Chapter 561: We’re Doomed!

Pei Hena gave Qiao Guanxiang her other phone at once, and Qiao Guanxiang called Xia Yichu without delay. This time Xia Yichu answered his call, but hung up on him the second she heard his voice.

“Damn it! She betrayed us!” Qiao Guanxiang almost smashed the phone on the ground. He was more panicked than angry now. He was right. Xia Yichu blacklisted their phone numbers and left them.

Since Xia Yichu left for the capital, she planned to change her phone number, but she wasn’t free yet, so she used the old phone number temporarily.

“What?” Pei Hena was shocked and her face turned pale from fear. We’re doomed! She thought to herself.

“Did-didn’t you tell me that Xia Yichu wouldn’t dare to betray us?” Pei Hena asked in a hurry.

“How could I know that she would really do it?” Qiao Guanxiang was also astonished that Xia Yichu escaped that day, right after he had threatened her.

“What should we do now? If she escapes, we’re doomed!” Pei Hena’s body shook in horror.

Qiao Guanxiang made another call at once.

“Liu Ge, I need your help and I’ll pay you a lot for it,” Qiao Guanxiang said once the call was answered.

“What is it?” the man on the other side of the phone said.

“I’ll send you two pictures later along with their name and some basic information. Help me find them. Once you find them, help me control them,” Qiao Guanxiang said.

“No problem,” the man said.

After that, Qiao Guanxiang sent pictures of Xia Yichu and her younger brother to Liu Ge.

Liu Ge was Qiao Guanxiang’s friend in a gang.

Around 9 am, Wan Hui, who was Lu Xiao’s chauffeur and the person who had picked Xia Yichu and her younger brother up at the airport yesterday, walked to go meet them at the hotel. The hotel was just around a hundred meter away from their company.

On the way to their company, Wan Hui said to Xia Yichu, “Let me introduce our company to you now. Our company is still undergoing renovation, so it hasn’t been formally established yet, but there are already ten staff members. We’re temporarily working on the 6th floor of an office building next to our company’s building. Boss said that you can have a rest and relax for a few days before you start to work.”

“Thanks,” Xia Yichu said. Since she was signed by this company, she should follow their arrangements.

Wan Hui took Xia Yichu to the temporary office building and pointed to another tall building not far away. “That’s the Shengning Group Building. Fenghua Entertainment is on the seventh, eighth and ninth floors. The seventh floor will be a dance studio. The eighth floor will be made into a recording room, and there will be many offices on the ninth floor for the actors and staff of Fenghua.”

Xia Yichu was surprised. She thought that Gu Ning was just a boss of an entertainment company, however, it turned out to be a large group. In that case, Fenghua Entertainment was just a subsidiary of Shengning Group.

Xia Yichu was curious whether Gu Ning was a shareholder of Fenghua Entertainment or the founder of the Shengning Group. It was hard for her to believe that Gu Ning, who was younger than 20 years old, could be a chairwoman of such a large business group. She thought that it was more likely that Gu Ning’s family owned this large business group.

Xia Yichu wanted to ask Wan Hui, but thought that it wasn’t appropriate, so she said nothing.

After that, Wan Hui guided Xia Yichu and Xia Yidong to the general manager’s office.

Once they entered the office room, Xia Yichu took off the mask, because she thought that it wasn’t polite to wear a mask all the time.

The second the mask was removed, the scary scar on Xia Yichu’s right cheek was exposed, which surprised Wan Hui and Lu Xiao, but they didn’t show any dislike because they already knew what had happened to this poor girl.

“This is Manager Lu,” Wan Hui introduced to Xia Yichu and her younger brother.

“Nice to meet you, Manager Lu!” They greeted Lu Xiao at once.

“Have a seat please,” Lu Xiao said. “Here is the contract. You can read through it before you sign it.”

“Sure,” Xia Yichu said.

Xia Yichu’s contract was the same as Su Tongnuo’s. The ratio of the company’s take to her take was 6:4, which meant the company would take 60% while she could have 40% of the profit.

Although Xia Yichu wasn’t very experienced in the entertainment industry, she had learned a lot after working with Qiao Guanxiang for so long. Usually, the ratio was 8:2, and it was rare to see 6:4, especially when she was just a newcomer who didn’t have much fame.

In fact, Xia Yichu was a newcomer without fame, but her songs weren’t. Pei Hena, with the help of Xia Yichu, was already a B-list singer, and was even more popular than Su Tongnuo. As long as their dirty secret was exposed, Pei Hena’s career would come to an end, while Xia Yichu would walk into people’s sight. Moreover, her songs were quite popular these days, so it wasn’t difficult for her to attract people’s attention.

Xia Yichu would probably be criticized too after the dirty secret was exposed, but it wasn’t uncommon in the entertainment industry that every celebrity had a certain amount of haters. Sometimes, those haters left many acerbic comments on the Internet, not because the celebrity had done something wrong, but simply because they needed a way to vent their anger at life. All in all, one had to have a strong heart when working in the entertainment industry.

“Manager Lu, are you sure the profit ratio is right?” Xia Yichu asked with uncertainty.

Lu Xiao smiled, which stunned Xia Yichu. This young manger is so charming!

“It’s right. And it’s just the beginning. If you can become an A-list singer, the ratio will be 5:5,” Lu Xiao said.

Xia Yichu was shocked again. If she could become an A-list singer, she could have 50% of the profit! Her new boss was really generous!

After a long while, Xia Yichu finally got her mind back.

The company would provide a single apartment for her and pay the utilities. If she had her own house, the company would give her three thousand yuan monthly as a housing allowance, and reimburse her for utilities.

Chapter 562: What’s Your Aim?

Xia Yichu had just arrived at the capital, and she hadn’t found an appropriate apartment yet, so she chose the three thousand housing allowance to rent an apartment for her and her younger brother.

Although the housing price in the capital was extremely high, it was enough to rent a good apartment with the three thousand yuan housing allowance.

Xia Yichu and Xia Yidong had lived a poor life, but they still owned an apartment in City B. The apartment in City B was bought by their parents, and it was already 10 years old, but they could get some money by selling it. After that, they could use the money to buy a smaller apartment in the capital.

Xia Yichu planned to do so in the future, because she and her younger brother couldn’t go back to City B now. It would be dangerous as long as Qiao Guanxiang and Pei Hena were still there.

In the end, Xia Yichu signed her name, and felt quite relieved. She could finally chase her dream and fight for her own future from now on.

Lu Xiao checked the contract then asked, “By the way, which grade is your younger brother studying in now?”.

“Eleventh grade,” Xia Yichu replied.

“Do you have any request for the level of the school?” Lu Xiao asked.

“No, just close to my older sister please,” Xia Yidong said first.

