Chapter 91: Be Unkind?

She wasn’t afraid that he’d searched for the gun, but she also didn’t want to cause a scene.

When Gu Ning got back to her school, it was five minutes away from the start of class. Thus Gu Ning immediately ran to her classroom from the gate.

However, when she was about to enter the teaching building, someone stood in her way. If she hadn’t stopped on time, she would have knocked him over.

Seeing that the person was Qin Zheng, Gu Ning was upset. She avoided him, wanting to leave.

“Gu Ning, can we talk?” Qin Zheng asked her at once.

Gu Ning hadn’t replied to his message on Friday. He had been annoyed, but he couldn’t help but worry about her, so he had sent another message to Gu Ning on Saturday.

The result had been the same.

Qin Zheng had then directly called Gu Ning. Surprisingly he found out that Gu Ning had already blocked him. He was so mad at Gu Ning that he had decided to not care about her any more.

When he hadn’t seen Gu Ning on Monday, he had wanted to ask Mu Ke about it, but felt embarrassed to do so.

He had heard about what had happened from Gu Xiaoxiao this morning.

“I have nothing to talk to you about,” Gu Ning said plainly. She wanted to avoid Qin Zheng, but was stopped by him again.

Gu Ning’s cold attitude aggravated Qin Zheng. He said with slight anger, “Gu Ning, how could you be so unkind? I just wanted to help after I heard that you had been kicked out of your old house.”

“I am unkind? Help me?” Hearing that, Gu Ning laughed in a sarcastic way. She looked at him with dislike. “Qin Zheng, is there anyone who’ve told you that you’re very arrogant?”

“You…” Qin Zheng was annoyed at being humiliated by Gu Ning.

He did want to help her, but she said that he was merely being arrogant.

Apparently, Qin Zheng still didn’t understand Gu Ning’s words.

“Besides, how come I am the unkind person? Just because I don’t want to talk to you? I don’t need you help at all. You want to help someone who doesn’t need your help. Doesn’t it sound ridiculous?” Gu Ning didn’t hesitate to humiliate him again.

“Gu Ning, you…” Qin Zheng’s face turned red, and his eyes were ablaze with anger.

“Stay away from me, or you’ll pay for it,” Gu Ning threatened him. Then she left directly.

Qin Zheng intended to keep arguing with Gu Ning, but hearing Gu Ning’s warning, he somehow couldn’t say a word. He did feel threatened.

At the same time, he also felt greatly humiliated. He wanted to teach Gu Ning a lesson right now to vent his anger. At the same time, he wasn’t willing to see anything bad happen to her. The boy now had mixed emotions.

On the stairs, Gu Xiaoxiao was glaring at Gu Ning.

Obviously, she had seen and heard Gu Ning talking with Qin Zheng just then.

Gu Ning ignored her, but when she walked past, she gave Gu Xiaoxiao a provocative look.

Gu Xiaoxiao wanted to tear her into pieces right away, but she didn’t dare to do it.

Why? Why did Qin Zheng want to help Gu Ning? He was Gu Xiaoxiao’s boyfriend now!

Did Qin Zheng really fall in love with Gu Ning because of her changes recently?

No, impossible!

Even though Gu Ning had changed, she was still a poor girl, who could never match with Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng turned around. He saw Gu Xiaoxiao who was in a rage right in front of him. He immediately knew something was wrong. “Xiaoxiao, please don’t be mad at me. I just felt guilty about what had happened before, so I want to help her. Nothing else,” Qin Zheng explained.

“But she is fine now!” Gu Xiaoxiao retorted. She wasn’t criticizing Qin Zheng actually. She was simply dissatisfied to see Qin Zheng wanting to help Gu Ning.

“I know she’s fine now, but we were the cause after all. Do you know, I’m not a cold-blooded person. I’ve already done evil things because of you. Can you still not believe my loyalty to you?” Qin Zheng lied skilfully. He was an adept liar.

Gu Xiaoxiao felt better after Qin Zheng’s explanation, but she still warned him, “Don’t ever talk to her or help her again. She deserved to be kicked out of the old house.”

In Gu Xiaoxiao’s eyes, Gu Ning was wrong in everything.

“Fine, fine. Class is almost starting. Let’s go back!” Qin Zheng answered airily. He himself didn’t even notice that his attitude towards Gu Xiaoxiao had changed gradually.

Gu Xiaoxiao closed her mouth, but she now hated Gu Ning more than ever.

…

After the evening class, Gu Ning failed to notice that Leng Shaoting was following her again.

Even though there were many students in school uniforms in the evening, Leng Shaoting still recognized Gu Ning from the first glance.

However, when he found out that Gu Ning didn’t take a bus or a taxi, but ran home, he was surprised.

He knew Gu Ning was good at fighting, but it was dangerous for a teenage girl to run home at night.

Leng Shaoting had intended to take the gun back from Gu Ning, but now he somehow felt worried about the girl. He suddenly forgot his real goal, but wanted to protect her secretly.

Leng Shaoting didn’t realize it until they were close to Fenghua Luxury Mansion.

She lived in Fenghua Luxury Mansion?

Leng Shaoting wanted to approach Gu Ning for the gun, but she greeted a middle-aged man, then walked inside with him.

Leng Shaoting believed that the man was Gu Ning’s father, but no matter who he was, Leng Shaoting wouldn’t show up as long as there was someone else with Gu Ning.

Therefore, he could only continue to follow her to find out what her address was.

The middle-aged man was Jiang Xu. Gu Qing wanted to eat fruit, so he went out to buy some. On his way back, he met Gu Ning by accident.

On their way, Jiang Xu told Gu Ning about the rent for the store. The rent was settled at the price of five hundred thousand yuan. He had signed a lease of five years, and would pay the rent yearly.

The store was still in a mess, and the owner needed to clean it up first, so the lease would come into effect from the next Monday.

Today was Tuesday, so it was five days away.

Meanwhile, Jiang Xu still needed to deal with many things. He had to register, contact manufacturers, hire staff and so forth.

Chapter 92: Red Flame Team

As for the registration, Gu Ning still believed that it would be faster if she used her network. The first person she thought of was Qin Yifan.

If Qin Yifan couldn’t help her, she would figure out another way.

As for the car, most of the elder generation loved Mercedes-Benz or Bavarian Motor Work.

Jiang Xu had seen that Gu Qinxiang’s car was a Mercedes-Benz. After that he loved Mercedes-Benz. Therefore, he had bought a Mercedes-Benz as well; he paid 486,000 yuan for the car.

Gu Ning didn’t say anything about that, as long as Jiang Xu liked it.

Jiang Xu also bought a computer, and the workers would come to settle the network tomorrow.

Gu Ning then told Jiang Xu to help her get the network set up in her house as well.

Gu Ning thought it would be more convenient if she had her own computer.

Leng Shaoting followed them from far behind until Gu Ning arrived at zone G. He didn’t leave until she walked inside.

Leng Shaoting drove his car and made several turns, then arrived at his house. He now lived in zone C.

There were maisonettes 1 in zone C. Each house was a least two hundred square meters. People who lived in this zone were truly the rich or the authorities.

Well, those who lived in the zone of villas were richer or higher in the authorities.

