Chapter 1371: Meet the Fortune-teller Again
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Chen Darong was surprised when he learned that it was a scheme.
Xiangyun Antique-store was very popular and many people were jealous of it, but it had Master Jiang’s and Master Xu’s support, so its enemies only dared to scheme against it.
Ordinary people wouldn’t know that it was an evil antique. Even experienced antique experts couldn’t distinguish it from other normal antiques.
If Chen Darong didn’t have Gu Ning’s help, he could have lost his life. In that case, they had to stay alert.
Gu Ning didn’t rush to leave before she finished what she needed to deal with here. Gao Yi was back yet, so she needed to wait for him.
Because of the problem Chen Darong encountered, she came in a hurry, and didn’t have much time to walk around the antique street. Therefore, Gu Ning told Chen Darong to call her once Gao Yi was back, because she needed to have a walk outside.
After that, Gu Ning left with Qiao Ya. However, before she could find a good antique, she ran into someone she didn’t want to see again.
That person was the fortune-teller.
Because Gu Ning didn’t want to see him, she immediately turned around to walk away.
Nevertheless, the fortune-teller already saw her and caught up to her excitedly.
“Hey, miss, why did you turn around the second you saw me?” The fortune-teller shouted at Gu Ning’s back.
“I don’t want to see you,” Gu Ning said in annoyance.
“Why?” the fortune-teller asked.
“I hate medium psychics like you.” Gu Ning was a little rude.
“Why?” the fortune-teller asked again.
“Although I’m wandering around, I’m not a terrible man, and my fortune-telling is very accurate,” he added.
“That’s none of my business, and please stay away from me.” Gu Ning lost patience.
Hearing that, the fortune-teller stumbled and almost fell.
“How could you be so rude to an old man?” He was angry.
“Stay away from me, please,” Gu Ning said.
“Miss, I’m really good at fortune-telling. Can you give me a chance?” The fortune-teller thought that Gu Ning disliked him because she thought he was a liar.
“No need, thanks,” Gu Ning said.
“Boss, you can leave first, and I’ll stop him,” Qiao Ya said.
“What?” The fortune-teller turned to glare at Qiao Ya.
Gu Ning, instead, agreed at once. “Great!”
Without delay, she walked away, while the fortune-teller was stopped by Qiao Ya. He began to fight back, but he was no match for Qiao Ya, so he had to watch Gu Ning walking away.
“You…” He was furious, but still shouted to Gu Ning’s back. “You can’t avoid me forever, and I’m determined to tell your fortune!” Gu Ning’s fortune was so special that he was reluctant to give up.
However, their argument attracted much attention from passers-by. People had a bad impression of fortune-tellers, so they all began to criticize him.
“He’s just a liar.”
“Right, he simply wants money.”
“He will deceive you into doing something meaningless and useless.”
“I agree.”
“…”
Many liars disguised themselves as fortune-tellers for money, so many people hated them.
“You…” The fortune-teller was mad and felt humiliated. However, he had to admit that many people had been deceived by liars who disguised themselves as fortune-tellers. Therefore, he gave up arguing with them and left in anger.
After that, Qiao Ya also walked away.
Actually, the fortune-teller didn’t walk far away, but hid himself in a corner. He tried to find Gu Ning by following Qiao Ya.
Qiao Ya was a professional killer, and soon noticed that the fortune-teller was following her. Given Qiao Ya’s ability, it was super easy for her to get rid of him.
Within a minute, the fortune-teller lost Qiao Ya. He was angry at himself when Qiao Ya disappeared in his sight.
Unfortunately, there were too many people at the antique street, and it was impossible for him to find Qiao Ya again.
After getting rid of the fortune-teller, Qiao Ya went back to Xiangyun Antique-store, but Gao Yi was still absent.
Gu Ning went to the second floor of Xiangyun Antique-store in case the fortune-teller saw her again. She used her Jade Eyes to see where the fortune-teller was so that she could avoid him later.
The fortune-teller walked down to the end of this street. When Gu Ning’s sight fell on his body for two seconds, he suddenly stopped and turned around to look at the direction of Xiangyun Antique-store.
Gu Ning was scared and withdrew her sight. Was it possible that the fortune-teller could sense her look? There was a long distance between them! Was it just a coincidence?
Chapter 1372: Don’t Care About the Credit
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Gu Ning thought that it couldn’t be a coincidence, so she thought this fortune-teller was very dangerous.
About 20 minutes later, Gao Yi was back.
The man Gao Yi followed went back home after he left the antique street. He made a call and said everyone was fine in the Xiangyun Antique-store on the phone afterwards. Except for that, he said nothing more.
Gu Ning realized that this man must have something to do with the evil blue and white porcelain. However, it seemed this man was paid by someone else to cause Xiangyun Antique-store trouble.
When it was done, Gu Ning and her two bodyguards left.
It was time for lunch after they left the antique street, they went to dine together first before they went back to the company.
…
During the meal, Gu Ning received a call from Tang Quanjun.
He told her that the court would deal with this case at 2 pm that afternoon because Chang Bingjian already confessed to his crimes. However, they needed the original of Chang Bingjian’s notebook, so he hoped that Gu Ning could give it to him.
Gu Ning agreed, and decided to meet him later. If it was possible, she also wanted to sit in on the case.
It was 12:30 pm when Gu Ning finished lunch.
There was always a traffic jam in the capital, so Gu Ning set off right away to the court.
When Gu Ning finally arrived, it was only half an hour from the beginning of the trail.
