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Chapter 111: Being Unbelievably Lucky

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Gu Ning firstly went to those shops that she had never been to before to buy several raw materials with medium-high-level jade and high-level jade. She put them into the telepathic eye space secretly. Then she went to the largest raw materials shop where she had met Zhou Zhenghong.

The shop was indeed the largest one with the most raw materials. Many of them had jade inside too.

Gu Ning walked around the shop, and bought 15 raw materials. All of them had high-level jade or medium-high-level jade. Five of them weighed around 20 pounds, while one weighed around 50 pounds, and the rest all weighed four to eight pounds.

Gu Ning went on a shopping spree. All of the customers in the shop paid attention to her suddenly, because they had never seen anyone else who bought so many raw materials at a time. Four or five raw materials would be more than enough.

Nevertheless, it was universally acknowledged that it was very hard to cut out jade from raw materials, so everyone believed that Gu Ning was simply wasting her money.

Her raw materials weighed 280 pounds in total, and were worth about eight million yuan.

"Miss, do you want to cut out them?" the shop owner asked.

Although he himself didn't think that there was jade in this pile of raw materials that belonged to Gu Ning, he was curious.

"Yes, please," Gu Ning replied.

The shop owner immediately guided Gu Ning to the area where the raw materials were cut out.

Once there was someone going to cut out his or her raw materials, many onlookers would gather around.

"Please let two workers cut those raw materials out together!" There were two machines, and no one else was using it. Gu Ning wanted to finish it soon, so she let two workers cut out her raw materials together. In addition, Gu Ning had changed her clothes. No one would recognize who she was. Therefore, she gave up the idea of using waste raw materials to cover her behavior.

Gu Ning chose two raw materials with medium-high-level jade inside first. One weighed 50 pounds, and the other one was as big as a basketball. Gu Ning drew lines on them herself.

The machine started to work. Before long, the first raw material was cut out, and the green showed along with a round of surprised voices.

"Wow, the green!"

"It's impossible! Just one cut, which is only two centimeters deep!"

"Can it be just a thin layer?"

"If it isn't a thin layer, it must be huge!"

Yes, the jade was as large as a basketball, and the outer layer was as thin as two centimeters.

The shop owner immediately ran over with an unpleasant face. He knew that such good news would attract more customers, but he still preferred to cut this huge jade out by himself.

However, he didn't dare to try himself. It was highly risky to cut raw materials out randomly.

The worker continued his work, and the green jade gradually showed its type.

"Hibiscus type!"

"Hibiscus type! It's a medium-high-level jade!"

Everyone knew that the raw material belonged to Gu Ning. They all looked at Gu Ning with envy, but Gu Ning stayed calm.

There was always someone bidding immediately after the window was cut, because the raw material was very likely to be valuable once the green showed. Many people wanted to use less money to exchange a potentially precious jade.

Of course, the owner of the raw material normally wouldn't sell it right away. Only a coward or an idiot would sell it at the beginning.

Everyone knew that once the green showed, the raw material was highly likely to be priceless. So most people chose to gamble continuously. Even if it was only a thin layer of green jade, the owner would accept it.

"Please don't rush to bid. I won't sell it until the jade is fully cut out. Please be patient," Gu Ning comforted the crowd while they were busy bidding.

The owner had said it openly, so they stopped bidding. Gu Ning had the right to sell it or not after all.

Then, Gu Ning let the worker continue to cut out the raw material.

One cut after another, a larger scale of the jade showed gradually. The outer layer was indeed only as thin as two centimeters. The jade had to be valuable.

Now everyone was even more envious of Gu Ning.

Within a few minutes, the green showed from the other raw material. The crowd was greatly surprised again. This woman was so unbelievably lucky!

Someone even remembered the young girl who had been so lucky last week too.

However, no one believed this woman before their eyes and the young girl were the same person. One was an 18-year-old teenager, and the other was a mature woman. They were so different.

The outer layer of the second raw material was only five centimeters thick. Additionally, the second raw material was two times bigger than the first one. It had to be valuable too!

"It's transparent like the water with shiny smooth texture. It's jade of the water type."

"Water type is medium-high-level jade!"

"Jesus! This woman is so lucky! She cut out two medium-high-level jade at a time. And they both are so big! They must be worth at least a hundred million yuan."

Everyone took a long breath in. At least a hundred million yuan! Although people who loved stone gambling were all rich, not many of them could afford to buy the jade at the price of a hundred million yuan.

Right now, everyone was beyond jealous of Gu Ning, especially the shop owner.

Half an hour later, the jade of the hibiscus type was fully cut out. It was as big as three quarters of a basketball. This jade of the hibiscus type was five times larger than the one Zhou Zhenghong had cut out last time. Its price was naturally five times higher. It was worth around eighty million yuan.

The most generous buyer would get the jade. In order to lower the price, everyone started to bid from a low price, but since the jade was so big, its lowest price was twenty million yuan.

"Twenty-five million yuan!"

"Twenty-six million yuan!"

"Thirty million yuan!"

While everyone was busy bidding, Gu Ning absorbed the power into the telepathic eye space.

"Seventy million yuan!"

Everyone stopped bidding once the price rose to seventy million yuan. There weren't many jewelry businessmen here right now after all.

Although seventy million yuan was ten million lower than Gu Ning's expected price, she still made a fortune.

The shop owner was reluctant to accept the fact, but he still spread the good news immediately to attract customers. However, he couldn't afford much more good news like that. His heart would be broken.

The shop owner had been working in this industry for over 10 years. He had seen people cut out valuable jade, but it only happened a few times a year. The jade was mostly around the price of a few million yuan.

Chapter 112: Not A Human Being?

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Nevertheless, things changed so quickly this month. A young girl had cut out several priceless jade last week, and now a woman cut out more highly valuable jade. The shop owner felt so unhappy.

Many people swarmed in this shop after the news was abroad, especially the jewelry businessmen. They all wanted to buy the jade. The shop was actually big, but it soon became very crowded.

The first one was sold already, while the second one was still being cut out. Seeing that it was a large medium-high-level jade of the water type, the jewelry businessmen were all excited. Although a medium-high-level jade wasn't rare, it was still hard to find one. No one wanted to miss it.

Someone immediately bid, but was stopped by Gu Ning. She told them what she had just said.

There were rules in every industry, and they had to obey them.

Gu Ning then chose the third raw material with a high-level jade inside. It was as big as two apples. She handed it to the first worker.

The third raw material wasn't big, so the worker decided to rub it. Since Gu Ning had already cut out two highly valuable jade, the worker was very careful, but it was still hard for him to believe that this woman could be so lucky.

The crowd had mixed emotions. Some expected it to be valuable, and some had the opposite hope.

More and more people came into this shop. The shop was now full of people in every corner, but most of them focused on the worker who was rubbing the raw material, and not many of them were shopping.

Before the second jade was fully cut out, the green showed from the third raw material. Everyone took a long breath in again. They all looked at Gu Ning with one accord. The shock on their faces was beyond description.

Three raw materials with three pieces of jade!

Some assumed that this woman must be from a family running the jade business, so she had some extraordinary ability.