Leng Shaoting didn’t live in City F. He actually didn’t have a house here either. He was going to one of his close friends, Xu Jinchen’s house.

Xu Jinchen didn’t live in City F either. He was supposed to be on a vacation, but was forced to deal with some business here by his boss, so he was living here temporarily.

Right now, Xu Jinchen was in a grey suit of home clothing. He lay on a white sofa with his arms and legs spread far apart watching TV, he was complaining about the actors’ acting skills at the same time. He seemed like a nut who was talking to himself.

He didn’t have many friends in City F. He only came here for work, without any entertainment, so all he could do was stay at home watching TV and talking to himself.

Xu Jinchen almost hated Leng Shaoting. Leng Shaoting seldom came to visit him, but now the man was nowhere to be found. Xu Jinchen was so bored.

Well, even if Leng Shaoting was here, he wouldn’t talk to him a lot, but at least Xu Jinchen wouldn’t be as lonely as by staying alone.

If it hadn’t been for his job, he would have already had a girlfriend.

Thinking of that, Xu Jinchen was in pain having to watch the actors kissing in the show.

Suddenly, some noises sounded outside. Xu Jinchen knew that it must be Leng Shaoting. He immediately sat up straight.

As a military man, he couldn’t help but behave himself in front of his boss, otherwise he would be criticized or punished.

Although it was kind of an honor to be punished and trained by Leng Shaoting, it was a torture too, because he was too cruel. Xu Jinchen had no intention to torture himself.

“Shaoting, where have you been?” Xu Jinchen asked.

“None of your business,” Leng Shaoting answered.

Xu Jinchen rolled his eyes.

He knew he couldn’t get any information he wanted if Leng Shaoting wasn’t willing to tell him, thus he closed his mouth.

Leng Shaoting changed into a pair of slippers then walked upstairs. It seemed he didn’t want to talk to Xu Jinchen.

Not because he disliked Xu Jinchen, but he was always this quiet. People who were familiar with him had all gotten used to it already.

Leng Shaoting stopped halfway all of a sudden. He turned to look at Xu Jinchen. “I’ll be staying in your place for a while longer. Please help me prepare some clothes.”

Leng Shaoting was terrible at choosing clothes. He only wore military uniforms or his black clothing.

On the other hand, Xu Jinchen’s family was involved in the clothing industry, so it only took a call for him to get new clothes.

“What?”

Xu Jinchen rounded his eyes. He couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

He wasn’t surprised that Leng Shaoting let him prepare clothes, but because Leng Shaoting was going to stay here for a while longer.

What had happened? Did he finally want to have a vacation?

Leng Shaoting obviously understood why Xu Jinchen was so shocked, but he didn’t say another word. He turned around and walked upstairs.

Xu Jinchen finally got his mind back. He smiled. He was happy to see Leng Shaoting wanted to take a break. To be specific, all the Red Flame team would be thrilled to see that.

Actually, there weren’t many things the Red Flame team had to deal with. Leng Shaoting as the captain didn’t need to deal with everything in person either. Everyone in the team was super powerful on his own, but Leng Shaoting’s life was occupied with work. If the assignment wasn’t very dangerous, he could step aside. However, as long as it was very dangerous, he would definitely join in.

They could have one or two months vacation a year, but he never had a vacation.

Accordingly, Leng Shaoting had been living a super dangerous and boring life. Even his teammates couldn’t tolerate it. Many had persuaded Leng Shaoting to take a vacation, but he wouldn’t listen.

Since Leng Shaoting decided to go on a vacation, Xu Jinchen made up his mind to help his captain have a relaxing one.

Now, let’s introduce the Red Flame team.

The Red Flame team was the highest-level military team in the country. Although it was subordinate to the country, it wasn’t controlled by it. It had absolute autonomy.

That was because the Red Flame team had absolute strength and loyalty to the country. Once the country faced any threat, the Red Flame team would be the first team to protect its country.

Although there were only 12 men in the Red Flame team, each person was very strong and super powerful. Moreover, every member of the Red Flame team had an absolute military rank as well as position. Every one of them was also in charge of an army.

Leng Shaoting was the major general himself. He was the youngest major general in the country’s history.

He could win the rank of major general, not because he had a powerful background, but because he had created extraordinary achievements.

As for Xu Jinchen, he was a Senior Colonel with many great achievements, but most of them had been done under the leadership of Leng Shaoting. His ability was hardly comparable with Leng Shaoting’s.

All in all, no one in the Red Flame didn’t admire and obey Leng Shaoting.

Although Xu Jinchen only ranked a level lower than Leng Shaoting, that level was a huge gap in reality.

Leng Shaoting was the captain, so he didn’t need to tell others that he was going on vacation. If anything happened, his teammates would call him.

Gu Ning and Jiang Xu went straight to Gu Ning’s house, because both Gu Qing and Jiang Xinyue were in her place.

Jiang Xinyue was a ninth grade student. She was supposed to have evening class, but her parents were worried about her safety, so they had applied for her to not attend the evening class.

Chapter 93: Deceived By Leng Shaoting

Junior high school was not as strict as high school and Jiang Xinyue was good at studying, so it was easy to apply.

In high school, especially in the third year of high school, it was necessary to take the National College Entrance Exam. Therefore, if you weren’t one of the top ten in the entire grade, it was impossible to not attend the evening class. Special situations excluded of course.

However, Gu Ning decided not to attend the evening class either after she got good scores at the monthly test.

Although she seemed free now, she felt she lacked time, and she couldn’t do anything she wanted to.

Besides, once her company was established, she wouldn’t have time for classes.

Now it wouldn’t be difficult for her to get good academic results even if she didn’t go to the afternoon classes.

In the past, whenever Gu Ning was home, she felt lonely, but now, she had her beloved families around. She felt happy every day.

The two families always gathered together chatting and watching TV. They didn’t separate until 12 am.

Gu Ning checked her phone and spoke to her friends for a while before she went to bed.

The next day, Gu Ning got up early as usual, but the minute she left zone G, she bumped into Leng Shaoting who was waiting for her outside.

Gu Ning felt upset all of a sudden.

The man was literally everywhere!

Gu Ning knew that she did something wrong, so she wasn’t in mood to blame the man, no matter whether he had followed her or if it was a coincidence.

Even she hated being stalked.

Leng Shaoting didn’t care about what was on Gu Ning’s mind. He walked towards her when she appeared in his sight.

“You better give the gun back to me; you’re just causing yourself trouble.” Leng Shaoting remained cool, but he didn’t threaten Gu Ning the way he normally would. It seemed he didn’t want to burden her.

“Why can’t you believe me?” Gu Ning struggled.

Leng Shaoting didn’t say another word, but he seemed determined.

Gu Ning knew the man would never let her get away with it. If she didn’t give the gun back to him, he would never leave her alone. If Gu Man found out about what had happened when she had been in City G, things would get out of control.

Gu Ning almost compromised, but she gave it one last shot. “Well, it’s not a big deal even if the gun is missing, right? Military officers never lack guns, right?”

“If you’re not one of the military or police personnel, it’s illegal to have a gun privately,” Leng Shaoting said.

“How about those gangsters with guns? Why don’t you deal with them?” Gu Ning retorted.

“It’s not the same case,” Leng Shaoting said.

“You must first have proof! Once you have proof, you can catch me,” Gu Ning said.

