1161 Zhou Mingkang“s Girlfriend
Once Zhou Zhengtang left, the others walked away too, and Zhou Zhenghong went into the store.
The staff inside the store witnessed everything, and everyone was mad at Zhou Zhengtang. They had seen many shameless relatives before, but Zhou Zhengtang’s behavior was still beyond their imagination.
They worked for Jade Beauty Jewelry, so they were aware that Zhou Zhenghong was an important shareholder of it, but they wouldn’t say it aloud.
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When Zhou Zhengtang went back home in anger, his wife understood that they failed again, but she still asked, “How is it?”
“He refused to buy a house and a car for us! He even embarrassed me in public by saying that he has already paid a lot for us before. Why does he have to be so mean? He’s rich enough to afford it after all,” Zhou Zhengtang said. He still believed that he had done nothing wrong, and it was all Zhou Zhenghong’s fault.
“How could he do that? Does he think he’s better than us just because he’s rich?” Zhou Zhengtang’s wife said.
She made it sound as if Zhou Zhenghong had taken advantage of them.
Zhou Zhengtang and her wife were the same kind of people. Both of them were extremely selfish and greedy.
However, they didn’t notice that their son, Zhou Mingkang, and their son’s fiancée, Li Fei, heard their conversation at this moment.
Li Fei was struck dumb for a second, and it took a long while for her to digest it. She was surprised by her future parents-in-law’s shamelessness.
She was going to marry Zhou Mingkang, but Zhou Mingkang’s parents asked his uncle for a free house and car.
In fact, Li Fei never asked for a house and a car before they got married, because she knew that they weren’t rich, and she also decided to fight for it along with Zhou Mingkang. After all, they worked in a public institution with decent pay and good social welfare.
Therefore, as long as they could afford the down payment, it wasn’t difficult for them to buy a house by getting a mortgage.
They had only joined the workforce for a year, so their salaries weren’t very high, but their salaries could increase over time.
Li Fei was scared by Zhou Zhengtang and his wife. She didn’t think that she could live a happy life with them if she married into such a family. Although Zhou Mingkang’s parents did it for them, she disliked their way of thinking.
Even Zhou Mingkang was shocked by his parents’ conversation. He disliked his parents’ values and behavior too, but he wouldn’t blame them because they were his parents.
Li Fei, however, was different. She hadn’t married into the family yet, and she found that she couldn’t accept their values.
“Mingkang, I can’t stand this, I think we should end our relationship,” she said to Zhou Mingkang with a serious expression.
After that, she turned around and walked away without hesitation. Li Fei was determined, because it wasn’t the first time that she had been disgusted by the words or behavior of Zhou Mingkang’s parents.
Although Zhou Mingkang’s parents already accepted her as their future daughter-in-law, she sensed that there was something wrong with his parents’ values when they spent some time together.
Li Fei wasn’t satisfied, but she thought she was going to marry Zhou Mingkang, not his parents, so she tolerated it. In addition, people all had shortcomings. Nevertheless, what Zhou Mingkang’s parents had said and done today was totally unacceptable in her eyes.
She still loved Zhou Mingkang, but she had to make a choice now. She couldn’t be happy if she married into such a family.
They couldn’t afford a house right now, so she would have to live with Zhou Mingkang’s parents for years. In that case, she would have endless conflict with his parents. It wasn’t the marriage or life she wanted.
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Zhou Zhengtang and his wife were surprised when they heard Li Fei’s voice and they turned to look at the door. They didn’t think that they were wrong, and they were annoyed by Li Fei’s attitude.
“Feifei!” Zhou Mingkang stopped Li Fei at once by pulling her hand. He also loved Li Fei very much, and was unwilling to lose her.
“What did you just say?” Zhou Mingkang’s mother questioned her. She accepted Li Fei as her future daughter-in-law, but it didn’t mean that she would treat Li Fei very well as a member of her family. In her eyes, a daughter-in-law was always an outsider. Besides, she believed that she was more important than her daughter-in-law.
“Mom, stop it now,” Zhou Mingkang said and frowned.
1162 For Your Own Good
“What? Did I say anything wrong? She hasn’t married into our family yet, and she already dares to criticize me!” Zhou Mingkang’s mother said.
