Chapter 431: Profound Admiration

Cao Wenxin and Tang Jiakai were trembling in fear ever since they had walked out of the private room. If they hadn’t been mentally stronger than common people, they would have collapsed to the floor. They were too frightened to drive the car, so Gu Ning became the driver.

After they were in the car, Cao Wenxin and Tang Jiakai sat on the seats in shock.

“Wow, the man is really the head of the Kirin Gang, Qi Tianlin. He’s such an evil, cruel, man with a changeable personality! I was so scared, and I’m still trembling now!”

“Exactly! I was truly afraid that he would shoot us!”

“Ningning, you’re so bold! You knew that he was Qi Tianlin and you still dared to swear at him. Weren’t you afraid that he would shoot you?”

“Indeed! I almost told him that we’re from the Tang Family and the Cao Family.” Nobody knew how hard it had been for them when they were in the private room.

“Ningning, I have profound admiration towards you now.” Cao Wenxin looked at Gu Ning. Her eyes were very bright as if she was staring at a man that she loved.

“Me too! Me too!” Tang Jiakai echoed at once.

“Ningning, you’re really awesome! Is there anything that you don’t know or can’t do?” Cao Wenxin asked.

“Actually there is plenty,” Gu Ning said, then apologized. “I’m so sorry for what happened to you two.”

“Ningning, don’t say that. If I hadn’t taken you there, it wouldn’t have happened.” Cao Wenxin blamed herself.

“Nevertheless, we were in trouble because I won too much money! Anyway, let bygones be bygones. Luckily, we won three billion yuan! And you two can get a third of it.” Although Gu Ning won the money by gambling with Qi Tianlin, Cao Wenxin and Tang Jiakai had risked their lives with her, so she wouldn’t take all the money. Even though she wasn’t willing to share equally with them, she would love to give then a third of the money.

Hearing that, both Cao Wenxin and Tang Jiakai were surprised. They could share a billion yuan and each of them could have five hundred million yuan! That was a fortune! However, they rejected, “Ningning, you won the money by gambling with him; you don’t need to share with us.”

“Exactly, you don’t need to share the money with us.”

In fact, they also want to have a fortune, but Gu Ning had won the money alone, so they couldn’t share her money. They loved money, but would get it the right way.

“Please listen to me this time, also don’t tell your family about what happened tonight. I don’t want them to be worried,” Gu Ning reminded them.

“Sure,” Cao Wenxin and Tang Jiakai said. Even if Gu Ning didn’t remind them, they wouldn’t tell anyone. And since Gu Ning insisted on sharing the money with them, they accepted it in the end.

“Oh, Ningning, why don’t you come back to Huafu Hills with me tonight? We can share a bed! And you can go have a look of your villa too,” Cao Wenxin said.

“Great!” Gu Ning didn’t reject. If she had a place to stay, she wouldn’t bother to stay in a hotel.

Because Tang Jiakai wasn’t in a good condition to drive, Gu Ning drove him back to the Tang Family’s house first before she went to Huafu Hills.

Huafu Hills was a luxurious living area in City B, which wasn’t far from downtown, and its housing price was also crazily high, but no matter how high the price was, it was nothing for the Tang Family and the Cao Family.

The Can Family had served in the army for generations, but was also involved in business. Although it couldn’t compare with the Tang Family, it was a super-rich family in City B. In addition, Tang Yunrong was in possession of 10% shares of the Tang Family’s properties. Even just 10% shares were worth at least ten billion yuan!

The villa given by Cao Ruihua and his wife to Gu Ning was adjacent to Cao Wenxin’s. It was a duplex house. At the front of the villa was a large lawn around 100 square-meters. On the right side was a road which was the access to the garages on the first floor of the villa.

The villa had three floors, covering about 178 square-meters, but no one lived on the first floor. There were two garages on the right side, while the swimming pool and gym were on the right side. The stairs were in the middle.

When they arrived, Cao Wenxin guided Gu Ning to see her new car which was a black Lamborghini. Even Gu Ning who never had any preference for cars fell in love with it at first glance.

“Isn’t it cool? Let’s drive around tomorrow! It will be exciting!” Cao Wenxin laughed.

“I don’t have a driver’s license yet,” Gu Ning said.

With her driving skills, she didn’t need to learn anymore, but she had to take the test. However, she was too busy to register for the driver’s test recently.

“What?” Cao Wenxin was astonished. “You don’t have a driver’s license, but you just drove us back home?” It was scary.

“Although I don’t have a driver’s license, I’m a skillful driver. My master taught me. However I couldn’t take the test until I turned 18, and I’ve been very busy since I turned 18,” Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, Cao Wenxin relaxed. “That’s easy. I have a friend who works in the Department of Motor Vehicles. I can take you to attend the test tomorrow. As long as you pass it, you can get a driver’s license immediately.”

“That will be so great!” It was good news for Gu Ning.

After that, Cao Wenxin guided Gu Ning to have a tour around the villa. On the second floor, there was a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and two bedrooms. On the third floor, there were four bedrooms attached with four bathrooms, and a study.

Next to the master bedroom, there were two 10-square-meter cloakrooms. One for men and one for women.

The decoration wasn’t luxurious, but was elegant, which was Gu Ning’s favorite style. And this villa was already cleaned and dusted, so Gu Ning was able to move in right away.

Cao Wenxin wanted to invite Gu Ning to sleep with her in her villa, but it was the first time that Gu Ning visited her new house, so Cao Wenxin decided to sleep in Gu Ning’s villa.

After the short tour, Cao Wenxin went back to her house to get her nightgown.

Gu Ning, on the other hand, called Leng Shaoting and told him about the gifts she had received today. However, she didn’t tell him about the Kirin Gang and Qi Tianlin yet, because she didn’t want him to worry about her. She planned to tell him the story when she was in the capital.

Leng Shaoting was talking with Master Leng when Gu Ning called him. However, once Gu Ning called him, he directly ignored his grandfather and answered his girlfriend’s call. Master Leng complained and said that Leng Shaoting only had his girlfriend in his heart as usual. However, he was just saying it, and he couldn’t be more excited in his heart. If Gu Ning was old enough to get married, he would ask Leng Shaoting to marry her right away! After finishing the call with Gu Ning, Leng Shaoting continued talking with Master Leng.

Chapter 432: Set Cao Wenxin And A Man up

“The investigation shows that there is no any recent contact with Long Tianhu in Shen Yanfeng, Chen Qiuyin and the Chen family’s phone records, and they don’t have any other phone numbers either.”

“However, there are three phone numbers under Long Tianhu’s name. The three phone numbers frequently contact and only contact each other. Except for calls from the phone number that Long Tianhu uses himself; the other two phone numbers won’t answer anyone else’s call. So I suspect that the other two phone numbers are used by Shen Yanfeng and another member in the Chen family,” Leng Shaoting said.

Master Leng was obviously upset. Although it was just Leng Shaoting’s suspicion, he also had the same idea.

“If it’s true, then the Shen family and the Chen family…” Leng Shaoting didn’t continue, but Master Leng understood what he was going to say. “Grandpa, although the Shen family is a relative of the Leng family, I’ll never help them cover illegal acts, so I think that you better pretend to know nothing about it, and let me handle it,” Leng Shaoting said.

Master Leng was also not a man who would ignore the law to help his relatives, so he agreed. The Shen family was digging their own graves!

