Chapter 1801: What a Shame!
Because there was still a distance, Gu Ning couldn’t see it clearly. She decided to walk closer and have a close look.
Once she moved near to the abandoned yard, Gu Ning felt the Yin coming from the bottom of the well.
Gu Ning walked inside, but she didn’t have time to figure out why there were skeletons under the well. What she needed to deal with right now was the cultivator.
“Get out now! You’ve been following me for days, but haven’t had a chance to attack me yet. It must be difficult for you,” said Gu Ning with mockery before the cultivator showed himself.
Anyway, she was going to face him, so there was no need for her to wait for him to show up of his own accord. Besides, if she could take the initiative and say that aloud, she would look strong.
The cultivator who hid himself was taken aback. He wondered whether Gu Ning was talking to him. He couldn’t believe a mortal was able to discover him.
However, Gu Ning said that she knew he had been following her for days, which was the truth. Only he had been following her during these days. There was no one else who did that.
How did she discover him?
“Hey, the man behind the wall five meters away from me. I’m talking to you. Get out now. You’ve damaged my car. We should deal with it first!” Seeing that the cultivator hesitated to walk out, Gu Ning understood what he was thinking.
At this time, without doubt, the cultivator was sure that Gu Ning was talking with him. He was shocked in an instant, because it turned out she knew everything.
In that case, she must have recognized him at Qianling Mountain last time.
If so, that Gu Ning knew Baili Zongyang and his younger sister could be…
The cultivator had many questions in his mind, but he had to ask Gu Ning for the answers.
Although he was astonished by the fact that Gu Ning had already discovered him a long time ago, he wasn’t afraid of her. Even if she was capable, she was just a mortal and was no match for him.
Therefore, the cultivator walked out and into the yard, staring at Gu Ning. He asked without delay, “How did you find out that I’ve damaged your car? How did you know I’ve been following you these days?”
“My car door was damaged, so of course I should search for evidence by watching the surveillance videos. Is it strange? I noticed that you appeared around me once in a while. I don’t think it’s just a coincidence! By the way, I was born with acute senses, so I’m able to feel it when I’ve been followed for such a long time. For my own safety, I naturally should pay more attention to the surveillance cameras. I bet you must have found out my identity, right? Then you should know it’s not difficult for me to watch any surveillance videos if I want,” said Gu Ning. It was a total lie, because she had no intention of exposing her secret.
Hearing that, the cultivator frowned. Gu Ning’s words made sense, but he didn’t believe all of them.
“Do you mean you deliberately led me here?” asked the cultivator.
“Otherwise why would I come here? I’m not fooling around every day. I don’t visit here for fun,” said Gu Ning and her tone was full of mockery towards the cultivator.
“Aren’t you afraid I’ll hurt you?” The cultivator stared at Gu Ning.
“Since you’ve found information about me, you should know I’m not weak at all. Quite the opposite, I’m quite good at kung fu. Why should I be afraid of you? Even if I can’t defeat you, can’t I escape?” said Gu Ning and looked down her nose at the cultivator.
She purposely did that to make the cultivator believe she knew nothing about his abilities. In that case, the cultivator would take her more lightly.
She succeeded. The cultivator indeed felt Gu Ning was arrogant and stupid, so he took her even more lightly. He was a cultivator after all, so it couldn’t be easier for him to deal with a mortal.
Nevertheless, the cultivator was unwilling to use violence for the time being. Instead, he decided to politely talk with Gu Ning. If they could solve the problem peacefully, there was no need to have a fight.
“I’m sorry for damaging your car. I’m willing to pay for it,” said the cultivator.
“That’ll be for the best,” said Gu Ning feigning surprise on the surface. She actually wasn’t surprised, and knew what the cultivator planned to do.
“Even though you have only damaged the lock, my car isn’t cheap at all. It cost over ten thousand yuan to fix the lock, so you can give me ten thousand yuan for it. Do you want to transfer the money with your phone or pay in cash?” asked Gu Ning.
“Before I pay it, I also have the interest in talking about a deal with you,” said the cultivator. He didn’t care about the money at all, as long as he was able to buy the Jade with Dragon Phoenix Cloud Pattern from Gu Ning.
The jade itself was worth thirty million yuan after all.
“Oh, what is it?” asked Gu Ning, although she already knew the answer.
