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Chapter 1341: Seek Justice for Them
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
It totally depended on Peng Xinghao's skills whether he could get a job in Gu Ning's garment company.
Gu Ning was kind, but wasn't dumb after all.
"If your younger brother is a skilled designer, I won't miss the chance to hire him, but I'm a businesswoman and I need to have an interview with him first," Gu Ning said.
"Of course, I understand!" Peng Xiaoman was cheered up.
If Peng Xinghao could really become a clothing designer, she would be super happy for him. In fact, she had great confidence in Peng Xinghao. Moreover, she hoped that they could pay back the money in this way.
Gu Ning understood that Peng Xiaoman was very kind and grateful to her.
"Miss Peng, do you have your younger brother's photos in your phone?" Gu Ning asked Peng Xiaoman later.
"Yes," Peng Xiaoman said.
She didn't know why Gu Ning asked her for Peng Xinghao's photos, but she believed that Gu Ning wouldn't hurt them. She sent Gu Ning a photo of her younger brother at once.
Gu Ning then called K without delay.
She didn't walk away and talked with K on the phone right in front of Peng Xiaoman.
"I'll send you a photo of a young man. Can you investigate XX company to see what happened to the young man at 12 pm," Gu Ning said.
Hearing that, Peng Xiaoman realized that Gu Ning was helping them to collect evidence.
Gu Ning was going to seek justice for them.
Thinking of that, Peng Xiaoman asked, "Miss Gu, are you…"
"Since you're going to work for me, I should help you find out the truth," Gu Ning said.
Peng Xiaoman almost cried at this moment. "M-Miss Gu, thank you, thank you so much!"
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Xia Yichu's treatment was also done, and there was no need for her to stay in the hospital.
When she left, Lu Xiao called Gu Ning and told her about Xia Yichu's situation.
Gu Ning had made good arrangements for Peng Xinghao as well, so she didn't need to stay here. Peng Xiaoman would take good care of Peng Xinghao. Nevertheless, before she left, she gave Peng Xiaoman two power crystals and told her to help Peng Xinghao take them once he was pushed out of the operation room.
The pill would melt once it was put into Peng Xinghao's mouth, so he could take it even if he was still unconscious.
If she was available, she would come to see them, and if Peng Xinghao was in danger again, Peng Xiaoman could call her.
When Peng Xinghao woke up, they could talk about his job then.
Peng Xiaoman repeatedly thanked Gu Ning.
When Gu Ning walked out, Xia Yichu was already sitting in Lu Xiao's car. Her agent and assistant were also with her.
The interlude Xia Yichu sang for a new TV show was released recently, and it ranked high on the list of the most popular music within three days. It was even more popular than the opening song and ending song.
As a result, Xia Yichu gained greater fame.
Before Xia Yichu made her debut, she had caused a sensation several times on the Internet, so she wasn't a strange face in many people's eyes.
Fenghua Entertainment had also become a famous entertainment company now, so all its artists shared its fame. In addition, Pei Hena's fans became Xia Yichu's fans later.
Xia Yichu was prettier than Pei Hena too, so she was more likely to be a popular singer.
The music video Xia Yichu was shooting was precisely for her new song, Lose.
This was Xia Yichu's first song, and she also had three other songs waiting to be released. Xia Yidong wrote one of them, while a famous composer finished the other two.
The other three songs would be released when Lose brought greater fame to Xia Yichu.
Since Xia Yidong wrote songs for Xia Yichu, he also got paid by Fenghua Entertainment, but because Xia Yidong didn't have much fame now, the pay wasn't high.
Nevertheless, Xia Yidong didn't care about it, because he was writing songs for his older sister.
However, although Xia Yichu had signed a contract with Fenghua Entertainment, Xia Yidong hadn't yet.
With the help of Xia Yichu's influence, Xia Yidong had many followers on Weibo as well. Xia Yidong used his own photo as the profile photo. Xia Yichu was very beautiful, and Xia Yidong was attractive too.
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"Hi, boss." When Gu Ning walked over, they all greeted her with respect.
Gu Ning nodded, and her sight fell on Xia Yichu. "How do you feel now?"
"It's not painful now. Thank you, boss," Xia Yichu said with a smile. If it hadn't been for Gu Ning's pill, she probably would have to stay in the patient bed for days.
"Great, Lu Xiao will drive you home, and you can start to work again after making a full recovery," Gu Ning said.
"Sure," Xia Yichu said.
After that, Lu Xiao drove Xia Yichu home, and Gu Ning went back to her company.
On the way, K called Gu Ning and told her that he already got the surveillance video.
Gu Ning said that she was still on her way to the company, and that she would watch it after she arrived.
She called K once she was in her office, and K went to see her with his computer.
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Chapter 1342: Dirty Secrets of the Tang Organization
K showed Gu Ning the surveillance video and the evidence of the dirty secrets about the senior management of the Tang Organization, especially about Qi Ziyue and Tang Yaxin.
Gu Ning watched the surveillance video first. At 12:15 pm, Peng Xinghao walked into the building of XX company.
He didn't have a reservation, and wasn't allowed to walk inside, so he argued with some staff members in the hall.
About five minutes later, the front desk received a call and let Peng Xinghao in.
Peng Xinghao went to the HR department and said something but Gu Ning couldn't hear it, because the surveillance cameras only captured pictures without sound.
At the beginning, the HR manager stayed calm facing Peng Xinghao, but it seemed that their negotiation failed. The HR manager changed his expression and his attitude seemed to be threatening Peng Xinghao.
Peng Xinghao was mad and turned around to leave.
Right at this moment, a young man dashed inside and pointed at Peng Xinghao criticizing him in anger. After arguing for a minute, the young man grabbed a fruit knife from the coffee table and stabbed Peng Xinghao in the head.
Peng Xinghao wasn't prepared and was seriously injured.