The next day, Cao Wenxin and Gu Ning got up at 6 am to run in the park. Running was the basic training of a person who practiced kung fu, and it was also necessary to build a strong body by running. There were many people, including men, women, the elderly and children, running in this living area.

“Miss Cao, good morning! You’re running with your friend today?” an old woman passed by and greeted Cao Wenxin.

Cao Wenxin often ran, so she was already familiar with the other runners.

“Yes, good morning!” Cao Wenxin replied politely.

After a short while of running, Gu Ning noticed that someone was following and staring at them from not far behind them, but she didn’t sense any hostility from the person. Could it be Cao Wenxin’s admirer?

Gu Ning looked at Cao Wenxin. It seemed that she hadn’t noticed that someone was following them. “Hey, did you notice that someone is following and staring at us from not far behind? Don’t turn around!”

Cao Wenxin was about to look back, but was stopped by Gu Ning. “Could it be your admirer?”

“Well, I have plenty of admirers, but none of them can meet my standards,” Cao Wenxin said with disdain, then sighed. “There are few reliable men nowadays. Most of them are good-looking on the exterior, but unreliable on the inside. At least the men my friends and I have met are like that. They either aren’t rich enough, and take a liking to your family background, and then once the relationship is getting steady, the man will ask you to pay all the bills and take it for granted, which is quite disgusting; or they are rich men who have countless mistresses. I don’t want either of them. I would rather stay single!”

Cao Wenxin was just being realistic here. And that was the reason why the divorce rate kept climbing and fewer and fewer women were willing to get married.

Gu Ning would also prefer to stay single if she couldn’t meet a reliable man.

Saying that, Cao Wenxin suddenly thought of something. “Oh, Ningning, does your boyfriend has some single and reliable friends? Can you introduce me to one of them?” Cao Wenxin half joked.

Hearing that, Gu Ning immediately thought of Xu Jinchen. He was handsome and had a powerful family background. He also had a good job and character. From what Gu Ning had known till now, Xu Jinchen was a reliable man. All of a sudden, Gu Ning realized that Cao Wenxin and Xu Jinchen would be a great match. Of course, it wasn’t right to judge a romantic relationship by those conditions. Most importantly, the two must get along well and like each other.

In fact, Gu Ning didn’t mind setting Cao Wenxin and a reliable man up.

“He has a close friend who also serves in the army with him. The man is handsome with a good character and powerful family background. However, it’s not up to me whether he’s reliable or not. I can introduce you to him if you want,” Gu Ning said.

“Really?” Cao Wenxin was excited once she got to know that the man was a military officer. “I’m free now anyway. When will you go to the capital? I’ll fly there with you.”

“Tomorrow,” Gu Ning said. “However, I’m not sure whether he’s in the capital now. I can ask my boyfriend.”

“Please don’t,” Cao Wenxin said. “Let’s keep it a secret between you and me. If he’s there, we can meet. If now, I’ll just have a tour in the capital. In addition, I also have a friend who stays in the capital, so I can go visit her.”

Cao Wenxin wanted to take it slow and naturally.

“Fine.” Since Cao Wenxin said so, Gu Ning would listen to her. In fact, Gu Ning also thought that it was better to keep it between them, in case they didn’t like each other and it would be embarrassing.

After that, they kept running. They had run for a long time, and the person behind them wasn’t able to catch up any longer.

“Gee, he’s too weak to be my admirer!” Cao wenxin said with disdain.

Gu Ning smiled. It really was a good idea to match Cao Wenxin with a military officer. If she ended up being with a common man, the man would be bullied by her all the time.

Cao Wenxin was tired later, so they stopped to have a break. Seeing that Gu Ning was just a little flushed and still breathing normally, Cao Wenxin was surprised. “Ningning, your stamina is unbelievable! We’ve run five kilometers now, but it looks so easy for you.”

“I received devilish training, which was even crueler than the training the Special Forces have received and more like the training of a hit man. However, you have just been trained normally,” Gu Ning said.

“What? Devilish training? It sounds so cruel!” Cao Wenxin was astonished. Devilish training was basically training with one’s life.

Cao Wenxin almost blurted out that Gu Ning’s master was crazy. However, remembering that Gu Ning’s tutor had already passed away and that it might annoy Gu Ning, she didn’t say it aloud. Although such training was cruel, it was worth it, because Gu Ning was now able to handle any kind of danger.

Chapter 433: Get the Driver’s License

Cao Wenxin’s parents also hoped that she could protect herself in a dangerous situation, so she had been sent to military camp during her childhood. If she hadn’t had the ability to protect herself, she would have been kidnapped many times.

After the run, they went to have breakfast together before going back to the villa. Although Cao Wenxin lived in the villa, she never cooked for herself because she was a bad cook. She would either eat at the Cao family’s house or dine out.

Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin went back to their own place later. They took a shower and changed before going out again. Gu Ning didn’t have a driver’s license, so she got in Cao Wenxin’s car.

There were two cars in Cao Wenxin’s garage. One was the same Lamborghini as Gu Ning’s, but its color was bright red. The other one was also a red Land Rover. It seemed that Cao Wenxin really loved red.

“I think that we better keep a low profile today, so let’s drive the Land Rover,” Cao Wenxin said. She went to open the car door for Gu Ning and made a gesture like a gentleman to invite her to sit inside, which was quite amusing. Gu Ning laughed a little, and got in the car.

In fact, Gu Ning preferred off-road vehicles, like Land Rovers, Hummers, Knight XV and so on, because they looked so cool.

On the way, Gu Ning asked, “Wenxin, how much do you know about the super-rich families in City B?”

“A lot I guess,” Cao Wenxin said. As a member of high society, she had to know a lot about the surrounding people.

“Do you know a man called Pan Zirui?” Gu Ning asked. She wanted to find out more about the Pan family from Cao Wenxin.

Hearing the name, Pan Zirui, Cao Wenxin snorted with laughter and showed obvious dislike towards him. “Pan Zirui is a well-known playboy among the high society. Do you know him?”

“Yes,” Gu Ning said. “I almost had a conflict with him at the stone-gambling street the other day, but he recognized me because I rescued the injured fan at the airport. He wanted me to be his master and teach him kung fu, but I rejected, so he regarded me as his boss. I just want to know the reputation of the Pan family. If his family is notorious, I’ll keep a distance from him. If his family isn’t that bad, I think it’s not a bad idea to maintain a good relationship with him.”

“Oh, Pan Zirui is willing to follow your lead?” Cao Wenxin was greatly surprised. “He despises women so much! Ningning, you’re really charming!” Then, Cao Wenxin added, “I haven’t heard anything terrible about the Pan family yet, but maybe it’s because they hide their dirty secrets really well. Anyway, all businessmen are cunning. As long as it isn’t amoral or illegal, I think it’s fine.”

Indeed, all businessmen were cunning. Gu Ning was a cunning businesswoman too. As long as the Pan family wasn’t involved in any crimes, Gu Ning wouldn’t mind.

Seeing that it was time for the bank to open, Gu Ning made a call to transfer the money to Cao Wenxin’s and Tang Jiakai’s bank accounts.

Hearing Gu Ning talking on the phone, Cao Wenxin was still excited although she was already mentally-prepared. Five hundred million yuan! From now on, she had five hundred million yuan in her own bank account! It was still too much for Cao Wenxin to believe that Gu Ning had made three billion yuan so easily. Actually, it hadn’t been that easy. If Gu Ning hadn’t been brave and smart enough, they could have been killed, not even mentioning getting the money.

