Chapter 611: K’s Real Name

Yes, he was shameless. If he was really Yu Zi’s friend, it would be normal for him to say that, but the thing was that he was Yu Zi’s enemy now.

“Lin Tianyou, don’t you know how shameless you are? Since when are we friends?” Yu Zi was annoyed and snapped at him.

“Yu Zi, although we already broke up, we’re still friends. Why can’t you let it go?” Lin Tianyou asked innocently.

“Oh, in that case, if your girlfriend betrays you, you can still be friends with her? Mr. Lin, you’re really tolerant!” Gu Ning mocked, which embarrassed Lin Tianyou again.

“However, I don’t like to make friends with terrible men, because I’m afraid I’ll punch them,” Gu Ning said and gave Lin Tianyou a cold glance which scared him.

Lin Tianyou was frightened of Gu Ning, not only because she was the boss of Jade Beauty Jewelry, but also because she was a kung fu master. At this moment, he finally realized that Gu Ning was mad at him because of what he had done to Yu Zi.

“Yu Zi, let’s go!” Gu Ning said, then left without delay.

Lin Tianyou didn’t dare to stop them, but just watched them walking out of his sight.

“Boss, it’s obvious that he aimed to approach you,” Yu Zi said. Yu Zi knew that she wasn’t Lin Tianyou’s target.

Gu Ning had, of course, noticed that, but she despised him.

“When Charm is on the market, and he finds out about your identity, he’ll be utterly regretful for what he did to you before,” Gu Ning said with a smile and even gloated. “It’s not a bad thing that you broke up with him, he won’t be your burden now.”

Yu Zi also felt lucky that Lin Tianyou had cheated on her and that she left him.

When they finished ordering, Gu Ning called K and told him that she would fly to the capital tomorrow. If they were ready to work for her, they could meet her in the capital.

K and Chen Cangyi were already prepared, so they directly booked plane tickets to the capital after Gu Ning’s call.

Leng Shaoting hadn’t contacted Gu Ning in three days, and Gu Ning knew that he was carrying out his task. Sometimes, it could take days or half a month. Sometimes, he could be out for several months even.

The next day, Gu Ning sent Gu Man to the Tang family’s house in the early morning, then immediately left for the airport. Her plane would take off at 10:20 am, and it landed at the airport of the capital around 12:30 pm

K and Chen Cangyi arrived earlier than Gu Ning, then waited for her at the airport.

Gu Ning called K once she got off the plane and went to meet them without delay.

When Gu Ning walked to them, K and Chen Cangyi got out of a car and greeted her politely. “Boss, good morning!” “Cangyi, how are you doing now?” Gu Ning asked Chen Cangyi with concern.

“Very well!” Chen Cangyi said with a happy smile. “Thank you so much for your help, otherwise my legs would have been cut off.” In fact, his doctor said that he needed an amputation, and he had already accepted it. Fortunately, K had met Gu Ning, and Gu Ning was willing to help him.

“Glad to hear!” Gu Ning said.

“Let’s get in the car!” K said, then opened the rear car door for Gu Ning.

When they were in the car, Gu Ning proposed, “Let’s go dine together first!”

They went to dine at the restaurant next to the building of Gu Ning’s corporation. Afterwards, Gu Ning planned to take them to have a tour around the building before she left for the medicine factory.

There was the chauffeur in the car, so they didn’t talk about their work along the way.

“Oh, did you come here without any assistants?” Gu Ning asked.

“They will arrive tomorrow night by driving,” K said.

Since K and Chen Cangyi were going to settle down in the capital, they should naturally bring their car here. City D was a little far from the capital, so they had taken a plane.

The three of them booked a private room in the restaurant.

“K, what’s your real name? I can’t call you K in the company, which will reveal your identity as a hacker,” Gu Ning said. K was a well-known hacker after all.

“Mu Ye,” K said.

“After this meal, I’ll take you to have a tour in the building of my corporation, and then you can go buy an apartment. The company will pay for it,” Gu Ning said.

Both K and Chen Cangyi were highly skilled workers hired by her, so they were, of course, treated differently.

“Sure.” K and Chen Cangyi didn’t reject. Although they didn’t lack money, they knew that Gu Ning did it out of kindness, so they accepted it.

After the meal, Gu Ning took K and Chen Cangyi to the building of her corporation, and directly met Zhang Shunjie.

“Nice to see you, boss!” Zhang Shunjie greeted Gu Ning with great respect.

“Shunjie, this is Chen Cangyi, and he’ll be the Executive President. This is Mu Ye, the Director of the Information Department,” Gu Ning said to Zhang Shunjie, then turned to K and Chen Cangyi. “This is Zhang Shunjie, the secretary of the chairman of the real estate company under the name of my corporation.”

Hearing that, Zhang Shunjie greeted them with respect at once. “So nice to meet you, President Chen and Director Mu.”

“So nice to meet you too!” K and Chen Cangyi said.

“My office is on the 18th floor, and you can use the offices on the 17th floor,” Gu Ning said. “You can go to have a look, and tell the designer what style you want in your offices. If you need anything, tell Shunjie.”

“Sure,” Chen Cangyi and K said, then took an elevator along with Zhang Shunjie to the 17th floor.

Gu Ning had something else to deal with, so she left.

Just as she walked out of the elevator, she came across Song Manni who had just walked in from outside.

Song Manni was surprised to see Gu Ning here. “Hi, boss, when did you come here?”

“At noon, and I’m about to leave to deal with something,” Gu Ning said.

“Can we dine together this afternoon?” Song Manni asked.

“Sure,” Gu Ning said. “I’ll bring a person with me and you can meet each other then. I’ll see you at the Huangdeng Hotel!”

Gu Ning was indeed a smart businesswoman because she chose to dine at her father’s hotel.

Chapter 612: Future Sister-in-law

The person Gu Ning was going to bring to meet Song Manni at dinner was Ning Changkai. As the managers of her subsidiaries, it was necessary for them to get familiar with each other.

“No problem,” Song Manni said.

After that, Gu Ning took a taxi to the medicine factory. On the way, Gu Ning called Lu Xiao, and invited him to join he for dinner. Although Lu Xiao was assigned the job by Leng Shaoting, he worked for her now after all, so it was also necessary for them to meet one another.

Once Lu Xiao heard that Gu Ning was in the capital and even invited him to dine with her, he was excited, because he was always curious about her. He wondered what kind of girl Gu Ning could be to steal his boss’s heart, so he agreed with alacrity.

When Gu Ning arrived at the medicine factory, it was almost 4pm.

The medicines and skincare products were mostly done. What they needed to do now was to wait for the result of the drug test before the products were put on the market.