The young man was scared too and drew his hand back at once. The HR manager talked with him for a short while, then made a call.
About 20 minutes later, an ambulance arrived and sent Peng Xinghao to the hospital. After that, the hospital called Peng Xinghao's older sister, Peng Xiaoman.
The young man was the heir of this company. His father dealt with this problem without delay, so the police ignored Peng Xiaoman's call for help.
"Send what you've got to my email," Gu Ning said to K.
She wanted to slowly read the evidence of the dirty secrets about the Tang family.
"No problem," K said.
There were too many files, so it took a long while for K to successfully send them to Gu Ning.
Afterwards, Gu Ning told K to leave, then she began to read the files about the Tang family.
No businessman was innocent. Even Gu Ning had broken the law sometimes. She had dug many ancient graves before, which was illegal, but she didn't hurt other people. She hadn't done something like bribery and tax evasion either.
Gu Ning had powerful connections, and there was no need for her to bribe someone. She made a lot of money, so she didn't bother to evade tax.
Because old surveillance videos were replaced by new ones every year, K could only do the investigation with this year's surveillance videos.
He couldn't know what those related people had done before this year. As for those deleted surveillance videos, K wasn't able to get them back either.
For example, if Gu Ning told K to investigate into the case about Peng Xinghao later, the surveillance video could have been deleted. It would be harmful to keep it anyway.
K hadn't found many dirty secrets about Tang Bingsen.
Tang Bingsen was a cunning old businessman after all, and it wasn't easy to find his dirty secrets. Besides, Tang Bingsen had a gang to help him deal with many things, so there was no need for him to do bad deeds in person.
When Tang Aining was still alive, she had solved many problems for Tang Bingsen. However, Tang Aining was dead now, so nobody would know what had happened before.
Even if Gu Ning was clearly aware of those bad deeds, she had no evidence.
Tang Bingsen hadn't been found guilty of bribery and corruption.
K only found out about Tang Bingsen's sexual relationship with Tian Feifei, his mistress, and his love child.
Gu Ning wasn't surprised, because she already knew that Tang Bingsen had a mistress and a love child, but she didn't know who they were.
Tang Bingsen's mistress was Feng Lin, who was the HR manager in a company under the control of the Tang Organization. Their son was Feng Qile. He was 15 this year and was in tenth grade.
K also had the videos of Tang Bingsen meeting with Feng Lin, but they always gathered together with a large group of people. They only had a private meeting three times.
Feng Qile also showed up at the three private meetings by accident.
Gu Ning didn't know whether Feng Qile was aware of the fact that Tang Bingsen was his biological father.
As for the major directors of the Tang Organization, most of them had committed bribery. Other than that, there were sectional conflicts in the Tang Organization as well. Someone wanted to get the chair of the chairman, so there were two factions inside.
This director who wanted to be the chairman was quite outstanding, and he had a secret relationship with the president of another large business group which was the Tang Organization's enemy.
As a major director of the Tang Organization, he had contact with the president of its business enemy, which meant that they must face the same opponent. In other words, this director planned to cooperate with the president to unseat Tang Bingsen.
However, no one knew who would benefit most from their conflict.
Gu Ning didn't think that they could succeed, because Tang Bingsen had the support from a gang.
This gang would be Gu Ning's first target in order to deal with Tang Bingsen.
Gu Ning didn't know where the gang's base was, but she knew some of its members stayed beside Tang Bingsen as his bodyguards and helpers.
Therefore, Gu Ning decided to investigate them to see what she could find out.
Qi Ziyue's and Tang Yaxin's dirty secrets were much more exciting than Tang Bingsen's and the major director's.
Gu Ning knew that Qi Ziyue wasn't a loyal man to the Tang Organization nor to Tang Yaxin.
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Chapter 1343: Qi Ziyue's relationship with Tang Yaxin
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Qi ZIyue always had the ambition to steal the Tang Organization. Gu Ning was clearly aware of it after her reincarnation.
She wasn't surprised by Qi Ziyue's disloyalty to Tang Yaxin either. Qi Ziyue had an unusually high self-esteem, and he ached to have power and wealth. He only cared about himself, and he was too selfish to be loyal to another person.
Qi Ziyue was born in an ordinary family, and many people thought that he was a freeloader when he became Tang Yaxin's boyfriend.
It was the undeniable truth, but Qi Ziyue was unwilling to accept it. He was eager to prove his own ability to everyone one day. However, no matter how much he had achieved afterwards, people still believed that he relied on Tang Yaxin to be successful.
Without Tang Yaxin's help, he couldn't get into the Tang Organization.
Qi Ziyue hoped to marry into the Tang family through Tang Yaxin, which would help him get real control of the Tang Organization.
Precisely because Qi Ziyue realized that other people always regarded him as a freeloader, he felt uncomfortable. Besides, Qi Ziyue knew that Tang Yaxin wasn't loyal to him either, but he couldn't question her in order to keep his position in the Tang family.
As a result, Qi Ziyue also cheated on Tang Yaxin.
In Qi Ziyue's eyes, power was much more important than a relationship. Tang Yaxin, on the other hand, loved Qi Ziyue deeply, but she still couldn't remain loyal to him.
She only played around when Qi Ziyue wasn't in the capital so that Qi Ziyue wouldn't find it out. And Qi Ziyue didn't have any proof, because he didn't want to do the investigation.
K was able to find out about their dirty secrets because he had videos of Qi Ziyue having sex with other women and Tang Yaxin having sex with other men.
Because K only had videos of this year, he only had found out about two or three of their sex partners.
Gu Ning decided to make this dirty secret their wedding gift.
Qi Ziyue also had many useful connections, but it was nothing in Tang Bingsen's eyes.
Although Tang Bingsen was very confident, it didn't mean that he wouldn't fail. Tang Aining had failed in the game with Qi Ziyue in the previous incarnation.
