Chapter 851: In Love with Goddess Gu

The students and teachers of the No.3 High School in City F all felt proud of Gu Ning. It was as if they had won the first prize themselves.

Not only was Gu Ning the honor of her school now, but also City F. The director of the Education Bureau in City F and the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of City F called Gu Ning to congratulate her too.

Gu Ning’s friends called her one after another as well.

Gu Ning couldn’t remember how many calls she had received today, and she felt quite thirsty after repeatedly saying thanks, but she wasn’t impatient at all. Instead, she was happy to receive congratulations from her close friends.

“Boss, you’re so unbelievable! Why don’t we have a celebration party?” Pan Zirui said with excitement.

“Thanks, but my family is doing that for me. I think I can have several drinks with you later tonight though,” Gu Ning said.

“Great! My friends also want to celebrate it with you. Would you mind sharing drinks with them in my club?” Pan Zirui asked.

“Of course not!” Gu Ning said with a smile.

Although she wasn’t familiar with Pan Zirui’s friends, she treated them politely, and was willing to gather together with them.

“Thanks!” Pan Zirui was thrilled.

“Oh, boss, my older brother is much better now. Thank you for what you’ve done for my family,” Pan Zirui said in a serious tone all of a sudden. If it hadn’t been for Gu Ning, he could have lost his close older brother.

Most brothers in a rich family would compete against each other for family wealth, but Pan Zirui and his older brother were exceptions.

“You’re welcome. I’m glad that your older brother is recovering,” Gu Ning said.

After hanging up the call with Pan Zirui, Gu Ning called Tang Qingyang and invited him to share drinks tonight.

Since Tang Qingyang was in charge of a business project in City B now, she would introduce her connections to him. Pan Zirui and his friends weren’t from the top super-rich families in City B, but it wasn’t a bad thing to maintain a good relationship with them.

In fact, Tang Qingyang wasn’t in a position of absolute power in the company, so he was free most of the time. Moreover, it was Gu Ning’s invitation, and there was no reason for him to reject it.

…

At the same time, Gu Ning became the hot topic on the Internet again.

“Wow, Goddess Gu is so amazing! She won the competition with full marks!”

“I think she isn’t a normal human being, because she’s too outstanding!”

“Well, she is a real goddess, and human beings are barely comparable to her.”

“I think there is no one who can be more talented, outstanding and skillful at everything than Goddess Gu!”

“Yeah, my mother wishes that she had a kid as outstanding as Goddess Gu, ha-ha.”

“Ha-ha, ha-ha, my mother has the same idea.”

“I believe many parents share the same thought, because Goddess Gu is basically perfect.”

“Right, but I’m not jealous of Goddess Gu.”

“That’s because you’re a royal fan of her now, and you admire her.”

“I think Goddess Gu can do everything well.”

“There is nothing she couldn’t do.”

“Anyway, I’m deeply in love with Goddess Gu now. I’m losing interest in boys.”

“Please don’t. If you’re losing interest in boys, another boy has to stay single.”

“I agree, the amount of men is out of all proportion to that of women in our country now. Women are rare animals.”

“I’m not an animal!”

“What’s worse now is that some families still value boys much higher above girls, which is something I totally couldn’t understand.”

“Right, I couldn’t understand it either.”

“Boys and girls should be equal!”

“If I’m going to be a mother in the future, I’ll treat my son and daughter fairly.”

…

“Hey, it has nothing to do with this topic. We’re talking about Goddess Gu now.”

“Oh, you’re right. Goddess Gu, I love you!”

“Love you too!”

…

Countless Internet users were discussing Gu Ning and a large amount of them became her fans.

Before long, Gu Ning occupied three of the hottest topics on Weibo.

The first hottest topic: Another great achievement for Goddess Gu

The fourth hottest topic: Gu Ning won the first prize in the math competition.

The sixth hottest topic: Confess your love to Goddess Gu.

Once Gu Ning’s name appeared on the list of the hottest topics, many stars were upset, because Gu Ning always attracted much more attention than them.

However, a while later, another topic about Gu Ning showed up on the list, but it wasn’t a good one.

Chapter 852: How Come Gu Ning Became the Champion?

The title was: How come Gu Ning became the champion?

Many people left comments with suspicions on the fact that Gu Ning had won the competition with full marks three times. Some believed that Gu Ning had bribed the Education Bureau to get the correct answers even before the contest began.

“It’s said that Gu Ning is an excellent student in her school, so it isn’t a surprise that she won the first prize, but how did she manage to do it with full marks? It has never happened before. I can’t believe it.”

“I agree. My uncle is a math teacher in a high school, and even he can’t finish those exercises within such a short time. Gu Ning is just a high school student. I don’t think she’s able to do that on her own. She’s a successful businesswoman now, and it might be easy for her to get the correct answers beforehand.”

“Mind your words! You have to take responsibility for what you just said. How dare you suspect a department of our government? Don’t you feel embarrassed that your uncle, who’s a math teacher in a high school, failed to do better than Gu Ning, who is just a high school student?”

“They’re so mean, and I think they’re simply being jealous.”

“She even gave an excuse that she has a good memory. It must be a lie.”

“Right, why do you support her and believe every word she said? Do you all think that she could finish those math questions on her own?”

“At least we trust the Education Bureau.”

“We trust the Education Bureau, so we won’t make any judgments without any proof.”

“Why don’t you have a look and believe the official statement? Stop spreading rumors!”

“Show us any proof you can get, or you’ll be punished according to the law!”

…

Although many people had suspicions of Gu Ning, there were more Internet users who supported and defended her. In their eyes, Gu Ning was good at everything.

Voice of support soon surpassed those with doubts.

Another while later, the Education Bureau of City B released an official statement to prove that the competition was above board.

Since the contest was fair and public, rumor-makers might be sued if they kept spreading rumors.

Once the official statement was out, the haters stopped attacking Gu Ning. They still held doubts, but didn’t dare to leave comments on the Internet anymore.

Gu Ning, however, didn’t care about it at all. She would focus on her own life, studies and career. She would only take action when the attack became serious.

