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Chapter 281: Failure

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Seeing the gun, Yan Shuya's face immediately turned pale with fright. Although she knew kung fu and wasn't afraid of fighting at all, she didn't want to be killed by a gun.

However, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting stayed calm, but they were both displeased, staring at Wang Zhilin coldly.

"I think that you better put the gun down. Otherwise, you could be sentenced to jail," Gu Ning said icily.

Wang Zhilin didn't know that Leng Shaoting was a military officer. If he knew it and still held a gun aimed at him, he could be shot without doubt.

"Gee! Do you think that you can throw me into jail? I have the Wang Family's support, and I can throw all of you into prison because you attacked policemen!"

At this moment, three policemen outside ran into hearing room after hearing all the noise. They were all surprised when they found out that four of their colleagues were beaten on the ground.

Did the man do it alone? They looked to Leng Shaoting.

Wang Zhilin ordered without delay, "What are you looking at! Take them to the prison right now!"

Wang Zhilin thought that Leng Shaoting wouldn't dare to resist this time, but unfortunately, he had the wrong idea.

Just as the three policemen walked near, Leng Shaoting beat them all down within seconds again.

Wang Zhilin was mad and shocked. He immediately thumbed off the safety catch of his pistol, and was ready to shoot Leng Shaoting. However, before he could do it, his wrist was caught and the gun was removed from his hand.

Seeing Gu Ning standing right before his eyes with the gun in her hand, Wang Zhilin was terrified and stepped backwards unconsciously. "How did you…"

He was shocked by Gu Ning's agility and sudden movement.

"How dare you grab my gun! You'll be sentenced to death!" Wang Zhilin threatened.

"Really? Can you do that?" Gu Ning sneered like he was nobody in her eyes.

"You…" Wang Zhilin didn't believe that Gu Ning dared to shoot him, but he was worried that she would do it accidentally, so he was scared now. "I'm a member of the Wang Family! If you dare to hurt me, the Wang Family won't let you get away with it!"

"That's interesting, because I won't let the Wang Family get away with it either!" Gu Ning said coldly.

Right at this moment, Wang Zhilin's phone rang. The caller was the head of the Public Security Bureau in City Teng, Zhang Yuancheng. Wang Zhilin immediately answered it, "Hi, boss, what can I do for you?"

The minute Wang Zhilin finished his sentence; Zhang Yuancheng roared at the other side, "Wang Zhilin, did you arrest a male and two females today? If you did, let them go right away, or you'll be fired!"

Wang Zhilin trembled in fear, and looked to Leng Shaoting, Gu Ning and Yan Shuya abruptly.

Zhang Yuancheng roared into the phone, so everyone in the hearing room all heard his order, and they were all confused as well as amazed.

Who are they? And why is the head of the Public Security Bureau calling in person to release them?

Gu Ning also gave Leng Shaoting an inquiry look. She thought that the call had something to do with him. Leng Shaoting understood what was in Gu Ning's mind, so he nodded as the answer.

"Bo-boss, may I ask the names?" Wang Zhilin asked while his voice was trembling. Although he was a member of the Wang Family, he was just a distant cousin, so he had no position to be arrogant before anyone.

Besides, Zhang Yuancheng wasn't only his boss, but also had powerful support. If Zhang Yuancheng was going to fire him, the Wang Family wouldn't help him out. Wang Zhilin was snobbish, but he knew when to give in.

"Did you arrest anyone else today?" Zhang Yuancheng roared again. He actually had no idea about their names, because his boss didn't tell him the details, but just ordered him to let them leave right now.

A fight wasn't a big deal in actual fact, but this time Wang Xinyan, who was the daughter of the Wang Family was involved. And the Wang Family was determined to punish Gu Ning. Nobody dared to stop them. However, am important figure from the military region demanded that he should let them go.

"No-no, we didn't," Wang Zhilin denied in a hurry, but he still reminded Zhang Yuancheng in a low voice. "Boss, they annoyed the Wang Family!"

"So what? Let them leave right now!" Zhang Yuancheng lost his patience.

Wang Zhilin immediately realized that the three people that he had arrested today had to be more influential than the Wang Family. Although the Wang Family asked him to throw them into jail, he had to follow Zhang Yuancheng's orders now. The Wang Family would abandon him when the situation changed anyway.

After he hung up the call with Zhang Yuancheng, Wang Zhilin's attitude towards Leng Shaoting completely changed. "Well, I'm so sorry about what we've just done and said. Please leave now as you like."

Gu Ning didn't pick on Wang Zhilin, but left directly.

Once they were gone, Wang Zhilin called Wang Hongming without delay.

"Uncle Wang," Wang Zhilin's voice still trembled in fear.

"How is it going? Have you settled it?" Wang Hongming asked airily, like it was merely a piece of cake. In his eyes, nobody should or could act against the Wang Family in City Teng.

"I'm so sorry, Uncle Wang. The head of the Public Security Bureau called in person and demanded that we let them go," Wang Zhilin apologized.

"What? Zhang Yuancheng called you in person to let them go? What's their relationship with Zhang Yuancheng?" Wang Hongming was mad at once.

"I-I have no idea." Wang Zhilin wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"Does Zhang Yuancheng know that they annoyed us?" Wang Hongming asked arrogantly, like the Wang Family was inviolable.

"He is aware of it, but he doesn't care! I think that there has to be an influential figure among them," Wang Zhilin said.

Hearing that, Wang Hongming was displeased, but his hands were tied too in that case.

Chapter 282: The Opening of Gu Ning's Jade Provider

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"Well, I'll figure out another way." Wang Hongming was displeased, but he didn't blame Wang Zhilin. After that, he hung up.

Wang Zhilin was relieved that Wang Hongming didn't blame him.

Wang Xinyan was standing right by Wang Hongming's side. Hearing that their plan failed, she refused to give up. "Grandpa, please don't let them get away with it so easily!"

"Alright, alright, I promise that I won't." Although Wang Hongming sensed that Gu Ning wasn't simple, he still tried to defend the Wang Family's dignity. In the beginning, Wang Hongming planned to help Wang Xinyan punish them, but now he was doing it for himself, because he felt humiliated that the Wang Family could do nothing about it.

After Gu Ning's group left the police station, Gu Ning told Yan Shuya again that she could call her if anything happened, because the Wang Family wouldn't give up just like that. Meanwhile, the Wang Family had completely irritated Gu Ning this time. Even if they wanted to give up, Gu Ning wouldn't allow them to get away with it. After what had happened today, Yan Shuya and Gu Ning were in the same boat now.

Yan Shuya clearly understood that she couldn't stand up against the Wang Family, or she wouldn't have tolerated Wang Xinyan's bullying for so long. Luckily, she had Gu Ning's support now, so she was more than willing to keep in touch with her.