Xia Yichu agreed as long as Xia Yidong was happy with that. In addition, she would also be worried if her younger brother studied far from her.

“Great,” Lu Xiao said. “Have a rest for a few days! You can find a place to live first, and I’ll inform you about your future work.”

After that, Xia Yichu finally settled down.

When Gu Man went to talk to Tang Yunfan, Gu Ning told Tang Haifeng that she would be leaving for City D later and hoped that he could arrange a car for Gu Man.

“Well, your mother can stay here with us,” Tang Haifeng said.

“I’m afraid that my mother prefers to stay in my house,” Gu Ning said.

“Fine.” Tang Haifeng didn’t insist.

Gu Ning was busy dealing with other things, so she didn’t stay in the Tang Family’s house for lunch. She planned to meet Leng Shaoting first then go to look at the garment factories together before she flew to City D.

She wouldn’t come back today, so she parked the car in the parking lot of the Tang Family’s house. The car cost over ten million yuan, and she didn’t dare to leave it at the airport.

After meeting Leng Shaoting, they went to check the garment factories together. The factories were all located in the suburbs or somewhere near the suburbs, and the first garment factory Gu Ning and Leng Shaohao visited was in a suburb. Because the clothing it produced wasn’t a famous brand, the garment factory wasn’t very big; it was a medium-sized garment factory.

It was a four-story single building, and the size of each story was slightly bigger than a basketball playground. It was enough in Gu Ning’s eyes. After having a short tour around it, Gu Ning decided to buy it.

There were around 60 workers in the factory, including 10 or so supervisors, and the rest were common workers.

The garment factory needed to stop working for a short time, but the workers would be paid as usual. And Gu Ning decided to deal with other things concerning the factory when she came back from City D.

At the same time, Qiao Guanxiang was undergoing mental torture because of Xia Yichu.

Hours later, Liu Ge finally called him back, but it wasn’t good news.

“Guanxiang, I can’t find the two people in the pictures. Could they have left City B already?” Liu Ge asked.

Qiao Guanxiang also had the same idea but refused to believe it. However, Liu Ge failed to find them in City B, so it was likely that they had already left. Where did they go?

Although Liu Ge was a member of a gang, he wasn’t an important figure in the gang, so his ability was limited.

Qiao Guanxiang didn’t have the connections to check Xia Yichu’s and Xia Yidong’s ID cards to see whether they had booked tickets to another city either.

Liu Ge failed to help him find Xia Yichu and Xia Yidong, but Qiao Guanxiang still had to pay fifty thousand yuan.

“What should we do? What should we do now?” Pei Hena was in despair. If they couldn’t find Xia Yichu, they were doomed.

Qiao Guanxiang was also hopeless, but he refused to accept it.

When Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting left the factory, it was already 3:30 pm, so they went to the airport right away.

It was almost 8 pm when they arrived at the airport of City D and they took a taxi heading straight downtown once they walked out of the airport.

Gu Ning wasn’t in a hurry to contact Chu Peihan and the others today, and she planned to call them tomorrow. For now, they needed to dine first and went to book a hotel.

In City B, Pan Zirui was having fun with his friends in a private room in a high-end clubhouse.

“Zirui, it’s been so many days. Why hasn’t your boss called you yet?” The man who had told Pan Zirui to invite Gu Ning out to have fun with them airily asked him again.

This man was named Feng Xin. He was 28-years-old and was a vice general manager of a construction company. The reason he kept mentioning Gu Ning wasn’t because he was interested in Gu Ning, but because he wanted to be close to the Tang Family.

Feng Xin approached the Tang Family for a reason, of course.

The government of City B was going to develop a tourist destination this year, and gave an order that only five companies could be involved in this project. The Tang Family was very likely to be a dominant one among them, so Feng Xin was ambitious to build a close relationship with the Tang Family.

With his connection with the Tang Family, he could easily win a seat for his construction company. Moreover, as long as he got to know the Tang Family, it would be greatly helpful for him to run his business.

Hearing that, Pan Zirui stopped drinking then realized that Gu Ning hadn’t contacted him in many days. “She’s probably busy.”

Feng Xin, on the other hand, doubted Pan Zirui’s relationship with Gu Ning. If they were really close, why hadn’t Gu Ning called him in so long? Even so, Feng Xin couldn’t say it aloud, because he still had hope to meet Gu Ning if he maintained the friendship with Pan Zirui.

“What’s your aim? Why do you keep mentioning Miss Gu?” Guan Bin asked. He thought that Feng Xin could be interested in Gu Ning. Pan Zirui, at the same time, looked at Feng Xin with suspicion.

Feng Xin, however, denied it at once. “I just heard from you that she’s really awesome, so I want to meet her. That’s all.”

Chapter 563: Tang Weiyong

“Well, let me be honest with you. It’s impossible that my boss will be interested in you,” Pan Zirui said plainly.

Hearing that, Feng Xin pulled his lips. He wasn’t interested in Gu Ning, but what Pan Zirui said hurt his self-esteem so he asked, “Why?”

“Because my boss isn’t only beautiful and good at kung fu; most importantly, she’s only an 18-year-old, senior high school student,” Pan Zirui said. He implied that there was a huge age gap between Feng Xin and his boss, so it was impossible that they would be together.

Feng Xin was shocked by Gu Ning’s age. He didn’t expect that Gu Ning could be so successful at such a young age.

“Ha-ha, my boss isn’t a simple girl!” Seeing Feng Xin being so shocked, Pan Zirui was very proud, as if the person who was so successful was him.

Everyone except Feng Xin had already heard of Gu Ning’s achievements, so none of them felt that it was an exaggeration, but thought that Gu Ning had accomplished much more besides.

“Wow, I’m impressed,” Feng Xin said.

At the same time, two middle-aged men were discussing something while sitting on a sofa in a study on the second floor of a three-story house which was located somewhere near a suburb of City B.

One of them was Tang Deming, while the other was Tang Xinrui’s father, Tang Weiyong.

The talk between Tang Deming and Tang Weiyong on the phone last time was enough to prove that Tang Weiyong had a long-standing grudge against the Tang Family, and had secretly attacked Tang Yunfan many times. In fact, the accident Tang Yunfan encountered in City F was also arranged by Tang Weiyong. However, none of the Tang Family was aware of that.

Although the Tang Family was very powerful, its enemies were everywhere. Most importantly, the Tang Family all believed that Tang Weiyong was dead.

It was a story which could be dated back to 18 years ago when Tang Yunfan came back after he had disappeared for a whole year.

Nineteen years ago, Tang Haifeng’s younger brother, Tang Haiming, had schemed against Tang Yunfan, and Tang Yunfan had almost been killed. Tang Weiyong was precisely Tang Haiming’s son.