She called Tang Quanjun the second she arrived. Tang Quanjun said that he would come in a few minutes.
Gu Ning then waited for him at the parking lot.
A few minutes later, Tang Quanjun came and Gu Ning got out of her car with Qiao Ya, while Gao Yi stayed inside.
Right when Tang Quanjun was about to call Gu Ning, he saw her walking towards him.
“Hi, Miss Gu.” Tang Quanjun politely greeted Gu Ning. He thought that it wasn’t a bad thing if he could draw Gu Ning over to his side.
“Nice to see you again.” Gu Ning also smiled at him.
Gu Ning understood that Tang Quanjun must have learned a lot about her achievements from his attitude. Without delay, she gave Tang Quanjun the original notebook.
“Miss Gu, thank you so much for your help, you’ve done a lot for us in this case,” Tang Quanjun said.
“I don’t care about the credit, and I just hope those guilty people can be punished according to the law,” Gu Ning said. She knew Tang Quanjun had support from other more important officials, because he alone couldn’t handle it properly.
Gu Ning didn’t mind it at all. At the same time, she wanted to protect herself by hiding her effort in this case.
Even though the Chang family didn’t stand out for Chang Bingjian this time, it wouldn’t give up getting revenge on those who put him in jail. If the Chang family found out that Gu Ning was also involved, she might be in trouble.
Xi Youheng actually already reported this case to Leng Yuanzhen, because Leng Yuanzhen had an important position in the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
When Leng Yuanzhen learned that Gu Ning had gotten Chang Bingjian’s notebook of bribery, he was astonished. And although Leng Yuanzhen was aware of it now, he didn’t tell anyone else, including Master Leng.
Leng Yuanzhen didn’t tell Xi Youheng about Gu Ning’s relationship with the Leng family either, because it wasn’t necessary.
“It’s hot outside. Let’s get in now,” Tang Quanjun said.
“Sure.” Gu Ning agreed.
They walked into the court building and sat in the lounge.
“You can sit with me where the audience seats are, and you don’t need to attend it yourself. We have clear evidence about Chang Bingjian’s crimes, so it’ll be done today,” Tang Quanjun said.
“No problem.” Gu Ning nodded.
The Chang family didn’t show up at the court, but Chang Bingjian’s family did. His father, older brother, younger sister, wife, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law all came.
When they saw Tang Quanjun, they looked angry, because they blamed him for everything. In their eyes, it was Tang Quanjun who put Chang Bingjian in jail.
The notebook was the key evidence in this case, and Tang Quanjun reported it to his leader without hesitation.
Chang Bingjian and Tang Quanjun were opponents in politics, so there was no reason for Tang Quanjun to hesitate to do that.
Actually, if Tang Quanjun was in trouble, Chang Bingjian would do the same thing to throw him in jail. Luckily, Tang Quanjun was comparatively honest and upright.
There was no absolutely honest official in politics. Sometimes, an honest official would be forced to take some gifts and do some favors for people.
Chapter 1373: Master Chang
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It was legal to receive some small gifts, as long as they weren’t too expensive. There was no perfect person or official in this world.
Not everyone in the same faction as the Leng family was completely honest, but most of the Leng family’s allies were good officials, like Tang Quanjun and Xi Youheng.
The style of the members in a faction relied on their supporters. If their supporters had no intention to break the law, they wouldn’t do it either, and vice versa.
Gu Ning wouldn’t hesitate to help the Leng family get rid of a corrupt official if she found any in the same faction as it.
Tang Quanjun didn’t bother to face Chang Bingjian’s family, and he simply gave them a glance. Chang Bingjian’s family, on the contrary, walked towards him in great anger.
“Tang Quanjun, you…” Chang Bingjian’s younger sister, Chang Qiwei, began to shout at Tang Quanjun once she walked near, but Master Chang stopped her. “Shut your mouth!”
Chang Qiwei was unwilling to do that, but she had to listen to her father.
It was not only Chang Qiwei; the other family members of Chang Bingjian also glared at him.
“Deputy Director Tang, good for you!” Chang Bingjian’s father said in a very unkind tone.
“I’m flattered, Master Chang,” Tang Quanjun said calmly.
Chang Bingjian’s father was the younger brother of the leading role in the Chang family, and other people called him Master Chang when his older brother was absent. However, Master Chang and his older brother didn’t share the same mother, because their father had a wife and several concubines.
Back in the old time, it was very common for a rich man to have a wife and concubines. As a result, Master Chang had a neither bad nor good relationship with his older brother.
His older brother had actually helped his family a lot. Because they were a family after all, they worked together to bring glory to their family.
The direct line of descent of the Chang family abandoned Chang Bingjian because his crimes were totally unacceptable.
Master Chang didn’t want to see the result, but he understood it, so he didn’t complain about it at all. He was reluctant to affect the Chang family.
Chang Bingjian’s family was mad at Tang Quanjun, so they sat far away from him. However, they still glared at Tang Quanjun once in a while.
In fact, Chang Bingjian’s family was aware of the cruelty of the competition in politics. Enemies always acted against each other.
Nevertheless, one of its members was in big trouble now, so they were quite angry. Besides, if Chang Bingjian was put in jail, his family would lose a lot too.
When it was only 10 minutes away from 2 pm, the gate of the courtroom opened, and people walked inside one after another.
Tang Quanjun and Gu Ning sat on the right side, while Chang Bingjian’s family sat on the left side.
Once it was 2 pm, Chang Bingjian was brought to the court. His eyes were full of hatred when he saw Gu Ning and Tang Quanjun.