…

Leng Shaoting called Gu Ning at 1:30 pm, and told her that he was in the capital now.

Gu Ning also told him that she had won the first prize in the math competition. Leng Shaoting felt happy for her, and it wasn’t a surprise in his eyes either.

After hanging up the call with Gu Ning, Leng Shaoting called Master Leng at once.

“Hi, you haven’t called me for a long time! I thought you already forgot that you still have a grandfather,” Master Leng joked.

“Grandpa, I’m in the capital now, and I’ll visit you this afternoon. By the way, your future grand daughter-in-law just won the first prize with full marks in the national math competition,” Leng Shaoting said.

“What? Really?” Master Leng was shocked.

Jiang Zhongyu and Master Xu were also in the room with Master Leng, and they were both astonished at hearing the news.

What? Gu Ning won the competition with full marks?

It’s so unbelievable!

“Ha-ha, ha-ha, very good!” Master Leng laughed out loud. He felt so proud of his talented future grand daughter-in-law.

Afterwards, Master Leng kept showing off Gu Ning’s achievements in front of Jiang Zhongyu and Master Xu. He didn’t stop complimenting Gu Ning until his friends got a little annoyed.

Master Leng just loved to see his friends being envious of him.

…

At 6 pm, all the members of the Tang family were home. Even Cao Ruihua’s family joined the party to congratulate Gu Ning.

It was also the third day after the construction of Shenghua Real Estate began, but nothing bad happened, so people started to believe that the horrifying news about the land was just a rumor.

Gu Ning told Gao Yi and Qiao Ya to pay a lot of attention to the construction, in case her business competitors caused trouble on the construction site.

…

When it was nearly 9 pm, Gu Ning went to Pan Zirui’s bar along with Cao Wenxin.

On their way, Gu Ning called Tang Qingyang and told him to meet her there.

Pan Zirui and his friends were already waiting for them when Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin arrived.

They wouldn’t bring cheap girls with them when they met with Gu Ning now, because they thought that it wasn’t polite and they were respectful of Gu Ning.

Although Gu Ning didn’t mind, it was a good thing to avoid conflicts with those cheap girls.

The second Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin showed up, everyone complimented Gu Ning with sincerity.

A while later, Tang Qingyang arrived, and Gu Ning introduced him to everyone.

Chapter 853: Don’t Have Much Hope

Cao Wenxin was Gu Ning’s friend, so the boys all treated her with respect. And when Gu Ning told Tang Qingyang and Pan Zirui to exchange their name cards, they understood that Tang Qingyang must be important in Gu Ning’s circle of friends. Therefore, they all exchanged name cards with Tang Qingyang and said that they should gather together often.

Tang Qingyang then realized that Gu Ning aimed to help him gain connections.

When it was 11 pm, Gu Ning and Cao Wenxin left.

“Ningning, since when are you and Tang Qingyang so close to each other?” Cao Wenxin asked with curiosity. She asked it casually, and didn’t think that Gu Ning liked Tang Qingyang. Cao Wenxin knew how much Gu Ning loved Leng Shaoting, and Tang Qingyang was barely comparable to Leng Shaoting.

“Um, I need to cooperate with him, so it’s necessary for me to give him a helping hand,” Gu Ning said, but didn’t tell many details.

“Oh, I understand,” Cao Wenxin said, and didn’t ask further.

Gu Ning called Leng Shaoting once she got home, and they talked for an hour on the phone before they went to sleep.

Leng Shaoting had called her when she was in the bar, but it was too noisy for them to talk to each other on the phone, so Gu Ning called him back the second she was home.

The next day, Gu Ning left for the Tang family’s house in the morning. She told Tang Haifeng and Gu Man that she was going to HK tomorrow, but didn’t tell them what she would do there.

Tang Haifeng and Gu Man didn’t ask for details, because they trusted Gu Ning. Gu Ning was a kung fu master, and she also had two ace bodyguards by her sides, so she would be safe.

Afterwards, Gu Ning called He Siyin and told her that she would meet her in HK tomorrow.

He Siyin was quite relieved knowing that Gu Ning was definitely going to come to help her.

Gu Ning called Qiao Ya a while later and told her to book three plane tickets to HK tomorrow. She decided that she would bring Gao Yi and Qiao Ya with her this time.

After booking the plane tickets, Gu Ning told He Siyin the exact arrival time so that He Siyin could arrange for someone to pick them up.

When it was settled, He Siyin went to meet her father in the study.

He Hongjie was lying on the soft couch, and looked haggard. He was just in his early fifties, but looked much older than his real age. His family faced a serious crisis now, and he was also in a bad mood.

Although He Siyin told him that she had found an ace gambler, he was still very anxious. Besides, his second son was still missing.

Someone knocked on the door of the study.

He Hongjie got his mind back and said, “Come in.”

The second He Hongjie finished saying that, He Siyin pushed the door open, walking inside.

Seeing her father looking so haggard, she felt sad, but didn’t know what to do.

“Father,” He Siyin called him. “The girl just called me, and said that she’ll be here around 5 pm tomorrow.”

Hearing that, He Hongjie was cheered up a little.

Only He Hongjie and He Siyin were aware of it right now, because it was the key moment in their family’s development, so they had to keep it a secret. If anyone else found out, Gu Ning would be in a dangerous situation.

…

Today ended peacefully.

The next morning, Gu Ning went to Fengshang Shopping Mall to check on her shops.

Both Jade Beauty Jewelry and Charm were very popular and crowded with customers.

As for the beauty salon, skincare products were delivered that morning, and the staff members were sorting them out. It would open the day after tomorrow.

Gu Ning and the others left for the airport at 12:30 pm.

…

At this time, in the capital.

Lu Zhan and his team reported for duty at noon. Lu Xiao told them to stay in the hotel. The company wouldn’t offer them free accommodations, but only a thousand yuan as a housing allowance.

Gu Ning was a very generous boss, but she also has her standards. Lu Zhan’s team members were workers in the company, not the managers, so they couldn’t have free accommodations. Businessmen cared about benefits after all.