A year later, when Tang Yunfan came back home, Tang Haiming and Tang Weiyong’s scheme was exposed, so they fled along with their family. In the process of arrest, unfortunately, Tang Haiming died in a car accident, while Tang Weiyong was seriously injured. Only his wife and children survived.

The chief culprits were Tang Haiming and Tang Weiyong, and Tang Weiyong’s wife and daughter were innocent, so Tang Haifeng didn’t punish them. After that, they heard that Tang Weiyong was dead, but none of them went to check or saw it in person because it wasn’t important for the Tang Family back then. Unexpectedly, precisely because of that, Tang Weiyong was back and continued to scheme against the Tang Family now.

Now, Tang Weiyong’s daughter, Tang Xinrui, had sneaked into the Tanghuang Group. Once everything was ready they would act, and they were determined to take the Tanghuang Group back.

Of course, Tang Xinrui had changed her name and identity, so nobody would know her relationship with Tang Weiyong.

“The latest news, a mother and daughter often visit the Tang Family’s house these days. Their relationship with the Tang Family isn’t clear yet, but they seem to be related to Tang Yunfan,” Tang Deming said.

Tang Deming was from a branch of the Tang family. He hadn’t participated in the scheme against Tang Yunfan, and he never thought to betray the Tang family. However, he later received a lot of favors from Tang Weiyong and was brainwashed by Tang Weiyong too, so he was now willing to do anything for Tang Weiyong

Hearing that, Tang Weiyong squinted a little and his eyes looked dangerous. He asked, “Do you mean that the mother and daughter may be Tang Yunfan’s woman and daughter?”

“Yes.” Tang Deming did have that thought. Of course, it was just a thought but they couldn’t ignore it since they were doubtful.

“If so, Tang Yunfan hid his secret very well! Nobody was able to discover it during the past years.” Tang Weiyong wore an evil expression right now.” Once Tang Yunfan had an accident, they appeared. I’m afraid that they just want to compete for the properties of the Tang family!”

Tang Weiyong believed that it had to be the truth. If the girl was really Tang Yunfan’s biological daughter, she was very likely to inherit the properties of the Tang Family. However, Tanghuang Group was his prey, and he would never allow others to grab it from him.

“I’ll arrange some people to make it clear. If they’re Tang Yunfan’s family, they can’t be left alive,” Tang Weiyong said coldly and ruthlessly. No matter who his stumbling block was, he would remove him or her.

A touch of cruelty flashed through Tang Deming’s eyes. He actually had the same idea as Tang Weiyong

Tang Weiyong took a sip of tea then asked, “Oh, what do they have in mind now?”

They were, of course, Cheng Zhongsheng and Wu Boyan who had abstained.

Tang Deming seemed displeased and said in a low voice, “They didn’t give me a clear answer. It seems that they’ll remain neutral and are unwilling to get involved in our fight.”

Although it wouldn’t affect their plans, they had to make more effort without their support. However, it wasn’t a bad result that they remained neutral, instead of supporting Tang Haifeng.

“Well, two old cowards,” Tang Weiyong snorted with disdain. In his eyes, neutrality was just an excuse. In fact, Cheng Zhongsheng and Wu Boyan were just timid and afraid. They were afraid of failure, because they would lose everything they had now once they failed.

Tang Weiyong understood why they chose to abstain, because the odds of success were really small at the moment. Therefore, Tang Weiyong decided to give up on them.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went to Huangdeng Hotel after their meal. Because Gu Ning gave her Black Card to Chu Peihan, Leng Shaoting booked a new room for them.

Gu Ning was still on her period, so Leng Shaoting couldn’t have sex with her, but just kissed her for a while before they went to bed.

The next morning, Gu Ning called Chu Peihan.

When Chu Peihan’s phone rang, it was just 7 am.

Chu Peihan thought that it was her alarm ringing, so she got up at once. However, when she noticed that it was Gu Ning’s call, she was surprised. “Hey, boss!”

Chu Peihan knew that Gu Ning would come here today, but she didn’t expect that Gu Ning would call her so early.

CHAPTER 564:

“I’m in Huangdeng Hotel now,” Gu Ning said.

“What?” Chu Peihan was surprised again. “You’re already here?”

“Yes, are you up now?” Gu Ning asked.

“Not yet, but I’ll get up soon,” Chu Peihan said.

“Great. Have breakfast with me downstairs at 7:30 am; I’ll call Hao Ran as well,” Gu Ning said before she hung up, and Chu Peihan got up without delay. Gu Ning called Hao Ran later, and Hao Ran was as surprised as Chu Peihan when he received Gu Ning’s call. After receiving Gu Ning’s call, they all got up in a hurry.

Although Gu Ning told them to meet her at 7:30 am, they all gathered together at the dining hall on the first floor when it was just 7:15 am

When they saw that Gu Ning came with Leng Shaoting, they were surprised, then stood up to greet them. They were in awe of Leng Shaoting, because he was the youngest major general in this country. There were few people who had the chance to dine with a major general, and their friends would be envious of them. In fact, it was a test of psychological quality to dine with Leng Shaoting, because they all felt stressed when Leng Shaoting sat next to them.

“Boss, did you come here yesterday?” Chu Peihan asked.

“Yes, but it was too late when we arrived, so I didn’t call you,” Gu Ning said.

“Oh, I heard from Mu Ke that you won’t be attending the rest of the classes in our school, right?” Hao Ran asked. They were kind of used to it because Gu Ning was always absent from classes.

“Yes, I’m very busy these days, so I’ll attend the National College Entrance Examination directly,” Gu Ning said.

“What?” Hearing that, they were all astonished. They knew that Gu Ning was academically inclined so she could be absent from classes, but would their principal agree?

Leng Shaoting, on the other hand, was very pleased because he could meet Gu Ning whenever he was free from now on. He didn’t need to wait for her until her classes were over anymore.

“Did you talk to our head teacher? Did she

agree?”

“I called our principal and he agreed,” Gu Ning said.

After breakfast, it was still early, so they left for the hotel where Lu Zhan stayed a little later.

Gu Ning had told Lu Zhan to buy an exclusive car for the crew, a small truck to move the equipment, a medium bus for the staff, and the actors could either take their own cars or local rented cars. Therefore, the crew was able to use their own cars and only the actors were transferred by hotel buses. They weren’t famous actors after all, so none of them asked for an exclusive car.

When Lu Zhan saw Gu Ning, he was surprised, because he didn’t know that she would be coming

“Oh, hi, Miss Gu!” Lu Zhan welcomed her. He didn’t call her boss in front of others.

“Good morning, Miss Gu!” Su Tongnuo and the others greeted her too.

Although the other staff in the crew didn’t know that Gu Ning was the sole investor of this film yet, they understood that she had to be an important figure from the way the actors and Lu Zhan treated her.