Even though she was much better than Qi Ziyue at fighting, Qi Ziyue had still successfully schemed against her. Therefore, in this incarnation, Gu Ning kept a low profile and became much more careful.
Although she was a kung fu master with a powerful family background, she still didn't think that she could do anything she wanted to. There would always be someone who was better than her in this world.
Cultivators, mutants, and other kinds of monsters were much stronger than her after all. The old man she had encountered yesterday was also able to tell her fortune.
In that case, she couldn't be more cautious now.
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Gu Ning stored those files into her USB flash disk.
She couldn't make sure that her computer wouldn't act up, so it was safer for her to store them in a USB flash disk. Other than that, Gu Ning also printed them out and put them in her telepathic eye space.
After that, she needed to deal with Peng Xinghao's case.
Gu Ning called Peng Xiaoman and asked her whether the operation was already done.
Peng Xinghao's operation had lasted for two hours, so he was in a ward now, and he looked fine.
Doctors were all shocked by Peng Xinghao's current conditions, and they believed that it was a miracle in the medical industry because they knew nothing about Gu Ning's pills.
Peng Xiaoman didn't mention Gu Ning either, because she didn't want to cause Gu Ning trouble.
In order to not reveal this secret, Peng Xiaoman helped Peng Xinghao take the pill when they were all gone.
Knowing that Peng Xinghao was in a stable condition now, Gu Ning told Peng Xiaoman that she already had the evidence in her hands. She also told Peng Xiaoman to prepare Peng Xinghao's injury report, which would be of great use.
Peng Xiaoman was excited to hear that, and she was surprised by Gu Ning's efficiency.
Although the young man who had seriously injured Peng Xinghao was much more powerful than them, he was no match for Gu Ning.
Nevertheless, before they took action, Gu Ning told Peng Xiaoman to call the police again. Gu Ning was aware that the police wouldn't take it seriously, but she needed a policeman's words as evidence.
No matter what, it was the police's duty to catch criminals.
Peng Xiaoman listened to Gu Ning and called the police once more.
The moment a policeman picked up her call, Peng Xiaoman pressed the recording button.
The policeman lost patience once he heard that XX company was involved. "Miss, you better give up, because the Zeng family isn't a family you can mess with. If they're mad, you're unable to bear the consequences of failure."
"Do you still refuse to administer punishment?" Peng Xiaoman wasn't surprised by the answer, but she was still mad.
"To be honest with you, the Zeng family has called and we won't do anything," the policeman said.
"As the police, shouldn't you help the innocent punish the evil?" Peng Xiaoman questioned in anger.
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Chapter 1344: Being Weak Is Your Fault
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"Miss, don't be so naive. We're willing to help but you're too weak in front of powerful people. Don't talk about duty with me. The truth is that powerful people make the decisions," the policeman said.
This policeman wasn't cautious at all, which was a great chance for Peng Xiaoman to collect evidence. However, this policeman was also being very honest, and his attitude proved it wasn't an uncommon thing.
Being weak was a fault.
"Do you mean you'll side with whoever is more powerful?" Peng Xiaoman asked.
She always had a good impression of the police, but what had happened to her younger brother ruined it. There were black sheep in every group and she believed that this policeman couldn't represent every policeman.
"Yeah, that's right," the policeman said without hesitation. He didn't bother to hide his real thoughts.
"Great, very good, let's wait and see!" Peng Xiaoman said and hung up the call. After that, she sent the voice recording to Gu Ning.
Gu Ning was also angry at this policeman, but she understood that it was a common occurrence.
If Peng Xiaoman hadn't met her, Peng Xiaoman would have to tolerate it and swallow her anger.
Actually, if Gu Ning wasn't so successful now, she wouldn't be able to do anything about it either. Therefore, only people with bravery, power, or wealth dared to fight against evil.
Gu Ning then told Qiao Ya to pick up Peng Xinghao's injury report in the hospital.
During this time, Gu Ning told K to investigate the director of the branch of the Public Security Bureau in the southern district and the Zeng family.
They didn't need to rush, so she told K to help her collect detailed information about them.
He could give her the result tomorrow morning. It was almost 6 pm now, so it was too late for her to go to the branch now.
Gu Ning wanted to know the addresses of the director and the Zeng family, because she wanted Gao Yi and Qiao Ya to sneak into their houses to get some evidence about their dirty secrets.
There was a lot of evidence that K couldn't get as a hacker, because he was only good at hacking into local computers and surveillance cameras. Many people might lock their confidential documents in a safe.
Before long, K found out the basic information and addresses of the director and the Zeng family.
The director's name was Chang Bingjian. He was born in one of the four most powerful families in the capital, the Chang family.
There were four most powerful families in the capital. The Leng family was the leading one, and the following families were the Yuan family, the Rong family, and the Chang family.
They all held important positions in politics, business, and the military.
The four dominant families were competing against each other, because all of them supported different people.
The person who was in the most powerful position of this country would be replaced once in three years, and each of the four dominant families hoped that its choice could be the one chosen.
The Leng family was the leading family of the four most powerful families in the capital because the man in that position was supported by the Leng family. However, even if the man in that position didn't have support from the Leng family, the Leng family was still the most influential among the four families.
Except for the Leng family's connections which were well-known to the outside, it also had a mysterious force that no outsider was aware of.
Most of the members of the Leng family didn't even know about it. Even Master Leng only knew a little about it, because it came from Leng Shaoting.
Master Leng only knew that Leng Shaoting was the team leader of the Red Flame, and the real boss of Shengshi, but he didn't know Leng Shaoting's other connections.
The Red Flame held a higher rank than any other army, so even though Leng Shaoting was only a major general, he had greater power than a colonel general.
The Red Flame only obeyed commands from the man who was sitting on the most powerful position of this country.
At the same time, Leng Shaoting also had the right to choose what to do and what not to do. He could refuse to do what he didn't want to do. Only the man in the most powerful position had the power to order him to do anything.