Even though he already confessed to his crimes, it didn’t mean that he would stop hating Tang Quanjun and Gu Ning.
The judge came later, and the trial began.
Because Chang Bingjian had confessed to his crimes, the trial was over within an hour.
It was impossible for him to deny his crimes, so he had to accept the result.
Because Chang Bingjian had accepted too many bribes, he was directly sentenced to death. Actually, as long as the number of bribes was over tens of million yuan, the official would be sentenced to death.
Chang Bingjian had accepted over two hundred million yuan this time.
Hearing the sentence, Chang Bingjian’s wife fainted and Master Chang was also shocked. Even Chang Bingjian couldn’t believe his ears.
“No, no, it’s impossible!” Chang Qiwei said out loud.
They knew that Chang Bingjian had seriously broken the law, but they still believed that Chang Bingjian could survive because of his close relationship with the Chang family. They planned to get Chang Bingjian out of jail when the Chang family pushed its people to the most powerful position in this country.
It was much better than staying in jail forever. However, Chang Bingjian was directly sentenced to death!
Chang Bingjian’s family refused to accept the result, but there was nothing they could do now. It was already done.
Chang Bingjian was taken away later, and his family had to leave. Because Chang Bingjian’s wife already passed out, his older brother carried her on his back, and Master Chang was supported by Chang Qiwei’s husband when they walked outside.
Since the trial was over, Gu Ning also left.
Chang Bingjian’s family still glared at Tang Quanjun once Tang Quanjun showed up.
Chang Qiwei ran to Tang Quanjun and shouted at him when they were out of the court.
“Tang Quanjun, it’s all your fault! You’ve ruined…” She even wanted to slap Tang Quanjun.
“Stop her now!” Master Chang was mad and said to Chang Qiwei’s husband.
Chang Qiwei’s husband then went to pull her back.
Chapter 1374: Ancient Charm
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Unfortunately, it was too late for Chang Qiwei’s husband to stop her and she was about to touch Tang Quanjun.
Although they wanted to see Tang Quanjun in trouble, Chang Qiwei couldn’t do that in public. Tang Quanjun was an important official in the police system, and he wasn’t weak at all, especially when a woman attacked him. Therefore, Tang Quanjun easily avoided Chang Qiwei.
Chang Qiwei, instead, couldn’t stop her steps right away, and she bumped into the pillar behind Tang Quanjun. With a loud sound, her forehead started swelling.
Gu Ning was amused by the scene, so was Qiao Ya.
Chang Qiwei’s husband went to help her get back to her feet at once. “What are you doing? This is the court. Don’t cause trouble here.”
“He…” Chang Qiwei wanted to argue, but her father stopped her again. “Don’t you think it’s embarrassing enough? Go back home now!”
They couldn’t wait to pay Tang Quanjun back, but not now. As for Chang Qiwei’s injury, she could only accept it and swallow the anger.
Chang Qiwei was reluctant to leave, but she had to listen to her father. After that, they gave Tang Quanjun a glare and left.
“Deputy Director Tang, you must be careful these days,” Gu Ning said.
“Thanks, I will,” Tang Quanjun said.
He knew that Chang Bingjian’s family wouldn’t leave him alone, because he caused the death of Chang Bingjian. Even if they wouldn’t attack Tang Quanjun themselves, they might hire a killer to do it for them.
“Oh, the Zeng family’s case will be brought to court in a few days,” Tang Quanjun said.
“Great.” Gu Ning nodded. She actually didn’t care about the date, because she only wanted to see Zeng Kai punished.
After that, Gu Ning went back to her company. When she was back in her car, she checked her phone and found a message from K.
K had the result and emailed her.
Gu Ning decided to read it after she was back in her office, because it was more convenient to use her computer to read the email.
Once Gu Ning was in her office, she clicked the email open.
K followed the old man who sold the blue and white porcelain to them through surveillance cameras, and he found the man who paid the old man to do that.
It all began with this evil blue and white porcelain.
At 9 am, a man carried a bag of objects to an antique store named Ancient Charm at the antique street. The evil blue and white porcelain was in the bag.
Gu Ning knew Ancient Charm. Actually, she remembered the name of every antique store at the antique street.
Ancient Charm used to be as popular as Xiangyun Antique-store, but Xiangyun Antique-store became much more popular than Ancient Charm after Gu Ning took it over.
The boss of Ancient Charm liked the man’s objects, so he bought them.
Normally, the purchase price was very low, because everyone knew that those objects were stolen from graves.
Grave-diggers already had a sell-and-buy agreement with antique stores. Because grave-digging was illegal, grave-diggers couldn’t directly sell those objects they had stolen to buyers. They had to sell them to antique stores.
Antique stores wouldn’t accuse them nor call the police, because they were in the same boat.
Grave-diggers also thought that the purchase price was too low, but they didn’t have a better way to make more money.
Li Maosong and his friends sold their objects in the black market, but they still couldn’t make as much money as they were supposed to get.
Speaking of Li Maosong, he and his friends arrived at the capital a day later than Gu Ning.
The crew of the new show needed more people to help, so Gu Ning told them to go to the crew first. Therefore, Li Maosong and his friends were working in the crew of An Empress of Military Blood now.
After the boss of Ancient Charm bought the bag of objects, he took a liking to the blue and white porcelain at first glance.
Nevertheless, another man visited Ancient Charm once the grave-digger was gone. It was very hot, but he still put on black clothing with a baseball cap and a mask. It seemed like he didn’t want to touch the sunlight.
