Chapter 571: Pick Gu Man Up

Once Tang Yunfan heard that Gu Man was found he was relieved, and didn’t ask Gu Ning for more details.

Afterwards, Tang Yunfan left his car at the accident scene and got in Leng Shaoting’s car, then called Quan Mingkai.

Quan Mingkai was shocked when he saw that the caller was Tang Yunfan. Tang Yunfan told him to drive the car back, then hung up before Quan Mingkai could say a word. Without calling back, Quan Mingkai went to drive Tang Yunfan’s car back in a hurry.

After a long while, Tang Yunfan realized that there was another person in the car.

“Ningning, this is?” Tang Yunfan asked.

“Oh, he’s my friend, Leng Shaoting,” Gu Ning said but didn’t tell him that Leng Shaoting was her boyfriend.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Tang,” Leng Shaoting said. Tang Yunfan was his future father-in-law, so he, of course, should be as polite as possible.

“Nice to meet you too, Mr. Leng,” Tang Yunfan said. He didn’t think further about his relationship with Gu Ning.

After a while of silence, Tang Yunfan suddenly said, “Ningning, I remembered everything.”

Gu Ning was struck dumb for a second. Tang Yunfan finally regained the memory about Gu Man. She felt like crying with happiness. “Great, that’s great,” she said.

“Ningning, I’m terribly sorry,” Tang Yunfan apologized to her. Although he had apologized to Gu Ning before, he had done that as Tang Yunfan, not Gu Ning’s biological father.

They were in a suburb, while the Earth Nightclub was located in downtown, and there were many traffic lights along the long distance, so it took them more than half an hour to arrive at the Earth Nightclub.

“The Kirin Gang?” Tang Yunfan frowned when they arrived.

“Yes, several members of the Kirin Gang abducted my mother, but they aren’t important figures in the gang and just took someone else’s money. The head of the Kirin Gang and I aren’t strangers and he’s willing to help me. Don’t worry. My mom is safe,” Gu Ning said.

“What? Qi Tianlin was willing to help you?” Tang Yunfan was astonished.

Qi Tianlin was notorious for his arrogance, cruelty and coldness, and only a few people were able to make friends with him. Tang Yunfan wasn’t afraid of him, but was reluctant to have conflict with him.

Leng Shaoting also felt a little uncomfortable when Gu Ning said that Qi Tianlin was willing to help her, but he said nothing.

“Shaoting, please wait for me here.” Gu Ning didn’t want Leng Shaoting to meet Qi Tianlin, because there was a long-standing grudge between them. All she wanted to do now was to pick Gu Man up and go home as soon as possible.

“Sure.” Leng Shaoting understood that it wasn’t the right time to meet Qi Tianlin, so he agreed.

After that, Gu Ning and Tang Yunfan went upstairs. They went to the same private room where Gu Ning had gambled with Qi Tianlin last time.

Five minutes earlier, Gu Man had been sent to this private room. She wasn’t physically injured, but this abduction would leave a deep mental scar on her. She felt helpless when she was caught and thought that she was going to die. Unexpectedly, half an hour ago, several rude men who had brought her here, apologized to her politely all of a sudden and even begged her to forgive them.

In the beginning, Gu Man was so confused. Even though they apologized to her, she still felt quite nervous.

A while later, an obtrusive man told her that he was Gu Ning’s friend, and that it was Gu Ning who had called him to find her.

Gu Man was relieved, but was worried that they did it in order to catch Gu Ning. However, she didn’t dare to ask him to call Gu Ning so she could talk to Gu Ning.

Qi Tianlin didn’t sense Gu Man’s worry. He thought that he had already finished his job when he found Gu Man and brought her to a safe place.

When Gu Ning and Tang Yunfan showed up together, Gu Man rounded her eyes in shock.

Tang Yunfan, on the other hand, looked at Gu Man with love, care and guilt. He knew that Gu Man had suffered a lot because of him.

Qi Tianlin was also surprised when Tang Yunfan, who was a famous figure in City B, appeared in his sight. He didn’t realize that Tang Yunfan and Gu Ning closely resembled each other until they showed up together. What is their relationship?

Qi Tianlin didn’t like gossiping but he was curious because he had done the background-check on Gu Ning, and he knew that Gu Ning was born in a single-parent family.

Is Tang Yunfan Gu Ning’s biological father? Did Tang Yunfan come here because of Gu Man too? Qin Tianlin thought he found something interesting again.

“Chairman Tang, welcome!” Qi Tianlin greeted Tang Yunfan.

“Nice to meet you,” Tang Yunfan said.

“Well, they’ve told me everything. It was a man named Zhang Yongjun who gave them money to abduct your mother and you, but you weren’t in City B, so they caught your mother,” Qi Tianlin said to Gu Ning.

Zhang Yongjun?

Neither Tang Yunfan nor Gu Ning had heard of this name, and they soon realized that the man had to be a middleman who was paid to abduct Gu Man for someone else as well.

“I think that you’ve already taught those four idiots who has abducted your mother an unforgettable lesson and they’re yours now too,” Qi Tianlin said. He planned to maintain a good relationship with Gu Ning, so he wouldn’t protect them.

Those hoodlums, however, knelt down on the ground at once, and begged him. “Please, we won’t do it again.”

Qi Tianlin ignored them.

Tang Yunfan and Gu Ning were also determined to pay them back.

“Please leave with my mother for now. I’ll meet you once I’m done,” Gu Ning said to Tang Yunfan. She didn’t want Gu Man to see the violence.

Chapter 572: Gu Man Faints

“Sure.” Tang Yunfan understood that Gu Ning didn’t want Gu Man to see the violent scene.

Gu Ning walked to Gu Man but Gu Man was still in shock, not because Tang Yunfan was awake, but because she saw something familiar from his eyes like they were back to 18 years ago. Did he regain his memory? Gu Man got excited, but fainted all of a sudden.

“Mom!” Gu Ning supported Gu Man at once and put her magical power into Gu Man’s body.

“Man!” Tang Yunfan also ran over and held Gu Man in his arms. He was worried and panicked a little.

“Lao Guo, have a look,” Qi Tianlin said to a man who was around 50 years old, then turned to Gu Ning. “Lao Guo is a doctor. You can let him have a look at your mother.”

“Thanks,” Gu Ning said. Gu Man still wouldn’t wake up after she secretly put her magical power into her body, so it wasn’t a bad idea to let Lao Guo have a look.

Lao Guo walked to them, and checked Gu Man’s eyes and heartbeat.

“You mother was greatly scared, so the tension on her vagus nerve[1] increased, and the syncope[2] was caused by arrhythmia (3. An arrhythmia is a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat. It means that your heart beats too quickly, too slowly, or with an irregular pattern.). Surprisingly, her pulse is becoming steady at a fast pace and she’s gradually entering a state of drowsiness. She’ll be fine when she wakes up,” Lao Guo Said.