Some also assumed the rest of the raw materials in her cart had jade inside too.

The third jade was fully cut out gradually. It was a high-level violet jade of the glass type.

What? It was so unbelievable! Some people almost had a heart attack right then. The shop owner wasn't willing to face the truth, and he felt dizzy. However, those jewelry businessmen were the happiest ones.

A high-level violet jade was very rare!

This violet jade was slightly bigger than the one Gu Ning sold to Qin Yifan, so its price was a little higher.

"She is so unbelievably lucky!"

"She must be from a family that has been running a jade business for generations!"

"Exactly, I can't agree more!"

"In my opinion, she must have Jade Eyes! She can see the jade inside."

The man was joking, but hit the point accidentally. Gu Ning was nervous for a while, then she relaxed. No one would believe that even though it was the truth. It was already beyond the knowledge of human beings.

"What? I heard someone cut out an emerald of the hibiscus type. Is there a violet jade that has been cut out too?"

At that moment, a surprised male voice sounded from the door. The man apparently had heard the good news.

"Oh, Master Bai, Master Yan and Chairman Bai, so nice to meet you!" The shop owner immediately welcomed the guests with respect. "A lady has just cut out an emerald of the hibiscus type. Another jade of the water type hasn't been fully cut out yet, and a violet jade is out already."

"What?"

Hearing that, those guests were obviously shocked.

Gu Ning unconsciously looked over once she heard that Master Yan was here. The old man was indeed Master Yan. There was an old man around 70 and a man around 45 with Master Yan. They must be Master Bai and Chairman Bai. The two resembled each other a lot, and must be father and son.

Gu Ning had completely changed her look, so she didn't greet Master Yan, but pretended that she didn't know him at all.

"Please don't tell me the owner is the same person," Master Bai said.

"It is," the shop owner answered, although he felt so hurt in his heart.

Hearing that, three of them all had a long breath in.

It was so unbelievable!

"Let's go and see who is so lucky and cut out three emeralds at a time," Master Bai said. He walked over at once followed by Master Yan and Chairman Bai.

Master Yan couldn't help thinking to himself that Gu Ning had been so fortunate last time, but now another person had done the same thing. It was so strange!

They went into the crowd. Master Bai asked, "Who is the owner of those raw materials, please?"

"It's me," Gu Ning answered. She didn't want Master Yan to recognize her, so she deliberately changed her voice slightly.

It was a young woman. Master Bai and his company were astonished again.

Master Bai knew that an 18-year-old girl had cut out several high-level jade last week, but he didn't know that this woman who seemed at least 24 years old was the same person as the young girl.

He was surprised, why could the young ladies cut jade out so easily nowadays!?

Master Yan had the same thought in his mind, but he felt familiar with this woman before his eyes. Had he met her somewhere else? However, he wasn't able to connect her with Gu Ning, because they looked so different.

Facing Master Bai, Gu Ning stayed calm as usual. She wasn't arrogant at all just because she had cut out several valuable jade.

Master Bai immediately had a good impression of her. He complimented her plainly, "What a promising young woman!"

Meanwhile, the large jade of the water type was fully cut out. Gu Ning now allowed the crowd to bid, and she immediately absorbed its power. Although compared with this medium-high-level jade of the water type, the high-level violet jade was more attractive, the buyers didn't want to miss either of them.

"Ten million yuan!"

"Twenty million yuan!"

"Thirty million yuan!"

…

"A hundred million yuan!"

…

"A hundred and fifty million yuan!"

In the end, this jade of the water type was sold at the price of a hundred and fifty million yuan.

It was as big as a basketball. A hundred and fifty million yuan was an acceptable price.

If the buyer used it to make jewelry and sold them all, he could make around thirty million yuan in profit. Businessmen wouldn't waste their time and money in unprofitable business.

Gu Ning then chose her fourth raw material with a medium-high-level jade, which was as big as a basketball, inside.

Before the violet jade was fully rubbed out, the green showed from the fourth raw material. Someone was so shocked that he couldn't help but say dirty words. "What the f*ck! Is this woman a real human being?"

Chapter 113: Stalked by Someone

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It was quite understandable that he said that. No one else had ever cut out four emeralds before.

This woman couldn't be a human being!

Everyone now looked at Gu Ning like she was an alien, Master Bai and his company included.

Although Master Yan knew that Gu Ning had cut out four medium-high-level and high-level jade last week too, there had been some waste raw materials. However, this woman didn't cut out a single piece of raw material. She was even more extraordinary than Gu Ning!

Gu Ning, instead, didn't care about the onlookers' attitude.

Master Bai approached near, and took a closer look at the jade. He said, "The green color is bright, and the color shape is strip-shaped. The filaments are arranged in a straight line, and the filaments are in the form of a shallow bottom. This is the silk type. The green strips are clearly distributed in a certain direction, and the jadeite crystals are elongated and oriented in a fine fiber shape, so this is the medium-high-level silk type."

Master Bai was apparently an expert.

Before long, the violet jade was fully cut out.

"Fifty million yuan!"

Master Bai opened his mouth first. He wanted the violet jade.

Although fifty million yuan wasn't the perfect price for this jade, it was high enough to show his fondness towards it. Not everyone was willing to spend that much money on an emerald.

Some people retreated in front of the beginning bid of fifty million yuan, but some still tried to compete.

"I think Master Bai must like this violet jade very much, but I love it too. I bid fifty-five million yuan for it!" a middle-aged man said with obvious respect.

Everyone could bid for the jade fairly, but Master Bai was a respectable and powerful man. Therefore, everyone needed to show his or her respect in front of him.

"Since you love it too, then let's compete! Sixty million yuan!" Master Bai said. He liked this violet jade, but he was willing to compete too.

The most generous buyer could get the jade.

Hearing the talk between Master Bai and the man, Gu Ning thought of Master Fu and Zhao Yuefeng. They had had the same competition last week, but Master Fu had won in the end.

This time, Gu Ning believed Master Bai was more likely to win.

"Sixty million yuan!"

"Sixty-five million yuan!"

"Seventy million yuan!"

"Seventy-five million yuan!"

"Eighty million yuan!"

When Master Bai bid eighty million yuan for the jade, the man hesitated. The price was almost there.

If the jade was used to make jewelry, it could bring at least twenty million yuan in profit. And if the price went higher, the deal wouldn't be profitable.

Finally, the man gave up. Master Bai paid eighty million yuan for the violet jade, and he was thrilled.

"Master Fu showed off in front of my face last week. He got an emerald of the glutinous rice type and an emerald of the glass type. I was so jealous of him! Now I have this violet jade, which is much more expensive than his! I'm going to show off in front of his face, and let him be jealous of me!" Master Bai gloated like a child.

Like the old saying went: the elderly were like the children.

Hearing that, Gu Ning felt like laughing, but she restricted herself. At the same time, she couldn't help thinking to herself that Master Fu would probably be really jealous! If Master Fu knew that this violet jade Master Bai bought was from her, he would probably also blame her for that.

Thinking of that, Gu Ning felt a little helpless.

The jade of the silk type, which was as big as half a basketball, was bought by the middle-aged man at the price of fifty million yuan.

