Chapter 1441: You Have a Good Daughter
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However, some beauty salons still used their favorite skincare products instead of Kouzi. Although the sales of many skincare brands were affected by Kouzi, they still had a lot of loyal customers.
Kamei Beauty Salon was as popular as always, and its membership was growing rapidly, but sometimes, that wasn’t an advantage, because some customers had to wait for a long time to get a reservation. Therefore, some of them might give up Kamei Beauty Salon and join the membership of another beauty salon.
“Good afternoon, President Gu, Miss Gu!”
Once Gu Man and Gu Ning walked inside, the receptionists at the front desk greeted them.
Kamei Beauty Salon was registered as a company, so the staff didn’t call Gu Man their boss, but President Gu now. However, the office building of Kamei Beauty Co., Ltd. was still under construction, so it wasn’t officially established yet.
Although Gu Man wanted to be independent, Tang Yunfan didn’t want her to work too hard during her pregnancy, so he did many things for her.
The construction and recruitment of Gu Man’s company were settled by Tang Yunfan’s people. Kamei Beauty Salon was also opening branches in many other major cities, which Manager Ding and Tang Yunfan’s people were in charge of.
It wasn’t easy for Manager Ding to deal with such an important project alone, so she needed help.
For now, Manager Ding was the most skillful senior staffer in Gu Man’s company. So as long as Manager Ding stayed loyal to Gu Man, she would be placed in an important position in the company with a much higher salary.
In fact, Manager Ding’s salary had already been raised several times since Gu Man took over Kamei Beauty Salon.
“How’s the business these days?” Gu Man asked.
“Very good,” the receptionist said.
At this moment, a rich lady walked inside and saw Gu Man in the hall. Her face lit up at once and she greeted Gu Man. “Oh, hi, Mrs. Tang, been a while!”
“Oh, been a while, Mrs. Fang. How are you recently?” Gu Man smiled at her.
“I’m good. How about you?” Mrs. Fang asked with concern.
“Thank you so much for asking. I’m good,” Gu Man said.
“Glad to know.” Mrs. Fang beamed, then her sight fell on Gu Ning. “Is this your daughter?”
Mrs. Fang knew Gu Man, but didn’t know Gu Ning, and had only heard a little about Gu Ning from Gu Man before.
“Yeah, this is my daughter, Gu Ning,” Gu Man said.
“Nice to meet you, Mrs. Fang,” Gu Ning said to Mrs. Fang.
“Nice to meet you, Miss Gu. How’s your result for this year’s exam? Which university did you apply for?” Mrs. Fang asked.
“I scored a full score this year, and I’ve already been accepted by the Capital University,” Gu Ning said calmly.
“What? Full score? You must be the top scorer!” Mrs. Fang was shocked. Since Gu Ning could achieve a full score, many prestigious universities must have competed to get her.
Several rich ladies walked over at this time, and heard Mrs. Fang’s shocked exclamation. They turned to look at her, then saw Gu Man so they walked over to greet her.
Before Gu Man’s pregnancy, she came to the beauty salon almost every day, so she was familiar with most of the frequent customers.
After greeting Gu Man, those rich ladies asked Mrs. Fang why she looked so shocked. Mrs. Fang then told them the shocking news, astonishing them as well.
“Wow, Mrs. Tang, you have a good daughter!”
“This has never happened before!”
“Well, I wish my kids could be as half outstanding as your daughter.”
“…”
They didn’t know about Gu Ning’s other achievements and thought that she was already unbelievable.
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Gu Ning and Gu Man left Kamei Beauty Salon after staying there for about 10 minutes. Although Gu Man had the protection of Gu Ning’s magical power, it wouldn’t do her any good if she stayed in a populated place for too long.
They went back home at 4:30 pm. So Gu Man went to have a rest in her room before dinner began.
During this time, Qiu Yuxin called Gu Ning and asked her whether she was free tonight and if they could dine together with Cao Wenxin.
Qiu Yuxin and Cao Wenxin weren’t very familiar with each other in the past, but they became close because of their boyfriends. Their boyfriends were close brothers, so they had many chances to gather together.