It was because of Gu Ning’s magical power that Gu Man’s pulse was becoming steady so quickly.

Hearing that, both Gu Ning and Tang Yunfan were relieved.

After that, Tang Yunfan carried Gu Man in his arms walking outside. Gu Ning, on the other hand, stared straight at those hoodlums who had abducted Gu Man, which scared them, and they begged at once, “Miss Gu, please-please let us go. We promise we’ll never do it again.”

“Tell me, how much do you know about Zhang Yongjun?” Gu Ning said coldly.

The leader of those hoodlums said, “I only know that his name is Zhang Yongjun. He’s in his early forties. We’ve met several times, but I don’t know much about him.”

The Kirin Gang was different from the Qing Gang, and the members of the Kirin Gang could moonlight as they wanted. However, if they caused any trouble, they had to bear the result themselves.

“What was the next step after the abduction?” Gu Ning asked.

“He said that we had to abduct you both before calling him, and he’d deal with it later,” the leader said.

Gu Ning thought for a while. She was curious what the person behind this abduction planned to do next.

“Great, you can do what he ordered. Call him now,” Gu Ning said to the leader of the hoodlums. “As for the rest, if you can beat me down, you may leave safely.”

Gu Ning did what she usually did. If they could beat her in a fight, she would let them go.

“We-we can’t.” Those hoodlums almost cried. Let alone mentioning that Gu Ning was just a young girl, she had a close relationship with Qi Tianlin too, so they didn’t dare to hurt her.

“Do whatever she wants.” Qi Tianlin lazily lay on the sofa, like he was watching a show. He understood that it was impossible that they would win.

Since Qi Tianlin said that, they had to attack Gu Ning. However, before they could touch Gu Ning, they were violently beaten down on the ground within a few minutes.

Except for Qi Tianlin, who remained calm watching it, the others were all astonished.

Gu Ning didn’t have time to waste on them, so she finished the punishment as soon as possible.

“Qi, I still need to deal with something else now, so I have to go, but I’ll take this man with me,” Gu Ning said to Qi Tianlin.

“Bye, Miss Gu, and I do hope that we can gamble again next time.”

Normally, Qi Tianlin wouldn’t let Gu Ning go like that, but Gu Ning was busy today, so he agreed. Although he had lost last time, he wanted to win a round.

“As long as you have enough money, why not?” Gu Ning said arrogantly.

“All I have is money,” Qi Tianlin said with arrogance too. However, once he said it, he felt that something was wrong. Gu Ning said that on purpose, because it meant that he was doomed to lose.

“Very well, then I’ll come again to take your money the next time,” Gu Ning smiled.

Qi Tianlin pulled his lips.

The leading hoodlum also followed Gu Ning walking out, and he hoped that Gu Ning would let him go after his cooperation.

Once Gu Ning left, Lao Guo asked Qi Tianlian, “Is that girl the one who sold you the pills?”. Although he asked, he already had the answer in his heart. In fact, Lao Guo admired Gu Ning, because her pills were really effective, but he had tried to figure out its formula for a long time in vain.

“Yes,” Qi Tianlin said.

Hearing that, Lao Guo thought that Gu Ning couldn’t be an ordinary girl. She had magical pills, and was a kung fu master. In addition, she also had a close connection with the Tang family. Although her family name was Gu, and Tang Yunfan’s was Tang, he knew that they were related to each other from their faces.

When Leng Shaoting saw Gu Man who was unconscious, being carried in Tang Yunfan’s arms, he was annoyed, because he thought that the Kirin Gang must have hurt her. He got out and opened the car door for Tang Yunfan at once.

“Mr. Tang, what happened?” Leng Shaoting asked with concern.

“Oh, luckily Man is fine. She just passed out from fear; she’ll be fine after a good sleep,” Tang Yunfan said.

Before long, Gu Ning came to meet them.

“Shaoting, please take them back to Huafu Hills; I need to deal with something,” Gu Ning said.

Seeing the leading hoodlum behind Gu Ning, they knew that it was about Gu Man.

“It’s very dangerous.” Tang Yunfan frowned. Although he knew that Gu Ning wasn’t weak, she was alone after all.

[1] The vagus nerve is historically cited as the pneumogastric nerve, is the tenth cranial nerve or CN X, and interfaces with the parasympathetic control of the heart, lungs, and digestive tract.

(2] A syncope is a temporary loss of consciousness usually related to insufficient blood flow to the brain. It’s also called fainting or “passing out.”

Chapter 573: Zhang Yongjun And Zhang Yongjian

Leng Shaoting was also worried about Gu Ning, but he chose to trust her. Moreover, once Gu Ning made up her mind, nobody could change her decision.

“Don’t worry. I’ll be fine,” Gu Ning said.

“Fine.” Tang Yunfan didn’t insist. “Be careful!”

“I will,” Gu Ning said.

When Leng Shaoting drove his car away, Gu Ning got in the leading hoodlum’s car, then she called Tang Haifeng and told him that everyone was safe.

Hearing that, all the members of the Tang family were relieved.

“Oh, your Uncle Tang is awake, and he left to search for your mother,” Tang Haifeng said.

“I’ve met him, and we were just together,” Gu Ning said.

“Great,” Tang Haifeng said. “Do you know who abducted your mother?”

“I’ll tell you when I get back,” Gu Ning said.

“OK,” Tang Haifeng said.

Twenty minutes later, the leading hoodlum brought Gu Ning to a warehouse, and called Zhang Yongjun as Gu Ning ordered.

A middle-aged man was reading in the study on the second floor of a house. Right at this moment, his phone rang. Seeing the caller’s name, the man answered in a hurry. “How is it?”

“Hi, we’ve caught them,” Hong Fen, the leading hoodlum, said.

“Very well, I’ll be right there,” the man said, then hung up. After that, he didn’t leave right away, but used another phone to make a call. “How is everything going?”

“We’re still searching.”

“Great, meet me at the eastern warehouse in 20 minutes,” he said. After that, he walked out of the study going down to a basement. In the basement, there were piles of groceries, but in addition to groceries, there was a man tied to a chair, with two tall bulky men standing by his sides.

The middle-aged man looked at the man who was tied to a chair with an evil expression on his face. “Zhang Yongjun, you should pay for what you’ve done today.”

It turned out that this middle-aged man wasn’t Zhang Yongjun, the man who was tied to a chair was.

Zhang Yongjun glared at him, but couldn’t say a word because his mouth was sealed.