Lu Zhan and Lu Yichen, however, could have free accommodation, because they weren’t common workers.

With Gu Ning’s permission, Chen Cangyi had already bought all the apartments on one of the floors of a nearby living building, and there were 12 apartments in all. Each of them occupied 30 square-meters, including a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.

Therefore, Lu Zhan and Lu Yichen would live in the apartments.

After Lu Zhan arrived, K came to get a copy of the film as Gu Ning told him to do.

It took time and a lot of energy to edit a film, and it normally took several weeks. However, K came back with the edited film just two days later, which surprised Lu Zhan. He couldn’t believe that K was able to finish the work within just two days.

Even if K stayed up all night, it was impossible to edit the film well within just two days. Therefore, Lu Zhan thought that K had probably edited the film without much care.

Thinking of that, Lu Zhan was a little displeased.

Nevertheless, K worked for Gu Ning as well, so Lu Zhan didn’t show his doubt on his face when K gave the edited film to him. After that, he called Lu Yichen and they went to watch the film in the multimedia room together. However, Lu Zhan didn’t have much hope.

Chapter 854: Gu Ning Arrives at HK

To their surprise, they were both amazed after hearing the first sound of the film.

When the first scene showed, Lu Zhan and Lu Yichen were scared by the ghost in the film, because it looked so real. After watching it for a few seconds, Lu Zhan and Lu Yichen felt the high quality of this film.

In fact, they hadn’t been well-prepared when they went to shoot this horror film, so they didn’t have much anticipation for it to be popular.

No investors would invest a large amount of money into a horror film because it couldn’t attract a huge audience. However, after K’s edit, this film had a high potential to be a blockbuster!

Although this film wasn’t fully finished yet, because they needed voice actors to do the voices in the film, it was already scary enough with the scenes and sounds.

Lu Zhan and Lu Yichen enjoyed every second of the film. If Gu Ning hadn’t cured Lu Zhan’s heart disease, he would have had a heart attack by now.

It took Lu Zhan and Lu Yichen a long while to calm themselves down after watching the film for the first time, then they began to watch it the second time.

Even though they had already watched it once, they were still scared sometimes.

“Uncle Zhan, this film editor, Mu Ye, is so good! He’s edited this film well within just two days, and its quality is so unbelievable,” Lu Yichen said.

“Right, he must be a genius. I’ve never seen such a talented film worker like him before! I’m confident that this film can be popular once it’s shown in theaters,” Lu Zhan said. As long as they could promote it well, there was no doubt that this film would be a great success.

When they walked out of the multimedia room, they were still in shock and fear because of the film.

Lu Zhan walked to the general manager’s office afterwards.

“Director Lu, what happened?” Seeing Lu Zhan’s pale face, Lu Xiao asked with concern.

Lu Zhan took a long breath in before he opened his mouth. “Manager Lu, this film is edited so well that I’m confident that it can be a great success.”

“Really?” Lu Xiao was surprised.

Lu Zhan was a well-known director in this industry, and Lu Xiao knew how experienced and skilled he was when it came to films. If Lu Zhan thought that this film could be a great success, it was very likely to happen.

“Well, we can check whether the voice actors are ready now and finish the film as soon as possible,” Lu Xiao said. He was curious to see the audience’s reaction to the film.

Lu Xiao had hired voice actors before Lu Zhan arrived. He also thought that it would take at least several weeks to edit the film well, but it was already done after two days.

“Sure,”Lu Zhan said, then left.

Gu Ning wouldn’t interfere in the business of Fenghua Entertainment, unless it was necessary, and Lu Xiao was completely in charge of it. Therefore, Gu Ning wasn’t aware of the condition of Fenghua Entertainment for now.

…

Gu Ning arrived at the airport of HK around 4:40 pm. Once she got off the plane, she called He Siyin.

He Siyin said that she was already waiting for her in the arrival hall. She came to pick Gu Ning up in person.

“Hi, Miss Gu, been a while!” He Siyin was excited to see Gu Ning. Gu Ning’s help was super important in her eyes, so she had to make sure that Gu Ning was safe.

“Nice to see you again, Miss He,” Gu Ning said with a smile.

“Please follow me this way,” He Siyin said, then guided Gu Ning and the others out of the airport and got into a car at the roadside.

“Miss Gu, we can share a meal at the hotel first, and you can have a good rest today. The gambling match will begin at 2 pm the day after tomorrow, so you can have a trip around HK, but you must be careful,” He Siyin said.

The competition would be held the day after tomorrow, but Gu Ning wanted to have a tour in HK, so she came here a day earlier.

He Siyin planned to arrange several bodyguards for Gu Ning, but Gu Ning declined, because she already had two ace killers by her sides.

“I will,” Gu Ning replied.

At this moment, Gu Ning’s phone rang, and the caller was Li Maosong, who she hadn’t contacted for a long time.

Seeing the caller’s name, Gu Ning understood that they must have found an ancient grave somewhere. “Hi, Uncle Li.” Gu Ning put on her earphones and answered the phone.

“Hi, Miss Gu, I just saw a girl who looks quite familiar to you at the airport of HK, and there was a man and woman by her sides. Is the girl you?” Li Maosong asked.

Gu Ning was struck dumb for a second. In that case, Li Maosong must be in HK too.

“Yeah, it’s me. I just left the airport. Are you also in HK now?” Gu Ning asked.

“Yes, we just arrived here too. We got a piece of information, but are not sure about it yet, so we decided to check it ourselves before we tell you. I’m surprised to see you in HK. Are you free? Why don’t we share a meal and talk about it?” Li Maosong said.

“Well, I’m a little busy right now, so I’ll contact you a little bit later,” Gu Ning said.

“Sure,” Li Maosong said, then hung up.

…

He Siyin booked the largest presidential suite for Gu Ning’s group in the most luxurious five-star hotel. After that, they went to dine together.

“Miss He, is your second older brother still missing?” Gu Ning asked with concern.

Chapter 855: The Drama in the Hotel

Thinking of her second older brother, He Siyin looked sad. “Yeah, he’s still missing.”

