Chapter 661: Ten Years Aren’t Long

Leng Shaoting and Qiao Ya didn’t sit down until Tang Haifeng was seated on the sofa to show their respect for him.

“Father, he’s the eldest grandson of the Leng family, the youngest major general in history,” Tang Yunfan said.

“What?” Tang Haifeng was shocked too. “A-are you Master Leng’s grandson?”

“Yes, Master Tang,” Leng Shaoting replied.

“No wonder I thought you looked familiar when I met you the first time!” Tang Haifeng said.

Tang Haifeng and Master Leng got to know each other when they were still young, but they weren’t close. Tang Haifeng had also met Master Leng’s eldest son, who was Leng Shaoting’s father, many times. Leng Shaoting closely resembled his father, so Tang Haifeng thought that he looked familiar when they met for the first time. However, it had been ages, and Tang Haifeng was losing his memory, so he had failed to recognize Leng Shaoting at first sight.

Since Leng Shaoting was his acquaintance’s son, Tang Haifeng became much kinder to him, but he still stayed alert. “What’s your goal in the relationship with Ningning?”

“Be with her forever. Although Ningning hasn’t reached the age of consent yet, we can be engaged before that if you agree,” Leng Shaoting said with sincerity. In fact, he couldn’t wait a second longer to marry Gu Ning

“No way!” Tang Haifeng rejected at once. “If you’re engaged, Ningning will be a member of your family. Ningning hasn’t joined our family yet, and she’s just 18! I think she can stay in our family for another ten years. 10 years aren’t long.”

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting didn’t know what to say. Ten years? He couldn’t wait that long.

“Ningning can stay in the Tang family as she likes even if she’s engaged to me,” Leng Shaoting said a while later. Leng Shaoting was unwilling to stay in the Leng family’s house, so they would move out even though they were married.

“No, it feels different whether Ningning is engaged or not.” Tang Haifeng was still dissatisfied.

Leng Shaoting wasn’t very persuasive, and he could only look at Gu Ning for help in silence. However, Gu Ning pretended that she didn’t see it.

Although it was Gu Ning’s marriage, and nobody could interfere in it, the members of the Tang family felt reluctant to see her leaving them. They knew that they had been absent for a long time in Gu Ning’s life, so they had no right to make decisions for her.

Tang Haifeng was also worried that it might cause any conflicts if he was too tough, so he became a little soft. “It isn’t easy to marry my granddaughter, and we need to see your performance. If we’re satisfied, we can talk about it in the future, but we’ll never agree on it if you dare hurt Ningning.”

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was relieved. “Please trust me. I promise I’ll treat Ningning well.”

Nobody knew what was going to happen in the future, because plans couldn’t catch up with changes, but they still needed to live their lives. Therefore, they didn’t find fault with Leng Shaoting’s promise.

At this moment, the atmosphere became relaxed.

Gu Ning asked how the infighting in the Tang family’s company was now, but there was nothing new, so they didn’t know what their enemies were going to do next.

Tang Yunfan thought that it probably wouldn’t be a good idea if he still pretended to be unconscious, and the others all agreed that he should go back to work in the company after a few days if their enemies still did nothing.

Actually, Tang Weiyong wanted to take action, but he was waiting for the right time.

At the same time in Tang Weiyong’s house.

In the study on the second floor, Tang Weiyong sat by the desk, and there was a young man with a plain face sitting across from him.

“Is everything ready?” Tang Weiyong asked. “Yes,” the man said.

“Great! Tang Haifeng will leave the house tomorrow and we can take action then.” Tang Weiyong decided to hurt Tang Haifeng this time.

“Anything else, boss?” the man asked.

“Buy a piece of jade jewelry with a simple design at the Jade Beauty Jewelry store tomorrow, and make a copy of it,” Tang Weiyong said.

“Yes, sir,” the man answered and left.

Once the man was out, Tang Weiyong told Tang Xinrui to come in.

“Xinrui, do you have any ideas on how to approach Gu Ning?” Tang Weiyong asked.

He didn’t know whether he would succeed in hurting Tang Haifeng. Even if it was successful, he couldn’t let Gu Ning go. As long as Tang Xinrui could get close to Gu Ning, he would find out ways to deal with Gu Ning.

Tang Weiyong had also read the news about Gu Ning, and he had to admit that Gu Ning was really amazing, so she would be his stumbling block if he didn’t deal with her.

“I met a man who’s a friend of a friend of Gu Ning’s, and they are going to attend the opening ceremony and runway show of Jade Beauty Jewelry tomorrow. I’ll go with them, so it won’t be difficult to approach Gu Ning,” Tang Xinrui said with confidence.

“Very well!” Tang Weiyong was satisfied.

“Oh, my older brother called me this afternoon for a million yuan, and he told me not to tell you, but I don’t have a million yuan, so I have to tell you,” Tang Xinrui said feeling cornered, and observed Tang Weiyong’s face in case he would be mad.

“What? A million yuan?” Tang Weiyong indeed was mad. “I just gave him a million yuan at the New Year festival. It’s just been a month. Why is he asking for money again?”

Although a million yuan was nothing in his eyes, he wouldn’t allow his son to waste his money like that. He needed his money for his career, but his son was a spendthrift.

“Did he tell you the reason why he needs so much money?” Tang Weiyong asked in a cold voice.

“He said he slept with a woman and was caught by the woman’s boyfriend, who’s a junior leader in the Mafia of Country Y, so he must pay a million yuan,” Tang Xinrui said.

Chapter 662: Scheme Against Her Biological Older Brother

An angry Tang Weiyong hit the table with his hand with a loud sound. “Nonsense!”

Tang Xinrui held her breath in fear, but felt quite happy in her heart, because the more her older brother disappointed their father, the more likely it was that the Tang family’s future would fall in her hands.

It wasn’t her fault. She had suffered a lot ever since she was a little girl, because their family valued boys above girls. Her older brother became a spendthrift precisely because their parents had spoiled him rotten, and their father had no hope for her older brother precisely because he became a spendthrift. As long as her older brother stopped causing trouble, their father would choose him to be the sole heir even though he knew nothing about business.