“I have the surveillance video as the proof,” Leng Shaoting answered.

Gu Ning was speechless. She couldn’t argue back this time.

Out of shame, Gu Ning didn’t doubt Leng Shaoting’s words at all. Besides, he wasn’t likely to lie as a military officer.

Fine, she did make a mistake. Gu Ning planned to buy one from the black market later.

Gu Ning took out her phone handing it to Leng Shaoting. “The gun isn’t with me right now. Give me your number and I’ll bring it to you when I’m free.”

The gun had been put into the telepathic eye space, so it wasn’t appropriate to pull it out now.

Leng Shaoting stopped for a second. He stared at Gu Ning’s phone, but didn’t take it immediately. It seemed he felt awkward to touch a female’s stuff, but he didn’t feel reluctant in his heart. After a while, he took Gu Ning’s phone and typed in his name and number. He used Gu Ning’s phone to call his, and then hung up when his phone rang. He then gave it back to Gu Ning.

Gu Ning took her phone back. She took a glance then mumbled, “Leng Shaoting, you’re really like your name. A cold man.”

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting frowned a little. Although many people had said he was a cold man, he wasn’t willing to hear it from Gu Ning.

“Alright, I’m going to school now. Please don’t stop me on the road again. I’ll give the gun back to you later today or tomorrow.” Gu Ning ignored Leng Shaoting, and left.

Gu Ning had no idea that Leng Shaoting had deceived her. There was no surveillance video at all.

Watching Gu Ning leaving, Leng Shaoting had mixed emotions. Even though the girl had done something that he always hated, he found it was hard to hate her.

When Gu Ning was far away, Leng Shaoting’s face changed suddenly. He lowered his voice. “Get out here now!”

In the dark, Xu Jinchen stiffened. Shit!

He wanted to run away, but didn’t dare to.

Xu Jinchen had to show up at the end.

“Boss, I…” Xu Jinchen tried explaining, although he knew Leng Shaoting wouldn’t believe him.

Leng Shaoting didn’t give him a chance to explain at all. He said directly, “20 kilometers.”

Xu Jinchen’s face immediately turned pale.

Although he knew that he would be punished, he felt hurt when the punishment came.

Twenty kilometers was nothing to a senior soldier from the special force, but he was in a pair of slippers! He was wearing slippers now!

This was all because he was curious when he had heard Leng Shaoting go out early this morning.

However, Xu Jinchen soon cheered up, because he had just seen a shocking scene.

His boss had gone out early this morning to meet a woman, no, a girl! He even recognized that the girl was the female student he had sent to the hospital last week.

It was beyond his imagination, his boss finally changed.

However, the girl was merely 18, and was still a high school student. Was it appropriate if they were together?

Anyway, as long as his boss liked her, it was no big deal.

Grandpa Leng had already said, as long as Leng Shaoting was willing to get married, he didn’t care about the girl’s background at all.

However, Xu Jinchen had thought too far. There was nothing between Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning.

Gu Ning couldn’t arrive at her school on time, because she had wasted some time on the way. She told her friends in the Wechat group to run as usual. Anyone who was lazy and didn’t finish the task would be punished, and whoever reported it would be rewarded.

Chapter 94: An Yi

Although Hao Ran and his bros had an intimate connection with each other, they also enjoyed laughing at each other. Therefore, everyone was quick to follow Gu Ning’s order.

Twenty kilometers took Xu Jinchen almost an hour. It was quite normal for them to run as training, and twenty kilometers was nothing to him, but he was wearing slippers today, which were very uncomfortable while he was running.

The minute he got home, Xu Jinchen went to Leng Shaoting before he went to shower. “Hey, boss, are you dating that young girl?”

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting immediately gave him a cold glance. Xu Jinchen stepped backwards unconsciously, but he was so curious that he forgot the danger ahead. He looked at Leng Shaoting with great curiosity, hoping to get the answer.

“No,” Leng Shaoting denied.

“No? Then why did you go to meet the girl this early morning?” Xu Jinchen apparently didn’t believe him.

“Are you totally free now?” Leng Shaoting asked airily, but Xu Jinchen sensed the threat in the air.

His face stiffened. He knew that if he dared to say another word, he probably would be punished once again.

“Since you’re not dating the young girl, I would like to have a try myself. I don’t have a girlfriend now anyway. Both of us live in Fenghua Luxury Mansion so it will be super convenient if we date,” Xu Jinchen said while he kept glancing at Leng Shaoting’s face. He wanted to see his reaction.

Yes, Xu Jinchen did it deliberately.

Unfortunately, Leng Shaoting’s face remained the same, which puzzled Xu Jinchen.

Although Leng Shaoting remained calm, he felt somewhat uncomfortable in his heart. However, he didn’t know why, so he didn’t think about it any further.

Xu Jinchen didn’t know what was on Leng Shaoting’s mind, but he knew Leng Shaoting very well. He never stayed close to a woman if it wasn’t necessary.

However, this female student was different. He had taken her to the hospital in person last time, and now he had gone to her early this morning. It was unusual!

Xu Jinchen made up his mind to investigate. Since Leng Shaoting wouldn’t tell him anything, he decided to start with the young girl.

At noon, Gu Ning received a call from Zhou Zhenghong.

She stepped aside on purpose because it must be business.

“Hi, Uncle Zhou,” Gu Ning answered the phone.

“Boss, is it convenient for you now?” Zhou Zhenghong asked.

“Sure, go ahead,” Gu Ning replied.

“I’ve already found a designer and two engravers. They’re willing to work for you like me. I’ve also found the store and the processing plant. The store is 200 square meters, located in the downtown, and the annual rent is five hundred thousand yuan. The processing plant is in the factory area, between the antique street and the downtown. It is 160 square meters and ten minutes away from both sides, not far away nor near. Its annual rent is two hundred and fifty thousand. Do you have any opinions, Boss?” Zhou Zhenghong said without a break.

“No, you can make the decisions,” Gu Ning said. Since she let Zhou Zhenghong completely be in charge of the business, she chose to trust him.

Zhou Zhenghong actually knew that Gu Ning would agree, but he still asked for her opinion out of respect.

“Sure, and I’ve bought the machines as well. They’ll arrive in two days. A well-decorated apartment is also settled. You can move in anytime you want,” Zhou Zhenghong added.

“Great, thanks, Uncle Zhou. I’ll be there this weekend and I’ll deal with all the documents. Oh, please go and find out whether there are new raw materials in the stone gambling street,” Gu Ning said.

Gu Ning knew that the sales would go up in those raw materials shops after she had cut out a lot of jade there last weekend.

If they had sold a lot, they must also have brought many in. Accordingly, Gu Ning would have many more choices.

If there weren’t any new choices, it was unlikely to get more jade.

Zhou Zhenghong immediately answered, “No problem! I’ll go find out later. And the car will be available tomorrow. I’ll pick you up then.”

After that, they talked for a while longer before hanging up, but Gu Ning was a little worried after she hung up.

What was she going to say to Gu Man if she went to City G this weekend?

Oh, she could still use Mu Ke as her cover. She decided to explain to her mother that Mu Ke was going to open another shop in City G, and they needed to inspect it.

Gu Ning and her friends went straight to the woods after their meal in the afternoon.