Tang Jiakai was still sleeping when he heard a new message came in, so he semi-consciously checked his phone. When he read the message and noticed the long number of the money that had just been transferred into his account, he woke up at once and screamed, jumping in great excitement on his bed. Everyone in the house was able to hear his scream.

“Tang Jiakai, stop screaming!” Tang Haifeng scolded him from downstairs, but Tang Jiakai ignored his grandpa, focusing on the number on the screen. There were so many zeros! Five hundred million yuan! Five hundred million yuan was all his own savings, and he finally didn’t have to ask his parents for an allowance anymore. However, Tang Jiakai was a well-educated young man, and he wouldn’t spend the money with reckless abandon. Instead, he could do what he always wanted to do now.

Tang Haifeng was a little worried when he didn’t hear Tang Jiakai’s answer, so he told the housekeeper to go upstairs and have a look.

“Lord Jiakai, are you alright?” the housekeeper knocked on the door, and asked worriedly.

Hearing the housekeeper’s voice, Tang Jiakai finally got his mind back. He took a long breath first, then replied. “I’m fine. I just had a nightmare.”

Hearing that Tang Jiakai was fine, the housekeeper was relieved and went back downstairs.

…

Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin left for the Department of Motor Vehicles around 8:30 am, and didn’t arrive there until 9:30 am because of traffic.

Cao Wenxin had called her friend last night, so when they arrived at the Department of Motor Vehicles, everything was well-arranged.

There was a place for the drivers’ test right next to the Department of Motor Vehicles, so they went directly there.

Once their car was parked; a handsome man who was around 25 walked towards them. The moment that Cao Wenxin got out of her car, the man complained, “Miss Cao, you really won’t call me unless you need me. You promised to buy me a meal, but I’ve waited for two weeks and you didn’t call me once.”

Hearing that, Cao Wenxin felt a little embarrassed. “I know it’s my fault. Why don’t we have lunch together today after my friend finishes the test?”

“That’s fine.” The man was satisfied.

At this time, Gu Ning came to Cao Wenxin’s side. Cao Wenxin then introduced them to each other. “This is my younger sister, Gu Ning, and this is my friend, Ouyang Sihuan.”

“Nice to meet you,” “Nice to meet you too,” Gu Ning and Ouyang Sihuan greeted each other.

“Are you ready? If you are, we can begin now,” Ouyang Sihuan asked Gu Ning.

“Yes, I’m ready,” Gu Ning said.

Before the exam, Gu Ning went to pay the registration fee first, and then it was time to do Subject 1. Subject 1 was mainly about the driving theory foundation, road safety laws and regulations, local regulations and other related knowledge. It was directly answered on the computer, so Ouyang Sihuan guided Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin to the computer room to answer the questions.

Although Gu Ning came here to attend the test with the help of Cao Wenxin’s network, it was impossible for her to cheat, because there were cameras and the computer would read her exam paper. Before long, Gu Ning finished the 100 questions, and she got a full score.

Cao Wenxin and Ouyang Sihuan were both shocked by Gu Ning’s efficiency and accuracy.

Chapter 434: Perfectly finished

“Jesus! Miss Gu, you finished the 100 questions within just three minutes! You must be a genius!” Ouyang Sihuan said, and couldn’t believe his eyes.

“I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t fully-prepared,” Gu Ning said.

However, her answer wasn’t quite persuasive, because it took at least 15 minutes for normal people to finish all the questions and there could be many wrong answers too. Even so, Ouyang Sihuan didn’t ask further.

Subject 2 required drivers to finish five items, namely “reverse into garage”, “parallel parking”, “ramp stop and start”, “right angle turn”, “curve” (commonly known as S bend). Subject 3 tested many basic skills for driving on roads. And all of them were perfectly finished by Gu Ning.

Gu Ning’s driving skills were even better than the driving coach’s, which completely shocked Cao Wenxin and Ouyang Sihuan, because she was just 18!

Gu Ning was probably the only one who had finished the test in such a short time with such a high score, that they had ever seen.

“Miss Gu, I really don’t know what to say now. You’re really, totally unbelievable! You’re even better than the best driving coach! From now on, you’re my idol.” Ouyang Sihuan looked at Gu Ning with profound admiration.

Gu Ning smiled, but didn’t say anything.

“Alright, let’s settle the driver’s license now, so that we can go have lunch together.” Cao Wenxin interrupted him and rolled her eyes. Ouyang Sihuan became Cao Wenxin’s good friend precisely because he was funny. Gentlemen weren’t really Cao Wenxin’s type.

“Yes, madam!” Ouyang Sihuan joked and guided them to the Hall of Certificates.

Within minutes, Gu Ning got her driver’s license.

It was already 11 am, and it was time for lunch. Ouyang Sihuan would be off-duty in half an hour, but there was nothing to do, so he left half an hour earlier. He had to be back at work at 2:30 pm, so they dined at a nearby restaurant.

After lunch, Cao Wenxin and Gu Ning drove Ouyang Sihuan back to his workplace, and then they went to go shop at Fengshang Shopping Mall which was owned by the Tang Family.

Fengshang Shopping Mall was one of the three largest shopping malls in City B, and it was located in the crowded downtown.

“Although I already have plenty of clothes in my closet and many of them are brand new, I still feel like I lack clothing once I see beautiful dresses.” Cao Wenxin had a strong desire to shop right now after she saw those colorful clothing stores. She was like an infant who saw her mother’s breast, and was eager to nurse.

Gu Ning didn’t know what to say. It was normal that women always felt like they lacked clothing, but the way Cao Wenxin bought clothes was still a little crazy. Gu Ning, on the other hand, wasn’t very interested in clothing shopping. To be honest, there wasn’t much clothing in Gu Ning’s closet, but it was enough, so she had no plans to buy more.

However, when they walked by a gown store, Gu Ning thought that she should prepare several sets of formal dresses in case she needed them in the future for parties. After all, her identity was different now, because it was already exposed that she was the real boss of Jade Beauty Jewelry. It was predictable that she would be invited to attend many parties or balls.

Networks were built at parties, and Gu Ning knew it very well.

“Wenxin, do you know any good gown stores here? I want to buy several sets of formal dresses,” Gu Ning asked.

“Gowns!” Cao Wenxin’s eyes suddenly lit up, but soon looked a little sad. “Well, I actually have a friend whose major is clothing design. I think her designs are beautiful, but she isn’t famous. If you don’t mind, I’d like to show you.”

“Of course not.” Gu Ning never cared about brands; she cared about quality and design.

Afterwards, Cao Wenxin guided Gu Ning to the gown store run by her friend which was also in Fengshang Shopping Mall.

On their way, Cao Wenxin told Gu Ning about her friend, “Actually, I just met this friend a short time ago, but I think that she’s talented. I like her designs. You know that rich people only value fame nowadays, but my friend insisted on doing her own job well instead of advertising or getting publicity, so she doesn’t have many clients.”

Fame only came when there was a great opportunity and promotion. The quickest way to get famous was to use another already well-known brand, but over 90% of well-known brands wouldn’t allow a new designer to use their brand name to sell her own clothing

If the new designer’s clothing was even more popular than the brand’s, it would be a disaster for the brand. Therefore, a designer could only work for fame by themselves.