Gu Ning had a strange feeling when she saw the man in the video, but she couldn’t see his face clearly.
The man said that he wanted to see the bag of objects the grave-digger just sold to the boss.
The boss of Ancient Charm definitely wouldn’t refuse to make a deal, but he wanted to keep the blue and white porcelain himself.
The man in black didn’t give up, but had a talk with the boss of Ancient Charm aside.
Gu Ning could only see the picture without sound from the video, so she had no idea what the man in black was talking about with the boss of Ancient Charm.
In the end, the boss of Ancient Charm still refused to sell the blue and white porcelain, so the man in black bought something else.
Gu Ning guessed that the man in black must have told the boss of Ancient Charm the problem of the blue and white porcelain.
She thought of cultivators at once.
Chapter 1375: Play the Game
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From the man’s outfit, he must be a member of the Evil Practice if he was really a cultivator.
Anyway, it was only Gu Ning’s guess, because she didn’t see the man with her own eyes and couldn’t make a judgment from his breath, but she thought that it was close to the mark.
After the man in black was gone, the boss of Ancient Charm said something to one of his staff members, then the staff member walked to the backyard right away and he came back with a man.
The man was precisely the person who made a deal with the old man and told the old man to sell the evil blue and white porcelain to Xiangyun Antique-store.
The boss of Ancient Charm said something to the man, then the man made a call and left with the evil blue and white porcelain after about half an hour. He had a secret meeting with the old man. There were few people around them, but there were surveillance cameras, which was the reason why K was able to discover him. The old man took the evil blue and white porcelain from the man and walked away afterwards.
It was clear that it was a scheme planned by Ancient Charm. It was jealous of Xiangyun Antique-store, so it played a dirty trick.
Gu Ning used to think that she should severely punish the mastermind behind the scheme, but now she changed her mind. It wasn’t a big deal after all, and she also gained a valuable blue and white porcelain. As a result, Gu Ning decided to forget it, but she wouldn’t forgive them if it happened again.
However, Gu Ning was interested in the man in black. If she was able to meet him once more, she would seize the chance to deal with him.
…
K called Gu Ning shortly after she was in her office. Gu Ning told him that she was in her office, so K went upstairs to see her.
“Hey, boss, are you free now?” K asked anxiously.
“Yeah, what’s up?” Gu Ning asked.
“Log in the game right now. You have no idea how crazy those players are. Within only a few days, several of them already made the intermediate grade. They must be ace game players, and they keep adding you as their friend in the system. They want to challenge you, but aren’t getting a response, so they’re annoyed now,” K said.
“What?” Gu Ning was surprised. If K didn’t tell her that, she would have almost forgotten about the game.
“Alright, I’ll go check,” Gu Ning said and took out her phone.
As soon as she opened the game, she saw many messages which reminded her to add a friend.
K walked out after telling Gu Ning the news.
Those gamers were online all the time, so they immediately saw it when Gu Ning accepted their requests to add her as their friend. There were only eight of them, so Gu Ning spent some time chatting with them and told them that she had been busy recently.
It wasn’t a secret that Gu Ning had several companies, so they understood why she was absent for days. Afterwards, they asked Gu Ning whether she was free for a round.
Gu Ning gave them an affirmative answer, then they began to play the game together.
Players needed to play in teams in the game, and each team could only have 5 members at the most.
There were eight of them, so they had to be separated into several teams. Nevertheless, more than five players wanted to team up with Gu Ning. That being the case, another player stood out and became a team leader, and the other players would be randomly assigned by the system to join his or Gu Ning’s team.
The number of members could be decided by the team leader. Gu Ning decided to have four team members, so only three players could join her team.
After a short while, the two teams were done.
Some players who wanted to be in the same team with Gu Ning felt a little disappointed when they failed to do so, but they were willing to challenge her as well. They could only challenge her when they played against her.
After that, they began to play the game.
At the beginning of the game, they showed up separately in a beast forest. They needed to find their teammates and fight against their enemies at the same time.
As long as all of the members of a team were killed, the other team won.
Teammates could contact each other by typing or voice chatting, so that they could talk about their locations and strategies. It was harder for a player to move up in ranks alone, because he had to play against pseudo-enemies.
All the players who already became Gu Ning’s friends were ace game players, so it wasn’t easy for Gu Ning to win the game either. In the end, Gu Ning’s team still won, but it lost two members. Only Gu Ning and another teammate survived.
Anyway, it was still awesome to win the game when they had fewer teammates.
After playing several rounds, Gu Ning made an excuse and left.
During those rounds, Gu Ning’s team won every time. The other players had to admit that Gu Ning was much better than them.
When Gu Ning left, they also stopped playing the game to have a rest. They posted a screenshot of Gu Ning’s team’s victory on the forum and showed off their experience, which drew a lot of envy from other players.
“What? They have already played the game with Goddess Gu?”
Chapter 1376: Transfer to Another Hospital
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“They’re so unbelievable that they could add Goddess Gu as their friend within such a short time!”
“Goddess Gu is my idol!”
“…”
Another game player later posted a video of Gu Ning fighting against a beast in the game, which attracted more compliments.
“Wow, Goddess Gu’s skills are so impressive.”
“It’s so cool.”
“Exactly!”
“Is the role in the game really Goddess Gu?”
“Of course, we even talked with each other by voice chatting.”
Leng Shaoming went to visit Leng Shaojia on Saturday, once he was back in the capital. His heart ached for her after knowing what she had been through, but he also thought that she asked for it herself.
