Shao Ping walked around anxiously with a sharp knife in his hand. Seeing that the time was running out, but Zhou Zhenghong still didn’t transfer the money to his account as he had demanded, Shao Ping was extremely upset. He looked to Zhou Huan evilly, like he was going to kill him. “Well, it seems like your father won’t be rescuing you.”

Zhou Huan was trembling in fear and despair on the ground, but he didn’t believe that his father would abandon him.

Shao Ping was the only kidnapper. Since Gu Ning had already arrived at the factory, she wasn’t worried that there would be other men who would hurt Zhou Huan. And that being the case, she kicked the gate open with a loud sound and ran inside. Shao Ping was surprised. However, before he could react, he was heavily hit in the stomach and was kicked three meters away before he fell onto the ground. Under such an abrupt and violent attack, Shao Ping passed out before he could even moan in pain.

Zhou Huan rounded his eyes in shock after watching the scene. Gu Ning came to Zhou Huan and unfastened the ropes. “Zhou Huan, your father called me to rescue you.” Gu Ning had heard what Shao Ping said to Zhou Huan, so she said that to comfort him.

Hearing that, Zhou Huan burst into tears. Although he refused to believe that his father would abandon him, he had been terrified. After Gu Ning’s explanation, he was relieved. His father would never abandon him but turned to a kung fu master for help.

Indeed, in Zhou Huan’s eyes, Gu Ning was a kung fu master.

Gu Ning let Zhou Huan cry to release his fear, and called Zhou Zhenghong at once.

Zhou Zhenghong heard the sound of Zhou Huan’s crying on the phone and finally relaxed. He repeatedly thanked Gu Ning. He then asked Gu Ning where they were and said that he would come right away.

Shao Ping was still lying on the ground, and it wasn’t convenient for Gu Ning to leave here with Zhou Huan, so she told Zhou Zhenghong the address. After that, Gu Ning called the police. And when the policeman heard that it was Gu Ning, he didn’t dare to hesitate and sent policemen to help them without delay, including the captain of the Criminal Police Force.

Ever since their director had called in person and ordered them to release Gu Ning last time, her name was spread across the police station and none of the policemen dared to ignore her now.

Zhou Zhenghong arrived at almost the same time as the policemen. Gu Ning showed the captain the video in which Shao Ping had kidnapped Zhou Huan a few hours ago, and the captain arrested Shao Ping without further questions. After that, Zhou Zhenghong went home with Zhou Huan, while Gu Ning went straight to the airport. Because of the accident, Gu Ning missed her plane, so she had to change her flight.

Unexpectedly, she met a familiar man in the lounge after the change. The man was Li Zhenyu. Ever since Li Zhenzhen’s death, the Li family was drowned in sadness, and Li Zhenyu looked exhausted.

Seeing Gu Ning, Li Zhenyu wore an evil expression. Although Gu Ning had nothing to do with the death of Li Zhenzhen, Li Zhenyu just hated her so much. However, he wasn’t in the mood to pick on Gu Ning now.

Gu Ning just glanced at Li Zhenyu and ignored him.

It was still early, so Gu Ning went to a nearby western restaurant and ordered a cup of coffee.

“Hi, Gu Ning!” All of a sudden, someone greeted her.

Gu Ning raised her head and noticed a tall, handsome man standing by her table. He was the boss of the café, Allan, that Bai Xueyan admired from afar.

“Allan, Hi!” Gu Ning smiled.

“Would you mind if I had a seat here?” Allan asked politely.

“Of course not, please,” Gu Ning said.

“Where are you heading to?” Allan asked.

“City B, how about you?” Gu Ning replied.

Chapter 402: The Shen family

“What a coincidence! I’m flying to City B too, but I have to transfer to Germany then,” Allan said.

They talked for a little while longer and soon it was the departure time. Allan sat in the first class, while Gu Ning’s seat was in the economy class, so they separated once they were aboard.

Gu Ning didn’t see Li Zhenyu again, maybe because their flights weren’t the same.

Just a short time after the plane which Gu Ning stepped aboard took off, a military helicopter slowly landed at a private airport in the capital. After landing, four men got out of the helicopter one by one. They were Leng Shaoting, Chen Meng, Xu Jinchen and Xin Bei who ranked fifth in the Red Flame.

The moment they were out the helicopter, Leng Shaoting couldn’t wait to turn on his phone and make a call.

Chen Meng and the other teammates shook their heads resignedly. Without a doubt, Leng Shaoting had to be calling Gu Ning. It seemed that their boss was deeply in love with Gu Ning, but it was better than being single and alone forever.

Leng Shaoting indeed called Gu Ning, but her phone was powered off. Gu Ning had told Leng Shaoting that she would only turn her phone off in planes. Otherwise, there had to be no signal or the phone ran out of power.

Thus Leng Shaoting thought that Gu Ning had to be on a plane now. Where is she going? Leng Shaoting thought. City G?

Thinking that Gu Ning was flying to City G, Leng Shaoting was displeased. He was anxious to meet her, but unfortunately, he still had something else to deal with now.

Xin Bei rubbed his stomach and said, “Come on, let’s go dine together! I’m starving.”

“Let’s go. Jinchen will pay the bill,” Chen Meng said.

“Hey, stop exploiting me! Don’t forget to respect the old and cherish the young!” Xu Jinchen complained. However, it was no big deal for him to buy his teammates a meal. He just disliked that they treated him like an ATM.

“Well, we know that, but you need to respect us first, and then we’ll cherish you!” Xin Bei laid his arm on Xu Jinchen’s shoulder. They were very close and didn’t care about age.

“Leave me alone!” Xu Jinchen got rid of Xin Bei’s arm. “You’re just used to taking advantage of me.”

Saying that, they noticed that Leng Shaoting had suddenly stopped in front of them. “What’s wrong with boss?” Xu Jinchen asked.

“Oh, no, I feel something must be wrong,” Xin Bei said. “It seems boss’s call wasn’t answered.”

Chen Meng gave Xin Bei a glance of disdain. It was obvious that their boss’s call wasn’t answered. Xin Bei shrugged.

“Hey, go and ask whether boss is going to dine with us,” Xin Bei said to Xu Jinchen.

“Why me?” Xu Jinchen retorted. Leng Shaoting was displeased now, and the last thing he wanted to do was to annoy his boss.

At that time, Leng Shaoting abruptly turned around, which scared the men behind him. “I need to go back to the Leng family’s house, you can enjoy yourselves,” Leng Shaoting said. After that, Leng Shaoting left.

It was during the day, so only Master Leng was in the Leng family’s house.

Leng Changzhi was surprised to see Leng Shaoting coming home and welcomed him in excitement. Master Leng, on the other hand, criticized him the moment Leng Shaoting appeared. “Shaoting, why didn’t you tell me that your girlfriend was the girl who rescued Jiang’s grandson?”