It was almost 12 pm before the problem was solved. Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting took a taxi heading back to the hotel then they drove to the factory building in Leng Shaoting's rented car.

When they got back to the hotel, the receptionists were all surprised to see them coming back safely, because they had heard that the daughter of the Wang Family was involved. The Wang Family was one of the four most influential families in City Teng. If they could punch Miss Wang and still be safe, they had to be more influential than the Wang Family!

On their way to the factory building, Gu Ning sent a message to K. She wanted him to search for the Wang Family's illegal behavior and evidence as soon as possible. As long as she could get the evidence of the Wang Family's illegal behavior, she could unseat them easily. Gu Ning didn't believe that the Wang Family had done nothing illegal.

When Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting arrived at the factory building, everyone was busy working.

Gu Ning told them to pack the jade that had been cut out and they moved it to their store. Afterwards, she asked Zheng Peng to send messages to the representatives of the jewelry companies. They would hold an auction around 2 pm at Colorful Jade Provider.

It was still an hour and a half away from 2 pm, so they decide to have lunch first before they went back to the store. Gao Yi and Qiao Ya then went to buy takeout for them.

Yesterday, all the representatives of the jewelry companies had heard that Colorful Jade Provider would put jade on sale today, so they all sent people to wait at the Colorful Jade Provider Office. Once the jade was on sale, they would come without delay. However, during the morning, the door of Colorful Jade Provider Office was still tightly closed, which made them feel nervous. Fortunately, each of them received Zheng Peng's message before noon.

After the meal, Gu Ning's group left for the street of stone gambling.

However, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting didn't show up with Zheng Peng. They arrived earlier than him to pretend that they were just onlookers.

Around 12:15 pm, there were already many people waiting outside of Colorful Jade Provider Office. Some were sent by representatives of jewelry companies, some were rich businessmen who wanted to buy jade, some were onlookers, and some were from other jade providers.

Especially the three largest jade providers in City Teng. They all sent people to help them collect the latest information about Zheng Peng's store.

In fact, there were at least eight jade providers in City Teng, but the Zhang Family, the Wang Family and the Lu Family were the most powerful ones. It was universally known that jade was hard to get, so the jade business was highly profitable.

Zhao Yuefeng came to the store as well, and he greeted Gu Ning the minute he saw her. "Miss Gu, what a coincidence!"

"Hi, nice to meet you, Mr. Zhao!" Gu Ning said.

Zhao Yuefeng was in a hurry to attend the auction, so he didn't talk with Gu Ning for a long time.

Zheng Peng and his workers arrived later, followed by the representatives from the jewelry companies.

Zheng Peng then arranged for them to have a seat.

The room was limited in the Colorful Jade Provider Office, so only the representatives from the jewelry companies and the rich businessmen had seats. Zheng Peng brought out all the chairs and it was barely enough for them to have a seat. Luckily, there were only 20 or so who attended the auction.

After all the guests were seated, Zheng Peng had his opening speech and mainly introduced Colorful Jade Provider to them. "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, Colorful Jade Provider is officially established today! Please allow me on behalf of the Colorful Jade Provider to thank you all for coming!"

"I'm the general manager of Colorful Jade Provider, Zheng Peng." He introduced himself as the general manager, which proved that he wasn't the boss. Then, he began to tell them the methods of sale of Colorful Jade Provider, which were the two methods that Gu Ning had told him.

First, they would put jade on sale directly once a week, and the amount was limited to five pieces. Zheng Peng didn't mention the levels of jade, because no one knew what it was until the jade was cut out.

Second, they could supply between one to three pieces of jade to jewelry businessmen every month. They couldn't promise that they could cut out high-level jade each month, but they promised to provide each of them with at least medium-level jade. However, jewelry businessmen had to sign a contract with Colorful Jade Provider beforehand, and acquire their jade monthly for two years. Otherwise, they would have to pay liquidated damages.

Zheng Peng simply introduced the two methods of sale and finished his opening speech.

Chapter 283: Zheng Hao Comes Back

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Because Gu Ning was running a jade provider, she also bought many raw materials which contained medium-low-level jade.

The second method of sale was great news to each of those jewelry businessmen, because they were all worried about the steady supply of jade. If Zheng Peng was able to provide jade for them every month, they were more than willing to cooperate with him. And although they couldn't get many pieces of jade monthly, it was much better than none.

Many jewelry businessmen and representatives of jewelry companies were excited to sign a deal with Zheng Peng, but, they also had doubts.

"Manager Zheng, are you sure you can provide jade for us every month?" someone asked.

Zheng Peng answered, "I can't promise there will be jade on sale every week, but I assure you that every client who signs a contract with us will get jade every month. As for the amount, it depends."

Zheng Peng clearly knew that the raw materials in their factory building were enough for half a year. With Gu Ning's extraordinarily outstanding ability of stone gambling, they weren't worried at all. In addition, there were many other cities and Burma where Gu Ning could buy raw materials. However, to the outside, they should be low-key.

"We all know how hard it is to cut out jade from raw materials. Manager Zheng, how come you're confident that you can supply jade to us steadily for two years?" another person asked.

"Exactly, does Colorful Jade Provider have any connection with the Queen of Jade?" someone asked. In fact, many had the same thought.

The Queen of Jade was already famous for her extraordinarily outstanding ability of stone gambling. If this Colorful Jade Provider had a close connection with her, it absolutely could supply them with jade for a long term.

Although it was the truth, in order to not cause Gu Ning any trouble, Zheng Peng could only deny it. "Our company has nothing to do with the Queen of Jade. We have our own source of jade, so please don't worry about it. We can sign the contract and if we fail to provide jade for you, we'll pay you compensation according to the contract."

When they heard that, everyone understood that it was a fair business and that Colorful Jade Provider was reliable.

Seeing that they didn't have any other questions, Zheng Peng added, "Colorful Jade Provider is officially being established today, so we'll put 10 pieces of jade up for auction."

The minute that Zheng Peng announced the news, everyone was thrilled, and the auction was becoming increasingly intense.

Among the 10 pieces of jade, there were three medium-low-level ones, two medium-level ones, two medium-high-level ones, two high-level ones and a top-level one. Although they had cut out much more than 10 pieces of jade, Gu Ning only put 10 of them up for auction.

In the end, the 10 pieces of jade were sold at the price of six hundred and thirty million yuan in total.

After the auction, Colorful Jade Provider was entirely well-known in City Teng.

Now Gu Ning already had capital of over three billion yuan, and she was able to do what she had planned earlier.

Gu Ning pretended she was just an onlooker from the beginning to the end, and didn't expose her relationship with Colorful Jade Provider at all.

Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning didn't walk inside until the auction was over and all the jewelry businessmen were gone. However, when Gu Ning was about to talk with Zheng Peng, a young man suddenly ran into the store and shouted at Zheng Peng, "Dad, why didn't you tell me that you've made so much money? I'm running out of money now, so give me a few million yuan to help me out. Oh no, you've made six hundred and thirty million yuan today, and you should give me at least half of that!"