“Mom, don’t say that.” Zhou Mingkang tried to stop his mother. He was displeased because of his mother’s words, and he didn’t want his girlfriend to dump him right before their wedding.
Zhou Mingkang thought that it was nothing personal, and it was obviously his parents’ fault.
“You don’t need to worry about that, because I’m not going to marry into your family!” Li Fei said with determination and struggled to get rid of Zhou Mingkang’s hand.
“Feifei, don’t.” Zhou Mingkang held Li Fei’s hand tight.
“Mingkang, let her go. You can find someone better than her!” Zhou Mingkang’s mother said with arrogance. In her eyes, Li Fei didn’t deserve her son.
“Mom!” Zhou Mingkang was mad. He didn’t understand why his mother became so unreasonable all of a sudden. Actually, it only proved that Zhou Mingkang didn’t know his parents well.
The truth was that Zhou Zhenghong had helped his parents a lot before, so Zhou Mingkang wasn’t aware of how greedy his parents were.
Once Zhou Zhenghong lost everything, his parents kept a distance from Zhou Zhenghong. And when Zhou Zhenghong got rich again, their parents finally showed their real colors.
Zhou Mingkang knew nothing about what his parents had done before, or he would feel utterly embarrassed.
“Enough, let her go! We don’t welcome her here,” Zhou Zhengtang said in anger. He was in a terrible mood now, and Li Fei’s attitude irritated him.
“Dad!” Zhou Mingkang felt helpless.
“Zhou Mingkang, let me go!” Li Fei was furious.
“Mingkang, let her go!” Zhou Zhengtang and his wife gave an order.
“I’ll go with you, and we can have a talk in private,” Zhou Mingkang said. He knew that they couldn’t stay at his home any longer.
However, his mother stopped him. “You should stay, and let her go. If you dare to leave with her, you’re forbidden from coming back again.”
“Mom!” Zhou Mingkang raised his voice.
“Mingkang, stay home today, and don’t go anywhere,” Zhou Zhengtang said and pulled Zhou Mingkang over with great force.
“Dad.” Zhou Mingkang almost had a breakdown at this time. He even blamed himself for going back home today.
Li Fei seized this chance and got rid of his hand, then left without turning around at all.
Zhou Mingkang could only watch her leaving.
“Mom, dad, how could you ask my uncle for a house and a car? Feifei didn’t ask for that, and my uncle already bought this apartment for us. He’s very nice to us,” Zhou Mingkang said when Li Fei was gone.
Hearing that, Zhou Zhengtang shouted, “He’s my younger brother and he has enough money to buy an apartment for me.”
Zhou Mingkang thought that it was ridiculous. It wasn’t a younger brother’s duty to support his older brother even if he was rich.
However, his father took it for granted.
Zhou Mingkang didn’t know what to say, because his father was too old to change his way of thinking.
“We want a house for your own good. Don’t you know the housing price is incredibly high right now? We can’t afford a house ourselves.” Zhou Mingkang’s mother argued.
Although they had an apartment, they still wanted a house.
“Enough! Why don’t you simply admit that you’re greedy? Do you think your behavior is reasonable? It’s amoral. I don’t want my colleagues or friends to know I have such parents. They’ll despise me!” Zhou Mingkang lost his temper.
He didn’t want his parents’ behavior to affect his job. He could tolerate his parents, but other people wouldn’t.
Zhou Zhengtang and his wife closed their mouths at once, because they knew how powerful rumors were.
Actually, Zhou Mingkang’s mother loved gossiping, and she always talked about other people’s private lives with her friends.
If other people knew what they had done, their family’s reputation would be damaged. What was worse, it would affect her son’s career in the public institution as well. Therefore, Zhou Mingkang’s mother stopped arguing.
Zhou Mingkang was full of anger. Since Zhou Zhengtang forbade him to leave home, he could only lock himself in his room and called Li Fei at once, but Li Fei refused to answer his calls.
Zhou Mingkang had to give up calling in the end, then threw his phone on his bed. Because his bed was soft, his phone wasn’t damaged at all.
Chapter 1163 Han Wenling Calls
He didn’t blame Li Fei for breaking up with him, because he couldn’t tolerate his parents’ behavior either.He only felt like he probably wasn’t that important in Li Fei’s eyes. He thought that it was enough that they loved each other, but Li Fei had a different opinion.
