241-250

Chapter 241: Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Le Zhengyu was surprised by Gu Ning's good luck.

The two men who were with Chen Mengqi didn't stay in the private room for a long time. One of them went to book a room, and the other one pulled Chen Mengqi into the room afterwards.

This was the Qing Gang's place, and nobody would care about that. They warned Chen Mengqi's female friend to shut her mouth before they let her go.

Gu Ning and her friends left the clubhouse when it was almost 12 am.

Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning were responsible for sending Chu Peihan and Yu Mixi home, while the boys took a taxi.

It was the first time that Gu Ning had been to Yu Mixi's home. Her home wasn't far away, but located in an old living area. There was a small breakfast store at the entrance of the living area, which belonged to Yu Mixi's family. The small breakfast store was actually profitable. If they hadn't used so much of their savings to try to cure Yu Mixi' mother's disease, they would have already bought a new house. Yu Mixi and his father were still hopeful that Yu Mixi's mother could be fully recovered one day.

And they valued family greatly above a house.

Luckily, with the help of Gu Ning's power, Yu Mixi's mother was already fully recovered. She was now even healthier than normal people, and was able to work right away.

Yu Mixi believed that her family would live a better and better life.

Gu Ning would sometimes put her power into Gu Man and her other family, so that they all were healthy and they looked much younger now.

On the way, Leng Shaoting drove Gu Ning back to Fenghua Luxury Mansion, he intentionally drove at a low speed, because he didn't want to be apart from Gu Ning.

He was leaving for City G tomorrow, and didn't know when he would be back.

Gu Ning had the same feeling as Leng Shaoting, but she also knew that both of them needed to work. Absence only made the heart grow fonder, and they were both working hard to build a better future. Even then, Gu Ning still couldn't help missing him before they were even apart.

In the end, they arrived at zone G in Fenghua Luxury Mansion.

Gu Ning looked to Leng Shaoting with a resigned smile on her face. "I know you don't want to leave, I don't either, but we all have our own things to deal with. It's unavoidable that we'll be apart once in a while for a short time. You must take good care of yourself. I'll miss you."

"En," Leng Shaoting answered.

Gu Ning felt upset.

All of a sudden, Leng Shaoting approached Gu Ning, kissing her soft lips with great force, like a hungry monster finally getting delicious food.

Gu Ning understood that he was venting his reluctance to leave her, thus even though it hurt, she didn't utter a word and kissed him back.

Leng Shaoting was proud of his self-control in the past, but now he totally gave it up before Gu Ning. Gu Ning also had the same feelings. Therefore, Gu Ning couldn't deny that she wanted more than just a kiss, but her reason stopped her from doing so.

Leng Shaoting didn't let her go until they were both out of breath.

Seeing Gu Ning's red swollen lips and flushed cheeks, Leng Shaoting was even more unwilling to leave her. He almost pressed her to him again, but he controlled himself because he knew that it wasn't the right time.

"Ningning, does it hurt?" Leng Shaoting touched Gu Ning's lips and felt a little guilty.

"A little," Gu Ning answered.

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was slightly embarrassed and did nothing further. After a while, the two finally separated.

…

The two men had made love to Chen Mengqi for an entire night. When she woke up the next day, she was all black and blue, and was alone. The two men were already gone.

Although Chen Mengqi had accidentally drugged herself, she knew what had happened before she had passed out and what had happened to her now. She immediately burst into tears.

She hated them so much. Why? Why they had done that to her? She knew that it was her fault for trying to scheme against Le Zhengyu, but it was only because she loved him deeply. Since he was fine, why did he have to humiliate her?

Chen Mengqi had several ex-boyfriends, and was not a virgin, but this time she felt quite disgusted. It was the most humiliating night that she had even been through.

She set herself to get revenge in the future.

It was impossible for her to approach Le Zhengyu after this in the future. However, since she couldn't win Le Zhengyu, she wouldn't let An Qian be with him either. And since Le Zhengyu humiliated her like this, she would let An Qian taste the same feelings.

Thinking of that, Chen Mengqi stopped crying. Her face looked horrible with tear marks and her eyes were full of hatred now.

…

Leng Shaoting left at 9 am the next morning. Gu Ning didn't send him off, and he left alone, but they had met earlier when Leng Shaoting drove Gu Ning to her school.

They were unwilling to leave each other even though they should be apart. If they hadn't been in public, they would have had a long kiss once more.

When Gu Ning came to the playground, her friends had already finished the morning training and were having a rest.

It was the first time that Gu Ning had been late, so Chu Peihan and others immediately made fun of her.

"Boss, it's so unusual that you're so late!" Hao Ran said.

"Boss's boyfriend is leaving today, and they must seize every second to be together!" Chu Peihan made eyes at Gu Ning.

"Well, poor us. We're all single and could only run to spend the time!" Qin Zixun sighed.

"I think that freedom is much more precious than love!" Mu Ke said, as if he would choose freedom over love.

Chapter 242: Hongyun Real Estate's Dirty Secrets

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"Exactly, it's free being single! I don't like being in a serious relationship," Chu Peihan said.

All of a sudden, an idea dawned on Chu Peihan. She asked Gu Ning, "Tell us, to what extent have you and our brother-in-law's relationship developed? Holding hands, kissing, or…?"

Chu Peihan didn't continue, but it was clear what she was going to say. Gu Ning felt a little uneasy. She didn't think that it was appropriate to tell them that, but she didn't want them to get her wrong, so she said, "We just kissed."

"How did it feel?" Chu Peihan asked with curiosity.

"Find a man and try it yourself!" Gu Ning teased.

"I won't do that!" Chu Peihan said.

…

When it was almost 12 pm, Gu Ning received a message from Leng Shaoting. He was in the capital now.

Zhou Zhenghong called Gu Ning at noon. He told her that there had been a little trouble that happened in Jade Beauty Jewelry store, but that he had already solved it.

A woman came to their store this morning and claimed that she had bought a fake jade bracelet in Jade Beauty Jewelry, but she forgot that all the jewelry sold in Jade Beauty Jewelry's store had a unique mark on it, thus Zhou Zhenghong immediately knew that the woman was lying. The woman later admitted that it was Shao Ping who sent her.

Zhou Zhenghong wasn't sure whether Shao Ping was really behind it, and he needed time to find out the truth. Although there was a long-standing grudge between Shao Ping and him, it was possible that other jewelry businessmen used Shao Ping's name to cause him trouble. Therefore, he called the police and handed the woman to them.

Jade Beauty Jewelry store was working well, so Gu Ning wasn't worried about it. Also, the exams were around the corner. Gu Ning needed to pay more attention to studying now in order to keep her top position in the grade, so that she could easily ask for a leave in the future. She was afraid that she would frequently be absent from school the next semester.

Besides, those who hated Gu Ning all suddenly stayed quiet. It was probably because of what had happened to Gu Xiaoxiao and Chen Ziyao.