“You already know now,” Leng Shaoting said. He didn’t think that it was necessary to tell his grandfather everything about Gu Ning. Most importantly, Gu Ning wouldn’t allow him to do so. Otherwise, he would tell the whole world that Gu Ning was his girl.

Master Leng didn’t know how to argue back, but he just felt unhappy that Leng Shaoting didn’t tell him in person.

“Oh, it’s very unusual that you come home right after you finished a task. What about your girlfriend?” Master Leng teased.

“I have something serious to deal with right now,” Leng Shaoting said.

“What?” Master Leng asked. Master Leng understood that it had to be something important that Leng Shaoting wanted to discuss with him since he came back home.

Master Leng and Leng Shaoting were alone in the study, so Leng Shaoting said it directly, “Grandpa, do you still remember Chen Qiuyin’s older cousin, Chen Jinpeng, who was killed in a car accident three years ago? We stalked a drug dealer group in Burma this time. Unexpectedly, the person who makes deals with the group is precisely Chen Jinpeng who changed his name to Long Tianhu! In order to not alert him, I didn’t meet Chen Jinpeng in person. And as the later investigation shows, Chen Jinpeng is a senior manager of the Kirin Gang. In that case, the car accident which happened three years ago was completely a plot, which helped Chen Jinpeng to cover his real identity. I don’t know whether Shen Yanfeng is aware of it. I’m still investigating him. However, if he knows, it proves that the Shen family is much more ambitious than we thought.”

They always knew that the Shen family was ambitious, but didn’t expect that they would be that ambitious and bold. In addition, the Shen family was close to the Leng family, so the Leng family hadn’t doubted their behavior, or conduct an investigation.

“What?” Hearing that, Master Leng was quite shocked and was then furious. The Shen family was also involved in politics. And government officials hated to be connected with gangs.

If a government official wasn’t close to and didn’t make deals with gangs, he would be safe. However, if a government official did illegal things with gangs, he was doomed in his political career and would be sentenced to jail.

Since the Shen family was a relative of the Leng family, Master Leng wouldn’t be happy to see them being involved with gangs. And he decided to take action after a clear investigation. If the Shen family hadn’t done any illegal things with gangs yet, Master Leng would remind them to stay away from them, which was the most he could do. However, if the Shen family was involved in crimes, Master Leng definitely wouldn’t defend them.

Master Leng disliked gangs a lot. If he found out that his grand daughter-in-law-to-be was friends with the leader of the Qing Gang, he would be astonished, but luckily, Gu Ning wasn’t involved in any crimes with the Qing Gang.

Chapter 403: A Stampede at the Airport

“I told you this so that you can be more cautious, but you don’t need to get involved,” Leng Shaoting said. He understood that his grandfather helped the Shen family for the sake of his grandmother, but Master Leng was aged now. Leng Shaoting didn’t want him to be worried.

And it was possible that the Shen family would hurt Master Leng if they found out that their dirty secret was exposed. Although there were ace bodyguards at Master Leng’s sides, one could never be too careful.

After the discussion with Master Leng, Leng Shaoting left.

He took his phone out once he walked out of the Leng family’s house, but there were no new messages or calls, which proved that Gu Ning didn’t see his unanswered call yet. However, it had been a long time, and Gu Ning should have arrived at City G already. Maybe she isn’t going to City G, but somewhere else. Leng Shaoting thought. Thinking of that, Leng Shaoting called Gu Ning again. Her phone was still turned off.

After three hours of flying, the plane Gu Ning took finally landed at the international airport of City B. Gu Ning turned on her phone the moment she got off the plane. She noticed Leng Shaoting’s missed calls, and immediately called him back.

Leng Shaoting answered it within a second. Because he knew that Gu Ning would call him when she turned on her phone, he had held his phone in his hand the entire time.

“Ningning,” Leng Shaoting called her.

“I was on a plane, and my phone was turned off. The plane just landed, so I called you at once,” Gu Ning explained.

“Where are you now?” Leng Shaoting asked.

“I heard people found antiques in a small village near City B, and there might is an ancient grave there, so I came here to have a look,” Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting thought of what they had been through last time and felt nervous. “Are you alone?”

Gu Ning understood why Leng Shaoting was nervous and comforted him. “Don’t worry. I’ll be careful. And there is only a 1% possibility that what we experienced last time will happen again. If there were moving bodies in every ancient grave, the world would be in chaos.”

Indeed, if there were moving bodies in every ancient grave, this world would be in chaos already. Grave-digging wasn’t uncommon, and many archaeological teams would follow the trace left by gravediggers to discover the ancient graves, like this time. As for how the gravediggers found those ancient graves, Gu Ning had no idea, but they certainly had their own skills.

Even so, Leng Shaoting was still worried. However, he also understood that once Gu Ning made up her mind, nobody could stop her. All he had in mind now was to settle his business as soon as possible so that he could meet her.

The moment Gu Ning left the arrivals, she heard many people shouting the same name crazily. “Lin Xiaowei! Lin Xiaowei! Lin Xiaowei!”

Seeing the excited group of people, Gu Ning understood that they had to be some star’s fans and be here to pick up their idol.

Within seconds, the group of young boys and girls dashed forward, not towards Gu Ning, but the woman next to her. The woman was Lin Xiaowei.

The group of crazy fans ran so fast that even the bodyguards couldn’t stop them. It was likely a stampede would happen.

At that moment, an agonized female voice sounded. “Help! Don’t step on me! Help!”

However, those fans were screaming in excitement, and nobody heard the woman’s voice calling for help, except Gu Ning.

Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes at once and saw a young girl around 20-years-old lying on the ground in pain. There were many stepping on her body and people kept moving forward violently. Gu Ning was mad. She ran forward and knocked the fans away. Although she limited her strength to not hurt them badly, the fans were still swearing at her. Luckily, the young girl wasn’t far from Gu Ning, and Gu Ning soon came to rescue her from the people who stepped on her.

The people were furious that Gu Ning pushed them away. However, when they realized what had happened, they were all shocked and became quiet all of a sudden. Gu Ning seized the young girl’s hand and put power into her body without delay. Meanwhile, she glared at the people who had stepped on this poor girl. “Call the ambulance now!”

People were all scared, and a bodyguard took out his phone to call the ambulance.

However, the moment that Gu Ning raised her head, a middle-aged man was astonished by her face. Gu Ning looked just like him! He also had a strange feeling which made him want to get closer to Gu Ning. This middle-aged man was precisely Gu Ning’s biological father, Tang Yunfan. Tang Yunfan had just come back from a business trip and saw the terrible scene when he walked out of the arrivals lounge.

People were all staring at Gu Ning, so Gu Ning wasn’t aware that Tang Yunfan was one of them too.