Yesterday morning, Gu Ning had told Ning Changkai to send some samples to the State Food and Drug Administration, and they would get the results one or two days later.

Gu Ning understood that someone wanted to stop Ning Changkai from running his business. In the beginning, Gu Ning wanted to use her network to help Ning Changkai, but she thought it would be better if they could find out who had schemed against him.

If they passed the test, it would be the best result. If not, Gu Ning would find out who the backstabber was.

Today was the second day after the test, and they would know the results by tomorrow at the latest.

Although they didn’t have the permission yet, Gu Ning knew that her medicines met the standards, so she told Ning Changkai to keep on producing skincare products first. She needed to provide them for Kamei Beauty Salon.

Ning Changkai trusted Gu Ning, so he followed her order.

When it was almost 5:30 pm, Gu Ning brought Ning Changkai to the Huangdeng Hotel and they took Ning Changkai’s car. The appointed time was 6 pm, so they couldn’t be late.

On the way, Gu Ning called Lu Xiao and told him the number of the private room. If he arrived earlier, he could wait for them in the private room.

Lu Xiao, of course, didn’t dare to let Gu Ning wait for him, so he arrived early, but he waited for her in the hall because he wanted to see her first. Knowing that Gu Ning was still on her way, Lu Xiao told her that he would be waiting for her in the hall.

There was a traffic jam on the road, so Gu Ning and Ning Changkai arrived at the hotel 40 minutes later. Lu Xiao arrived 10 minutes earlier than Gu Ning.

When Gu Ning arrived, she called Lu Xiao.

Once Lu Xiao’s phone rang, Gu Ning heard the sound, and her sight fell on a handsome man in the hall. Lu Xiao, at the same time, met Gu Ning’s eyes. Lu Xiao thought that his boss’s girlfriend must be a gorgeous beauty, so he wasn’t very stunned when he saw Gu Ning, but he still thought that his future sister-in-law was really beautiful.

Although they both saw each other, Gu Ning didn’t hang up right away in order to make sure of it, and Lu Xiao answered her call too. When they were sure that they found the right person, they ended the call. Lu Xiao walked to Gu Ning at once. “Nice to meet you, future sister-in-law!”

Gu Ning was surprised that Lu Xiao would address her in that way, but she felt happy to hear it. However, it wasn’t suitable in front of others, so Gu Ning said, “Please call me Miss Gu when we are in a public place, or call me boss like others do.”

“Yes, boss,” Lu Xiao said.

“Let me introduce you. This is the general manager of the medical company under the name of my corporation, Ning Changkai,” Gu Ning said. “And this is the general manager of Fenghua Entertainment, Lu Xiao.”

They greeted each other politely, then walked upstairs.

“Boss, I’ve always been curious about what kind of girl you are and how you stole my boss’s heart. I’ve never seen him being so attracted to a woman. When I saw you today, I understand why. You’re so young and beautiful, and I bet no man can resist your charm!” Lu Xiao was good at socializing. Most importantly, he wanted to maintain a good relationship with his future sister-in-law.

“Oh,” Gu Ning said. “Do you mean your boss fell in love with me just because I’m young and beautiful?”

Hearing that, Lu Xiao explained at once. “Of course not! My boss will never judge a person from appearance. I think he must be attracted to you because of your outstanding ability.”

Gu Ning smiled, but didn’t say a word. She was actually just joking.

When they walked into the private room, K, Chen Cangyi, Song Manni and Zhang Shunjie were already there. Seeing Gu Ning, they all stood up to show their respect towards her.

Afterwards, Gu Ning introduced them to one another.

When Ning Changkai got to know the others around the table, he realized that Gu Ning was building a business empire. He was shocked, but also believed in Gu Ning more.

Everyone there was a key manager of Gu Ning’s corporation. Of course, there were other key managers who were absent today.

Right at this moment, Gu Ning thought of Chen Darong, but it was too late to call him to join them now, so Gu Ning gave up on the idea. She decided to visit Xiangyun Antique-store tomorrow.

Gu Ning didn’t forget that there was a box of antiques at the bottom of the lake in the park. She planned to salvage it in the dark.

During the meal, everyone enjoyed it, and they didn’t compete against each other for Gu Ning’s attention. Of course, Gu Ning didn’t know whether they would change in the future, but they all owed Gu Ning. As long as they remained grateful, they wouldn’t argue or fight against one another for personal benefits and ruin Gu Ning’s business. In addition, they worked in different industries.

Chapter 613: Antiques at the Bottom of the Lake

After dinner, they dispersed. Chen Cangyi and K stayed in the hotel for the time being, while Gu Ning went to Leng Shaoting’s house.

Before she left, Gu Ning gave the photos and video advertisement to K.

It was still early, and there were many people ambling around the lake, so Gu Ning planned to go there after 11 pm.

When Gu Ning arrived at Leng Shaoting’s house, she felt a little lonely because he was absent. She took out her phone, wanting to call him, but he was in the middle of carrying out his task, so she put her phone down. At the same time, she was also worried about his safety.

Gu Ning went to the bedroom first and put on waterproof clothing, in case she would be wet after diving. Afterwards, Gu Ning put on a long woolen coat. Because the waterproof suit was black, nobody would notice that it was different from a normal sweater.

When it was 11:30 pm, Gu Ning took a taxi to a nearby hotel, then walked to the park.

There were few people around Beihai Park at this time. And although Beihai Park was located downtown, it wasn’t difficult for Gu Ning to find a concealed place.

She was wearing a mask when she showed up in Beihai Park. However, because it was still cold, it wasn’t strange that people were wearing masks.

Gu Ning came to the side where she found the box of antiques, then glanced around. She found a well-concealed bush, so she went over. After that, she took off her coat and put it into her telepathic eye space before she went into the water. She went in slowly and didn’t cause much sound.

With the help of her power, Gu Ning could breathe in water, so she directly swam to the box of antiques. A few minutes later, she found it, and put it into her telepathic eye space before she swam back.

When she was back in the small bush, she put on her coat and walked out. However, three young men who were wandering along the road surrounded her. They were all drunk and smelt like they had been soaked in alcohol for a long time.

“Oh, what a beautiful girl! Why are you still out so late? Do you feel lonely? Why don’t we have some fun together?” a man leered at Gu Ning.

“Come on!” the other two men said, and ogled Gu Ning.

Seeing that they were all drunk, Gu Ning didn’t bother to argue with them, but walked away. However, they wouldn’t give up, and stopped her.

“Get out of my way!” Gu Ning snapped at them.

It was already Spring, but they still felt quite cold when Gu Ning coldly stared at them. Nevertheless, they thought that the weather was cold, not Gu Ning. Therefore, they didn’t move away at all.