“Does she have any way of advertising?” Gu Ning asked.

“Well, she’s from an ordinary family without much help. I’m not very familiar with her, so I don’t know much,” Cao Wenxin said.

Hearing that, Gu Ning had a plan.

After a while, the two arrived at the gown store; its name was Charm. That was also the brand of the designer’s clothing. And Gu Ning loved the name.

Once Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin walked in, a saleswoman came ahead and welcomed them. “Welcome to Charm, ladies!”

“Hi, Wenxin!” A woman who was around 27-years-old walked towards them. She wasn’t very pretty but was elegant.

“Hi! I was just shopping here with my friend, and we coincidentally walked by your store, so I thought why not come in and say hi,” Cao Wenxin said. She didn’t say that had they actually come here on purpose, in case they would all be embarrassed if Gu Ning didn’t like the gowns in the store.

“Please let me introduce you. This is my younger sister, Gu Ning,” Cao Wenxin said to the woman. “And this is the owner of this store, who is also a designer, Yu Zi.”

“Nice to meet you, Miss Gu,” “Nice to meet you too, Miss Yu,” they greeted each other.

“Please, have a seat here.” Yu Zi invited them into the lounge.

Chapter 435: Involved in Clothing Industry

When Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin had just sat down, someone immediately poured cups of tea for them.

Gu Ning glanced around the store. It wasn’t big, and was only around 20 square-meters, but there were many choices of clothes, like formal gowns and regular dresses. Gu Ning found the designs of the formal dresses were truly as special and beautiful as Cao Wenxin had told her.

Yu Zi herself designed and made every piece of clothing here. This store was small, so it was impossible for her to have a factory. And most of the gowns were customized. All the clothes in the store right now were basically samples. Of course, if customers wanted to buy the samples in the store, they could also directly buy it. However, the majority preferred to wear customized gowns because they fit better.

“I like your gowns. You can keep chatting, and I’ll have a look around,” Gu Ning said to them, then stood up to look at the formal dresses.

After a round, Gu Ning pointed at a gown and asked, “What size is this? Would it fit me?”

Yu Zi was struck dumb for a second. She didn’t expect that Gu Ning would directly buy the dress in the store. “It’s a small. Do you want to try it?” Saying that, she walked to Gu Ning.

“No need. I’ll buy this one.” Gu Ning didn’t try it, nor ask its price, but bought it without hesitation.

Hearing that, Yu Zi was surprised, not because Gu Ning wanted to buy it, but because she didn’t even bother to ask its price. It was the first time that she had met such a generous customer. However, if Gu Ning didn’t try it, wasn’t she worried that it wouldn’t fit.

It was winter, and they were all in thick coats, so it was hard to see Gu Ning’s figure. Yu Zi had no idea whether this gown would fit Gu Ning.

If it was normal dresses, it would be fine even if it was a little loose or tight, but the gown that Gu Ning pointed at was very tight.

“Ningning, you don’t want to try it?” Cao Wenxin was also surprised. Women always enjoyed trying new clothes, but Gu Ning wouldn’t waste time on that.

“I don’t think it’s necessary, because I know my size,” Gu Ning said.

Since Gu Ning said so, Yu Zi didn’t insist. “No problem, I’ll pack it up for you now.”

Yu Zi wasn’t dumb, and she realized now that Cao Wenxin and Gu Ning intentionally came here to support her. Yu Zi packed the gown for Gu Ning.

“This gown is sixty-eight thousand yuan. Since you’re Wenxin’s friend, I can give you 20% off, and it’ll be 54.4 thousand yuan,” Yu Zi said.

“Sure.” Gu Ning took out a bank card and gave it to Yu Zi.

Yu Zi was a little surprised again. Gu Ning had to be very rich to buy a gown which cost dozens of thousands of yuan without caring about its price.

In fact, Yu Zi didn’t know Cao Wenxin’s family background, not because Cao Wenxin wasn’t willing to tell her, but because they were merely normal friends, and it wasn’t necessary to talk about family background. Cao Wenxin was also generous shopper, so Yu Zi knew that she had to be rich, but she had no idea how rich she was.

“Ningning, please sit here for a little while longer. I need to use the ladies’ room,” Cao Wenxin said to Gu Ning. She suddenly felt uncomfortable in her stomach.

“Sure. I’ll wait for you,” Gu Ning replied.

After paying the bill, Yu Zi and Gu Ning were chatting in the lounge again.

“Miss Yu, I heard from Wenxin that you design and make all the gowns on your own?” Gu Ning asked.

“Yes! My major in college was clothing design, and I’m extremely interested in gowns,” Yu Zi said.

“I think they’re all pretty. Your gowns must be popular!” Gu Ning deliberately asked for a reason.

Yu Zi seemed a little upset, but still smiled. “Not very popular actually. I can only sell four to five gowns in a month. Deducting the costs, my income is only enough for paying the rent, salaries, and my daily expenses.”

Gu Ning was Cao Wenxin’s friend, so Yu Zi was willing to tell her the truth.

“If it continues like that, will you keep running the store? I like your designs, and I will definitely come back again,” Gu Ning said.

“Well, it’s my honor to have your approval. Although I do feel stressed, it’s my choice and I’ll keep running this store as long as it’s profitable till I succeed one day. However, life isn’t only about a dream, so I will probably have to change my job if my store can barely stay afloat,” Yu Zi said. She wasn’t stubborn.

After a second, Yu Zi added, “No matter whether this store is open or not, you can contact me whenever you want a gown and I can design and make it for you.” Even if she wasn’t able to run her own store, she could do it as a part-time job. She would be dumb if she missed the opportunity to make some money.

“I have an idea which can help you build this brand up. I’m not sure whether it can develop it into a top brand, but it definitely can become a well-known brand. I have confidence. How about you?” Gu Ning asked.

“Really?” Yu Zi was quite surprised, and her eyes lit up. “How?”

Although Yu Zi had some doubts because of Gu Ning’s age, she wouldn’t jump to conclusions. No matter what, it wasn’t a bad thing to hear Gu Ning’s idea. Yu Zi knew that it cost a lot to advertise and promote a brand, and she lacked enough money.

“In my opinion, your designs are good, and I also have the intention to be involved in the clothing industry. Therefore, I can invest in your brand if you agree for me to do so, and I’ll handle the advertising and promotion of your brand. Meanwhile, you can focus on the design and management of Charm while you’re still the builder of the brand. All you need to do is to create designs, and I’ll give you 20% shares. what do you think?” Gu Ning said seriously.

Gu Ning was aiming to hire Yu Zi. Although it sounded strange to talk about such serious business at the first meeting, Gu Ning was an efficient woman, and she wouldn’t waste more time on the deal if she could strike it right now.

Chapter 436: She Is Very Successful

In addition, it was all to Yu Zi’s advantage, because there were a lot of people whose major was clothing design, and a lot of them were also talented. It was easy for Gu Ning to hire a famous clothing designer as long as she wanted. However, she chose Yu Zi due to her fondness for Yu Zi’s designs.

After she established Fenghua Entertainment, it was unavoidable to use a lot of clothing in advertising, movies and so on. If she had her own clothing company, it would be much more convenient. There would be more than just one brand in Gu Ning’s clothing company. Charm could specifically be the gown brand if Yu Zi agreed and she could manage the brand herself.