However, because she was a girl, she was always ignored, and lived in the shadow of her older brother. Therefore, she ached to prove herself and win Tang Weiyong’s affection and attention.

Tang Xinjie who was Tang Xinrui’s biological older brother had asked her for money many times. She had given money to him if it wasn’t a lot, to spoil him, but she wasn’t willing to give him a million yuan this time.

In fact, she could afford it, but she aimed to let Tang Weiyong know how terrible his son was right now. Although Tang Weiyong already had no hope for Tang Xinjie, it was necessary for Tang Xinrui to emphasize that.

“I’ll transfer a million yuan to your card, and you can give it to him. Warn him not to cause anymore trouble!” Tang Weiyong said.

“Sure,” Tang Xinrui said with a calm face, but thought that it was ridiculous and felt quite hurt. She thought that it was ridiculous because Tang Weiyong’s warning was meaningless.

She felt quite hurt because Tang Weiyong was still willing to give Tang Xinjie a million yuan to help him solve the problem, while she never had much allowance and even had to earn money for herself.

She knew that Tang Weiyong agreeing to let her inherit the Tang family’s properties was something that would happen in the far future, and who knew what would happen? In that case, she thought that she was just a useful tool in her father’s eyes.

Maybe because she had watched too many dramas, but she always wondered whether Tang Weiyong had a love child. Tang Weiyong wasn’t a loyal husband in marriage, and he had many mistresses. If not, why didn’t he tell Tang Xinjie to marry a woman and give birth to a boy to inherit his business?

Tang Weiyong valued boys much higher than girls. Was he really willing to let his daughter be the heiress? If she didn’t have friends in Country Y to help her keep a watch on Tang Xinjie, she would wonder whether Tang Xinjie was just pretending to be ignorant and troublesome.

Tang Weiyong transferred a million yuan to Tang Xinrui and she walked out.

“Don’t cause anymore trouble. A million yuan is all that I have now. I can’t help you the next time,” Tang Xinrui called Tang Xinjie and said.

“Stop trying to teach me a lesson. I’ll do whatever I want. It’s none of your business!” Tang Xinjie was arrogant as usual. Tang Xinjie disliked his younger sister, but he always turned to her for money once he was running out of it, and turned his back on her the minute he got the money.

Tang Xinrui, obviously, wouldn’t satisfy his unreasonable needs if she didn’t have her own plan.

Five minutes later, Tang Xinrui’s phone rang, and it was a foreign number.

“Hi, Goddess Erin, I’ve got the money,” a man said on the phone when Tang Xinrui answered it.

Erin was Tang Xinrui’s English name. Her family had stayed in Country Y for over a dozen years. Just half a year ago, she had finished her education and went home with her father to conduct the scheme they had prepared for for a long time.

They were afraid that Tang Xinjie might cause them trouble, so they didn’t allow him to go home. Actually, Tang Xinjie wasn’t willing to go home either, because he lived a luxurious and dissipated life in Country Y along with his fair-weather friends.

Hearing that, Tang Xinrui wore a satisfied smile. “Great. Please put the million yuan into the fund.”

“No problem, Goddess Erin, and I’m looking forward to your arrival. I miss the feeling of us having sex,” the man said with levity.

Tang Xinrui wasn’t annoyed at all but just smiled. “I’m so sorry. I’ve been very busy recently.”

“Fine!” the man said. “Well, wish you all the best.”

“Thanks,” Tang Xinrui said, then hung up with her eyes full of ambition.

The man was called Bowen. He was a junior leader in the Mafia in Country Y, and was also Tang Xinrui’s friend, business partner, and lover. Their business was drugs, and Tang Xinrui had made a lot of money from it.

Although she was a drug trafficker, she never took drugs herself. It was a highly-risky business, but Country Y wasn’t strict about it.

The reason why she became a drug trafficker was because her father never gave her enough money except for daily expenses. Therefore, she abandoned her dignity and met Bowen. However, she wasn’t happy that she was involved in this illegal business.

Tang Weiyong, of course, knew nothing about it. He just started to pay attention to her after he lost hope for Tang Xinjie.

Feng Xueqin had always wanted to hurt Gu Man, but Gu Man stayed in the Tang family’s house all day, so she didn’t have any chances.

During the past few days, she lived her life as usual. She would shop with girlfriends, and make several booty calls.

At this moment, Feng Xueqin was dining with Wu Jinyi in a restaurant.

All of a sudden, Wu Jinyi heard people mentioning the opening ceremony of Jade Beauty Jewelry, so she asked Feng Xueqin, “Xueqin, I heard that Jade Beauty Jewelry is going to open in City B tomorrow. It’s a high-end jewelry brand. Do you want to have a look?”

Chapter 663 Basically Hopeless

“Jade Beauty Jewelry? I haven’t heard of it before. Is it a new brand? I’m not interested,” Feng Xueqin said with obvious disdain. She was born in the Feng family, and she only used international brands.

Even though Jade Beauty Jewelry provided high-end jade jewelry, it didn’t have much fame and couldn’t match her high social status.

“It is new, but I heard that its jade is of high quality. Both Jiang Lihua and Tang Yunrong were wearing jade jewelry from Jade Beauty Jewelry when they attended the party at the Lei family’s house that day!” Wu Jinyi said.

“Really?” Feng Xueqin was surprised that those two noble ladies would wear a new jewelry brand.

“Yes! You left earlier that day, but I heard that Jade Beauty Jewelry is their niece’s brand. I wonder whether Jiang Lihua and Tang Yunrong’s niece is Tang Yunfan’s daughter. If so, Tang Yunfan will show up at its opening ceremony,” Wu Jinyi said. Wu Jinyi wasn’t a frequent Internet user at her age, so she knew nothing about the news that had gone viral, otherwise, she would know who the boss was.

Hearing that, Feng Xueqin was annoyed.

“We’ll find out tomorrow. Tang Yunfan’s woman will definitely be there too, and I’m curious about her appearance,” Feng Xueqin said in her cold voice. She had to know as much about Gu Man as possible in order to carry out her scheme.

They didn’t stay together for long, and soon separated.

When Feng Xueqin had just gotten in her car, Liu Xinqi called her. He told Feng Xueqin to meet him at the apartment they had been to before.