The middle-aged man looked at Zhang Yongjun struggling, then laughed with pride. “Do you want to talk? Well, since you’re going to die because of me, I’ll let you say your final words,” he said, then removed the seal from Zhang Yongjun’s mouth.

In fact, Zhang Yongjun and the middle-aged man closely resembled each other.

“Zhang Yongjian, I’m your biological younger brother! How can you do this to me!” Zhang Yongjun shouted in anger.

“Oh, my little younger brother,” Zhang Yongjian said with a twisted face, “our parents left everything to you, but I’m their older son and I should have taken over everything, not you.”

What their parents had done left a deep mental scar on Zhang Yongjian’s heart, and he was determined to get what belonged to him back.

“You…” Zhang Yongjun was furious. “Our parents did that because you’re addicted to gambling and you’ll lose every coin in a casino!”

“Their properties should be mine, and I can do whatever I want with them!” Zhang Yongjian raised his voice.

“How come our parents’ properties are yours? They can give their wealth to anyone they want!” Zhang Yongjun shouted.

“I’m their older son, and their properties should be mine!” Zhang Yongjian said.

“It isn’t written down as a law!” Zhang Yongjun argued.

Although normally the eldest son was the heir of a family’s properties, it wasn’t written down as a law. Instead, each of the children had the right to inherit their parents’ properties. In addition, parents also had the right to choose any one of their children to be the sole heir.

Moreover, Zhang Yongjian could have a hundred thousand yuan as dividends every year. Their family business wasn’t very profitable after all, it was just a farm. Their annual income was around four hundred thousand yuan every year at the most.

Zhang Yongjian could have the money without making any effort, but Zhang Yongjun had to run the farm well to gain profits.

“I don’t care. I want their properties!” Zhang Yongjian almost roared.

“You…” Zhang Yongjun was speechless.

“Alright, get him in the car. We need to move now!” Zhang Yongjian stopped talking to Zhang Yongjun, then a tall man lifted Zhang Yongjun up, walking out of the basement.

Twenty minutes later, Zhang Yongjian’s group arrived at the eastern warehouse.

Zhang Yongjian didn’t tell Hong Fen his plan, so he left Zhang Yongjun alone in the car, then walked into the warehouse with two tall bulky men. Zhang Yongjun was tied tightly after all, and he couldn’t escape.

However, when Zhang Yongjian walked inside, there were only Hong Fen and Gu Ning in the warehouse. Besides, Gu Ning, who should be tied to a chair, was sitting on it and seemed relaxed.

“Hong Fen, what’s going on here?” Zhang Yongjian questioned Hong Fen.

Hong Fen was like a sidekick in front of Gu Ning now. If Gu Ning didn’t give an order, he didn’t dare to open his mouth.

“You’re Zhang Yongjun?” Gu Ning asked.

Zhang Yongjian ignored Gu Ning but asked Hong Fen, “Hong Fen, what the hell are you doing?” He realized that Hong Fen had betrayed him, but he wanted to know why.

Gu Ning didn’t mind that Zhang Yongjian had ignored her, then turned to Hong Fen. “Tell him.”

“Well, she’s our head’s friend…”

Zhang Yongjian had hired several members of the Kirin Gang to abduct a friend of their head which, of course, wouldn’t work.

Chapter 574: Fingerprint Identification

Zhang Yongjian had a feeling of sheer panic. What? She’s a friend of the head of the Kirin Gang? How is it possible?

Gu Ning sneered, “Mr. Zhang, my mother and I have never harmed you. Why did you want to abduct us?”

Zhang Yongjian remained silent because he didn’t know how to answer. He, of course, was afraid to annoy the Kirin Gang. Since he had made a terrible mistake, his future would be full of danger.

All of a sudden, Zhang Yongjian remembered Zhang Yongjun who was locked in the car at the outside, and an idea dawned on him. “I think that you have probably mistaken me for Zhang Yongjun but I’m his older brother, Zhang Yongjian. I have no idea what Yongjun did to you and your mother. I just followed Yongjun here because I didn’t want him to commit any crimes. Oh, he’s still in the car outside, and I already tied him up. Please wait for a while,” saying that, he turned to one of the two bulky men. “You, get Zhang Yongjun here right now.”

Gu Ning didn’t stop him. Although she didn’t believe Zhang Yongjian’s explanation, she was curious to see what he would do.

Before long, Zhang Yongjun who was tied up was brought inside. Once the seal was removed from Zhang Yongjun’s mouth, Gu Ning noticed that he closely resembled Zhang Yongjian.

“Wow…” Hong Fen was astonished, because even he couldn’t distinguish Zhang Yongjun from Zhang Yongjian although he had met Zhang Yongjun in person. They had met in a dark clubhouse and both of them had drunk alcohol, so it wasn’t easy to remember each other’s faces.

“Zhang Yongjian, what the hell are you doing?” Zhang Yongjun questioned once he was able to talk. He only knew that Zhang Yongjian wanted him to be a scapegoat, but he didn’t know what Zhang Yongjian had done.

“He said that it was you who hired several members of the Kirin Gang to abduct my mother and me. Is it true?” Gu Ning asked calmly. In fact, she already saw that Zhang Yongjun knew nothing about the abduction. Gu Ning wasn’t dumb.

“What? That’s insane!” Zhang Yongjun was shocked then was in a rage. “Zhang Yongjian, that’s why you want me to be a scapegoat?”

Since they were already enemies, Zhang Yongjun didn’t care about their family connection anymore.

Zhang Yongjian, on the other hand, criticized Zhang Yongjun. “Zhang Yongjun, don’t blame me for that. It was your plan and I just heard you talking to someone on the phone saying that you’ve successfully abducted the mother and daughter, so I followed you here to rescue them.”

“Zhang Yongjian, you’re indeed a poisonous snake! Do you have any evidence to prove what you just said?” Zhang Yongjun glared at Zhang Yongjian. He knew that he hadn’t done anything illegal, so he was confident that he was innocent.

“Well, there are call records on your phone,” Zhang Yongjian said. “You took my phone and you used it to call others!” Zhang Yongjun argued in anger.

“I just took your phone when we arrived here,” Zhang Yongjian said, then turned to look at Hong Fen. “Hong Fen, was the person who contacted you these days named Zhang Yongjun?”

“Yes…” Hong Fen answered, but he didn’t know whether the person who called him was Zhang Yongjian or Zhang Yongjun. However, before Hong Fen could say it aloud, Zhang Yongjian interrupted him. “Now, you hear that. Hong Fen said that it was you who called him.”

“I didn’t,” Zhang Yongjun said, but seemed weak because he knew that his older brother was determined and well-prepared to put him in jail.

“Alright, I think it’s easy to find out who really called Hong Fen,” Gu Ning said. In fact, she already had the answer in her heart, but she wanted him to expose himself.