However, at the same time, there was a fierce fight going on in the woods. No, to be specific, a boy was being beaten up by three other boys.

The boy huddled on the ground with his head covered by his arms, and let the fists and feet fall down on his body.

Not because he didn’t want to fight back, but because he couldn’t.

Then a male voice coldly said, “An Yi, look at you now! I’ve disliked you for a long, long time. Your father is the chairman of Shenghua Real Estate, so I didn’t dare to deal with you, but now, your father will soon step down from the chairman position. And your slut stepmother and her lover fled with the money. Your family is now in trouble with capital turnover. If you can’t get the funds this week, your family will declare bankruptcy. You better go back and advise your father to sell the company to my father. In that case, your family may survive. Otherwise, your family will go bankrupt with huge debts, which isn’t good at all.”

An Yi? Wasn’t he the boy who had said that he liked her the other day?

Also the Shenghua Real Estate, wasn’t it one of the three largest real estate companies in City F? It had five hundred million yuan in assets, and was one of the third-line richest families in City F.

What had happened?

Gu Ning had an idea in her mind.

“You never…” An Yi wanted to retort, but shouted in great pain instead.

Gu Ning immediately ran in the direction of his voice.

Although Hao Ran and others didn’t know why, they followed at once.

Before long, they all saw three boys hitting another boy on the ground with great force.

The three boys were all strangers, so the one who was being beaten must be An Yi.

Without further thought, Gu Ning dashed towards them.

Those boys were knocked a meter away by a heavy blow before they even realized. They all fell heavily onto the ground. They couldn’t even utter a word because of the pain.

Hao Ran and others all rounded their eyes, even though they already knew how powerful Gu Ning was.

What the f*ck? It was so cool!

Chapter 95: Sell A Company, Buy A Company

An Yi didn’t raise his head until he heard the shriek. He was immediately struck dumb.

He glanced at the boys on the ground first, and then surprisingly found that Gu Ning was standing in front of him.

An Yi felt that it was super embarrassing to let his goddess see him being so pathetic, but since Gu Ning had rescued him, he had to thank her no matter how embarrassed he felt.

Thus An Yi turned to Gu Ning and thanked her with sincerity, “Thank you so much, Gu Ning.”

“You’re welcome,” Gu Ning said. She looked to Hao Ran and other. “Come and help him go to the infirmary.”

Hearing Gu Ning’s voice, Hao Ran and others got their minds back. Zhang Tianping and Qin Zixun ran to help An Yi stand on his feet without delay. Then they walked towards the infirmary.

There were bruises all over An Yi’s body and face. Fortunately, the wounds were only on the skin with no injuries to the bones. He would be fine after a few days of rest.

An Yi now absolutely couldn’t go home alone, so Gu Ning proposed to take An Yi home with Hao Ran and Qin Zixun.

Hao Ran had driven to school today. His car was parked in the parking lot outside of the school.

An Yi felt embarrassed at first, but he couldn’t go home by himself. Moreover, his family was in a mess right now, so it wasn’t a good idea to let his family pick him up.

On the way, Gu Ning asked An Yi about what had happened. An Yi told her everything afterwards.

Just like what the boy had said, An Yi’s stepmother along with his father’s closest friend, who was the accountant of the Shenghua Real Estate, had absconded with more than a hundred million yuan in liquidity and three hundred million yuan in funds just borrowed from banks.

Now Shenghua Real Estate was in a difficult position. If there was no money to keep the company afloat this week, Shenghua would completely go bankrupt.

Moreover, with the current situation of Shenghua Real Estate, it was impossible to borrow money from the banks. An Yi’s father was now trying to borrow money from his network, but no one would lend him anything.

No one dared to lend over several hundred million yuan to him.

Accordingly, An Yi’s father could only sell the company to pay the debts.

There were several buyers competing with each other, all trying to buy the company at a lower price, so the deal hadn’t been settled yet. Although the police were tracking An Yi’s stepmother and the man, nothing had changed recently.

Hearing that, Hao Ran and Qin Zixun felt sorry for him, but they didn’t have intentions to help him either.

The amount of funds needed was so huge. They couldn’t afford it.

However, Gu Ning made up her mind to buy Shenghua Real Estate.

Shenghua Real Estate was one of the three largest real estate companies in City F with a powerful network. Although it could barely stay afloat now, it would recover quickly as long as the funds were in place.

It was so much better than if Gu Ning started from the very beginning herself.

An Yi’s place wasn’t far away from the school. They arrived at a high-end area after 20 minutes. Although this area was ranked lower than the Fenghua Luxury Mansion, it had been built seven years ago. In the old time, it had been the most popular residential area.

An Yi’s family lived in a villa. The villa was huge, but seemed empty. They had laid off the maid since the company was in trouble. They couldn’t afford a maid now.

In the study on the second floor, An Yi’s father, An Guangyao, sank into a chair. There was no one else in this house, so it was very quiet.

When he heard the sound of a door opening door downstairs, he immediately sat up straight.

Who?

No one else, except he and An Yi, had the key of this house now, but wasn’t An Yi at school?

Or, was that woman coming back?

He thought that it was impossible. That woman didn’t dare to come back.

With that thought, An Guangyao stood, up walking outside.

When he appeared at the edge of the stairs, he saw An Yi being supported by his two schoolmates with bruises on his face and arms. He was greatly shocked. He immediately ran downstairs. Before greeting Gu Ning and others, he worriedly asked An Yi, “Yi, what happened to you?”

An Guangyao didn’t know what to do now. He wanted to check his son’s wounds, but was afraid to hurt him.

An Yi knew he couldn’t hide it, so he told his father everything. An Guangyao naturally was in a rage after that, but no matter how mad he was, he restricted his anger for now. He had to thank those schoolmates who had saved his son first.

An Guangyao didn’t disdain them just because they were teenagers. He thanked them with great sincerity instead, “Thank you all so much for saving my son.”

“It’s nothing,” Gu Ning and others said together.

Then Gu Ning turned to the boys, “Please help An Yi to go to his room and change his clothes.”

Gu Ning did it on purpose. She wanted to spend some time alone with An Guangyao.

“Oh, please stay here. I’ll do it.” An Guangyao didn’t want to bother them any further.

“Mr. An, it’s fine. Please let them handle it,” Gu Ning added.

“Yes, please let us do it,” Hao Ran and Qin Zixun said. Then they directly supported An Yi in walking to the stairs.

An Guangyao didn’t insist, because it wasn’t appropriate to leave Gu Ning alone in the living room. Thus An Guangyao invited Gu Ning to have a seat, then handed her a cup of water.

“Thank you, Mr. An.” Gu Ning took the cup.

Gu Ning looked at An Guangyao, who was just 40, but had aged a lot because of what had happened.

Gu Ning didn’t want to waste time, so she got straight to the point. “Mr. An, nice to meet you. My name is Gu Ning. I know Mr. An’s company is in trouble now and that you want to sell it. And I am very interested in Mr. An’s company. I definitely will give you the most reasonable price. How about that, Mr. An?”

“What?” Hearing that, An Guangyao was really surprised. He couldn’t believe his ears.

What had happened to the Shenghua Real Estate wasn’t a secret. An Guangyao didn’t feel surprised that Gu Ning knew about it, but, she was merely an 18-year-old student, and she wanted to buy his company?