Though it was a pity he didn't get the violet jade, it was a great comfort to get the jade of the silk type.

Gu Ning made 345 million yuan in total, and absorbed a lot of power.

"Jesus! She maked 345 million yuan at once. I think those raw materials cost a few million yuan at the most."

"Exactly! I'm envious of her."

"Why couldn't I be so lucky!"

"I wish I were her."

"Is there more jade in the raw materials in her cart?"

"Who knows!"

Gu Ning had already cut out four raw materials with highly valuable jade. No one knew whether there was more jade in those raw materials in her cart.

Everyone was now jealous of her. Gu Ning also received many unkind looks.

She knew that some would pay more attention to her since she had made a fortune, but she wasn't scared.

Gu Ning thought that 345 million yuan was enough to satisfy her needs, and it was time to stop. She sensed that she was causing trouble for herself. If she continued, she would be in bigger trouble. She was not afraid of trouble, but she didn't like it.

Accordingly, Gu Ning packed up the rest raw materials and got ready to leave.

Some businessmen who were waiting for Gu Ning to cut out more jade felt disappointed, but they couldn't force her to do it.

Although a hundred pounds of raw materials weren't heavy for Gu Ning, she was wearing high-heels now and it wasn't convenient. Therefore, she bought a cart in the shop and used it to push the raw materials away.

Before she left, many jewelry businessmen gave her their name cards. They all wanted to cooperate with her. If she could cut out more jade in the future, they all wanted to receive her call.

Gu Ning happily took the name cards, but since she didn't have her own name card, she didn't exchange name cards with them. She didn't even tell them her name and number, because she didn't want them to know her real identity.

After Gu Ning left the shop for a short while, she felt that someone was stalking her. She stayed calm.

There were a lot of people around here. The stalker didn't have chance to hurt her. Even if the stalker planned to hurt her, Gu Ning was confident that she could win.

Only because it wasn't convenient for her to fight today, she wanted to avoid conflict.

On her way, she called Zhou Zhenghong to pick her up beside the road. She also told him to wait for her in the car, and to not show his face.

Gu Ning walked down to the entrance of the antique street safely. There were too many people in this street after all.

However, once she left the antique street, there was a wide road ahead. Zhou Zhenghong was waiting for her in the car beside the road. Gu Ning went straight in the car, and left the stalkers behind.

Gu Ning sat in her car. In the rear-view mirror, she noticed that several men were madly looking at the direction she left. They got in a black car, chasing after her quickly.

Gu Ning frowned a little. Those men wouldn't leave her alone!

"Uncle Zhou, how's your driving skill?" Gu Ning asked.

Zhou Zhenghong didn't know her real intention, so he simply answered, "I've driven for 12 years. Not bad I think."

"We're being stalked. Please drive faster and get rid of them, safely of course," Gu Ning said.

Chapter 114: Impolite?

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"What?" Zhou Zhenghong was surprised and felt nervous. He tried his best to calm down, then drove faster and focused on the road.

There were three men who were around 30 in the car behind Gu Ning. Seeing Gu Ning's car speed up suddenly, they thought that they must have been discovered.

"Boss, did they discover us?" the man sat on the driver seat asked.

"Probably," a man who sat in the back answered in a deep and unpleasant voice.

"Shall we continue chasing them?" a man who sat in the passenger seat asked.

"Of course, why not? We can't let her leave with that much money," the man said firmly with greed in his eyes. Therefore, they continued to follow Gu Ning's car. The driver was obviously skilful, and followed tightly behind them. It seemed very difficult for Zhou Zhenghong to get rid of him.

Gu Ning frowned with displeasure.

When they left the densely populated area and they were in a relatively remote part of the road, Gu Ning told Zhou Zhenghong to stop the car. "I think we probably can't get rid of them. Please park the car alongside the road. We can't allow them to follow us all the way. We need to deal with it now."

"Boss…" Zhou Zhenghong was a little worried. Although he knew that Gu Ning was powerful and strong, he had no idea about the ability of those men. What if they were more powerful than Gu Ning?

"Relax, it'll be fine." Gu Ning understood that Zhou Zhenghong cared about her, so she didn't blame him for doubting her decision. Zhou Zhenghong also knew that no one could change Gu Ning's decision once she had made up her mind, so he could only obey her order.

Zhou Zhenghong stopped the car. Those who had been chasing them felt puzzled. However, no matter what had happened, that was an opportunity for them. They immediately parked their car in front of Gu Ning's in case they tried to run away.

"Uncle Zhou, you can stay in the car," Gu Ning ordered with determination. She got out of the car. She had already changed her high-heels into a pair of sneakers for convenience.

Zhou Zhenghong was concerned about Gu Ning, but didn't dare to disobey her order. Besides, he knew that he would only be a burden if he went out. He could only pray that Gu Ning would be safe.

The minute that Gu Ning left the car, three tall and bulky men walked towards her. Gu Ning immediately used her Jade Eyes to see whether they carried guns.

Luckily, they didn't have guns. Gu Ning was now completely confident that she would win.

Those men didn't expect that a woman would get out of the car, walking towards them and seem so calm. They were greatly surprised, but still, they believed it would be super easy for them to deal with a single woman, and the man who was hiding in the car. They thought that he must be too scared to come out.

"Give us all your money and raw materials. Otherwise, you'll learn your lesson!" a man threatened. Even though they weren't sure whether there was more jade in the rest of the raw materials, they had witnessed Gu Ning had cut out one jade after another. They believed that it was highly possible that the rest of the raw materials had jade inside too. They of course wouldn't miss it.

"Oh, how?" Gu Ning pulled her corner of lips raising her eyebrow with disdain. She didn't take them seriously at all.

Those men were irritated by Gu Ning's attitude. A man raised his voice, "Are you going to give it to us or not?"

"If you want it, come on and get it yourself, but let me warn you first. If you don't want to die, go away right now!" Gu Ning said.

"Whoa, then let's see what you have," saying that, the three men strode to Gu Ning. However, before they could go any further, they suddenly stopped and even stepped backwards quickly. They looked at Gu Ning with fear on their faces.

Gu Ning didn't want to waste her time and energy on fighting, so she directly pulled out a gun.

She aimed at them when they were approaching.

Those men were frightened, but they still doubted whether the gun was real. Zhou Zhenghong was terrified too. He also couldn't believe that the gun was real. It wasn't easy to get a real one.

"Don't-don't try to terrify us with a fake gun," a man said, but he didn't dare to step forward.

"Try it, if you want to know whether it's real or not," Gu Ning said with a threatening face. The gun was loaded. The three men stepped further backwards in horror.

The gun was real?

"What, what should we do now?" a man asked nervously. If the gun was real, they could end up dead.

"What else can we do? Although we want money, we don't want to die for it. Go, go back now!" another man said resignedly. They wanted the money, but weren't willing to die for it. Accordingly, they went back to their car and escaped right away.

When they were gone, Gu Ning went back to her car. Zhou Zhenghong asked, "Boss, is your gun real or fake?"

"It's real. I got it last week. I secretly took two with me, but one was handed over. And I have to give this one to the military officer tomorrow too." Gu Ning didn't hide, but she felt slightly reluctant to give the gun back.