Unfortunately, Gu Ning wanted to spend more time with her family, so she said that they could see each other next time.
Qiu Yuxin didn’t insist, because Cao Wenxin just told her that Gu Ning’s mother was pregnant now. Gu Ning needed to stay by her mother’s side.
Qiu Yuxin understood that, so she wasn’t disappointed.
Chapter 1442: Gufan
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At 10 pm, Leng Shaoting called Gu Ning and told her about what he had encountered last night.
He didn’t know why he could suddenly defeat the man of the Evil Practice, and he was afraid that he might not be able to control the force. It was a very important issue, so he had to talk about it with Gu Ning although it might worry her.
Gu Ning was definitely worried when she heard that Leng Shaoting was injured because of the man. In addition, she was also greatly surprised to know that Leng Shaoting could absorb the magical power of a night-luminescent pearl on his own.
“Well, honestly I have no idea about it, but it won’t have bad effects on your body. You have a night-luminescent pearl in your hands right now, so I think you can stay safe with it. Don’t return it to the museum,” Gu Ning said in a serious tone.
As long as Leng Shaoting had the night-luminescent pearl with him, she believed that he would be fine.
“Sure,” Leng Shaoting said.
It wasn’t difficult for him to keep this night-luminescent pearl. He could pay the museum an amount of money for it.
They dropped the topic later and casually chatted with each other for a while.
After hanging up, Gu Ning kept thinking about what he just told her.
If Leng Shaoting was able to use the force in his stomach to defeat the man of the Evil Practice, it meant that he could not be a mortal. Therefore, the first idea that appeared in Gu Ning’s mind was that Leng Shaoting might have something to do with cultivators.
Moreover, it was also possible that Leng Shaoting had taken too many of the power crystals she gave him and his body changed afterwards.
Either way, she needed to do some research. Gu Ning couldn’t sleep that night.
…
Because of the night-luminescent pearl, Leng Shaoting’s stomach wasn’t uncomfortable any longer. At the same time, his body was still slowly absorbing the magical power of the night-luminescent pearl.
If any cultivator saw this scene, he or she would be stunned, because the magical power circulated in Leng Shaoting’s body the exact way it would while they were practicing their cultivation.
In other words, Leng Shaoting didn’t need to practice his cultivation, the magical power could circulate in his body on its own.
Gu Ning would be anxious if she knew that, because it meant that Leng Shaoting was in a state of cultivation now.
…
Although Gu Ning couldn’t sleep at all last night, she was still full of energy when she got up the next morning. With the help of her magical power, she could stay energetic even if she didn’t sleep.
At 10 am, Gu Ning received a call from Gao Weichao, and he told her that he liked Peng Xinghao’s designs.
The next day after Gu Ning went back to City B, Peng Xinghao and Peng Xiaoman came as well. Peng Xinghao went to have an interview in Gu Ning’s garment company, and was hired, and although Peng Xiaoman didn’t have any professional skills, she was a good saleswoman, so she would work in the sales department.
Peng Xiaoman believed that she could have a better and better life in the future, because almost every staffer in Gu Ning’s companies had good pay.
Afterwards, Peng Xiaoman and Peng Xinghao called Gu Ning to thank her. Even though they had some money now, it wasn’t enough for them to afford a house in City B.
Peng Xinghao needed a quiet place for his job, so he decided to rent an apartment with his older sister. They could get a housing allowance of two thousand yuan, so they only needed to pay another thousand yuan to rent a good apartment near the company.
Because City B was an international city, the rent was very high. Luckily, they could afford the rent.
Other than letting Gu Ning know about Peng Xinghao, Gao Weichao also told Gu Ning that their clothing brand, Gufan, was about to be released, and its flagship store would be opening in half a month.
The name of Gu Ning’s clothing brand was Gufan, and the company shared the same name. Gufan would produce male and female clothes, shoes, bags and so on and Charm gowns belonged to Gufan.
The flagship store of Gufan was very large, and occupied about four hundred square meters.
In addition to casual clothes, there were formal gowns in the store as well that were placed next to Charm gowns.
Chapter 1443: Dine with Tang Qingyang
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Gao Weichao was in charge of all of these things, so he needed to report their progress to Gu Ning.