Qin Zheng seldom met Gu Ning, but he wanted to talk to her every time he saw her. However, Gu Ning was always with Hao Ran and the others, so he didn't dare to go near. Zhang Yiming and Fu Mingliang also stopped bad-mouthing Gu Ning. They were acting like complete strangers now.

Gu Ning flew to City D that weekend to give K the treatment. Gu Ning cured him completely this time, because she would be busy during the vacation after the exams, and she wouldn't have time to go to City D again.

After the treatment, K was already able to walk, and he didn't care that Gu Ning had told him that he needed to get the treatment three times. He could walk now, and there was no reason for him not to believe Gu Ning.

K had also gotten a bunch of Hongyun Real Estate's dirty secrets for Gu Ning.

To Gu Ning's surprise, Hongyun Real Estate had done a lot of illegal things, like bribery of government officials, forced demolitions without compensation, tax evasion of nearly five hundred million yuan, construction work cuts and so forth. Besides, two important officials were involved. They were the vice Mayor Liu Shikun and the director of the Roads and Traffic Authority, Wei Chengguan.

The materials that K handed to Gu Ning was evidence of their crimes.

They had both accepted bribery in regards to many properties, and each of them even had two mistresses. K also sent Gu Ning the addresses and amorous photos of their mistresses. What shocked Gu Ning the most was that they were involved in a homicide too.

Once the materials were exposed, Liu Shikun and Wei Chengguan would be thrown into jail without a doubt. In that case, if Gu Ning wanted to get revenge on Hongyun; Liu Shikun and Wei Chengguan would be affected as well.

It wasn���t an easy thing for Gu Ning who was just a common citizen to unseat them.

Liu Shikun had to have the support from someone more influential. If Gu Ning reported it according to the procedure, she would be stopped before she even began.

It wasn't a small deal that she could easily handle. Thus the most efficient way was to hand the evidence to a powerful man who was able and willing to unseat Liu Shikun. The best choice had to be Yan Zhenglin.

Yan Zhenglin and Liu Shikun served for two different groups in politics, and they were more than willing to unseat each other. Liu Shikun had been hiding his dirty secrets really well, so Yan Zhenglin failed to get any solid proof on him.

Gu Ning made it a long-term plan.

She planned to acquire Hongyun Real Estate and expand Shenghua Real Estate by doing so in the future.

The registered value of the assets of Hongyun Real Estate was about five billion yuan, excluding liquid funds and other things. Among them were immovable property which included hotels and shopping malls, which were worth about three billion yuan.

Once their dirty secrets were exposed, its stock price would dramatically decrease and no other companies or groups would be willing to cooperate with it. Its final value would be two billion yuan at the most.

A project of two billion yuan was a huge deal to Gu Ning right now, and she couldn't afford it. Therefore, she planned to discuss with Yan Zhenglin about Hongyun Real Estate after she came back from Province Y.

On the way from the airport to Fenghua Luxury Mansion after Gu Ning flew back to City F, a picture flashed before Gu Ning's eyes. In an abandoned warehouse, several men surrounded An Qian and were about to assault her sexually. An Qian struggled and shouted, but no one helped her.

On the other side, Chen Mengqi laughed evilly and seemed satisfied.

Gu Ning sensed that something had to be wrong. Chen Mengqi was going to revenge herself on An Qian!

Gu Ning knew the location of the warehouse from the picture, and she immediately told the taxi driver to change the direction and go there. Luckily, the warehouse wasn't far away, but it took at least five minutes to get there from the airport.

At the same time, a car stopped outside of an abandoned warehouse. The door was pushed open, and four men jumped out of it. One of them carried An Qian who was obviously unconscious from the car, walking into the warehouse and closed its gate.

In the warehouse, Chen Mengqi was already waiting for them. She looked evil and was pleased when they brought An Qian inside.

Chen Mengqi walked over to An Qian who was put on the ground. She looked at An Qian condescendingly. "Wake her up. I want her to feel this happening while she is conscious."

Without delay, a man opened a bottle of water pouring it straight on An Qian's face.

Before long, An Qian reacted. When An Qian finally regained consciousness and saw the four men with Chen Mengqi, she was astonished and scared, "What are you planning to do?"

An Qian tried to stand up in vain.

"Well, well, of course I'm going to let you taste the feeling of being f*cked by several men together," Chen Mengqi sneered, and her eyes were full of deep hatred.

Chapter 243: Save An Qian Again

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Hearing that, An Qian's face turned pale. She trembled in fear. "Chen Mengqi, that's illegal!"

"So what? Do you have any proof that shows that we did it?" Chen Mengqi asked snidely. She didn't seem afraid at all.

"You…"

"An Qian, don't blame me for this. If you want to blame someone, it's Le Zhengyu's fault. Although I always disliked you, I never thought of hurting you. If Le Zhengyu hadn't…" Thinking of what had happened that day, Chen Mengqi's face was distorted in anger. She had schemed behind Le Zhengyu's back in the first place, but she couldn't accept the result.

An Qian was also mad. "Chen Mengqi, you know that you deserve it!"

Although An Qian and Le Zhengyu weren't a couple yet, they were as close as family. If someone hurt Le Zhengyu, she would feel annoyed too.

If it hadn't been for Gu Ning, Le Zhengyu would have been trapped by Chen Mengqi. Chen Mengqi had just suffered from what she had done.

With a loud sound, Chen Mengqi slapped An Qian's face. "It's you! It's all because of you! If it weren't for you, Le Zhengyu would have been willing to accept me!"

Chen Mengqi almost went crazy because of the fact that Le Zhengyu loved An Qian and ignored her.

Actually, if it hadn't been for An Qian, Le Zhengyu wouldn't have come back to City F and Chen Mengqi wouldn't have had a chance to meet him.

Chen Mengqi took out a camera aiming it at An Qian. "I'm going to send him the video of you being f*cked by them, and I'm curious whether he will still love you after that."

Chen Mengqi went amok now.

"Chen Mengqi, you can't do that. You can't!" An Qian shouted in anger and desperation.

"I can't? Well, it's not up to you right now." Chen Mengqi smiled with disdain. "You can begin now."

Then, the four men walked towards An Qian.

"No-no…" An Qian was extremely terrified. She struggled to stand up, but fell down halfway.

She had been drugged, so she was out of strength now and even if she hadn't been drugged, she wasn't able to fight against four bulky men.

A man pounced on An Qian, dragging her to the ground, and was about to kiss her.

Right at this time, a gunshot sounded all of a sudden. They were all scared, and the camera in Chen Mengqi's hand fell down onto the floor. Those men who were ready to rape An Qian all stood up by instinct.

"What the f*ck! Did someone discover us?" a man asked in horror.

They were just hoodlums, and were afraid of being caught. They thought that it had to be the police who had the gun.

"Let's hide first!" Chen Mengqi was disappointed, but she also didn't want to be caught. If she was caught, she would have no chance to get revenge on An Qian.

There was more than one gate of this warehouse. Thus they immediately ran to the back door. The warehouse was very large, and it took time for them to hide. During that time, Gu Ning got in and caught them before they were able to escape.