The cultivator was quite straightforward and he said, “Can you sell me the Jade with Dragon Phoenix Cloud Pattern you bought from the Palace Museum? It’s my family heirloom, but was stolen away by a gravedigger. I’ve searched for it for a long time till I finally found it. I tried to figure out a way to buy it, but unexpectedly you did it before me. If you’re willing to sell it to me, I can give you ten million yuan more than the money you’ve paid for it.”
It was a lie too, and he said that simply to win Gu Ning’s sympathy.
“Oh, you want the Jade with Dragon Phoenix Cloud Pattern? What a shame! I bought it for another person. I already gave it to the person after buying it,” said Gu Ning, seeming sorry.
“What?” The cultivator was stunned, and he thought of Baili Zongyang and his younger sister right away, because only cultivators could see the secret of the jade.
It was also possible that it was bought and collected by an antique lover.
No matter what, only Gu Ning knew who the person was. “Who told you to buy it?” asked the cultivator.
At this moment, the cultivator didn’t think much about Gu Ning’s reply or doubt whether it was true.
“I actually don’t know the person. The person just knows that I have connections in the Palace Museum, so I was given ten million yuan to buy the jade. It’s a super easy task, so I agreed. It’s just an antique anyway,” said Gu Ning. She was implying that she knew very little about the Jade with Dragon Phoenix Cloud Pattern.
Chapter 1802: I Can’t Help with It
“Didn’t you lie to me?” The cultivator got his reason back and had doubts. Although Gu Ning seemed normal, she might be pretending to be honest. After all, she wasn’t an ordinary girl.
“Why should I lie to you?” said Gu Ning in a resigned tone, as if she was displeased being doubted.
“Since you don’t know the person, how did the person know you have connections in the Palace Museum?” asked the cultivator.
“I don’t know you either, but you know me! There are many people who know me but I don’t know them. People can easily search for information about me on the Internet,” said Gu Ning, then she explained. “Well, the person saw me socializing with the staff of the museum.”
Even though Gu Ning’s words made sense, the cultivator still had doubts. He continued to ask, “You at least should know the person’s name, right? How about the person’s age, gender, and phone number? If you know nothing about the person, how do you contact each other?”
“Hey, watch your tone! I’m not a criminal. You should be aware that you’re asking me for help. Besides, it’s not right to leak information about another person without his or her agreement!” said Gu Ning with dissatisfaction.
“I’m sorry, it’s my fault. I was too anxious to behave myself just now. Miss Gu, please forgive me.” The cultivator apologized at once. Like what Gu Ning said, he was asking for her help, so he should be nice to her. “Well, the Jade with Dragon Phoenix Cloud Pattern is really important for me. Please do me a favor. Can you talk with the person first about that? Perhaps the person will agree to sell it to me.”
“Fine,” said Gu Ning. In order to distract the cultivator’s attention from her, Gu Ning decided to act with him.
This cultivator wasn’t unkind to her, so there was no need for Gu Ning to have another enemy. She wouldn’t seek trouble anyway.
Gu Ning then took out her phone and dialed a number, which she had got with the name of “Tang Aining”. Because it was put in her telepathic eye space, no one would answer it.
“Sorry, no one answered. I can’t help with it,” said Gu Ning.
The cultivator was upset. He could also hear that the phone kept ringing for a long while, but no one answered. Although he felt that Gu Ning might randomly make a call, he felt too embarrassed to point that out.
The cultivator felt it might be just a show directed and played by Gu Ning on her own, so he decided to keep on spying on her to see whether he could find anything new about her.
Even if he was going to use violence, it wasn’t the right time now.
“Miss Gu, would you please help me pay some attention to it? If the person calls you back, please let me know,” said the cultivator and took out his name card. “This is my name card.” He handed it to Gu Ning.
“Sure.” Gu Ning agreed, but it was totally another thing whether she would really do that in the future.
Gu Ning wasn’t so naive that she believed the cultivator had been convinced by her words or he might have hopes that what she told him could be true. He might get a surprising result if he took a step back.
Even though what she told him wasn’t true, he could still continue to follow her to see what he should do next. After all, he already knew her school and dorm room, so he wasn’t afraid that he might lose her. However, if he had an argument with Gu Ning right now, he might suffer a great loss if what Gu Ning told him was true.
Gu Ning didn’t mind it actually, because it wouldn’t change anything.
“Miss Gu, do you want to go out with me right now?” asked the cultivator.