Zhang Yongjian and Zhang Yongjun stopped arguing, looking to Gu Ning. “Where is the phone? Give it to me,” Gu Ning said.

“No problem,” Zhang Yongjian said then took out the phone walking to Gu Ning. He thought that Gu Ning was still a naive young girl and could be easily deceived. However, he had no idea it was just a trap set by Gu Ning.

“Since he said that you took his phone away earlier on, we can have a fingerprint identification to see whether it’s true,” Gu Ning said, then took out a plastic bag to keep the phone. Obviously, she didn’t want to touch it herself.

Hearing that, Zhang Yongjian was terrified. Once they did the fingerprint identification, his scheme would be exposed. Zhang Yongjun, on the other hand, was relieved.

“Mr. Zhang, what’s wrong?” Gu Ning asked on purpose. “No-nothing,” Zhang Yongjian said. He was reluctant to give the phone to Gu Ning now.

“Great, then give it to me now!” Gu Ning urged.

Zhang Yongjian, however, stopped walking.

“Zhang Yongjian, why did you stop?” Zhang Yongjun sneered.

Zhang Yongjian ignored him, hesitating to move a step forward. All of a sudden, he made up his mind and ordered, “Catch them, now!”

Zhang Yongjian knew that his scheme would be exposed sooner or later, so he decided to catch Gu Ning right away.

Chapter 575: Zhang Yongjian’s Confession

Zhang Yongjian thought that they were just a man and a young girl who seemed weak, so they could easily be controlled.

The two bulky men immediately ran to Gu Ning and Hong Fen.

Gu Ning, however, stayed calm, because that was exactly what she wanted. Zhang Yongjian exposed himself.

Hong Fen had witnessed how Gu Ning alone beat several men down within seconds, so he wasn’t worried about her safety. As for himself, he was confident that he could handle one man.

When the two bulky men got near, Gu Ning attacked them, so did Hong Fen.

Gu Ning threw one of them over her shoulder to the ground, and he hit the ground with a loud sound then screamed in pain. After that, Gu Ning dislocated his arms without hesitation, which tortured the bulky man.

Hong Fen, however, was still in a fierce fight with the other bulky man, and he was stunned that Gu Ning did it so smoothly.

Zhang Yongjian was also terrified, because he thought that Gu Ning was just an ordinary girl.

Zhang Yongjun was surprised too.

Zhang Yongjian instinctively turned and ran, but Gu Ning wouldn’t let him escape! Within a blink, Gu Ning came to Zhang Yongjian, then grabbed his arm, kicking him in the hollow behind his knee, which caused him to suffer great pain. Zhang Yongjian lost his balance, and knelt down at once. Afterwards, Gu Ning dislocated his arms as well making it impossible for him to run again.

Gu Ning had dislocated two men’s arms, but Hong Fen was still in the fight with the last man, so Gu Ning helped him without delay and kicked the man to the ground.

Hong Fen flushed with embarrassment.

Gu Ning wasn’t in the mood to care about his feelings, and ordered, “Gag their mouths!”

“Sure.” Hong Fen went to gag the two bulky men’s mouths at once, while Gu Ning walked to Zhang Yongjian and asked him with a serious look on her face, “Tell me, who told you to abduct my mother and me?”

Gu Ning’s sharp eyes and serious look along with her powerful air made Zhang Yongjian feel utterly stressed.

“You don’t want to say?” Gu Ning frowned. “I think you’ve lived long enough.”

Zhang Yongjian panicked. “You can’t kill me. It’s illegal.”

“Illegal?” Gu Ning laughed, like she had just heard a funny joke. “You do know that there is a thing called the law? Don’t you know that it’s illegal that you’ve abducted my mother? I bet you wanted to kill my mother too, right?”

Zhang Yongjian didn’t know what to say, because he did plan to kill Gu Man and let Zhang Yongjun be the scapegoat.

“Tell me, or not?” Gu Ning asked.

Zhang Yongjian still remained silent.

Gu Ning was displeased. She then raised one foot to step on Zhang Yongjian’s leg which wasn’t injured yet. With a clear snap, his bone was broken and he shouted from the severe pain.

“Tell me, or not?” Gu Ning asked again.

“Yes, I-I’ll tell you.” Zhang Yongjian knew that if he refused to tell Gu Ning, he would be dead today. If he told her, he would live at least.

“It’s Tang Deming,” Zhang Yongjian said. Tang Deming? A director of the Tanghuang Group? Gu Ning had heard of that name, and it seemed to be an abduction caused by business conflict. Gu Ning didn’t believe his words right away, but took out his phone and read through the call records then she sent K the information she found and told K to find out who the callers were.

While K was investigating, Gu Ning asked again, “What’s your aim?”

Zhang Yongjian then told her everything. When Tang Yunfan was unconscious, Gu Man and Gu Ning appeared, which attracted Tang Deming’s attention, and he thought that Gu Ning could be Tang Yunfan’s biological daughter. If Tang Yunfan didn’t wake up, Gu Ning would be the heir of the Tanghuang Group, which was the last thing Tang Deming, who was ambitious, wanted to see so he had schemed against Gu Ning.

Hearing that, Zhang Yongjun was shocked. To his astonishment, Zhang Yongjian was involved in such an unbelievable conspiracy! The Tang family was the top family in the City B!

Gu Ning, on the other hand, thought that it was ridiculous. “Even if I didn’t appear, there are many other choices in the Tang family. I don’t think that Tang Deming who is merely a member of a branch of the Tang family can inherit its wealth.”

“He, of course, won’t allow anyone to stand in his way,” Zhang Yongjian said.

“Do you mean that he’s going to kill all the members of the Tang family?” Gu Ning was mad.

“I don’t know the details,” Zhang Yongjian said.

Before long, K had the result. Tang Deming had contacted Zhang Yongjian frequently. It seemed very likely that Tang Deming had planned everything.

“Why did you make Zhang Yongjun the scapegoat?” Gu Ning asked.

Actually, Zhang Yongjian had already bribed a policeman in the police team that was sent out to search for Gu Man. Once he killed Gu Man and Gu Ning, he would tell the policeman where to find their bodies, and the policeman would kill Zhang Yongjun claiming that Zhang Yongjun was the murderer. In that case, nobody would know what Zhang Yongjian had done.

Although Zhang Yongjun already felt heart-broken after what he had been through today, he still couldn’t accept it when he heard his older brother’s scheme.

Gu Ning sighed. Evil people’s actions were beyond normal people’s imagination.

Right at that moment, Zhang Yongjian’s phone rang; the caller’s name was Wang Qing.

“Who’s Wang Qing?” Gu Ning asked.