Last night, Feng Xueqin had a one night stand with a young man, but she didn’t enjoy it, so she made an appointment with Liu Xinqi tonight. Liu Xinqi was, of course, happy to receive Feng Xueqin’s invitation, and agreed without hesitation.

Gu Ning and the others left after staying for a while in the Tang family’s house. Gu Ning and Gu Man sat in Leng Shaoting’s car, while Qiao Ya drove Gu Ning’s. Cao Wenxin also sat in Gu Ning’s car.

At the same time, Jiang Ruiqin went back to his house, and also seemed upset. Tang Qingyang frowned, and sensed that Jiang Ruiqin was in an even worse condition than before. In the past two days, Jiang Ruiqin only wore an absent look, but he seemed so hurt today. Was it all because of Gu Ning?

“What happened?” Tang Qingyang asked with concern.

“My grandpa fainted all of a sudden today. He had a blood clot,” Jiang Ruiqin said.

“What?” Tang Qingyang was shocked. He thought that Jiang Ruiqin seemed so upset because of Gu Ning. However, Master Jiang had been in danger! “How is your grandpa now?” he asked again with anxiety.

“He’s fine now,” Jiang Ruiqin said. “Oh, there is another thing,” Jiang Ruiqin added.

“What?” Tang Qingyang felt that Jiang Ruiqin was very hurt because of the other thing

“Gu Ning already has a boyfriend,” Jiang Ruiqin said. He was short of words to describe how sad he was when he said that.

“Well…” Tang Qingyang was surprised.

In their eyes, Gu Ning was still too young.

“Gu Ning is still young, and the relationship probably won’t last long. You can wait if you truly like her,” Tang Qingyang said to comfort his close friend.

“No.” Jiang Ruiqin shook his head with a wry smile on face. “It’s basically hopeless. Her boyfriend is Leng Shaoting, the eldest grandson of the Leng family.”

“What?” Tang Qingyang was stunned. Although he didn’t know Leng Shaoting, he had heard his name.

In that case, Jiang Ruiqin was barely comparable to Leng Shaoting in their family backgrounds.

“Will the Leng family agree? There is a huge gap between them.” Tang Qingyang doubted it. Gu Ning was outstanding, but she was born in an ordinary family. After all, any rich or powerful families demanded a properly matched marriage.

“Master Leng approves of her very much! Master Xu just joked that he would let Xu Jinchen steal Leng Shaoting’s girlfriend away, and Master Leng already seemed mad!” Jiang Ruiqin said.

It was an undeniable truth that Master Leng really appreciated Gu Ning.

If so, Tang Qingyang didn’t know what else to say but just comforted his close friend again. “Take it easy. Time will cure everything.”

It was impossible that Jiang Ruiqin could steal a person from the Leng family.

Jiang Ruiqin wore a wry smile. He knew that time could cure everything, but he still felt quite hurt.

When Gu Ning and the others arrived at Huafu Hills, Leng Shaoting stayed in the same room, and Gu Man prepared another room for Qiao Ya.

That night, Leng Shaoting slept alone in his room, and didn’t dare to slip into Gu Ning’s, in case that would ruin his image in Gu Man’s eyes.

The next day, Gu Ning didn’t get up to run in the morning. However, almost all of them got up around 7 am, except for Leng Shaoting. Leng Shaoting got up earlier to prepare breakfast for them.

“Oh, Shaoting, you got up so early to prepare breakfast!” Gu Man was surprised, and felt a little embarrassed. It wasn’t appropriate to let a guest cook for them anyway.

“We’re family. It’s no big deal,” Leng Shaoting said.

Gu Man was struck dumb for a second, then smiled. Although it was too early to say that they were family, it would happen sooner or later. In addition, Gu Man was happy that Leng Shaoting was willing to get up early to prepare breakfast for them. There were few men who cook now.

Chapter 664: Opening Ceremony in City B

Cao Wenxin also joined them for breakfast, and the group of them left together after that. However, Cao Wenxin left alone and said that she needed to pick her friends up.

When Gu Ning and the others arrived at the jewelry store, it was almost 9 am, which was an hour away from the opening ceremony, however, many onlookers and reporters were already waiting there.

“Look, is that Miss Gu?” someone asked with excitement.

Hearing that, others looked over at once.

“Oh, yes, she is Goddess Gu!”

After making sure that the girl was Gu Ning, many people got excited and started to take photos of her. Reporters ran to interview Gu Ning as well.

Seeing that, Gu Ning along with Qiao Ya protected Gu Man at their backs, in case the crowd would scare her.

Gu Man was indeed slightly surprised, but not scared.

“Miss Gu, can we interview you?”

Many microphones reached out to Gu Ning and cameras started to flash quickly.

“Yes, but not right now. Please gather in the meeting hall in a little while, and I’ll be there to answer your questions,” Gu Ning smiled.

Since she said so, those reporters didn’t insist, and let Gu Ning walk through.

“Wow, Goddess Gu is so gorgeous! She’s even prettier than her photos.”

“Exactly! She’s so amazing.”

“She has achieved a lot at such an early age!”

At the same time, many young girls noticed Leng Shaoting by Gu Ning’s side.

“The man at Miss Gu’s side is so handsome!”

“I wonder whether he’s Goddess Gu’s older brother or boyfriend.”

“Probably her older brother, because Goddess Gu is just 18.”

“What’s wrong with her age? I don’t think that 18 is too young to have a boyfriend.”

“I think he’s her boyfriend.”

Gu Ning told Qiao Ya to take Gu Man to have a rest in the store, and Leng Shaoting stayed with Gu Ning at the door to welcome the customers. Most of the females focused on him, but Gu Ning didn’t feel jealous as long as they kept a polite distance away from him.

As time went by, more and more people came with flowers to congratulate Gu Ning.

“Good morning, Miss Gu! Sorry I’ve come here without an invitation letter again this time.”

It was Zhao Yuefeng. Gu Ning hadn’t told him that her store was going to open today, but Zhao Yuefeng came after hearing the news. Zhao Yuefeng’s secretary and driver followed him with two large bunches of flowers in their hands.

“Nice to see you, Chairman Zhao! Welcome!” Gu Ning walked ahead at once, and shook hands with him.