“Thanks, but I have an appointment with my friends to have an adventure here. I won’t leave within a short time. Mr. Dongfang, see you!” said Gu Ning.
After receiving his name card, Gu Ning learned his name, Dongfang Qi.
Since his surname was Dongfang, he was highly likely to be a member of the Dongfang family in the cultivation world.
Because of Dongfang Ziyu, Gu Ning had a bad impression of members of the Dongfang family. Although Dongfang Qi was nice to her, he did it for a purpose, so Gu Ning didn’t have a good impression of him.
As long as they could avoid conflict, it would be the best, because it wouldn’t do her any good if they had disagreement.
“Alright, I should go now. Miss Gu, please help me with it.” Dongfang Qi had doubts that Gu Ning’s words might not be true, but he wouldn’t ask her about that. If he wanted to know the answer, he could keep on spying on her.
Although Gu Ning had discovered that he had been following her these days, he felt he could prevent it from happening again by staying farther away from her.
After that, the cultivator left.
Gu Ning watched the cultivator walking far away, then went to observe the inside of the well. The cultivator was still in the range of her senses, which wasn’t beyond Gu Ning’s expectations, but it wouldn’t be a problem as long as he didn’t come over.
Gu Ning used her Jade Eyes and her sight fell on the two skeletons.
Beside the two skeletons, two jade pendants were scattered and a few pieces of jewelry were scattered around the head of one of the skeletons.
Given the shapes of the skeletons, one was lying in the arms of the other skeleton. The skeleton lying underneath was more well-formed and was obviously male. The skeleton lying in the arms of the male skeleton was relatively petite, and there were a few pieces of jewelry scattered around its skull, which must be a female.
Seeing that, Gu Ning guessed that they might be a dead couple.
There was faint Yin in the well, so they must have died with resentment.
Gu Ning looked at the pair of skeletons, and suddenly a scene appeared in front of her eyes.
Right next to this well, a man wearing a guard uniform was stabbed by a sword, then was kicked by one foot and fell into the well.
Immediately afterwards, a woman in luxurious manchu clothes also jumped into it, which was the end of the scene.
The woman seemed to be a concubine from her clothing!
All of a sudden, Gu Ning came up with a dramatic story. The emperor took his concubines to the palace to avoid the summer heat. Then a certain concubine’s affair with a guard was exposed and the guard was beheaded afterwards, so the concubine died for her love.
Although it was a story made up by Gu Ning, she felt it was close to the mark.
If so, she could understand their result.
There might be other reasons, but it had nothing to do with Gu Ning no matter what the real reason was. It was already history.
Gu Ning wasn’t greedy, so she had no intention of climbing down the well to get the jewelry.
Chapter 1803: Never Say No to Business
There was Yin in the well, but it wasn’t dense. People wouldn’t be affected if they didn’t stay here for long. In addition, this place was far away from the crowd, so normally visitors wouldn’t come here. Therefore, Gu Ning left it in the well and walked away.
On her way out, Gu Ning entered Dongfang Qi’s sight, so she deliberately answered the phone and showed a resigned look. “Fine, see you another day.” After that, she left.
She purposely did that to fool Dongfang Qi. Although Dongfang Qi couldn’t hear what she said, he might read her lips, so she made him believe that her friend couldn’t come and she walked outside afterwards.
Gu Ning was right. Dongfang Qi indeed couldn’t hear what she said, but he made a guess from her lips and body language. He saw her walking out later, so he thought he had guessed correctly.
After Gu Ning left, she could still feel that Dongfang Qi was following her with a hidden air, because he deliberately kept a farther distance from her.
Gu Ning hadn’t eaten yet, so she went to have a meal in a restaurant once she walked out of the National Imperial Palace Park.
At the beginning, Gu Ning didn’t try to get rid of Dongfang Qi, because he would find out that she had noticed him if she did that.
When there were traffic lights ahead of them, Gu Ning walked across the road first, but Dongfang Qi had to wait for the next green light. Therefore, Gu Ning sped up, walking away and successfully got rid of Dongfang Qi.
Although Dongfang Qi had doubts whether he was discovered by Gu Ning again, he didn’t think it was possible because he kept a long distance away from her.
Besides, he had waited for a minute for the next green light, which was enough time for Gu Ning to walk quite far. There were bifurcations[1] too, so it was very normal if he lost her.
Dongfang Qi wasn’t disappointed, because he knew Gu Ning’s university and dorm room. It was very easy for him to find Gu Ning.