“Don’t be so rude. Let’s have some fun together!” All they wanted to do now was to have sex with Gu Ning.

Right when Gu Ning was about to punch them, a Maserati stopped by them all of a sudden. A man got out of it and snapped at those drunk men. “F*ck off!”

He was protecting Gu Ning. However, when Gu Ning saw the man, she was even angrier. The man wasn’t a stranger, but was exactly Qi Ziyue. Gu Ning did her best to hide her strong hatred towards him, and stayed calm.

“L-Lord Qi.”

When those drunk men noticed Qi Ziyue, they were wide awake, and fearfully greeted him with respect.

Qi Ziyue was very arrogant and kept a high profile in the capital, so many people knew his powerful background. For now, Qi Ziyue was the general manager of the Tang family’s business group in the capital and was also Tang Yaxin’s boyfriend. It was said that they were about to be engaged. Once they got married, Qi Ziyue would be in an even higher social status.

Tang Yaxin didn’t know how to run a business, and it was impossible that Tang Bingsen would be willing to let his brothers or cousins inherit his properties, so Qi Ziyue would be the chairman of the Tang family’s business group as long as Tang Yaxin married him. And when Tang Bingsen retired, Tang Yaxin would inherit everything, and Qi Ziyue would take over.

Of course, it was just a thought in other people’s mind. Although Tang Yaxin was the only child in the Tang family, Tang Bingsen was too selfish to let another man with a different surname inherit his business group. That being the case, Tang Bingsen had a love son a long time ago. He would only give his properties to his own son, even though he was a love child.

No one else knew this secret, especially Qi Ziyue, Tang Yaxin and her mother. If they got to know about it, they wouldn’t work hard for him, and would expose everything Tang Aining had done for him. If so, his company would be in danger.

“Disappear now!” Qi Ziyue said with impatience.

“S-sure.” Those young men escaped without delay.

“Miss, are you alright?” Qi Ziyue asked her with concern. Qi Ziyue, of course, helped her for a reason. He recognized that Gu Ning was the girl who had sat with the Xu family at the auction last time. If Qi Ziyue was going to have a more stable position in the capital, he had to expand his network. Since he encountered Gu Ning tonight, he had his own plan.

Qi Ziyue thought that Gu Ning would be grateful for what he had done, and they would exchange phone numbers. Gu Ning would probably buy him a meal to thank him, then they would gradually become friends. After that, she would introduce him to her other friends. Qi Ziyue was too self-centered to realize that he wasn’t important, or charming at all in Gu Ning’s eyes. Instead, she hated him.

No matter what, Gu Ning didn’t want to cause more trouble because he had helped her after all. Accordingly, Gu Ning thanked him, then walked away without giving him a second glance.

“Wait a second, miss!” Qi Ziyue stopped Gu Ning. “It’s so late now. You won’t be safe alone. Let me send you home!”

Chapter 614: Jiang Ruiqin

“Thanks, I can take a taxi myself.” Gu Ning rejected him, and waved her hand towards an empty taxi.

Although it didn’t go as well as he thought, Qi Ziyue didn’t insist, in case Gu Ning would have a bad impression of him.

Seeing Gu Ning leaving in the taxi, Qi Ziyue went back to his car. When Qi Ziyue was back in his house, Tang Yaxin, who was in her sleeping gown, pressed against his body and complained, “Why are you home so late?” He felt aroused by the pressure of her body so close to his, and hugged her smiling at her. “What? Were you waiting for me?”

“Yes, I haven’t seen you in a week and I miss you so much!” Tang Yaxin said and made eyes at Qi Ziyue.

Qi Ziyue couldn’t wait a second longer and kissed her wildly. While kissing, he undressed her in a second, and began to rub her soft breasts.

When Gu Ning was back in Leng Shaoting’s house, she took a shower, then put on her sleeping gown. Afterwards, she took out the box of antiques from the telepathic eye space and opened it.

Although the sunken box had been hidden there for over a hundred years, no water got inside because of the thick wax on its surface.

After checking the antiques, Gu Ning put some of them into a mahogany box which she would bring to Xiangyun Antique-store tomorrow, and then went to sleep.

The next day, Gu Ning was awake at 5:30 pm and couldn’t fall asleep again, so she got up and went for a run.

The area Leng Shaoting lived in was very large with many green plants, so the scenery was quite pleasant. People who lived here were either super rich or powerful, because each house here cost at least a hundred million yuan.

There was a track in this living area, so Gu Ning ran along it.

At this time, there were many runners.

In the square, there were many aged men and women who were practicing Taiji. Seeing such a beautiful young girl coming to run so early in the morning, they all complimented her, because it was rare to see. The younger generation all slept late, but this young girl was different.

Right at this moment, a jianzi[1] flew at her. Gu Ning stopped at once and kicked it back through its original route in the air, which surprised everyone in the square.

“Nice one!” an old woman said.

Gu Ning smiled at her, then continued running

When she was gone, several old women gathered together and discussed her.

“She’s so beautiful!”

“Indeed! I don’t often see a young kid like her running so early in the morning.”

“Me neither! My grandson hates exercises.”

“Well, I wish my grandchildren could be as energetic as her.”

…

Jiang Ruiqin had been working hard for a long time and he rarely had free time, so he got up early this morning to run. When Gu Ning ran by him, his heart skipped a beat. In the beginning, Jiang Ruiqin didn’t take it seriously, and continued running. However, when Gu Ning ran by him the second time, Jiang Ruiqin couldn’t help but turn to follow her.

Before long, Gu Ning noticed that someone was following her, but she knew that he wasn’t a bad guy, so she didn’t mind.

Jiang Ruiqin followed her for a while, and tried to strike up a conversation with Gu Ning but didn’t know how. As time went by, Jiang Ruiqin saw that Gu Ning ran at regular pace, and the distance she moved in each step was the same.

Has she received professional training?

Jiang Ruiqin followed Gu Ning running for about a dozen minutes and felt tired, but Gu Ning still ran ahead like she would never run out of strength.

Without hesitation, Jiang Ruiqin ran to Gu Ning’s side, and followed her paces trying to talk to her.

“Hey, miss, nice to meet you. I’ve followed behind you for a while, and I noticed that you ran at a regular pace. You don’t seem tired at all. Have you received professional training before?” Jiang Ruiqin was almost out of breath when he said that. Jiang Ruiqin was kind and asked purely because he was curious.

“Yeah, I’ve been trained professionally,” Gu Ning said and gave him a glance.

Seeing Gu Ning being so calm and even a little cold, Jiang Ruiqin felt slightly disappointed, because he was a handsome young man and was used to being admired by young girls. However, Gu Ning seemed to be an exception.