When Gu Ning arrived outside of this warehouse, she used her Jade Eyes, and noticed that An Qian was already in danger. Thus she pulled out and fired the gun to stop them before she got in.

Once Gu Ning dashed into the warehouse, Chen Mengqi and the other men who were about to open the back door, unconsciously looked back, and were all astonished to see Gu Ning instead of policemen.

Gu Ning didn't waste any time, and ran to them punching them down within seconds.

Gu Ning was in a rage now, so she hit them heavily and without sympathy. One man's legs were both broken; one's arms were dislocated; one's rib was broken in half, and the last one's head was badly injured and he passed out right away. However, all of them were still alive. Gu Ning wouldn't cause herself trouble.

As for Chen Mengqi, Gu Ning slapped her continuously before she seized her neck tightly. Chen Mengqi's face turned pale, and she was immediately out of breath, and felt like she was dying.

Gu Ning had no intention to kill her, but decided to scare her to death.

An Qian, on the other hand, didn't know what was on Gu Ning's mind. She was worried that Gu Ning would be in trouble if Chen Mengqi died, so she interrupted Gu Ning. "Ningning, let her go. If she's dead, you'll end up in jail."

"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing," Gu Ning answered.

An Qian believed Gu Ning and was relieved.

Gu Ning then threw Chen Mengqi to the ground with great force. Chen Mengqi was in agony, but couldn't utter a word.

Gu Ning looked down at her and said coldly, "Chen Mengqi, you'll pay for what you've done."

After that, Gu Ning ignored her and turned back, walking to An Qian. "An Qian, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Thank you so much for arriving on time, otherwise…" Although An Qian was safe now, she was still very afraid.

Then An Qian asked puzzled, "Oh, was there a gunshot? How did you know that I was here?"

"It wasn't a gunshot. A lighter just exploded. I heard from several passers-by that you were caught by several hoodlums, so I came to help you," Gu Ning lied.

An Qian didn't doubt it, but only felt lucky. If Gu Ning hadn't arrived on time, she would have been ruined already.

"What do you want to do with them?" Gu Ning asked. An Qian was the victim, so it was better to let her make the decision.

An Qian thought for a second, then said, "Let's call the police!".

Chapter 244: Final Exams

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

An Qian then called the police station and Le Zhengyu.

Le Zhengyu was shocked to hear the news. He immediately postponed the meeting he was going to attend, and got in his car. He was exceeding the speed limit and even drove ahead when it was still a red light. Even though he knew that An Qian was safe now, he couldn't relax before he saw An Qian in person.

It normally took a dozen minutes to get there, but Le Zhengyu arrived after only six minutes.

The second that he saw An Qian, Le Zhengyu clasped her in his arms. It felt so good to have her in his arms at this moment.

"Miss Gu, I seriously don't know how to thank you enough. You've saved An Qian twice and helped me once. If you have any need in the future, please be free to let us know. We'll do whatever we can," Le Zhengyu said with sincerity. They both knew that Gu Ning didn't lack money, so they didn't offer her a check.

"Please don't say that. An Qian and I are friends. I'm glad to help her, but if I really need anything in the future, I'll turn to you for help," Gu Ning replied.

Before long, the police arrived and brought them all to the police station.

The camera that Chen Mengqi had used to record was the proof of their crime, but according to the rules, An Qian and Gu Ning needed to give their accounts as well.

After that, Gu Ning and others went back.

In the end, the four men and Chen Mengqi were sentenced to prison for three years.

Gu Ning, meanwhile, had the final exams several days later. She had been the first in her grade in the last monthly test, so she was arranged to write the final exams in the first examination room, in which the top 30 in the grade would write the final exams together.

Qin Zheng and Mu Ke were also in the first examination room, and they sat in the same row.

Qin Zheng finally had a chance to be near to Gu Ning, but he still had no chance to talk to her, because Mu Ke kept chatting with her before the exam. And Gu Ning handed her paper in within half an hour every time. By the time that Qin Zheng finished his paper and left the classroom, Gu Ning was already with her friends.

Everyone knew that Gu Ning handed her paper in much earlier, but it was still shocking to see her doing that. None of them could finish half of the paper within half an hour!

After the three days of the final exams, it was vacation.

Gu Ning's friends proposed to have fun together with Su Anya. They went to have a meal in a fancy hotel before doing karaoke, and then went to have night snacks.

Su Anya's birthday was around the corner, and she invited them to join her birthday party. She also told them not to prepare gifts, and that she could help them with formal clothing.

Everyone knew that the Su Family was one of the super-rich families in City F, and it absolutely wouldn't be a simple birthday party. Many celebrities would attend without doubt. However, it was impossible that Gu Ning and her friends wouldn't prepare gifts.

They didn't say good-bye to each other until it was very late that night.

They had an early winter vacation this year, and it was 23 days away from the New Year festival, which was to Gu Ning's advantage.

Most of her friends had to attend classes even during the winter vacation, but she wouldn't do the same thing, mainly because she didn't have much time for it. She already had a busy schedule set for this winter vacation.

She would fly to City G tomorrow afternoon, and stay there for a few days before leaving for Province Y. After that, she planned to go to the capital if time permitted.

She would be attending a university in the capital half a year later, so she wanted to find an appropriate piece of land for an office building for her company as soon as possible.

No matter how busy she would be, she had to be back in City F five days before the New Year festival to shop with Gu Man.

Gu Man didn't know what Gu Ning was up to, but she was aware that Gu Ning was occupied by business. Gu Man didn't ask further but reminded Gu Ning to be careful.

Jiang Xu's store worked well recently. He had only made a single greatly profitable deal till now, but his store was thriving, and also had tens of thousands of yuan in profits in a week.

He had just started his business for a short time, so not many people knew his brand. However, once he began to cooperate with Shenghua Real Estate, things were completely different.

Although Shenghua Real Estate was a large real estate company in City F, it wasn't big compared to other companies in this industry, and it only had barely a billion yuan in assets.

Therefore, Shenghua Real Estate focused on City F, and they didn't have many ongoing projects.

Thus Xuri Construction Material Store was the only construction materials provider of Shenghua.

The next day, Gu Ning went to the beauty salon with Gu Man and Gu Qing in the morning.

Mrs. Hao and Mrs. Lu came the saloon too, and they were both excited to see Gu Ning, because they had bought jade jewelry that they had always wanted after Gu Ning's recommendation. And they wanted to thank Gu Ning in person.

Many of their friends also went to Jade Beauty Jewelry store to buy jewelry in City G, and the brand was growing increasingly famous now. It was becoming universally known that many rich women went to City G to buy jewelry in the Jade Beauty Jewelry store. Nowadays, Jade Beauty Jewelry was the most popular brand in City G.

At noon, Gu Ning dined with them again. And then when it was around 2:30 pm, Gu Ning went to the airport.

Gu Ning didn't tell Zhou Zhenghong that she was coming to City G this time, because she didn't want to bother him too often.

After she arrived at City G, she took a taxi heading straight to Jade Beauty Jewelry's flagship store, and called Zhou Zhenghong on her way.