The young man took it for granted, as if the money should be his. This young man who called Zheng Peng his dad must be Zheng Hao.

Seeing Zheng Hao, Zheng Peng was already angry, so after hearing what he said, he was completely infuriated. Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting were displeased as well.

"Zheng Hao, get out now! From now on, you have nothing to do with me, and I won't give you a cent!" Zheng Peng snapped at Zheng Hao in great anger.

Zheng Peng had already made up his mind to cut off his connection with Zheng Hao. Zheng Peng was kind, but he wasn't dumb. Zheng Hao had hurt his feelings too many times, and almost ruined his business. He could have died because of him! He would never forgive Zheng Hao, let alone give him money. Zheng Peng didn't have the duty to support Zheng Hao after all.

"What? I'm your only son. Your money is my money. If you don't give it to me, I won't take care of you when you're old!" Zheng Hao threatened, because he had always believed that Zheng Peng adopted him for the purpose of being looked after in his old age.

Unfortunately, he was wrong. Zheng Peng didn't buy his words at all. "I don't need you to do so. Get out right now!"

"You…" Zheng Peng's attitude surprised Zheng Hao. He was mad and threatened again, "Give me the money! Or you'll regret it!"

"If you don't leave right now, you'll regret it too!" Zheng Peng said.

"You…" Zheng Hao glared at Zheng Peng, as if he was going to eat him alive.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting stood still temporarily, because they wanted to see whether Zheng Peng would spoil Zheng Hao as usual. If Zheng Peng gave in, Gu Ning would abandon him, because Zheng Hao would ruin her company.

"Zheng Hao, let me tell you the truth. This jade provider doesn't belong to me, so the money isn't mine either. You've ruined my business and I don't have much money myself. I don't need you to repay me, which is the most I can do. You're not my son any longer, and don't forget the Qing Gang is still looking for you! If you dare to hurt me or this store, you probably will die on the street, because my boss has a close relationship with the Qing Gang!" Zheng Peng warned.

Although he had already abandoned Zheng Hao, he still didn't want him to do something stupid and die for it. This was the last thing that he would do for Zheng Hao.

Hearing about the Qing Gang, Zheng Hao immediately lost his energy.

Chapter 284: Five Percent Shares

Zheng Hao had actually already heard of it. He knew that Zheng Peng's store had the Qing Gang's support now, but he thought that Zheng Peng would still treat him as his son, give him money and pay his debt, so he came back once he heard that Zheng Peng made a large amount of money. Otherwise, he would only have run away further.

Zheng Hao hesitated for a while, but still left at the end.

"Boss, I'm so sorry," Zheng Peng immediately apologized to Gu Ning once Zheng Hao was gone. "Uncle Zheng, it's fine, but I do hope that you can keep on doing so," Gu Ning said. Zheng Hao didn't deserve kindness and sympathy.

"I understand," Zheng Peng replied. He already made up his mind to be tough in front of Zheng Hao.

Then Gu Ning went upstairs to the office on the second floor, followed by Zheng Peng. They were going to sign the contract.

When Zheng Peng read the contact, he was shocked to find out that he could have a 5% share of Colorful Jade Provider.

"Boss, this…"

Five percent shares! It was worth a fortune! Colorful Jade Provider had made over six hundred million yuan today, and 5% of it was dozens of million yuan. Moreover, Colorful Jade Provider would continue making more and more money. In that case, 5% shares would be increasingly valuable.

Exactly because of that reason, Gu Ning didn't give Zheng Peng 20% or 10% shares like she had done to An Guangyao and Zhou Zhenghong, because a jade business was highly profitable.

Zheng Peng felt like he was in a dream. It was too good to be true!

"Uncle Zheng, since you're willing to follow my lead, I won't treat you unfairly. Please take it, because you deserve it, and all the senior managers who help me run my companies get the same treatment," Gu Ning said.

Hearing that, Zheng Peng realized that Gu Ning had more companies than just a jade provider. He was curious, but didn't ask further. Since Gu Ning said that all the senior managers that she hired got the same treatment, Zheng Peng relaxed a little, but he still couldn't believe it.

Finally, Zheng Peng signed the contract and told himself that he had to manage this jade provider well in order to not disappoint Gu Ning.

After that, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting left, while Qiao Ya and Gao Yi were free to make their own schedule.

Gao Yi and Qiao Ya were a couple, and they needed private time to be together.

…

Each of the representatives of the jewelry companies went back to their offices and called the headquarters without delay. Without a doubt, their bosses all agreed to sign a contract.

It was indeed great news to every jewelry company. And all the jewelry companies couldn't wait to sign the contract with Zheng Peng.

Wang Hongming also heard of the auction held by Colorful Jade Provider. He was mad, but couldn't figure out why Zheng Peng had a steady supply of jade.

At the same time, he had the doubt that the Colorful Jade Provider had a close relationship with the Queen of Jade. Even though Zheng Peng had denied it, Wang Hongming secretly sent someone to investigate the legal entity of Colorful Jade Provider.

It wasn't difficult to find out who the legal entity of a company was. Normally, the legal document was hung up at the reception in shops or companies, but the Colorful Jade Provider Office hadn't shown it yet. Therefore, Wang Hongming sent his aide, Lin Jian, to check the information at the Bureau of Industry and Commerce.

Lin Jian was in his early forties, and had followed Wang Hongming's lead for over 10 years. He was one of the several people that Wang Hongming trusted the most. Thus Wang Hongming had asked Lin Jian to help him with many dirty deeds during the years.

Before long, Lin Jian figured it out.

To Wang Hongming's surprise, the legal entity was an 18-year-old girl from another province, and the girl was exactly the one who had beaten his granddaughter and was released by Zhang Yuancheng. In addition, it only took the girl half a day to finish the legal procedures, and the head of the department approved it in person.

Wang Hongming was amazed. _Who exactly is the girl named Gu Ning? _Gu Ning aroused Wang Hongming's curiosity, and he was now convinced that she wasn't simple at all. However, he still had no intention to give in. Even though Gu Ning wasn't an ordinary girl, she had annoyed the Wang Family and Wang Hongming wouldn't let her get away with it easily. He didn't believe that she as an outsider was able to beat the most influential family in City Teng.

Although the Wang Family wasn't the only influential family in City Teng, it was easy for them to deal with a single person.

"Master, I also got to know another thing," Lin Jian said.

"What?" Wang Hongming asked. Seeing Lin Jian being so serious, Wang Hongming had a premonition.

"Zheng Peng and a girl bought a batch of raw materials from our warehouse, I'm afraid…" Lin Jian didn't finish, because his meaning was already apparent.