All in all, Leng Shaoting had great power and influence in this country.
As for the Zeng family, it was only an ordinary rich family in the capital.
The young man who seriously injured Peng Xinghao was called Zeng Kai. His father was Zeng Lichang, the chairman of XX company.
Once Gu Ning had the addresses of Chang Bingjian and Zeng Lichang, she gave the task to Gao Yi and Qiao Ya. Meanwhile, K continued to find other useful information.
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When Gu Ning left her company, she received a call from Xu Qinyin inviting her to dine together.
Gu Ning was free, so she agreed. Because Xu Qinyin said that they would drink tonight, Gu Ning didn't drive, and it was decided that they would hire a designated driver.
Gu Anna came with Xu Qinyin, and the two stayed together almost all the time.
Although Xu Qinyin had many friends, she seldom brought her other friends to meet Gu Ning in case Gu Ning wasn't happy about it.
After having a meal together, they went to Song Nan's bar. Coincidentally, Jiang Ruiqin and Tang Qingyang were there too.
Jiang Ruiqin felt a little embarrassed the second he saw Gu Ning, because he had liked Gu Ning before. He knew it was impossible for them to be together, so his affection towards her faded away.
He had only met Gu Ning several times after all, so it wasn't difficult for him to gradually forget her.
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Chapter 1345: There Is Only Hatred Between Them
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Although they couldn't be a couple, they could still be friends.
"What a coincidence! Come here, let's share a table," Jiang Ruiqin said with a broad smile.
"Why not, your treat!" Xu Qinyin said.
Gu Ning didn't mind either.
"No problem!" Jiang Ruiqin agreed.
"Where is Ba Tianyang?" Gu Ning asked Tang Qingyang because Ba Tianyang was absent.
"Oh, I asked him to deal with something for me; he'll be here later," Tang Qingyang said.
Gu Ning nodded.
A while later, Leng Shaojia came. She came with several of her friends.
When Gu Ning saw Leng Shaojia, she squinted but soon went back to normal. She enjoyed her drink and ignored Leng Shaojia.
Gu Ning didn't want to interact with Leng Shaojia, but Leng Shaojia had a different idea.
The second Leng Shaojia noticed Jiang Ruiqin, her eyes lit up, but her expression changed when her sight fell on Gu Ning, who sat across Jiang Ruiqin.
She couldn't believe that Gu Ning was still fine. The killer she hired was supposed to have taken action by now.
Leng Shaojia didn't know that the killer's name was Luca, so she only called him "the killer". And what she didn't know was that Luca was already dead.
Even though Leng Shaojia hated Gu Ning, she didn't dare to do anything now because of Jiang Ruiqin's presence, so she walked away with her friends and went to another table.
It wasn't a secret that Gu Ning never got along with Leng Shaojia, so her friends understood why she looked annoyed.
Although Leng Shaojia walked away, she still glanced at them once in a while. Her sight fell on Gu Ning, then moved to Jiang Ruiqin.
"Ruiqin, it seems that Leng Shaojia likes you, because she's looking at you all the time," Gu Ning said.
Jiang Ruiqin put on a wry smile. He was aware of it, but he disliked Leng Shaojia.
"I don't care. It's her own business," Jiang Ruiqin said.
"Leng Shaojia is too mean and unkind. I don't think she deserves Ruiqin," Xu Qinyin said with obvious hatred towards Leng Shaojia.
They didn't want to pay attention to Leng Shaojia, so they soon dropped the topic.
After drinking for a while, Gu Ning stood up and walked to the ladies' room, and Leng Shaojia followed Gu Ning.
Therefore, when Gu Ning walked out of the ladies room, she saw Leng Shaojia glaring at her.
It was obvious that Leng Shaojia stood in her way on purpose.
Gu Ning squinted at Leng Shaojia and remained silent.
It wasn't time for her to teach Leng Shaojia a lesson yet, so Gu Ning did nothing and wanted to leave.
However, Leng Shaojia stopped her. "Gu Ning, since you're going to marry into the Leng family, you should stop playing around outside. Don't bring shame to the Leng family."
Leng Shaojia criticized Gu Ning as if Gu Ning's behavior had humiliated the Leng family.
"Play around?" Gu Ning sneered. "Did you see me doing anything inappropriate? Can I not have male friends after I started dating Shaoting? Who do you think you are?"
"I was born in the Leng family, but you weren't. You're still an outsider even if you can marry into the Leng family," Leng Shaojia said with disdain.
Gu Ning sneered. She wouldn't regard Leng Shaojia as her family member. There was only hatred between them.
"Leng Shaojia, you should be smart and stay away from me. You have no right to judge me, understand?" Gu Ning said coldly.
"You…" Leng Shaojia was furious and ached to slap Gu Ning.
"You better think twice if you want to attack me. You're no match for me," Gu Ning said, staring straight at Leng Shaojia.
"You…" Leng Shaojia clenched her teeth. It was true that she was no match for Gu Ning. Gu Ning was a kung fu master, while she was too weak.
Leng Shaojia didn't think that Gu Ning would hesitate to beat her, even for the sake of the Leng family, after so many things had happened.
Gu Ning lost her patience in the end and walked out.
Leng Shaojia didn't dare to stop Gu Ning again and watched her leave. If looks could kill, Leng Shaojia would have killed Gu Ning right then and there.
At the same time, Leng Shaojia was also confused about why the killer hadn't taken action yet. The killer would send her a message to tell her the result if he had already taken action.
Leng Shaojia wanted to ask the killer, but her other phone was left in her home. Nevertheless, she could ask Smith for the answer. Therefore, once Gu Ning was gone, Leng Shaojia took out her phone and called Smith.
"Honey, are you missing me?" Smith flirted with her the second he picked up her call.