Zhou Zhenghong was already in the store, so Gu Ning told him she was going to meet him soon.

Chapter 245: Is Boss in Love?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

All the saleswomen called Gu Ning, Miss Gu when she appeared in the store. Gu Ning had told them to do so in order to hide her real connection with Jade Beauty Jewelry.

Gu Ning gave them a smile as response before she went straight to the office.

"Boss, why didn't you tell me that you were coming earlier? I could have picked you up!" Zhou Zhenghong said the minute he saw Gu Ning.

"I'm not a kid, and I can take a taxi myself. I didn't want to bother you," Gu Ning smiled.

Although Zhou Zhenghong didn't think of it as bothering him, he listened to Gu Ning.

"Oh, these are the accounts of these days. Please have a look," Zhou Zhenghong handed the accounts to Gu Ning.

Although Gu Ning was able to scan them within seconds, with Zhou Zhenghong's presence, she intentionally slowed down her reading pace, but in Zhou Zhenghong's eyes, she still finished checking quickly enough. By now Zhou Zhenghong completely believed that Gu Ning wasn't an ordinary girl, so he was used to it already.

Jade Beauty Jewelry made huge profits till now.

After checking the accounts, Gu Ning suddenly thought of Shao Ping and she asked Zhou Zhenghong, "Uncle Zhou, what has been going on with Shao Ping recently?"

Speaking of Shao Ping, Zhou Zhenghong seemed cheerful. "After what happened last time, I hired someone in his company and exposed a scandal that they were secretly replacing jade of high quality with jade of low quality to deceive consumers. Thus less people are willing to buy their jewelry now, and they started losing money. I think they'll close their stores in the near future."

"We haven't done anything yet, and he already fails!" Gu Ning couldn't help laughing out loud. Indeed, Gu Ning didn't have time to deal with Shao Ping yet, and he already failed after Zhou Zhenghong had exposed his dirty secrets.

Reputation and honesty were highly important for a business. Shao Ping was notorious for his bad behavior and he even secretly sold customers low quality jewelry at a high price. He was doomed to fail.

"You need be careful these days. If Shao Ping feels that he's cornered, he will probably try to get revenge on you. Please let all the staff be aware of that. We all should be more careful," Gu Ning said.

She wasn't worried that Shao Ping would damage Jade Beauty Jewelry, but was concerned that he would probably try to hurt Zhou Zhenghong and his staff. Nothing was more important than lives.

"Sure, I will," Zhou Zhenghong replied.

Gu Ning went back to Clean Water Blue Sky later.

On the way, Gu Ning suddenly remembered that she hadn't checked on what was happening to Li Zhenzhen for a long time.

After she arrived at Clean Water Blue Sky, Gu Ning went to Yuan Sen's villa to see whether there was any new situations. In the villa, both Yuan Sen and Lin Wencong were inside, but Li Zhenzhen and Su Jing were absent.

Although it was only 7 pm, it got dark quickly in the winter, so Gu Ning easily slid into the living room, hiding in a corner.

"Li Zhenzhen said that she has an appointment with Meng from the Qing Gang, so she can't come here," Lin Wencong said to Yuan Sen when he hung up.

"Gee, Li Zhenzhen and Su Jing really know how to play. They're pretty close with the Qing Gang now. Do they think they can get rid of us in that way?" Yuan Sen said with apparent displeasure.

"Meng has drugs. They can get free drugs from them every time," Lin Wencong said.

Drugs?

Gu Ning realized that Li Zhenzhen had already abandoned herself completely.

"So what? We have their videos and pictures! It's impossible for them to get rid of us," Yuan Sen said airily.

"Yuan Sen, even so, we should be aware that we can never mess up with the Qing Gang. Meng is a man of some power in the Qing Gang. If Li Zhenzhen is close to Meng, we will probably lose control of her," Lin Wencong said.

"I know, but I don't want to admit it!" Yuan Sen said angrily.

After hearing what happened to Li Zhenzhen, Gu Ning left.

When she was back in her own apartment, it was only 8 pm. She had nothing to do, so she sent a message to Leng Shaoting. Gu Ning wanted to call him, but was afraid to bother him. If he was free now, he would message her back once he read the message.

Leng Shaoting was busier at the end of the year, and he was in the middle of meeting now. Thus he missed Gu Ning's message.

An hour later, when the meeting was over Leng Shaoting checked his phone. Noticing Gu Ning's message, he immediately called her back while walking out.

"What's going on? Why did boss walk out in a hurry to make the call?" Si Ming asked Xu Jinchen worriedly.

"Well, I think he must have missed a call from a girl, and he's eager to call her back now," Xu Jinchen said. He was green with envy. However, he wasn't sure about it actually. He didn't know how close Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning were now, but he knew that they had to be closer than before. Otherwise, Leng Shaoting wouldn't have gone to City F and stayed there for so long to visit Gu Ning.

"What?"

Everyone was shocked by the news. They immediately surrounded Xu Jinchen asking for more details.

"Is it true? Is our boss in love?"

"You must know something! Tell us now!"

"Exactly, we're all worried about him."

"Come on! Tell us what you know."

…

"I'm just guessing. If you want to know, why don't you ask him yourself?" Xu Jinchen didn't dare to tell them his boss's secret, because he would be punished.

Everyone felt disappointed, but none of them dared to ask Leng Shaoting in person.

In fact, Xu Jinchen guessed correctly, but Gu Ning had only sent Leng Shaoting a message instead of calling him.

"I was in a meeting, and missed your message," Leng Shaoting explained the minute that Gu Ning answered his call. Gu Ning could sense that he was nervous.

Gu Ning didn't know what to say. Leng Shaoting was too cautious in love. "I knew that you were probably busy, so I didn't call you directly."

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was relieved. He indeed was too cautious in love with Gu Ning, because he hadn't been in love before and he cared about Gu Ning so much.

Chapter 246: Head to City Teng

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"What are you doing now?" Leng Shaoting asked.

"I'm in City G. I went to check on the jewelry store, and I'm in my apartment now," Gu Ning said. After a second, she added, "I miss you."

Leng Shaoting immediately felt passionate. He wanted to be by Gu Ning's side right away, but he also knew that he had to fulfill his task first.

"I miss you too, and I'll come to you the minute that I finish my task," Leng Shaoting said, trying his best to curb his passion.

Gu Ning understood that Leng Shaoting needed to work, and said, "Call me before you come to me, and don't surprise me again, because we can miss the chance to meet each other. I'm going to Province Y in a few days. If time permits, I'll also be going to the capital."

"Who will be with you?" Leng Shaoting asked.

He knew that Gu Ning was excellent at stone gambling, and that she had to go to Province Y for it.

"I'll be alone," Gu Ning said.

"Where are you going in Province Y?" Leng Shaoting added.

"City Teng," Gu Ning replied.

"I'm leaving for City Teng in a few days too, but it hasn't been safe in City Teng recently." This time, Leng Shaoting wasn't happy that they were going to meet each other in the same place, but it was Gu Ning's work, so he couldn't stop her. "If you have to go there, do come to me by then, or I'll be worried."