It was nearly 2 pm and it was time for a meal, so Dongfang Qi went to have a meal.
…
Once K heard that Gu Ning came to the company, he went upstairs and talked with her about the illegal theft of Battle in the Sky.
They didn’t go to that amusement arcade right away, but secretly visited all the major amusement arcades first to see how many of them were illegally using Battle in the Sky to make a profit. They needed to collect evidence before taking action.
After their investigation, they were shocked.
There were over a hundred amusement arcades in the capital, and they had investigated the theft among 60 of them. They found nearly 30 were illegally using Battle in the Sky to make a profit.
It wasn’t over yet, so they needed to take action after the investigation was completely done.
Gu Ning was willing to let them use the game to make a profit, but they must pay the copyright fee first! It was impossible for her to allow them to steal the game produced by her company without paying anything.
“How about the manufacturer of those game machines? Have you found out who it is?” asked Gu Ning. The manufacturer was the major culprit, and they must punish it first.
“Of course, I found out as soon as possible. It’s a game manufacturer owned by Zhilin Technology Game Company. Zhilin Technology Game Company is a game company located in the capital. It has estimated 1.3 billion yuan in assets. Its boss is Lu Zhilin, age 47, born in the capital, living in House 8 Area D, Luxury Court, western district. Oh, I also have the monitoring videos of their production. We have solid proof to prove that those game machines are produced by his manufacturer.”
K was a famous international hacker, so it couldn’t be easier for him to deal with that.
“Very well, you can have a talk with Lu Zhilin first. Tell him to pay the copyright fee or we’ll sue him. Business theft is totally unacceptable, but we can never say no to business. If this problem can be solved peacefully, we can compromise. Given the result of the investigation, game machines with our game are quite popular. In addition, once we cooperate with them, they’ll pay special attention to the theft on their own. They won’t allow other people to share the profit if they can get permission from us,” said Gu Ning.
Even though Gu Ning was mad at their illegal behavior, she wouldn’t punish them without caring about the reality. If there was a better solution, she would choose the better way to solve this problem.
“Sure,” said K. He was the supervisor of this game, but he agreed with Gu Ning’s decision.
After they talked about the business, K left to continue to do his work.
In a while, Gu Ning got a new message. She read it and learned that a hundred million yuan was transferred to her account just now. Undoubtedly, it was from Tang Qingyang, because she got paid for unseating the Tang family.
Gu Ning was about to reply to Tang Qingyang, but soon received another message.
Tang Qingyang: Thank you so much for your help. Are you free this afternoon? If it’s possible, can we share a meal? Song Nan, Ruiqin, Xu Qinyin, and Gu Anna will come. We can celebrate together.
Gu Ning: Why not!
Since their friends were going to celebrate Tang Qingyang’s success, she wouldn’t be absent as long as she had time. After all, she had played an important role in that major event, so she was celebrating her success as well.
Afterwards, Tang Qingyang told Gu Ning the location of the restaurant and the number of the private room he had booked.
At 5 pm, Gu Ning went on the road. The appointed time was 6 pm, and it took at least 40 minutes for her to get to the hotel by car. The rush hour was coming, so there would be a lot of traffic on the road.
Unfortunately, enemies were bound to meet each other on a narrow road.
Right after Gu Ning arrived at the restaurant, she ran into Yuan Shuyan at the parking lot.
Yuan Shuyan already learned Gu Ning’s identity, so she wasn’t surprised to see her luxurious car. However, because of their grudge, Yuan Shuyan looked at Gu Ning with hatred.
Enemies always hated seeing one another, but only Yuan Shuyan was full of hatred towards Gu Ning while Gu Ning didn’t bother to pay any attention to her.
Gu Ning wasn’t the one who had been embarrassed in public after all, so she didn’t care about Yuan Shuyan’s reaction.
No matter how Yuan Shuyan disliked Gu Ning, she wouldn’t cause Gu Ning trouble at this moment. Gu Ning wasn’t weak after all. She wouldn’t challenge Gu Ning again unless she had the confidence to win.
There was a young girl about 14 years old by Yuan Shuyan’s side. The second she saw Gu Ning, she was struck dumb for a second, then her face lit up with excitement. Without delay, she ran to Gu Ning and asked, “Goddess Gu? Are you Goddess Gu?”
“Hi, I’m Gu Ning.” Gu Ning replied to her with a smile.