“Nice to see you, Chairman Zhao.”

“Nice to see you, Manager Zhou.”

Zhou Zhenghong and Zhao Yuefeng greeted each other.

Zhao Yuefeng wasn’t a famous business figure, so others weren’t very surprised to see him.

Afterwards, Xu Jinchen and Xin Bei arrived, which caused another round of exclamations.

“Hi, Gu Ning!” Xu Jinchen and Xin Bei said to Gu Ning at the same time. They didn’t bring flowers with them, but prepared expensive gifts.

“Gu Ning, do you need us to be models?” Xu Jinchen joked.

“Thanks, but no. Please have a seat inside.” Gu Ning smiled.

“It’s fine. We can stand here,” Xu Jinchen said. He wasn’t willing to walk inside.

After a while, Si Ming and Qiu Yuxin came.

Qiu Yuxin was a famous model, but she was never afraid of exposing her romantic relationship, because modeling was just her hobby, and it was the basis of her startup.

Qiu Yuxin was going to open an entertainment company. She loved modeling and the entertainment industry, so she decided to be a boss herself.

“Isn’t she the famous model, Qiu Yuxin?”

“Yes! Is the man by her side her boyfriend?”

“Probably.”

Seeing that, reporters ran over at once.

Si Ming protected Qiu Yuxin the moment reporters ran to them, but he didn’t chase them away. He just prevented them from getting too close.

Reporters were used to it as well. “Miss Qiu, would you please tell us whether this man is your boyfriend?”

“Yes, he is.” Qiu Yuxin admitted without hesitation, which surprised them.

“Your boyfriend is really handsome, and you’re a beautiful couple, but aren’t you afraid that your romantic relationship will affect your career?” a reporter asked.

“Not at all,” Qiu Yuxin said.

“Miss Qiu, are you a friend of the boss of Jade Beauty Jewelry?” another reporter asked again.

“Yeah.” Qiu Yuxin gave them a simple answer again then said, “Thank you, everyone; please let us walk through.”

Hearing that, the reporters moved away.

Si Ming and Qiu Yuxin also brought gifts with them.

Qiu Yuxin was one of the models today, so Gu Ning told her to rest inside.

After that, Cao Wenxin arrived with a group of her friends that Gu Ning had met before.

Gao Chengyun, An Ran, Jiang Zezheng, Zhu Yuanzhen and Tong Jiayao, who always aimed to steal Leng Shaoting away. They had heard of what Gu Ning had done a few days ago, and they were all astonished.

Even Tong Jiayao started to doubt whether she could win against Gu Ning in a fight for love.

Actually, the Tong family had over a dozen billion yuan in wealth, which Jade Beauty Jewelry was barely comparable to, and she was the sole heiress of her family.

She used to think that she was a rare, strong woman. Leng Shaoting and she would be a perfect match. However, she suddenly felt that she had nothing better than Gu Ning except her family background and wealth after hearing about Gu Ning’s achievements.

Chapter 665: Four Dominant Business Groups

She inherited her family background and wealth from her family, but Gu Ning earned everything on her own, which clearly showed who had greater ability. In addition, Gu Ning also maintained a good relationship with the Qinghua Group. Although it didn’t mean that she had a connection with the Qing Gang, it was already shocking enough. Therefore, Tong Jiayao hesitated over whether she should chase Leng Shaoting.

“Here I am!” Cao Wenxin said to Gu Ning once she arrived.

When Xin Bei saw that Cao Wenxin and her friends came in a group of three men and three women, he was displeased. He knew that they were just friends, but it would make others believe that they were three couples. However, even though he was displeased, he remained calm on the surface.

“Miss Gu, congratulations!” They walked to Gu Ning and sent her flowers along with gifts.

“Thank you so much!” Gu Ning smiled.

“Miss Gu, I didn’t expect that you’re so awesome! I thought that you’re just a normal senior highschool student!” Gao Chengyun said.

“Exactly! I used to think that I’m a rare, successful businesswoman in front of them, and I even showed off. Now I feel quite embarrassed after hearing what Miss Gu has achieved,” Tong Jiayao said with a smile. She was very kind to Gu Ning now. Maybe because she had already given up.

“Ha-ha, I guess you can stop teaching us from now on!” Zhu Yuanzhen joked. Tong Jiayao had criticized her many times because she wasn’t ambitious at all.

Tong Jiayao wore a resigned smile in silence.

“Please look around as you like. I’m afraid I’ll be busy all day,” Gu Ning said.

“It’s fine. You don’t need to take care of us.” None of them would mind.

There were many other people who came to congratulate Gu Ning as well. Most of them came with a gift or a red envelope.

After a while, representatives of Shengshi Group arrived. Once they appeared, it caused a sensation, because Shengshi Group was a well-known dominant business group. To everyone’s astonishment, Jade Beauty Jewelry had a connection with Shengshi Group.

“Jesus! Even Shengshi Group attended this opening ceremony. Miss Gu must be a very influential figure!”

“She is! I’ve read a lot of shocking news about Jade Beauty Jewelry on the Internet.”

“Tell us!” Many people were curious about it.

“Jade Beauty Jewelry’s flagship store is in City G, and almost half of the high society in City G attended its opening ceremony, including senior officials, senior military officers, members of super-rich families and even the senior management of Qinghua Group!”

“Wow!” Hearing that, everyone was amazed.

However, it was just the beginning.

“Shengshi Group? Jesus, Ningning, do you have a relationship with Shengshi Group?” Cao Wenxin was astonished.

Gu Ning said with a meaningful smile, “Yeah, I’m familiar with its chairman.”

“You’re so unbelievable! How do you manage to know so many important figures?” Cao Wenxin couldn’t believe it.

Xu Jinchen and Xin Bei gave Cao Wenxin a light glance. In fact, the chairman of Shengshi Group was standing right by her. Nevertheless, they couldn’t say it aloud, because only a few people were aware of it.

Tong Jiayao took a deep breath. To her astonishment, Gu Ning was even familiar with the chairman of Shengshi Group. She now completely gave up on stealing Gu Ning’s boyfriend away.

Representatives of Jinlin Group arrived later, which shocked the crowd again.