“He’s the policeman that I bribed,” Zhang Yongjian said.

Gu Ning answered the call, and put it on speaker.

“Hi, Yongjian, we’ve found the woman, and we have to leave now,” Wang Qing said.

Hearing that, Gu Ning hung up without saying a word. Wang Qing didn’t know what was going on, but didn’t call back either.

“Hong Fen, unfasten him,” Gu Ning said.

Hong Fen unfastened Zhang Yongjun at once.

Gu Ning turned to Zhang Yongjun and warned him coldly, “Don’t tell anyone else what you’ve been through tonight. If anyone else finds out, you’ll pay for it.”

Chapter 576: Cut a Finger Off

“Of course-of course,” Zhang Yongjun said at once.

After that, Gu Ning let Zhang Yongjun go.

Once Zhang Yongjun was gone, Zhang Yongjian begged her, “Miss Gu, I’ve told you everything. Please let me go now.”

“Don’t worry. I don’t want to be involved in a murder just because of you, so I won’t kill you,” Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, Zhang Yongjian relaxed but then Gu Ning opened her mouth again. “However, you can’t leave here without paying something.”

Zhang Yongjian was scared. “What do you want?” Zhang Yongjian asked in fear.

“You don’t need to know,” Gu Ning said coldly then ignored him, but turned to Hong Fen who was frightened too.

Hong Fen understood that Gu Ning wouldn’t let him go without punishing him, so he knelt down on the ground and begged with tears, “Miss-Miss Gu, please, please forgive me this time.”

“Well, since you’ve helped me tonight, I’ll just cut one of your fingers off,” Gu Ning said, then took out a sharp knife from her back pack (telepathic eye space) and threw it in front of Hong Fen. “Do it yourself.”

Hong Fen was shaking with fright. Although he was scared, he didn’t hesitate to quickly cut his left little finger off. If he cut it slowly, he would suffer a lot more pain. The knife was really sharp, and his little finger fell on the ground within a second. Hong Fen’s face turned pale and he shouted in great pain.

Gu Ning then took out her phone to call Qi Tianlin, and told him to help her deal with Zhang Yongjian and the two bulky men. Gu Ning didn’t care whether they survived.

Afterwards, Gu Ning left, while Hong Fen had to tolerate the severe pain and guarded Zhang Yongjian there waiting for other members of the Kirin Gang

Before Gu Ning left, she ruined Zhang Yongjian’s phone, so Tang Deming couldn’t get through to him.

Right at that moment, Tang Deming was in Tang Weiyong’s place, and he had heard that the police already went back to the police station and their task was done. However, he had no idea whether Gu Man was killed or not.

The police did their job according to their leader’s orders, and their leader wouldn’t explain everything to them.

Seeing that the police were already back to the police station, and Zhang Yongjian still hadn’t reported to him, Tang Deming called him impatiently.

Tang Deming, of course, wouldn’t use his own phone to call Zhang Yongjian, but used others’ phone numbers in order to protect himself. Nevertheless, he still couldn’t get through to Zhang Yongjian no matter how many calls he made. Tang Deming and Tang Weiyong were getting anxious.

“What happened? Why isn’t Zhang Yongjian answering my calls?” Tang Deming frowned in annoyance. “Could he be in trouble?”

Tang Weiyong frowned anxiously.

“Call Xin Zi and ask him how the Tang family is doing now,” Tang Weiyong said.

“Right!” Tang Deming said then made another call.

Most of the Tang family’s domestic servants lived in the Tang family’s property, but there was more than one building on it. The domestic servants all lived in a side building. Even if they were domestic servants, their accommodations condition wasn’t bad at all. Four ordinary domestic servants shared a room, and each of the management personnel could have a room alone. All the staff had a break of two days every week, but they had to rest in shifts. Normally, they were off-duty at 8 pm.

At this time, in an ordinary quadruple room, four people were playing cards together. A young man’s mobile phone suddenly rang. When he saw the caller ID, he made an excuse before he hurriedly got up, walking outside.

“Hi,” he said carefully when nobody was around.

“Xin Zi, how is the Tang family now?” There was a voice from the phone that wasn’t a male’s or a female’s; it was obvious that the person used a voice changer.

“I’m not on duty in the front yard today so I don’t know. Only when the people who are on duty return later, will I get some information,” Xin Zi said because he couldn’t go to the front yard if he wasn’t on duty.

Domestic servants gossiped a lot, so they would spread any news by word of mouth. However, they had signed confidentiality agreements with the Tang family, so nobody was allowed to spread any news to the outside.

“Fine, call me if you get any information.”

“Sure,” Xin Zi said then hung up. However, when he turned around wanting to walk back, he saw a man who stood just a meter behind him. Xin Zi was scared, and panicked a little, but forced himself to calm down. “D-Dong Ge, when did you come out?”

Dong Ge leaned against the wall, looking at him. “Xin Zi, why did you avoid us to take the call?”

Xin Zi froze a little then explained at once. “I didn’t want to make noise.” However, his explanation wasn’t persuasive at all, because they were all used to talking loudly, and nobody would complain.

Dong Ge didn’t say anything, but lit a cigarette, then pulled on it. “Xin Zi, do you want to change your job?”

Xin Zi’s body stiffened.

“Of course not! I live a good life here, and I’m satisfied,” Xin Zi lied, and did his best to calm down. However, it was very hypocritical in Dong Ge’s eyes.

He wore an angry expression, saying coldly to Xin Zi, “Xin Zi, I’ve noticed your unusual behavior for a long time, but I wanted to give you a chance so I didn’t reveal your secret. I hoped you would be loyal to our old master and young lords, but you still chose to behave against the Tang family! Do you think that the Tang family can be easily unseated? Naive!”

Dong Ge’s real name was Qiao Dong, and he was an experienced leader of the waiters in the Tang family. For a long time, Xin Zi had left a good impression on him.

Chapter 577: Turn the Trick to My Own Use

However, when he found out that Xin Zi had betrayed the Tang family, he was shocked. He thought that maybe Xin Zi did it for a reason, and it hadn’t caused any damage yet, so he gave Xin Zi another chance. Unfortunately, Xin Zi wouldn’t give up.

Hearing that, Xin Zi’s face turned pale and his body trembled in fear. To his astonishment, Dong Ge knew everything he had done. He thought that nobody found out what he was doing, but actually it was Dong Ge who covered his secret for him.

“D-Dong Ge, I…” Xin Zi wanted to say something, but didn’t know what to say.

“Xin Zi, you can’t bear the result if the Tang family is mad. Do you think that they will help you if this scheme is exposed? If you don’t want to ruin your life, I think that you better stop what you’re doing right now, and be honest with Master Tang. Since you haven’t caused any damage yet, Master Tang will just chase you away and won’t ruin your life. However, if the scheme is exposed, you could die! I won’t hide this for you forever, because I’ll be punished too if I do,” Qiao Dong said seriously.