Other than gowns, Gu Ning planned to develop men’s and women’s clothing lines, but she didn’t need to rush.

Gu Ning offered Yu Zi the shares, instead of a very attractive annual package because she needed a manager. Although she didn’t know much about Yu Zi, she believed that Yu Zi was reliable since Yu Zi was able to make friends with Cao Wenxin. Moreover, Yu Zi founded Charm, so Charm was like her own child, and she would definitely be more dedicated to her work than anyone else.

Hearing what Gu Ning said, Yu Zi was very surprised. It was like something fell into her lap out of the blue. If she was able to make Charm popular, she was, of course, willing to do it on her own, but the point was that she didn’t have the ability. Nevertheless, she couldn’t help but doubt Gu Ning’s ability now, because Gu Ning looked too young to run a company. Anyway, it wouldn’t do her any harm even if it didn’t work, so Yu Zi would like to give it a try. “Miss Gu, are you being serious?”

“What are you talking about?” Cao Wenxin came back at this time, and heard what Yu Zi had just said. Seeing Yu Zi being so serious, Cao Wenxin was curious.

Gu Ning then told Cao Wenxin her plan. Cao Wenxin wasn’t surprised at all, because Gu Ning was almighty in her heart. No matter what Gu Ning planned to do, she believed that it would be a success. “Yu Zi, although Ningning is young, she is very successful and I believe in her.”

Yu Zi had already made up her mind to try it, so whether Cao Wenxin persuaded her or not, she would agree. After hearing what Cao Wenxin said, she was more confident. “Miss Gu, I’m willing to follow your lead.”

Seeing that Yu Zi wasn’t totally confident yet, Gu Ning said seriously, “If you choose to follow my lead, you have to trust me and work hard. Never take it casually.”

Yu Zi immediately sat straight and answered. “Sure!”

“Very well. As for the contract, we don’t need to sign it right away. You can have some time to adjust to it. Within a month, I’m going to open a jewelry store in City B, and we’ll put a lot of effort into advertising it. Give me your banking details, and I’ll transfer a million yuan to you. Make 10 new gowns of high quality, and we’ll advertise your gowns along with the jewelry. At the opening ceremony, we’ll invite 10 models to walk on the runway. Our brand ambassadors will also be there; the future of our jewelry and gowns relies on this battle!” Gu Ning said.

This time, Gu Ning decided to do her best to highly publicize her brands. She would also turn to the Tang family for help, and make full use of her network. However, she would still exact revenge on her own.

Hearing that, Yu Zi was excited and full of enthusiasm. “Yes, boss!” She naturally changed her way of addressing Gu Ning.

“Oh, Ningning, who do you want to use as your brand ambassadors? There are two very famous and popular female stars in Tanghuang Group. One is Yan Yan, and the other is Lin Anxiao,” Cao Wenxin said.

Hearing that, Yu Zi took a long breath in. “Yan Yan and Lin Anxiao are both the A-list stars. Will they agree?”

Although she didn’t know how big or famous Gu Ning’s jewelry store was, Charm was unknown to the public. Let alone the A-list stars, even Z-list stars wouldn’t bother to endorse Charm.

“We don’t need to rush.” Gu Ning had heard of the two female stars, but wasn’t familiar with them. Gu Ning didn’t want the Tang family to help her invite stars to be the brand ambassadors. Instead, she planned to discuss the deal with the stars on her own as a businesswoman. If the stars weren’t willing to cooperate with her, she wouldn’t sign them. Gu Ning wanted voluntary cooperation.

Since Gu Ning said so, Cao Wenxin didn’t say anything further.

“Oh, boss, do you need 10 new designs or we can use what we already have?” Yu Zi asked.

It wasn’t easy to make a design, and it was hard to create 10 novel designs within a month. Normally, if the designer failed to have good ideas, he or she would refuse to put bad ideas into practice. Besides, the designer also couldn’t make good clothing under great pressure.

Gu Ning understood that, so she didn’t force Yu Zi to do so. “I think what you have right now are pretty good. You can make the decision yourself. If you can make new designs, no matter how many they are, use them. As for the rest, just use what you already have.”

“Great!” Yu Zi relaxed.

After that, Gu Ning transferred a million yuan to Yu Zi’s bank account, and told her to not limit her creativity.

Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin left a while later.

Yu Zi wanted to invite Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin to have dinner together, but Tang Jiakai called them and invited them to meet his friend, Ouyang Siyuan, who was the heir of the horse racing field.

Tang Jiakai wanted to show off in front of Ouyang Siyuan, and Gu Ning wouldn’t upset him.

“Ouyang Sihuan is Ouyang Siyuan’s second older brother. Ouyang Sihuan doesn’t like running businesses, so he chose to work in the public institution,” Cao Wenxin said to Gu Ning. “Ouyang Sihuan has an older brother too, whose name is Ouyang Sizhe. Ouyang Sizhe is 29-years-old and he’s the one who is managing the Ouyang Family’s companies. The Ouyang family is also influential in City B, and is ranked seventh on the rich list with around fifty billion yuan in assets, they are involved in…”

Before Cao Wenxin could finish, a female voice interrupted her, “Wenxin!”

Hearing the voice, Cao Wenxin was displeased at once with intense dislike flashing in her eyes. “What a bad day!”

A young woman in her early twenties walked toward them. She looked pretty and cute, but she must have done something unpleasant to make Cao Wenxin dislike her. This young woman must not be as cute as she looked.

“Wenxin, why can’t I get through to your phone recently? Have I done anything that upset you and you’re mad at me now?” the young woman asked, and acted as if she was innocent.

Chapter 437: Fang Xiaoke

“Yes, you did upset me,” Cao Wenxin directly said. The young woman didn’t expect that Cao Wenxin would say that, and was struck dumb. However, in her memory, she didn’t think that she had done anything to upset Cao Wenxin.

“Wenxin.” The young woman looked to Cao Wenxin with doubts. However, before she could say another word, Cao Wenxin interrupted her. “Fang Xiaoke, I haven’t said it aloud, just because I’m kind and don’t want to embarrass you. I haven’t answered your calls these past days, so you should know that it’s time for you to stay away from me. Stop acting and pretending, which is disgusting. My older brother and I both know what your aim is, and you better keep a distance away from us from now on!”

“You…” Fang Xiaoke was shocked. What? They already know? How is it possible?

“Wenxin, I think there is a misunderstanding!” Fang Xiaoke said and struggled.

“Misunderstanding? I don’t think so. There is nothing wrong with your ambition to marry into a super-rich family, but you’re too dumb so you played with my older brother’s feelings. If you were truly as gentle or kind as you’ve been pretending to be, maybe my older brother would fall in love with you and you could marry into my family. Unfortunately, you’re just acting.” Cao Wenxin ignored Fang Xiaoke and pulled Gu Ning, walking away.

Hearing that, Fang Xiaoke was deeply regretful. She wished that she hadn’t played with their feelings. However, if she hadn’t been so calculating, she would not have been able to meet Cao Wenjun and Cao Wenxin.