"I'm in no mood for a joke! I left my other phone in my home. Help me ask the killer about the progress. Why hasn't he taken action yet? I just saw Gu Ning in a bar," Leng Shaojia said.
She knew it took time, but she couldn't wait now. As long as Gu Ning was fine, she felt uncomfortable.
"Relax, let me ask him for you," Smith said.
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Chapter 1346: Tang Qingyang Is Injured
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When Gu Ning was back in the hall of the bar, she saw a group of people fighting against each other at the table next to theirs.
Xu Qinyin and Gu Anna were scared, and Tang Qingyang along with Jiang Ruiqin moved at once and helped the two girls to leave safely.
However, right at this moment, a bottle flew straight towards Xu Qinyin. Gu Ning was afraid and ran to her right away, trying to stop the bottle. Unfortunately, there were too many people in her way, and Gu Ning could barely move.
Tang Qingyang pressed Xu Qinyin to his chest and protected her from being hit by the bottle with his own body.
The flying beer bottle directly hit the back of Tang Qingyang's head. Tang Qingyang moaned in pain and felt something warm flowing down his neck.
He was bleeding.
However, there was no time for Tang Qingyang to deal with his injury right now, so he focused on moving Xu Qinyin out of danger.
Xu Qinyin was struck dumb, so she didn't know that Tang Qingyang was injured because of her.
Gu Ning took out a power crystal at once and said to Tang Qingyang, "Take it, now."
However, Tang Qingyang was protecting Xu Qinyin with his arms, so it wasn't convenient for him to take the pill with his own hand.
Although he didn't know how effective Gu Ning's pill was, he didn't hesitate to take it.
After that, Gu Ning ran to the group of people in affray. She grabbed the hand of a man who wanted to hit someone with a beer bottle and used great force to dislocate his wrist.
"F*ck…" The man was furious, and wanted to hit Gu Ning with his other hand, but Gu Ning kicked him to the sofa.
When he fell, he knocked two men over.
Gu Ning injured him, but not seriously.
Although many people ran away in the mess, some still stayed and watched the fight from the side, and were all amazed by Gu Ning's strength.
"Jesus, she just kicked a man away!"
"She could be stronger than the man."
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People were complimenting Gu Ning with admiration.
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Jiang Ruiqin and the others were already out of this chaotic place, but Gu Ning was still left in the hall.
They knew that Gu Ning wasn't weak at all, but they were still worried about her safety. Nevertheless, they couldn't go to help her right now, because they would probably only burden Gu Ning in such a situation.
Song Nan wanted to go over, but was stopped by others.
Gu Ning also stopped the security guards of the bar from coming, because she could handle it alone.
Those security guards listened to Gu Ning and stayed outside.
"Oh, no, you're bleeding!" Song Nan was shocked when his sight fell on Tang Qingyang's wound. "Go to the hospital now!"
"What? You're bleeding?" Xu Qinyin didn't realize that Tang Qingyang was injured because of her until now.
"It's fine," Tang Qingyang said.
"Let's go to the nearby clinic now," Xu Qinyin said.
"How about Gu Ning…" Tang Qingyang didn't want to leave right now.
"She'll be fine!" Xu Qinyin raised her voice in anxiety. She believed that Gu Ning was able to beat all of those men on her own.
"Qingyang, you can go, and we'll stay here," Jiang Ruiqin said.
Tang Qingyang nodded, then left with Xu Qinyin.
Gu Ning, at the same time, beat those men up within a minute, one by one.
They shouted in pain while lying on the table, sofa, and the ground. Some were injured by Gu Ning, but some were injured by their companions.
Gu Ning's fighting skills and unbelievable strength completely shocked all the onlookers.
"No way!"
"She's so cool."
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Song Nan walked to Gu Ning when it came to an end.
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Leng Shaojia was full of disappointment, seeing the scene.
This group of men who caused trouble here had nothing to do with her, but she hated to see that Gu Ning was so strong.
"Who the f*ck are you? How dare you to interfere in our personal grudge," a man shouted at Gu Ning.
"This is my friend's bar, and you just injured my other friend," Gu Ning coldly said.
The man was struck dumb for a second, then closed his mouth. He was completely drunk at the beginning, but now sobered up a bit because of the pain.
Nevertheless, someone wasn't clear-headed.
"F*ck you! Who the damn is your friend? I don't f**king care!" Another man was quite aggressive. He was too drunk to be reasonable, so Gu Ning directly ignored him.
"Did you call the police?" Gu Ning asked Song Nan.
"Yeah, the police will be here soon," Song Nan said.
Before the police arrived, Gu Ning figured out the cause of the affray first.
The group of men sat together at the large table next to Gu Ning and her friends.
Not every one of them knew each other, and some were friends of friends. They were all drunk, and began to argue loudly. All of them were impulsive young men, so they soon began to fight.
Before long, the police came and took them away.
As for the loss of the bar, the police told Song Nan to calculate the damages before he went to negotiate with the bunch of young men.
Although the bunch of young men had just caused trouble in the bar, other people weren't involved in it, so they continued to have fun inside. Therefore, Song Nan broadcast that each table could have a box of beer for free if they stayed.
In fact, it wasn't an uncommon thing to see people fighting in a bar. So even if they couldn't have a free box of beer, most people would still be willing to stay.
As a result, they all stayed.
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Chapter 1347: Pay Leng Shaojia Back
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Leng Shaojia and her friends also stayed. It wasn't very late now, so there were vacant tables in the bar.
Gu Ning couldn't help but sigh that she could always encounter a chaotic fight when she came to Song Nan's bar.
"Where is Qingyang and Qinyin?" Gu Ning asked when she failed to see Tang Qingyang and Xu Qinyin.
"Qingyang was injured so Qinyin took him to the nearby clinic for treatment," Jiang Ruiqin said.
"Oh." Gu Ning nodded. Although Tang Qingyang would be fine after taking a power crystal, he still needed to care for and dress the wound.