“Do you know how your second older brother disappeared?” Gu Ning asked. She had no intention to do He Siyin a favor, but she wouldn’t mind paying attention to it.

It wasn’t a secret, so He Siyin directly said, “Two months ago, he went to sail with his friends. They left for a small undeveloped island on the west side. In the beginning, we could get through to him, but we lost touch the next day, and he never came back again. My father sent a lot of people to find him. Their yacht was still stopped by the small island, but they were nowhere to be found. Besides, no other yachts have been there except theirs. After a short time, my father’s ears act up, and the news went abroad. My family is affected a little, but luckily we have many allies so our family business is still doing well. However, it won’t last long, because He Hongyuan is always thinking of taking over my family’s business.”

“He Hongyuan doesn’t bother to hide his ambition, so my family are all aware of his aim, but he refuses to admit it himself. We don’t have solid proof either, so we can do nothing about it,” He Siyin added.

Speaking of He Hongyuan, He Siyin was angry.

Gu Ning didn’t ask further. She had planned to pay some attention to He Siyin’s second older brother’s disappearance, but it now seemed difficult.

After the meal, He Siyin left, and Gu Ning called Li Maosong.

Li Maosong and his friends were dining in a four-star hotel now, which wasn’t far from the hotel Gu Ning stayed in, so Gu Ning decided to walk there as a way of exercise.

Just as she arrived at the hall, she noticed that He Siyin was in a conflict with a man and a woman.

The man and woman stood hand in hand, looking at He Siyin with arrogance.

“He Siyin, it must be a hard time for you, right? I will be the heiress of the He family the day after tomorrow, while you’ll lose everything you were born with.” The woman laughed at He Siyin with her eyes full of maliciousness.

In the past, He Yixi was always overshadowed by He Siyin.

This woman who was making fun of He Siyin was exactly the daughter of her uncle, He Yixi. The man by her side was the second son of the leader of the Tiandihui, Hong Yuefei.

Although Hong Yuefei was He Yixi’s boyfriend now, he was still interested in He Siyin. However, he also couldn’t wait a second longer to gloat over He Siyin’s failure. That was the reason why he agreed with He Yixi to scheme against the He family.

He would wait to take He Siyin as his possession by force after she lost everything so that nobody could or would be willing to help her then.

“Oh, really? Isn’t it too early to say that?” Although He Siyin was in a rage now, she remained calm on the surface. However, no matter how calm she seemed, people could still sense her anger, because the two people standing in front of her were the cause of the He family’s problem. He Siyin wished she could tear them into pieces right now.

“I don’t think so.” He Yixi smiled with disdain.

He Siyin felt disgusted, and planned to walk away, but He Yixi raised her foot and placed it in He Siyin’s way all of a sudden. He Siyin stumbled and exclaimed.

People around all turned to look at her. If she fell on the ground, it would be really painful.

To everyone’s surprise, a girl grabbed He Siyin’s arm at the last second and pulled her up.

The girl was Gu Ning, and she knew what He Yixi was going to do the moment He Yixi reached out her foot, so she was able to catch He Siyin’s arm before she fell.

Everyone was shocked by the scene in the hall.

Without delay, Gu Ning protected He Siyin behind her back.

In the meantime, Gu Ning kicked He Yixi’s ankle. It looked careless, but Gu Ning did it on purpose. In fact, except for Gao Yi and Qiao Ya, nobody noticed Gu Ning’s foot, because they were all paying attention to He Siyin.

Gu Ning secretly used her magical power when she attacked He Yixi, and He Yixi’s ankle was instantly broken with a clear sound. He Yixi screamed in pain, and fell the next second. Luckily, she was holding Hong Yuefei’s arm, so she didn’t fall on the ground.

“Yixi, are you alright?” Hong Yuefei asked.

“M-My ankle is so sore!” He Yixi’s face turned pale.

Hearing that, Hong Yuefei squatted to check her ankle, but she screamed again once his hand touched her ankle.

“It’s broken!” Hong Yuefei was astonished, but didn’t know how it happened. He didn’t see Gu Ning attack He Yixi, so he had no idea that it was Gu Ning who had done it.

“She just kicked me!” He Yixi pointed at Gu Ning, shouting in anger.

Hearing that, Hong Yuefei abruptly turned to glare at Gu Ning. When he was about to swear at her, he was stunned by her beauty. Gu Ning was more beautiful than any girl he had ever seen before.

He Yixi was annoyed, and she soon got jealous when she saw Gu Ning’s face.

“Yuefei!” He Yixi was displeased, but didn’t dare to lose her temper, because she knew that Hong Yuefei was a playboy who always wanted to have sex with pretty girls. Even though she was his girlfriend now, he still maintained a sexual relationship with different women.

She was unwilling to accept it, but she needed the title of Mrs. Hong the most, which meant that nobody would dare to act against her in HK. In order to gain the title, she had to stand the fact that Hong Yuefei had many mistresses, and she did her best in bed to attract him.

In fact, she had already succeeded, so they would be married once the He family’s business became theirs.

Chapter 856: Gong Zehan

Hearing He Yixi’s voice, Hong Yuefei finally got his mind back, but he still ignored her and pretended to be a gentleman before Gu Ning. “Miss, nice to meet you. I’m Hong Yuefei, the second son of the leader of the Tiandihui. May I know your name?”

However, Gu Ning turned to He Siyin. “Miss, after you.”

Gu Ning didn’t address He Siyin as Miss He, because she didn’t want Hong Yuefei and He Yixi to find out that they were acquaintances.

He Siyin also had the same idea. Although she was worried about Gu Ning, she understood that Gu Ning could protect herself since Gu Ning told her to leave now. Therefore, she thanked Gu Ning, then left.

Gu Ning was the one who had kicked He Yixi, so He Yixi didn’t stop He Siyin from walking outside. He Yixi also realized that Gu Ning was going to pay Hong Yuefei back. Nevertheless, she was unwilling to let Gu Ning go.

“Well, you weren’t born here, right?” Hong Yuefei suddenly asked.