Gu Ning’s heart was occupied by Leng Shaoting, so she wasn’t interested in other men, even though he was handsome.

“Oh, right!” Jiang Ruiqin got the answer he wanted, then he asked again, “My name’s Jiang Ruiqin. May I know your name?” After that, he added, “Don’t worry. If you don’t want to tell me, it’s totally fine.”

Gu Ning smiled and said, “My name’s Gu Ning.”

After that, Jiang Ruiqin ran with Gu Ning and they talked to each other once in a while. After another circuit, Gu Ning left.

It was the first time that they had met each other, so Jiang Ruiqin felt shy to ask for her phone number. Anyway, she lived here, and often ran in the morning. He was confident that they would meet again soon.

Gu Ning went back to the house, and took a shower before she walked out. She went to have breakfast first, then went to her company.

Once she arrived, Zhang Shunjie asked her, “Boss, the construction of the store is coming to an end. When will it open?”

“I think It’ll be delayed, because the branch in City B is about to open the next weekend; we’ll open the branch here after that,” Gu Ning said.

Today was Monday, and the opening ceremony in City B was just four to five days away.

[1] Jianzi is a traditional Chinese sport in which the players try to keep a heavily weighted shuttlecock in the air using their bodies excluding their hands. It also refers to the shuttlecock used.

Chapter 615: Encounter Master Leng

“Boss, it’s done.” K gave the flash drive back to Gu Ning

“Wow, you’re very efficient!” Gu Ning was surprised.

“It’s very easy for me!” K said. It was child’s play in his eyes.

“Fine.” Gu Ning had to admit that K was indeed a computer master. Afterwards, Gu Ning called Quan Mingkai and told him that the ad was done, and that she would send it to him later. She would also send someone to sign the contract and pay the fee.

Quan Mingkai was astonished by Gu Ning’s efficiency, and he was doubtful whether the ad was good enough since it was done in such a short time. However, when he saw the posters and video, he was stunned because they were masterpieces!

Gu Ning called Zhou Zhenghong to handle things with Quan Mingkai.

After lunch, Gu Ning went to the antique street, but she drove Chen Cangyi’s car.

K and Chen Cangyi’s assistants arrived last night along with their cars. K’s car was too noticeable and Gu Ning disliked it, so she chose Chen Cangyi’s. Because of that, K had even criticized Gu Ning’s taste for a long time. K normally wouldn’t lend his car to others but Gu Ning even refused to use his.

Gu Ning drove Chen Cangyi’s Land Rover to the antique street later. She parked the car in the parking lot next to the entrance of the antique street, then took out the mahogany box from her telepathic eye space before she walked in.

The mahogany box was as big as a 24-inch suitcase. It wasn’t light, but it seemed very effortless for Gu Ning to carry it.

Although Gu Ning already had many real antiques, she couldn’t help using her Jade Eyes to search for more around the antique street. She hadn’t been here for a long time, so she thought that she might find a piece or two.

After a short time, Gu Ning noticed two real antiques at the roadside. One was a blue and white porcelain pen holder, while the other was a Yixing clay teapot. Gu Ning paid two thousand yuan for them.

“Isn’t it Girl Gu?”

Gu Ning walked ahead, and heard an old man’s voice all of a sudden. She looked over, and saw Jiang Zhongyu. Master Leng and Master Xu along with six bodyguards were with Jiang Zhongyu.

Although Gu Ning never met Master Leng officially, she had seen his photo in the news, so she recognized him at first glance. However, when Gu Ning encountered Master Leng, she got quite nervous. Even though she knew that Master Leng didn’t know her, she couldn’t help feeling anxious, because she was worried that Master Leng might not like her.

Gu Ning had never been so nervous before, because Master Leng was the only person Leng Shaoting cared about in his family. Even so, Gu Ning did her best to stay calm, and walked to them with a smile. “It’s so nice to see you, Master Jiang, Master Xu and this master too!”

“Ha-ha, Girl Gu, it’s been a while!” Master Xu said. He was happy to see Gu Ning.

Jiang Zhongyu’s sight fell on the box carried in Gu Ning’s arms. “Girl Gu, are there any antiques in this box?”

“Yes. I just got them, and I’m going to put them in Xiangyun Antique-store,” Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, their eyes lit up at once. Jiang Zhongyu said in a hurry, “Let’s go together!”

“Sure, let’s go!” Gu Ning said and guided the group forward. They, of course, knew where Xiangyun Antique-store was, but they thought that it was more polite to follow Gu Ning, since she was its boss now.

“Girl Gu, let me introduce you. This is our old friend, Master Leng,” Jiang Zhongyu said.

“Nice to meet you, Master Leng!” Gu Ning greeted him politely, although she was still very nervous in her heart.

“Oh, you are the girl who acquired Xiangyun Antique-store?” Master Leng asked. He just thought that Gu Ning was a pretty young girl, but didn’t think further. If he knew that Gu Ning was Leng Shaoting’s girlfriend, he would definitely change his attitude. Unfortunately, he didn’t know that yet.

“Yes, I am,” Gu Ning said politely.

“Great. You’re a successful young businesswoman,” Master Leng said and appreciated her ability. There were few young people who loved antiques, but Xiangyun Antique-store became more popular once this girl had acquired it.

After a short time, they arrived.

“Good morning, boss!” Chen Darong welcomed Gu Ning at once.

When he saw the group of people behind Gu Ning, he also greeted them with respect. “So nice to see you, Master Xu, Master Jiang, and this master! Welcome!”

Chen Darong didn’t know Master Leng because Master Leng had retired for a long time, and seldom appeared in a public place, so not many people knew his identity.

“Let’s go upstairs!” Gu Ning said. Since those masters were all from super-rich and powerful families, they needed privacy.

Afterwards, Chen Darong guided them to the second floor.

When some people noticed Jiang Zhongyu and the others walking into Xiangyun Antique-store, they followed them walking in but the group was already on the second floor. Some left right after since they couldn’t meet Master Jiang, while some bought several pieces of handicrafts before they left.

When they were all seated, Chen Darong went to pour cups of tea for them, and Gu Ning opened the box.

“This is a Tang Sancai yellow glaze horse”

“This is a bronze phoenix glass.”

“This is a jade ink stone from the Qing Dynasty.”

“This is…”

After seeing ten antiques in the box, Jiang Zhongyu and the others rounded their eyes in shock.

“Jesus! Girl Gu, where did you get so many real antiques?” Jiang Zhongyu asked with great surprise.

“Um, from different places, and…” Gu Ning said, then put down her backpack and took out the two antiques she just bought. “I just bought these at the roadside.”