When they left, Cao Wenxin complained to Gu Ning. “I must have been blind to believe that that woman is truly kind and gentle. She intentionally made friends with me after she knew my family background but pretended that she knew nothing. And then, she acted gentle and sweet in front of my older brother on purpose because that’s precisely my older brother’s type. If I hadn’t accidentally heard her talking to her mother on the phone, I would have been deceived too. She told her mother that she was determined to marry into a super-rich family on my older brother’s coattails! I told my older brother later, but he even refused to believe it, so I played the recording. My older brother was heart-broken, but we still decided to keep it between us, and we stayed away from her since then. Although my family doesn’t really care about someone’s family background, we definitely don’t want calculating people.”

“Ningning, why are people’s emotions so complicated? Did she have to be so calculating to marry into a super-rich family? If someone truly loves you, he or she won’t care about your social status or how much money you have. I don’t think a romantic relationship can last with someone being calculating,” Cao Wenxin said.

Indeed, if someone truly loved you, he or she wouldn’t care about your social status or how much money you had. When Gu Ning had been together with Leng Shaoting in the early stage, he was the noble heir of the Leng family, the dominant major general in the military, and there was a huge abyss between them, but he never despised her. And she didn’t take a liking to him because of his family background, but because of him.

Before long, the two arrived at the appointed place, a five-star hotel. There was a KTV room in the private rooms of this hotel, so Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin heard loud music and singing when they approached the door.

Cao Wenxin pushed the door open, and the noise became louder. Cao Wenxin almost got a headache and kicked the door of the KTV room open.

Everyone inside was surprised and the terrible singing stopped at the same time. There was only loud music left in the room. The three men in the KTV room were furious that someone dared to interrupt them. However, when they saw Cao Wenxin coming inside, all of them stayed quiet.

“It’s so loud and terrible!” Cao Wenxin said, but they were already used to it, so they weren’t mad at all. In addition, they also knew that they were terrible singers.

“Hey! Wenxin, where is Ningning?” Tang Jiakai asked as he stood up. When he came to Cao Wenxin, he noticed Gu Ning behind her back. “Ningning!”

“Hi, Wenxin!” The other two boys followed Tang Jiakai walking to them. They were the same age as Tang Jiakai. One was tall and handsome, while the other was comparatively plain. When they saw Gu Ning, they were all excited and showed their admiration towards her. “Hi, you must be Gu Ning! You’re so awesome and we’ve heard a lot about you!”

“Exactly! Jiakai told us that you’re his younger sister, and we didn’t believe it.”

“I’ve never cheated you!” Tang Jiakai retorted, and then he introduced his friends to Gu Ning. “Ningning, this is the heir of the horse racing field, Ouyang Siyuan.”

Ouyang Siyuan was the tall, handsome boy. “And this is Cong Maoxue. We’re best friends,” Tang Jiakai introduced the other boy.

“Nice to meet you!” Gu Ning greeted them.

“Nice to meet you too!” they said.

“Turn the music off right now! It’s so noisy,” Cao Wenxin said. It indeed was very noisy. Let alone Cao Wenxin, even Gu Ning couldn’t stand it.

“Fine-fine.” Cong Maoxue went to turn the music off. Once the music stopped, everyone felt at ease.

“Come on, let’s go sit around the table!” Ouyang Siyuan said and they went to the table together.

“Wenxin, Gu Ning, please order whatever you like.” Ouyang Siyuan gave two menus to Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin.

“Ningning, we’re all friends so order whatever you want,” Cao Wenxin said to Gu Ning.

Gu Ning then didn’t hesitate to order several of her favorite dishes. After they all finished ordering, a waiter took the menus and walked out.

Once the waiter left, Ouyang Siyuan and Cong Maoxue asked Gu Ning with curiosity, “Gu Ning, you’re so good at kung fu. Do you have a kung fu master as your master?”

“Exactly! Or have you been trained in the military like Wenxin?”

“That’s her privacy, so don’t ask further.” Tang Jiakai interrupted them and gave them a knowing glance. He was worried that Gu Ning would feel sad to bring her master up.

Chapter 438: Pan Zirui Needs Help

Ouyang Siyuan and Cong Maoxue normally loved to make fun of their friends, but they were also sensitive. Therefore, once Tang Jiakai gave them a hint to change the topic, they immediately changed their question. “Gu Ning, do you really know how to play horse betting, or were you just lucky?”

In fact, Gu Ning didn’t mind their last question, but since Tang Jiakai stopped them, she would also ignore it.

“I was just lucky,” Gu Ning said.

“What?” They were all shocked. Her luck was unbelievable!

“You could win so much money just by luck? That’s amazing!” Cong Maoxue said.

“Well, what can I say? I’m always lucky.” Gu Ning smiled.

Cao Wenxin and Tang Jiakai had witnessed Gu Ning’s incredible luck with their own eyes, so they believed Gu Ning’s explanation.

After a while, the dishes were on the table and the waiter poured glasses of red wine for them.

Cong Maoxue raised his glass and said to them. “Let’s have a toast! Happy New Year!”

Glasses clinked against each other in the air in celebration.

In the middle of the meal, Gu Ning’s phone rang and the caller was Pan Zirui. “Hi.” Gu Ning answered his

call.

“Boss, help! Are you still in City B? We’re being chased and beaten by Zhao Kanglin’s group, and they all have wooden sticks!” Pan Zirui breathed hard. Pan Zirui’s voice was loud, so Cao Wenxin and Tang Jiakai, who sat next to her heard it.

Gu Ning was worried. “Where are you right now?”

“We’re at the circuit in the southern mountain road,” Pan Zirui said.

They went there today to race their cars, but Zhao Kanglin knew their schedule and brought a group of people to beat them. Zhao Kanglin and his men were well-prepared, so Pan Zirui and his friends had suddenly been attacked before they escaped to the mountains.

“I’ll be right there,” Gu Ning said standing up. “I’m sorry. It’s an emergency and I have to leave now.”

“I’ll go with you.” Cao Wenxin stood up. Although she knew that Gu Ning could handle it alone, she wouldn’t miss the chance to practice her fighting skills.

“Me too.” Tang Jiakai stood up too. He didn’t like fighting, but wanted to help Gu Ning.

“What happened? We can go with you.” Ouyang Siyuan and Cong Maoxue also stood up. Even though they had no idea what had happened, they were willing to help.

“Do you fight?” Gu Ning looked to Ouyang Siyuan and Cong Maoxue.

“Of course we do,” they said, and realized that Gu Ning had to go fight with someone.

“Great. Let’s go now,” Gu Ning said, and ran outside at once, followed by them.

The Tang family owned this hotel, so there was no need for them to pay the bill.

When they got to the parking lot, Gu Ning told them to get in Cao Wenxin’s car, and Gu Ning got straight in the driver’s seat.

“Wear the seat belts. We’re leaving for the circuit in the southern mountain road. Give me the directions,” Gu Ning said, and drove the car ahead at a high speed. Everyone in the car was astonished and scared.

Gu Ning drove the car fast on the road, and she didn’t even bother to reduce speed when there was a lot of traffic, she could always overtake them.

Other drivers on the road all noticed a red Land Rover moving smoothly at a high speed among the traffic. They kept swearing, but had to admit that the driver of the red Land Rover was really skillful.

Cao Wenxin and her friends in the car almost threw up, but they also admired Gu Ning’s impressive driving skills.

When there was less traffic on the road, Gu Ning directly raised the speed to 120 mph. It normally took around 40 minutes to get to the circuit in the southern mountain road, but Gu Ning only spent 20 minutes on the road.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw that seven cars were stopped there, but there was no one around.