They had to live with Zhou Mingkang’s parents after getting married, and it was unavoidable to have conflict.
Li Fei went straight back to her own home, and talked about it with her parents.
Although her family weren’t as rich as Zhou Mingkang’s family, her parents had principles.
Li Fei didn’t want to marry Zhou Mingkang, and her parents supported her.
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At 2 pm, Gu Ning received a call from an acquaintance.
“Miss Gu, this is Han Wenling. We met each other at your parents’ wedding last time,” a woman said once Gu Ning picked up the call.
Han Wenling was very polite to Gu Ning, and she didn’t take Gu Ning lightly just because she was very young, because she knew that Gu Ning was too outstanding to be despised.
Han Wenling?
Gu Ning was a little surprised that she would call her. She was curious to know why Han Wenling suddenly called her.
Because it was very easy for Han Wenling to get her phone number, Gu Ning didn’t feel like it was strange.
“Hi, Miss Han, may I help?” Gu Ning asked nicely. She thought that Han Wenling wasn’t a bad person.
Although Han Wenling had mocked Gu Man and annoyed Gu Ning before, it wasn’t unforgivable. Gu Ning actually didn’t mind, because Han Wenling was a smart woman.
“Well, I tried the ointment you sent me last time, and it’s quite effective. I found out that Colaine is yours afterwards, and I have an idea to cooperate with you,” Han Wenling said.
In fact, when she found out that Gu Ning was the owner of Colaine, she was really surprised.
Colaine was a very successful medical brand on the market after all. Its customers all left positive comments about it.
It was the right way to make a fortune!
Han Wenling knew the competition to cooperate must be fierce, but she still wanted to try.
“Miss Han, can you tell me your plan?” Gu Ning asked. She was willing to sell Han Wenling some products if Han Wenling wanted to open a store, but she wouldn’t allow Han Wenling to produce the products.
“I plan to establish a factory in City Q to produce the medical and skincare products of this brand,” Han Wenling said.
Gu Ning frowned. She actually had the feeling that Han Wenling would say that, so she wasn’t surprised.
Han Wenling was a successful entrepreneur herself, and a small pharmacy couldn’t satisfy her need of making a fortune.
“Um, I’m sorry, Miss Han. If you want to open a pharmacy and purchase products from my company, we’d love to cooperate with you, but I can’t agree with you wanting to establish a factory,” Gu Ning said.
“Why? It’s a win-win for both of us.” It wasn’t a surprising answer, because Han Wenling had called Ning Changkai before, and Ning Changkai turned her down too.
Ning Changkai didn’t tell her the specific reason, but just told her that cooperating with another company to produce their products was not allowed.
Gu Ning had set the rule for Ning Changkai, so Ning Changkai worked according to it.
Han Wenling called Gu Ning afterwards only hoping that Gu Ning might change her mind.
Even though she wasn’t familiar with Gu Ning, they had met each other once before. She wasn’t confident that Gu Ning would agree, but she was unwilling to give up.
“I don’t want other people to share the brand founded by me,” Gu Ning said.
Gu Ning’s attitude was quite obvious, so Han Wenling didn’t insist. “Fine, I understand.”
Since Gu Ning disagreed, Han Wenling didn’t say anything further about it.
“Miss Gu, I do admire your skills of running a business, and I hope that you can forgive me for my previous behavior. If you don’t mind, we can stay in touch,” Han Wenling said.
Han Wenling indeed wanted to make friends with Gu Ning. She wasn’t annoyed at Gu Ning just because Gu Ning was Tang Yunfan’s daughter.
“Miss Han, I don’t mind it at all, and it’s my honor to be your friend,” Gu Ning said.
Han Wenling was a woman of high social status, and it wasn’t a bad thing for Gu Ning to have a good relationship with her.
Although she didn’t know much about Han Wenling, she was willing to get familiar with her.
Han Wenling was cheered up. “Great, Miss Gu, please do call me if you visit City Q next time. We must meet up sometime.”
“Sure, no problem,” Gu Ning said.
After that, they hung up the call.
Chapter 1164 Not an Advertisemen
A short while later, Gu Ning received Bai Xueyan’s call.Bai Xueyan called Gu Ning because she had obviously heard that Gu Ning was in City G.
It was a Sunday, and Bai Xueyan was free from school, so she hung out with her friends that morning.