“Ningning, are you also familiar with the chairman of Jinlin Group?” Cao Wenxin asked with great surprise.

“Not really, but a director of it,” Gu Ning said.

Xu Jinchen was a director of Jinlin Group. Although he wasn’t the heir of it, he also had an important position in it.

Cao Wenxin was short of words now. Tong Jiayao was totally stunned.

At this moment, Feng Xueqin and Wu Jinyi quietly came to the event location. When she saw Gu Ning at the door, she was sure that this jewelry store belonged to Gu Ning. Feng Xueqin was immediately in a rage. She glanced around Gu Ning, but didn’t see any middle-aged women, so she thought that Gu Ning’s mother must be in the store.

They didn’t come to congratulate Gu Ning, so they couldn’t walk inside yet, but waited outside.

Before everyone could get their mind back from the great shock, representatives of Tanghuang Group and Leizhen Group came together.

Were they in a dream? Were those people really representatives of Shengshi Group, Jinlin Group, Tanghuang Group and Leizhen Group?

The above four business groups were all dominant businesses in this country. Except for Leizhen Group, the other three groups all had over a hundred billion yuan in assets! How come those international business groups came to attend the opening ceremony of a jewelry store?

Jade Beauty Jewelry was nothing before those dominant business groups. Therefore, nobody could believe his or her eyes.

“Is it true that those international business groups come to attend the opening ceremony of Jade Beauty Jewelry?” Someone wondered in the crowd.

Another person agreed at once. “I can’t believe it either.”

Chapter 666: Tang Xinrui Showed up

Gu Ning was really a girl who was full of surprises!

Although people didn’t believe that Gu Ning was as important as those figures in business right now, she had a powerful network.

Feng Xuegin wasn’t shocked by the arrival of Tanghuang Group and Leizhen Group, because she already knew that Gu Ning was Tang Yunfan’s daughter.

The Tang family and the Lei family were very close, so it was very normal that they came here. However, what shocked the crowd more was that the leading figures of Tanghuang Group and Leizhen Group also came here in person.

Tang Haifeng along with Master Lei arrived together.

“Jesus! I can’t believe my eyes now. Are they really Master Tang and Master Lei?” someone exclaimed.

“Jesus, they came in person!”

“Ningning, I came to congratulate you in person,” Tang Haifeng said with a kind smile.

“Ha-ha, thank you so much for coming!” Gu Ning said.

“Oh, let me introduce you, this is your Grandpa Lei,” Tang Haifeng said.

“So nice to meet you, Grandpa Lei!” Gu Ning greeted Master Lei politely.

“Nice to meet you too, Girl Gu!” Master Lei said.

“Please have a seat inside. Would you mind cutting the ribbon together later?” Gu Ning asked.

“No problem!” Master Tang and Master Lei agreed with alacrity, then walked into the store following Gu Ning.

Only those who came to attend the opening ceremony could have a seat inside, and onlookers could only stand outside, so it wasn’t crowded in the store at all.

Gu Ning arranged two seats for them before she walked out.

Master Fu, Master Bai and Master Yan were absent today, but they also sent gifts to Gu Ning to congratulate her.

Afterwards, Tang Yunrong came with her friends.

When Tang Yunrong saw Cao Wenxin standing with Xin Bei, she was surprised. Thinking that they might be dating each other, Tang Yunrong smiled at Cao Wenxin. Cao Wenxin flushed because she knew what was in her mother’s mind. She wanted to explain, but her mother said nothing yet, so it would be strange if she brought it up herself. However, she subconsciously moved a few steps away from Xin Bei, but it was useless in Tang Yunrong’s eyes.

Xin Bei had the same feeling as Cao Wenxin, but he had no intention to explain it.

“Nice to see you, Mrs. Cao!” Xin Bei greeted Tang Yunrong at once.

“Nice to see you too,” Tang Yunrong said with a gentle smile.

“Hi, Aunt Yunrong,” Gu Ning greeted her.

“Nice to see you, Aunt Yunrong,” Leng Shaoting greeted her the same way.

“Nice to meet you, Mrs. Cao.” Xu Jinchen also greeted Tang Yunrong with respect.

“Ningning, congratulations! This is a gift for you,” Tang Yunrong said, then gave the box in her hands to Gu Ning.

“Thanks, Aunt Yunrong.” Gu Ning took it.

“Miss Gu, congratulations!” Tang Yunrong’s friends also gave Gu Ning many gifts and red envelopes. They didn’t say much, because they came here with Tang Yunrong.

“Thank you so much. Please have a seat inside,” Gu Ning said.

“Alright, let’s go look around the store now!” Tang Yunrong said to her friends.

After a while, Jiang Lihua also came with her friends, and they gave Gu Ning red envelopes too.

In the following minutes, many senior officials sent either flowers or gifts to congratulate Gu Ning for the opening of Jade Beauty Jewelry.

Even Colorful Jade Provider of City Teng which was far from City B sent flowers here.

Although Colorful Jade Provider wasn’t very famous yet, it was a very rich company. Many jewelry businessmen who cooperated with Colorful Jade Provider were surprised that it was invited too.

There were many peers today as well. Sometimes, peers might not be competitors, but business partners, so many jewelry businessmen came to cooperate with Jade Beauty Jewelry. If Jade Beauty Jewelry became popular across the country, they could join it in the future.

However, Gu Ning had no intention to let other jewelry businessmen join her company because she made up her mind to build her own brand.

“Hey, boss, congratulations!”

Pan Zirui came along with his friends. Except for one woman, Gu Ning had met the rest of them, including Zhou Guangrui, Guan Bin, Gao Yongkang, Feng Xin and Hu Hao. Each of them brought flowers or gifts. They had also heard of what Gu Ning had done these days, and they were shocked too.

Feng Xin, who wanted to ride on Gu Ning’s coattails, now gave up because he knew that he didn’t have the ability to deceive Gu Ning. Although he ached to have a connection with the Tang family, he had to face reality.

The woman Gu Ning had never met before was precisely Tang Xinrui.