Indeed, Wang Hongming understood him at once. Lin Jian was afraid that the jade that Colorful Jade Provider had sold at auction today was from the Wang Family's warehouse. That had to be the last thing that the Wang Family wanted to see in this world.

Although it was universally known that it was hard to cut out jade from raw materials, it was possible when the buyer was Gu Ning. And they already had cut out 10 pieces of jade in a night. In that case, it was highly possible that Gu Ning had taken all the raw materials with jade inside from their warehouse. If so, Wang Hongming would lose a fortune.

"No way!" Wang Hongming refused to accept the truth.

Chapter 285: Meet Master Tang at the Antique Street

"I'm not certain that the jade is from our warehouse, but I can send people to slide into their warehouse and have a look." Lin Jian wasn't very sure, and didn't want to believe it either.

"Great, bring several men who are good at fighting along with you to have a look. If it's true, steal the raw materials back!" Wang Hongming ordered. His expression was malicious. If Gu Ning's raw materials which contained jade were all from his warehouse, he of course wouldn't tolerate it. This time, he hated Gu Ning to death.

"Sure!" Lin Jian answered before he walked out.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting left the street of stone gambling for the antiques street. Although they had been there the day before yesterday, they wanted to have a tour again during the day.

"You came to City Teng for a task. Is it appropriate that you're with me all the time?" Gu Ning asked Leng Shaoting on their way to the antiques town. She knew that Leng Shaoting had his plane, but she still felt a little guilty.

"It's fine. We're going to encircle a drug trafficking gang this time, and we already have undercover agents busy gaining their trust. As long as they can find the den of the drug gang, we'll be informed before we take action to encircle and suppress them," Leng Shaoting said.

Since Leng Shaoting said so, Gu Ning relaxed.

When they arrived at the antiques street, there were indeed far more antiques during the day than at night. Compared with the antiques street in City G, City Teng's antiques street was a lot more active.

Gu Ning immediately used her Jade Eyes to scan the antiques displayed on the stands.

While they were walking along the street, Gu Ning noticed a real antique with thick power. It was a blue and white porcelain plate, but it was held in another person's hands.

Gu Ning gave the person a glance. To her surprise, it was a familiar face.

"Hi, Master Tang!" Gu Ning walked over. The person was exactly Master Tang.

Master Tang heard her voice, and looked over. "Girl Gu, what a coincidence!" Master Tang was excited to meet Gu Ning. Gu Ning greatly resembled his son, Tang Yunfan, so Master Tang had an inexplicable intimacy towards her. In addition, Gu Ning had saved his life and she had a great character, which all made Master Tang think highly of her.

Master Tang's sight then fell on Leng Shaoting. He thought that the man looked familiar, but couldn't remember where they had met before.

"This is…?" Master Tang asked Gu Ning.

"Oh, this is my boyfriend, Leng Shaoting," Gu Ning introduced.

"Nice to meet you, Master Tang," Leng Shaoting said.

"Nice to meet you too."

Master Tang was a sophisticated, witty man, thus he immediately sensed that Leng Shaoting wasn't simple.

Although Gu Ning was just 18-years-old now, she behaved like a mature woman, so Master Tang didn't think that it was inappropriate that the two were boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Are you shopping for antiques, Master Tang?" Gu Ning took a look at the blue and white porcelain plate in his hands. It was a valuable one, and Gu Ning didn't know whether Master Tang was just lucky or if he was an expert.

"Yes, I felt bored so I came here to have a look. I think this plate looks good," Master Tang smiled, but then he approached closer to Gu Ning's ears and said, "I actually don't think that there are real antiques here. It's getting a bit boring too." Saying that, Master Tang was about to put the plate down.

Gu Ning immediately stopped him. "Since you think it looks good, why don't you buy it? It's a great decoration either way."

Gu Ning also gave Master Tang a knowing eye to persuade him to buy it.

Master Tang was surprised. He understood that Gu Ning wouldn't make him buy this plate for no reason._ Is this plate a real one? Does she know antiques? _ Master Tang thought to himself. Nevertheless, how can she be so sure?

Seeing that Master Tang was confused, Gu Ning gave him an affirmative nod again.

Master Tang was surprised and curious, but it wasn't the right time to ask the question. Since Gu Ning told him to buy it, he would do so. It was cheap after all.

Accordingly, Master Tang told his bodyguard, Tang Wen, to pay the money.

"Girl Gu, are you free now? Why don't we have a cup of tea together?" Master Tang invited.

"Sure!" Gu Ning understood why Master Tang invited them, so she didn't reject.

After that, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting followed Master Tang, walking into a private room of a nearby tea house.

The minute that they were in the private room, Master Tang asked Gu Ning, "Girl Gu, why are you so sure that this plate is real?"

"My instinct," Gu Ning replied.

"What? Your instinct?" Master Tang was slightly displeased. Apparently, he wasn't satisfied with the answer.

"My instinct is always right. If you don't believe it, you can turn to an expert and have it checked," Gu Ning said calmly.

No matter what, Master Tang was going to have it appraised.

They then started to enjoy the tea while chatting.

Leng Shaoting stayed silent, but didn't feel bored or uncomfortable at all. As long as he was with Gu Ning, he felt happy enough even if he just sat by her side.

Master Tang tried to talk with Leng Shaoting at the beginning, but he soon realized that Leng Shaoting was not a talkative person.

Although Master Tang was from an influential family, he wasn't arrogant, and stayed low-profile.

He was always serious and strict, so many people, including his own family, in City B were in awe of him. However, when he faced Gu Ning, he was very kind, maybe because she was his life-saver, or maybe because she was adorable, or even maybe because she resembled his son who he loved and cherished the most.

Gu Ning explained later, "Master Tang, please don't mind him. He never loves talking."

"Ha-ha, it's fine." Master Tang didn't mind at all. "However, you don't need to call me Master Tang all the time. I don't feel close to you if you call me that. If you don't mind, you can call me Grandpa Tang. To be honest with you, you closely resemble my second son, so I've always had an inexplicable intimacy towards you, but…"

Speaking of it, Master Tang sighed heavily and looked sad.

All of a sudden, Gu Ning had a strange feeling.

_I closely resemble Master Tang's second son? Master Tang has an inexplicable intimacy towards me? Is there any connection? _

Chapter 286: Tang Yunfan's Daughter?

To be specific, Gu Ning could be Tang Yunfan's daughter! Although there were many people who resembled each other in this world, Gu Ning didn't want to ignore the possibility that she might have a close connection with the Tang Family.

Leng Shaoting was sensitive and immediately sensed Gu Ning's small emotional changes. In fact, he had the same thought. Does Gu Ning really have a relationship with the Tang Family?

"But what?" Gu Ning couldn't help asking. Although she knew that it was a little impolite, she was eager to find out what he wanted to say.