To Gu Ning's surprise, they would both be in City Teng. In fact, she didn't care that it wasn't safe there, but she promised that she would come to him once she was in City Teng.

She missed him so much.

"Would it bother you if come to you?" Gu Ning asked.

"Of course not," Leng Shaoting answered.

"Great! See you then," Gu Ning said.

Leng Shaoting relaxed when Gu Ning gave him an affirmative answer.

Gu Ning didn't tell Master Fu and his friends that she was in City G, because she spent most of her time cutting raw materials in the processing plant. There was a pile of raw materials, and she had only cut out half till now. However, only half of it was enough to support Jade Beauty Jewelry. Jewelry wasn't daily commodities after all, and an emerald the size of a fist was adequate for dozens of small pieces of jewelry.

No matter how popular the brand was, it was pretty good if they could sell five to six pieces of jewelry and make millions of yuan on average per day.

Gu Ning only stayed in City G for two nights, and got aboard the plane to City Teng in Province Y around 9 am the morning of the third day.

Gu Ning called Leng Shaoting before she got on the plane. Leng Shaoting wouldn't be in City Teng until tomorrow, so Gu Ning would be alone today.

Leng Shaoting wanted to keep Gu Ning company but he worked in a team, so he could only remind her to be careful.

There wasn't a direct plane from City G to City Teng. So Gu Ning had to fly to City Y, which was the capital city of Province Y, and then transfer to City Teng.

During the break of an hour before Gu Ning went aboard the plane to City Teng, She found a restaurant to eat in, in City Y.

After the meal, Gu Ning took out an encyclopedia of antiques to read to kill the time.

There was an old man in his early sixties with his granddaughter who sat at the table beside Gu Ning. The girl was about 15-years-old, and was accompanied by two middle-aged men who were around 30-years-old. Both of them looked serious and as if they were bodyguards.

The old man's eyes lit up when he found that Gu Ning was reading an encyclopedia of antiques, and asked with astonishment, "Isn't this an encyclopedia of antiques? Do you like antiques?"

However, before Gu Ning could answer, the young girl opened her mouth first and said sarcastically, "She must be pretending."

"Mind your words!" the old man criticized, then apologized to Gu Ning. "I'm so sorry for my granddaughter's rude behavior. Please don't mind her."

"It's nothing," Gu Ning said airily. She wouldn't bother to be mad at an impolite young girl.

However, the young girl retorted, "I don't think that I'm wrong. Only old people are interested in antiques, and you're too young for that."

Indeed, antiques always had a special place in old people's affections, while the young generation was rarely involved, but it didn't mean that there were no young people who had interest in it.

"Shaoyin, couldn't you be polite?" the old man criticized again, and the young girl immediately shut her mouth. She pursed her lips, but didn't dare to argue once more.

Gu Ning was slightly mad this time. She looked to the young girl and said, "I don't think it has anything to do with you whether I can understand antiques. Do you have to be so sarcastic?"

Hearing that, Zhang Hanyin replied arrogantly, "I just hate to see people acting like they're really somebody!"

"We just met each other for the first time, and how do you know that I'm acting? Don't you think you're being too arrogant?" Gu Ning argued.

"Then do you know antiques at all?" Zhang Hanyin asked. She didn't believe that Gu Ning knew anything about antiques.

"Shaoyin, if you behave like that again, I won't bring you out anymore!" Master Zhang threatened, then looked to Gu Ning and apologized again. "I'm so sorry about that."

Although Gu Ning found that the girl was annoying, she didn't want to upset Master Zhang. "It's fine."

"Do you like antiques, or are you majoring in it?" Master Zhang asked out of curiosity. He was curious because he loved antiques.

"I like antiques, so I bought some books to read," Gu Ning replied.

"Very well, there aren't many young people who are interested in antiques now," Master Zhang complimented Gu Ning. No matter how much Gu Ning knew about antiques, it proved that she had to be a stable girl since studying antiques was boring.

Seeing that her grandfather complimented Gu Ning, Zhang Hanyin was displeased. "Grandpa, why don't you test her?"

"Shaoyin!" Master Zhang snapped. Although he was curious too, they were merely strangers and it wasn't polite to test Gu Ning all of a sudden.

"Miss Gu?"

At this time, a male voice sounded. Gu Ning immediately recognized the voice. She looked over and saw Zhao Yuefeng. "Mr. Zhao, what a coincidence!"

"Oh, it's really you!" Zhao Yuefeng was excited to see Gu Ning. "Why are you in Province Y? Did you just arrive here or are you heading back?"

"I just arrived, and I'm going to City Teng. How about you?" Gu Ning said.

Chapter 247: Zhang Decheng

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"You're going to City Teng? Me too!" Zhao Yuefeng was more than excited now, because he knew that Gu Ning had to be going to City Teng for stone gambling.

"Which flight are you going to be aboard?" Gu Ning asked.

"Mine will take off at 1:20 pm. How about you?" Zhao Yuefeng asked.

"We're the same. Please have a seat," Gu Ning said.

"Sure," Zhao Yuefeng sat down beside Gu Ning. He had an intention to go on the trip with Gu Ning so that she might help him pick raw materials.

"Mr. Zhao, did you just ignore me?" Meanwhile, Master Zhang's slightly accusing voice sounded, but he wasn't being arrogant actually. The two were familiar with each other.

Master Zhang was surprised to see that Zhao Yuefeng respected Gu Ning greatly. He could tell that Zhao Yuefeng admired Gu Ning's ability instead of her influence. Exactly because of that, Master Zhang was curious to know about her ability which impressed Zhao Yuefeng.

Zhao Yuefeng immediately looked over and saw Master Zhang. He was surprised as well as excited. "Master Zhang, it's so nice to meet you! I'm so sorry I didn't notice you just then. We haven't seen each other for months! How are you doing now?"

"Just the same. It's an old disease. Maybe I should feel lucky that it doesn't kill me," Master Zhang replied airily, but seemed sad. Although he was still alive, it was a torture to be ill.

Master Zhang apparently didn't want to talk about it, so he changed the subject. "It seems your business is thriving now that you're going to City Teng again!"

"My business is just fine. And it's the end of the year, so I want to take a chance and see whether there is good jade in City Teng," Zhao Yuefeng said. "Do you have new raw materials, Master Zhang?"

A raw material provider with the family name Zhang?

Hearing that, Gu Ning thought of her investigation of the raw material providers in City Teng. There were three main providers of raw materials in City Teng, and the Zhang Family was one of them.

Other than providing raw materials, the Zhang Family also ran a jewelry company with a few dozen billion yuan in assets.

Is this old man the head of the Zhang Family, Zhang Decheng? Gu Ning thought.

In fact, this old man was exactly the head of the Zhang Family, Zhang Decheng.

Although Gu Ning wasn't quite sure about it, she believed that she guessed correctly.

If it was possible, she wanted to make an alliance with the Zhang Family and pick out all the raw materials with jade inside. Gu Ning wasn't going to sell raw materials, but open a company to supply jade. In that case, it would be much easier for her to make money.