Lu Zhan and the group of actors went on a large bus and they were all stunned by Leng Shaoting. They guessed that he had to be a star that Gu Ning had just hired.

Since Gu Ning wasn’t in the bus and there were only strangers around him, Leng Shaoting sat alone in the front seats, keeping a distance from others. Accordingly, nobody dared to greet or talk to him.

When they were about to set off, Gu Ning came back and sat right by Leng Shaoting’s side, so Leng Shaoting became more gentle.

The bus moved ahead soon, but Gu Ning didn’t introduce Leng Shaoting to the others in the bus, and nobody asked her who he was.

If everything went well, they could finish the scene at Changyang Mountain this morning.

After shooting in the morning, they went back to dine in the hotel. Although it wasn’t a four-star or five-star hotel, the food there was much better than takeout.

In the following days, they were going to shoot in the Radio and Television University in City D. Jiang Bowen had talked to its principal in person, so it was settled quickly.

Chu Peihan and the others’ part in the film was mainly a story of a ghost in the mine. In the scene, a professor heard news about the ancient grave, so he went there with a few students.

The scene only lasted around dozens of seconds in the film.

Apart from that, they also needed many students to be extras, so they cooperated with some students who majored in broadcasting. Some of those extras would play roles in the film, so Lu Zhan signed contracts with them.

When the film crew arrived at the school, they attracted a lot of attention from students in the campus.

Before long, Chu Peihan and the others finished their acting. However, they didn’t leave right away because Gu Ning was still here.

After that, they went to gather the students who majored in broadcasting to shoot the next scene. However, a girl was absent. She played an important role in the scene, so they couldn’t start to shoot if she was absent.

Lu Zhan was a little mad, because they had already signed the contract. If she was absent, it was a breach of contract. Most importantly, it would waste their time of shooting.

Their head teacher, Qiao Yan, called the girl at once, but the girl’s phone was off.

Chapter 565: Jiang Yihan

“Does any one of you know where Jiang Yihan is now?” Qiao Yan asked.

Jiang Yihan was the absent girl.

“No idea,” everyone said.

Right at this moment, a gentle female voice sounded at the door of the classroom. “Excuse me, Ms. Qiao.”

Hearing that, everyone looked to her. It was a pretty girl named Ling Sixue who studied in the next classroom and also majored in broadcasting

“What’s wrong?” Qiao Yan asked.

“Well, I went to have lunch with Jiang Yihan this afternoon, but she accidentally fell on our way back and she was seriously injured, so I sent her to the hospital. Her phone was running out of power, and she didn’t remember your phone number, so she told me to come back and tell you she feels guilty that she’s absent, and she’s willing to let me play her role,” Ling Sixue said, but a touch of evil flashed through her eyes, which was caught by Gu Ning.

Gu Ning squinted at her. She’s lying.

“Well…” Qiao Yan turned to look at Lu Zhan. “Director Lu, what do you think?”

Lu Zhan said, “It’s not easy to replace an actress after we have already chosen the right person, especially when we’ve signed the contract. Since Jiang Yihan can’t finish her acting now, she should end the contract with us first and then we can choose another girl to play the role.”

It seemed like Lu Zhan was cold-blooded because the first thing he did after he found out that the actress was injured was to replace her. However, rules were rules. If you couldn’t finish your work, you would be fired. In addition, Lu Zhan didn’t say that Ling Sixue could get the role right away. The right of choice still laid in Lu Zhan’s hands.

Lu Zhan actually didn’t discover anything wrong with Ling Sixue, but it was just his way of doing his job. Lu Zhan had signed Jiang Yihan because he thought that she was suitable for the role.

Hearing that, Ling Sixue panicked a little, but soon calmed herself down. “Can’t I replace her? It was Jiang Yihan who told me to come here!”

Lu Zhan frowned in annoyance. “I said that it’s not easy to choose an actor who’s suitable for the role. If you want the role, you need to do the audition.”

Ling Sixue was upset. She did want to win the role on her own, but Lu Shan hadn’t chosen her in the audition. Jiang Yihan was Lu Zhan’s first choice, then there was another girl, and Ling Sixue was ranked third. Even if Lu Zhan was going to replace Jiang Yihan, Ling Sixue wouldn’t be his first choice either.

“Ms. Qiao, I’m afraid that we can’t shoot today, and I’ll arrange someone to visit the girl in the hospital with you. If she can’t finish her part, we need to end the contract and choose another girl. If she can recover by tomorrow, we’ll go on,” Lu Zhan said.

It was an accident, so Lu Zhan was willing to give her another chance.

“Sure,” Qiao Yan said.

After that, Lu Yichen and Qiao Yan went to visit Jiang Yihan together.

Before they left, Gu Ning took out a porcelain bottle giving it to Lu Yichen. She told Lu Yichen to pour some water in the bottle and help Jiang Yihan apply the water around the wound so that Jiang Yihan could recover soon and come back to finish her acting tomorrow. If Jiang Yihan had a wound, it was better to apply the medicine to help her recover.

Since Jiang Yihan was the actress chosen by Lu Zhan, Gu Ning was willing to help her.

As for whether Ling Sixue was involved in the accident which had happened to Jiang Yihan, Gu Ning wasn’t interested.

Lu Yichen was doubtful about the effect of the medicine that Gu Ning gave him, but he trusted that Gu Ning did it out of kindness, so he took it.

When they separated, Gu Ning went back to the hotel.

Chu Peihan and the others didn’t play important roles in the film, so the crew didn’t hold an ending ceremony for them, but gave each of them a red envelope. Gu Ning, of course, would thank them later.

After sending the actors to the hotel, Gu Ning said to Lu Zhan, “Uncle Lu, we’ll go back later, and you need to go to the Huangdeng Hotel with me to do registration before you drive the bus back to the hotel where you stay.”

In the morning, Gu Ning had already told the manager of the Huangdeng Hotel about the bus. Because Gu Ning had the Black Card, she had the right to enjoy all the services of the hotel for free. The manager also agreed to let them use the car, but the user needed to do registration and sign an agreement. If the bus was damaged, they had to pay compensation.

“No problem,” Lu Zhan said.

Lu Yichen arrived at the hospital to visit Jiang Yihan and her family was also there.

To Lu Yichen’s astonishment, Jiang Yihan’s father was Jiang Bowen who was the mayor!

Qiao Yan was aware of that, but she also kept it a secret because Jiang Yihan kept a low profile in the school, and only a few people knew that Jiang Yihan was the mayor’s daughter.

“Nice to meet you, Mayor Jiang,” Qiao Yan greeted him with great respect.

“Ms. Qiao, nice to meet you,” Jiang Bowen said politely, then looked to Lu Yichen with confusion. “Mr. Lu, why did you come here?”