"He's been occupied by his career throughout his lifetime. He never got married, or had a kid. Otherwise, no one would doubt that you're his daughter," Master Tang said.

Occupied by his career and never got married, or had a kid?

Gu Ning had mixed emotions now. She wasn't sure whether her guess could be correct. According to Gu Man's account, Gu Ning's biological father had disappeared in an accident, which meant that he could be dead already, but what if he had survived? If he had survived, why didn't he come back for Gu Man? It had been 18 years.

However, Gu Man also told her that when they had met each other, the man had completely lost his memory. In that case, it was possible that the man had regained his memory after he had survived but had forgotten the memory of when he had been with Gu Man! It sounded insane, but was indeed possible.

Gu Ning thought that maybe Tang Yunfan didn't marry, or have children not only because of his career, but also because he had already found but lost his love and couldn't accept anyone else. Those were just Gu Ning's guesses, but no matter what, she made up her mind to investigate it. She didn't want Gu Man to wait for 18 years in vain.

"Well, I want to meet this uncle after what Grandpa Tang has told me. I'm curious how closely we resemble each other. Actually, I was born in a one-parent family and my mother brought me up with great effort. I never knew what my father looked like," Gu Ning said and felt sad.

Speaking of family, Leng Shaoting was slightly unhappy too. He had met both of his parents, but had lost them when he had only been 10-years-old. And now he could only look at the photos of his parents.

Hearing what Gu Ning said, Master Tang felt a deep sympathy for her. He hadn't known that Gu Ning was born in a poor family, and unconsciously wanted to take care of her.

All of a sudden, an idea dawned on Master Tang. "Why don't you treat my second son as your foster father? I've always wanted to have a granddaughter like you!"

Master Tang looked at Gu Ning with anticipation. He was being serious, and wasn't joking.

Master Tang's bodyguards, Tang Wen and Tang Wu, understood Master Tang's affection towards Gu Ning, but to their surprise, Master Tang was willing to foster Gu Ning. In the past, they would probably have thought that it totally changed Gu Ning's fate, because she suddenly became a super-rich heir from being a dirt poor girl. However, after Gu Ning had saved their master's life, they believed that this girl wasn't simple, and that it wasn't a bad thing to have a close relationship with her. All the rich people valued their health above money.

Gu Ning understood that Master Tang wasn't just saying it, but she didn't agree immediately. "Grandpa Tang, I think that it's a big deal and that we should consider your second son's opinion."

And she should consider it as well. If she closely resembled another man, but the man wasn't her biological father, she was reluctant to have a closer relationship with him. She cared about Gu Man's feelings. If Gu Man saw a man who greatly resembled her love, but they weren't the same person, she would be hurt. Gu Man would inevitably meet the Tang Family if Gu Ning accepted Tang Yunfan to be her foster father.

On the contrary, if Tang Yunfan was Gu Ning's biological father, Gu Ning was more than willing to let them meet each other again. As long as they still loved each other, Gu Ning was happy to see her family reunite.

Gu Ning didn't want Gu Man to be alone for the rest of her life. She was still young and she should live her own happy life. In addition, Gu Ning was leaving for the capital soon, and she would be apart from Gu Man. If Gu Man had a reliable man to keep her company for the rest of her lifetime, Gu Ning would of course agree.

"Well." Master Tang felt that it wouldn't be easy. He understood his son's personality so well, and knew that Tang Yunfan would probably disagree, but if he insisted on doing it without Tang Yunfan's approval, Gu Ning would be embarrassed. Master Tang was a little disappointed.

Seeing that, Gu Ning smiled and comforted him, "If you really want to have a granddaughter like me, please take me as your granddaughter, and I'll regard you as my grandpa too!"

Hearing that, Master Tang's eyes lit up at once. "Ha-ha, I think that's a good idea!"

"Are you studying in a high school or a university now?" Master Tang asked Gu Ning.

"I'm a senior in high school, and I'm going to attend the National College Entrance Exam in half a year," Gu Ning replied.

"Which university do you want to attend? How about City B? I can take care of you if you study in City B," Master Tang said. Since he already took Gu Ning as his granddaughter, he naturally treated her like his own granddaughter.

"She's going to the capital, and I'll look after her." This time, before Gu Ning could answer Master Tang's question, Leng Shaoting opened his mouth first. He seized Gu Ning's hand, as if she was leaving him for City B. Although Gu Ning had no intention to study in City B, Leng Shaoting was afraid that she would change her mind because of Master Tang.

Gu Ning understood that Leng Shaoting didn't want to lose her, so she held his hand in hers to show her determination. "Thanks, Grandpa Tang, I already made the decision to go to the capital," Gu Ning said.

"Fine, but if you're free, do come to City B and have fun. I'll pay the bill!" Master Tang added.

"Sure, I will," Gu Ning answered.

After they chatted for a while longer, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting said good-bye to Master Tang.

Seeing Gu Ning leaving, Master Tang suddenly felt lonely for no reason.

When they walked out of the tea house, Leng Shaoting asked, "Do you want to investigate it?"

Gu Ning understood what Leng Shaoting was talking about. "I'll handle it myself, but don't worry, no matter what the result is; I'm determined to go to the capital."

Leng Shaoting was slightly disappointed that Gu Ning declined his help, but he didn't insist. Gu Ning was determined to go to the capital after all, and he didn't need to worry that they couldn't be together in the future.

After that, they continued to have a tour around the antique street. In the end, Gu Ning accidentally picked up two real antiques. One was worth a million yuan, while the other was worth around eight million yuan.

Chapter 287: A Trap Set by the Wang Family

When they finished the tour along the antique street, it was already 5 pm, so they went back to the hotel.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting stopped the car in the parking lot, then went to have dinner at a nearby restaurant.

During the meal, Gu Ning received Master Tang's call. He thanked her for advising him to buy the blue and white porcelain plate, which turned out to be a real one. Master Tang also invited Gu Ning to have a meal together, but Gu Ning declined because she was in the middle of her dinner.

Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting went back to their presidential suite after they finished dinner. However, the minute that they walked into the room, Gu Ning quickly noticed that there was something wrong in the room. She found a red spot on the TV. It must be a pinhole camera!

Normally, people wouldn't find it with their eyes, so Leng Shaoting didn't realize that there was anything wrong, but Gu Ning had Jade Eyes which helped her notice the pinhole camera.

She immediately turned to Leng Shaoting and said, "Oh, I want to eat dragon fruit. Would you please buy some for me?" Then she said in an extremely low voice, "There is a camera inside."

Hearing that, Leng Shaoting was alert.

"You can leave first," Gu Ning said in an extremely low voice again.

"Alright, just dragon fruit?" Leng Shaoting replied in concert with Gu Ning.

"And kiwi please," Gu Ning replied, but said quietly, "We need to change hotels."