Leng Shaojia had a bad temper, and she had to learn to behave herself. They had reminded her not to be so aggressive before, but she wouldn’t listen. If Leng Shaojia still couldn’t change her attitude towards others, her future might be ruined by herself.
Leng Shaojia had been lying in the bed for two days, but her waist was as painful as always. She kept moaning in pain, but the doctor failed to find the reason.
In the night, she relied on anesthetic to fall asleep, but it wasn’t good for her body, so her family was very worried about her.
“No, it’s so painful!” Leng Shaojia complained.
“Why? What should we do now? The doctor said that she’s fine, but she’s moaning all day long.” Jiang Shuyuan felt heart-broken, seeing Leng Shaojia’s
miserable expression.
“Her waist is hurting, but the doctor can’t tell why?” Leng Shaoming felt it was strange. “Should we transfer her to another hospital?”
This hospital actually wasn’t the best hospital in the capital, but it was the closest one to where Leng Shaojia got injured. It was located in the city center, so it wasn’t a bad hospital, but Leng Shaoming thought that it didn’t mean that this hospital wouldn’t make mistakes. If they transferred Leng Shaojia to a better hospital, they might find out why her waist was always hurting.
Jiang Shuyuan thought about it, then agreed with Leng Shaoming.
“Great, we should go to another hospital for the medical exam,” Jiang Shuyuan said.
After that, Leng Shaojia was transferred to the best hospital in the capital. Unfortunately, the doctor there still failed to find out why Leng Shaojia still had a painful waist. Her waist looked totally fine on the medical equipment.
If they couldn’t find out the reason, they didn’t know how to treat Leng Shaojia. As a result, the doctor could only advise Leng Shaojia to apply an ointment to the painful part of her waist to see whether it was effective.
Jiang Shuyuan and the others didn’t know what else they could do now, so they listened to the doctor.
Because it was Saturday, Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi were back in the Leng family’s house too, and they learned what had happened to Leng Shaojia.
Leng Shaoxun had no sympathy for Leng Shaojia. Leng Shaoxi disliked Leng Shaojia as well. Both of them believed that Leng Shaojia deserved it. Leng Shaojia was too aggressive in her daily life, so she had to learn a lesson sooner or later.
In fact, she should have learned the lesson earlier on.
Although Leng Shaoxi was comparatively quieter and was always bullied by Leng Shaojia, it didn’t mean that she was a coward. Instead, she clearly remembered what Leng Shaojia had done to her, but she didn’t dare to get revenge on Leng Shaojia. Only Leng Shaoxun dared to act against Leng Shaojia.
Although Leng Shaoxi hated Leng Shaojia, she had no intention to hurt or kill her. They were a family after all.
Yu Yin told them to visit Leng Shaojia when they were free. Although Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi were unwilling to do that, they still had to visit Leng Shaojia to show their manners. However, they didn’t know that Leng Shaojia was already transferred to another hospital, so they didn’t see her.
Leng Shaoxun was annoyed and called his mother at once.
Yu Yin told him to ask Jiang Shuyuan, but Leng Shaoxun refused, and since Leng Shaoxun refused to visit Leng Shaojia, Leng Shaoxi wouldn’t go either.
Yu Yin understood their feelings, so she didn’t force them to do it again. They wouldn’t go to visit Leng Shaojia, but they knew that Gu Ning was in the capital now, so they decided to dine with her. Gu Ning was their idol, and they didn’t think they were strangers even though they had only met each other a few times.
Without delay, Leng Shaoxun called Gu Ning and invited her to dine together.
Gu Ning was free that afternoon, so she accepted their invitation.
The capital was very large, so Leng Shaoxun asked for Gu Ning’s location in order to save some time.
Gu Ning gave him the address, and Leng Shaoxun thought of a famous restaurant which was near to her, then they decided to meet there.
It was almost 5 pm, so they decided to meet at 6 pm.
After hanging up the call with Gu Ning, Leng Shaoxun made a call to book a private room right away. He then sent Gu Ning a message to tell her its number.
Gu Ning had been to the restaurant before, and it only took her about 20 minutes to get there. She didn’t go with Gao Yi and Qiao Ya this time.
When she arrived, it was about 5:40 pm.
Chapter 1377: Are You Happy That She’s Injured?
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This restaurant wasn’t built for business people, but looked like a siheyuan in an ancient and yet modern style, which was quite special. It was very popular, and almost half of it’s hall was occupied before 6 pm, and even though there were some vacant tables, they were probably reserved for other diners.
Actually, although this restaurant was very big and popular, it wasn’t crowded every day. However, the prices there were lower than in a five-star hotel, so it was affordable in many people’s eyes.
…
Gu Ning went straight to the private room once she arrived. Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi were still absent, so she sat down to wait for them.
When it was almost 6 pm, Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi still didn’t show up, but they gave Gu Ning a call.
“I’m sorry. We’re caught by a traffic jam on the road, so we’ll be a few minutes late,” Leng Shaoxun said.
“It’s fine. You don’t need to rush, and you must be careful,” Gu Ning said. She knew that the traffic jam was terrible in the capital, so she stayed calm.
Leng Shaoxun was aware that Gu Ning had a good temper, but he still needed to give her a call if he was going to be late. Although they regarded Gu Ning as a member of their family, it didn’t mean they could be impolite.
About a dozen minutes later, Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi arrived, and they ran to the private room without hesitation.
They apologized to Gu Ning again before they seated themselves to order.