“But…” Xin Zi was terrified, but didn’t agree right away. Instead, he hesitated to say something aloud.

“Xin Zi, do you have any difficulties in your life?” Qiao Dong thought that Xin Zi must have been forced to do it.

“Dong Ge, I didn’t want to do it but they’ll hurt my son if I refuse to help them!” Xin Zi burst into tears. Once he started crying, many people walked out to see what had happened.

“Xin Zi, what’s wrong?” they all asked with concern.

“Nothing, he just received his wife’s call, and he misses his family so much that he lost control of his emotions,” Qiao Dong explained at once. He didn’t want others to know.

Xin Zi felt quite grateful that Qiao Dong helped him, but he still hesitated to confess that he had betrayed the Tang family.

Everyone felt for Xin Zi, and they also missed their families. However, they had to leave home to make money. In the Tang family, they were treated well and paid higher than their peers, so they could accept this kind of closed work, and only went back home twice a week.

“Don’t worry. I’ll stay here with him, you can go back to your rooms,” Qiao Dong said to them. They knew that Xin Zi would feel embarrassed if they stayed, so they all left.

“Xin Zi, I have deep sympathy for you, but you still can’t get away with it. I;ll give you a night to think about it. If you don’t tell Master Tang what you’ve done tomorrow, I’ll do it. You know it’s Master Tang who saved my life and has given me everything that I own right now. I already feel very guilty for hiding it from Master Tang, and I’ll never betray the Tang family,” Qiao Dong said, then walked back to his room.

When Gu Ning went back to her house in Huafu Hills, it was almost 12 pm.

Leng Shaoting was sitting in the living room when Gu Ning got home. He stood up at once when he saw her walking inside. Knowing that she was safe, Leng Shaoting was finally relieved.

“Why didn’t you call me to pick you up?” Leng Shaoting asked with concern.

Gu Ning smiled. “I could take a taxi myself. Is he still here?”

He was, of course, Tang Yunfan.

“Yes,” Leng Shaoting said.

“Well, have a seat please. I’ll go upstairs,” Gu Ning said.

“Sure,” Leng Shaoting said then Gu Ning walked upstairs.

Gu Man’s room wasn’t locked and the door remained ajar. She was sleeping on the bed, and Tang Yunfan was sitting by the bedside holding her hand in silence.

“Uncle Tang, can we talk?” Gu Ning pushed the door open and asked him. She didn’t want to bother Tang Yunfan, but it was an emergency, so they had to solve it as soon as possible.

“Sure.” Tang Yunfan understood that it had to be something about Gu Man, so he followed Gu Ning, walking to the study.

After Gu Ning told him what Zhang Yongjian had done, Tang Yunfan was furious. “Damn it! How dare they do that to you!”

Even Gu Ning felt a little scared by Tang Yunfan’s anger.

“Although we have many enemies, I think it’s very likely that Tang Deming has schemed against us,” Tang Yunfan said. “However, I don’t think that he could do it alone. There must be someone else behind him. The person is very cunning and even I have no idea who he or she is. This car accident could also be a part of their scheme.”

Hearing that, Gu Ning was mad too. A scheme! She used to think that it was just an accident!

Tang Yunfan added, “I’m the only person in the Tang family who can run the business well. My father is too old to do it while Jiayang is too young, so they took action the moment I fell into a coma.”

“If so, we can seize this chance and find out who the person behind the scene is,” Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, Tang Yunfan immediately understood Gu Ning’s meaning. “Do you mean I can pretend that I’m still unconscious, and turn their trick to our use?”

“Yes,” Gu Ning replied. Tang Yunfan agreed too. “Luckily, it is already dark outside. I think you better go back to the Tang family’s house now and keep lying on the bed. I’ll bring my mom to visit you tomorrow,” Gu Ning said.

Although Tang Yunfan was unwilling to leave, he had to do it because they were going to catch their enemy tomorrow.

When Gu Ning walked Tang Yunfan to the living room, Tang Yunfan was surprised that Leng Shaoting had stayed.

Chapter 578: Many People Couldn’t Sleep

Although Tang Yunfan felt that it was a little inappropriate that Leng Shaoting stayed at Gu Ning’s place when it was already 12 pm, he didn’t think further because Leng Shaoting had helped them search for Gu Man today.

“Shaoting, would you mind sending Uncle Tang back to the Tang family’s house?” Gu Ning said.

“Of course not,” Leng Shaoting said standing up.

“Thanks,” Tang Yunfan said politely.

“My pleasure,” Leng Shaoting said.

After that, Leng Shaoting drove Tang Yunfan home.

On the way, they seldom talked, because Tang Yunfan was still thinking about what had happened today. He had no idea that Leng Shaoting was Gu Ning’s boyfriend. If he had known, he would have talked to him to get familiar with him. After a while, Tang Yunfan received Tang Haifeng’s call, and Tang Yunfan told Tang Haifeng that he would be back soon. Therefore, Tang Haifeng decided to wait for him.

Leng Shaoting left right after Tang Yunfan arrived at the Tang family’s house.

Tang Haifeng had warned everyone not to tell anyone else that Tang Yunfan was awake now, otherwise, they would be punished. The Tang family was in danger now, so they had to be very careful and stay alert.

Qiao Dong only knew that Xin Zi had leaked the news that Tang Yunfan had been unconscious for many days, but he didn’t know why Gu Man was abducted this time, so he had no idea whether Xin Zi had something to do with the abduction.

In the living room, Tang Haifeng; Tang Yunhang and his wife; Cao Ruihua and his wife; as well as Cao Wenjun and Cao Wenxin were all waiting for Tang Yunfan. “How is it?” Tang Haifeng asked in a hurry when Tang Yunfan was back.

“Let’s go to the study,” Tang Yunfan said then walked upstairs.

Only Cao Wenjun and Cao Wenxin were left in the living room, while the others all followed Tang Yunfan walking upstairs.

Tang Yunfan then told them everything, and they weren’t surprised that Tang Deming had schemed against them because they always knew that he was ambitious. However, they were all in a rage.

Normally, the members of the Tang family were polite and kind, but they wouldn’t hesitate to get revenge on their enemies once someone dared hurt them.

As for Tang Yunfan’s plan that he would pretend to be unconscious to catch the person behind the scheme, they all agreed.

“I wonder who leaked the information; we still couldn’t find out after so many days!” Tang Yunrong was mad.

“Since when has the Tang family become so vulnerable!? How come we haven’t caught the person who betrayed us?” Tang Yunfan frowned in annoyance. Actually, it was Qiao Dong who kept it a secret on purpose.