As for promoting Gufan, they would make full use of Gu Ning’s influence. It was Gu Ning’s company after all. Gu Ning had many loyal fans, who could be their potential customers.
They couldn’t be sure that everyone would like Gufan, but they believed that it could become popular because of its high quality and attractive designs.
Although Gufan was set to be a high-end brand, it needed sales and fame at the beginning. Therefore, they didn’t set very high prices for the clothes of Gufan.
Before the flagship store was open, they needed to hold a release conference that Gu Ning had to appear at.
Gu Ning told Gao Weichao to send her a message after Gufan’s official website and Weibo account were done. Because both Jade Beauty Jewelry and Kouzi were very famous brands now, they could use them as prizes for the activities at the opening ceremony.
Gao Weichao agreed. He actually had the same idea, because a lot of people were familiar with Jade Beauty Jewelry and Kouzi, which could help them gain more attention for Gufan. However, Jade Beauty Jewelry and Kouzi were very expensive, so he needed Gu Ning’s permission.
Now that Gu Ning proposed it herself, he agreed at once.
The amount of prizes was limited, and only those who had spent over a thousand yuan in the store could join in the lucky draw. It totally depended on one’s luck to get a prize.
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Gu Ning went to the airport at 1 pm; she would take a plane to the capital at 2:50 pm.
Tang Haifeng and Gu Man were unwilling to see Gu Ning leaving, but they understood that she needed to deal with her own business. Gu Ning was too outstanding among her peers after all, and there were a lot of things she needed to deal with.
They felt proud of Gu Ning, but also cared about her health. She was still very young, but worked almost every day.
Before Gu Ning left, she gave Gu Man a bottle with 10 power crystals. Once Gu Man felt uncomfortable, she could take a pill.
Gu Ning called Gao Yi when she walked into the lounge and asked him to pick her up when she arrived.
When Gu Ning arrived at the airport of the capital, Gao Yi and Qiao Ya were already waiting for her. And because it was time for dinner, they went to dine together.
Gu Ning thought of Tang Qingyang and invited him to share a meal, because Tang Yaxin and Qi Ziyue’s wedding was the day after tomorrow and she needed to talk about it with him.
Tang Qingyang agreed once Gu Ning told him that she had something important to talk about with him.
He was in the southern district now, so Gu Ning booked a private room at the Huangdeng Hotel, but because the capital was very large, it took her some time to arrive at its southern district.
After Gu Ning called Tang Qingyang, Qiao Ya said, “Boss, I have some news to tell you. The man stays by Tang Bingsen’s sides normally. When he’s absent, he’s either at home or in Power Fitness Club. He often has a private talk with the manager of Power Fitness Club, so I think the club might be where they exchange information. Power Fitness Club probably isn’t under Tang Bingsen’s name, because he doesn’t want to attract unnecessary attention.
Gu Ning had told Gao Yi and Qio Ya to stay in the capital to conduct an investigation. She wanted to know about the illegal force behind Tang Bingsen. If she wanted to unseat Tang Bingsen, she had to deal with the illegal force first, because it would be a lot of trouble if it remained.
“Great, I understand,” Gu Ning said.
In the Huangdeng Hotel, Tang Qingyang showed up with Ba Tianyang about 20 minutes after he received Gu Ning’s call.Although nobody attacked him again, he could still feel that some people were spying on him.
Gu Ning sent Tang Qingyang a message and told him the number of the private room she booked.
When Tang Qingyang reached the door of the hotel, he ran into Tang Bingsen and several other people who were Tang Bingsen’s business partners.
Tang Qingyang was surprised when he saw Tang Bingsen, but he soon hid his hatred towards him.
Chapter 1444: Enemies
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A touch of dislike flashed in Tang Bingsen’s eyes when he saw Tang Qingyang. Although it disappeared almost immediately, Tang Qingyang still caught it, but he didn’t mind it at all. They were enemies, and hated each other deeply.
He knew that Tang Bingsen already regarded him as a competitor, but Tang Bingsen thought that he was no match for him.