Many people in the hall showed disdain after hearing that. Citizens in HK never liked people from other cities, because they thought that others were all poorer than them.

HK did have a highly developed commerce and finance, but it was a very small city with absurdly high housing prices. Many people had to live in space the size of a box. Only super-rich people could afford a large house or manor.

In that case, countless people from other cities couldn’t understand why citizens in HK believed that they were better than others.

“Let’s go now!” Gu Ning said to Gao Yi and Qiao Ya, then strode away. She didn’t bother to give Hong Yuefei a glance from the beginning to the end.

“Stop right there!” Hong Yuefei opened his mouth.

Gu Ning, however, didn’t stop at all. She acted like Hong Yuefei wasn’t calling her.

Hong Yuefei let He Yixi go at once, and He Yixi almost fell down, but she didn’t mind it now. She knew that the girl was going to be punished once Hong Yuefei got mad.

Hong Yuefei went ahead and blocked Gu Ning’s way. At the same time, Gao Yi stood in between Gu Ning and Hong Yuefei to separate him from Gu Ning.

Hong Yuefei was displeased, glaring at Gu Ning like a hungry wolf. “How dare you ignore me? Don’t you know who I am? You won’t be able to bear the result if you annoy me.”

Gu Ning stared at him with an expressionless face, and Hong Yuefei somehow felt stressed.

“Really? Did I annoy you?” Gu Ning coldly asked. She didn’t seem scared of his family background at all.

“You…” Hong Yuefei was struck dumb for a second. “You kicked my woman!”

“I kicked your woman, not you. It’s none of your business. If your woman is annoyed, you can tell her to argue with me. In addition, your woman tried to make the miss stumble, and I just taught her a lesson in case she does it again,” Gu Ning said.

“You…” Hong Yuefei didn’t know what to say.

Seeing that, He Yixi lost patience, and said, “Yuefei, I’m your woman. She kicked me on purpose because she doesn’t respect you, which is a humiliation to the Tiandihui!”

Hearing that, Hong Yuefei agreed.

“Well, if you’re willing to be my mistress, I can forgive you, otherwise I’ll teach you a lesson too.” Hong Yuefei threatened Gu Ning, leering at her.

He Yixi, on the other hand, was mad. It turned out that Hong Yuefei was still interested in this girl!

“Show me what can you do,” Gu Ning said in a cold tone. She was reluctant to have conflict with the Tiandihui, but she wouldn’t hesitate to face the challenge.

“Lord Hong, please don’t cause us trouble here. This is Gonghao Hotel. If you affect our business, I’m afraid that I can only talk to Leader Hong.” Before Hong Yuefei could do anything to hurt Gu Ning, a male voice interrupted him.

A man around 27 years old walked towards them from the entrance of the hotel. It sounded like he was the owner or the manager of this hotel.

“Oh, what a coincidence, Lord Gong!” Seeing the man, Hong Yuefei changed his expression. Although he wasn’t flattering the man, he was very polite and kind to him. No matter how arrogant Hong Yuefei was, he was afraid of his father. If his father learned that he caused trouble at Gonghao Hotel, he would be criticized.

Gonghao Hotel was owned by the top super-rich family in HK, the Gong family. Even the Tiandihui had to show some respect towards them.

Lord Gong was precisely the second son of the Gong family, Gong Zehan, who was also the heir.

There were many influential people in the Gong family. Gong Zehan’s older brother was a leader of an international criminal police team, and his older sister held an important position in the politics.

The young generation of the super-rich families in HK had all heard of Gong Zehan, the heir of the Gong family, and none of them dared to act against him.

“Lord Hong, please solve your problem out of here,” Gong Zehan said, then gave Gu Ning a glance before he left.

Once Gong Zehan was gone, Hong Yuefei looked evil again. “Let’s go outside to solve this problem!” He stared straight at Gu Ning.

“Are you sure you alone can beat three of us in a fight?” Gu Ning said with disdain.

Chapter 857: A Strange Undersea Ship

Hong Yuefei then observed the two people by Gu Ning’s sides. He was a gangster, and had been practicing fighting skills ever since he was a kid, so he knew that they must be good at martial arts at a glance.

Even though he didn’t know if they were better than him, he wasn’t confident that he could win the fight. Besides, he didn’t bring bodyguards with him today.

Hong Yuefei hesitated.

Seeing that, He Yixi got anxious. “He’s the second son of the leader of the Tiandihui. You should know how influential the Tiandihui is! If you dare to hurt him, the Tiandihui won’t let you get away with it.”

Hearing that, Hong Yuefei also raised his voice arguing. “Right, my father is the leader of the Tiandihui. If you dare to hurt me, the Tiandihui will pay you back without doubt.”

All of a sudden, Gu Ning felt that Hong Yuefei was a little stupid, and he needed He Yixi’s help to figure things out. In that case, He Yixi must have done a lot to become Hong Yuefei’s girlfriend. However, it was just a cheap trick in Gu Ning’s eyes.

“You’ve mentioned the Tiandihui many times till now. Do you think I’m afraid of it?” Gu Ning said. She had already wasted a lot of time on them. She was running out of time, and had to leave now.

“If you want a fight, let’s have a fight outside,” Gu Ning said with impatience, then walked out.

Hong Yuefei, however, still hesitated. He Yixi didn’t say a word now either, because she was worried that they might really hurt Hong Yuefei.

Even though Hong Yuefei wasn’t willing to fight against Gu Ning, many people in the hall were staring at him, so he had to accept the challenge as the second son of the leader of the Tiandihui. Therefore, Hong Yuefei followed Gu Ning, and many onlookers went outside to watch the fight too.

He Yixi’s ankle was broken, so she could barely stand on her feet. She yelled at the receptionist in anger, “Are you blind? Couldn’t you see my broken ankle? Call the ambulance, now!”

The receptionist then called the ambulance at once, and went to support He Yixi to sit on a nearby sofa.

Outside, Gu Ning asked Hong Yuefei, “Are you sure?”

“Don’t waste time on talking. Let’s begin now!” Hong Yuefei said, then attacked Gu Ning without delay.