"No problem."

After that, Leng Shaoting turned around and left.

Gu Ning closed the door and turned on the lamp. She walked around the room as usual, but she was actually checking whether there were more cameras hidden elsewhere. Except for the one attached to the TV in the living room, there was another hidden at the bedside in the master bedroom.

Apart from the hidden cameras, Gu Ning also discovered a small feather box under the bed. There were bags of white powder in it. Gu Ning was displeased. Apparently, this was a trap. She tried to put the box into her telepathic eyes space without reaching underneath the bed, because there were cameras recording everything, and she didn't want to expose herself.

Luckily, Gu Ning had enough power to do so. In that case, they wouldn't be trapped.

In case any accidents happened, Gu Ning scanned the whole suite once more before she went to pack up.

All of a sudden, someone knocked on the door. Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes and saw that there were seven policemen outside.

She was slightly mad. _These policemen indeed couldn't wait! _Gu Ning thought to herself.

However, the box of drugs was already put away in her telepathic eyes space, so she wasn't worried that they would find anything.

"What happened?" Gu Ning opened the door and asked, like she knew nothing at all.

"We received a report that you secretly bought drugs and brought them back to this hotel. We need to conduct a search!" The leading policeman showed Gu Ning his search warrant and said as if he was just doing his job.

"Oh! Someone reported me? Who, when and where?" Gu Ning asked calmly.

"For the witness's safety, we have the right to keep it a secret. We have a search warrant. If you dare to resist, we can directly arrest you," the policeman said.

"Fine, come in please." Gu Ning didn't stop them.

The other policemen didn't know, but the leading policeman understood that Gu Ning had no idea that there was a box of drugs hidden under her bed, so he was very confident to search her suite. Once they found the box of drugs, Gu Ning would have to admit.

Gu Ning let them walk inside, but also used her Jade Eyes to scan them from head to toe in order to see whether they carried bags of drugs with them. However, they were too confident, or the person behind them was too confident, to prepare other bags of drugs to trap Gu Ning in case they couldn't find the box of drugs in her suite.

"Move now!" the leading policeman ordered, and the other six policemen immediately conducted the search around the suite.

They didn't directly search the bed in the master bedroom, instead they searched everywhere in the room. Gu Ning could tell that only the leading policeman knew where the drugs were hidden.

After they had searched everywhere in the suite, including Gu Ning's suitcase, they found nothing illegal.

"Captain, we've searched everywhere, but found nothing."

"Captain, I didn't find any illegal drugs either."

"How's it possible? Did you search the space under the bed?" the leading policeman blurted it out unconsciously.

"We did!" a policeman answered.

The leading policeman couldn't believe it, because his boss clearly told him that the box of drugs was under the bed. He went to check himself, but failed to find it.

"So, you've conducted your search, and found nothing illegal. Can you leave now?" Gu Ning said.

"No, just because we can't find it out doesn't mean that you don't have drugs. Tell us, where did you hide your drugs?" The leading policeman obviously didn't want to give up.

"Well," Gu Ning sneered. "I'm curious, why are you so confident that I have drugs with me. I've let you search the suite already. If you don't have proof, you have no reason to accuse me. Is there someone behind you who wants to trap me?" Gu Ning's attitude turned tough, and fixed her eyes on him.

The leading policeman panicked a little. He wanted to retort, but someone ordered him to retreat in his earphones. Gu Ning heard it too, and drew her lips into a cold smile.

The leading policeman then left with his colleagues, and Gu Ning didn't stop them. It was meaningless trying to deal with them now. Once K handed evidences of the Wang Family's illegal behavior to Gu Ning, she could easily unseat the Wang Family.

The moment that the policemen were gone, Gu Ning left the hotel too.

Lin Jian, instead, was struck dumb in front of the computer which showed the video captured by the hidden cameras. He couldn't figure out why his scheme had failed. He had watched the box of drugs put under the bed in the master bedroom with his own eyes from the hidden cameras. And he had been waiting in front of the computer the entire time. It was impossible that Gu Ning had the chance to remove the box of drugs.

What the hell is going on!

Lin Jian was anxious, and immediately reported it to Wang Hongming. Wang Hongming was also shocked, and couldn't believe that they had failed, but they had to accept the truth and hope that their people in Colorful Jade Provider's factory could succeed.

Leng Shaoting ordered a presidential suite in a nearby five-star hotel. He carefully searched the whole suite, and didn't leave until he found no hidden cameras or bugs inside.

He called Gu Ning, but Gu Ning didn't tell him many details, because she didn't know how to explain how the drugs disappeared all of a sudden.

Chapter 288: The Wang Family Is in Trouble

Around 10 pm, Gu Ning received K's call. He already sent the evidence that he found against the Wang Family to her email box.

"Boss, are you a spy sent by our nation? Why are your enemies all criminals?" K asked and joked, because the people that Gu Ning asked him to investigate every time were so special.

"I'm not, but I'm too outstanding and some people are jealous of me," Gu Ning said resignedly. Although she was kidding too, it was the truth.

"Well, it seems that it is not an easy task to work for you. I wish I could travel around!" K complained.

"You can't regret, unless you want your legs to be the same as before," Gu Ning said.

K immediately realized that he shouldn't have said that. "No-no, of course not. Bye!" After that, K hung up at once.

Gu Ning couldn't help laughing. She then sent a message to K and told him to investigate the second son of the Tang Family in City B. She wanted to find out what he was doing 18 years ago.

Leng Shaoting was in the shower, so he didn't know that K was talking with Gu Ning.

A while later, he walked out of the bathroom and pressed against Gu Ning without delay. They started kissing and touching each other, and Gu Ning totally forgot to check the email sent by K. However, while they were both sexually excited, Gu Ning's phone rang and interrupted them.

Leng Shaoting was displeased, but didn't stop Gu Ning from answering the phone. It must be something important if someone called her at night.

It was Qiao Ya. She told Gu Ning that some people had just broken into the factory of Colorful Jade Provider, but they got control of them the moment that they got inside. It turned out that the Wang Family sent them. Qiao Ya asked Gu Ning how to deal with it.

Hearing that, Gu Ning was mad. It seemed like the Wang Family wouldn't give up until they succeeded!

"Take a video of their account, then call the police," Gu Ning said.

Gu Ning understood that the police wouldn't punish them when faced with the Wang Family's influence, but Gu Ning also had no intention to use them against the Wang Family. She merely wanted to cause a sensation.

"If the police ignore the case, you can post it on the Internet," Gu Ning added.

Qiao Ya followed Gu Ning's order. She called the police first, but the police indeed ignored her. Thus Qiao Ya and Gao Yi posted it on the Internet afterwards. The news immediately went viral, because the Wang Family was notorious for its rude and arrogant behavior. Many people disliked them and seized every chance to criticize them.