“How is she?” The agent of the female star came over. The tragedy happened because of the female star, and they should care about the poor girl. Because, if this news went abroad, the female star would be affected too.

“Although most of the wounds are on the skin, she’s badly injured.” One of the girl’s ribs had been broken, but Gu Ning healed it with her power, so she didn’t mention it.

However, it wasn’t reasonable if the girl wasn’t injured at all after being violently stepped on by so many people, so Gu Ning didn’t cure the girl completely. And the girl still looked pale from the pain.

“I’m so sorry about what has happened. We’ll pay her medical fees and mental damage compensation,” Lin Xiaowei said guiltily.

“Great,” Gu Ning replied, then looked to those who had stepped on this poor girl. “You owe this badly injured girl an apology.”

Those people were scared by Gu Ning’s cold look and immediately apologized. “I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine. I know that you didn’t do it on purpose.” Although the badly injured girl was still mad, she forgave them.

Chapter 404: Artificial Raw Materials

The young girl then looked to Gu Ning and said, “Thank you so much for saving my life.”

Gu Ning replied lightly and remained quiet.

The ambulance arrived later, and the girl was sent to the hospital.

When Gu Ning left the airport, she sensed that someone was looking at her the entire time. However, the moment she turned around, Tang Yunfan walked away too, so Gu Ning only saw his back. Gu Ning didn’t think about it any further and left too.

“Boss, what’s wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable?” Secretary Yan Weilun asked.

“Nothing, let’s go!” Tang Yunfan said and walked straight to the gate.

Gu Ning didn’t take a taxi at once when she was outside of the airport, because she had no idea where the ancient grave was. Besides, City B was so big with so many nearby villages, so she couldn’t know which one the one she wanted to go to was. She could only turn to K for help. Gu Ning asked K whether he could hack someone’s phone and get its location. K gave her an affirmative answer. As long as the phone was on, it was easy for him to get its location.

No matter what, it was worth trying, so Gu Ning told K to hack Su Anya’s older brother, Su Anjun’s phone and get its location. However, Gu Ning didn’t know Su Anjun’s phone number. She could only tell K some basic information about Su Anjun and let K do the job himself.

As for the tasks assigned by Gu Ning, K never asked why, as long as it wouldn’t hurt national interests. A few minutes later, K told Gu Ning that Su Anjun’s phone’s signal wasn’t good so he couldn’t get its location for now.

In that case, Gu Ning couldn’t go to find the ancient grave now, but she told K to keep an eye on Su Anjun. Once K found out where he was, K would tell Gu Ning. Gu Ning decided to visit the antique street in City B.

City B was an important municipality, which was the center of this country’s economy, transportation, technology, finance, and trade.

While Gu Ning went to the antique street, what had happened at the airport went viral on the Internet, and Lin Xiaowei received as many compliments as she did criticisms.

Some thought that Lin Xiaowei was kind because she offered to pay the injured girl’s medical fee and mental damage compensation. She had even taken the injured girl to the hospital in person. However, others believed that Lin Xiaowei was only protecting her own reputation, and it was merely a show.

Luckily, more people felt for Lin Xiaowei, because they all knew that fans could sometimes be crazy, and the accident wasn’t something that Lin Xiaowei wanted to see. Meanwhile, many people were also surprised by Gu Ning’s brave behavior.

“Jesus! This girl is so awesome! She’s able to knock so many people away!”

“Exactly! She’s strong and fast, which makes me think of a kung fu master! I bet she is one.”

“You’ve watched too many TV shows, but I have to admit that this girl is quite skillful.”

“When she says ‘Call the ambulance now’, she looks so powerful, my body trembled in shock.”

“And her sharp look was very terrifying! She’s pretty though!”

Gu Ning, on the other hand, wasn’t aware of and didn’t care about those discussions. It took her more than an hour to get to the antique street with a car even though there were no traffic jams along the way. When she finally arrived, she went to dine in a nearby restaurant before she walked in.

The antique street in City B was as big and full of activity as the capital. Once Gu Ning ambled on the antique street, she used her Jade Eyes to scan through the objects laid on the stands at the sides of this street. Most of them were undoubtedly fake. However, by the time she had walked to the end, she still bought three valuable antiques. Within half an hour, Gu Ning finished her tour at the antique street, so she headed to the stone gambling street to have some fun afterward.

When Gu Ning had just entered the stone gambling street, she noticed a group of people were in an animated discussion in front of a raw material shop. Gu Ning walked over, the shop was super crowded, but all the people inside were staring at the area where a worker was cutting raw materials. There was a big raw material that weighed around 200 pounds waiting to be cut out. This raw material already had a window that showed green, and it was highly possible that there was jade in it. However the quality of the green was medium, so the price of this raw material wasn’t high either. It had only cost eight million yuan for that size.

A middle-aged man was the buyer of this big raw material, and he fixed his eyes on it while his body was trembling with anxiety. This was his last hope. If he couldn’t cut out jade anymore, his jewelry store would have to be closed.

“Hey, do you think that there is jade inside?”

Onlookers started to discuss. Although it was more likely to cut out jade from a raw material with a window that showed green, it was hard to tell the result.

“Probably!”

“If not, Mr. Zhang is doomed, and his jewelry store will have to close.”

“Indeed! Because his son annoyed an important figure’s son, all his sources of jade were cut off. Even though there is jade on the market, someone will always bid a higher price than him for it, and now he has to play stone gambling.”

“Exactly! However, Mr. Zhang has already spent almost twenty million yuan on stone gambling without getting any jade.”

Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes to see the inside of the big raw material. Unfortunately, there was no jade, but just a stone in it.

However, right when Gu Ning was about to draw her gaze back, she saw that there was something wrong with the raw material. When she had a closer look, she found the reason. This big raw material was an artificial one!

The jade which showed from the window was real, but it was just a thin piece. And its quality wasn’t high, so it was only worth several hundred thousand yuan.

Through the thin jade piece, Gu Ning saw the tin foil or hard white paper inside, as well as the glue layer. The main part of this big raw material clearly consisted of granite and other rocks. As for the outer layer of this big raw material, it was also fake.

It wasn’t uncommon to see artificial raw materials in the stone gambling industry, which was a trick used by cunning businessmen to deceive customers. Normally, it was hard for ordinary people to distinguish the fake ones from a real one unless with the help of a professional appraisal institution because they were skillfully made.

Chapter 405: Lord Pan

Gu Ning hated frauds. And since she encountered one, she wouldn’t ignore it.

“Wait a second!” When the worker was about to cut the big raw material, Gu Ning stopped him. Everyone looked at her with confusion.

Gu Ning said to Mr. Zhang, “Mr. Zhang, I think that you better not buy this raw material.”

“Why?” Mr. Zhang didn’t understand.

However, before Gu Ning could say another word, the boss of this raw material shop, Mr. Yang, opened his mouth and his tone was unkind. “Miss, what do you mean?”