After all, it was troublesome to buy raw materials in stores and easily attracted much attention from people, but it would be totally different if she could sell jade through a company.

However, she lacked a capable man to help her manage the company. Therefore, Gu Ning wasn't in a hurry to deal with it right now.

"Not yet. There are plenty left from the first batch, and we won't exploit the next batch until the second half of the year," Master Zhang said.

Normally, a mountain would be exploited two to three times. And the raw materials that were mined out every time were enough for consumption within a year or two. In that case, it was a long-term thing to exploit raw materials.

"Miss Gu, do you have an interest to visit Master Zhang's raw material store when we arrive at City Teng?" Zhao Yuefeng asked.

"Sure!" Gu Ning was of course willing to do that.

"I bet she knows nothing about stone gambling!" Zhang Hanyin said with obvious disdain.

"Zhang Hanyin, shut your mouth right now!" Master Zhang was finally annoyed at Zhang Hanyin's impoliteness. He felt ashamed that his granddaughter behaved like that in public. "Don't forget your manners! Who do you think you are? You don't have the right to mock others!"

Zhang Hanyin was scared and remained quiet. There was no grudge between her and Gu Ning, but she just disliked Gu Ning for no reason.

Zhao Yuefeng had no positive opinions of Zhang Hanyin. He had met her several times before, and she always behaved arrogantly. Not to mention the fact that Gu Ning's ability of stone gambling was extremely outstanding, she had no right to stop Gu Ning from visiting her grandpa's store.

The rest of the people in the Zhang Family were polite with good manners, but unfortunately, this Zhang Hanyin behaved utterly different from her family.

At this moment, the intercom announced that their flight was going to take off soon, so they stopped talking and stood up to board the plane.

They would be getting aboard the same plane to City Teng, so they walked together to the boarding gate.

Master Zhang's group sat in the first class, while Gu Ning and Zhao Yuefeng sat in the economy class.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the airport in City Teng.

Master Zhang's group got off the plane first, and waited for Zhao Yuefeng and Gu Ning for a while outside.

After they met each other again, Zhang Hanyin glared at Gu Ning to show her hatred towards her, but she didn't dare to say a word again. Gu Ning, instead, ignored her directly.

There was an exclusive MPV to pick up Master Zhang. They all were going to the street of raw materials, so Master Zhang invited them to take his car, and Zhao Yuefeng as well as Gu Ning agreed.

They walked out of the exit to the parking lot. However, all of a sudden, an old man before them stopped and trembled continuously.

"Master!"

The middle-aged man beside the old man was shocked, but before he could catch the old man's body, the old man fell down on the ground directly. His face turned pale and his body kept trembling.

"Master!"

"Call the ambulance now! Master is having a heart attack!"

Seeing that, Gu Ning dashed to them and half knelt down beside the old man's body, reaching out her hands to press on his chest without hesitation.

"What are you doing?" the middle-aged man shouted and was about to pull Gu Ning away.

"Shut your mouth if you don't want him to die!" Gu Ning snapped.

Master Zhang and others followed her, but didn't know what was going on.

Gu Ning ignored all of them, looking at the old man she asked him clearly, "If you trust me, please nod."

The old man felt too uncomfortable to say a word, but he was still conscious. Seeing Gu Ning's face, he felt familiar out of the blue, and trusted her at first sight. In addition, time was his life now. He didn't have time to wait for the ambulance. Thus the old man nodded slightly.

Chapter 248: Inexplicable Intimacy

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Since the old man nodded, his followers wouldn't stop Gu Ning. Master Zhang and Zhao Yuefeng were worried too, but they didn't dare to make noise in such a critical moment.

Although Zhang Hanyin didn't believe that Gu Ning was able to save the old man's life, she remained silent seeing the old man's face turning pale.

Gu Ning of course didn't know how to administer first aid, but she used the movement to cover her real intention.

She gently pressed the old man's chest in a regular pattern, and the power quickly poured through her hands and into the old man's heart and wrapped all around it. The power then flowed into the arteries that supply blood for his heart. The old man felt a sudden influx of cold air into his chest. Within seconds, he got his breath back and his face was back to a normal color.

Seeing that the old man recovered gradually, everyone was relieved.

With more and more power flowing into his body, the old man even sensed that his heart started to beat powerfully like it had done 30 years ago. The old man was thrilled, because he hadn't had the feeling for so many years. He knew that his heart was growing increasingly weak, and he could only live on medicines. It was impossible to cure his heart disease completely, but now, a young girl who seemed to only be 18-years-old helped his heart be healthy again simply by pressing his chest! He even felt more energetic now.

What was her skill? And what was the cold air? It was so amazing anyway!

The old man became conscious later. He looked at Gu Ning and her face was all too familiar to him. He also had inexplicable intimacy towards her. All of a sudden, a face emerged in his mind.

Yunfan! This young girl resembled Yunfan so much!

His son had never married or had children; otherwise, he would truly believe that this young girl had to be Yunfan's daughter. Nevertheless, the world was big, and it was possible that people resembled each other sometimes.

Gu Ning consumed too much of her power, and her face gradually turned pale, but it would still take a little bit more power to cure the old man's heart. Thus Gu Ning insisted, because she didn't want to give up halfway even though she wasn't usually willing to spend her power in a large amount like that.

Fortunately, she had the night-luminescent pearl which could absorb natural power automatically, so it wasn't a big deal that she sacrificed her power to rescue the old man.

Seeing Gu Ning's gradually paling face, the others were all concerned, but no one bothered her. At the same time, they were all shocked to see that the old man obviously recovered within a short time.

"Oh my! She's amazing! The old man is back to normal now."

"Indeed! He can breathe steadily."

"Is she a goddess?"

…

People around them all admired Gu Ning now.

When it was done, Gu Ning dew back her power, standing up.

The old man thanked Gu Ning with sincerity. "Thank you so much for your help! Do you mind having a meal with me later?"

The old man had experienced the feelings of being rescued from the edge of death, and even felt that his physical condition was obviously better, so he was convinced that this young girl wasn't simple, and wanted to make friends with her.

In addition, if this young girl was able to save his life, maybe she could cure his heart disease.

People always paid more attention to their bodies when they started to age. The old man had already given up, and planned to travel around more while he was still alive. Unexpectedly, the sudden appearance of Gu Ning raised his hope.

Even if he couldn't be cured, he would love to live in a healthier condition.

"It was my pleasure, and it's no big deal," Gu Ning said airily.

"Maybe it's not a big deal to you, but it is to me. You've save my life! If you aren't willing to dine with me, I'll feel guilty," the old man said.

Gu Ning understood that the old man wanted to thank her by buying her a meal. However, what the old man wasn't aware of was that Gu Ning had already cured his heart. He was healthy now.

Gu Ning also knew that this old man wasn't an ordinary old man, and he probably came from a powerful family. Since the old man insisted on thanking her, Gu Ning agreed in the end. However, it was too early for eating now, so Gu Ning said, "It's only 2 pm now."