“You just bought them here?” Hearing that, they were shocked again. They had been walking along the antique street, but failed to find anything valuable. However, Gu Ning found two real antiques!

Chapter 616: Turn to Jiang Zhongyu for Help

Although Jiang Zhongyu was an antique expert, he was a human being without special power after all, so it was reasonable that he missed the real antiques.

Jiang Zhongyu took the blue and white porcelain pen holder, and couldn’t put it down after he was sure it was real.

“Girl Gu, how much is this jade ink stone from the Qing Dynasty?” Master Leng asked Gu Ning

“Um…” Gu Ning didn’t know how to answer that question. Master Leng was Leng Shaoting’s grandpa after all, and she wasn’t willing to let him pay for it.

“Well, why don’t you choose a piece as a gift from me?” Gu Ning said to them.

“What?” Hearing that, they were all astonished and couldn’t believe their eyes. Master Leng asked with doubt, “Girl Gu, are you serious?”

“Please choose one as a gift from me,” Gu Ning said to them again.

“We can’t do that!” Master Leng seemed displeased. “This isn’t cheap at all. We can’t take it for free.”

Gu Ning felt a little scared facing Master Leng.

“Girl Gu, we understand that you’re kind to us, but we can’t take it for free,” Jiang Zhongyu said.

“I seriously don’t know whether you’re kind or dumb. These are all priceless antiques, and you send them to us as gifts?” Master Xu said.

They weren’t willing to take advantage of Gu Ning, so they rejected Gu Ning’s proposal. However, Gu Ning insisted on it. “It’s no big deal. I didn’t pay much for them, so they’re not very expensive in my eyes.”

“That’s your opinion, but we must pay according to its market price,” Jiang Zhongyu said with determination.

“Exactly!” Master Leng and Master Xu agreed.

“Fine. Then a hundred thousand yuan each piece,” Gu Ning said. Gu Ning, of course, wouldn’t charge them according to the market price.

“A hundred thousand yuan each piece? It’s merely free!” Master Leng was still displeased.

“It’s a hundred thousand yuan each piece. Buy it or not.” Gu Ning wasn’t willing to yield anymore. If Master Leng wouldn’t accept it, she planned to let Leng Shaoting send it to him, and didn’t mind exposing her relationship with Leng Shaoting.

“Well…”

Master Leng and the others felt resigned, because they knew that Gu Ning wasn’t willing to charge them. It wasn’t common for them to see a piece of real antique that they liked, so they were unwilling to leave with empty hands. However, if they bought the antiques at such a low price, they would feel a little guilty.

Seeing that they were still hesitating, Gu Ning use her ace in the hole. “Well, I’ll tag this jade ink stone from the Qing Dynasty, this blue and white porcelain pen holder and this Tang Sancai yellow glaze horse as a hundred thousand yuan each. If you don’t want to buy them, I believe they’ll soon be sold out once I put them out.”

The above antiques were their favorites.

Hearing that, the group of Master Leng wouldn’t hesitate anymore.

“We want them!”

“Yes, we want them now!”

In case Gu Ning would sell them to others, they agreed at once.

“Girl Gu, if you encounter any trouble in the capital, feel free to tell us, and we’ll help you without hesitation as long as we can,” Master Xu said. That was the way to expand one’s network.

“Thanks, I will,” Gu Ning said.

Right at this moment, Gu Ning’s phone rang, and the caller was Ning Changkai. Gu Ning excused herself, then walked aside to answer the call.

“Boss, the result of drug control is out, and we didn’t pass it,” Ning Changkai said in a calm voice, because it wasn’t a surprising answer.

Hearing that, Gu Ning was displeased but not surprised either. “Fine. Don’t worry. Keep on producing, and I’ll handle it.”

“Sure.” Although Ning Changkai felt upset, he wasn’t in despair because he trusted Gu Ning.

In fact, if Gu Ning changed the name of the medicine and replaced Ning Changkai with another person, it wouldn’t happen, but Gu Ning wouldn’t do that. She preferred to get rid of her enemies, not allies.

Gu Ning went back later, and said to them, “Well, what a coincidence! I do need your help now.”

“What is it?” they asked.

“The thing is I acquired a medicine factory a while ago, because someone prevented the owner of it from passing the drug control. It happened again after I took over the medicine factory,” Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, those masters were displeased, especially Jiang Zhongyu, because his son, Jiang Zhenghua, was the director of the State Food and Drug Administration. If someone dared to scheme against others in SFDA, it would be Jiang Zhenghua’s mistake. Therefore, it was a serious problem.

“Girl Gu, don’t worry. I’ll handle it well and give you the right result,” Jiang Zhongyu said. He only promised to give Gu Ning the right result, but not to directly allow her medicine to be put on the market. Medicines weren’t tools, so they had to be very careful.

“Thank you so much, Master Jiang!” Gu Ning was confident that her medicines were qualified, so she wasn’t afraid of drug control. Actually, Gu Ning turned to Master Jiang for help because she knew Jiang Zhenghua was his son, otherwise she would ask Leng Shaoting for help.

“What the name of your medicine company?” Jiang Zhongyu asked.

“Colaine Pharmaceutical Company,” Gu Ning said. “Please help me find out who is scheming against my company.”

“No problem,” Jiang Zhongyu said.

After that, they left without delay. Once Jiang Zhongyu sat in his car, he called Jiang Zhenghua and told him about it.

In fact, it wasn’t just Jiang Zhongyu who was helping Gu Ning; Gu Ning was also doing Jiang Zhenghua a great favor too. The capital was the center of politics and power, and everyone behaved with great caution, to prevent being involved in trouble. The competition in politics wasn’t less violent than that in business.

Chapter 617: Kouzi

If Gu Ning didn’t tell him, but expose it before the media, his family would be in great trouble. Although his family was very powerful, their enemies were powerful too. Even though it wasn’t Jiang Zhenghua’s fault, he had to take responsibility for it.

When Jiang Zhenghua heard of it from his father, he told his secretary to investigate it at once.

It turned out to be true that Colaine Pharmaceutical Company had never passed the drug control even once this year.

The secretary told the supervisor who was in charge of the medicine and skincare product test to go to the director’s office.

When the supervisor got to know the reason why Jiang Zhenghua suddenly asked about Colaine, he was scared and confessed to everything. There was nothing wrong with the medicine and skincare products of Colaine, but the office leader told him not to let Colaine pass the test.