Gu Ning looked to him and said calmly, “I think that you know the reason. You better give the money back to Mr. Zhang, otherwise…” Gu Ning didn’t finish her sentence, but her sneer and meaningful tone revealed everything.

The boss of the raw material shop panicked a little. He wasn’t sure whether Gu Ning knew the truth, but he refused to admit it.

“He already paid for this raw material, and there is no reason to regret!” Mr. Yang pretended that he didn’t understand Gu Ning’s meaning.

“Oh, what if there is something wrong with this raw material?” Gu Ning sneered.

“What? This raw material isn’t right?” Everyone was surprised.

“Miss, are you serious?” Mr. Zhang asked anxiously. Although he wasn’t certain that Gu Ning spoke the truth, he had to be cautious now.

Mr. Yang, on the other hand, was struck dumb for a second, then he snapped at Gu Ning. “You have no proof!”

Mr. Yang was mad and panicking. How? How is it possible that this young girl found out that this raw material isn’t real?

Although he didn’t know how Gu Ning found out, it was obvious that she purposely told everyone in public.

Gu Ning stared at Mr. Yang and said, “I don’t have proof? Why don’t we make a bet then?”

“You…” Mr. Yang didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t bet with Gu Ning because he knew that it was an artificial raw material. Seeing that, most of the people started to believe Gu Ning.

“Is there something wrong with this raw material?”

“Mr. Yang, is this an artificial raw material?”

“Of course not!” Mr. Yang struggled, and said to his worker, “Drive her away! She’s crazy!”

“Wait a second, Mr. Yang. Since you’re confident, why do you refuse to bet? If this raw material is natural, I will pay you ten million yuan. However, if it’s artificial, you give the money back to Mr. Zhang. How about that?” Gu Ning said.

It sounded like it was to Mr. Yang’s advantage. However, only he knew that he was doomed to fail. If his dirty secret was exposed, the reputation of his shop would be ruined, and nobody would ever come to his shop again.

“Exactly! If you’re confident, why don’t you bet?”

“Indeed! If you win, you can have ten million yuan!”

Mr. Yang was so furious that he stared at Gu Ning evilly and questioned. “Why do I have to listen to you?”

“Of course you can reject, and then I’ll call the police,” Gu Ning said. She aimed to uncover his fraud, and she didn’t care about what would happen to Mr. Yang and his shop afterward.

“You…” Mr. Yang was speechless now and had no idea how to deal with it.

Right at this moment, a male voice sounded arrogantly. “Step aside! Let me see who dares cause trouble in a shop with the Pan family’s support!”

The minute people heard his voice; they instantly stepped aside and left a wide passage in the middle. A good-looking young man around 22-years-old strutted inside.

“Lord Pan! Since when has he been Mr. Yang’s support?”

“Well, I heard the person that Mr. Zhang annoyed is from the Pan family. I don’t know whether Lord Pan is Mr. Yang’s support, but I’m sure that he is coming here aiming at Mr. Zhang.”

“Gee, it seems Mr. Zhang is really in trouble!”

Although they discussed in a low voice, Gu Ning heard it clearly.

Lord Pan, of course, wasn’t Mr. Yang’s support, and he indeed came here to get revenge on Mr. Zhang. Seeing Lord Pan coming, Mr. Yang relaxed.

Gu Ning also sensed people’s fear of Lord Pan, but she wasn’t afraid of him at all. “It was me.”

Following Gu Ning’s voice, Lord Pan’s sight fell on her. He was surprised by her familiar face.

All of a sudden, he thought of something and became very excited. “Oh, it’s you! You’re the one who rescued the injured girl at the airport, right?” His abrupt change astonished everyone in the shop, but they all heard that Gu Ning was the one who had rescued the injured girl at the airport.

Gu Ning raised her eyebrow. She didn’t expect that this man recognized her face, but she wasn’t surprised because there had been so many cameras in front of her.

“Yes, it’s me.” Gu Ning didn’t deny it.

Having an affirmative answer, Lord Pan was more excited. “Do you know kung fu?”

“Sure,” Gu Ning replied.

“Um, can you teach me and be my master?” Lord Pan asked and looked at Gu Ning with anticipation.

People around them were stunned, and all doubted whether this Lord Pan was the high-profile one who was always arrogant. Lord Pan was famous for his disdain for women. Nobody could believe the scene.

Lord Pan loved fighting, and he naturally admired whoever was good at fighting. Although there were many martial clubs in City B, Lord Pan disliked them. And although it was easy for his family to find a master to teach him kung fu, he wasn’t willing to do so. He only did things according to his own will, and he was totally self-centered. The reason why he chose Gu Ning was because he had a good impression of her. Otherwise, he would never regard a girl as his master.

Lord Pan was arrogant, and always bullied others, but he had never committed crimes.

Chapter 406: I’ll Do My Best

Mr. Yang, on the other hand, was upset. If Gu Ning became Lord Pan’s master, Lord Pan would definitely listen to her, and he would be in big trouble.

Gu Ning frowned a little. She wasn’t interested in being someone’s master, so she rejected him directly. “Sorry, I’m not interested.”

“What?” Lord Pan was disappointed, but then he had another idea. “Well, if you don’t want to be my master, would you mind being my boss?”.

People around them were really shocked this time. Why did Lord Pan want to follow Gu Ning?

Gu Ning didn’t reject him again but was thinking about it. It wasn’t a bad idea to have a super-rich heir be a member of her team. It wouldn’t cost her anything but expand her network. However, she wouldn’t decide without thorough consideration either, because she was unfamiliar with the Pan Family. If the Pan family often abused their power, they wouldn’t get along with Gu Ning, and there would be no need for her to be connected with them.

At the same time, Gu Ning also understood that there were no officials or businessmen who had never done anything bad. As long as it didn’t break the law or basic moral standards, Gu Ning wouldn’t mind.

“What do you think?” Seeing Gu Ning hesitated, Lord Pan knew that he had hope, but was still very nervous.

“Are you sure that you’re willing to call me boss?” Gu Ning asked. “Of course,” Lord Pan replied seriously.

Seeing Lord Pan being so serious, Gu Ning said, “I can’t give you the answer right now, but I can give you a chance. So whether I’ll accept you as one of my team all depends on you.”

“No problem, I’ll do my best!” Lord Pan said in excitement. Although Gu Ning didn’t give him an affirmative answer yet, he still had a chance.

“Are you going to support Mr. Yang now?” Gu Ning asked.

“No-no,” Lord Pan said. Since Gu Ning was his boss now, he would, of course, stand with her.

Mr. Yang really panicked now.

“And I’m helping Mr. Zhang. Will you pick on him?” Gu Ning asked again.

“Of course not,” Lord Pan said. His boss was going to help Mr. Zhang, and he definitely wouldn’t act against his boss.