Shortly after they moved to another clean table, Tang Qingyang and Xu Qinyin were back.
Because Tang Qingyang was injured, they were in no mood to have fun here, but they needed to wait for Ba Tianyang to send Tang Qingyang home.
Ba Tianyang walked inside later, and simply gave Gu Ning a glance of respect when he saw her, because Gu Ning had told him not to reveal their relationship outside.
"What happened?" Ba Tianyang was surprised when his sight fell on the bandages around Tang Qingyang's head.
"Not a big deal. A group of men just had a fight here, and I was injured by accident," Tang Qingyang said.
Afterwards, Ba Tianyang drove Tang Qingyang home, and the others also left the bar.
Gu Ning didn't walk far, because she planned to pay Leng Shaojia back tonight.
However, before she did that, she needed to disguise herself as another person. Therefore, she found a place without surveillance cameras and put on a suit of sportswear along with a baseball cap and mask.
She then went back to wait outside Song Nan's bar in a dark corner with no surveillance cameras.
Although there were surveillance cameras everywhere, not every corner could be captured.
Gu Ning waited for 20 minutes before Leng Shaojia walked outside alone.
She was in a terrible mood right now, because Smith told her that he failed to get through to the killer.
Leng Shaojia went to the bar to drink, so she didn't drive, and instead took a taxi, so she needed to take a taxi back home too.
Gu Ning didn't follow her in another taxi. Instead, she began to run. There were people running in the night, so her behavior wasn't strange at all and wouldn't attract people's attention.
When Gu Ning made sure where Leng Shaojia was leaving for, she stopped a taxi and gave them the name of a city block.
Leng Shaojia's apartment was in that block, and Gu Ning had found out about it a long time ago.
Gu Ning wanted to arrive at the block earlier than Leng Shaojia, so she told the taxi driver to drive faster.
The taxi driver listened to her and soon overtook the taxi that Leng Shaojia was in. Therefore Gu Ning entered the living area before Leng Shaojia. There were many small living areas in that block, so cars from outside were allowed to drive in.
Gu Ning got off the taxi at the area where Leng Shaojia lived. However, only the residents were allowed to walk into the building, so Gu Ning had to wait outside.
Nevertheless, because Gu Ning already disguised herself as another person, she didn't bother to hide.
About two minutes later, Leng Shaojia arrived and took out a key while walking towards the door.
However, Gu Ning dashed to her all of a sudden, then punched and slapped her with great force.
Leng Shaojia had no idea what was happening and had to tolerate it.
People around them were scared by the scene, but nobody dared to stop Gu Ning.
Security guards in that living area found out about it at once, and ran over without delay.
Gu Ning finished quickly, because she didn't want other people to interfere. She wouldn't completely disable Leng Shaojia, but seriously injured her. Leng Shaojia would have to lie in a hospital bed for months.
After punching Leng Shaojia for a while, Gu Ning stepped on Leng Shaojia's waist and secretly put her magical power into Leng Shaojia's body. In that case, Leng Shaojia's waist would be painful for a long time.
Before the security guards came, Gu Ning left. She disappeared in seconds, so those security guards failed to catch her.
"F*ck…"
Leng Shaojia knelt on her knees on the ground with her hair in a mess. She couldn't move at all, because she felt sharp pain once she moved. She could only cry and moan in pain.
Because Leng Shaojia had offended many people in her life, she didn't think of Gu Ning right away.
Besides, she didn't think that Gu Ning would attack her in ambush because Gu Ning wasn't afraid of her at all. She thought that Gu Ning would attack her face to face if Gu Ning really wanted to hurt her.
Only those who were scared of her would attack her in ambush, but either way, Leng Shaojia didn't have any proof.
"Jesus, what grudge do they have against each other? It looks so serious."
"Who knows? Maybe this woman has stolen another woman's boyfriend or husband."
"It often happens."
"I hate mistresses, and they deserve a lesson."
"Right, maybe a married man bought her an apartment here."
"If she can afford an apartment here, she doesn't need to be a mistress."
"Right."
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Every onlooker believed that Leng Shaojia was a mistress, which annoyed her, but she could do nothing about it now.
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Chapter 1348: Jiang Shuyuan Cries
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Actually, Leng Shaojia would have preferred to faint right now so that she wouldn't feel the pain nor hear those onlookers' criticisms.
Even those security guards began to believe that Leng Shaojia was a mistress. They stood in a circle and looked at Leng Shaojia with disdain. However, they still called the police and an ambulance for her.
"Miss, can you tell me your family members' numbers? I can help you contact them," a security guard asked Leng Shaojia.
Unfortunately, Leng Shaojia couldn't move or speak at all.
In that case, they had to wait for the police.
About five minutes later, the police came.
Because Leng Shaojia couldn't move nor speak, a policewoman went to search for her information in her bag. She found Leng Shaojia's ID card and tried to contact Leng Shaojia's family.
Right at this moment, Leng Shaojia's phone rang and the caller was Shi Yanyan. Shi Yanyan called Leng Shaojia in order to ask her whether she was home safely.
The policewoman picked it up right away. "Hi, this is the police, may I know your relationship with the owner of this phone?"
Shi Yanyan thought that Leng Shaojia lost her phone, so she said, "I'm her friend. Did she lose her phone?"
"No, she's seriously injured outside where she lives. I need to contact her family, but she can't move or speak now. Can you help us with that?" the policewoman asked.
"What? Shaojia's seriously injured?" Shi Yanyan was shocked.
"Can you help us contact Miss Leng's family?" the policewoman asked again.
"I don't have her family's numbers, but I know the password of her phone," Shi Yanyan said.
After that, Shi Yanyan asked the policewoman whether Leng Shaojia was sent to the hospital yet, because she needed to visit her.