Actually, Tang Qingyang was aware of the fact that Tang Bingsen had caused his father’s death, but Tang Bingsen thought that it was still a secret.
Tang Qingyang never showed his real feelings on his face, so nobody knew what he was really thinking. He was protecting himself in that way. Only when he was with his close friends could he relax.
Even though Tang Bingsen disliked Tang Qingyang, he had to pretend to be kind to him for the time being.
“Hi, Nice to see you, Chairman Tang, President Feng, and President Yu!” Tang Qingyang walked towards them.
“Hi,” Tang Bingsen said and stood still.
President Feng, on the other hand, smiled at Tang Qingyang. “Nice to see you, Director Tang! I heard that you went to City B, so I thought that you wouldn’t be back within a short time.”
The full name of President Feng was Feng Mingda. He was about 40 this year, and was the president of the Shengming Organization.
The Shengming Organization was involved in the machinery industry, and just reached a cooperation with the Tang Organization not too long ago.
The Tang Organization had a different business partner in that industry before, but something unpleasant happened later, so it changed its business partner.
When the Tang Organization was talking about the cooperation with the Shengming Organization, Tang Qingyang played an important role in it, so Feng Mingda had a deep impression of him.
Feng Mingda called Tang Qingyang, Director Tang, because he believed that Tang Qingyang held an important position in the Tang Organization.
Tang Bingsen, however, was displeased, but even though he was annoyed, he couldn’t do anything about it, because Tang Qingyang was indeed a director in the company.
Nevertheless, Tang Bingsen did everything to make Tang Qingyang a mere figurehead, so Tang Qingyang actually didn’t have much power. He disliked that before he met Gu Ning, but now he thought that it wasn’t a big deal, because everything would be different with Gu Ning’s help.
“I’ve been back for a few days,” Tang Qingyang said. “I shouldn’t be wasting your time. Please!” He made a gesture and let them go through before him.
“Thanks, see you!” Feng Mingda said.
Tang Bingsen squinted at Tang Qingyang, because he disliked it when Tang Qingyang had a close relationship with other important businessmen. However, he wouldn’t say anything right now, because they were in a public place.
“See you,” Tang Qingyang said with a smile. He didn’t want to take the same elevator as them, so he went to have a seat in the hall with Ba Tianyang. Although there were six elevators in the Huangdeng Hotel, he preferred to wait for a while.
At this moment, three people walked inside.
A woman who was about 30 walked at the front. She was dressed like a professional white-collar worker. There were two men in their thirties behind her and one of them caught Ba Tianyang’s attention.
The man noticed Ba Tianyang’s reaction, but they walked by quickly, so he didn’t see Ba Tianyang’s face clearly, but he noticed that Ba Tianyang moved his gaze away on purpose, so he frowned.
Nevertheless, he was doing his job as a bodyguard now, so he couldn’t walk away.
Tang Qingyang also saw something different from Ba Tianyang’s reaction, so he asked him when the group of people walked into an elevator, “What’s wrong?”
“Oh, I just saw a familiar face,” Ba Tianyang said.
In fact, Ba Tianyang didn’t know how to describe their relationship. They used to serve in the same killer organization, but Ba Tianyang already left it, and didn’t know whether the man would attack him once he saw him.
He wasn’t afraid, but didn’t want to cause Gu Ning trouble. However, he knew that the man had already seen him, and it wouldn’t be easy for him to avoid the man again.
Tang Qingyang nodded and didn’t ask further about it. After a while, they went to take an elevator.
About 20 minutes later, Gu Ning, Gao Yi, and Qiao Ya finally arrived. They were caught by a traffic jam on the road, so they were late.
“Hi, boss!”
Ba Tianyang stood up at once and greeted Gu Ning with respect.
“Have a seat,” Gu Ning said, but Ba Tianyang didn’t sit down until Gu Ning was seated.
After that, they began to order.
Chapter 1445: Punish Them
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“Tang Yaxin and Qi Ziyue’s wedding is the day after tomorrow, and I have some of their dirty secrets in hands. I’ll show up at their wedding with another identity, then expose their dirty secret to humiliate them in public. It’s just my personal grudge against them, but we’ll take action to deal with the Tang Organization afterwards,” Gu Ning said.