“Very well.” Gu Ning was satisfied, then looked at Mr. Yang. “Are you going to give the money back to Mr. Zhang, and destroy all the artificial raw materials, or do I still have to call the police?”

“I-I’ll give the money back to Mr. Zhang,” Mr. Yang said. No matter what, the reputation of his store was damaged. However, if he was willing to give the money back to Mr. Zhang and destroy all the artificial raw materials, he still had a chance to run his business as usual. However, if Gu Ning called the police, he would really be doomed.

In the end, Mr. Yang gave the money to Mr. Zhang.

Because of Mr. Yang’s attitude, Mr. Zhang and others all believed that the raw material wasn’t real. From the beginning to the end, Mr. Zhang also closely watched how the situation developed.

After that, Mr. Zhang repeatedly thanked Gu Ning, and he wasn’t dumb enough to ask how Gu Ning found out that there was something wrong with the raw material.

Even though Lord Pan wouldn’t cause Mr. Zhang any trouble, Mr. Zhang couldn’t find any source of jade in a short time. Therefore, Gu Ning talked to him in private and told him that she had a relative who had a jade provider. If he needed it, she could help him.

In actual fact, Gu Ning was making a deal for herself. What Gu Ning offered was exactly what Mr. Zhang was badly in need of. He was thrilled and thanked Gu Ning again.

Gu Ning then gave Mr. Zhang, Zheng Peng’s phone number and the name of the company.

Hearing that the company was Colorful Jade Provider, Mr. Zhang was very relieved, because the company was quite famous in the jade industry.

“Boss, would you mind having a meal with me?” When Gu Ning and Lord Pan were alone, Lord Pan seized the chance to please Gu Ning.

“I just had a meal,” Gu Ning said. She wasn’t turning Lord Pan down on purpose, but she did have a meal an hour ago.

“Let me buy you a cup of coffee then,” Lord Pan said.

“I need to continue stone gambling.” Gu Ning rejected him again.

“Stone gambling? Boss, do you play it too?” Lord Pan was surprised. If he had known Gu Ning’s achievements, he wouldn’t have been so surprised.

“Yes,” Gu Ning said lightly.

Now, Lord Pan admired Gu Ning more. He followed Gu Ning walking into another raw material store. The moment its owner noticed Lord Pan, he fawned on him at once. “Oh, isn’t this Lord Pan! Please come on in and have a look. I can give you 30% off.”

Lord Pan didn’t know much about stone gambling, but he enjoyed it because it was exciting, so he came to this stone gambling street often. And all the owners of the raw material shops on this street knew Lord Pan.

“Sure.” Lord Pan became arrogant again before others. He followed behind Gu Ning but had no intention to buy raw materials himself.

Gu Ning focused on the pile of raw materials before her for a few seconds, then walked over and picked up one the size of a football. There was medium-high-level jade in it.

“Get a cart now,” Gu Ning naturally gave Lord Pan an order.

“No problem!” Facing Gu Ning, Lord Pan immediately put on a smile and went to fetch a cart.

The scene shocked many people who had known Lord Pan for a long time, and none of them could believe their eyes. Who is this young girl? Why is Lord Pan listening to her? Is she Lord Pan’s girlfriend? Impossible! Lord Pan has had many girls, but those girls were like female servants when they were with Lord Pan, and Lord Pan never treated them gently, let alone smiled at them. Is this girl special to Lord Pan? Or is Lord Pan scared of this girl?

Everyone around them had the same thoughts, but Lord Pan didn’t care at all, because Gu Ning occupied his mind.

“Boss, is there jade inside?” Lord Pan asked.

When people heard Lord Pan call this young girl “boss”, they were truly shocked. However, no matter how curious they were, nobody dared to ask Lord Pan.

The Pan family wasn’t ranked on the top 10 richest list in City B, but it was a well-known super-rich family. City B was the center of finance, and only an affluent family with billions or dozens of billions of yuan in wealth could be called a real super-rich family.

A common super-rich family normally had over a billion yuan in assets. As for those families with only hundreds of millions of yuan in wealth, they were hardly super-rich families. Of course, there were many rich people with hundreds of millions of yuan in wealth in City B, but it wasn’t common to see a billionaire.

“We’ll know when we cut it.” Gu Ning wouldn’t give him an affirmative answer before the raw material was cut open.

Chapter 407: I Know I’m Awesome

Later, Gu Ning chose another two raw materials with jade inside. One was medium-high-level jade the size of a tissue box, while the other was high-level and as big as three man’s palms piled together. And two-third of the two raw materials was jade.

Lord Pan was surprised by Gu Ning’s speed of picking up raw materials. “Boss, are you just randomly choosing?”

“I have my instinct,” Gu Ning said.

What? Lord Pan didn’t think that instinct was reliable. Even though Lord Pan thought that Gu Ning knew nothing about stone gambling, he still admired her as always.

Gu Ning only took three raw materials with jade inside, and she was kind enough to leave the rest for the owner of this shop to run his business.

With the help of Lord Pan, Gu Ning got 30% off when she paid the bill. Even though Gu Ning didn’t lack money, it felt good when you could get a discount.

“Miss, do you want to cut them out?” the owner of the shop asked.

“Sure,” Gu Ning said, then walked to the stone-cutting area.

No customers were cutting raw materials, so the two machines were both available. Gu Ning told the two stonecutters to cut the two raw materials with medium-high-level jade inside first. Once the machines started to work, people in the shop quickly surrounded the area.

Everyone was nervously staring at the raw materials which were being cut, including Lord Pan. Gu Ning was the only one who stayed calm.

“Boss, shouldn’t you be nervous?” Lord Pan saw Gu Ning being so calm and asked with curiosity.

“I’m not,” Gu Ning said.

Lord Pan admired Gu Ning’s outstanding psychological quality once more.

Before long, the green showed. People all looked at Gu Ning with envy or jealousy, but Gu Ning still remained calm.

Lord Pan, on the other hand, was astonished by Gu Ning’s accurate instinct.

He also understood that luck was very important in stone gambling. However, Gu Ning still remained calm and didn’t seem excited at all.

“Boss, aren’t you happy?” Lord Pan asked puzzledly.

“Of course I am.” Gu Ning gave him a perfunctory answer. She wasn’t unhappy but was used to it, and she had already known that there was jade in it.

Lord Pan felt that it was very strange that Gu Ning didn’t show any happiness if she was really happy.

Did she already know? Lord Pan thought to himself, but he didn’t take it seriously, even though it was precisely the truth.

“It could be just a thin layer,” someone said with jealousy. Seeing the green, many people would be green with envy too.

“Miss, I’m willing to pay fifty thousand yuan for this raw material. Although the green shows a little, it could only be a thin layer and the raw material would be a waste. However, if you sell it to me, you can at least make fifty thousand yuan!” a middle-aged man in a suit said to Gu Ning.