After that, Jiang Zhenghua told the office leader to meet him in his office. Since the scheme was already exposed, the office leader didn’t hide it as a dirty secret anymore. He came from the same county as the boss of Xinghe Pharmaceutical Company, and helped him scheme against Colaine because Colaine had been very profitable. Because the boss of Xinghe Pharmaceutical Company was jealous of Colaine, he schemed to make Colaine go bankrupt, which was very unacceptable.

Although Jiang Zhenghua found out the truth, he didn’t have solid evidence for now, so he couldn’t punish Xinghe Pharmaceutical Company, but the office leader was fired. Since Colaine Pharmaceutical Company was innocent, Jiang Zhenghua issued a drug certificate for it and called Jiang Zhongyu later.

When Jiang Zhongyu received the call from Jiang Zhenghua, he told Gu Ning what had happened, and it was all done within an hour.

Afterwards, Gu Ning told Ning Changkai about it and asked him, “Do you have any grudges with Xinghe Pharmaceutical Company?” Although the boss was jealous of Ning Changkai’s achievement, Gu Ning still wanted to find out more.

“No,” Ning Changkai said. He always ran his business according to the rules and he seldom argued with others. In addition, he had only heard of Xinghe Pharmaceutical Company, but had never met its boss.

“Alright, since we got the certificate now, we can begin to sell the medicines. I think we better put them on the market during the next two days, because I’m flying back to City B in two days,” Gu Ning said.

Colaine was a popular brand among the public. Although they had changed its package, there was no need for them to publicize it. As long as they started to sell the medicines, people would know that Colaine was back.

As for the skincare products, Gu Ning planned to promote them by sending customers one-time samples. Once people found out about its great effect, they would come back and buy them again. In fact, if they wanted to have loyal customers, word-of-mouth recommendations were much more persuasive than advertisements.

The skincare products were named Kouzi, and it was a registered brand name. Kouzi was an independent brand, but it was still under the name of Colaine.

“Please pack 20 sets of skin toner, emulsion and serum along with 20 sets of sheet masks for me first. Those are gifts and I’ll come get them later,” Gu Ning said.

“No problem,” Ning Changkai said, and went to prepare after hanging up with Gu Ning.

The majority of their products were skincare products, but Gu Ning told them to continue to produce them, because she was confident that they would be popular.

Gu Ning called K later and told him to investigate Xinghe Pharmaceutical Company. She decided to wait for the result before she punished Xinghe Pharmaceutical Company. If Xinghe Pharmaceutical Company wasn’t doing its business legally, it would be in great danger. If it was running its business according to the law, Gu Ning would punish it lightly.

An hour later, Gu Ning arrived at the medicine factory to fetch the products she needed.

She was going to build a high-end brand, so it wasn’t cheap. A set consisted of a skin toner, emulsion and serum, which cost 3,800 yuan. It was an acceptable price for most people. As for the facial masks, there were six sheets in a box, and it cost 288 yuan. Although its price was a little higher than other facial masks, it’s effect was worth it.

When Gu Ning got the skincare products, she put them in her telepathic eye space, and only left two sets in her backpack, because she was going to give them to Song Manni and Xia Yichu. Therefore, Gu Ning went to the building of her corporation after she left the medicine factory.

When Song Manni received the gift from Gu Ning, she was very happy.

“Boss, do I get a gift too?” K approached them and asked.

“You’re a man!” Gu Ning said and joked, “Do you want to be a woman? Well, if you want, start with wearing make-up.”

“Ha-ha.” Hearing that, everyone laughed.

K argued, “Men can use skincare products too!”

“Unfortunately, I didn’t produce male skincare products.” Gu Ning shrugged.

K was annoyed, but couldn’t do anything about it.

Gu Ning didn’t give the gift to Xia Yichu in person, but told Song Manni to do it for her.

Since Song Manni and Xia Yichu didn’t have many friends or relatives in the capital, Gu Ning hoped that they could become friends.

After that, Gu Ning called Xu Qinyin; she was going to give her a set too.

Chapter 618: An Appointment with Xu Qinyin

Although they weren’t close, they had each other’s phone number.

Xu Qinyin was born in the Xu family, and she was a walking ad for Gu Ning. If she became a loyal customer of Gu Ning’s skincare products, the brand would soon be popular in high society. Those super-rich ladies might doubt Kouzi, but they wouldn’t doubt Xu Qinyin.

Gu Ning didn’t know whether Xu Qinyin would like Kouzi, but she knew that Xu Qinyin would try it for the sake of Leng Shaoting. As long as Xu Qinyin tried it, Gu Ning was confident that she would like it.

When Xu Qinyin received Gu Ning’s call, she was surprised but she was willing to meet Gu Ning. Therefore, Xu Qinyin left her home at once.

“Xu Qinyin, where are you going? It’s lunch time!” Seeing Xu Qinyin leaving again, her mother called her loudly.

“One of my friends came here so we’ll dine together,” Xu Qinyin said.

“Your friend? Male or female?” her mother asked in a hurry.

Xu Qinyin rolled her eyes. She knew what her mother was thinking. “Female.”

Hearing that, her mother felt disappointed. Xu Qinyin was in her mid twenties now, but she was still single and always hung out with female friends.

Xu Qinyin soon arrived at the appointed restaurant, and Gu Ning was already waiting for her inside.

“I’m sorry to keep you waiting,” Xu Qinyin said.

“Not at all. I just arrived too,” Gu Ning said with a smile. “Please have a seat.”

After ordering, Xu Qinyin asked, “Where is Shaoting? Isn’t he with you?”

“Oh, he left to carry out a task, and he isn’t in the capital now. I came here for business,” Gu Ning said, then took out the set of skincare product from her backpack. “I’ve prepared a gift for you; it’s a new product from my medical company. I don’t know whether you’ll like it or not, but I strongly suggest you give it a try.”

Although Gu Ning did want to gain a reputation for Kouzi through Xu Qinyin, she wouldn’t force her to do that.

“Your medical company?” Hearing that, Xu Qinyin was surprised again. She didn’t expect that Gu Ning would be able to do some things at such a young age.

“Yes,” Gu Ning replied.

“Well, thanks! I’ll try it.” Xu Qinyin was happy to receive Gu Ning’s gift, and she trusted Gu Ning too.

“Oh, are you free tonight?” Xu Qinyin asked Gu Ning. Obviously, Xu Qinyin had her plan.

“Yes,” Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, Xu Qinyin’s face lit up. “Then hang out with me! One of my friends just opened a music bar and it’s interesting.”

“Sure!” Gu Ning agreed. She called Xu Qinyin, and Xu Qinyin came to meet her without hesitation, so it would be impolite if she rejected her invitation now. Anyway, she had nothing else serious to deal with.

Afterwards, Xu Qinyin drove Gu Ning to meet her friends.