When Leng Shaoting left the Tang family’s house, he drove back to Huafu Hills.

Gu Ning told Leng Shaoting to stay in the house tonight, but they couldn’t share the same room. Leng Shaoting understood that she wasn’t in a good mood after what she had been through today, so he went to sleep in the guest room.

That night, many people couldn’t sleep.

Gu Ning couldn’t sleep because Gu Man had been abducted. Although Gu Man was back safely, it would leave a deep scar on her heart. Gu Ning was determined to find out who the person behind Tang Deming’s back was, and torture them to the best of her ability.

Leng Shaoting couldn’t sleep because he was worried about Gu Ning.

Members of the Tang family couldn’t sleep because their family and family business was still in danger.

Xin Zi couldn’t sleep because he didn’t know whether he should confess to betraying the Tang family, because he was afraid that his son would be killed.

Tang Deming and Tang Weiyong also couldn’t sleep, because they failed to get through to Zhang Yongjian or Xin Zi, and had no idea how their scheme progressed.

The next day, Gu Man woke up around 7 am; Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning were already preparing the breakfast.

Gu Man stayed in bed for nearly half an hour before she got up. After what she had been through yesterday, Gu Man was still a little frightened, but she still felt pleased that Tang Yunfan was awake now. Since Tang Yunfan was already awake, should she go to the Tang family’s house again? Gu Man was also curious whether Tang Yunfan had regained his memory about her. Gu Man had no idea what she should do now. When she walked downstairs, she was surprised to see Leng Shaoting.

“Hi, good morning!” Leng Shaoting greeted her.

“Shaoting, why are you here?” Gu Man asked.

“Oh, it was too late last night, so I told Shaoting to stay here,” Gu Ning explained before Leng Shaoting opened his mouth.

Hearing that, Gu Man didn’t think further but thanked Leng Shaoting. “Shaoting, thank you for everything you’ve done for us.”

“You’re welcome. Actually it’s Ningning’s friend who found you,” Leng Shaoting said.

“Well, you did help us a lot,” Gu Man said to comfort him.

“Alright, let’s have breakfast now! We’ll go to the Tang family’s house later,” Gu Ning said.

“Do we need to go there again?” It wasn’t because Gu Man was unwilling to do so, but she didn’t understand why they would go to the Tang family’s house again since Tang Yunfan was already awake now.

“Well, it’s a little complicated. It was because of scheme that you were abducted this time. The Tang family’s enemies want to remove us from their way to the chairman seat of the Tang family’s business group. Although Uncle Tang is awake now, we have to turn the trick to our use and find out who the person behind this scheme is, so Uncle Tang will pretend that he is still unconscious and we have to visit him as usual,” Gu Ning said but she didn’t mention that Tang Yunfan had already regained his memory.

Chapter 579: Chase Away from the Tang Family

Gu Man found it unbelievable and scary after hearing Gu Ning’s explanation. She nodded and agreed, but didn’t say another word.

In the Tang family’s house at this moment.

Xin Zi had struggled the entire night, but decided to confess to everything that he had done in the end, so he followed Qiao Dong to see Tang Haifeng after breakfast.

Tang Yunhang and his wife were at work, while Tang Yunfan was pretending that he was still unconscious in his bedroom, so only Tang Haifeng was in the house now.

Qiao Dong told Xin Zi to wait outside for a while and he went inside first. “Master Tang, Xin Zi has something to tell you.”

“Tell him to come in,” Tang Haifeng said, and didn’t think further.

Afterwards, Qiao Dong brought Xin Zi walking inside.

Xin Zi came to Tang Haifeng with his body trembling in fear and guilt then knelt down to the ground with a loud sound, which surprised Tang Haifeng.

“Master Tang, I’m so sorry. It was me who leaked the news that Lord Tang has been unconscious and Lord Tang’s relationship with Miss Gu,” Xin Zi apologized, but also explained. “I was forced to do so. If I didn’t listen to them, they would kill my son.”

Hearing that, Tang Haifeng was shocked, then got furious before he calmed down when he heard Xin Zi’s last sentence. As a father, Tang Haifeng understood why Xin Zi did it. However, Xin Zi made a terrible mistake and betrayed the Tang family.

Qiao Dong didn’t know that Xin Zi had also leaked Tang Yunfan’s relationship with Gu Ning and Gu Man until now. In that case, Gu Man’s abduction was all because of the Tang

family.

Although Tang Yunfan and Gu Ning’s connection was still kept a secret, all the domestic servants in the Tang family knew that Gu Ning couldn’t be a simple girl.

If Gu Man and Gu Ning were Tang Yunfan’s wife and daughter, Gu Man abduction must have been a scheme against the Tang family.

“Tell me, who threatened you to do it?” Tang Haifeng questioned Xin Zi. Although he believed that the person had to be Tang Deming, he still needed to hear the answer from Xin Zi’s mouth.

Xin Zi felt very guilty and said, “I-I don’t know. I only know the person’s phone number. I even have no idea whether it’s a he or a she, because the person used a voice changer on the phone.”

Hearing that, both Tang Haifeng and Qiao Dong frowned. It didn’t seem like Xin Zi was lying.

“The person sent me a photo of my son in the school and threatened me to help him, or my son would be killed,” Xin Zi added.

“Give me the person’s phone number,” Tang Haifeng said.

“Sure.” Xin Zi immediately took out his phone, and Tang Haifeng told Qiao Dong to find the information of the ID card behind the number.

“Although you’ve betrayed us under another person’s threat, you’ve made an unforgivable mistake,” Tang Haifeng said.

Xin Zi didn’t beg for forgiveness because he knew that it was unforgivable.

Tang Haifeng planned to punish Xin Zi in the beginning, but gave up upon realizing that Xin Zi did it all because of his son. “Alright, get out of the Tang family’s house now. If you don’t want your son to be in danger again, leave City B.”

In Qiao Guanxiang’s apartment..

Qiao Guanxiang was sleeping on the sofa like a rat in water. He looked tired and haggard with messy hair and empty eyes. There was stubble around his mouth and his body was soaked in the smell of alcohol. There were also beer bottles on the table in front of the sofa.

It had been three days, but he still couldn’t find Xia Yichu. Xia Yichu’s old phone number was also canceled, so he was in despair now and was drowning in alcohol.

At that moment, Pei Hena got back. She was also in a bad mood and condition after Xia Yichu had disappeared. When she saw that Qiao Guanxiang was drunk again, she was annoyed at once. “Qiao Guanxiang, don’t you know that we’re about to be doomed? Why are you still drinking here?”

“What else can I do except drink? I can’t find Xia Yichu, nor get through to her,” Qiao Guanxiang shouted in anger.