Was it a joke?

However, Gu Ning behaved like a calm and mature grown-up. She didn’t seem like she was joking at all. Besides, who would ever joke about that?

Anyway, it was still hard for An Guangyao to believe that a student was able to buy his company. Her family was the real buyer.

Thinking of that, An Guangyao asked, “Is your family planning to buy it?”

Chapter 96: Not Gay

“No, I want to buy it myself.” Gu Ning actually had the intention to cooperate with An Guangyao, so she didn’t want to hide. She took it more seriously instead to make him feel her sincerity. “I know Mr. An doesn’t trust me because I’m so young, which is quite understandable. I am too young indeed. After all, this is a deal of a few hundred million yuan! However, since it’s a deal, we will need a lawyer to notarize it. The deal won’t be settled until the contract is signed. Therefore, it would be too expensive for me to trap you, right?”

An Guangyao stared at Gu Ning. He had no idea what to say. Although he agreed with Gu Ning on what she had said, he felt that it was so unreal.

While An Guangyao was still in the shock, Gu Ning wrote her name and number on a piece of paper beside the table. She handed it to An Guangyao. “Mr. An, this is my number. I think we probably can’t talk too much since the time is limited right now, but I do hope you can make your decision after we talk further about this. I’m free this noon and afternoon.”

An Guangyao took the paper. “Sure, I’ll consider it.”

Actually, An Guangyao had been convinced already. The other buyers had all given him a very low price. He would lose a lot of money if he agreed to sell his company to them.

The moment that Gu Ning finished her talk with An Guangyao, Hao Ran and Qin Zixun came downstairs. Then they left for their school.

When Gu Ning and others were gone, An Guangyao immediately went to An Yi’s room to check on his wounds.

An Guangyao wanted to ask An Yi about Gu Ning, but gave it up at the end.

Although Gu Ning and her friends would tell their head teacher what had happened to An Yi with proof from the infirmary, An Yi’s father still called An Yi’s head teacher himself.

When Gu Ning got back home that night, she found her family were all unhappy. She was then told that her third uncle, Gu Qinyang, and his family would be back to City F this Friday. He even asked to have a meal with them the day after tomorrow.

Gu Qinyang didn’t live in City F, but City G.

Both Gu Qinyang and his wife worked in a national department. They lived a good life with a monthly wage of a dozen thousand yuan. Otherwise, they couldn’t buy a house in City G, which was a second-tier city. They had even bought a second house the other day. Their housing fund could cover the house mortgage, and they didn’t have to worry about the money at all.

Gu Man already had broken off the connection with her mother and Lin Lijuan, so she wasn’t willing to go have a meal with them, but it was Gu Qinyang who invited her, so it wasn’t appropriate if she didn’t show up.

Although they weren’t intimate, they were brother and sister after all. They hadn’t done anything bad to Gu Man, even though they had never helped her either.

Gu Ning didn’t express her opinion. It was all up to Gu Man.

At the end, Gu Man agreed. Therefore, Gu Ning decided to go to City G on Saturday.

She knew that those people in the Gu Family didn’t want to see her, but she was worried about Gu Man.

Although Gu Qing and Jiang Xu would be there as well, both of them were a little weak. If there was any argument, they wouldn’t be able help at all.

Gu Ning didn’t remember that she still had to give the gun back to Leng Shaoting until she was about to go to bed. Although she was reluctant to do that, she had to fulfill her promise.

She had to give it back anyway, so she decided to give it back earlier.

Thus she sent a message to Leng Shaoting, and told him to wait for her at the gate of zone G at 5 am in the morning. She would give the gun back to him then. If he was late, she would leave directly.

Alright, Gu Ning admitted she purposely set such an early time. If he wanted the gun, then he had to be patient.

However, when Leng Shaoting received the message, he wasn’t in City F, so he could only send a message back asking for a rain check.

Gu Ning was speechless. She typed and sent: I want to give it back to you, but you’re absent. I think the gun doesn’t want to go back to you at all. Why don’t you leave it with me?

She didn’t know whether Leng Shaoting had seen her message or not, because he didn’t reply any more.

The next day, Gu Ning walked out of zone G.

Xu Jinchen was in a sport suit, and “accidentally” ran over from the other side towards Gu Ning. He met Gu Ning with a surprised face. “Oh, it’s you! What a coincidence! Are you going to school now?” he asked.

It wasn’t a coincidence at all. Xu Jinchen actually did it on purpose.

“Yes, are you running at such an early time?”

Although Gu Ning barely knew him, she greeted him friendly, given that he had helped her.

“Yeah. Do you live here too? I live in zone C, and we’re neighbors. Oh, what’s your name by the way? I’m Xu Jinchen,” the man asked, although he came to Gu Ning for a reason.

“I’m Gu Ning,” Gu Ning replied.

“Nice to meet you. Can I ask you a question? What’s your relationship with Shaoting? Please don’t get me wrong. I’m simply curious about that. I grew up with Shaoting, and I work with him now. I have never seen him being with a girl before.” Xu Jinchen didn’t bother to hide.

Had never been with a girl?

Gu Ning was shocked at first, but then she understood it. Leng Shaoting was such a cold man. There properly wasn’t any woman who wasn’t afraid of him.

Even Gu Ning felt stressed in front of him.

Because Gu Ning had a little disagreement with Leng Shaoting, she said, “Maybe he is gay. I barely know him. We have just met for several times, so there is nothing between us.”

Gay?

Hearing that, Xu Jinchen was astonished for a second then snorted with laughter, “Ha-ha, ha-ha, we thought the same thing before, but I promise you Shaoting is definitely not gay.”

“Oh, have you tried?” Gu Ning put on an evil face.

Xu Jinchen immediately understood, and argued, “Nonsense! I have never ever done that! I like women.”

Gu Ning shrugged. “Maybe, he only likes himself!”

“Ha-ha, you’re so funny.” Xu Jinchen laughed again. “Yeah, maybe you’re right. He is in love with himself.”

After a while, Gu Ning said, “Sorry, I have to leave for my classes.”

“Oh, right.” Xu Jinchen didn’t want to bother her any longer.

However, he didn’t believe that there was nothing going on between Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting. Otherwise, why had Leng Shaoting come to meet her so early in the morning?

Maybe Leng Shaoting was still chasing her!

Chapter 97: Never Doubt Your Employees

Ever since Chu Peihan, Hao Ran and the others had regarded Gu Ning as their boss, they almost didn’t miss a class afterwards. All of their teachers and classmates found it very odd, but for those teachers, they were very happy to see it.

The last thing that the head teacher wanted to see was that there were students who were absent from classes.

After the morning classes, Gu Ning received a phone call from An Guangyao on her way to the canteen. He wanted to talk to her about the acquisition deal.

Gu Ning didn’t feel surprised that An Guangyao came to her. She assumed that he would call her this noon, or afternoon.

Gu Ning also wanted to settle the deal soon. Even if she had no time, she would make an effort to be available.

Gu Ning left the school after she told her friends that she was going out.

Although her friends were all curious, they didn’t ask since Gu Ning wasn’t willing to tell them.

Everyone had their own secrets.