Although Jiang Bowen had helped the crew find a school to cooperate with them, he had no idea that his daughter, Jiang Yihan, had joined the crew too and Jiang Yihan also didn’t dare to tell him.

Jiang Yihan loved acting ever since she was a child, and her dream was to be an actress, but her family disagreed so she took a step back and majored in broadcasting.

Therefore, when Lu Yichen showed up in her patient room, Jiang Yihan was surprised and panicked. She knew that her father was going to find out sooner or later, so she remained silent preparing to be criticized.

Jiang Yihan was a good-looking girl. Although she wasn’t stunning, she was still attractive.

“We’re here to visit Jiang Yihan, because she is playing a role in our film. We heard that she accidentally fell and was injured, so we come here,” Lu Yichen said.

However, Jiang Bowen wasn’t mad after hearing that. He was surprised but didn’t criticize Jiang Yihan. It was because Gu Ning was the investor of this film.

Chapter 566: Jiang Bowen Calls Gu Ning

Gu Ning planned to shoot the film in order to cover the zombie issue, and he was in charge of it now. If it couldn’t be handled well, he could lose his job. Therefore, Gu Ning did him a great favor. Even though he wasn’t willing to let his daughter enter the entertainment industry, he wouldn’t stop her from joining the film crew.

“Oh, but I’m afraid Yihan has to withdraw because her injury couldn’t heal within a short time,” Jiang Bowen said in a sad tone.

Hearing that, Jiang Yihan rounded her eyes in shock and couldn’t believe her ears. Why did her father feel sorry for that?

Before Lu Yichen said a word, Qiao Yan opened her mouth. “Mayor Jiang, we came here to check Yihan’s condition. If she can’t finish her part, she probably needs to end the contract with the crew. I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine,” Jiang Bowen said.

“Mayor Jiang, actually, our boss told me to give this to Yihan. It’s a special medicine which can help her recover quickly so that she can keep acting tomorrow,” Lu Yichen said, and felt a little nervous because he wasn’t sure whether it was true.

“Your boss? Do you mean Gu Ning? Is she in City D now?” Jiang Bowen was surprised.

“Yes,” Lu Yichen said.

“Thanks!” Jiang Bowen said. He still remembered that Gu Ning had saved many people’s lives with her special medicine back when they had encountered a zombie at Changyang Mountain.

Lu Yichen was struck dumb for a second. He didn’t expect that Jiang Bowen would trust Gu Ning without hesitation. It seemed Jiang Bowen knew that the medicine was different.

Without further talking, Lu Yichen took out the porcelain bottle and poured some water into it as Gu Ning had told him, the power crystal melted immediately.

A nurse walked over with a cotton swab in her hands, but she hesitated to unwrap the bandages around Jiang Yihan’s wound.

“The wound is already wrapped well and it’s not suitable to unwrap it now.” The nurse wasn’t arguing with Jiang Bowen; she just did her job as a nurse.

“It’s fine. Unwrap it,” Jiang Bowen insisted.

Seeing that, the nurse followed his order to apply the water medicine for Jiang Yihan.

Jiang Yihan didn’t know whether this medicine was really effective, but she hoped that she could recover as soon as possible. In the beginning, she thought that it would be painful when the medicine was applied over the wound. However, when the medicine touched the wound, she didn’t feel any pain, just coldness. After a few minutes, the wound changed significantly, and faded by a third.

“Wow…” Everyone was shocked, even Jiang Bowen, who knew that this medicine wasn’t simple, couldn’t stay calm.

“It isn’t painful now!” Jiang Yihan was surprised as well as excited. She tried to move her legs, then felt a little pain, because it took time for the wound to heal completely. Even so, Jiang Yihan was still satisfied.

Jiang Bowen, on the other hand, called Gu Ning at once.

When Gu Ning received Jiang Bowen’s call, she had just gone back to the Huangdeng Hotel for a short time and was still registering at the reception.

“Hi, Mayor Jiang!” Gu Ning said.

“Miss Gu, why didn’t you tell me that you came to City D?” Jiang Bowen said. Gu Ning helped him a lot, so he wanted to thank her.

Gu Ning was surprised. “Mayor Jiang, how did you know?”

“Well, my daughter is studying in the Radio and Television University, and she joined your film crew, but she was injured today so she can’t finish her part. Mr. Lu came to visit her with your special medicine, and then I heard that you’re in City D now,” Jiang Bowen said, then thanked Gu Ning with sincerity. “Miss Gu, thank you so much for your medicine! My daughter feels much better now.”

Hearing that, Gu Ning was astonished that Jiang Yihan was Jiang Bowen’s daughter. What a coincidence!

“You’re welcome. Since she signed the contract with my film crew, I should help her if she needs,” Gu Ning said.

“Well, Miss Gu, you did me a great favor,” Jiang Bowen said. “Are you free this afternoon? May I invite you to join a meal with me?”

“Mayor Jiang, I would love to, but I have to leave for City B in a while,” Gu Ning said.

Jiang Bowen was a little disappointed, but didn’t insist. “Please call me the next time you come to City D.”

“Sure!” Gu Ning said.

Lu Zhan finished registration at the hotel then drove the bus away.

Chu Peihan and the others went to their rooms to pack up, while Gu Ning booked plane tickets for them after she hung up the call with Jiang Bowen. Leng Shaoting, on the other hand, was checking the plane tickets to City B.

Besides plane tickets, Gu Ning also prepared a thick red envelope for each of them.

Chu Peihan and the others would leave for City F at 5:35 pm, while Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting would fly to City B at 5:50 pm, so they could go to the airport together. It was only 3:30 pm when they all got back to the hotel, so they still had two hours.

After packing up and checking out at the reception, it was already 4 pm, so they took a taxi heading to the airport.

On the way to the airport, Gu Ning took out three thick red envelopes, then gave them to her friends. “You did the acting for free, so I’ve prepared red envelopes for you!”

“Wow, it’s so thick!”

“Thanks, boss!” They took the red envelopes and thanked Gu Ning. They had taken far more expensive gifts from Gu Ning, so a thick red envelope was nothing.

Chapter 567: Gu Man Is Abducted

There was twelve thousand yuan in each of the red envelopes Gu Ning sent to them because the number had a special meaning.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the airport. When they got the boarding cards and waited in the lounge, it was almost 5 pm. Twenty minutes later, Chu Peihan and the others boarded, so only Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were left there.

“Ningning, will you go back to your house tonight?” Leng Shaoting asked Gu Ning. However, he was expecting her to say no.

“I’ll call my mom first when we’re back in City B. If she’s fine, I can stay outside,” Gu Ning said. She was still worried about Gu Man.

“Sure,” Leng Shaoting said. Gu Man was his future mother-in-law after all.