Once the waiter left after they finished ordering, Leng Shaoxun said to Gu Ning with excitement, “Ningning, I must share a piece of good news with you. Leng Shaojia was beaten by someone!”
Saying that, Leng Shaoxun couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “Well, nobody knows who the attacker is, but we all know that it must be Leng Shaojia’s fault, because she’s always arrogant and aggressive. In addition, she isn’t seriously injured, so grandpa told them to stop investigating it.”
Gu Ning was surprised when Leng Shaoxun told her that the Leng family would give up investigating it. She used to be worried about it, so she kept it a secret from others.
Besides, they thought that Leng Shaojia wasn’t seriously injured because they didn’t know her waist was damaged by Gu Ning’s magical power.
Anyway, the Leng family was a reasonable family because it knew Leng Shaojia’s personality very well.
Gu Ning actually didn’t think that Jiang Shuyuan and Leng Shaojia would be willing to listen to Master Leng, because they were very mean. They probably agreed on the surface, but would still continue to investigate it behind Master Leng’s back.
Nevertheless, even if they wouldn’t give up, Gu Ning would be fine.
“Are you happy that she’s injured?” Gu Ning looked at Leng Shaoxun with a smile.
“Of course! I hate her because she’s always arrogant. She should have learned her lesson earlier on!” Leng Shaoxun said.
“My mother told us to visit her today, but she’s transferred to another hospital, so we decided to see you instead,” Leng Shaoxun added.
“Ningning, how’s your engagement with Shaoting now?” Leng Shaoxi asked with concern. She liked Gu Ning very much, and couldn’t wait to see her legally become a member of the Leng family. She admired Gu Ning, and hoped that Gu Ning could be with Leng Shaoting forever.
“When will you be engaged?” Leng Shaoxun asked with anticipation.
“I think we probably need to do that next year,” Gu Ning said.
In fact, she was a little disappointed when she heard the news, but she didn’t think it was a big deal. They were only going to be engaged, instead of getting married, and it wouldn’t change their life but only titles. Leng Shaoting, on the contrary, was unhappy about it for a long time.
“Next year?” Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi looked disappointed too. They thought that Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning would be engaged soon.
…
In the Leng family’s house, Leng Yuanjin, Master Leng’s youngest daughter, and her husband along with their daughter came.
Leng Yuanjin and her husband just heard about what had happened to Leng Shaojia, so they came back with their daughter. Because of the delay of their flight, they didn’t arrive until the night. They didn’t live in the capital, but a first-tier city which was a little far away, so it wasn’t easy for them to come back to the capital. Leng Yuanjin knew that Leng Shaojia wasn’t seriously injured, so she decided to go back to the Leng family’s house before she went to the hospital.
Once they showed up, the Leng family welcomed them and they went to dine together before they left to visit Leng Shaojia.
Because Jiang Shuyuan and Leng Shaoming stayed in the hospital to keep Leng Shaojia company, they were absent now.
Chapter 1378: Leng Yuanjin
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Because Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi failed to see Leng Shaojia, Master Leng called Jiang Shuyuan and asked where they were right now. They transferred Leng Shaojia to another hospital, but didn’t tell Master Leng, so Master Leng was annoyed and criticized them.
“Oh, have you found out who the attacker is yet?” Leng Yuanjin asked all of a sudden.
Leng Yuanjin had married into another family for years, so she didn’t know much about Leng Shaojia’s personality. Although Leng Shaojia was already a spoiled kid when she was young, Leng Yuanjin thought that she had grown up now. She didn’t think that Leng Shaojia would be as naughty as a kid.
Leng Yuanjin came back to visit the Leng family about twice or three times a year, but she didn’t see Leng Shaojia often.
The Leng family was a very influential family in this country, and she couldn’t believe that someone dared to attack Leng Shaojia. She also knew that the Leng family was a reasonable family, so they wouldn’t deny their faults.
In fact, Leng Yuanjin didn’t get along with Jiang Shuyuan either, and they frequently argued with each other before Leng Yuanjin married into another family.
Now that they didn’t see each other often, they became polite to each other. However, Leng Yuanjin didn’t think that Jiang Shuyuan would change.
Master Leng looked a little mad. “We won’t investigate it, because Shaojia should learn from it. If she can’t learn to behave herself from now on, our family will be involved in trouble one day because of her.”
Hearing that, Leng Yuanjin frowned. It seemed that she had the wrong opinion of Leng Shaojia.
Although the Leng family was very influential in this country, it still had a lot of strong enemies.
Leng Yuanjin was disappointed in Leng Shaojia, then cared less about her.
“Oh, right, how about the date of Shaoting’s engagement with his girl?” Leng Yuanjin asked again.
Because Leng Yuanjin kept in touch with Master Leng and they cared about Leng Shaoting very much, they talked about him every time they called each other. As a result, Leng Yuanjin knew a lot about Leng Shaoting and Gu Ning.
Before Leng Yuanjin married into another family, she treated Leng Shaoting very well because among their siblings, she had the closest relationship with his father.
Unfortunately, Leng Shaoting was used to being cold to others, so he and Leng Yuanjin were kind of strangers now.
Even if Leng Yuanjin wanted to talk with Leng Shaoting more often, she didn’t know what to say and she had to learn more information about him through Master Leng. Moreover, it was hard for others to contact Leng Shaoting before he met Gu Ning, because he stayed in the military base most of the time. He was never able to relax. He only learned to enjoy his life after meeting Gu Ning.
It was true that Gu Ning had completely changed him and his life.
“Tang said that there is no good date this year, so they will be engaged next year,” Master Leng said.