When she came home, she found her grandfather, Master Bai, in a very good mood, so she asked for the reason.
Master Bai then told her that Gu Ning was in City G now and Bai Xueyan went to call Gu Ning at once.
The moment Gu Ning answered her call, she complained in annoyance, “Gu Ning, why didn’t you tell me that you’re in City G now? Aren’t we friends?”
“I called Grandpa Bai this morning, but you weren’t home. I didn’t want to interrupt you, so I didn’t call you. We can see each other later,” Gu Ning said.
“Alright,” Bai Xueyan said and her anger was relieved.
“Where are you right now?” she asked.
“I’m in a café. Do you want to meet me earlier?” Gu Ning asked.
It was only 3:30 pm, and their appointed time was 6 pm.
Gu Ning had nothing else to deal with, so she went to have a seat with Gao Yi and Qiao Ya in a café.
“Sure! Tell me the address. I’m coming!” Bai Xueyan’s eyes lit up.
Gu Ning then told Bai Xueyan the location of the café, and Bai Xueyan arrived in 20 minutes.
“Gu Ning, who are they?” Bai Xueyan didn’t know Gao Yi and Qiao Ya, so she asked Gu Ning.
“They’re both my secretaries and bodyguards, Gao Yi and Qiao Ya,” Gu Ning said.
“Hi, nice to meet you!” Bai Xueyan greeted them.
Although they were just secretaries and bodyguards, Bai Xueyan still showed her respect.
“Nice to meet you too, Miss Bai,” Gao Yi and Qiao Yan politely said.
After that, Gu Ning began to chat with Bai Xueyan.
Bai Xueyan mentioned Allan in their conversation, and that she hadn’t seen him for a long time.
Gu Ning thought that Allan must be busy dealing with his business, because he was the president of Technology Company G of Country Y after all.
Bai Xueyan didn’t know that Allan was running a large company. She thought that he was only an ordinary businessman.
Gu Ning smiled and said nothing further about Allan. In Allan’s eyes, Bai Xueyan was simply a naughty child.
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When it was almost the appointed time, they went to the restaurant together.
As the host, Gu Ning was supposed to arrive earlier than her guests, so she arrived at 5:20 pm.
Master Bai and his friends came at 5:30 pm.
They greeted each other the second they met one another.
“Girl Gu, I heard your business is growing increasingly big, and the famous clothing brand, Charm, is also yours, right?” Master Fu asked.
They had learned about it from the news conference.
“Ha-ha, Girl Gu is a talented businesswoman. I’m not surprised that her business could be so successful,” Master Bai said with great pride.
It sounded as if Gu Ning was his granddaughter.
After talking for a while, Gu Ning told Gao Yi to present the gifts she prepared for Master Bai and the other masters.
“You already invite us to share this meal together. Why did you still bring gifts for us,” Master Bai said.
Gu Ning smiled. “Well, these are bottles of nutritious liquid for aged people produced by Colaine, and they are good for your health.”
Gu Ning bought them from the Colaine store in City G.
“There is nutritious liquid for different people of different ages as well, so you can let your family members try it if you think it’s effective,” Gu Ning said.
It wasn’t an advertisement, Gu Ning said that for the sake of their health.
“I’ve heard of Colaine, and many people say its medical and skincare products are really good,” Bai Xueyan said.
Bai Xueyan often surfed on the Internet, so she read a lot of news about Colaine, but she didn’t know that Gu Ning was its boss.
“Yeah, they’re indeed very good, and you can tell your mother to try Kouzi,” Gu Ning said.
Gu Ning had everything in the telepathic eye space, but she couldn’t take out a set of skincare products from it right now. Anyway, Kouzi wasn’t expensive, and Mrs. Bai could afford it.
Although Kouzi was going to be an International high-end brand, its current prices were still acceptable for most consumers.
“Sure!” Bai Xueyan said.
Since it was Gu Ning’s recommendation, Bai Xueyan easily accepted it.
“Girl Gu, does Colaine belong to you too?” Master Yan suddenly asked.
Hearing that, the others turned to look at Gu Ning with surprise.
Gu Ning smiled and said, “Right, Colaine belongs to me, but I didn’t come here today to do an ad for it. It really is very effective, so I recommended it to you all.”
She sincerely hoped that her friends could be healthy and beautiful at the same time.