Although the girl came with Yuan Shuyan, her excitement and happiness were real when she saw Gu Ning. Moreover, the girl might not know anything about the grudge between them.
Facing other people’s kindness, Gu Ning would be nice too.
[1] Bifurcations are separations or branches in something. In this case the road.
Chapter 1804: Wily Old Fox?
Gu Ning’s smile stunned the young girl, because she was so attractive once she smiled.
Not just the opposite sex would be attracted to each other, the same sexes would do the same thing.
Yuan Shuyan was displeased once she saw the young girl’s behavior, but she had to admit that Gu Ning looked stunning with a smile. She was jealous of Gu Ning’s outstanding appearance.
“Tao Jiayi, get back here!” Yuan Shuyan called her with dissatisfaction.
“Cousin Shuyan, just wait for me for a while!” Tao Jiayi turned around and said to Yuan Shuyan, then ignored her and continued to talk with Gu Ning. “Goddess Gu, it’s really you! What a coincidence! I didn’t expect to see you here. I’m a fan of yours. My name is Tao Jiayi. I’ve read a lot of news about you. You’re my idol and I love you!”
Hearing that, Yuan Shuyan was angrier. It was annoying to hear her younger cousin complimenting her enemy right in front of her!
“It’s my honor to win your like,” Gu Ning said with a smile. Although Tao Jiayi was Yuan Shuyan’s cousin, Tao Jiayi wasn’t hateful at all. She wouldn’t hate people that Yuan Shuyan disliked, just because they had grudges against each other.
At the same time, it was impossible for her to have a close relationship with members of the Yuan family. She would only be nice to those who were kind to her.
“If you don’t come back right now, I’ll leave alone,” said Yuan Shuyan. The next second, she turned and walked to the elevator leaving Tao Jiayi behind.
Tao Jiayi didn’t understand why her cousin was so mad all of a sudden, but she didn’t dare to linger after seeing Yuan Shuyan walking away.
“Bye-bye, Goddess Gu.”
“Bye.”
After saying good-bye to Gu Ning, Tao Jiayi hurriedly chased Yuan Shuyan up.
Gu Ning actually needed to take the elevator as well, but she decided to wait for a while since Yuan Shuyan was walking there.
Tao Jiayi caught up to Yuan Shuyan and asked with confusion, “Cousin Shuyan, weren’t you in a good mood just now? Why are you mad all of a sudden? It’s not easy to see Goddess Gu in real life. Why couldn’t I talk with her for a longer while?”
“I have a grudge against her. I don’t want to see her,” said Yuan Shuyan with unhappiness.
“What? You have a grudge against Goddess Gu? Why? Is there any misunderstanding? I don’t think Goddess Gu would cause you trouble of her own accord.” Tao Jiayi rounded her eyes in shock, but it didn’t change her good impression of Gu Ning. Instead, she defended Gu Ning.
Hearing that, Yuan Shuyan was mad again. “Do you mean I’ve deliberately caused her trouble? You just read some news about her on the Internet. Do you know what kind of person she really is?”
In fact, she indeed had deliberately caused Gu Ning trouble, but she wouldn’t admit it.
Tao Jiayi said nothing, but she still refused to believe that Gu Ning was the one who caused Yuan Shuyan trouble first. Quite the opposite, she thought it must be Yuan Shuyan who had made things difficult for Gu Ning first.
After all, she was Yuan Shuyan’s cousin and they had known and gotten along with each other for over a dozen years. She was clearly aware of Yuan Shuyan’s character.
Seeing Tao Jiayi remaining silent, Yuan Shuyan knew what she was thinking. Yuan Shuyan was angry, but couldn’t say anything right now, because she was afraid it might make her look like a worse person.
…
As Gu Ning waited outside, she saw Jiang Ruiqin coming.
“Hi, Gu Ning, what a coincidence!” Jiang Ruiqin greeted Gu Ning.
“Hi, Ruiqin!” Gu Ning called him.
“I saw you standing here without walking over. Did you know I’m coming, so you waited here for me?” Jiang Ruiqin joked.
“Yeah, I had a feeling that you would come at this time.” Gu Ning also joked.
“Let’s go now!” Jiang Ruiqin didn’t take Gu Ning’s words seriously, but they went inside together since they met each other.