"How about 6 pm?" the old man said.

Gu Ning thought for a second before she said, "No problem!"

After that, Gu Ning and the old man exchanged their numbers before they went their separate ways.

Watching Gu Ning disappearing from his sight, Master Tang felt lonely for no reason.

"Master, how come this Miss Gu resembles our second lord when he was young so much?" a bodyguard beside Master Tang asked.

"I agree. If not for the fact that our second lord has never married or had children, I would almost believe this Miss Gu is his daughter!"

"Exactly, if Yunfan was willing to marry and have children, his child would be the same age now!" Master Tang sighed. He felt sorry for his second son who was always occupied by work and had no interest in building a family.

In fact, if it hadn't been for the accident which had happened 19 years ago, Tang Yunfan's personality wouldn't have changed so completely. He was now cold-blooded as well as cruel, and became the famous and frightening Lord Tang.

Just because he was cold and cruel didn't mean that he committed crimes often, but he never yielded and was highly loyal to his principles in business. And because of that, the Tang Family climbed to the top in business under the control of Tang Yunfan.

Although Master Tang thought that Gu Ning had nothing to do with Tang Yunfan, he couldn't help feeling familiar with the young girl.

Maybe it was because of his appreciation towards Gu Ning, but Master Tang could only think in that way.

Meanwhile, Master Zhang asked Gu Ning gently, "Miss Gu, do you know medical skills?"

"I don't know how to practice medicine, but I've learned a unique method of massage to alleviate diseases related to vascular veins and bones. If it's not too serious, it could be cured." Gu Ning knew what was on Master Zhang's mind. However, she indeed knew nothing about medical science, so there was no need to pretend.

In fact, she had already had a plan when she had found out that Master Zhang was suffering from a disease.

"Well, can you help me then?" Master Zhang asked. He was a little nervous, because he was afraid, but also looked forward to it.

"Sure," Gu Ning answered with alacrity. "Would you please tell me where you feel uncomfortable?"

Receiving an affirmative answer from Gu Ning, Master Zhang was excited. "I had a cerebral thrombosis 1, and now I'm suffering from its sequelae 1. My left hand and legs are very weak. Sometimes they're cold and hurt, so I can't walk for too long. I also need them massaged every day. Although it's not deadly now, it's still painful to suffer. Can it be cured?"

Chapter 249: Cure Master Zhang

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"It's normally caused by blood congestion. I'm not completely sure it can be cured yet, but I'm confident that I can help you to be in a better health condition. Why don't we have a try after we arrive at your raw material store?" Gu Ning didn't directly tell him that she could cure his disease, even though she could actually do it, because she wanted to be modest.

"Sure… sure." Master Zhang was thrilled. Although Gu Ning didn't give him a guarantee, he believed in her.

Zhang Hanyin didn't dare to question Gu Ning's ability after what had happened just then, but she still had doubts.

In fact, City Teng was only a small city in the county, but it developed very well.

It was universally known that jade was abundant in Burma, and Province Y bordered Burma, so it was a popular place for jade trade. Meanwhile, City Teng had the largest market for stone gambling in Province Y, which was the reason why Gu Ning flew to City Teng.

In addition, there were many foreign rich people in City Teng. Many jewelry businessmen from around the globe would also set up an office here to acquire raw jade of high quality for their companies.

The antiques market in City Teng was well-known too, thus Gu Ning planned to visit its street of antiques, as well as stone gambling, this time.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the street of stone gambling.

Once Gu Ning was on the street, she was shocked by the scene before her eyes, because it was a hive of activity. Even Gu Ning who was proud of her adaptability slightly failed to adapt to it.

They didn't waste time walking along the street, but headed straight to the store of the Zhang Family, so Gu Ning didn't bother to use her Jade Eyes to scan those raw materials beside the street.

She had no intention to cut raw materials today, because she didn't want to cause a sensation. And she wasn't in a hurry to collect funds by stone gambling, so she would administer Master Zhang the treatment today before discussing cooperating with him. It could be much more convenient for her to open a company providing jade if she had the Zhang Family as her supplier.

After that, she would go and change her outfit and come back.

The Zhang Family's store was located in the center. It was a big quadrangle.

The main hall was around 50 square meters with many raw materials at a low price piled up in it. There were also four other rooms inside and each of them stored different levels of raw materials. The price also varied according to its level.

The manger of this store came out to welcome them the minute that Master Zhang appeared. Master Zhang then guided Gu Ning and the others, walking into a tearoom.

Gu Ning began to massage Master Zhang's arm after they sat in the tearoom.

When the power gradually flowed into Master Zhang's body, he felt the cool air. Minutes later, Master Zhang felt greatly relieved and the pain that had tortured him for a long time disappeared little by little. He suddenly felt full of energy, which made him beam with pleasure.

Although he had witnessed Gu Ning's extraordinary ability earlier today, it was still shocking to experience it himself now.

Gu Ning then moved to his legs.

After a while, Master Zhang's four limbs recovered.

When it was done, Gu Ning drew her hands back.

Master Zhang's health condition was better than Master Tang, who was the old man Gu Ning had saved at the airport today, so it didn't cost Gu Ning much power this time.

"Wow, it's so unbelievable!" Master Zhang was more than astonished now.

"Grandpa, how do you feel now?" Zhang Hanyin asked with burning curiosity.

Except for Gu Ning; Zhao Yuefeng and Master Zhang's two bodyguards all looked at him for the answer.

"I don't feel any pain or weakness; instead, I'm full of strength now!" Master Zhang said. His eyes were full of tears of excitement.

"Really? That's amazing!" Zhang Hanyin raised her voice, thrilled.

Everyone felt happy for Master Zhang.

"Miss Gu, thank you so much!" Master Zhang said to Gu Ning.

"It's my pleasure," Gu Ning said. "You're almost fully recovered now, but I hope that you can exercise more to recover fully."

Gu Ning didn't want to shock them more, so she hid the truth that Master Zhang was already fully recovered. It depended on Master Zhang to maintain his health and avoid a recurrence of the sequelae after all.

"Of course I will!" Master Zhang answered.

"Miss Gu, I don't know how to thank you enough, but if you encounter any trouble in Province Y, please feel free to tell me. Although our Zhang Family isn't the most influential family in Province Y, we're a family of great power in this place. As long as I can help, I'll spare no effort to do it for you!" Master Zhang promised.

The Zhang Family's range of influence was limited in Province Y, but Master Zhang was able to help Gu Ning within his area.

Gu Ning was in fact waiting for Master Zhang's promise.

"Since you're willing to do so, I would like to lay my cards on the table. I came to City Teng for stone gambling. I'm running a jewelry store and plan to open branches in the near future, so I need a large amount of raw materials."

"It's troublesome to choose raw materials from stores one by one in City Teng, and I don't have time for it. I need a long-term stable supply, so I prefer to acquire a batch of them at a time, and I'll cut them myself back in my company. I heard Mr. Zhao's talk with you when we were at the airport in City Y, and got to know that your family is a raw material supplier. Thus I want to make an alliance with you. What do you think?" Gu Ning said directly.