Chu Peihan and the others arrived at City Fat 6:40 pm, while Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting wouldn’t arrive at City B until 9 pm. However, when it was about 8 pm, a scary scene appeared in Gu Ning’s mind. In the vision, an MPV hit the private car in which Gu Man and a chauffeur sent by the Tang family drove, on a road with little traffic. Although nobody was injured, it wasn’t a simple car accident.

When the private car was forced to stop after the heavy knock, four men suddenly got out of the MPV, and they were all wearing masks, so nobody could see their faces. Once they were out of the MPV, they caught Gu Man and the chauffeur. Although the chauffeur struggled, he was easily beaten down by those bulky men. Both Gu Man and the chauffeur were abducted within a few minutes.

Gu Ning’s face turned pale at once and her body was trembling in fear, anger and worry.

“Ningning, what happened?” Leng Shaoting was surprised.

“I-I had a terrible premonition. I think my mom is in danger,” Gu Ning said.

Leng Shaoting understood that Gu Ning’s premonitions were always right, so he felt nervous and concerned too. However, they were still on a plane and it was impossible for them to check Gu Man’s condition now. “Ningning, don’t worry. You mother will be fine.”

Gu Ning also knew that she couldn’t contact her mother now because she was on a plane, so she did her best to calm herself down, and hoped that Gu Man would be safe.

No matter who did that to her mother, she would pay them back.

In City B, the traffic police arrived at the scene soon after the car accident happened but there was nobody left there except the broken private car. The traffic police were confused, then checked the surveillance cameras, and saw the exact same scene that had appeared in Gu Ning’s mind.

The traffic police checked the license plates at once, and it turned out that the number plate of the MPV was fake, while that of the private car belonged to the Tang family.

Knowing that, everyone in the traffic police team panicked, and they immediately took action to search for the missing victims. The moment their leader heard that the Tang family was involved in this car accident, he didn’t hesitate to call the Tang family.

When the Tang family heard that Gu Man was abducted, they were all scared too and did everything they could to find Gu Man. Of course, they had to let Gu Ning know too. However, Gu Ning’s phone was powered off.

Apparently, the group of people who had abducted Gu Man were fully-prepared, so Tang Haifeng failed to find Gu Man and the chauffeur even though he did everything he could right away. The Tang family only found the MPV which was abandoned on a small road in a suburb. The number plate of the MPV was fake, so they couldn’t find its owner. Besides, there were no surveillance cameras around the place where the car was abandoned.

When it was 9 pm, the plane finally landed at the airport of City B. Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting left the airport in a hurry.

The moment they were out, Gu Ning turned on her phone, and saw many missed calls from Tang Haifeng. Without a doubt, Gu Ning knew that Gu Man had to be in danger now, so she called Tang Haifeng back.

“Ningning, you mother was abducted,” Tang Haifeng said once Gu Ning called him.

“What do we know?” Gu Ning asked.

“Those bulky men all had masks on their faces, so we don’t know who they are, and the number plate of the MPV is fake so we can’t find its owner. We followed the surveillance cameras and found a small road, but there was only an abandoned car without any people around,” Tang Haifeng said.

“Tell me the location and I’ll check it myself,” Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, Tang Haifeng knew that Gu Ning was back in City B now and he sent the location to her without delay.

Leng Shaoting drove the car Shengshi Group prepared for him at the highest speed to the location where the abandoned MPV was founded.

Within 20 minutes, they arrived. However, even though they came here, they didn’t know which direction those men had escaped in.

Gu Ning immediately used her Jade Eyes to scan the surroundings, hoping to find something that might have been lost by those men. Unfortunately, she found nothing.

Right when Gu Ning was in despair, a picture flashed by her eyes, and it showed the direction in which Gu Man and the chauffeur were dragged

“This way!” Gu Ning said to Leng Shaoting then ran in that direction. Because it was a wasteland, they couldn’t drive, but had to walk. After running for about a hundred meters, Gu Ning stopped, because she lost the direction again.

Gu Ning had her Jade Eyes, so she was able to see things clearly in the night but Leng Shaoting couldn’t. Therefore, Gu Ning gave him the night-luminescent pearl, and they started to search for traces of people’s footsteps.

Before long, Gu Ning found some, so they ran ahead following the traces. They followed the traces for over three hundred meters then came to another small road with traces of tire tracks. Gu Ning and Leng Shaoyu thought that those men might have taken another car to escape after they had dragged Gu Man and the chauffeur here.

Nevertheless, there were no surveillance cameras here, so they didn’t know which direction the car left in. Accordingly, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting had to search for them in two opposite directions.

Gu Ning ran rapidly ahead, checking the surroundings at the same time. She knew that they could have stopped anywhere by the road.

Chapter 568: Tang Yunfan Is Awake

Gu Ning couldn’t figure out why those people had to abduct Gu Man. Gu Man just came to City B, and she stayed in the Tang family’s house or Gu Ning’s house the entire time. It wasn’t likely that Gu Man had annoyed someone. Or, did Gu Ning ignore something?

Gu Ning wasn’t very clear about the Tang family’s history, so she didn’t know that Gu Man was abducted precisely because of the Tang family.

It was a long, thin road and Leng Shaoting ran for over 10 minutes before he finally found a broad road. Luckily, there were surveillance cameras at the intersection.

Leng Shaoting immediately made a call. “Check the surveillance cameras of a place to see the vehicles which have appeared within two hours. Find the owner of the MPV according to its license plate. I’ll send you my location.” Because Leng Shaohao didn’t know where it was, he sent the mobile location over. After that, he called Gu Ning at once.

“You can wait there, and keep on tracing after you get the answer. I haven’t found any useful information here, so I’ll walk ahead,” Gu Ning said. Leng Shaoting was just investigating, but hadn’t found Gu Man yet, so she couldn’t give up.

“Sure. You have to be careful and call me whenever you find anything useful,” Leng Shaoting said. Although he was worried about Gu Ning’s safety, they had to search for Gu Man in different directions.

“I will,” Gu Ning said, then hung up.

She went further ahead in the following hours, and there were no villages around, but Gu Ning had no intention to turn back, and went further and further along the road.

About twenty minutes later, Leng Shaoting received a call. The surveillance cameras of this intersection were destroyed at around six pm and only the surveillance cameras of the roads on both sides of the intersection were still working

Within two hours, a total of 116 vehicles passed through the broad road. The information on the license plate numbers (owner and model) and the exact times the vehicles passed had been sent to his mailbox.

“Continue to track the whereabouts of these vehicles to see whether anything unusual happens,” said Leng Shaoting. Even though he got the information on these vehicles, he didn’t know which one was abnormal.

However, since the surveillance cameras of this intersection were destroyed in the afternoon, there was a possibility of 80% that this was where the kidnappers had passed, or it was just a trick to attract their attention away from the right direction the kidnappers escaped in.