The policewoman told her to go to the nearby hospital, and that Leng Shaojia would be sent there soon.
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When the policewoman called Leng Shaojia's mother, it was already 11 pm and Jiang Shuyuan just lay down on the bed.
Leng Shaojia wasn't a kid anymore, and she had her own life, so Jiang Shuyuan didn't care whether she would come back to live with them. Leng Shaojia had her own apartment, so she could live wherever she wanted.
"Hey, babe," Jiang Shuyuan said once she answered the call from Leng Shaojia's phone.
"Hi, this is the police. Are you Leng Shaojia's mother?" the policewoman asked.
Hearing that, Jiang Shuyuan got nervous and sat up on the bed at once. "Yes, I am Leng Shaojia's mother. What has happened to my daughter?"
Jiang Shuyuan was anxious.
"Miss Leng was seriously injured outside where she lives. The ambulance will arrive soon and we'll send her to the nearby hospital," the policewoman said.
"What?" Jiang Shuyuan couldn't believe her ears. "Who did it? Is it serious?"
At the same time, she jumped up from the bed and put on her shoes.
Leng Yuanqian pushed the door of their bedroom open and heard Jiang Shuyuan's angry voice. "What's wrong?"
Jiang Shuyuan, however, wasn't in the mood to answer his question.
"We don't know who did it yet, and Miss Leng needs to have a check in the hospital, but she can't move or speak now," the policewoman said.
"I'll be right there!" Jiang Shuyuan said.
Without delay, Jiang Shuyuan began to change her clothing.
"What happened?" Leng Yuanqian asked again.
"Shaojis is seriously injured, and she'll be in the XX hospital later. Let's go now!" Jiang Shuyuan said. "Damn it! No matter who dared to do that to Shaojia, I'll pay them back!"
"What? Shaojia is seriously injured?" Leng Yuanqian was shocked as well.
Although he knew that Leng Shaojia had a bad temper and many enemies, she was his daughter after all and he would definitely defend his daughter.
When Jiang Shuyuan was done, they left the house in a hurry.
The rooms in the Leng family's old house were far away from each other, so Master Leng and Leng Yuanqian and his wife didn't hear their movements.
However, when they rushed out, some domestic servants saw them but they didn't dare to ask anything about it.
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A while later, Leng Shaojia was sent to the hospital.
A policeman stayed to check the surveillance cameras, while the policewoman went to the hospital with Leng Shaojia.
When Leng Shaojia arrived at the hospital, Leng Yuanqian and Jiang Shuyuan were still on their way. They didn't show up until Leng Shaojia finished the medical check.
When the policewoman saw Leng Yuanqian, she was stunned.
"Commissioner Leng?" She recognized Leng Yuanqian.
Leng Yuanqian was an important official in the country and he often showed his face on TV.
To the policewoman's astonishment, Leng Shaojia's father was Leng Yuanqian.
Leng Shaojia cried loudly the second she saw her parents. She couldn't utter a word, and could only whimper.
"My daughter, my dear daughter, who did this to you?" Jiang Shuyuan cried at once.
"Mrs. Leng, we'll find out as soon as possible." The policewoman made a promise right away.
Leng Shaojia was born in the Leng family, so the policewoman realized that it was a serious matter.
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Chapter 1349: Criminal Evidence
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
"How is she now?" Leng Yuanqian opened his mouth. He was a man of power, so everyone felt stressed standing around him.
"She only has external injuries, so she will be fine after resting for a week or two," a doctor said.
Although the doctor heard the policewoman call Leng Yuanqian, Commissioner Leng, he didn't know exactly how powerful Leng Yuanqian was, so he wasn't afraid of him.
The doctor failed to find out what Gu Ning had done to Leng Shaojia.
Leng Yuanqian and Jiang Shuyuan felt relieved when the doctor said that, but they were determined to find the criminal.
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When Gu Ning got home, Gao Yi and Qiao Ya were already back.
Qiao Ya didn't find any useful evidence in the Zeng family's house, but Gao Yi had found a lot in Chang Bingjian's home.
Chang Bingjian wasn't a model of probity at all!
For example, Chang Bingjian had accepted a bribe from the Zeng family and refused to deal with Peng Xinghao's case.
They believed that Peng Xinghao was simply an ordinary person without fame, wealth, or any influence. As long as they ignored him, he couldn't do anything about it. However, Gu Ning showed up.
With Gu Ning's help, Peng Xinghao was able to punish them.
Gao Yi found a notebook from the safe in Chang Bingjian's home, and there were records of what bribes he had accepted and for what reason. This notebook was like a time bomb, and it could ruin a lot of people's lives.
Gu Ning read through the notebook, and found that Chang Bingjian had accepted bribes of nearly two hundred million yuan. Other than money, he had also accepted many houses.
Once this notebook was exposed, Chang Bingjian would certainly be put in jail.
Those who had bribed him would also be punished according to the law.
Therefore, Gu Ning would make full use of it.
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The next day, K reported what he had found to Gu Ning once she arrived at the company.
K didn't find much useful information, but the notebook Gao Yi had gotten was enough for Gu Ning to unseat Chang Bingjian.
In a surveillance video, Chang Bingjian met Zeng Lichang's secretary, and the secretary gave him a carton of cigarettes.
Normally, corrupt officials accepted bribes in cash, because it was much safer.
Besides, they wouldn't show the cash in the open, and would instead put it in a box or something else to hide it. On the surface it looked like Chang Bingjian accepted a carton of cigarettes, which wasn't clear proof. However, K got Chang Bingjian's call records with Zeng Lichang.
It was true that Zeng Lichang had told Chang Bingjian to ignore Peng Xiaoman's report.
In addition, Gu Ning also had the voice recording of the arrogant policeman's conversation with Peng Xiaoman on the phone. The policeman made it very clear on the phone that the Zeng family had made a call to tell their director not to deal with this case.