Gu Ning took out her phone and threw it to Cao Wenxin. She told Cao Wenxin to call Pan Zirui but nobody answered.

“Could he be in trouble?” Cao Wenxin guessed. Gu Ning had the same feeling. She stopped the car and used her Jade Eyes to see what was going on in the mountain.

Finally, she found two groups of people who were fighting at a steep part of the mountain. Or to be more specific, it was a group of people who kept beating another group. There were at least 12 people in Zhao Kanglin’s group, and they were violently beating as well as kicking the five in Pan Zirui’s group.

Gu Ning was furious, and others in the car all felt scared. Without hesitation, Gu Ning directly drove the car on the mountain road. She never reduced the speed, and made many abrupt hairpin turns. Although they were wearing seat belts, they couldn’t help but knock against each other or the car.

After five minutes, they arrived at the place where Pan Zirui and his friends were being beaten. Gu Ning slammed on the brakes, and everyone in the car moved forward under the force. Luckily, they had all tightly buckled their seat belts. Gu Ning unfastened her seat bet, jumping out of the car and dashed to them.

Actually, whether Cao Wenxin and her friends came along with Gu Ning or didn’t, Gu Ning could handle it well on her own. She simply didn’t want to turn their kindness down.

Cao Wenxin and the others followed Gu Ning in climbing out, but they weren’t as fast as Gu Ning.

Zhao Kanglin’s group was in the woods, so they didn’t hear the sound of the car outside. And none of them noticed that people had come until Gu Ning kicked two men.

“It’s you!” Zhao Kanglin was shocked, and he was afraid of Gu Ning.

“B-boss.” Pan Zirui was already beaten black and blue on the ground, but he was excited to see Gu Ning coming to rescue him.

“How dare you beat my people!” Gu Ning was furious, and kicked the nearest man away. The man hit a tree and broke some of his ribs.

“Everyone, she is the target!” Zhao Kanglin gave the order at once. Pan Zirui’s group was already beaten down, and had no ability to fight back.

At this time, Tang Jiakai and his friends arrived. Seeing that Gu Ning easily kicked a tall man away, they were all astonished. However, when Zhao Kanglin saw Tang Jiakai’s group, he was frightened. Why are they here?

Chapter 439: Stroke of Luck

Pan Zirui’s group was also quite surprised to see that Gu Ning came with Tang Jiakai and his friends.

Zhao Kanglin was also from a rich family in City B, but his family was barely comparable to Tang Jiakai’s and his friends’ families. Therefore, the last thing he wanted to do was to annoy them.

Tang Jiakai and his friends joined the fight at once.

It wasn’t easy for Tang Jiakai and his friends to fight against another group with empty hands; they weren’t as powerful as Gu Ning after all, so they grabbed the wooden sticks away from Zhao Kanglin’s group first and then started hitting them with the sticks.

Although Zhao Kanglin’s group was also good at fighting, they were hardly opponents when facing Tang Jiakai and his friends who had received professional training. And once Tang Jiakai and his friends grabbed the wooden sticks, Zhao Kanglin’s group was being beaten the entire time. Within 10 minutes, they were all beaten down on the ground.

After that, Gu Ning took out five porcelain bottles and gave them to Tang Jiakai. “Tell Pan Zirui and his friends to take the pills in the bottles.”

Tang Jiakai took the porcelain bottles, walking towards Pan Zirui’s group, and Gu Ning also walked to Zhao Kanglin who was lying on the ground. Zhao Kanglin was trembling in horror at seeing Gu Ning walking to him, and begged. “Ple-please let me go! I won’t do it again.”

“If it ever happens again, I promise to beat you till you are paralyzed forever,” Gu Ning said coldly.

Although Pan Zirui was badly injured, they were also beaten down on the ground, so Gu Ning wouldn’t punish them anymore. She couldn’t kill them anyway, and it was enough to teach them a lesson.

“Sure-sure. It won’t happen again.” Zhao Kanglin was truly terrified this time, partly because of Gu Ning and partly because of Tang Jiakai and his friends.

Obviously, they stood on Pan Zirui’s side. If he dared to cause Pan Zirui trouble again, he would be acting against Tang Jiakai and his friends. Zhao Kanglin definitely didn’t dare to annoy any of the Tang family, the Cao family, the Ouyang family or the Cong family.

At the same time…

“Hi, Lord Jiakai,” Pan Zirui and his friends greeted Tang Jiakai with great respect.

Although Pan Zirui was always arrogant, he knew the rules and only bullied the people who were from families that were just as rich as his, or those who were poorer than him.

“You really had a stroke of luck and met my younger sister. We were in the middle of dinner, but we drove directly here to save your life,” Tang Jiakai said with disdain. He had a terrible impression of Pan Zirui. If it hadn’t been for Gu Ning, he wouldn’t have agreed to rescue him.

Pan Zirui felt ashamed, but Gu Ning was the only person he could think of when he was in danger. Wait, boss is Tang Jiakai’s younger sister? Pan Zirui was shocked. He, of course, knew that they weren’t biological brother and sister because they had different family names. Even so, if Gu Ning was a relative of the Tang family she had to be influential too!

“Take this. Ningning told me to give this medicine to you.” Tang Jiakai threw the bottles to Pan Zirui’s group, then turned back, walking to Gu Ning and his friends. Pan Zirui and his friends took the medicine without delay or asking the reason. The pill immediately melted in their mouths. Within a minute, they quickly got their energy back, and their pain was greatly relieved. Before long, they were able to get back on their feet again.

“Boss, what medicine is this? It’s so unbelievable!” Pan Zirui jumped in front of Gu Ning and asked with curiosity.

“Magical medicine.” Gu Ning gave him a perfunctory answer. Pan Zirui didn’t care, and trusted Gu Ning. “Thank you so much, Miss Gu,” Pan Zirui’s friends said to Gu Ning.

“You’re welcome,” Gu Ning said. “Alright, let’s go!”

Before they left, Pan Zirui and his friends beat Zhao Kanglin’s group again to vent their anger. They naturally knew that they couldn’t kill them, so they soon stopped.

“Boss, I heard from Lord Jiakai that you were in the middle of dinner when I called you. In order to thank you as well as apologize, no matter what do you want to have now, I’ll pay the bill,” Pan Zirui said to please Gu Ning.

“Seafood,” Gu Ning said without hesitation. Afterwards, they went to the biggest seafood restaurant in City B.

When they were gone, Zhao Kanglin took out his phone and called the ambulance. Because of Gu Ning’s warning, Zhao Kanglin didn’t even dare to tell his family, because his family wouldn’t get revenge on them but would instead blame his stupid behavior. In that case, he could be sent abroad or locked at home, which was dreadfully terrible.

In the CEO’s office of Tanghuang Group, Tang Yunfan was working, but he couldn’t help thinking about Gu Ning. Was it possible that Gu Ning was his daughter? What if she was? What should he do then? He was so used to being alone, and had no idea how to handle the relationship if he suddenly had a daughter and the mother of his daughter. Therefore, he was uncertain about it.

After a short while, Quan Mingkai walked in with a file. He walked to Tang Yunfan and gave him the file. “Boss, here are the latest materials we have from the investigation.”

Tang Yunfan immediately opened the file.