“Xia Yichu is such a bitch! i’ll pay her back when I catch her!” Pei Hena also shouted to vent her anger. Interestingly enough both of them were doomed, but Pei Hena still wanted to pay Xia Yichu back.

Before long, Qiao Guanxiang’s phone rang and he picked it up.

The caller was a business party and asked whether Pei Hena was free in a week’s time. They wanted to invite her to sing at an event and asked for a live sound. Live sound meant that she had to sing live. Sound reproduction meant that they would play the recorded song, and the singer would lip-synch. In many events, the host would use sound reproduction for a better effect, and only asked for a live sound when the singer needed to interact with the audience.

However, Xia Yichu had already left them, and Qiao Guanxiang didn’t dare to accept the offer, because Xia Yichu could expose their dirty secret at any moment. That being the case, Qiao Guanxiang lied that Pei Hena accidentally hurt her foot, and that she had to rest for a month.

Hearing Qiao Guanxiang’s reply, Pei Hena was upset, but she knew that she didn’t have the ability to sing live, on stage in front of cameras. What was worse, they couldn’t lie forever.

In the capital, Xia Yichu had found a nice apartment after she had signed the contract, and she went to do a check up on her injury in the hospital later. After that, Xia Yichu began to use the medicine that Gu Ning had given her. When the potion was applied on her scar, she felt quite comfortable and the nasty scar started to fade, which surprised her.

“Wow!” Xia Yidong saw it fading with his own eyes, and couldn’t believe that it was real.

“It’s real. It’s real!” Xia Yichu cried in excitement. She could finally get rid of the scar, and regain her beautiful face.

“This is so amazing!” Xia Yidong was even more excited than Xia Yichu, because his older sister was his only family member.

Xia Yichu applied the potion on her scar in the following days, and the scar disappeared after three days.

Chapter 580: Is She Gorgeous?

When Xia Yichu came to the company again after a few days, everyone was stunned.

“Are-are you really Xia Yichu?” someone asked. In fact, a scar couldn’t affect a person’s overall facial features, so others still recognized Xia Yichu at first glance, but the scar disappeared too fast, which was beyond belief.

“Are you Xia Yichu’s twin sister?” another person asked.

Xia Yichu was amused. “I’m Xia Yichu.”

Hearing that, everyone was surprised again.

“Did you have plastic surgery?” someone asked.

However, it wasn’t very likely, because it took at least a few months to recover from plastic surgery, but Xia Yichu became beautiful after just three days.

“I didn’t,” Xia Yichu said.

Xia Yichu understood that they were all surprised, but she wouldn’t tell them the real reason without Gu Ning’s permission, so she made an excuse to meet Lu Xiao in his office.

When Lu Xiao saw Xia Yichu, he was stunned as well. It was unreasonable that she couldn’t be popular with such a beautiful face and outstanding singing voice.

“Did you have plastic surgery?” Lu Xiao asked the same question.

“No, I used the potion boss gave me,” Xia Yichu said. There was no need for her to hide it from Lu Xiao.

“Really?” Lu Xiao was more curious about Gu Ning now. He hadn’t met her yet, but he believed that she couldn’t be a simple girl. In addition, Gu Ning was able to become Leng Shaoting’s girlfriend, which was a miracle in Lu Xiao’s eyes.

All of a sudden, Lu Xiao asked with curiosity, “By the way, how much do you know about our boss?”

“Not much. I just met her once, and it was actually a big gamble for me to leave City B for the capital and work for Fenghua Entertainment,” Xia Yichu said. She felt very lucky to have met Gu Ning and changed her future.

Lu Xiao, of course, was very clear about what Xia Yichu had been through, because he needed to deal with Qiao Guanxiang for her as her leader.

“Is she gorgeous?” Lu Xiao asked again. He thought that Leng Shaoting was extraordinarily handsome, so Gu Ning had to be a beauty too.

Xia Yichu, however, was surprised that Lu Xiao had never met Gu Ning before.

Seeing Xia Yichu being so surprised, Lu Xiao explained. “I didn’t meet our boss, because it was our boss’s boyfriend who assigned me this task to manage this company for the time being. When I successfully help our boss train another person to be a qualified manager, my task is fulfilled.” After that, he said, “Don’t tell anyone about that. Keep it a secret!”

“Sure, I won’t,” Xia Yichu said at once.

“Oh, your agent is already here. Although you’re a good singer, you still need to work hard and make progress in the future. Since you’ve never been on the stage before, you have to learn more skills for that. Don’t worry, we’ll arrange comprehensive classes for you before your debut,” Lu Xiao said.

“Thanks, Manager Lu,” Xia Yichu said.

Tang Deming called Zhang Yongjian again in the morning, but still couldn’t get through to Zhang Yongjian, and he started to feel that their scheme could have been exposed.

He called Xin Zi later, and Xin Zi answered his call.

“They found Gu Man yesterday, but Gu Man didn’t go back to the Tang family’s house, so I don’t know the details,” Xin Zi said.

Tang Haifeng allowed him to say that, because it would arouse suspicion if Xin Zi didn’t answer the call and Xin Zi’s son would get hurt.

Hearing that, Tang Deming believed Xin Zi.

When Xin Zi left the Tang family’s house, he called his wife and told her to not send their son to school today, and that they would be going back to their hometown.

When Gu Ning was about to set off for the Tang family’s house, Leng Shaoting told Gu Ning that he had to leave.

In fact, Leng Shaoting had received a call early in the morning, but he didn’t leave until he had shared breakfast with them.

Gu Ning understood that Leng Shaoting was assigned a task, and that he had to leave to fulfill it.

Gu Ning and Gu Man then walked Leng Shaoting to the door after breakfast, and Leng Shaoting left Gu Ning unwillingly.

In the beginning, Gu Man didn’t believe that Gu Ning already had a boyfriend at such a young age but she changed her mind when she noticed Leng Shaoting looking tenderly at Gu Ning. If they were just common friends, he wouldn’t be so unwilling to leave her Therefore, once Leng Shaoting was gone, Gu Man asked Gu Ning seriously, “Ningning, are you sure Shaoting is just your friend?”

Every mother cared about her daughter’s relationship, because young girls could be easily deceived by men when they were in love. Although Leng Shaoting had left a good impression on Gu Man and they had gotten along well during the past few days, Gu Man still knew very little about him. Most importantly, Gu Ning was very young and Gu Man was worried about her safety.

Gu Ning was struck dumb for a second then said, “Mom, since you already have doubts, I don’t want to lie to you. Shaoting is my boyfriend and we love each other very much. We’re not just playing. I think he’s my Mr. Right and both of us hope that we can get married someday in the future.”