Chapter 667: Feng Xueqin Is Jealous of Gu Man

Tang Xinrui had seen Gu Ning’s photos before, but she still had to admit that Gu Ning was really stunning when she saw her in real life. Gu Ning wasn’t only beautiful, but also had outstanding ability, which made her feel jealous.

In addition to that, Gu Ning also had a tall, strong boyfriend, who was very attractive to most women, including her. However, she had no intention to steal Gu Ning’s boyfriend away because she knew that she was doomed to fail if she tried.

This time, Tang Xinrui came with Feng Xin. Although they just met, they were already good friends, otherwise Feng Xin wouldn’t bring her here.

“Miss Gu, congratulations!” They all congratulate Gu Ning.

“Thanks! Please look around inside,” Gu Ning said.

Because Gu Ning was very busy, nobody introduced Tang Xinrui to Gu Ning, but Tang Xinrui didn’t mind, because she would be in touch with Gu Ning later.

Fenghua Entertainment, Shenghua Real Estate, and Colaine Pharmaceutical Company also sent flowers here.

The above companies weren’t very famous, so people didn’t pay much attention to them. However, when the Qinghua Group sent flowers to congratulate Gu Ning, everyone was astonished once more.

“What? Qinghua Group?”

Those who weren’t aware of the news about Jade Beauty Jewelry were quite surprised to hear the name of the Qinghua Group.

Although the Qinghua Group wasn’t as famous as Shengshi Group, Jinlin Group or Tanghuang Group, it was very influential too because it was the Qing Gang’s business.

Besides Qinghua Group, Heiqi Group also sent flowers here.

People who were at the opening ceremony were short of words to describe how shocked they were now.

Heiqi Group was the business of the Kirin Gang. How come Gu Ning had a relationship with both the Kirin Gang and the Qing Gang?

“Jesus! I don’t know what to say now.”

“Gu Ning is so amazing!”

“I think that Gu Ning just has a relationship with the Kirin Gang and the Qing Gang’s businesses. If she had a relationship with the Kirin Gang and the Qing Gang, why did the two gangs not come to congratulate her under the name of their gangs?”

“I agree. Although the Qinghua Group is the Qing Gang’s business, and the Heiqi Group is the Kirin Gang’s business, their businesses are apart from their gangs.”

Hearing that, people all agreed, because it was very hard for them to believe that Gu Ning was able to have a relationship with both the Kirin Gang and the Qing Gang.

In fact, Situ Ye and Qi Tianlin didn’t show up in person in order to not cause Gu Ning trouble. It wasn’t a good thing for a company to have a connection with a gang after all.

Even so, it was still shocking enough that Gu Ning had such a powerful network.

Once representatives of the Kirin Gang’s and the Qing Gang’s businesses showed up, nobody dared to cause Jade Beauty Jewelry any trouble. Tang Xinrui, however, was an exception.

Tang Xinrui was aware of the connection between Jade Beauty Jewelry and the Qinghua Group, but she didn’t believe that Gu Ning was able to have a relationship with the Qing Gang either. Moreover, relationships between companies were all about benefits.

To Tang Xinrui’s astonishment, the Heiqi Group, Shengshi Group and Jinlin Group also came to attend this opening ceremony. Many businessmen ached to have a beneficial relationship with those large corporations, but failed.

It seemed that Gu Ning was more influential than she used to think.

Feng Xueqin was shocked by the guests who came to attend this opening ceremony too.

She couldn’t believe that Gu Ning could maintain a good relationship with so many important figures, and she wondered whether those people came for the sake of the Tang family.

When it was almost 10 am, Su Tongnuo arrived, which caused another round of exclamations.

“Ah! Goddess Su!”

“Tongnuo! I love you!”

“Tongnuo, I’m your biggest fan!”

Many of Su Tongnuo’s fans came here especially to see her.

Su Tongnuo was very kind and smiled at her fans.

Reporters also ran to interview her, but was declined by Su Tongnuo. “I’m sorry. It’s almost 10 am, and we can’t interrupt the opening ceremony. We can have the interview at the meeting hall in a little while.”

Hearing that, people realized that it was only 10 minutes away from the beginning of the opening ceremony.

There were countless important figures, so none of those reporters dared to cause any trouble.

When Pan Zirui saw Su Tongnuo, his eyes lit up, but Su Tongnuo worked for Gu Ning, so he didn’t dare to make eyes at her.

A while later, the opening ceremony was about to begin, and people walked out from the store one after another.

Feng Xueqin noticed that a middle-aged woman walked to Gu Ning’s side, so she was sure at once that the woman must be Gu Ning’s mother as well as Tang Yunfan’s woman.

Although the woman looked quite young, she had the charming air of a mature woman, and she also resembled Gu Ning. However, honestly, Gu Ning resembled her father more than her mother.

All of a sudden, Feng Xueqin felt very jealous of Gu Man, because she had to admit that Gu Man looked younger and more beautiful than her.

“Xueqin, calm down!” Wu Jinyi reminded Feng Xueqin to stay calm the moment she noticed that Feng Xueqin was losing control of herself.

Chapter 668: Lucky Draw

In addition, Master Tang and other important figures were also there, and they wouldn’t allow Feng Xueqin to ruin this opening ceremony.

Feng Xueqin did her best to calm herself down after Wu Jinyi’s reminder. She knew that it wouldn’t do her any good if she ruined this opening ceremony.

However, Tang Yunfan was still absent.

Feng Xueqin didn’t feel happy, or unhappy knowing that Tang Yunfan was absent, because she wanted to see him, but was reluctant to see him being with Gu Man and Gu Ning.

Zhou Zhenghong went on the stage to address the audience first.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to attend the opening ceremony of Jade Beauty Jewelry…”

At the end of his speech, the audience applauded.

Gu Ning then went on stage. Although she didn’t give a formal speech like Zhou Zhenghong, she behaved like an experienced and successful businesswoman, which impressed the audience. Gu Ning wasn’t like a 18-year-old girl at all.

Even Tang Haifeng couldn’t help but compliment her. “Ningning is much more mature than her age!”

“You’re right!” Master Lei said. He had never seen anyone who was able to be so mature and stable at such an early age before.

“Wow, Goddess Gu looks so cool!”

“If I were a man, I would marry her.”