Hearing that, Zhou Zhenghong was surprised. Gu Ning was very honest and bold. She even dared to steal the gun. If anyone else had done the same thing, Zhou Zhenghong would feel unpleasant, but he didn't feel unpleasant towards Gu Ning at all.

It was already 4 pm now.

When Gu Ning had just left the street of stone gambling, Master Bai called Master Fu and told him everything. Master Fu was so jealous and mad at the same time.

He regretted that he refused to go out with Master Bai today, but stayed at home playing with his grandson. He had missed so much as well as the jade.

Hearing that the woman had cut out four jade continuously, Master Fu's first reaction was that the woman must be Gu Ning. He then asked directly. Master Bai denied it. Although he didn't know Gu Ning, Master Yan knew her. If the woman had been Gu Ning, Master Yan would have told him. In adding, the woman was much older than Gu Ning.

Master Fu then had the same feeling as Master Bai and Master Yan.

What was going on now? Why could those young ladies easily cut out jade? Such a strange thing had never happened before!

Before long, a post went viral on the Internet. Its title was "Shocking News: A Young Woman Cut Out Four Jade Continuously in the Street of Stone Gambling in City G, Which Are Worth 345 Million Yuan."

Chapter 115: The Queen of Jade

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There was a photo attached to the post. It was Gu Ning, but the photo only showed one side of her body, so it was hard to recognize her face.

Many people saw the news, including Qin Yifan, Li Zhenzhen and her brother, Gu Ning's friends and relatives, but no one knew that it was Gu Ning.

Within an hour, the post became the number one topic and had been viewed by a hundred thousand people with a few thousand comments.

Although Gu Ning had caused a sensation in the street of stone gambling last week, no one had posted about it on the Internet. Her story had only circulated within the stone gambling circle.

Otherwise, Gu Ning's identity would have been exposed in public.

All the Internet users who had left comments felt so jealous. They all wished they could have the same luck. 345 million yuan was a lot! With that much money, one didn't need to work for the rest of his or her lifetime.

Meanwhile, everyone began to guess who the woman was. Some said the woman must come from a family that had been running a jewelry business for generations, or she must be an expert.

Some believed she had just been lucky, while others assumed she must have Jade Eyes.

Although Jade Eyes was the real reason, no one would believe it. It was beyond their knowledge after all.

In the end, everyone called the woman "The Queen of Jade".

Many jewelry businessmen were searching for this queen of jade. They wanted to cooperate with her, but they could find nothing.

Both Gu Ning and Zhou Zhenghong had no idea what was going on, on the Internet. Even if they knew, they wouldn't care, because no one could recognize that the woman was Gu Ning.

At the same time, they arrived at the processing plant.

This was a factory area. There were many factories, and the gates were all guarded by security guards. Factory staff could get in with a pass, while an outsider needed to register and leave their ID card at the security office. There were cameras everywhere around the factory, so it was safe.

Zhou Zhenghong had already gotten his pass while he had rented this processing plant, but he only had the passes for him, the designers and the carvers. One needed to show his or her ID card and a one-inch standard photo to get a pass.

Accordingly, Gu Ning used her ID card to register this time, but she also filled in the documents to get a pass.

Gu Ning was going to register a company, so she had already prepared the required documents including one-inch standard photos.

She could get her pass tomorrow.

The designer and carvers had received Zhou Zhenghong's information earlier, so they had already arrived at the processing plant before Gu Ning.

Zhou Zhenghong didn't hide the truth that Gu Ning was the real boss before them, but he only told them the fact. In the beginning, they were a little puzzled and disappointed when they found out that their real boss was an 18-year-old girl.

However, Zhou Zhenghong also told them that although their real boss was young, she was super clever with outstanding abilities at stone gambling. She could fight too.

What had happened in the restaurant had become a hot piece of news. Everybody knew it, although many details were unknown.

Zhou Zhenghong then told them what they had been through. When they heard that Gu Ning had grabbed two criminals' guns and beaten them down, they were all shocked. Now they respected Gu Ning without any doubt.

They had been working for Zhou Zhenghong for over 10 years. They knew Zhou Zhenghong well, so they trusted what Zhou Zhenghong said.

Afterwards, Zhou Zhenghong warned them the same way Gu Ning had warned him. They were the first group of people who got in touch with the jade after all. They needed to be loyal to their work and the company. Although Zhou Zhenghong believed in them, he still needed to remind them.

After hearing about Gu Ning's extraordinary ability, no one dared to mess with her. In addition, they were upright men, which helped them earn trust from Zhou Zhenghong.

When Gu Ning and Zhou Zhenghong walked in, three designers and carvers were having a rest in the room. They heard the sound of someone opening the door, so they immediately stood up and went out.

However, when they saw Gu Ning, they were all surprised. Wasn't their boss a 18-year-old girl? This woman must be in her mid-twenties.

This woman wasn't their boss? They looked to Zhou Zhenghong for an answer. Zhou Zhenghong opened his mouth. "This is our boss, Gu Ning."

They greeted Gu Ning at once, although they felt puzzled, "Nice to meet you, boss."

Then, Zhou Zhenghong introduced them to Gu Ning, "This is the designer, Wang Zhiyong. These two are carvers, Chang Qingshan and Zhou Rong."

They were at the same age as Zhou Zhenghong.

"Nice to meet you all. From now on, we're a team. As long as you're loyal to me, I promise that you'll have a bright future ahead," Gu Ning said kindly. She didn't put on airs at all. Everyone admired her.

They also believed Gu Ning's promise. She had already given them a much higher salary.

Gu Ning was even more generous than Zhou Zhenghong. They were all sure that they couldn't find another job with a higher salary than this one.

Although they were skilful jewelry workers, they stayed low-profile. And only the top jewelry artists could demand the top salary.

Additionally, they also got a great bonus according to sales. No one would be lazy under this condition.

"Sure, boss," they answered with excitement.

"Great, please move the raw materials in the car to the insurance room now. I need to change first," Gu Ning said. She then headed to the ladies' room.

Although she didn't know that she was popular on the Internet now, she felt that it was better to be the original her.

The designers and carvers immediately followed Zhou Zhenghong to move the raw materials.

The processing plant was 160 square meters big. There was an area for machines, a restroom, a kitchen, a 20-square-meters meeting room and a 10-square-meters insurance room.

In the insurance room, there was a large safe to protect the jade from thieves and fire. As for the outsiders, the jade was secure in the safe, but for the insiders, it depended on who was guarding the safe.

It was impossible for Gu Ning to completely trust her employees, but she couldn't run the business on her own. She needed people to help her.

Nothing good came without risk.

Chapter 116: King's Green Again

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When they found that there was a large pile of raw materials in the car, they were all astonished.

"Chairman Zhou, our boss is so generous! Is there jade in every one of them?" Chang Qingshan asked. If most of them had jade inside, they would be worth a fortune.

"I don't know, we'll have to wait until they are cut," Zhou Zhenghong replied. Although he trusted Gu Ning, he didn't want to brag in front of Chang Qingshan and the others.