The police didn't expect that it would go viral. In order to stop it from spreading further, they immediately sent policemen to handle it.

The police also called Wang Hongming because the Wang Family was involved in this case. Wang Hongming was annoyed after he found out that his plan B had failed as well. To his surprise, there were many people who were excellent at fighting guarding Colorful Jade Provider's factory. Wang Hongming of course refused to admit that the Wang Family was involved.

Although the people confessed that the Wang Family sent them to damage the factory, Wang Hongming denied it, so they were sentenced as thieves in the end.

Gu Ning didn't show any disappointment, because she already had her plan.

The next day around nine o'clock, Wang Hongming said to Lin Jian, "Spread the news that the boss of Colorful Jade Provider is the so-called Queen of Jade, and tell other raw material providers not to sell raw materials to them."

Wang Hongming did that not because he knew the relationship between Colorful Jade Provider and the Queen of Jade, but because he wanted to cut off the raw material supply of Colorful Jade Provider.

"Sure!" Lin Jian replied.

However, right at this moment, Wang Hongming received a call. After answering the call, Wang Hongming was stunned.

Just then in City Teng…

All the computers in the Internet cafés were hacked. There were lines of words shown on the screens. Wang Yanfeng, the son of Wang Bokang who is the vice mayor of City Teng, is involved in the crime of raping teenage girls many times. On May 12th last year, Wang Yafeng raped and killed his teacher's 16-year-old daughter because he had been dissatisfied with his teacher's education. Wang Bokang, as the vice mayor, had secretly arranged another person to replace his son and the man had been sentenced to death.

There was also a video attached to the lines.

In the video, Wang Yafeng looked terrified squatting and trembling in a corner. He confessed everything he had done illegally.

In his confession, he had conducted rape at least 10 times in the past three years, and all the victims were common girls who didn't have a powerful family background as support. Especially on May 12th last year when Wang Yafeng was a senior in a high school, his teacher had criticized him because he had been involved in a fight. Wang Yafeng then raped and killed his teacher's 16-year-old daughter along with one of his classmates. Afterwards, under the arrangement of Wang Bokang who was the vice mayor of City Teng, Wang Yafeng's classmate had been sentenced to death, but Wang Yafeng had successfully gotten away with it.

In Wang Yafeng's phone, there were pictures and videos of his rapes. He used the pictures and videos to threaten those victims to stay quiet. Those victims weren't able to act against the influential Wang Family, so they had to shut their mouths.

The second the scandal was exposed, it caused a great sensation across City Teng. People were all irritated. Many called the Public Security Bureau and demanded that they investigate the case. The Wang Family's reputation was completely ruined this time. What they had done was totally unacceptable!

Meanwhile, each of the officials in City Teng also received a message to which the same video was attached. Their anger was ignited too, and all went to Wang Bokang's office to criticize him.

Zhang Yuancheng, who was the head of the Public Security Bureau, went to arrest Wang Bokang in person. As for Wang Yafeng, he had already been sent to the Public Security Bureau beforehand and was now under the control of the police.

In fact, only Wang Hongming and Wang Bokang knew of Wang Yafeng's scandal in the Wang Family, but it was beyond their imagination that the scandal was exposed now.

Chapter 289: Just the Beginning

And to their astonishment, Wang Yafeng had committed many more crimes than they had known. They had always thought that Wang Yafeng had done it out of impulse, but what they didn't know was that Wang Yafeng actually loved doing it.

Although the Wang Family was influential in City Teng, they couldn't act against the laws all the time. Wang Yafeng had now admitted it himself, so Wang Bokang had no way to refute it.

However, who had forced Wang Yafeng to admit his crimes in that way was still a puzzle. Not only was Wang Hongming and Wang Bokang curious, but the public also wanted to know. At the same time, the Wang Family was in a total mess.

"Dad, please rescue Bokang and Yafeng!" Wang Bokang's wife, Li Mengjie cried, begging Wang Hongming.

"How? Yafeng already confessed. How am I supposed to rescue him?" Wang Hongming snapped. He was absolutely eager to rescue his own son and grandson, but his hands were tied in such a terrible situation.

The Wang Family was indeed powerful and influential in City Teng, but it didn't mean that they could act against the laws and get away with it all the time. If Wang Yafeng hadn't admitted it yet, it would still be possible to rescue him, but now they had no chance.

Wang Hongming had spat out blood many times since yesterday, and he was weak now. It wasn't easy for him to stand today. After these days of chaos, Wang Hongming's hair was quickly turning grey.

In fact, Wang Bokang had a more important figure to support him in politics, but the figure wouldn't answer his call after the scandal was exposed, which meant that Wang Bokang had already been abandoned by the figure. In this sensitive situation, nobody was willing to be involved in the Wang Family's mess. The Wang Family was strongly being criticized at the moment.

"Then what should we do?" Li Mengjie asked in despair, falling down on the ground. She understood the gravity of the situation, but she couldn't watch her husband and her son sentenced to jail or even death. Even so, she had no idea what to do next.

"Dad, can't we figure out a way?" Wang Hongming's eldest son, Wang Xinyan's father, Wang Bowen, asked.

Wang Hongming had three sons and a daughter in all. His eldest son, Wang Bowen, was involved in business; his second son, Wang Bokang, worked in politics and his youngest son, Wang Boyuan, was also a businessman who managed their family business along with Wang Bowen.

"What can I do given what has happened? You all need to stay away from this scandal. Nobody can ask or be involved in it. If anyone dares to ruin the Wang Family by getting involved in it, go away now!" Wang Hongming warned seriously. Although it seemed cold-blooded, he had to make the choice between Wang Bokang, Wang Yafeng and the whole Wang Family.

"Dad." Li Mengjie was reluctant to accept it.

"Shut your mouth! If you don't want to accept it, go and rescue them yourself." Wang Hongming lost his patience. Li Mengjie then remained silent.

After that, Wang Bowen helped Wang Hongming walk back to his bedroom. Although Wang Hongming could do nothing for now, He wouldn't give up like that. Wang Bokang and Wang Yafeng were his biological son and grandson after all; he would give it a try no matter what would happen. Moreover, he also made up his mind to find out who had exposed the scandal. Wang Hongming set himself to get revenge.

Because of the scandal, Wang Hongming forgot to spread the news that the Colorful Jade Provider had a relationship with the Queen of Jade.

At that moment, Gu Ning was having breakfast with Leng Shaoting in the dining hall of the hotel. All of a sudden, a woman at the next table said loudly in surprise, "Jesus! The vice mayor's son has conducted rape at least 10 times! A teacher's daughter who was raped and killed a year ago was one of the victims! Wang Bokang also made another boy a scapegoat to keep his own son safe. It's so cruel!"

The woman's words astonished everyone in the dining hall.

The vice mayor? Isn't he a member of the Wang Family?