“An ordinary man can’t marry Goddess Gu. The man must be good-looking, rich, smart, and outstanding, just like Goddess Gu!”

“I agree!”

A group of young girls discussed that under the stage in a low voice.

Seeing that those young girls held great admiration for Gu Ning, Feng Xueqin hated Gu Ning to death. In Feng Xueqin’s eyes, Gu Ning should never exist. Gu Ning’s mother should disappear too. If it hadn’t been for Gu Ning’s mother, Tang Yunfan wouldn’t have rejected her. Feng Xueqin believed that Tang Yunfan rejected her because of Gu Ning’s mother, not because he disliked her from the very beginning.

Feng Xueqin was really a control freak in love.

Wu Jinyi was worried about Feng Xueqin now, because Feng Xueqin was doomed to failure if she dared to annoy the Tang family.

Let alone the Tang family who supported Gu Ning behind her back, the Feng family was barely comparable to any of the other dominant business groups that were invited to attend today’s opening ceremony.

However, Feng Xueqin had already lost her reason, and wouldn’t care about the result once she decided to do something, especially when it was about Tang Yunfan. In that case, Wu Jinyi could only remind Feng Xueqin not to cause any trouble when she was with her, in case she would be punished too.

Gu Ning didn’t give a long speech, and the next part was ribbon-cutting.

Gu Ning, Tang Haifeng, Master Lei, Su Tongnuo and Zhou Zhenghong cut the ribbon together.

After ribbon-cutting, the jewelry store was open to everyone, but most of the people were looking forward to the lucky draw.

Feng Xueqin didn’t walk inside, because she had nothing to do in the store, but she took pictures of Gu Ning and Gu Man. Many people were taking photos at the ceremony, so nobody paid attention to her.

Although Gu Ning shocked her today, it didn’t mean that she would give up her scheme against Gu Ning and Gu Man. After all, she planned to hire someone else to do it for her.

In the next hour, many people went to join in the lucky draw. In order to avoid confusion, they all stood in a line.

There were over a thousand red envelopes in the container. As for the 10 prizes of jade pendants, there would a piece of paper in each of the 10 red envelopes. As for other prizes, there would be several bills inside.

After a long time, around 70 people had dipped their hand into the container, but drew out no prize.

Just when people doubted whether there were real prizes in the container, a person drew out a red envelope with a 100-yuan bill inside. Although it was a shame that the person didn’t win the jade pendant, a 100-yuan bill was better than nothing.

As time went by, only a few people won several bills in a red envelope. Just when they were about to lose hope, a person won the jade pendant and almost shouted in excitement.

The good news cheered many people up.

Although fewer people walked into the store, most of them were potential buyers.

Tang Yunrong’s and Jiang Lihua’s friends were all noble women, and each of them bought several pieces of jade jewelry. They didn’t do it for the sake of Tang Yunrong or Jiang Lihua, but because the designs of the jade jewelry really attracted them. In addition, the jewelry in the store was all made of high quality jade. Therefore, Jade Beauty Jewelry was more popular than other jewelry brands among the rich ladies.

Although there weren’t many differences in the designs of jewelry, brands still differed from each other.

Chapter 669: Danger Stays with Power and Wealth

Some liked famous brands, which could accentuate their wealth. While some preferred brands of good quality, which were comfortable. Different people had different opinions.

“Is there any piece that you like? I can buy it for you as a gift,” Si Ming said to Qiu Yuxin.

“Aren’t you afraid that it’ll cost you a fortune?” Qiu Yuxin smiled.

“I’m happy to buy it for you as long as you’re happy,” Si Ming said.

“Please, stop showing off your affection for each other.” Cao Wenxin felt so hurt standing by their side.

“We don’t mind it if you can do the same,” Qiu Yuxin said, and challenged Cao Wenxin.

Cao Wenxin pouted in silence.

Many onlookers posted videos and photos of the opening ceremony of Jade Beauty Jewelry on the Internet, and it soon became a hot topic.

Everyone was shocked by the attendees.

“Jesus, Goddess Gu is able to maintain a good relationship with so many famous corporations and even the two biggest gangs!”

“Goddess Gu is so unbelievable!”

“Qinghua Group and Heiqi Group don’t stand for the Qing Gang and the Kirin Gang! Stop bragging!”

“Exactly, Qinghua Group and Heiqi Group are just businesses of the Qing Gang and the Kirin Gang.”

Many people held that opinion, which Gu Ning wouldn’t disagree with.

“So what? It’s still not an easy thing to maintain a good relationship with Qinghua Group and Heiqi Group.”

“I’m short of words to describe my astonishment now.”

“Goddess Gu, are you still hiring? Can I join your company?”

“Me too!”

Although many people complimented Gu Ning’s achievement, there were still many haters too.

“It must be a publicity stunt!”

“I don’t believe that she can have such a powerful network at such an early age.”

“Me either.”

…

In some people’s eyes, it was hard to believe that Gu Ning, who was still a young girl, could maintain a good relationship with many famous companies and important figures.

Some haters even attacked Gu Ning on the Internet.

“Did she sell her body to build up her network? She’s very attractive after all.”

“I agree, so it must be a publicity stunt.”

“Nonsense! You are just being jealous.”

“Do you have any evidence to prove that she has done that?”

“Stop slandering Goddess Gu!”

“Do you have any evidence to prove that she has not done that?”

“Don’t be so mean. Goddess Gu earns everything on her own.”

“You’re just her dumb fan!”

“You’re a stupid hater!”

Many haters were still attacking Gu Ning on the Internet, but Gu Ning’s loyal fans defended her even harder.

“Did you lose your reason? Who would dare to use those dominant business groups for a publicity stunt? Although Goddess Gu is really outstanding, she doesn’t have the ability to fool those important figures in business.”

“Exactly! Qinghua Group also attended the opening ceremony of Jade Beauty Jewelry in City G last time.”

“Open your eyes! Couldn’t you see that both

aster Tang, who’s the richest man in City B, and Master Lei, who’s the leading role of another super-rich family in City B, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony?”

“Those haters are all idiots!”

Afterwards, reporters who had attended the opening ceremony posted their interviews on their official Weibo accounts, which proved that everything was real.