“Gu Ning, have you heard? Yuxin is Si Ming’s girlfriend now, but both of them are very busy, so they seldom meet each other. I wonder what will happen to them in the future.” Xu Qinyin was a little worried about their relationship. Saying that, she suddenly thought that Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning were in the same situation. “Gu Ning, you seldom meet Shaoting too, right? Don’t you feel lonely?”

Gu Ning smiled and said, “Sometimes I do, but not often, because I have many things to deal with in my life too, so I don’t have much time to feel lonely. I’m still young, and I’m fighting for my future. I don’t think it’s a bad thing.”

“Right, you’re just 18, and you’re even below the age of consent now,” Xu Qinyin said then she added, “Well, I’m really envious of you. I wish I were 18 now too so that my mother wouldn’t urge me to find a boyfriend or get married. It isn’t easy to find a boyfriend now.”

Xu Qinyin had even run away from home because of it many times, but she always went back after a short time.

“Doesn’t your older brother have many single comrades? Don’t you like any of them?” Gu Ning asked. Gu Ning understood that Xu Qinyin must have not found someone she liked among them, otherwise she wouldn’t have stayed single for such a long time.

Xu Qinyin shook her head and said, “I don’t like soldiers. They’re too busy. Like my older brother, I only see him a few times a year.”

She was right. Soldiers indeed were very busy, and their partners had to get used to loneliness.

Around a dozen minutes later, Gu Ning and Xu Qinyin arrived at the newly-opened music bar. It was a large, popular bar. The music inside wasn’t very loud, so it wasn’t noisy.

Gu Ning followed Xu Qinyin to a booth, and there was already a man sitting there with snacks, fruits and bottles of wine on the table. The man was around 30 years old. He wasn’t handsome, but was quite charming. Seeing Xu Qinyin coming, he stood up at once. “Hi!”

“Let me introduce you. This is the boss of this bar, Song Nan,” Xu Qinyin said to Gu Ning, then turned to talk to Song Nan, “This is my friend, Gu Ning.”

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Song.”

“Nice to meet you too, Miss Gu!”

“Please have a seat,” Song Nan said to them.

After Gu Ning and Xu Qinyin were both seated, Song Nan asked, “Only two of you?”

“My other friend will be here later,” Xu Qinyin said.

“Do you want to share this table with some handsome guys? I have two friends who’ll come here too. If you want, I can tell them to sit here with you,” Song Nan asked with a smile.

“Are you sure they’re handsome?” Xu Qinyin was cheered up.

“Of course!” Song Nan said.

“Why not!” Xu Qinyin agreed.

A dozen minutes later, they arrived. Coincidentally, Gu Ning had met one of them before.

Chapter 619: Tang Qingyang

When one of them saw Gu Ning, his eyes lit up at once. “Hi, Miss Gu! What a coincidence!”

“Nice to see you, Mr, Jiang,” Gu Ning said politely, but kept a distance from him. The man was Jiang Ruiqin.

Jiang Ruiqin was thinking about Gu Ning all the time, and he even planned to run in the morning tomorrow again to meet her. To his surprise, they met again that night!

“Oh, you know each other already!” Song Nan smiled, then gave Jiang Ruiqin a glance. He noticed something different from Jiang Ruiqin’s reaction. It was obvious that he liked Gu Ning, but Gu Ning seemed calm. They had just met each other after all, and weren’t familiar yet.

“Hey, I’m here too! Didn’t you see me?” Xu Qinyin said with annoyance, feeling displeased at being ignored.

Jiang Ruiqin didn’t notice Xu Qinyin until she said that and felt a little embarrassed. “Hi, Qinyin!”

The Leng family, the Xu family and the Jiang family were very close, and the younger generation of them all grew up together.

“You know each other too?” Song Nan was astonished.

“Yes, we grew up together!” Xu Qinyin said with pride.

“Well, let me introduce you. This is my friend, Tang Qingyang. He was studying abroad and just came home.” Jiang Ruiqin introduced the man who came with him to the others.

Hearing the name Tang Qingyang, Gu Ning was shocked, and looked to him at once. He still looked the same. He was back! Tang Qingyang was Tang Aining’s younger cousin and owned 15% shares of the Tang family’s business group in the capital.

The Tang family in the capital had three brothers. The eldest brother was Tang Bingsen, the younger brother was Tang Qingyang’s father, Tang Bingchao, and the youngest brother was Tang Bingjiang who was in his early forties and had a 17-year-old son as well as a 13-year-old daughter.

In addition to Tang Bingsen’s 51% stake in the business group, Tang Bingchao and Tang Bingjiang each had 15%, and the rest was held by other shareholders and the market. However, three years ago, Tang Bingchao had died in a car accident, so his 15% shares fell into Tang Qingyang’s hands.

An idea dawned on Gu Ning. She thought that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to cooperate with Tang Qingyang to gain complete control of the Tang family’s business group.

Tang Bingsen was the mastermind behind the death Tang Qingyang’s father, and Tang Qingyang must have sensed something when he was younger, so he had decided to study abroad all of a sudden. If so, he must have come back now for a reason. However, it would be hard for Tang Qingyang to defeat the Tang family alone, unless he had powerful allies.

In Gu Ning’s previous incarnation, Tang Yaxin and Qi Ziyue gathered a group of armed men to kill her. The Tang family had support from an armed gang. Although the gang was barely comparable with the Qing Gang or the Kirin Gang, it was threatening enough in ordinary people’s eyes.

Only a few people knew the name and location of the armed gang behind the Tang family. Even Gu Ning, herself knew very little about it. In her previous incarnation, she was merely a killing machine in Tang Bingsen’s eyes, so it was impossible that Tang Bingsen would allow her to know much about his secrets.

However, Gu Ning wasn’t afraid of Tang Bingsen’s power at all. Instead, she was quite interested in ruining his power. At the same time, Gu Ning had no intention to be the chairman of the Tang family’s business group, because she preferred to build up her own business empire. In that case, if Tang Qingyang wanted to take over the Tang family’s business group, she was willing to help him.

Tang Qingyang also noticed Gu Ning looking at him differently, but he didn’t take it seriously. They greeted each other, then sat down.

Before long, Xu Qinyin’s other friend arrived. It was a 25-year-old sexy woman. She was wearing a tight dress, which accentuated her figure, and she attracted a lot of attention from men in the bar when she walked over. Even Song Nan and the others who had seen countless beautiful women before couldn’t help giving her glances.

“Hi, everyone!” She walked up to them and flipped her hair, which was quite alluring. Even her voice sounded sexy. Saying that, she sat right next to Song Nan and said, “We meet again, handsome guy!”