Both Gu Ning and Qiao Ya stood still, while Gao Yi moved ahead to fight against Hong Yuefei. He alone was enough to beat Hong Yuefei.

Within seconds, Hong Yuefei was beaten down on the floor, and couldn’t get back to his feet on his own.

In ordinary people’s eyes, Hong Yuefei was probably good at fighting, but he was merely nobody in Gao Yi’s eyes.

Onlookers were all shocked by the scene. Even Hong Yuefei himself didn’t expect that Gao Yi could beat him down within such a short time. He felt so humiliated and mad.

“Let’s go!” Gu Ning gave Hong Yuefei a glance of disdain, then left with Gao Yi and Qiao Ya.

Hong Yuefei was displeased, but could do nothing about it. He made up his mind to pay them back.

Hearing the bad news that Hong Yuefei was beaten down on the ground, He Yixi came out with the help of two waitresses. It was painful for her to move, but she had to do it in order to show her care towards Hong Yuefei. In that case, He Yixi went outside unwillingly. When she got outside, Hong Yuefei was sitting on the ground.

“Yuefei, are you alright?” He Yixi asked with worries.

“Are you blind? Can’t you see I’m injured?” Hong Yuefei vented his anger on He Yixi.

He Yixi was aggrieved, but couldn’t say anything about it.

Before long, an ambulance arrived, and He Yixi along with Hong Yuefei were sent to the hospital.

…

Gu Ning and the others arrived at the hotel Li Maosong and his friends stayed in around seven minutes later, and they gathered together in a private room.

Li Maosong, Sun Chao, Zhao Jiangquan and Guo Yiyang were all in the room, because they worked as a team.

“Hi, Miss Gu!”

“Have a seat, please.”

The second Gu Ning showed up, they stood up and welcomed her with enthusiasm.

“Hi, you all, nice to see you again!” Gu Ning greeted them with a smile, then sat down with Gao Yi and Qiao Ya by her sides.

“Miss Gu, they are?” Li Maosong looked at Gao Yi and Qiao Ya. What they were going to talk about was confidential, so he had to be sure that the two strangers here were reliable.

Gu Ning understood and smiled at Li Maosong. “They’re my bodyguards. Don’t worry.”

“Great,” Li Maosong said.

“Miss Gu, the thing is that my friend, who loves undersea adventures went on an adventure at the bottom of the sea 10 kilometers away from west HK. They found a ship there, and it was made dozens of years ago. I think that there must be many real antiques inside, but nobody can swim near to it,” Li Maosong said, frowning.

“Once my friend swam near, he would be pushed away by a strong current,” Li Maosong added.

Gu Ning thought that there must be some ghosts. Li Maosong and his friends also had the same idea. Ever since they had encountered the zombie, they started to believe in ghosts.

“We had the same thought when we heard the information, so we planned to check it out ourselves before we told you,” Zhao Jiangquan said.

“I think it’s highly possible, but we need to see it for ourselves,” Gu Ning said. She was very interested in it, so she planned to go there with them.

Chapter 858: Not Someone You Can Mess with

Li Maosong and his friends were concerned about their safety at the beginning, but were now totally relieved since Gu Ning was going there with them. They completely trusted Gu Ning.

“Miss Gu, I heard the news from my friend, so he and his friends will go with us. If we find anything valuable, they’ll share it with us too. Do you mind?” Li Maosong asked.

“Of course not,” Gu Ning said.

In fact, if there were really valuable objects in the ship, Gu Ning would put them into her telepathic eye space first, and shared the rest of the antiques with them.

They knew that Gu Ning was generous, but they still needed to ask for her agreement.

“We’ll set off at 7 am tomorrow from this hotel. Will you come here to meet us, or do you need us to pick you up?” Li Maosong asked.

“We can meet here before 7 am tomorrow,” Gu Ning said.

It was settled like that.

After the serious business, they began to chat casually. Guo Yiyang said with excitement, “Miss Gu, I read many pieces of news about you on the Internet these days, and your achievements really impress me.”

“Exactly! Miss Gu, is there anything you can’t do?” Zhao Jiangquan joked.

Gu Ning smiled. “Well, I am better than most of the ordinary people at many things, but it doesn’t mean that I can do everything.”

“Your parents must be super proud of you,” Li Maosong said, then felt sad because he thought of his own daughter and wife. He used to have a loving family, but he lost his beloved daughter and wife 10 years ago in a car accident. It had taken him a long time to move on.

He still had to take care of his aged parents, so he had to be strong and continue to live his life. However, because he loved his deceased wife, he never married again.

Li Maosong used to be an owner of an antique store which was his family’s property for many generations, but it wasn’t profitable. His father got seriously sick afterwards, and was badly in need of a large amount of money for medicine, so he was forced to be a gravedigger to make more money.

And now, his parents were both healthy and lived a good life.

…

When He Yixi was admitted into the hospital, her ankle was moved back to its normal position, and she could soon walk on her own. Hong Yuefei, however, had to stay in bed for a couple of days.

It was something completely unacceptable in his eyes. Therefore, he kept swearing at Gu Ning.

“Damn it, I must pay them back!”

“How dare they humiliate and hurt me!”

…

Gu Ning and the others left a while later.

When they had almost entered the hotel, a bunch of men surrounded them.

Gu Ning understood that they must have been sent by Hong Yuefei.

Without delay, they began to attack Gu Ning, Qiao Ya and Gao Yi, and none of them were bad at fighting.

Hong Yuefei wasn’t too dumb, and he gathered over a dozen of the most skilled fighters in the Tiandihui to beat them. However, they were still barely comparable to Gu Ning, Gao Yi and Qiao Ya. Within a minute, the three of them beat the bunch of men down on the ground.

Those men were struck dumb, because they couldn’t believe that they failed so soon.

…

In a room on the 16th floor of the Gonghao Hotel, two men were standing in front of the French window, and both of them were amazed by the scene.