When Gu Ning heard it, she remembered that someone had said the same thing to her when she had cut out jade the first time.

“Sorry, if you want to buy it, you have to wait until the end. And the most generous buyer will get the jade,” Gu Ning said.

Since Gu Ning said so, the middle-aged man could only wait. The stonecutter kept cutting. And at the same time, the other stone cutter told them that green showed.

“Jesus! This young girl is so lucky! Both of her raw materials show green. Is it possible that the third one will show green too?”

“Probably!”

People were more surprised and looked at Gu Ning with greater jealousy, while Gu Ning still remained calm.

“Boss, you’re so awesome!” Lord Pan couldn’t admire Gu Ning more now, and he believed that he had made the right decision to follow Gu Ning’s lead.

Within minutes, the first jade was fully cut out. “Oh my! It’s medium-high-level jade of the glutinous-rice type!” the stonecutter raised his voice in excitement. His hands were trembling slightly. It was hard to cut out jade and normally he could only cut out dozens of pieces of jade in a year. It was rare to see jade above the medium level.

“What? Glutinous-rice type! It must be worth at least thirty million yuan!”

“Jesus! It’s a fortune!”

“Boss, you’re so awesome!” Lord Pan complimented with excitement like the jade was his.

However, no one was more upset than the owner of this shop. Although it was usual to see a customer cut out jade in his shop, he couldn’t help feeling envious and jealous too.

A short while later.

“Jesus! This is medium-high-level jade of the water type!” the other stonecutter said in astonishment.

What? The crowd burst into discussion again. Gu Ning’s unbelievable luck really shocked them.

Everyone looked at Gu Ning with pure jealousy, but Gu Ning wasn’t affected at all.

“Boss…” Lord Pan was about to praise Gu Ning again, but he was suddenly short of words. He was running out of complimentary vocabulary. However, he still tried to express his admiration for Gu Ning. “Well, I honestly don’t what else I can say, but boss, you’re really awesome!”

Gu Ning was amused. “Alright, I know that I’m awesome, so you can stop flattering me.”

Hearing their small talk, many people around them thought that Gu Ning was being too proud, even though they all had to admit that she was really incredible.

Lord Pan, on the other hand, loved Gu Ning’s character.

Before long, someone bid for the first jade of the glutinous-rice type.

“Ten million yuan.”

“Eleven million yuan.”

“Twenty million yuan.”

In the end, the jade was sold for twenty million yuan.

Right when Gu Ning was ready to give the third raw material to a stonecutter, her phone rang, and the caller was K. K finally got the location, so Gu Ning decided to not cut the third raw material now.

“Miss, are you going to cut the third one?” the owner of this shop asked.

“No, thanks,” Gu Ning said.

Afterward, the second jade was fully cut out. It was bigger than the first one, so its price would be higher too.

“Ten million yuan.”

“Twelve million yuan.”

When people were busy bidding for the second jade, Gu Ning heard someone speaking Language R beside her, and she was displeased. People from Country R were disliked by people in this country, including Gu Ning.

Gu Ning wasn’t adept at Language R, but she could understand a little. Gu Ning heard the person from Country R tell a local citizen by his side to help him bid for the second jade.

Chapter 408: Won’t Sell it to People from Country R

Gu Ning, who had a strong bias against people from Country R, of course, wouldn’t sell her jade to them, even if it was a profitable deal.

“Thirty-five million yuan.”

“Forty million yuan.” A bid from the person from Country R.

After that, nobody followed up, because the price was already high enough.

Gu Ning approached Lord Pan and said to him, “He’s from Country R. I don’t want to sell this jade to him. Help me bid for this jade.”

Hearing that the man was from Country R, Lord Pan was displeased too, because he hated them very much. Therefore, he agreed with Gu Ning without hesitation.

“Fifty million yuan!” Lord Pan said. He suddenly raised the price by ten million at a time. Gu Ning was going to keep this jade, and its price didn’t matter now.

Hearing that Lord Pan joined the bidding, everyone was confused, because Lord Pan came here with Gu Ning. If he wanted to buy it, he could make the deal with Gu Ning in private.

The person from Country R was disappointed. Fifty million yuan was almost the highest price, and it wouldn’t be worth buying if the price went higher again. However, the person from Country R wasn’t willing to give up.

“Fifty-five million yuan.”

“Sixty million yuan!” Lord Pan said without a second thought and gave them a provoking glance. By now they knew that Lord Pan did it on purpose. However, they had never met Lord Pan before. So why did he have to do it?

The person from Country R wanted to continue bidding but was stopped by the local citizen. They discussed in a low voice for a few seconds, and the person from Country R gave up. He glared at Lord Pan before he left.

“Ha!” Lord Pan was satisfied.

“Aright, Sir, if you still want this jade, you can pay thirty-five million yuan for it and take it home,” Gu Ning said to the man who had bid thirty-five million yuan for the jade just then.

“Of course I do!” the man said with alacrity. “However, miss, why didn’t you sell it to the person who bid such a high price?”

“He’s from Country R, and I don’t want to sell it to him,” Gu Ning said directly.

Upon hearing that the person was from Country R, people all felt disgusted, and they also approved Gu Ning’s behavior. Meanwhile, some also thought that Gu Ning was dumb, and there was no need to act against money.

After the deal, Gu Ning left the shop.

“I have something else to deal with. So it’s time to say goodbye,” Gu Ning said to Lord Pan.

“What?” Lord Pan was reluctant to leave. He still wanted to invite her to join him for a meal later.

“Where are you leaving for? I can send you there. My car is right outside,” Lord Pan said.

“No, thanks,” Gu Ning rejected him.

“Oh, I still don’t know your name yet. I’m Pan Zirui by the way. Since you’re my boss now, shouldn’t you give me your phone number so that I can contact you?” Pan Zirui said.

“My name’s Gu Ning, and my phone number is XXXX. Send me a message, and I’ll save your phone number. I’ll call you when I’m done,” Gu Ning said.

Pan Zirui immediately saved Gu Ning’s phone number. They walked out together, and Gu Ning directly took a taxi waiting at the roadside.

Nanshui Village was where Gu Ning was heading for. It was 23 kilometers away from the south exit of City B, but there was no need to drive on the expressway.

On the way, Gu Ning received Tang Haifeng’s call. Her first thought was that he must have heard the news of what had happened at the airport and knew that she was City B now. She was right. The moment Gu Ning answered the call, Tang Haifeng complained. “Girl Gu, I heard the news that you rescued an injured girl at the airport of City B. Why didn’t you visit me since you’re here?”

Gu Ning smiled and explained, “Grandpa, I have something important to deal with in City B. I promise that I’ll visit you once it’s done.”

“What important thing? Do you need me to help you? Just say it,” Tang Haifeng said.