In the process of tracing them, Leng Shaoting sensed that their enemy was very brilliant, so it was possible that they were being trapped. Leng Shaoting called Gu Ning again, but Gu Ning’s phone was busy.

Gu Ning was actually talking to a man who called her using Gu Man’s mobile phone. “You are Gu Ning, right? Come alone to the abandoned warehouse at the western suburb. I’ll tell you the specific address when you arrive there. Remember, you must come alone. If I see anyone following behind you, your mother will be punished!”

“No problem,” Gu Ning said coldly with a serious look on her face. She didn’t threaten the man on the phone, in case he would be annoyed and hurt Gu Man.

After that, Gu Ning immediately clicked the map open on her mobile phone to search for the location of the abandoned warehouse at the western suburb. Coincidentally, Gu Ning was precisely at the western suburb now, but she was still one kilometer away from the abandoned warehouse.

Gu Ning didn’t tell Leng Shaoting that she just received a strange man’s call because the man had warned her to come alone. She was also confident that she could handle it well on her own.

Gu Ning was sure that it was a trick now, because the abandoned warehouse in the western suburb was located in the opposite direction from Leng Shaoting.

She figured out that the man was actually aiming to hurt her after receiving the call. She had made many enemies in business till now, but she didn’t know who did this to her mother. No matter who he or she was, Gu Ning was determined to pay him or her back.

Without hesitation, Gu Ning ran to the abandoned warehouse in the western suburb.

In the Tang family’s house.

Tang Yunfan’s fingers moved a little, and he mumbled with anxiety and fear. “Man, please, please…”

It seemed like Tang Yunfan was regaining his consciousness, and the memory about Gu Man, but no one knew what had happened in his dream that made him so anxious.

All of a sudden, Tang Yunfan’s closed eyes opened and he sat up abruptly. He looked around, but there was nobody in his room, so he got out of his bed and walked out.

In the living hall, the members of the Tang family were gathered, except for Cao Ruihua, his military force, and Cao Wenjun, together with his Criminal Police Force, who were out to search for Gu Man. Tang Yunrong and Cao Wenxin were also here waiting for the information.

“It’s been so long! Could anything bad have happened to Gu Man?” Tang Yunrong was nervous.

“Don’t worry. She’ll be fine,” Jiang Lihua said to comfort her.

“Gu Man just came to City B, and she stayed in our house or Ningning’s house all the time. Why did she suddenly get abducted?” Tang Yunrong couldn’t figure it out.

“What? Man was abducted?”

Right at this moment, a shocked male voice sounded from upstairs, which surprised everyone in the hall. They looked over with one accord then saw Tang Yunfan walking down in a hurry.

“Did you say Man was abducted?” Tang Yunfan asked anxiously when he walked closer to them.

“Yunfan, you’re awake!”

However, Tang Yunfan wasn’t in the mood to care about his condition; all he wanted to know was what had happened to Gu Man.

Tang Yunhang explained it to Tang Yunfan at once. “When the chauffeur drove Gu Man back today, a MVP hit the private car to make it stop, then several men abducted Gu Man and the chauffeur. We’ve sent out many people to search for them, but we haven’t heard any good news yet.”

Hearing that, Tang Yunfan was mad.

Chapter 569: The Tang Family’s Enemy

“The person who sent those men to adduct Man must be our Tang family’s enemy,” Tang Yunfan said. If not, Gu Man wouldn’t have been abducted, because she just came to City B and hadn’t annoyed anyone.

“What?” Everyone was shocked.

If the person behind the abduction was really the Tang family’s enemy, why didn’t he abduct a member of them, but chose Gu Man? Had they found out about Gu Man’s relationship with the Tang family? If not, Gu Man wouldn’t have been abducted, because she just came to City B and hadn’t annoyed anyone. In that case, Gu Man was totally a victim.

“I need to find her!” Tang Yunfan said, running outside.

“Yunfan!” Tang Yunhang wanted to stop him, but was interrupted by Tang Haifeng. “Let him go.”

“He just woke up! It’s very dangerous if he runs out like that.” Tang Yunhang was worried. He admitted that he was selfish, and chose Tang Yunfan over Gu Man. He did feel sorry for Gu Man but it was a fact that Tang Yunfan was more important for their family.

“Didn’t you hear how Yunfan addressed Gu Man? If I guess correctly, he already regained his memory about her,” Tang Haifeng said.

Hearing that, everyone was surprised again. What? Yunfan regained his memory about Gu Man?

Tang Haifeng added, “In addition, Gu Man was abducted because of our Tang family. It’s already very inappropriate that we are staying at home. If we stop Yunfan from finding her now, Ningning and Gu Man will feel heartbroken.”

Although they had sent many people out to search for Gu Man, Tang Haifeng still felt guilty that they didn’t do it themselves, so he wouldn’t stop Tang Yunfan from doing so. He didn’t go out to search for Gu Man because he was too old, and Tang Yunhang had to stay home to protect them. The rest of the people in the Tang family were all females, so they couldn’t help. Therefore, Tang Yunfan was the perfect person to do that.

Tang Yunhang agreed with Tang Haifeng, so he said nothing. All they could do now was to hope that they would get back home safely.

“Who’s the person behind this abduction?” Tang Yunrong asked. There were so many enemies of the Tang family, so she didn’t know who the person could be.

Tang Haifeng, as the most sophisticated man in this family, opened his mouth again. “If the person behind this abduction is really our Tang family’s enemy, he must be aware of Gu Man’s relationship with us. If he knows Gu Man, he must know Ningning too. If he’s able to know that, he should be a person who’s familiar with Yunfan. I think he also has something to do with the accident which happened to Yunfan. Tang Deming was the first in our business group one who found out that Yunfan was unconscious, so the person must have a connection with Tang Deming too. Tang Deming is ambitious. They must be planning to remove Ningning from their way to the chairman seat of Tanghuang Group. However, Ningning wasn’t in City B, so they abducted Gu Man.”

Although it was just a guess, everyone thought that it was highly possible.

“If so, will he call Ningning to rescue Gu Man so that they can catch Ningning at the same time?” Tang Yunhang said worriedly.

Hearing that, everyone was astonished.

“I’ll call Ningning right now,” Tang Haifeng said.

When Gu Ning’s phone vibrated in her pocket, she had already arrived outside of the abandoned warehouse, so it wasn’t convenient for her to answer Tang Haifeng’s call. Instead, she sent Tang Haifeng a message telling him it wasn’t a right time.

Reading Gu Ning’s message, Tang Haifeng stopped calling her.

When Gu Ning approached the abandoned warehouse, she didn’t immediately call Gu Man, because she decided to attack those kidnappers and catch them by surprise.