“I understand. It’s fine if they need to wait for a while longer, since they’re deeply in love now,” Leng Yuanjin said to comfort Master Leng.
Leng Yuanjin had a good impression of Gu Ning. It wasn’t easy for a young girl to make so many great achievements. Most importantly, Leng Shaoting liked her.
They all felt happy for Leng Shaoting after he found his love. As long as Leng Shaoting found his love, the Leng family was willing to accept a girl from an ordinary family.
If it was possible, they naturally hoped that Leng Shaoting could find someone from a family at the same level as the Leng family. It wasn’t because the Leng family was snobbish, but because it wasn’t an ordinary family, and it needed powerful support as much as possible.
Therefore, the young generation from powerful families couldn’t make decisions for their marriages on their own.
Except for Leng Shaoting’s father, the other members in the Leng family didn’t date whoever they wanted to date. It wasn’t because of Master Leng, but because they needed to make allowances for the Leng family’s benefits.
Luckily, they all had happy marriages.
In addition to that, the members of the Leng family were all loyal to their partners. For example, even if Jiang Shuyuan had a bad temper, Leng Yuanqian never had the idea to divorce her.
Nevertheless, Gu Ning was very outstanding among her peers as to her abilities and family background, which was a great advantage to the Leng family. With Gu Ning’s help, the Leng family could be more powerful and be in a safer situation.
In the Tang family, although Tang Yunhang hadn’t chosen to join a faction in politics yet, the four dominant families in the capital didn’t dare to force him to make a choice. And once Gu Ning married Leng Shaoting, the Tang family would be in the same boat with the Leng family.
Even though Tang Jiakai and Tang Jiayang were still unmarried, they wouldn’t marry a girl from the other three families in the future after Gu Ning married into the Leng family.
Chapter 1379: Leng Shaoting Meets a Man from the Evil Practice
When the Leng family knew the address of the new hospital that Leng Shaojia was admitted to, they went to visit her after dinner. Leng Yuanjin’s family also went there with the Leng family.
On the way, Yu Yin called Leng Shaoxun and told him to go to the new hospital later.
At this time, Gu Ning, Leng Shaoxun, and Leng Shaoxi already finished dinner and they planned to gather together with several other friends tonight, but Yu Yin’s call interrupted their discussion.
Leng Shaoxun was unwilling to visit Leng Shaojia, but Leng Yuanjin’s family came, so he had to meet his family.
“Fine.” Leng Shaoxun agreed in the end, but he didn’t tell Yu Yin that Gu Ning was with him. If Yu Yin knew, she would tell Gu Ning to visit Leng Shaojia as well. It wasn’t a secret that Gu Ning never got along with Leng Shaojia, and Leng Shaoxun was afraid that Gu Ning might be unhappy.
After hanging up the call with Yu Yin, Leng Shaoxun said to Gu Ning, “Ningning, we have to visit Leng Shaojia now, but I didn’t tell my mother that you’re with us because I was afraid that you’d be unhappy about it.”
“Thanks, I am unwilling to see her, but you can go now,” Gu Ning said.
“Great, see you then.”
“See you.”
Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi stood up and were ready to leave. Gu Ning also walked out.
To prevent Gu Ning from paying the bill before him, Leng Shaoxun ran to settle the bill once he stepped out of the private room, which amused Gu Ning and Leng Shaoxi. Gu Ning was their guest, so they couldn’t let her pay!
Afterwards, they went to the parking lot, and left in their own cars. Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi went to visit Leng Shaojia, while Gu Ning went back to Century City.
…
Master Leng and other people arrived earlier.
Although the doctor applied ointment to Leng Shaojia’s waist, it was still painful and she kept moaning in pain with a pale face.
“What’s going on here? Didn’t the doctor say that she’s fine?” Master Leng asked with a frown.
Hearing that, Leng Shaoming answered. “The doctor said she’s fine, but her waist is hurting all the time. The medical equipment couldn’t find the problem, and the doctor could only give us an ointment to stop the pain, but it’s useless.”
Hearing that, everyone was confused.
“I think it’s a serious problem if we can’t find out why her waist is painful all the time,” Leng Yuanjin said.
“We thought the pain would go away within one or two days, but it didn’t. Shaojia could only get some sleep with the help of anesthetics at night. I’m afraid her body will be greatly affected,” Jiang Shuyuan said in tears.
At this moment, Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi came. When they saw Leng Yuanjin and Song Wenxuan, they politely greeted them, but directly ignored Leng Shaojia. They were reluctant to see Leng Shaojia after all. However, they were also confused when they saw Leng Shaojia’s painful expression.
Leng Shaoxun and Leng Shaoxi exchanged a glance, and both of them saw gloating in the other’s eyes.
Although the other members in the Leng family wanted to help Leng Shaojia, they weren’t doctors, so they could do nothing now.
“Oh, doesn’t Gu Ning have a very effective medicine? Could she cure Shaojia?” Leng Yuanqian suddenly said.
Leng Yuanqian forgot his family’s bad relationship with Gu Ning when he needed her help.
“Oh, right. How could I forget?” Master Leng said.
“Tell her to get us the pill now!” Jiang Shuyuan said in an unpleasant tone. She sounded very mean, as if Gu Ning owed her something. She also forgot how much she hated Gu Ning now.
Although Leng Shaojia didn’t want to turn to Gu Ning for help, she was left no choice now. However, they didn’t care about Gu Ning’s feelings and opinion.
Leng Shaoxun walked outside at once to call Gu Ning.