Within minutes, Jade Beauty Jewelry and Gu Ning became the hottest topics on Weibo once more.

Many celebrities were jealous of Gu Ning now, because they had tried hard to be a hot topic on Weibo but it was in vain. However, they were also astonished by Gu Ning’s network.

Shengshi Group, Jinlin Group and Tanghuang Group were all the top business corporations in this country. In addition, the businesses of the two biggest gangs also had a relationship with Gu Ning. In that case, nobody dared to cause Gu Ning or Jade Beauty Jewelry any trouble.

Ordinary people, of course, didn’t dare to do that, but ambitious people were exceptions.

Danger always stayed with power and wealth.

No matter who you were or what industry you were involved in, you would have competitors or even enemies the moment you joined the society. Therefore, although most people were afraid of Gu Ning’s network, some still dared to challenge her.

Tang Weiyong was one of them. He was going to fight against the Tang family in business, and Gu Ning was his target too.

Chapter 670: Wu Yuanping

No matter how powerful or rich a person was, he or she could have shortcomings as well. And no matter how weak or poor a person was for now, he or she could also beat a strong enemy with the right tactics.

Tang Weiyong had succeeded in attacking Tang Yunfan twice. Gu Ning had overcome many difficulties which didn’t seem solvable so that she was able to achieve a lot today. Many rich men had been abducted and blackmailed. Many leaders of some countries had also been murdered. There were many other shocking events in this world. Therefore, no matter if you were powerful or weak, it could be changed.

Power and wealth could protect you, but could also put you in a dangerous position.

Tang Weiyong was paying special attention to news about Gu Ning. Without a doubt, he was shocked by Gu Ning’s network too, but he didn’t care about it, and would never give up his scheme against Gu Ning. Besides, businessmen gathered for interests, and dispersed once there was no benefit.

Tang Weiyong had experienced that in person.

Accordingly, he would keep on competing against Tang Haifeng and Gu Ning. Moreover, since he found out that Gu Ning wasn’t a weak competitor at all, he would be more careful, and more determined to remove Gu Ning from his way to success. As for Tang Yunfan, Tang Weiyong believed that he was still unconscious.

It was already very lucky that Tang Yunfan had survived such a serious car accident.

Tang Yunfan was the chairman of Tanghuang Group, so his subordinates had also visited him. They were all sure that Tang Yunfan was still lying in the bed.

In that case, Tang Weiyong removed Tang Yunfan’s name from his target list.

A short time after the opening ceremony of Jade Beauty Jewelry, someone came to cause Gu Ning trouble.

He was a man who was around 40 years old, and he demanded to see Gu Ning, the boss of Jade Beauty Jewelry, once he walked inside.

Since the man came to see her, Gu Ning showed up.

“Wu Yuanping?” Before Gu Ning could say something, Tang Haifeng recognized the man.

Wu Yuanping was surprised to see Tang Haifeng, then greeted him with great respect, “Master Tang.”

“May I help, Mr. Wu?” Gu Ning asked. Although she sensed that this man wasn’t coming for anything good, she remained polite since he knew Tang Haifeng.

“I heard that the boss of Jade Beauty Jewelry made the first bucket of gold by stone gambling. Is that true?” Wu Yuanping asked.

“Yes,” Gu Ning replied.

“Just by stone gambling, you’ve never taken out a loan?” Wu Yuanping asked again.

“Yes,” Gu Ning replied once more.

Hearing that, people around them were all astonished. They had all heard that Gu Ning had made a lot of money by stone gambling, but none of them expected that Gu Ning had earned the whole Jade Beauty Jewelry by it. In other words, Gu Ning had made over a hundred million yuan by stone gambling! Thinking of that, people were all shocked.

Reporters also realized that it was a very important moment, so they all turned on their cameras, trying to film it.

“It’s very impressive that you can make so much money just by stone gambling. I have great admiration for you, but I still want to challenge you,” Wu Yuanping said.

“Wu Yuanping, what do you want to do?” Tang Haifeng frowned in annoyance. It was obvious that Wu Yuanping came here to cause Gu Ning trouble. However, to Tang Haifeng’s surprise, Wu Yuanping dared to do that right in front of his eyes.

“He’s here to cause trouble!”

“Right, but I’m curious what exactly he’s going to do.”

“Doesn’t he know the close relationship between Miss Gu and Master Tang?”

Onlookers all believed that Wu Yuanping was crazy.

Gu Man and Gu Ning’s friends, however, was afraid that it might affect the business of the jewelry store.

When Wu Yuanping heard people’s discussion, he frowned. Although he didn’t dare to annoy Master Tang, he had no intention to step back. He had seen many people who became rich by stone gambling, but what Gu Ning had achieved was beyond his imagination. How was she able to establish a high-end jewelry brand just by stone gambling?

Stone gambling was well-known as a highly-risky game, but Gu Ning could easily make money by it, which was unacceptable in Wu Yuanping’s eyes. He had been involved in stone gambling for over 20 years, and what Gu Ning had achieved was simply a miracle in this industry.

“It’s fine. I can handle it.” Gu Ning comforted Tang Haifeng. Tang Haifeng respected Gu Ning’s decisions, so he remained silent. After that, Gu Ning looked at Wu Yuanping and asked, “So what do you want to do?”

Gu Ning knew that he wouldn’t leave without a result, and he aroused her interest too.

“I want to have a competition with you,” Wu Yuanping said.

“Ningning.” Tang Haifeng was slightly worried, and wanted to stop Gu Ning, because he knew that Wu Yuanping was very experienced in stone gambling. If Gu Ning lost, it would affect the reputation of her jewelry store.

People didn’t care where she got the jade, but nobody liked the feeling of being deceived.

However, if Gu Ning rejected, people might think that Gu Ning was guilty and didn’t dare meet the challenge. Therefore, Tang Haifeng debated whether to stop Gu Ning or not.

“Ningning.” Gu Man, Tang Yunrong and the others were also worried.

“Don’t worry. Trust me,” Gu Ning said with confidence.

Since Gu Ning was confident about herself, they didn’t say anything further.

In the store, only Leng Shaoting and Zhou Zhenghong completely believed in Gu Ning, because they had witnessed her ability of stone gambling