For Gu Ning’s convenience, An Guangyao met her in a nearby restaurant. It only took a dozen minutes to get there by walking.

An Guangyao had already arrived.

Since the deal was very important, An Guangyao booked a private room.

“Miss Gu, nice to meet you. Please have a seat.” When Gu Ning stepped inside, An Guangyao immediately stood up and welcomed her. He treated her with great respect.

Indeed, dignity had nothing to do with age in front of power.

The minute that Gu Ning sat down, An Guangyao let Gu Ning order first.

Gu Ning didn’t hesitate. She ordered two dishes, while An Guangyao ordered one.

Three dishes would be enough for them.

They got down to business before the dishes were even on the table.

“Miss Gu, the most reasonable price for Shenghua Real Estate is four hundred million yuan. What’s your opinion?” An Guangyao asked.

Four hundred million yuan wasn’t much, but was much higher than the offers from other buyers.

Businessmen valued profits most, so they all wanted to gain the most at the lowest price.

However, four hundred million yuan was just enough for An Guangyao to pay his debts. He could only keep his house and a car at the price of one million, but he would still have to sell the house and the car for money to support his family.

“No problem.”

Gu Ning agreed without second thought, which surprised An Guangyao. He didn’t know what to do all of a sudden.

Actually, Gu Ning couldn’t pay four hundred million yuan right now. Her own company needed a hundred million, and she only had three hundred million yuan left, but she planned to go to City G this weekend for stone gambling.

If she could cut out more jade, she could sell them. If not, she still could sell some that she had stored in the telepathic eye space.

Thus she said, “However, I only have three hundred million yuan in cash with me now. I’m afraid we must wait until after this weekend to sign the contract.”

“Sure,” An Guangyao agreed. He understood that it took time to collect the money to buy a huge company.

Therefore, it wasn’t a problem to wait for a few days.

Besides, the Shenghua Real Estate could still run for around a week.

“Mr. An, actually, I like a win-win situation more,” Gu Ning suddenly said.

An Guangyao was struck dumb for a second. He didn’t know what the meaning of Gu Ning’s words were. He asked, “Miss Gu, what do you mean?”

“I don’t know whether the police can help you get the money back. If they get the money back, it won’t be hard for you to run the business continuously. However, if the money is lost like that, you will be in a great trouble. Thus, I have an idea,” Gu Ning said.

“What idea?” An Guangyao asked.

“Mr. An, you must also know that I am only a high school student. I don’t have time to run a company myself. So I want to find someone with the ability to help me. Mr. An, you’re the founder of Shenghua Real Estate. You have everything a chairman needs. Therefore, I intend to hire you to continue to serve as the chairman of Shenghua Real Estate. In other words, I’ll stay behind the scenes. In return, you’ll get a very generous salary and 20% shares of the company. Moreover, you will have the absolute right to manage the company. Under normal circumstances, I won’t interfere with your decisions, unless it is necessary, or you can’t decide on what to do. Mr. An, are you willing to do that?” Gu Ning said.

An Guangyao was totally shocked to hear that.

What?

A very generous salary and 20% shares of the company to hire him as the chairman with absolute right over it?

20% of the shares wasn’t a small amount of money!

That was literally a free lunch out of the blue! An Guangyao felt that it was so unreal.

However, he had to admit that he was eager to accept it, because he really didn’t want to leave Shenghua Real Estate. He had spent half of his life to build Shenghua Real Estate. He was the only person who knew what he had been through for the company.

However, it was too good to be true. An Guangyao cautiously asked, “Miss Gu, 20% shares are not a small amount. You also want me to be fully in charge of the company. Are you sure this isn’t a joke or a lie? Besides, why do you trust me?”

“Mr. An, you’re in a mess now only because you’ve met those evil people. However, you can’t deny your ability. Your ability and your network can help me save a lot of effort. You also need to manage the company as usual, but actually you’re working for me. Now do you still believe you’re the one who benefits the most from the deal?” Gu Ning said to comfort him.

An Guangyao thought what Gu Ning had just said was reasonable. He was immediately relieved.

Gu Ning added, “Besides, I never doubt my employees. If you treat me with sincerity, I’ll give you a thriving future, but if you betray me, you’ll be dead. No way around it.”

Gu Ning said the same thing to An Guangyao as what she had said to Zhou Zhenghong. She promised and warned together.

Gu Ning even delightedly threatened An Guangyao when she was saying the word “dead”. An Guangyao immediately felt that it was hard to breathe, as if he had sensed the smell of death.

He was now completely shocked by an 18-year-old girl’s power.

Compared with Zhou Zhenghong, An Guangyao was more sophisticated. He believed Gu Ning must be an extraordinary girl.

Chapter 98: Get The New Car

However, he had no intention to guess Gu Ning’s real background. As long as he could feel Gu Ning’s sincerity to hire him, he was willing to work for her. Even though Gu Ning hired him for his ability and network, she did help him a lot.

Therefore, An Guangyao had no reason to refuse. He wasn’t an idiot.

“I personally look forward to working with Mr. An very much, but it’s all up to you. You can make the decision on your own,” Gu Ning said. However, she already knew An Guangyao would agree.

An Guangyao finally got his mind back. He felt like crying, but he forced himself not to.

Suddenly, An Guangyao stood up and bowed to Gu Ning. He said with seriously, “Miss Gu, thank you so much for you trust and generosity. I promise that I’ll manage the company as always. I’ll never let you down!”

Since An Guangyao accepted the deal, Gu Ning was his boss from now on, but Gu Ning wasn’t an arrogant person. No matter what had happened, An Guangyao was much older than her. She didn’t want to be disrespectful. Thus she stood up at once.

“Mr. An, it’s a great pleasure to work with you.” Gu Ning held her hand out to An Guangyao. They shook hands, and the deal was done.

“There is also another very important thing. What I need is a company with the absolute right to make decisions. That is to say, this company must be completely in the control of you and me. I don’t like to argue a lot before making decisions. No one can build a thriving business on quarrels. Those who like arguing could do nothing with the money.”

“So, I will remove all shareholders. There will be only three shares of Shenghua. I’ll have 70% shares, and you’ll have 20% shares, while the other 10% shares are for the market. If they want to stay in Shenghua, I will arrange suitable positions for them. However, I only want loyal people,” Gu Ning said with determination.

She wouldn’t give up on that, because she didn’t need to find fund like others, she wouldn’t allow anyone to do nothing while being paid.

Hearing that, An Guangyao was astonished again. This girl was really ambitious!

However, he respected her ambition.

No one would want outsiders to share his or her own properties.

Like what Gu Ning had said, many people would do nothing but argue while being paid. Especially when it came to settling deals, many of them would disagree with each other, then they would start to argue a lot.

An Guangyao knew that so well.

Some were cowards who were afraid to take risks, so they stopped the project. Accordingly, the project couldn’t move on smoothly.

Right now, An Guangyao admired Gu Ning’s determination more than ever. He was also more confident about the future ahead.

At that time, the dishes were put on the table, so Gu Ning and An Guangyao began to eat.

Since the time was limited, Gu Ning seized every minute to talk about the business.

She opened her mouth, “Oh, how do you manage the construction materials?”

“The manufacturers never sell goods to the outside, so we turn to agencies for the materials,” An Guangyao said.