With the help of her Jade Eyes, it shouldn’t be hard for her to find Gu Man.

A while later, Gu Ning received Tang Haifeng’s messages, and she realized that it really was a trap. However, it was too late, because Gu Ning was already here. Gu Ning sent a message back to Tang Haifeng and told him that she would be careful, then kept searching for Gu Man.

Tang Haifeng was too worried about Gu Ning’s safety, so he forgot to tell her that Tang Yunfan was awake now.

After a while, Gu Ning finally saw four men in the completely dark warehouse, but Gu Man was absent. They really aimed to catch Gu Ning! Even so, Gu Ning wouldn’t leave because she had to find out where Gu Man was from their mouths.

“Hei Zi, would the girl called Gu Ning dare to come here? Will she call the police?” a man asked with doubt.

Although Gu Ning said that she would come alone as they ordered, he didn’t believe that a young girl would have the courage to meet them.

“Since she said yes, I bet that she’ll come, because her mother is in our hands now. Moreover, I heard that the young girl isn’t simple, so we must be careful!” Hei Zi said.

“She’s merely a young girl! What can she do to us?” a man said with disdain.

“Exactly, but the girl is really beautiful. I feel sexually excited already seeing her picture. If the person who hired us allows us to touch her, I want to have some fun, ha-ha!” a man said with an evil smile on his face.

“Me too! Once it’s done, let’s go find some women to have some fun together!” another man said.

Hearing their talk, Gu Ning was furious. She kicked the door open all of a sudden and attacked them before they were prepared.

Because Gu Ning showed up unexpectedly, those men were soon beaten down before they could fight back. Gu Ning attacked their most vulnerable parts without hesitation, and they screamed from the pain.

Chapter 570: Gu Man Is Abducted by the Kirin Gang

Gu Ning beat them down with great force because she felt very disgusted.

All those men were on the ground moaning in pain within seconds. To their astonishment, this young girl was very strong and could easily beat them down like lightning.

Gu Ning took out ropes and tied them up, so that it was impossible for them to struggle, let alone escape. After that, she stared straight at them and asked in a cold voice, “Where is my mother?”

Gu Ning’s sharp eyes, cold expression, and imposing manner made them feel shocked and oppressed. They even felt the chill from the bottom of their feet and trembled in fear. However, they still refused to tell her. “I think that you better let us go. If you dare to kill any of us, your mother won’t stay alive!”

“Do you think that I wouldn’t dare to hurt you?” Saying that, Gu Ning took out a gun all of a sudden, then aimed at one man’s shoulder. Boom! The man shouted in pain and horror.

At this moment, they were all scared. This young girl had a gun, and she shot them without blinking her eyes! Obviously, this wasn’t the first time that she had shot a man.

“Tell me, or get killed?” Gu Ning was getting increasingly cold, and they almost lost their breath. However, they still didn’t give up threatening. “You… How dare you shoot me! We’re members of the Kirin Gang!”

The Kirin Gang? Gu Ning squinted in greater coldness, but she didn’t jump to the conclusion that the Kirin Gang had abducted Gu Man just because they were members of it. She knew that gangsters would do anything for money, so she wasn’t sure whether they had been hired by someone else to abduct Gu Man.

Therefore, Gu Ning glared at the man and asked seriously, “Do you mean that my mother is in the hands of the Kirin Gang?”

“Yes, and so what?” the man said arrogantly. He believed that this young girl had to be afraid of the Kirin Gang.

Gu Ning was indeed worried, because the Kirin Gang wasn’t the Qing Gang, and it was common that they would hurt the hostages.

Gu Ning was unwilling to waste time, so she stopped talking to them, but called Qi Tianlin at once.

When Qi Tianlin received Gu Ning’s call, he was surprised.

“Miss Gu, I’m surprised that you’d call me. What? Did you win a fortune again at the Earth Nightclub?” Qi Tianlin said in annoyance.

“I wish, because I can walk out of the Earth Nightclub without your help in that case,” Gu Ning said. She wasn’t in a good mood now.

“Well, it seems that you’re not in a good mood.” Qi Tianlin didn’t mind Gu Ning’s aggressive attitude because he found something more interesting. Gu Ning had been in a rage when they had fought against each other last time, and she had behaved like a mature woman. However, when she called him this time, she sounded like a girl who was annoyed.

“Qi, I don’t have time to argue with you now. My mother was abducted at XX Road around 8:10 pm today, and the kidnappers claim that they are members of the Kirin Gang,” Gu Ning said.

When those men heard Gu Ning talking with Qi Tianlin on the phone, they were shocked. They couldn’t believe that this young girl was able to know their head in the gang.

“Really? Give me some time. If it’s true, I promise that I’ll handle it well,” Qi Tianlin said with sincerity.

Although Qi Tianlin was still displeased with what Gu Ning had done last time, he didn’t hate her. Instead, he had the intention to make friends with her, so he, of course, wouldn’t upset her.

Gu Man wasn’t in this warehouse, and Qi Tianlin promised to help her, so Gu Ning thought that there was no need to stay here any longer.

Before Gu Ning left, she unfastened them, but beat them again to vent her anger. They were evil people, but she wasn’t willing to be involved in murder just because of them.

After that, Gu Ning left with Gu Man’s phone. Once she walked away, she called Leng Shaoting and told him what she had been through then they went to meet each other at the place where they had stopped the car.

When Leng Shaoting heard that Gu Ning had gone to meet the kidnappers alone, he was more worried than upset, because he was afraid that Gu Ning might be hurt. However, since Gu Ning was fine now, he didn’t mention it.

Tang Yunfan was also out for a long time, but he had no idea where Gu Man was. In the end, he went to the place where Gu Man had been seen last and there was an abandoned MPV.

Ten minutes later, Gu Ning received Qi Tianlin’s call.

Qi Tianlin told her that Gu Man was indeed in the hands of the Kirin Gang, and she could go to the Earth Nightclub to pick her mother up.

Hearing that, Gu Ning was finally relieved, so was Leng Shaoting. They then drove to the Earth Nightclub together.

From afar, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting noticed a man standing at the accident scene. Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes so that she could see his face clearly. When she recognized that the man was Tang Yunfan, Gu Ning was surprised that he was already awake. It was obvious that he knew that Gu Man had been abducted.

Gu Ning stopped the car and ran to Tang Yunfan at once, followed by Leng Shaoting.

When they moved closer, Leng Shaoting recognized that the man was Tang Yunfan, and he was surprised too.

Tang Yunfan heard the noise, then looked at Gu Ning. He was astonished as well.

“Uncle Tang, You’re finally awake!” Gu Ning said with excitement.

Tang Yunfan, however, asked Gu Ning with anxiety, “Ningning, how is your mom now?”

“My friend has found her, and we can go to pick her up right now,” Gu Ning said.