“Oh, I heard from my grandfather that Xiangyun Antique-store got many good antiques again. Manager Chen called my grandfather and my grandfather left home in a hurry. He almost stumbled because of that!” said Jiang Ruiqin. He was slightly making fun of Jiang Zhongyu.
Knowing that, Gu Ning smiled and said in a resigned tone, “Was he afraid that other people might arrive there before him? He’s always the first one who’s informed every time.”
“Exactly, because Manager Chen called Curator Cai before my grandfather. Curator Cai also hurriedly went there once he learned there were new good antiques. It’s impossible for my grandfather to stay calm in such a situation. He even grabbed an antique away from Curator Cai by threatening,” said Jiang Ruiqin.
“Fine!” Gu Ning was amused. They really had a deep love for antiques.
As they chatted with each other, they reached the private room.
It was 10 minutes away from 6 pm, but everyone came earlier. Gu Ning and Jiang Ruiqin were the last ones.
Although Gu Ning showed up with Jiang Ruiqin, they all knew that Gu Ning was Leng Shaoting’s girlfriend, so they didn’t dare to joke about their relationship.
As Tang Qingyang’s bodyguard, Ba Tianyang was present too. He called Gu Ning boss with great respect once he saw her.
Even though Ba Tianyang was a bodyguard, everyone took him as a friend, so they shared a meal together.
After everyone was present, they began to order food. No one hesitated to order his or her favorites.
After ordering, when the waiter was out, they began to chat.
“I have a feeling of surprise every time I see Gu Ning,” said Gu Anna all of a sudden.
“What do you mean?” The others were curious.
“She’s still a student!” Gu Anna put on a shocked expression.
“Ha-ha, I have the same feeling! I many times feel that Gu Ning is a wily old fox in the society.” Xu Qinyin agreed with Gu Anna.
It was not only Gu Anna and Xu Qinyin, other people by the table had the same feeling. They sometimes ignored the fact that Gu Ning was still a student.
There was no other student who could be so mature and stable as Gu Ning.
Other than Gu Ning, no student could become a billionaire at such a young age. At least, Gu Ning was the only one who was able to do it in their lifetimes.
“I’m a girl. How can you describe me as a wily old fox? It’s not suitable.” Gu Ning argued with dissatisfaction.
“Well, how about sly old fox?” Xu Qinyin changed the nickname, but it wasn’t pleasant either. Actually, Xu Qinyin purposely teased Gu Ning.
Gu Ning gave her a glance of disgust, but didn’t bother to argue with her.
“By the way, Gu Ning, do you live on campus or in your own home?” Jiang Ruiqin asked Gu Ning. Gu Ning was a businesswoman after all. Although she wasn’t managing her companies right now, she needed to deal with important things whenever it was necessary.
Chapter 1805: Celebrate Success Together
“Um, it depends on me. If there is nothing important for me to deal with, I’ll stay in school. It’s necessary for me to get familiar with my schoolmates after all. I can search for skilled people among them as well. Perhaps they’ll work for me one day. If I have to leave my school, I can ask for leave at any time,” said Gu Ning.
“I’m amazed. I’ve never seen such a free student like you before. Outsiders might think that your family owns that university! You can come and go as you like,” said Gu Anna. She sounded unkind, but she didn’t mean to attack Gu Ning given their good relationship.
“Well, I’m the first top scorer with a full score in history after all. I’m also a successful businesswoman who owns a large business group. Our principal has agreed, otherwise I wouldn’t have chosen the Capital University. There were countless prestigious universities competing against each other for me. At least one of them would accept the condition set by me. Most importantly, I’m so outstanding that it would be their loss if they shut me out just because of that easy condition,” said Gu Ning with pride.
Gu Anna rolled her eyes at Gu Ning and said with disdain, “Look at you! Fine, you’re the best. By the way, top scorer with a full score, you haven’t invited us to celebrate the admission yet, right? Do you plan to drop it?”
She had the intention of making Gu Ning pay for a large good meal.
Hearing Gu Anna’s words, Gu Ning suddenly realized that she indeed hadn’t invited them to celebrate the admission yet.
She hadn’t done anything to celebrate after receiving her admission letter simply because she was occupied and didn’t think it was necessary. However, it was necessary to invite her friends to celebrate it together.
“Um, I had no intention of doing that till you proposed it. If I just drop it, it won’t be acceptable. I need to go back to my school today, so we can do it another day when I don’t need to go back to my school. We can celebrate it by drinking together!” said Gu Ning.