One of them was Gong Zehan that Gu Ning had just met in the hall, while the other was around 30 years old with an unusually handsome face. Most importantly, he resembled Xu Jinchen a lot. In fact, he was Xu Jinchen’s older brother, Xu Jinlin.

“Can your younger brother do better than them?” Gong Zehan asked.

“They moved too fast, so it’s hard to tell,” Xu Jinlin replied.

It was the truth that Gu Ning and the others moved too fast to let others see exactly how good they were at fighting.

Xu Jinchen was probably a match for Gao Yi and Qiao Ya, but he couldn’t do better than Gu Ning.

…

Once Gu Ning and the others beat those men down, they entered the hotel.

The leader of those men called Hong Yuefei at once, and told him the result.

“What? Seriously? They beat you all down within just a minute? Are you all trash?”

Hong Yuefei was even angrier. To his astonishment, Gu Ning and the others were able to beat some of the most skilled fighters in the Tiandihui down within just a minute!

Should he send out the top fighters in the Tiandihui? However, the top fighters in the Tiandihui only followed the orders of his father and older brother.

Hong Yuefei was reluctant to give up, so he called his older brother afterwards.

Hong Yuefei’s older brother, however, refused to help him and criticized him for a long time on the phone. He knew Hong Yuefei too well. If Hong Yuefei hadn’t caused others trouble, Hong Yuefei himself wouldn’t be in trouble now.

Obviously, the girl wasn’t someone Hong Yuefei could mess with.

Although the Tiandihui was an influential gang in HK, times were different now. If they caused too much trouble for the government, they would be punished too.

The government would only turn a blind eye when it wasn’t serious.

Chapter 859: Search for Treasures in the Sea

Most gangs were involved in business now, and seldom committed crimes. However, they were gangs after all, so they were still dealing with drugs and arms, but in a much more careful way.

Hong Yuefei always believed that he could do whatever he wanted because his father was the leader of an influential gang, and it was true until he ran into Gu Ning.

Hong Yuehuan warned Hong Yuefei to stop causing trouble in case their whole family would be implicated in it.

Hong Yuefei wasn’t surprised by his older brother’s attitude, but he was still very displeased. He didn’t dare to argue against his older brother, and hung up the call after complaining for a while.

Hong Yuehuan, as the heir of the Tiandihui, wasn’t as mean and aggressive as Hong Yuefei. Instead, he was kind and kept a low profile.

Although he wouldn’t help Hong Yuefei take revenge, he would do an investigation on the girl. If he could make friends with her, it wouldn’t be a bad thing.

When Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting talked with each other on the phone that night, she didn’t tell him that she was going to search for treasures under the sea tomorrow, in case he was worried.

…

The next day, Gu Ning and the others went to meet Li Maosong and his team at 6:50 am. They prepared an MPV, which was able to accommodate seven people. Li Maosong’s friends would meet them at the appointed bay.

Li Maosong had already told his friends about how Gu Ning had helped them before, and his friends were looking forward to meeting her. Since Li Maosong told them that Gu Ning wasn’t an ordinary girl, they held great anticipation.

After nearly 40 minutes, they arrived at the bay.

The bay was located in the countryside. Precisely because of that, the land wasn’t developed yet, but there were sparse villas for rich people to take a vacation here.

The view was very beautiful with a sky blue ocean.

There were also several yachts stopped by the dock.

A friend of Li Maosong’s friend owned a villa here, and his yacht was also stopped here. When he was free on weekends, they would come here to relax. Today was Wednesday, so he asked for a leave to meet with Li Maosong.

They arrived here earlier than Li Maosong’s group, and were now wandering on the beach talking about the sunken ship.

They had searched for as much information about it as they could find during the past few days.

The incident happened many years ago. A commander named Hu moved from State F to HK with his whole family, but he encountered a tsunami when he was about to reach HK, and the ship sank. However, the sea area was very large. Many people had come to search for treasure over the years, but they had returned with nothing.

Li Maosong’s friends found the ship by accident.

Seeing the car coming, they knew that it must be Li Maosong, so they walked over.

“Hi, Maosong!” A man who walked ahead of two others greeted Li Maosong politely.

“Nice to see you again, Zhaoxuan,” Li Maosong said with a smile. “Please let me introduce you. This is Miss Gu that I’ve told you about. Miss Gu, this is my friend, Shen Zhaoxuan. If you don’t mind, you can call him Uncle Shen.”

Shen Zhaoxuan was a man around 40 years old, but he looked much younger than his age because he was an exercise lover. The two men behind him were in their late thirties.

“Nice to meet you, Uncle Shen,” Gu Ning said.

“Nice to meet you too, Miss Gu!” Shen Zhaoxuan replied. He didn’t show any disdain for her just because she was very young. Li Maosong had told him how unbelievable this girl was. Even if he didn’t believe Gu Ning, he should trust Li Maosong. Therefore, he would treat Gu Ning with respect for Li Maosong’s sake.

Afterwards, they introduced themselves to each other before they went on to the yacht.

After they were all seated, Shen Zhaoxuan told them what he had found out. “I’ve searched for information about the incident which has happened in the area many years ago. A commander named Hu moved from State F to HK with his whole family, but he encountered a tsunami when he was about to reach HK, and the ship sank. Given his high social status, I believe that there must be many valuable objects in the ship, but the place is too weird to approach.”

Li Maosong and his team thought that there must be ghosts or monsters, but they didn’t tell Shen Zhaoxuan, because it was hard for others to believe in ghosts and monsters without witnessing them in person.

Gu Ning also reminded Li Maosong and his team to keep it a secret. The fewer people who were aware of it, the better it was.

Shen Zhaoxuan asked Gu Ning all of a sudden, “Miss Gu, what do you think about this strange phenomenon?”

In Shen Zhaoxuan’s eyes, Gu Ning couldn’t just be a teenager girl. Even though she was young, she looked much more mature than her age.

“Well, I have no idea, because I didn’t experience it myself,” Gu Ning said.

Since Gu Ning said so, Shen Zhaoxuan stopped asking.

The yacht moved ahead for 20 minutes and they arrived at their destination.