“Is the building materials you need to build the community a one-time contract with the agency?” Gu Ning asked.

“Not really. Because the general communities are built in one, two, or three phases, we sign the contract according to the phase. The first phase of Shenghua is currently under construction. The second phase will soon begin. If the seller isn’t satisfied with the construction materials, he can stop renewing the contract, but that rarely happens, because the seller will normally use a brand for a long time,” An Guangyao said.

Knowing that, Gu Ning was relieved, “Mr. An, actually, my uncle is preparing to go into the business of construction materials, and I’m considering letting him be the agency of the construction materials for Shenghua Real Estate. Of course, I also have my own bottom line. I will only help him because he has the ability. So please don’t worry that I’ll lower the standards of the project because I want to help my family. If so; I would rather give him an amount of money instead.”

“I also don’t plan on letting my family know about my properties. After all, I am too young now, and I don’t want them to worry about me. So please don’t worry about our connection, but run the business as usual,” Gu Ning said.

Although she handed the company over to An Guangyao, the property would soon be hers. She naturally had the right to control it, and she would make full use of it.

An Guangyao didn’t think that it was inappropriate, so he happily agreed.

“Oh, Mr. An, do you know someone in the Industry and Commerce Bureau? My uncle’s company hasn’t registered yet. I want to settle it as soon as possible,” Gu Ning said.

“It’s easy. I’ll deal with it,” An Guangyao answered without delay.

An Guangyao was one of the richest men in City F. He definitely knew someone with the power.

Although the Shenghua Real Estate was in trouble now, he still had his network to help him before he went bankrupt.

Besides, it was not a big deal.

As long as you have prepared the documents, it would be super easy to get it done with the help from the authorities.

After the meal, Gu Ning went back to her school. In the afternoon, Gu Man called Gu Ning to come home soon. Jiang Xu had gotten his car, so they all wanted to celebrate.

On her way home, Gu Ning received a call from An Guangyao. He had already dealt with the Industry and Commerce Bureau. The registration would be done within a week.

When Gu Ning got home, everyone was so happy at getting a new car.

Gu Qing and Gu Man had gone with Jiang Xu to get the new car.

It was the first time they had ever been in such an expensive car, so they were all thrilled.

Chapter 99: The First to Hand Paper in the Monthly Test

After Gu Ning got back, both Gu Man and Gu Qing dropped the vegetables they had been washing, and talked to Gu Ning for a long while about the new car. Gu Ning felt like laughing.

When they went back to cook, Gu Ning finally had time to tell Jiang Xu about the registration.

Gu Ning only told him that she had turned to a schoolmate’s father for help. She had a good relationship with that schoolmate, so his father kindly helped with this as soon as this afternoon.

Gu Ning also revealed a little about the deal of supplying the construction materials. Her classmate’s father was doing real estate. If Jiang Xu was willing to be the dealer of the construction material, he would cooperate with him in the future.

Knowing that, Jiang Xu was excited, but he also felt ashamed that Gu Ning had dealt with everything for him. Although Gu Ning had said that she wouldn’t interfere in his business, Jiang Xu didn’t mind what she had done today. Besides, everything Gu Ning had done was a big obstacle to him. She had helped a lot.

It was a Friday, and the monthly test was about to begin.

Gu Ning and her friends gathered together at the football field as usual, but they didn’t run. They were simply chatting while walking around.

“I hate tests the most. They won’t make any difference. If my family didn’t force me to come to school, I really would like to drop out,” Hao Ran said with annoyance. Studying was a hateful nightmare to him.

“Me neither, but I must keep on studying,” Chu Peihan said. That was the reason why she still could get good scores even though she missed a lot of classes. She played hard, but also studied hard. Moreover, some people were born intelligent. They spent much less time on learning but gained much more than ordinary people. Chu Peihan was one of them.

Actually, Hao Ran and the boys were smart too. Otherwise they couldn’t run their bar so well. They just weren’t interested in studying. If they had been willing to study hard, they would have been good students as well.

Their scores were better than the old Gu Ning anyway. They remained in the worst classroom, the seventh classroom, only because they liked playing, and causing trouble.

“I think it’s better to keep on studying in school, even if you have a good family background, and you don’t lack anything. Your parents can’t support you for a lifetime. In the future, you have to inherit their enterprises. If you don’t have the ability, you’ll be eliminated, or replaced by the strong. Ability requires rich professional knowledge, social experience and an extensive network, and the university is the best place to learn knowledge,” Mu Ke who was always an excellent student said.

“Mu Ke is right. University is important,” Gu Ning agreed.

“I’m absolutely going to a university, and I’ll work hard to achieve a lot, so that my family can live a good life.” Yu Mixi had great hope for her university. She so badly wanted to change her and her family’s lives.

“You will!” Gu Ning encouraged her.

Gu Ning wouldn’t let Yu Mixi stay poor after all. She would help Yu Mixi to grow up and be successful one day in the future.

She would wait until her business empire was established.

They went back to their classrooms separately.

The monthly test was almost the same as a usual test. The first was a Chinese test in the course of two classes, a hundred minutes in all. One could hand the paper in half an hour after the test began, but no one had ever done that before. Even if they didn’t know the answers, most people would not hand the paper in until the time was over.

Gu Ning spent the time of a class to finish the Chinese paper. She handed the paper in, then left the classroom.

Everyone was surprised to see that. It was beyond their imagination that Gu Ning would be the first one. She had always been the last one to hand the paper in in the past. Everyone knew she wasn’t good at studying, so they assumed that she must not know the answers at all, so handed the paper in earlier.

It was acceptable to hand the paper in at that time, so the teacher didn’t say anything. However, when she saw Gu Ning’s paper, she was shocked.

The paper was well done in good handwriting, and all the answers were right! The writing part almost got a full score for her outstanding skills. Of course, the teacher wouldn’t give a full score to the writing part. One or two points would normally be deducted.

Because Gu Ning had helped Yu Mixi’s studying these days, Yu Mixi knew that Gu Ning had improved her studying, she was even better than her. Thus she knew Gu Ning must had done a good job.

Gu Ning went to the garden after she had handed the paper in. She was used to being alone, so she didn’t feel bored at all.

However, only five minutes later, Hao Ran and his bros came to her. They had an agreement to come to the garden once they finished the test.

Hao Ran and his bros couldn’t finish the paper at all, so they handed the paper in early.

When they saw Gu Ning, they were all astonished. They had heard that Gu Ning was bad at studying, so they believed that Gu Ning had been in the same situation as them. Thinking of that, Hao Ran asked, “Boss, did you finish the paper, or did you barely know the answers?”

“I finished it!” Gu Ning said.

“Wow! What score do you think you will get?” Qin Zixun asked.

“90%”

To get 90% you had to get above 90 points. Hao Ran and his bros were all amazed.

“Are you sure?” Hao Ran found it unbearable. Who said that Gu Ning was bad at studying?

Gu Ning obviously knew why they were shocked. When she had helped Yu Mixi with her assignments, Yu Mixi was surprised too.

“You’ll know when the results are out.” Gu Ning didn’t explain further.

“Fine.” Since Gu Ning didn’t want to tell them, they stopped asking.

Then, Hao Ran said, “Boss, today is Friday. Let’s go have some fun in our bar tonight!”