They soon moved all the raw materials, and Gu Ning had changed her clothes before coming out. She was wearing a casual suit and had removed her makeup. She made her hair into a bun and looked more like a student now. She looked totally different.

Except for Zhou Zhenghong, the others were all astonished. If they hadn't known that there was only Gu Ning who was a female, they would have mistaken her for an outsider.

Gu Ning didn't interfere in their work. She only told them to work harder and made more jewelry before opening the company. She set the opening time on Saturday in two weeks. They still had two weeks, but it took a lot of time to make jewelry out of jade, so they needed to work harder.

Now, they were ready to cut out the raw materials. Because there was only one machine, one was cutting out raw materials, while the others were rubbing raw materials. They had been working in this industry for over 10 years. Although they hadn't cut out valuable jade before, they were very familiar with stone gambling.

Gu Ning drew the lines herself. She had Jade Eyes, and could avoid wasting jade. When Gu Ning was drawing lines in the insurance room, she secretly exchanged raw materials with the strongest power with those raw materials in the telepathic eye space.

It was highly possible that there was top-level jade in those raw materials with the strongest power. Gu Ning didn't want to let too many top-level jade become exposed in public. There was already one outside.

She planned to cut out the two-fist sized raw material with the strongest power herself.

Outside, Chang Qingshan cut off a thin layer of outer skin, and the green showed. His hands trembled with excitement.

"Oh, my! The green is showing after only one cut! Boss has drawn the lines so accurately! No, it's because of boss's extraordinary ability. The first one is showing green already!" Chang Qingshan said with thrill.

Even though Zhou Zhenghong had seen Gu Ning cut out jade randomly, he was still surprised to see the jade again.

The workers had also heard about it from Zhou Zhenghong, but it was still shocking when they cut the jade out themselves.

They used water to clean off the dust and the jade showed its real appearance. It was a medium-high-level jade of the ice type. Many of them took a long breath in.

They had worked for Zhoufu Jewelry for many years, but they had seldom seen medium-high-level jade. Most of the jade they had seen was low-level, or medium-level. Besides, they hadn't seen many medium-level emeralds either. Zhoufu Jewelry was a medium-low-level brand. It couldn't afford medium-high-level or high-level jade.

After the shock, they continued to cut the raw materials.

After a while, Zhou Zhenghong and others also saw green show continuously. Two were medium-high-level jade of the hibiscus type and pink lotus root type, and one was a high-level jade of the glass type. The three of them were all shocked. They even trembled and felt that it was like a dream.

When Gu Ning came out, everyone looked to her with admiration.

"Boss, you must be a goddess, right?" Zhang Rong said. He was joking of course.

"I don't think so. Even the gods or goddesses can't cut out jade every time, but our boss can. I think our boss must have a special ability!" Wang Zhiyong said. He was joking too.

Gu Ning knew that they were joking, but she had to stop them from guessing. She said and warned, "Alright, stop now. Don't tell others about what is happening here. I don't want others to know about it, please."

"Sure, boss. Please don't worry, we won't tell anyone else," they all promised.

Then Gu Ning sat down to rub the raw material with the strongest power. Gu Ning was right, there was a top-level jade in this raw material. It was a classic dark green with light blue.

This was the King's Green.

Gu Ning heavily took a long breath in. She opened her mouth. "The King's Green."

Everyone was shocked when Gu Ning said that.

"What? The King's Green?"

At that time, even Zhou Zhenghong couldn't remain calm. He immediately put down the raw material, running to Gu Ning.

Other than Chang Qingshan who was in the middle of cutting, both Wang Zhiyong and Zhang Rong ran to Gu Ning. They almost fell on their way! No one could blame them for being so excited. The King's Green was the king of jade. It was very rare to see.

When they saw that it was a real King's Green in Gu Ning's hands, every one of them held his breath. It was the King's Green! The King's Green!

"Before we open our company, we can use this King's Green to promote our brand. I believe that many customers will be interested," Gu Ning said.

Everyone agreed.

Once the news about the King's Green was out, even those jewelry businessmen in City G would come without invitation. No matter how big their companies were, they probably didn't have the King's Green themselves.

Although The Jade Beauty was aimed to be a high-end jewelry brand, it began from a small store. They weren't famous enough to invite the big companies to attend their opening ceremony. Even if they invited them, those big companies probably wouldn't come. Therefore, they needed to attract them to come.

As long as many famous or powerful figures come to their opening ceremony, The Jade Beauty brand would gain popularity in a short time. That was exactly what they wanted.

Gu Ning planned to invite Master Fu and Master Yan too.

Although she wasn't influential enough to invite those two widely respected figures, Gu Ning was confident that they would come. In addition, once they knew that the King's Green was here, they would definitely come.

They would probably blame her for not telling them! Thus Gu Ning intended to invite them herself instead of letting them find out themselves.

When everyone had finished their work, it was six pm already and it was time for dinner. Gu Ning told them to put the jade into the insurance room, and then they could leave. They would continue tomorrow.

Zhou Zhenghong was about to order from a restaurant, and have dinner together, but Gu Ning declined and used the excuse that she had a meeting with her friends. She told them to get the meal themselves and that they would be reimbursed.

Chapter 117: Young Age, Great Ability

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It was not that Gu Ning didn't want to dine with them, but they were employees and boss. She was a teenage girl too. Thus it wasn't convenient for her to hang out with several adult men.

She got Zhou Zhenghong drive her to the downtown to eat. Zhou Zhenghong and others agreed.

On her way to the downtown, Gu Ning called Master Fu. She asked whether he was free tomorrow. She wanted to meet him. Master Fu was happy to know that Gu Ning was in City G. He accepted her invitation quickly. He had promised to help Gu Ning, and he meant it, but thinking of what had happened in the street of stone gambling, Master Fu complained to Gu Ning. He thought the female was Gu Ning, but it turned out that she was a mature woman.

He also complained that Master Bai had shown off in front of him. He was so mad and regretted refusing to go out with them today. Gu Ning couldn't help laughing. She said, "Grandpa Fu, you could simply say you know the woman, and she has even more valuable jade waiting for you. You could show off too."

"I don't know the woman though! If she had been you, I would have shown off," Master Fu said.

"Actually, I'm the woman," Gu Ning answered without hesitation.

Gu Ning had her own plan. She didn't want to hide from Master Fu. Of course, she wouldn't hurt Master Fu. She just wanted to expand her network through Master Fu.

"What?"

Hearing that, Master Fu was totally shocked. He couldn't believe his ears. He asked, "Do you mean that the woman was you?"

"Yes. I didn't want to be recognized, so I changed my appearance on purpose. I didn't tell you because I was badly in need of money. I didn't have much time. Please don't be mad at me, grandpa Fu," Gu Ning explained.

In the beginning, Master Fu was indeed slightly mad. However, after her explanation, he didn't want to blame her. He wouldn't criticize her either.

"Then I'll forgive you!" Master Fu said.

Even though, Gu Ning was slightly worried. She said, "But grandpa Yan was there today. I didn't greet him because I wanted to hide my real identity. I'm afraid that he would probably be mad at me."