"Of course I'm willing to make the deal with you! It's a win-win," Master Zhang laughed out.

Indeed, both Master Zhang and Gu Ning would gain benefits from the deal.

"However, it's hard to cut out jade among raw materials. Aren't you afraid that you'll lose money if you acquire a batch of them at a time?" Master Zhang asked.

Even Zhao Yuefeng who knew about Gu Ning's outstanding ability of stone gambling felt worried for her, but he was excited at the same time. He wanted to know how much jade Gu Ning could cut out.

"There is no business without taking risk! I'm not afraid to take a chance," Gu Ning answered with confidence.

Master Zhang was also aware of the fact that business was always risky.

If he cut out all the raw materials himself, he would get a lot of good jade as well. And it would still be profitable even after deducting the cost of the raw materials, but there was no need for him to do so.

"Great! I like your confidence. If you have any need, be free to tell me. I'll guide you to the warehouse to pick the raw materials," Master Zhang said.

Even Zhao Yuefeng admired Gu Ning's ambition, because he didn't dare to do that himself.

Chapter 250: Stone Gambling in City Teng

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"Great, my staff will arrive tomorrow and we can discuss it then," Gu Ning said.

Gu Ning thought that it would be better if Leng Shaoting helped her in the middle, so she decided to wait for him.

She wasn't worried that she would be out of stock if she acquired it late. The flow of goods wasn't that fast, and she had no intention to buy all the raw materials with jade inside. It was already cruel that she used her Jade Eyes to acquire high quality jade, and she wanted to leave room for other businessmen.

Gu Ning and Master Zhang exchanged numbers before she went out to choose raw materials.

Gu Ning noticed that Master Zhang had something to deal with, so she said, "Master Zhang, please feel free to leave if you're busy with your business. We'll be fine here."

"Great, then I'll leave first. Please enjoy choosing the raw materials, and the manager will give you 20% off if you want to buy some." Master Zhang was actually eager to go home and tell his family that his disease had been cured. So since Gu Ning was fine here without his company, Master Zhang was of course willing to leave earlier. Thus Master Zhang's group left.

Before they left, Zhang Hanyin's sight fell on Gu Ning. She was now more curious about her, because what Gu Ning had done totally surprised her.

After Master Zhang left, both Gu Ning and Zhao Yuefeng pulled a cart over to shop for raw materials.

Gu Ning didn't walk into the four rooms in the beginning, but had a tour around the hall for a while. She used her Jade Eyes to scan the raw materials that were piled up in the hall.

Although they were believed to be the lowest level, it didn't mean that there was no jade inside at all. Within seconds, Gu Ning discovered two raw materials with medium-high level jade and one raw material with a high-level jade inside. The first was as big as two fists, and the other was as big as a basketball, while the last one was the size of two palms folded together.

There were also several emeralds under medium level, but Gu Ning didn't bother to take them.

She would only take medium-level jade when she needed a large amount of jade, but it wasn't convenient for her to carry too many raw materials now, so she gave them up.

Gu Ning intentionally walked around for a long while before she put the three raw materials into her cart, but even then, people around her still believed that she was just shopping for fun.

Zhao Yuefeng, instead, thought that Gu Ning must have her own skills. However, her fast shopping speed still confused him, and he couldn't help thinking to himself. Does she really know stone gambling?

"Miss Gu, you shop so fast!" Zhao Yuefeng sighed.

"Professional knowledge might be helpful, but I think that it relies on one's luck to cut out jade as well. I'm choosing raw materials by luck!" Gu Ning said.

Zhao Yuefeng agreed. Even those knowledgeable experts seldom cut out jade. If they could be 100% or even only 50% accurate with their knowledge, they would be billionaires now. Moreover, most people didn't have Gu Ning's confidence; she wouldn't hesitate to buy raw materials as long as she wanted them.

After that, Gu Ning and Zhao Yuefeng went to the rooms at the back. They entered Room D, which stored raw materials at the D level, first.

Before long, Gu Ning found more raw materials with jade inside, but they weren't big. The biggest one was as big as half a basketball, and the smallest one was only as big as a fist. Luckily, they were worth a lot.

There were few raw materials with medium-high-level jade and even less raw materials with high-level jade inside. Normally, there were only four or five emeralds above medium-high-level among over a thousand raw materials and to find top-level jade was even rarer. The majority of jade was around medium level.

They then went to Room C, and Gu Ning got four other medium-high-level jade all in a small size.

She didn't plan to buy many today, so she wouldn't go to Room B and Room A.

"Miss Gu, would you mind helping me check these raw materials?" Zhao Yuefeng pushed his cart with three raw materials in it, walking to Gu Ning.

Although Gu Ning explained that she relied on her luck, he trusted her ability given what she had done concerning stone gambling before.

Gu Ning didn't turn him down, but pretended that she was checking the three raw materials seriously.

Unfortunately, there was no jade inside them.

"I don't think there is jade in any of them. If you trust me, I can help you find three raw materials which are highly possible to contain jade, but if they don't, please don't blame me." Gu Ning was generous to share with Zhao Yuefeng, but she wouldn't share too many with him.

"Really?" Zhao Yuefeng was excited. "Of course I won't blame you if there's no jade inside."

Gu Ning was being kind to help him, and he wouldn't blame her no matter what the result was. Three raw materials were around a hundred thousand yuan, and he could afford it.

Gu Ning then helped him pick three raw materials. One was a waste, and one had medium-low-level jade inside, while the last one contained medium-high-level jade.

It was not because she wasn't willing to choose three raw materials that all had high quality jade inside, but if she did so, it would arouse Zhao Yuefeng's suspicion.

"No matter what the result is, please don't let anyone else know that I helped you," Gu Ning reminded Zhao Yuefeng.

"Sure, I won't." Zhao Yuefeng understood that Gu Ning didn't want to be involved in trouble. He then went to pay his bill, and it cost him a hundred and sixty thousand yuan in all. After that, Zhao Yuefeng asked to have his raw materials cut on site.

Once there was somebody who was cutting raw materials, over half of the people in the store would gather around to have a look, especially those jewelry businessmen. They all wanted to get the jade as soon as possible.

The first raw material that Zhao Yuefeng chose contained medium-low-level jade. He was nervous when he handed it to the worker.

The machine started to work, and the outer layer of the raw material was removed little by little, falling down on the ground.

When the worker made a second cut, the green showed. "I see the green!"

"It's the oil green type!"

Although it was merely medium-low-level jade, Zhao Yuefeng was still excited.

The minute that the green showed, someone bid, but was stopped by Zhao Yuefeng because he would keep it himself.

Those who wanted to bid for it felt disappointed, but didn't say anything further.

The worker continued to cut the raw materials. Half an hour later, an emerald of the oil green type the size of half a football was fully cut out.

Zhao Yuefeng was so thrilled that he wanted to thank Gu Ning without delay, but Gu Ning had reminded him to keep it a secret between them, so he gave it up.