Tang Yaxin was her first target.
Gu Ning stopped for a second, then continued, “We must make Tang Yaxin lose the right of inheritance, and she should be killed, or driven insane, or fall into a vegetative state forever. She can’t live a normal life, and Qi Ziyue should be disabled and lose his five senses.” When she said that, Gu Ning didn’t bother to hide her strong hatred towards them.
Tang Qingyang knew that Qi Ziyue and Tang Yaxin had killed Tang Aining, who was his older cousin, and Tang Aining was Gu Ning’s master, so it was understandable that she hated them deeply.
No matter what Gu Ning wanted to do to Qi Ziyue and Tang Yaxin, Tang Qingyang was fine with it.
Gu Ning added, “As for Tang Bingsen’s illegitimate son, he is innocent, so he’ll be lightly punished. Once Tang Bingsen loses his legal heir and his illegitimate son gets in trouble, you’ll have the chance to take over the Tang Organization. I have something on the major shareholders of the Tang Organization, but I can’t give it to you now. It’s safer in my hands, and I’ll give it to you when it’s necessary.”
It was easy for Gu Ning to directly kill Tang Yaxin and Tang Bingsen, but she wanted to torture them.
Tang Qingyang got excited when Gu Ning told him that she had something on the major shareholders of the Tang Organization. In that case, it would be easier for him to take over the Tang Organization.
“Tang Bingsen has a powerful illegal force’s support which we must deal with first, or it will cause us trouble,” Gu Ning said.
“What? An illegal force?” Tang Qingyang was surprised. However, even though he was surprised, he didn’t think it was a serious problem, because he knew that Gu Ning had powerful connections too. He also had a feeling that Gu Ning planned to deal with the Tang family on her own.
He was willing to work with Gu Ning and believed that they could win. He could gain a lot from his cooperation with Gu Ning, and all he had to do was listen to her arrangements. Gu Ning was much more influential than him after all.
“Yes, I have only been able to find out a bit about it, but I plan to eliminate it once I have a clear understanding of it,” Gu Ning said.
Tang Qingyang nodded, and believed that it was very easy for Gu Ning to do that.
Actually, if Gu Ning, Gao Yi, Qiao Ya, Ba Tianyang, and Zhou Weifan teamed up, they could easily destroy a small illegal gang. And if Gu Ning let the flood dragon out, she was unstoppable.
Gu Ning also had the idea to gain some benefits from the illegal gang supporting Tang Bingsen. The gang was illegal, and she had no mercy for its members.
After Gu Ning finished talking with Tang Qingyang, Ba Tianyang said to her, “Boss, I just saw a man in the hall, which used to work for the same organisation as I did.”
He needed to report it to Gu Ning so that she could be prepared for it. If the man was really going to attack him, Gu Ning might be in trouble.
Hearing that, both Gao Yi and Qiao Ya frowned worriedly. They weren’t worried about themselves, but about Gu Ning’s safety. They were Gu Ning’s people now, and Gu Ning would be affected if they were in trouble.
Gu Ning was surprised, but didn’t really care. “It’s fine. I can protect myself, but you should be careful.”
Gu Ning wasn’t only talking to Ba Tianyang, but also to Gao Yi and Qiao Ya. Although the world was big and it wasn’t easy to run into familiar faces on the street, they still needed to be cautious.
Tang Qingyang, however, was confused. He didn’t understand what Gu Ning was talking about. However, although he was curious, he didn’t ask about it.
“Sure.” Ba Tianyang nodded.
After that, they began to enjoy dinner. All of a sudden, Gu Ning heard a woman’s angry voice from the next room. The woman shouted in anger, “Pu Bada, that’s out of line!”
Gao Yi, Qiao Ya, and Ba Tianyang also heard it, because although the rooms in the Huangdeng Hotel had great insulation, others still could hear if the sound was too loud.
It had nothing to do with them, so they didn’t pay much attention to it. However, Gu Ning was attracted by it, because she knew a man named Pu Bada too in the previous incarnation.
There were many people who shared the same name in this world, but there was a story between Gu Ning and Pu Bada, so she got curious.