"Ha-ha, ha-ha. He will! If he knows the woman is actually you, he'll be irritated," Master Fu said. He was gloating, aiming at both Gu Ning and Master Yan.

"Well, now I can show off in front of Master Bai and also annoy Master Yan, ha-ha." Master Fu was a little excited.

After a while, he asked, "Do you really have jade that is better than the violet jade?"

"I will have, but not right now," Gu Ning answered. She didn't want to tell anyone else about the King's Green at the moment.

"Great, then I'll wait." Master Fu believed in Gu Ning. He believed that she could cut out jade that was better than the violet jade.

Gu Ning hung up. She turned to Zhou Zhenghong and said, "Uncle Zhou, please order a private room in the Huangdeng Hotel. I need you to go meet someone with me. He'll help us with the registration of our company."

"Sure, boss," Zhou Zhenghong replied. He didn't ask who the person was.

Meanwhile, Master Fu immediately called Master Bai after he hung up Gu Ning's call.

"Hey, Master Fu, what's up? Please don't bother me while I'm appreciating my violet jade. This violet jade is so beautiful!" The minute Master Bai answered the call, he showed off plainly.

However, this time, Master Fu wasn't mad at all. He asked meaningfully instead, "Master Bai, what do you think of that woman's ability at stone gambling?"

Master Bai didn't know what the real meaning of Master Fu's words was, but he was interested in that woman. He commented, "She's good. Even an expert can't cut out four valuable jade at one time!"

"Ha-ha! Girl Gu is indeed excellent. She cut out several jade of high quality last week. She even cut out more valuable jade continuously today, but she promised me she would tell me first when she gets a jade that is better than the violet the next time. So I don't care about your violet jade," Master Fu said proudly. He was showing off his intimate relationship with Gu Ning.

"Wait, wait, what did you say? The woman is the girl named Gu Ning who you've told me before, but Master Yan didn't recognize her!?" Master Bai was surprised to know the truth. He couldn't believe it.

Indeed! Master Yan knew Gu Ning, but he had failed to recognize her. The reason why Master Bai was so excited was because Master Fu and Master Yan had influenced him deeply. They both thought highly of Gu Ning, and had mentioned her name many times. Otherwise, he wouldn't be interested in a stranger.

This Gu Ning who was young, but had great ability. Not only had she cut out many emeralds, she had also picked out two real antiques.

Her ability was extraordinary!

However, Gu Ning would tell Master Fu first once she had a better jade the next time. Master Bai was now very jealous.

A better jade than the violet jade. It had to be a top-level jade! The King's Green, Blood Beauty, Purple Eyes, Smurfs, Fu Lushou, and so on.

Thinking of those jade, Master Bai was thrilled. Although he knew it was hard to find those jade, he believed that Gu Ning had the ability.

No, Master Bai decided he had to meet the girl. He wouldn't allow Master Fu to get the top-level jade before him.

"Yes! That was because she didn't want to be recognized. She changed her appearance! Alright, I'm going to have a walk now. Girl Gu doesn't come to City G often. She invited me to have a meal with her tomorrow morning. Can't reject that, right? Ha-ha," Master Fu said proudly. He then hung up directly.

Actually, Master Fu understood why Gu Ning told him the truth, but he didn't care. He had a great impression of her. In addition, she had great ability, so he sincerely wanted to become friends with her and support her.

Before Master Bai could say another word, Master Fu had already hung up. He was annoyed, and almost smashed his phone on the ground.

Chapter 118: The Good Old Time

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He immediately called back, but Master Fu wouldn't answer. Master Bai was growingly restless, walking backwards and forwards in the living room.

"Dad, what's going on?" A middle-aged man walked downstairs. He noticed Master Bai who was walking nervously in the living room.

This middle-aged man was exactly the man that Gu Ning had met today. He was called Chairman Bai, the son of Master Bai, Bai Linwei.

"Master Fu told me that the woman we met today is the girl, Gu Ning. Master Fu and Master Yan have talked about her many times in front of me. He even said that the girl will tell him first if she gets a better jade in the future! A better jade than the violet jade must be top-level jade! The top-level jade!" Master Bai said with anger.

It seemed as if he had already missed the top-level jade.

"What? The woman we met today is the girl uncle Fu has mentioned before? How come uncle Yan didn't recognize her?" Bai Linwei was surprised.

Bai Linwei had also heard a lot about Gu Ning. He admired and was curious about her.

"Master Fu said that she didn't want to be recognized, so she disguised herself. Master Yan even failed to recognize her. The girl is going to be having a meal with Master Fu tomorrow. I'm going as well! I can't let Master Fu get the jade before me," Master Bai said.

However, Master Fu wouldn't answer his call. What should he do? Oh, he could call Master Yan.

Therefore, Master Bai called Master Yan at once.

Gu Ning also called Master Yan after she hung up the phone with Master Fu. She thought that it was impolite to not tell Master Yan.

Master Yan was also astonished to hear the fact that the woman that he had met today was actually Gu Ning. He was shocked at her outstanding ability to cut out four valuable jade continuously, and her totally different appearance, but he didn't blame her after her explanation.

When Master Bai called Master Yan, he found out that Gu Ning had invited Master Yan as well. When Master Bai proposed to attend the meal together with Master Yan, Master Yan agreed.

Gu Ning felt like eating steak right now, so she went to a western restaurant.

At the same time, Li Zhenzhen was having a meal with a young lady. They were chatting and laughing. When Li Zhenzhen saw Gu Ning coming, she was upset and anxious.

Why was Gu Ning in City G? Was she here to get revenge on her?

Li Zhenyu had investigated Gu Ning already. He found out that Gu Ning was an ordinary child from a one-parent poor family. She wasn't good at studying and was disliked by most of her relatives, but the Gu Ning that they saw with their own eyes was different from the investigation.

Gu Ning in their eyes had an extraordinary talent at stone gambling with a couple hundred million yuan of wealth. She was also good at fighting. She had beaten several men down and sent them to the hospital on her own.

Accordingly, Gu Ning was mysterious. Li Zhenzhen didn't dare to relax only because of Li Zhenyu's investigation.

She wasn't afraid that Gu Ning would sue her, because Gu Ning didn't have the proof, but Li Zhenzhen was worried that Gu Ning would get revenge on her.

"Zhenzhen, what's wrong?" seeing Li Zhenzhen's face change, a beautiful lady asked. She was Li Zhenzhen's good friend, Su Jing.

"Nothing," Li Zhenzhen got her mind back.

Although she and Su Jing were good friends, she didn't tell her about Gu Ning. It was very shameful, so she didn't want to lose her face. Li Zhenzhen wanted to hide from Gu Ning, but Gu Ning had already noticed her. Besides, Gu Ning had no intention of letting Li Zhenzhen get away with what had happened last time. She wouldn't kill her of course, but she would torture her for sure.

If Gu Ning had been a weak girl, she would have been ruined last time. Therefore, when Gu Ning saw Li Zhenzhen, she walked straight towards her with cold eyes.

Li Zhenzhen was increasingly nervous. However, she was too proud to escape, so she could only face it.