Around this area of the sea, except for a small island not far away, there was only sea water in every direction.

Noticing the small island, Gu Ning suddenly remembered what He Siyin had told her.

“What is that island?” Gu Ning asked.

“It’s an undeveloped island without a name. The island isn’t large, and it’s just as big as two or three football fields. We heard that some people were lost there a while ago, so we were curious and went to have a look. There are just some ancient buildings on the island, which could belong to a certain ancient family or small tribe,” Shen Zhaoxuan.

Hearing that, Gu Ning thought that it was highly possible that those lost people were He Siyin’s second older brother and his friends.

Chapter 860: A Male Ghost in Military Uniform

“Why don’t we go there after we’re done here? I’m very curious,” Gu Ning said.

“Sure!” Shen Zhaoxuan said. The ancient buildings there were indeed interesting.

The yacht stopped and Shen Zhaoxuan said, “It’s right here, but I’m not sure about its accurate position. We can only dive to search for it.”

“No problem,” Gu Ning said.

After that, Shen Zhaoxuan took out wetsuits and oxygen tanks. Although Gu Ning could swim casually under the sea without them, she still had to put them on in order to not be disturbed by the seawater.

Anyway, they would stay under for a long time. Even if she couldn’t get close to the shipwreck, or there was nothing in it, it took no less than an hour for them to swim down and back. If there was something on the boat, they had to take it, and it would take a lot more time. Without oxygen, a man could only stay under the sea for a few minutes.

They only prepared four sets of wetsuits, because it was enough for four people to dive into the sea. The others would stay above on the yacht holding ropes. If anything went wrong, they could pull them back.

Every person who was going to dive was equipped with a camera so that the others who stayed on the yacht would know what was going on down there and their conditions.

It was decided that Gu Ning, Shen Zhaoxuan, Zhao Jiangquan and Gao Yi would dive into the sea. Li Maosong and Sun Chao were aged. And although they were still physically strong, it was still difficult for them to dive with weight. One of Shen Zhaoxuan’s two friends had to take control of the rope tied to his body, while the other was the captain of the yacht, so Shen Zhaoxuan would dive.

Qiao Ya was in charge of Gu Ning’s rope, and Guo Yiyang was responsible for Gao Yi’s.

Gu Ning and the other three people dove into the sea and sank downwards at a relatively fast speed, but it still took them around 10 minutes to get to the bottom of the sea.

At the bottom of the sea, it was completely dark with various reefs, coral algae, and a variety of fish, so the visibility was only a few meters. However, it wasn’t a problem for Gu Ning. With her pair of Jade Eyes, she could see dozens of meters ahead clearly.

Although Shen Zhaoxuan had seen the ship before, he wasn’t certain about its specific location, so they began to search around.

Gu Ning had Jade Eyes, so it was very easy for her to find the ship, which was 10 meters to their right.

The sunken ship was very large, but it had already been severely damaged. The two-story cabin now had only one left, and it was tattered. In the cabin, there were around a dozen mahogany boxes. Some of which had been destroyed with some porcelain scattered all over the place.

Gu Ning then used her Jade Eyes to scan through the other boxes. There were clothes in two, cloth in one, soaked books and scrolls in one, guns in one, gold bars in one, jade objects and various jewelry in one, all kinds of porcelain in one, and antiques in the other two boxes.

Those antiques dated back to many dynasties. It seemed that Commander Hu was also a collector!

They couldn’t talk to each other under the sea, so Gu Ning made some hand gestures to tell them to go right.

They were searching in darkness, so the others didn’t think that Gu Ning had already found it, but they had to move together in a group.

After swimming right for 10 meters, the sunken ship appeared in their sight. They were surprised, but didn’t think further. They stopped five meters away from it, and looked at Gu Ning with one accord.

Li Maosong and Gao Yi believed that Gu Ning had to be able to figure a way out, while Shen Zhaoxuan was curious about how Gu Ning was going to deal with it.

Gu Ning made a gesture towards Gao Yi to tell him to have a try. Gao Yi understood, then swam ahead. However, he only moved forward about three meters, and was soon pushed back by a mysterious force.

When Gao Yi was pushed back, Gu Ning was a little scared because she noticed a young man in a military uniform, with a pale, expressionless face on the ship. She knew that he had to be a ghost, instead of a human with a simple glance.

Since it was a ghost, Gao Yi and the others couldn’t see it. The others weren’t surprised at seeing Gao Yi being pushed back, and they didn’t have much hope.

At this time, Gu Ning told them to stay away unless she allowed them to come.

They nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Gu Ning swam ahead, fixing her eyes at the male ghost. It was surprised looking at Gu Ning, frowning. It wondered whether she really saw it, and couldn’t believe that a normal human being could see it.

When Gu Ning moved near, the male ghost reached out its hands trying to push her away, but Gu Ning caught it first.

The male ghost was shocked. “How is it possible that you can see me and even catch me?”

Even though it was already the truth, the male ghost found it unbelievable.

Gu Ning couldn’t talk, so she just nodded at it.

The male ghost understood that Gu Ning’s group came here for nothing good, so it started to fight back.

Gu Ning wasn’t agile under the sea with weights on, but it was still easy for her to get control of the male ghost. It just took a while longer.

Shen Zhaoxuan and the others, however, were confused watching Gu Ning punching the sea water. They didn’t know what she was doing now.

The male ghost was forced to step backwards, and Gu Ning moved onto the sunken ship along the way. Seeing that, Shen Zhaoxuan and the others were excited.

Shen Zhaoxuan moved and wanted to follow, but was stopped by Gao Yi. Without Gu Ning’s order, they had to stay away from it for now.

Shen Zhaoxuan wasn’t annoyed at all. He realized that he was indeed a little impulsive, so he calmed himself down.

After Gu Ning forced the male ghost to move into the cabin, she had already gotten control of it. Nevertheless, it was a ghost, and it wouldn’t be injured or killed. Gu Ning had to make it give in, or eliminate it. And there was only one way Gu Ning knew to eliminate a ghost. She could burn it, but she was under the sea now, so it wouldn’t work.