“Don’t you see the two really handsome men in front of you?” Song Nan said with annoyance.

“Well, why are you so displeased with it? I’m not making fun of you.” She rolled her eyes at Song Nan. Even though she was rolling her eyes, she still seemed very attractive, as if she was born a stunner.

“You…” Song Nan didn’t know what to say. He always failed in an argument with her.

Xu Qinyin laughed, then introduced the woman to them. “Let me introduce you. This is my friend, Gu Anna.”

After that, she introduced the others to Gu Anna.

“Hi, Gu Ning, have we met before? You look so familiar,” Gu Anna said to Gu Ning, but she sounded like she was flirting with Gu Ning.

Gu Ning understood that Gu Anna was serious, but she was sure that this was the first time they had met each other.

“Maybe,” Gu Ning replied with a smile.

Gu Ning didn’t care about it, but Gu Anna fell into deep thought. She thought that she must have seen Gu Ning’s face somewhere before.

All of a sudden, Gu Anna took out her phone and searched Gu Ning’s name on the Internet. “Oh, it’s really you. Goddess Gu!” she exclaimed with excitement.

Chapter 620: A Fight in the Bar

Everyone was surprised, looking at Gu Anna with confusion, then turned to look at Gu Ning. What?

Gu Ning, however, realized that Gu Anna must have seen her picture on the Internet.

“Goddess Gu, I admire you so much!” Gu Anna became Gu Ning’s biggest fan at once. “Could you please take pictures with me? My colleagues will be very jealous of me.” Gu Anna seemed so adorable, and nobody had the heart to reject her. However, before Gu Ning could say a word, Xu Qinyin asked, “What’s going on here?”

“Search Gu Ning’s name on the Internet, and you’ll know,” Gu Anna said with impatience, then looked at Gu Ning with anticipation, like she would cry if Gu Ning rejected her.

The others took out their phones and searched Gu Ning’s name on the Internet without delay.

Gu Ning couldn’t resist Gu Anna’s charm, so she agreed. Gu Anna immediately got up and moved to Gu Ning’s side. She took many photos of her and Gu Ning within seconds.

When Xu Qinyin and others read the news about Gu Ning, they were all shocked.

“Miss Gu, it was you who rescued my younger cousin!” Jiang Ruiqin was excited and astonished.

“Your younger cousin?” Gu Ning didn’t know whom Jiang Ruiqin was talking about.

“The boy who had been kidnapped on the overpass,” Jiang Ruiqin said.

“Oh, that!” Gu Ning figured out that Jiang Ruiqin was Master Jiang’s grandson!

“Wow, Gu Ning, you’re so amazing!” Xu Qinyin was totally amazed by what Gu Ning had done.

“I can’t believe it’s true!” Song Nan said. “Miss Gu, have you been practicing kung fu ever since you were a kid?”

“Yes,” Gu Ning said.

“I’m curious whether you can beat Jinchen down,” Jiang Ruiqin said.

“Of course she can!” Xu Qinyin said with obvious admiration towards Gu Ning.

“What?” Hearing that, Jiang Ruiqin was even more shocked. “Did they try it?” Although it was a question, Jiang Ruiqin already had the answer, otherwise Xu Qinyin wouldn’t have said that Gu Ning could beat Xu Jinchen down.

“Yes, but it didn’t last long, because my older brother clearly couldn’t win,” Xu Qinyin said, and she didn’t bother to hide her disdain for Xu Jinchen.

Tang Qingyang and Song Nan knew that Xu Jinchen was Xu Qinyin’s older brother, but they didn’t know much about him, so they weren’t very impressed by Gu Ning’s ability. However, Jiang Ruiqin was very familiar with Xu Jinchen, so he was quite shocked to know that Gu Ning could easily beat him in a fight. Since Gu Ning was better than Xu Jinchen, it seemed that she was a match for Leng Shaoting.

Jiang Ruiqin didn’t know that Gu Ning actually was Leng Shaoting’s girlfriend, and thought that it was impossible that they could meet each other, so he didn’t mention Leng Shaoting.

“Xu Qinyin, couldn’t you save your older brother some face?” Gu Anna was amused.

Xu Qinyin shrugged. She didn’t care about it at all.

“Oh, Goddess Gu, is your jewelry store branch open in the capital? I saw many beautiful pictures on the official website of Jade Beauty Jewelry, and I really want to buy some, but City G is too far away and I don’t have time to fly there,” Gu Anna asked Gu Ning. She was a jewelry lover.

“We’ll open the branch in the capital next week,” Gu Ning asked.

“Really?” Gu Anna was excited. “Please let me know once it’s open!”

Saying that, Gu Anna took out her name card from her bag and gave it to Gu Ning.

“No problem!” Gu Ning took it with pleasure. Gu Anna was a potential customer, so she would obviously not reject.

A while later, Song Nan received a call and left.

“If you’ll excuse me, I need to use the ladies’ room,” Gu Anna said, then walked to the ladies’ room. However, when she walked back, a young man stopped her.

The man had two shot glasses of alcohol in his hands. He gave one shot glass to Gu Anna and said, “Hey, beauty, let me buy you a drink.”

“Thanks, but I don’t want to drink right now,” Gu Anna said.

The man felt a little embarrassed and glanced around, then said to her in a low voice, “Do me a favor. I made a bet with my friends. If you drink this shot, they’ll lose twenty thousand yuan, and I can give you ten thousand yuan. How is it?”.

Gu Anna sneered. Although she didn’t know whether this man was telling the truth, she wouldn’t take the risk of drinking a shot of alcohol given by a stranger in a bar. If the alcohol was doctored, she would be in danger.

“Ten thousand yuan is nothing in my eyes. Please get out of my way,” Gu Anna said with disdain, then walked away.

However, the man was annoyed by her attitude. “I think you better listen to me and drink it now! If you embarrass me, I’ll make you a joke.”

Gu Anna was displeased, but she wasn’t afraid. “I think you better leave me alone now! The boss of this bar is my friend.”

Hearing that, the man was struck dumb for a second, but he wasn’t scared either. “So what? Song Nan is nobody.”

Song Nan was indeed nobody in his eyes, but Gu Anna admired Song Nan. She frowned, feeling the danger ahead.

It was Song Nan’s bar, so Gu Anna wasn’t willing to cause any trouble. What should she do now?

“What do you want to do?” Gu Anna asked coldly.

“Drink it,” he said. It seemed he wouldn’t let her go unless she drank the shot.

Gu Anna rolled her eyes, walking away, but was grabbed by the man. The man slapped her across her face, and the clear sound attracted a lot of attention from people in the bar. However, nobody helped her, because none of them wanted to be involved in this mess.