"Oh, isn't this Miss Li? What a coincidence! I did plan to talk with you about our good old times. I don't expect to meet you here," Gu Ning said meaningfully with a kind smile. Others would believe they were really good friends, but Li Zhenzhen knew clearly Gu Ning did it on purpose.

Gu Ning must want to hurt her!

Li Zhenzhen tried her best to curb her nervousness. She said airily, "Miss Gu, I don't know you actually. I don't think we need to talk."

"We do not know each other very well. However, what has happened between us can't be forgotten, right?" Gu Ning said intentionally.

Li Zhenzhen was stiff. She absolutely understood what Gu Ning was talking about, but she pretended to be calm and denied, "I don't know what you're talking about. Please leave us alone, Miss Gu."

"It doesn't matter. I'll let you know. Alright, I need to have my meal now. Oh, friendly alert, please be careful, Miss Li," Gu Ning said, then she was gone.

Li Zhenzhen looked extremely unpleasant. Her body was trembling out of fear and anger. Gu Ning had made it very clear. She had warned her to be careful, which meant that she was going to hurt her.

"Zhenzhen, what is going on? Who is she?" Su Jing apparently noticed that the two didn't get along well. Li Zhenzhen was also afraid of the other.

It couldn't be simple!

"We aren't familiar. I just had an argument with her before." Li Zhenzhen did tell the truth, but she didn't tell anymore details.

Although Su Jing was curious, she stopped asking since Li Zhenzhen didn't want to tell her. They were good friends, but it didn't mean that there were no secrets between them.

Li Zhenzhen lost her appetite but they were almost finished anyway. Out of anxiety, Li Zhenzhen wanted to get home sooner so she urged Su Jing to hurry.

Gu Ning sneered, but didn't stop or stalk them. She didn't want to waste her time for eating on Li Zhenzhen.

Once Li Zhenzhen left the restaurant, she said good-bye to Su Jing and headed home at once.

After her meal, Gu Ning went to buy daily necessities in the market. Those were all the things she needed in her apartment.

Li Zhenzhen couldn't relax until she got home. She was out of breath and sweaty.

Li Zhenyu noticed something was wrong. He asked with care, "Zhenzhen, what happened? You look so awful."

"I just met Gu Ning. She warned me to be careful. I think she is going to hurt me, so I come back home quickly," Li Zhenzhen said. Her voice trembled a little.

"What? Are you alright?" Li Zhenyu was shocked and worried.

Chapter 119: The Military Officer, Chen Meng

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"I'm fine," Li Zhenzhen replied. Then she asked nervously, "Will she really hurt me?"

Li Zhenzhen wore an unpleasant face. He wasn't sure whether Gu Ning would hurt Li Zhenzhen or not. Gu Ning was out of his control. In his eyes, although it was Li Zhenzhen's fault, Gu Ning hadn't been hurt after all. Why couldn't she let it go?

Never the less, one needed to take responsibility for his or her own behavior. One had to pay for the mistake he or she had made.

Li Zhenyu was also worried that Qin Yifan would find out. Even though Gu Ning didn't have proof, Li Zhenyu wasn't sure whether Qin Yifan would choose to believe Gu Ning or Li Zhenzhen.

They had a closer relationship with Qin Yifan, but it seemed as if Qin Yifan liked Gu Ning. It was possible that he would choose to believe Gu Ning. However, for now Qin Yifan didn't know the truth, probably because Gu Ning hadn't told him yet.

If Gu Ning planned to tell Qin Yifan the truth, Li Zhenyu couldn't stop her. He could only hope that Qin Yifan wouldn't believe Gu Ning, otherwise Li Zhenzhen's reputation would be ruined. Let alone Li Zhenzhen not marrying Qin Yifan in the future, they probably wouldn't be able to maintain their good relationship.

Gu Ning's apartment wasn't far away from the downtown. She arrived there after five minutes by taxi. It was in a high-end living area, called Clean Water Blue Sky. The area was built five years ago, but the houses hadn't been fully sold out yet, especially those single apartments. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been easy for Zhou Zhenghong to buy one.

The living area was near the downtown and wasn't big with only nine buildings, but there was a large number of green plants inside, which was quite pleasant. Exactly because of the enormous amount of green plants, there weren't many buildings.

Gu Ning's apartment was on the fifth floor in the center of this living area. She walked a few minutes to get there.

Fifth floor, building No.8. Gu Ning opened the door and turned on the lights in her apartment.

It was 50-square-meters big with an indoor garden, a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a wide balcony. The decoration was simple but not boring. It was just the way that Gu Ning liked it.

Zhou Zhenghong had already hired an hourly worker to clean this apartment before Gu Ning moved in.

After a whole day of work, Gu Ning hadn't called her mother yet. Gu Man also didn't call her. She probably didn't want to bother Gu Ning.

Indeed, Gu Man didn't want to bother Gu Ning, so she didn't call her, but in her heart, she cared about her daughter very much.

Gu Ning took a bath before lying on the bed, and called Gu Man.

"Ningning, are you free now?" Gu Man asked the minute she answered the call.

"Yes, I'm free now. How are you today?" Gu Ning asked.

"I'm fine. Your eldest uncle and aunt have called me many times, but I didn't answer at all," Gu Man said.

"Great, just ignore them. They must be calling for nothing good," Gu Ning said.

She hung up later, then clicked open the "Family of Fighters" Wechat group.

There were over a thousand messages. Gu Ning read them through for a while. Her friends were talking about the hot news in City G. Gu Ning then found out that she was on the news. Luckily, she had disguised herself today; otherwise it could be big trouble.

Although they were close friends, Gu Ning had no intention of telling them that she was the young woman. Gu Ning didn't even tell them that she was in City G. She had only told them that she would be occupied this weekend. Her friends respected her, so they wouldn't ask if Gu Ning didn't want to tell them.

Zhou Zhenghong, Chang Qingshan and the others hadn't found out the hot news until that night. Even though they knew Gu Ning had outstanding ability, they were still shocked.

345 million yuan was a huge amount of money in their eyes.

However, they had cut out several valuable jade today. They would be worth more than 345 million yuan. The King's Green alone was worth at least a hundred million yuan.

They knew that Gu Ning didn't want to be recognized, so they would keep it a secret. They had already decided to be loyal to Gu Ning, and naturally wouldn't do anything to hurt her.

Gu Ning then surfed the Internet searching for information on the teapot and pink glass.

Those two antiques actually had a long history! The teapot had belonged to Shen Wansan, and was called Huang teapot.

Shen Wansan had been an extremely wealthy businessman in the Qing dynasty. It had been said that Shen Wansan had had a treasure bowl. If you put a gold bar into it, you could get a bunch of them back. If you put a silver ingot into it, you could get a bowl of them back. That had been the reason why Shen Wansan had been the richest man in the world.

However, it was only a legend. Even the emperor of the Qing dynasty had been jealous of Shen Wansan. Shen Wansan had then been treated unfairly and punished heavily by the emperor. After that, Shen Wansan's family had completely lost their power and wealth.

This Huang teapot would be worth at least seven million yuan. Although the government in the Qing dynasty had taken away many of Shen Wansan's properties, a lot were still missing.