Chapter 1165 A Body Thrown into the River
The others were surprised, not because Colaine belonged to Gu Ning, but because Gu Ning owned another company within such a short time. Her business empire grew too fast!“Wow, you own another company so quickly!” Master Bai said in surprise.
“Right, and it seems quite profitable,” Master Fu said.
“You’re indeed a talented businesswoman!” Master Yan said.
Since it was Gu Ning’s company, they believed that this product had to be very effective.
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During the meal, they enjoyed talking with each other in a relaxed atmosphere.
At the beginning, Bai Xueyan could join their conversation, but she was gradually ignored, so she turned to enjoy the food by herself.
When they were about to separate, Bai Xueyan asked Gu Ning, “Gu Ning, when will you leave City G?”
“Tomorrow. I’ll go to City B and stay there for a few days before I go back to my school for the National College Entrance Examination,” Gu Ning said.
Hearing that, Master Bai and the others realized that Gu Ning was still a student and that she was about to attend the National College Entrance Examination.
They wished Gu Ning all the best before they left.
Gu Ning then told Gao Yi to drive her to Clean Water Blue Sky before they went back to the hotel.
She got out of the car at the gate of Clean Water Blue Sky, but she didn’t want to go back to her apartment right away. Instead, she took a taxi and headed to a river.
The jiao hadn’t touched water for a long time, and Gu Ning thought that she should let it out to have some fresh air.
It was May, and it was still a little hot, so there were many people wandering by the river to cool themselves down.
Gu Ning planned to set the jiao into the river, and she had to do that in a place where there were no other people around her. Therefore, she walked downstream.
All of a sudden, a woman stopped her. “Hey, young girl, stop there! Are you walking downstream? If so, you better give it up. It’s not safe there. A girl did the same thing not long ago after being dumped by her boyfriend, but she was raped by a man and her body was thrown into the river. Nobody knows where the criminal is right now.”
Knowing that, Gu Ning put on a serious face. She hated rapists, and had sympathy for the victim.
“Thank you so much for your kindness. I won’t go there,” Gu Ning said.
The woman felt relieved and kindly reminded Gu Ning to go home early.
After the woman was gone, Gu Ning continued to walk downstream. Ordinary people might be scared of a place where a person was just killed, but Gu Ning didn’t mind it at all.
She let the jiao out once there was nobody around her.
The jiao swam into the river without delay and Gu Ning went to have a seat by the river.
However, the jiao emerged from the river after a short while and said to Gu Ning, “My master, there is a female ghost under the river, but she was scared away by me.”
Gu Ning was struck dumb for a second.
The female ghost could be the innocent girl’s ghost!
It was just Gu Ning’s guess, and it could be other people’s ghosts. However, since there was a female ghost in the river, Gu Ning decided to check it herself.
As time went by, Gu Ning began to take it as her duty to wipe out all kinds of monsters and ghosts. It was kind of her destiny. She always ran into monsters and ghosts, and they were bad for ordinary human beings.
In addition, she found that there was a strong energy inside her body that increased every time she eliminated a monster or a ghost. She couldn’t figure it out, but felt that it was beneficial.
“I’ll put you into the telepathic eye space now, and then let you out again when I find the female ghost,” Gu Ning said.
“No problem,” the jiao said.
After that, Gu Ning put on a wetsuit and dived into the river.
Since the female ghost was already scared away by the jiao, she wouldn’t be nearby, but she wouldn’t be far away either.
Gu Ning released her magical power at once to attract the female ghost.
Smelling the magical power, the female ghost went to Gu Ning without hesitation.
The female ghost was about 20, dressed in a white summer dress with her hair tied into a ponytail.
It was filled with negative feelings, but the Yin she was covered in wasn’t dark, which meant that she had only been dead for a short time. The Yin was produced by her hatred after her death.
Gu Ning was now sure that this girl was the innocent victim that the woman told her about.
The female ghost stopped when it was three meters away from Gu Ning.
It stopped, not because it knew Gu Ning was very powerful, but because it didn’t want to hurt human beings.
The female ghost was surprised that the magical power came from a human, instead of an object. It thought that the object with magical power might be on Gu Ning’s body.
Gu Ning knew what the female ghost was thinking, and she thought that it was very kind.
“Are you the girl who was raped and killed not a long ago?” Gu Ning asked.