This was the second time Hao Ran had invited her. It wouldn’t be appropriate if she rejected again. “Sure! When and where? I’ll come to you.”

“After the test, we can have dinner together, then we can go there together,” Qin Zixun said.

“Not today. I have to eat at home. I’ll be a little late,” Gu Ning replied.

“Okay! It is in Yongle Road, the V5 bar, it’s the letter V and the Arabic numeral 5. It’s the mighty homonym, and is also the meaning of mighty, ha-ha!” Hao Ran said.

“Wow! I like the name,” Gu Ning complimented.

Although Hao Ran and his bros were all proud of the name, they felt a little shy when Gu Ning complimented it in front of their faces.

Mu Ke and Chu Peihan arrived 25 minutes before the test ended. Although they were both academic, it was rare to finish the test within 75 minutes. Besides, they barely wrote down wrong answers.

Gu Ning was faster than them only because she had her special power.

Chapter 100: Did She Cheat?

Yu Mixi was the last one of them to arrive. She arrived 10 minutes before the test ended.

When everyone got there, Hao Ran told them that they were going to the bar tonight. Hearing that, Chu Peihan was the most excited. Although she had been to many bars, she had been there with her elder brother every time and her freedom had been limited.

Mu Ke also agreed to go. Only Yu Mixi didn’t know how to explain it to her family, so she couldn’t go with them.

Hao Ran told Yu Mixi she could tell her parents that it was a classmate’s birthday party. If her parents wouldn’t believe it, they could buy a birthday cake and pretended that they had a birthday party. Then, they could send some photos to her parents as the proof. A birthday cake wouldn’t cost much, so they planned to eat it as dessert.

Hao Ran’s idea was approved by everyone. They all decided to do that. Even Gu Ning had to use that excuse for her mother, Gu Man, but Gu Man knew Gu Ning’s friends, so it would be easier for Gu Ning to use that excuse.

After the Chinese test ended, the teacher went back to the office, and spoke with excitement about what Gu Ning had done to the other teachers. Everyone was amazed by the fact that Gu Ning had finished the paper within 45 minutes, and all the results were correct.

She was a genius!

No one was more astonished than Gu Ning’s head teacher, Zhang Qiuhua. She clearly knew Gu Ning’s previous scores. They weren’t terrible, but they were not good either. It was hard for Zhang Qiuhua to believe Gu Ning’s sudden change.

Did she cheat?

There were other teachers who also knew about Gu Ning’s previous scores, who believed so, but they found it was still hard to believe that she could get all the right answers by cheating.

Had the questions been leaked?

Zhang Qiuhua immediately called Gu Ning to ask her what had happened, in case her student made a terrible mistake.

Gu Ning insisted that she did it all on her own. If the teachers didn’t believe her, they could test her again.

…

The next test was English. It took Gu Ning an even shorter time, only 20 minutes, to finish the paper, but she had to wait for another 10 minutes to hand in the paper.

The teacher had doubt what Gu Ning had done at the last test, so he paid more attention to her this time. However, he didn’t find any unusual behavior from Gu Ning. She just kept writing.

What was even more shocking was that she finished the paper in 20 minutes. The paper remained clean with good handwriting. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the English teacher, so he didn’t know whether Gu Ning’s answers were correct or not. If the answers were all correct, or at least 80% were correct, then Gu Ning had to be a genius.

Gu Ning immediately handed the paper in when 30 minutes had passed.

The teacher purposely gave Gu Ning’s English paper to the English teacher after the test. The answers were all correct.

“Gu Ning’s English is very good, and her accent is also very authentic. I even feel embarrassed for myself. I asked her to translate a piece of text the other day. No one in the top class was able to fully translate it, or they would need a long time to do it. However, Gu Ning did it so effortlessly. If I hadn’t looked at her oriental face, I would have believed that she was a foreigner!” Although Chen Ming had picked on Gu Ning because of Chen Ziyao, he wasn’t a person without a moral bottom line. Gu Ning’s English had really impressed him, so now he spoke for her.

He even went to the top classroom, the first class, and let other students try it. Unfortunately, no one could fully translate it even after a long time.

“What? She’s that good?”

Hearing that, all the teachers were surprised.

“Wasn’t she bad at studying before?”

No matter how hard they tried to think up a reasonable reason, they all failed at the end.

Around 12 o’clock, Gu Ning received a call from Qin Yifan. The jewelry was done, so he asked when she would be free.

Gu Ning was occupied today and tomorrow. She said that she would be there Sunday afternoon, or the next Monday, but Qin Yifan was somewhat eager to meet Gu Ning. He proposed bringing it to her at school to her since he was free. He would arrive after half an hour.

Gu Ning wanted to refuse. She didn’t want to bother him, but Qin Yifan insisted on coming to her. Gu Ning finally agreed.

Gu Ning was eating in a restaurant outside of their school with her friends. She told Qin Yifan to find her in the restaurant. She didn’t want to hide the fact that she knew Qin Yifan, so she had no intention to avoid them. However, they had tests today, and the free time at noon was limited. Thus she didn’t wait for Qin Yifan to have a meal together.

Qin Yifan wanted to meet Gu Ning now, but he forgot one important detail. That jewelry was worth over a hundred million yuan. It wasn’t safe to give it to a young girl directly like that. Gu Ning herself didn’t care about that actually, so she didn’t mind Qin Yifan coming right now.

Half an hour later, Qin Yifan arrived with a wooden box as big as half a football. Everyone knew a friend of Gu Ning’s would be here to give her something, but they had no idea who the person was. Thus when Qin Yifan appeared, other than Yu Mixi and Chu Peihan, the rest were all surprised, especially Qin Zixun.

Qin Zixun immediately stood up from the sofa, and called, “Hi, my cousin Yifan.”

Gu Ning was astonished. She didn’t expect that Qin Yifan and Qin Zixun were cousins.

“Hi, it’s so nice to see you.” Hao Ran, Zhang Tianping and Mu Ke all stood up, and greeted him politely.

“Why are you here?” Qin Yifan was also surprised to see them.

Although he knew they went to the same school as Gu Ning, he didn’t expect that they all knew each other. After a few seconds, he understood it wasn’t impossible. They studied in the same school, and were all seniors, so it was natural that they knew each other. However, Qin Zixun and the boys felt that it was surprising. How did Gu Ning know Qin Yifan?

“Please have a seat, you all,” Gu Ning said.

They all sat down.

Qin Yifan knew that Gu Ning had no intention to avoid her friends, so she let him meet her here. Thus he gave the box to Gu Ning without hesitation, “Gu Ning, this is yours. I’ll transfer the money for the rest of the jade into your account later.”

“Sure, thanks.” Gu Ning took the box.

“Gu Ning, what is this?” Chu Peihan fixed her eyes on that wooden box, and asked with curiosity. Not only Chu Peihan, everyone else was curious as well.

“It’s the jewelry Yicui Jade-store helped me make for my family,” Gu Ning told them.

Everyone suddenly lost their interest when they heard that it was jewelry. Because Qin Zixun and others were here, Qin Yifan felt it was inconvenient to talk to Gu Ning too much. He also knew they had tests this afternoon, so he left after a while.

Gu Ning and her friends went back to their classrooms too and the rest of the tests began at 2 pm.