The pink glass with deer heads was from the Qianlong period. It was worth around three million yuan.

Gu Ning also stored all the information of other antiques in her mind. In that case, she would know about its background the next time she bought an antique.

The next day, Gu Ning got up at 6 am. She went to run downstairs, and got familiar with the surroundings in this living area.

However, to her great surprise, she met an acquaintance. They were barely acquaintances, because they had only met each other once, but Gu Ning had a deep impression of him.

The man was exactly the military officer who had informed them to leave the restaurant last week.

"Hey, is it you?" the man greeted Gu Ning with excitement.

No one could blame him for being so excited. Gu Ning had helped them a lot last time. Although she probably couldn't beat them down, she was only a 18-year-old girl, while they had been in the special forces for over 10 years.

Gu Ning wasn't able to compete with them on the tough training.

"Hi, what a coincidence!" Gu Ning greeted him friendly.

"Do you live here?" the man asked.

"Yes, but I only stay here on weekends if I have something to deal with," Gu Ning replied.

"Oh, my name's Chen Meng. What's your name by the way?" Chen Meng asked.

"I'm Gu Ning," Gu Ning replied.

"So nice to meet you!" Chen Meng reached out his hand.

Gu Ning shook his hand lightly. "Nice to meet you too!"

Chapter 120: Competition with Chen Meng

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"I think you're pretty good at fighting. Well, would you mind if we had a competition?" Although Chen Meng felt that it was slightly impolite, he attempted to give it a try.

Chen Meng was a grow-up man, while Gu Ning was a teenage girl. It seemed unfair, but he was really curious about Gu Ning's ability. However, Gu Ning was excited about his invitation. She actually wanted to practice!

Chen Meng served in the military. He wasn't an ordinary soldier either. If Gu Ning wanted to practice, he would be an excellent choice. Therefore, the minute Chen Meng invited her, Gu Ning answered, "Sure! I had the same idea."

Then, both of them went to a broad square to compete with each other.

In the beginning, neither of them used their full force, not out of disrespect, but because they didn't want to show their real strength right away. They would adjust themselves according to the other's ability. In addition, they didn't plan to defeat the other. One wanted to practice, while the other wanted to have a try.

Thus it was even at the beginning. However, Gu Ning's movements shocked Chen Meng, because she moved so professionally and strongly. She must have received years of professional training.

After a while, both of them became more aggressive, but it was still even.

Chen Meng was gradually astonished. Gu Ning was almost as strong as a middle-level soldier in the special forces.

The competition continued. They once again used more strength to compete with each other. Although it looked even, they knew that they were both losing energy.

Gu Ning wasn't surprised at Chen Meng's ability, because he was a military officer, but Chen Meng was totally astonished by Gu Ning. It was so unbelievable!

He had trained for over 10 years to be so powerful, but an 18-year-old girl was able to do the same thing as him!

Chen Meng knew that if the competition went on, he was likely to lose, which was shameful. Thus he gave Gu Ning a hint to stop.

Gu Ning also had no idea how long she could continue. She wasn't sure she would win either. She wanted to test her real ability, so she didn't use her power to assist her.

"Wow, it is so unbelievable! Are you sure you're only 18?" Chen Meng seemed disappointed, but he also admired Gu Ning.

"I used my full strength already. I couldn't continue either," Gu Ning said. She was being modest. Chen Meng of course knew that Gu Ning didn't want to be proud. She helped him to save face too. He had a growing interest in Gu Ning now, but not as a man to a woman. There was an over 10 year age gap between them after all.

"Can I invite you to have breakfast together?" Chen Meng asked with sincerity.

"Of course!" Gu Ning accepted.

The two walked towards the outside of this living area.

"Are you studying in a high school now?" Chen Meng asked.

"Yes, I'm a senior in City F," Gu Ning replied.

"A senior. Then you're going to attend the National College Entrance Exam in half a year. Which university is your favorite?" Chen Meng added.

"The Capital University," Gu Ning said.

"The Capital University!" Chen Meng was a little surprised. He looked at Gu Ning with his eyes full of respect. "Wow, it's the number one university in our country. You must be very academic!"

"I don't know whether I can get in or not. It's just my aim," Gu Ning said. She was being modest again.

"I believe you can make it," Chen Meng encouraged her.

The two had breakfast, then went back home together. They coincidentally found out that they lived in the same building! However, Chen Meng's apartment was on the twelfth floor, while Gu Ning's was on the eighth floor.

Chen Meng had a great impression of Gu Ning when she had helped them control those two criminals last time. He would love to make a friend with her. Therefore, Chen Meng asked to exchange their numbers on his own initiative. If Gu Ning had any problems in City G, he could help.

Although he didn't stay in City G often, he had his network here, especially in the police and the military.

Gu Ning was more than willing to know Chen Meng. A network was built from good impressions, wasn't it?

Gu Ning went back to her home to take a bath. Meanwhile, Chen Meng immediately called Leng Shaoting, and told him everything.

He had no idea about what was going on between Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning. He was simply excited. Leng Shaoting had also met Gu Ning before after all, so it made sense to talk to him.

"What's up?" Leng Shaoting said airily.

"Boss, you can't imagine who I've just met! I met the girl who had beaten down those two drug dealers last time in the restaurant while I was running this morning. We had a competition. She is so good! I wasn't even able to beat her. Ah, it's so disappointing!" Chen Meng said.

Leng Shaoting was struck dumb when he heard about Gu Ning. She was in City G?

Chen Meng couldn't beat Gu Ning? Leng Shaoting was shocked.

He clearly knew about Chen Meng's ability. Chen Meng was a teammate in his Red Flame team. If Gu Ning had equal ability as Chen Meng, she must be very skilful and powerful.

"You can't even beat a young girl. Don't you think you need to practice and train more?" Leng Shaoting said coldly.

Hearing that, Chen Meng was nervous. He immediately regretted telling Leng Shaoting. He felt like he was trapped. He couldn't beat a young girl, which meant he lost.

"Um, well, I need to deal with something right now, bye." Chen Meng hung up at once, and took a long breath in. However, he knew he couldn't escape from the training ahead. Whatever, he also planned to train more when he got back to his team. It was still embarrassing that he couldn't beat a girl.

…

After the bath, Gu Ning was watching TV in her apartment. When it was almost 10 pm, Zhou Zhenghong called her. He had already booked a private room. Its number was 888.

Gu Ning then immediately called Master Yan and Master Fu. The time was settled at 11 am in No. 888 private room in Huangdeng Hotel.

Gu Ning as the host should be there earlier, so she left her home at a little past 10 am.

When she arrived at the private room, it was 10:40 am. Zhou Zhenghong was already waiting for her in the room.

Ten minutes later, Master Fu and Master Yan came in along with Master Bai.

Zhou Zhenghong had no idea who the guests would be. Thus he was so shocked and jumped up from his chair, when Master Fu, Master Yan and Master Bai walked in.

"Grandpa Fu, grandpa Yan, grandpa Bai, it's so nice to meet you all!" Gu Ning immediately stepped ahead and greeted them.

"Ha-ha, I hope we arrived on time!" Master Fu said.