“Great! I’ll write it down. Don’t keep us waiting!” Gu Anna was satisfied.
They weren’t afraid that Gu Ning might forget or think it was trouble, because it was meaningful.
As they chatted, dishes were placed on the table, so they began to enjoy the meal.
Since it was a celebration, they surely needed to drink.
“Gu Ning, can you drink today?” asked Tang Qingyang, because she was going to drive back to school later. It might cause her problems if she drank, so he asked her beforehand.
It wasn’t suitable if he stopped Gu Ning from drinking at the very beginning.
“Today is a special day. So I should of course drink with you. My bodyguard will drive me back to school later,” said Gu Ning. Even if she drank, she could easily get rid of the effect of the alcohol with the help of her magical power. However, she couldn’t tell that to her friends. Therefore, she could only call Qiao Ya over later.
“Great!”
Since Gu Ning said that, Tang Qingyang didn’t say anything further and poured a cup of wine for Gu Ning.
They wouldn’t drink strong alcohol, just some red wine.
After pouring the wine for Gu Ning, Tang Qingyang stood up and raised his cup facing her at first. “Gu Ning, I should thank you for such a big favor with my first drink.”
Although no one knew Gu Ning was “Tang Aining”, including Tang Qingyang, they were aware of Gu Ning’s grudge against the Tang family. It wasn’t surprising that Gu Ning had something to do with the Tang family’s bad luck this time.
As for the details, they didn’t know and wouldn’t ask for them. They were secrets after all.
Gu Ning also stood up with a cup in her hand. “You don’t need to say that. We have the same enemy. Even if you hadn’t sided with me, I would still have done the same thing. Anyway, I can feel your gratitude. Congratulations to both of us!”
Because of Gu Ning, Tang Qingyang was able to gain such a great advantage. It was totally understandable that he thanked Gu Ning with sincerity.
They clinked their cups, then had a drink together.
After that, they had a toast with everyone else around the table.
During the meal, Gu Ning called Qiao Ya. Knowing she was free, Gu Ning asked her to come and drive her back to school later.
When they chatted with each other, it was unavoidable to talk about the Tang family. They were all good friends, so they had heard a lot about it. Accordingly, there was no need for them to hide their real feelings.
“Tang Bingsen is in a terrible condition now. I don’t know how many months he can survive. Eitherway, Ji Yijing is caught and I’m the chairman of the Tang Organization now. I’ll be in charge of their affairs. If I don’t take care of them, outsiders might criticize me!” said Tang Qingyang.
“He won’t live long anyway. You can take good care of him these days. At least it’ll make you a good relative on the surface,” said Gu Ning.
She and Tang Bingsen were bitter enemies, but her hatred towards him went away after going through so many things. Tang Bingsen was going to die sooner or later, so she didn’t care about him now.
Actually, if he died later, he had to suffer more pain.
No doctor was able to cure Tang Bingsen and Tang Yaxin. Gu Ning could, but she had no intention of doing that. She wanted them to be dead, so it was impossible for her to rescue them. Besides, they asked for the tragic results themselves.
“Oh, does anyone dare to make things difficult for you in the company?” asked Gu Ning.
“There are some, but I have something on them. After I threatened them, they stopped acting against me. All in all, everything is going well now,” said Tang Qingyang.
He should thank Gu Ning for that, because Gu Ning shared their dirty secrets with him.
“Glad to hear that. If you need me at any time, feel free to let me know,” said Gu Ning. Although Tang Qingyang had great abilities, he just took over the Tang Organization. There was a lot for him to learn. If any other companies chose to cause the Tang Organization trouble at this time, it could be difficult for him to handle the situation.
“Of course I will. I hope you won’t be bothered by me,” said Tang Qingyang without hesitation. He had a clear understanding of his abilities. There was a lot for him to learn after taking over such a large business group. In addition, he was going to make drastic changes to the company upon taking charge. He would be lying if he said he wasn’t nervous.
Xu Qinyin also wanted to tell Tang Qingyang to turn to her for help whenever he needed her. Even though she couldn’t help, the Jinlin Organization could.
Nevertheless, it wasn’t appropriate for her to say that, because she herself couldn’t help him.
Most importantly, they were going to have a serious relationship. Although neither of them made it public yet, they were mentally prepared.
Therefore, if the Xu family stood out for Tang Qingyang, outsiders might believe that he became successful by relying on a woman.