Leng Yuanjin, however, got curious. “Medicine? What medicine?”
Master Leng then told Leng Yuanjin and her husband about the unbelievable effect of Gu Ning’s medicine, shocking them.
When Leng Shaoxun called Gu Ning, Gu Ning was in her house, walking upstairs to her bedroom.
Right after she moved a few steps upwards, a picture flashed by in her sight. At the edge of a cliff, a man of the Evil Practice was standing across from Leng Shaoting.
Gu Ning was scared. Why did Leng Shaoting run into the Evil Practice?
All of a sudden, her phone rang and interrupted Gu Ning’s thought, so the picture disappeared.
Gu Ning was mad, but she knew the caller didn’t know what she was doing and she couldn’t blame the caller for it. However, she had to rush to the edge of the cliff right now.
She wasn’t sure whether Leng Shaoting could defeat the man from the Evil Practice.
Chapter 1380: Gu Ning’s Medicine
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She knew Leng Shaoting was a very skilled soldier, but she didn’t want him to be in danger. If she didn’t see the picture, she wouldn’t mind it, but she already saw it now, so she couldn’t stay calm.
No matter who had appeared in the picture, she wouldn’t hesitate to help, especially when the person was Leng Shaoting.
Gu Ning turned around and walked outside. She picked up the call on the way. “What’s up, Shaoxun?”
Although Gu Ning was very anxious about Leng Shaoting’s safety, she didn’t show it at all in her voice.
“Ningning, Leng Shaojia seems to be seriously injured, and she keeps complaining about her painful waist. They thought of your medicine and plan to ask you for it, but I think Leng Shaojia doesn’t deserve it. Can you turn them down?” Leng Shaoxun said.
Gu Ning put on a wry smile. “I can’t give it to them even if I want to right now, because I have to leave the capital as soon as possible. It’s an emergency, and I’ve gotta go now. If they call me later, I’ll talk to them.”
In fact, Gu Ning had no intention to help Leng Shaojia, even if Master Leng told her to do that. She was already being very kind that she hadn’t disabled Leng Shaojia, and there was no way that she would help her.
“Fine, be careful!” Leng Shaoxun said.
Since Gu Ning wouldn’t give Leng Shaojia her medicine, Leng Shaoxun was satisfied.
After hanging up the call with Leng Shaoxun, Gu Ning got in her car and drove it away. The picture emerged in her sight, so she knew where the place was. She didn’t know how Leng Shaoting was right now, and she was afraid that she might disturb him, so she didn’t call him.
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In the hospital, although the Leng family knew that Gu Ning’s medicine could help Leng Shaojia, nobody called her.
When Master Leng talked with Leng Yuanjin about what had happened to Jiang Zhongyu, Jiang Shuyuan interrupted him with impatience.
“Father, tell Gu Ning to come with the medicine right now! Shaojia is being tortured by the pain.”
She sounded as if it was Gu Ning’s duty to help Leng Shaojia and Master Leng was displeased by Jiang Shuyuan’s attitude.
In fact, Gu Ning owed them nothing. On the contrary, Jiang Shuyuan and Leng Shaojia should apologize to Gu Ning. Therefore, Master Leng criticized Jiang Shuyuan.
“What? You only think of Gu Ning when you need her help? Did you forget how you’ve treated her before? Don’t you have any sense of shame? Ningning owes you nothing!”
Master Leng had sympathy for his granddaughter, but he sided with his granddaughter-in-law this time. He knew that Gu Ning would help Leng Shaojia if he opened his mouth, but Gu Ning would definitely feel uncomfortable.
Leng Yuanqian felt embarrassed. He knew that his family had treated Gu Ning badly before, and Jiang Shuyuan’s attitude was quite annoying.
Leng Shaoming wasn’t aware of what Jiang Shuyuan and Leng Shaojia had done to Gu Ning before, but he knew his mother and sister very well. Given Master Leng’s reaction, he knew it couldn’t be simple.
Leng Yuanzhen and his wife remained silent.
Leng Yuanjin frowned and started to dislike Jiang Shuyuan and Leng Shaojia.
Jiang Shuyuan, on the other hand, didn’t feel ashamed at all. She didn’t think that she had done anything wrong. “Father, Shaojia is in a lot of pain now, so we don’t need to talk about the past. We should rescue Shaojia first.”
Seeing Jiang Shuyuan’s attitude, everyone was disgusted.
“Great, call her yourself, I won’t help!” Master Leng was furious and left without delay. Leng Yuanzhen and his wife and Leng Yuanjin and her husband also left in anger.
Jiang Shuyuan wanted to say something again, but was stopped by Leng Yuanqian. “Enough! What are you doing? Is this your attitude when you need help from someone? Gu Ning doesn’t owe you.”
Leng Yuanqian disliked Gu Ning, but he had reason.
“I…” Jiang Shuyuan didn’t know what to say now.
“Mom, what have you and Shaojia done to Gu Ning before?” Leng Shaoming asked.
“It’s not a big deal. We just argued with her,” Jiang Shuyuan said.
“Just argued with her? Why did you have to argue with Gu Ning when she did nothing wrong? Father has told you not to do that a few times, but you won’t listen. You’ve annoyed Shaoting too!” Leng Yuanqian snapped at Jiang Shuyuan.
Hearing that, Leng Shaoming was surprised. If Leng Shaoting was annoyed, they must have done something unacceptable. In that case, Leng Shaoming wouldn’t support his mother and sister either.
No matter how much they hated Gu Ning, they could simply keep a distance from her.