“Thanks, grandpa, but I can handle it alone,” Gu Ning said. If she could deal with on her own, she wouldn’t bother others. However, if she needed Tang Haifeng’s support, she wouldn’t hesitate to call him either. She maintained a close relationship with Tang Haifeng to expand her network, so she wouldn’t waste it.

“Fine, but don’t hesitate to let me know if you need my help. Oh, I’ve prepared a red envelope for you. Don’t forget to visit me!” Tang Haifeng said and used the red envelope as the bait.

“Ha-ha,” Gu Ning snorted with laughter, but she still cooperated with Tang Haifeng and acted greedy. “Of course I’ll come visit you for the red envelope!”

“Oh, so if I didn’t prepare a red envelope for you, you wouldn’t visit me then, right?” Tang Haifeng pretended to be mad.

“Of course not! Even if there is no red envelope, I’ll still visit you. I can eat and drink in your house anyway,” Gu Ning joked.

“Ha-ha!” Tang Haifeng was amused.

Just after Tang Haifeng hung up the call with Gu Ning, Tang Jiakai came home. Seeing Tang Haifeng being so happy, he asked with curiosity, “Grandpa, why are you so happy?”

“Girl Gu is in City B now, but she’s busy, so she’ll visit me once she’s free,” Tang Haifeng said. He was even happier to hear that Gu Ning came to City B than that his grandson came home.

Tang Jiakai was also excited because he was very curious about Gu Ning who was his grandfather’s new “granddaughter” and closely resembled his uncle.

“Grandpa, please invite her to visit us at home. I really want to meet the girl!” Tang Jiakai said in excitement.

Nanshui Village was now a resort. Originally, it had been an orchard with a total area of 165 acres. Later, it gradually developed into a folklore resort with farmhouse features, including catering, accommodation, entertainment, and other secondary services.

Other than an orchard, there was also a temple from the Tang Dynasty. People might go there to wish for good luck. And there was a reservoir the size of a football field too. Tourists could fish or sail on boats there.

Su Anjun’s location was in Nanshui Village, but not in the entertainment area. From the GPS map that K had given her, Gu Ning had to walk forwards along the river for about two kilometers. It was said that people had picked up antiques in this direction of the road.

Most villagers in Nanshui Village were aware of the news that there were antiques around this place, but outsiders might not hear of it.

Chapter 409: Meet Those Gravediggers Again

In the beginning, some villagers wanted to make some money by secretly selling antiques, but others who knew that it was illegal told the government. The government then sent an archaeological team here. Although the government didn’t hide the news, it didn’t spread the news either, so there weren’t many people who knew about it.

Gu Ning walked along the road while using her Jade Eyes to scan the mountains around her. Su Anjun’s group had probably already searched this road, but their eyes were hardly comparable to her Jade Eyes.

Gu Ning came here not for Su Anjun, but the ancient grave. Therefore, she didn’t care much about Su Anjun’s group but was still cautious to not run across them.

The mountains here weren’t very high, merely at an altitude of around a few hundred to a thousand meters, but there were many trees and rocks and it wasn’t easy to climb. Of course, it wasn’t a problem for Gu Ning. She had walked for an hour and made a round of a small mountain, but failed to find any traces of an ancient grave or a grave hole. Hours had passed, and still nothing.

However, right after Gu Ning climbed a short distance up another mountain, she heard some people talking, but couldn’t hear them clearly because they were far away. Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes and saw 20 or so people on the other side of this mountain. They were searching for something with tools on the ground.

Although Gu Ning had her Jade Eyes, she couldn’t find the ancient grave at a glance. Instead, she had to search the ground meter by meter too. Nevertheless, she was able to search in a much larger area at a higher speed than them. Since she already found Su Anjun’s group, Gu Ning definitely wouldn’t go over. She turned and walked in the opposite direction.

It wasn’t early when Gu Ning arrived at Nanshui Village, and the sky quickly got dark in the winter. It wasn’t safe to stay in the mountains at night. There could be snakes, ants, rats or something else, so Su Anjun’s group stopped searching and made camp in an empty place while taking measures to prevent against snakes and other poisonous animals.

As for Gu Ning, she kept looking for the ancient grave. With the help of her Jade Eyes, she had no trouble walking in the night. And if she was bitten by a snake, she could use her power to protect herself.

Gu Ning later came to another mountain. However, before she could find the ancient grave, she heard someone talking quietly in front of her.

“Li Maosong, my older brother died because of you! And I’ll get revenge for him today!”

Hearing the name, Li Maosong, Gu Ning was surprised and immediately used her Jade Eyes. There they were! Gu Ning met those gravediggers again, namely Li Maosong, Sun Chao, Zhao Jiangquan and Guo Yiyang. What a coincidence! However, Gu Ning wasn’t very surprised. They were gravediggers after all and spent most of their time finding ancient graves. It wasn’t surprising that they came here after they heard the news.

However, there wasn’t only Li Maosong and his friends. Another six men were standing opposite Li Maosong’s group. Both of the sides seemed displeased, especially those who were glaring at Li Maosong

“Du Shouyang, I told you that Lao San didn’t die because of us. He refused to listen to us and ran into the grave for money, but was killed by a moving body!” Lao Er who was Sun Chao argued in anger. They were unwilling to bear the result of Lao San’s death.

Hearing that, Gu Ning figured out what was happening here. The man named Du Shouyang must be the younger brother of Lao San (Du Shouming).

Gu Ning moved over silently. Although she had just met Li Maosong and others once, they shared the unbelievable experience in the ancient grave. Thus, she wouldn’t walk away from them. If they were in danger, she was willing to help them.

“A moving body? Bullshit! Do you think I’ll buy that? I think you killed him because you didn’t want to share the money with him!” Du Shouyang didn’t believe in the moving body.

“Believe it or not, we didn’t kill Lao San!” Zhao Jiangquan said.

“It’s not important whether I believe it or not, because you all are going to die today.” Du Shouyang seemed evil and pulled a gun from his waist all of a sudden, aiming at Li Maosong.

Li Maosong and the others stepped backward in fear, and their faces turned pale. Gu Ning was displeased too. She was worried that they would be killed at any second, so she ran forward to rescue them without delay.

Luckily, Gu Ning was only four meters away from them. And within two seconds, Gu Ning reached Du Shouyang’s side and broke his wrist. The others didn’t clearly see what was going on until Du Shouyang shouted in severe pain. They were all scared as well as shocked.

Du Shouyang held his injured right wrist, but his gun was gone. And Gu Ning was standing by his side with his gun in her hand.

“You…” Everyone looked at Gu Ning in astonishment. It happened as fast like lightning! And an ordinary person couldn’t do that. This girl must be a kung fu master. They thought.

Li Maosong and the others didn’t recognize Gu Ning when she had dashed out, but when they saw Gu Ning’s face, they were quite surprised.