His son has committed over 10 rape crimes and killed a girl?

If it was true, the Wang Family indeed were animals! Gu Ning thought to herself.

Afterwards, she heard the sound from the video in which Wang Yafeng confessed everything that he had done illegally. "The Wang Family are complete animals!" Gu Ning was mad.

Suddenly, Gu Ning thought of the email sent by K. She instantly took out her phone and clicked open her e-mail box. A document attached to the e-mail recorded the fact that Wang Yafeng had committed rape crimes at least 10 times, but that he had never been punished.

Gu Ning was curious about who had exposed this case before her.

Abruptly, Gu Ning looked to Leng Shaoting with doubt. She thought that Leng Shaoting might have done it, but wasn't sure.

"It was me," Leng Shaoting admitted directly.

Gu Ning opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say. She was deeply touched that the man would stand up for her against the Wang Family without hesitation.

"It's just the beginning," Leng Shaoting said coldly. The Wang Family dared to hurt Gu Ning, and he would let them pay for it. Leng Shaoting was determined to unseat the Wang Family.

"Don't worry. I already have evidence of the Wang Family's illegal behavior. I can unseat the Wang Family today," Gu Ning said, then let Leng Shaoting read the email sent by K.

Reading the list of evidence, Leng Shaoting was extremely displeased. He knew clearly that all of the authorities had done something illegal. Normally he would ignore them if he didn't know any details, but the Wang Family was different. They had tried to hurt Gu Ning in vain several times and Leng Shaoting wouldn't let them get away with it easily.

Before long, Gu Ning received Yan Shuya's call. She asked Gu Ning with excitement, "Gu Ning, Was it you who have did it?"

Yan Shuya was more than thrilled when she heard the news.

Chapter 290: Unseat the Wang Family

Although she didn't hate the Wang Family, she had a long-standing grudge against Wang Xinyan. It was just a personal grudge, but what the Wang Family had done was completely unacceptable. Yan Shuya knew that the Wang Family had many enemies, but at this time, the first person who came into her mind was Gu Ning.

"Yes," Gu Ning admitted, but didn't explain further.

Having Gu Ning's affirmative answer, Yan Shuya didn't feel like what she had done wasn't right. Instead, she admired even more Gu Ning now. Even though there was someone else of great power that supported her, Gu Ning alone almost unseated the Wang Family!

…

Before the Wang Family was able to find out who had exposed the scandal, more evidence of their illegal behavior was exposed. It caused another sensation in City Teng.

Wang Bowen was suspected of tax evasion for at least hundreds of millions of yuan, while Wang Boyuan was the head of the biggest gang in City Teng, and he had been involved in many cases of drug trade as well as murder. It was universally known that the Wang Family had many dirty secrets, but the truth was still shocking.

Within a short time, many of the Wang Family were caught. In the end, only Wang Hongming and the women were left safe in the house. It happened too fast for the Wang Family to prepare, thus none of them had a chance to run away.

The Wang Family also tried to deny the evidence in vain.

Wang Hongming was an aging old man, whose body wasn't in good condition. And this time, he was totally sick with anger.

Why? Why are all these dirty secrets being exposed at this time? Who is behind this?

Is it Wang Bokang's enemy in politics or Gu Ning? Wang Hongming thought to himself. If it was Gu Ning, he had to admit now that he was truly regretful for having annoyed her, but it was too late to regret. Wang Hongming had been sophisticated and shrewd throughout his lifetime, but now his whole family was ruined because of his revenge. He couldn't bear the result and passed away after a short time. However, it happened after the dust settled.

Anyway, the Wang Family's reputation was completely destroyed now. Nobody would forgive or forget what they had done.

Meanwhile, people were also curious about the identity of the person who had the power to unseat the Wang Family.

The Wang Family was unseated, which was exciting, but it happened too fast and made people feel as if it was unreal.

The next day, Wang Bokang's alliances in politics were all punished or sentenced to jail. However, this time Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning weren't involved, Wang Bokang's political rival caused it.

Wang Bokang's political rival had always wanted to unseat him, but didn't have solid evidence. Besides, the Wang Family was one of the most influential families in City Teng, but now someone directly threw Wang Bokang into prison and his political rival couldn't wait any longer.

Gu Ning didn't care about the Wang Family's fate in the future, because they were already punished for what they had done.

On their way back to the hotel, Leng Shaoting suddenly gave Gu Ning a gift. Gu Ning was thrilled and almost jumped up with excitement when she saw it. It was the document of the Wang Family's raw material exploitation right. In that case, Gu Ning replaced the Wang Family and became one of the three largest raw material suppliers in City Teng, which was a big surprise to Gu Ning.

In fact, Gu Ning had also planned to exploit raw materials in City Teng. And she had bought such a huge factory building and established a jade provider for the same purpose. With her Jade Eyes, it was super easy for her to find a mountain or mine of jade. More importantly, the Wang Family already lost its power and position in City Teng. It would be even easier for Gu Ning if she replaced the Wang Family and maintained the connection with the Wang Family's clients.

Unexpectedly, Leng Shaoting had the same idea and already got the document for her, which touched her deeply.

"How much did you have to pay for it?" Gu Ning asked. She understood that it had to have been expensive, and she was reluctant to accept gifts from him without giving him anything. Actually, money was nothing in Leng Shaoting's eyes, but it didn't mean that Gu Ning would take it for granted.

"It's just a gift." Leng Shaoting understood what was on Gu Ning's mind, but he wasn't willing to talk about money with her. He valued their close relationship above money.

"Nevertheless…" Gu Ning felt a little guilt and uneasy.

"Well, if you really want to pay me back, you can…" Leng Shaoting suddenly looked at Gu Ning in a different way. Gu Ning immediately realized what he wanted. Before she could escape, Leng Shaoting pressed her against him.

Gu Ning complained, "I think you're a little horny recently. What will happen if I'm not by your side?"

_Will he turn to another woman? _Gu Ning thought to herself. Although she believed that Leng Shaoting wouldn't do that, she wasn't him, nor was she a man. Therefore, even though Leng Shaoting loved her very much, she wasn't confident that he would be loyal to her all the time. However, if he really cheated on her, she would leave him without hesitation. Gu Ning wasn't a girl who relied on a man to live her life.

Leng Shaoting was nervous and immediately clasped Gu Ning in his arms. "Ningning, please don't worry. I promise that only you turn me on like this."

Seeing Leng Shaoting being so serious, Gu Ning felt slightly embarrassed and changed the topic at once. "I'm hungry."

"Really?" Leng Shaoting squinted and wore an evil smile.

Gu Ning flushed. The man was totally different now!

"I want to eat!" Gu Ning pretended to be mad, but she just seemed adorable in Leng Shaoting's eyes.

In case Leng Shaoting couldn't control himself again, Gu Ning immediately pushed him away.