Chang Bingjian also had a mistress and a love child.
If he was a businessman, it wouldn't be a serious problem, but he was an official. This time, Chang Bingjian was doomed to be put in jail.
Actually, if he did his job, Gu Ning wouldn't bother to collect his dirty secrets, but he didn't.
With the evidence and the injury report, Gu Ning went to the branch of the Public Security Bureau in the southern district.
Although she could use her influence to easily deal with it, she still wanted to see whether this branch was really protecting the Zeng family.
Since she decided to seek justice for Peng Xinghao, she had to deal with it in person.
The capital was a very large city with 10 districts in all. The largest district was the center district and the four major districts in the north, east, south, and west were near the city center.
Gu Ning now lived in the southern district.
A district in the capital was as large as a third-tier city, so it took Gu Ning almost half an hour to arrive at the branch from her company by car.
Gu Ning told Gao Yi to wait in the car, while Qiao Ya followed her.
Because of Gu Ning's outstanding appearances, she attracted much attention from the policemen inside.
"Miss, may I help?" A policeman who was about 34 years old walked to Gu Ning.
"I need to report an attack," Gu Ning said.
"What attack?" the policeman asked.
"My friend's younger brother was injured by someone with a fruit knife at 12 pm yesterday. He was seriously injured, but the police refused to deal with it even after my friend made several calls, so I came here in person," Gu Ning said politely.
"What? How is it possible? Miss, please wait a second," the policeman said in annoyance. After that, he turned to walk into the duty room.
There were two policemen in the duty room every week, and they were responsible for answering calls.
"Who was answering the calls at noon yesterday?" He questioned the two policemen.
"I was," a young policeman said.
Before the middle-aged policeman asked further about it, the young policeman continued, "Captain Zuo, the Zeng family is involved in this case, and made a call earlier on. The director told us to ignore it, so you better not interfere in it."
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Chapter 1350: Have a Private Talk
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
"What? The Zeng family? The director told us to ignore this case?" Zuo Anrong was surprised, then got angry. "So what? Don't forget that you're a policeman!"
The young policeman was scared when Zuo Anrong shouted at him. "Captain Zuo, if you're not afraid of the director, you can deal with this case yourself, but I won't." He was only a young policeman, and didn't dare to act against the director.
"I will!" Zuo Anrong said and walked out. He was afraid of the director as well, but he hated it when the police chose to side with the evil powerful people against the innocent poor people. It was a common phenomenon in today's society, and he was aware of that.
Once Zuo Anrong walked out, the young policeman called Chang Bingjian and reported it to him.
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Zuo Anrong walked to Gu Ning later and said, "Miss, please wait for a while. I'll deal with it myself."
Gu Ning heard Zuo Anrong's argument with the young policeman in the duty room, and she was very satisfied with his behavior. There were indeed good policemen.
Although Gu Ning didn't know Zuo Anrong's rank in the police system, his behavior proved that he was a good policeman.
"Are you sure that you can handle it? I don't think your director will allow you to investigate it," Gu Ning said.
"I'm only an unimportant policeman, and I'm no match for the director, but I can report it to the deputy director," Zuo Anrong said. It seemed that he wasn't worried about it at all.
There was always competition for power in any institution. The director and the deputy director of this branch never got along with each other. The deputy director had the ambition to replace the director, but he didn't have the ability to do it.
In fact, he just hadn't found anything on the director yet.
Chang Bingjian had the Chang family's support, and the deputy director also had support from a senior leader in the capital.
As long as the deputy director could find criminal evidence about Chang Bingjian, his supporters would help him unseat Chang Bingjian. This case could be a great chance for them to do that.
Zuo Anrong was aware of the disagreement between the director and the deputy director. He knew that they were scheming against each other, but he wasn't in their factions. He simply hated evil people.
Since the director was unwilling to deal with this case, he would report it to the deputy director.
Gu Ning understood that Chang Bingjian must have a disagreement with the deputy director after hearing Zuo Anrong's explanation, so she thought that it wasn't a bad idea.
"Great." Gu Ning nodded with satisfaction. However, when she was about to say something else, a male voice interrupted her. "Zuo Anrong…" Hearing the voice, everyone turned to have a look, and Chang Bingjian showed up.
Chang Bingjian came in a hurry to stop Zuo Anrong. He was angry when he heard that Zuo Anrong was going to report this case to the deputy director.
The other policemen in the branch moved aside at once, in case the director vented his anger at them.
"Director Chang," Zuo Anrong greeted Chang Bingjian as usual, but didn't show any respect this time. After all, what Chang Bingjian had done was totally unacceptable in Zuo Anrong's eyes. However, he was only a captain of a small police team, while Chang Bingjian was the director, so he had to curb his anger.
"I need you to deal with something right now," Chang Bingjian said on purpose.
Zuo Anrong knew it very well, but he couldn't act against the director, so he said, "Yes, sir."
Afterwards, Chang Bingjian turned to look at Gu Ning. "Miss, can we have a private talk about it?" He planned to threaten Gu Ning.
Hearing that, Zuo Anrong looked at Gu Ning with worries, but Gu Ning stayed as calm as always. She didn't think that it was dangerous, because she could handle it herself. In addition, Gu Ning was curious to know how Chang Bingjian would talk with her. "No problem!"
Gu Ning and Qiao Ya then followed Chang Bingjian to his office.
Zuo Anrong was concerned, but he could say nothing at this moment.
The deputy director was on a business trip, and nobody knew when he would come back. Therefore, he had to wait and see what would happen.
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Chang Bingjian seated himself in the office, trying to take Gu Ning and Qiao Ya a notch down. However, neither Gu Ning nor Qiao Ya was frightened by him.
Chang Bingjian focused on their reactions, and was surprised that neither of them were afraid of him.
"Tell me, what happened?" Chang Bingjian purposely asked Gu Ning, although he already had the answer.
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