“Miss Gu, it’s you!” Li Maosong said in excitement. Since it was Gu Ning, it was understandable that she could get the control of Du Shouyang like lightning. Gu Ning had rescued them from bats and a moving body the last time, so in their hearts, Gu Ning was their lifesaver and a kung fu master they admired.

“Oh, it’s Miss Gu!” The others were also surprised. They didn’t wonder why Gu Ning showed up here because they thought that Gu Ning was a gravedigger too.

“Hi, you all, nice to meet you again!” Gu Ning said to them. Li Maosong and Sun Chao were even older than her mother, while Zhao Jiangquan and Guo Yiyang were younger than 30-years-old.

Du Shouyang panicked a little after he found out that Li Maosong and the others knew Gu Ning and Gu Ning was able to grab his gun away in seconds.

Gu Ning coldly glanced at Du Shouyang’s group, and she had a natural air of power, which terrified them.

Chapter 410: Rescue Them Once More

Gu Ning’s sight fell on Du Shouyang. “Just because you don’t believe that there is a moving body in this world doesn’t mean that there isn’t. Your older brother really was killed by a moving body. I saw it with my own eyes.”

Du Shouyang still refused to believe it. “You’re a member of their group, so you naturally will defend them.”

Not only Du Shouyang, but the others who were with him didn’t believe it either. It was quite understandable because it was very hard for modern people to believe in ghosts and monsters.

Since they didn’t believe it, Gu Ning had no plan to explain further. However, she stared at Du Shouyang icily and warned him. “It’s up to you whether you believe it or not. However, if you dare to hurt Li Maosong and his friends, I’ll throw you into jail and you’ll stay there forever.”

Meeting Gu Ning’s sharp gaze, Du Shouyang’s body trembled in fear, and he could hardly breathe. Even his partners felt the pressure from Gu Ning, which made them think that this young girl wasn’t simple at all.

“Now, disappear!” Gu Ning said.

Although Du Shouyang wanted to kill Li Maosong, he failed, and Gu Ning couldn’t kill them all. She didn’t want to be sentenced to jail after all.

Du Shouyang was reluctant to leave but didn’t dare stay here either. Besides, his wrist was injured and he had to go to the hospital right away. After that, a group of them escaped.

When they were gone, Li Maosong thanked Gu Ning with sincerity. “Miss Gu, thank you so much for rescuing us again!”

“Indeed! Miss Gu, thank you so much!” the other three men said.

“Miss Gu, you’re our lifesaver. If you need our help in the future, feel free to let us know, and we’ll spare no effort to help you,” Li Maosong said seriously.

“Yes,” the others echoed.

When Gu Ning met them again, she had thought to hire them. Since they showed their kindness towards her on their own initiative, Gu Ning, of course, wouldn’t deny it.

“Great. If I need your help in the future, I’ll let you know,” Gu Ning said.

“No problem!” Li Maosong and the others said. In their eyes, it was an honor if Gu Ning turned to them for help.

“Oh, Miss Gu, you must be here to find the ancient grave too, right? Those experts have searched several mountains in vain, and we also have searched around this mountain, but found nothing. Maybe there is no ancient grave at all,” Li Maosong said.

“However, if there is no ancient grave, why did some people pick antiques up here?” Zhao Jiangquan still believed there had to be an ancient grave around this place.

“It is hard to tell, but since we’re already here, let’s go find it!” Gu Ning said.

“You’re right. Miss Gu, would you mind joining us? If we find it, we can share the antiques by halves,” Li Maosong said. Although it wasn’t fair because Gu Ning was alone while they had four people in the team, they didn’t mind.

Li Maosong added, “However, if any weird things happen like last time, please help us as always, Miss Gu.”

Gu Ning was surprised by Li Maosong’s generosity, but since he was willing to do so, she wouldn’t reject it. As for Li Maosong’s request for help, Gu Ning agreed. “Don’t worry. Since we’re a team now, I’ll do my best to protect you.”

Afterward, Gu Ning joined Li Maosong and his friends to search for the ancient grave.

Although Li Maosong and his friends had searched around this mountain, Gu Ning still wanted to look around again on her own. After she didn’t find anything on that mountain with her Jade Eyes, she left with Li Maosong and the other men.

“All the nearby mountains have been searched, and we still found nothing. Maybe the ancient grave is in a farther mountain!” Zhao Jiangquan said.

“If we still can’t find it, the antiques could have been dug out already by others before us,” Guo Yiyang said. He seemed upset because they had encountered such situations many times before.

“Do you have a map?” Gu Ning asked.

“Sure,” Sun Chao said. He took out the map and a picture at once. “This is the map, and this is the full view of Nanshui Village we took from a plane when we came here.”

Gu Ning checked the map and the picture. Zhao Jiangquan immediately used the flashlight of his phone to light for Gu Ning. Even though Gu Ning didn’t need it, she didn’t say anything in order to not expose her secret.

She looked at the picture first. There were some mountains which were marked with red spots on it, which meant they had already searched for them. And those mountains without red spots were far away from Nanshui Village.

After a while, a place attracted Gu Ning’s attention. It was the temple of Nanshui Village.

Somehow, Gu Ning had a feeling that the ancient grave could be under the temple.

“Well, since we’re going to search for the ancient grave, why don’t we have a look in the temple?” Gu Ning said.

The temple? Nobody thought that the ancient grave could be in the temple because the temple was located right beside the village. Besides, people picked antiques up in the opposite direction of the temple, so nobody had searched it. However, since Gu Ning proposed to give it a try, Li Maosong and the others would follow her without a doubt. Then, the group of them walked to the temple together.

Even though Gu Ning had the sense that the ancient grave could be around the temple, she wasn’t completely sure. Therefore, she used her Jade Eyes along the way while they walked towards it. It took them nearly two hours of walking before they finally got there. It was 9 pm, which was a great time for gravediggers to start to work.

The temple was built at an altitude of two hundred meters, halfway to the top of the mountain. Except for the stairs which were the only access to the temple, there were only trees around it.

Normally, graves were in flat ground or low mountains, so gravediggers seldom climbed so high to search for an ancient grave.

Gu Ning and the others climbed the mountain, searching for the ancient grave.

Half an hour later, when they were only ten meters away from the temple, they smelled the disgusting stench of a corpse.

Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes looking in the direction of the acrid smell. There was a large piece of rock 20 meters away from them, and a half-rotten body was lying right under it. Most of it was covered by small scattered rocks.

The body was dressed in a common style. It wasn’t a monk, but it could be a tourist.

Gu Ning looked deeper with her Jade Eyes, and a round black hole appeared in her sight. Gu Ning was excited. Although she wasn’t sure that it was a grave hole, it was highly possible. If it was a grave hole, the body had to be a gravedigger.

Anyway, she decided to have a look.