On the top of the documents were Gu Ning’s and Gu Man’s photos. When Tang Yunfan’s sight fell on Gu Man’s photo, his body stiffened for a second. He suddenly felt a strange excitement, but didn’t know why. Thinking about it, Tang Yunfan was in great pain. Although his head didn’t ache anymore after taking Gu Ning’s medicine, he still felt uncomfortable.

Quan Mingkai was a little scared, and stopped Tang Yunfan. “Boss, calm down for a second, and don’t force yourself to think about it right now.”

Hearing Quan Mingkai’s voice, Tang Yunfan gradually went back to normal. He put the photos aside first, and read the documents.

Gu Man, female, 39 years old, lives in City F. She went to college in City D at age 20, but got pregnant before marriage, so she quit school. During the last 18 years, she was humiliated and despised by her family. She worked in a factory to support her daughter. Four months ago, she fell from the stairs and passed out, and quit her job later. Now she is the boss of a beauty salon.

Gu Ning, female, 18 years old, lives in City F. She’s a senior student studying in the No. 3 High School in City F. She has been self-abased, weak, bad at studying, and was in a car accident four months ago. After she woke up, she suddenly became brave, confident and good at studying. After a short time, she became the boss of Jade Beauty jewelry. It is said that she made the money by stone gambling. Many important figures in City G attended the opening ceremony of Jade Beauty Jewelry.

Chapter 440: His Daughter

As for stone gambling, the Tang family already knew about it, so he wasn’t surprised. Even though he was curious about how Gu Ning was able to make so much money by stone gambling, it was hard to find that out. All in all, the changes began from four months ago

They didn’t get much useful information, because they had just done a basic investigation. They could turn to the Bureau of Industry and Commerce if they wanted to know which companies were under Gu Ning’s name, but they had no interest in doing that because it wasn’t important. After all, they already knew about many of Gu Ning’s companies.

Reading what Gu Ning and Gu Man had experienced, Tang Yunfan was furious all of a sudden. He wasn’t a man with a lot of sympathies, but he failed to curb his anger when Gu Ning and Gu Man were involved.

Although he wasn’t sure yet, he believed that Gu Ning and Gu Man had to have a close relationship with him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have felt like he had met Gu Man before. Otherwise, Gu Ning wouldn’t have resembled him so much. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been affected by them. Otherwise, Gu Man wouldn’t have gotten pregnant right when he had disappeared from his family.

A single coincidence could just be a coincidence, but a series of coincidence had to be something with certainty.

He was eager to get his memory back to figure out what had really happened during that time.

Precisely because he lost the memory, he didn’t know how to face Gu Ning and Gu Man even if they were his family. He already forgot the feeling of love, and Gu Man was merely a familiar stranger in his eyes now.

Tang Yunfan told his feelings to Quan Mingkai and asked, “Do you think Gu Ning is really my daughter?”

“Boss, I think that it’s highly possible, or you wouldn’t have such feelings,” Quan Mingkai said. “If you have time, you can visit City D, especially the university Gu Man studied in. Maybe you’ll remember something. Although 18 years have passed by, and City D has altered a lot too, there must be something that stayed the same.”

Meanwhile, Qi Tianlin also got the results from the investigation of Gu Ning’s identity. It was basically the same as what Tang Yunfan had got.

Qi Tianlin lazily lay on the sofa in the luxurious office on the top floor of the Earth Nightclub. He still looked very proud and obtrusive.

After reading the information about Gu Ning, he had many thoughts.

She totally changed right after the car accident? The changes were so dramatic! She suddenly became a smart, brave, confident billionaire from a dumb, weak, self-abased, poor girl? It sounds like an imaginary story! Or, was she just pretending before the car accident? But, why? And, her unusual ability of stone gambling. How accurate must she be to make enough money to open a high-end jewelry store? Moreover, a majority of the important figures in City G all attended the opening ceremony, including people from the Qing Gang. The person from the Qing Gang’s company sent Gu Ning the natural red coral which is worth dozens of millions of yuan, so their relationship couldn’t be simple.

However, Qi Tianlin didn’t know whether Gu Ning had a close relationship with the company owned by the Qing Gang, or directly with the Qing Gang. In addition, was she closely related to the senior management of the Qing Gang, or the head of the Qing Gang, Situ Ye? Qi Tianlin had only ordered them to investigate Gu Ning’s identity, so he didn’t get many details.

Of course, if he wanted to know details, he wouldn’t have the results within a short period of time. And if Gu Ning had a close relationship with Situ Ye, was it possible that she had appeared in the Earth Nightclub for a reason?

Although the Kirin Gang and the Qing Gang stayed in their own lanes and minded their own business, they still had conflicts over some deals. Besides, peers were also competitors. Qi Tianlin had the ambition to be the head of the number one gang in this country, and he didn’t believe that Situ Ye had never thought about the same thing. Therefore, he had kept a close eye on the Qing Gang’s activities. If the Qing Gang was going to unseat him, he would be prepared.

“Find out the relationship between Gu Ning and the Qing Gang,” Qi Tianlin gave an order again.

He didn’t care about the other things, but he had to investigate their relationship clearly. If Gu Ning was helping the Qing Gang, he would… Weirdly, he was suddenly reluctant to kill Gu Ning. Fine, he decided to lock her in a room.

“Yes, boss,” Yu Hao said.

“Why don’t we go to the Earth Nightclub to have fun later?” Pan Zirui proposed after the meal.

“No!” Cao Wenxin and Tang Jiakai rejected at once. After what they had been through yesterday, they would never ever go there again.

“I don’t want to either.” Although Gu Ning wasn’t afraid, she didn’t want to go there.

She knew that Qi Tianlin would investigate her after what had happened yesterday. If he found out about her connection with the Qing Gang and thought that she was a spy for them, she would be in big trouble.

Since they refused to go there, Ouyang Siyuan and Cong Maoxue wouldn’t go either.

“Then where should we go now?” Pan Zirui didn’t think further. He simply thought that they disliked the place.

“Why don’t we have a boat tour on the river? Ningning hasn’t been to the beautiful river in City B yet. The night view is breathtaking!” Cao Wenxin said.

Gu Ning thought for a while and agreed. The Tang family was the leading family in the ship industry in City B, so there were many luxurious pleasure boats under the Tang family’s name. Tang Jiakai made a call, and they directly got on board right after they arrived.

In the Tang family’s old house, Tang Haifeng, Tang Yunhang and his wife were watching TV in the living room.

Tang Yunfan didn’t go home until dinner was over. When they noticed Tang Yunfan being so distracted, they asked whether he felt uncomfortable, but Tang Yunfan didn’t answer. At least he didn’t want to say anything before he found the truth.

“Oh, since Girl Gu is already a member of our family, I think that it’s necessary to hold a party and announce to everyone that she is one of us now. I don’t want anyone to take advantage of her,” Tang Haifeng said.

Since Tang Yunfan hadn’t made up his mind to take Gu Ning as his own daughter, Tang Haifeng thought that it wasn’t a bad idea to tell everyone that he already regarded Gu Ning as his own granddaughter.

Tang Yunfan was struck dumb for a second, but stopped his father at once. “We don’t need to rush. Just give me some time.”

He was almost certain that Gu Ning was his biological daughter, so he would announce the news to everyone when it was the right time, instead of only treating Gu Ning like his daughter. However, he didn’t know any details yet, and he couldn’t tell Tang Haifeng what he had found out, because he lost his memory of that year.