Chapter 61: Be Proud Too Early

“Miss Gu.” Zhou Zhenghong went back to stand beside Gu Ning. He looked much more delighted than before.

“Uncle Zhou,” Gu Ning called him. Zhou Zhenghong didn’t run away. Gu Ning was satisfied and gave him a sincere smile.

The second time, Li Zhenzhen chose a raw material with jade inside. Gu Ning did the same thing.

Although Gu Ning’s wasn’t big, the species of the jade was much more valuable than Li Zhenzhen’s.

“Rub this one, please.” Gu Ning’s raw material was just a little bigger than an apple and its outer layer was thin. It was better to rub it.

It took more time to rub a stone than to cut it directly. Before long, Li Zhenzhen’s raw material was cut out. A layer of green showed.

“It’s green inside!”

The crowd erupted into discussion. They had just witnessed an emerald cut out. Now there was another one.

Li Zhenzhen was excited. She threw a provocative glance to Gu Ning. Qin Yifan, on the other hand, was worried about Gu Ning.

As for Gu Ning herself, she was calmer than ever.

“It’s an emerald!”

“It’s a medium-level jade of the glutinous rice type!”

No one was happier than Li Zhenzhen now. She again gave Gu Ning a provocative and proud glance.

Although it was just a medium-level jade, it was big, and was worth a lot.

But while Li Zhenzhen was enjoying her success, Gu Ning’s raw material showed green at the same time. Li Zhenzhen became upset at once.

How come? How was it possible? How could Gu Ning’s raw material show green?

Li Zhenzhen couldn’t accept the truth. She ran over immediately. There was a layer of green indeed, but its type was still unknown.

Qin Yifan and Li Zhenyu were both surprised. They also didn’t expect there would be jade in a raw material randomly picked up by Gu Ning. Meanwhile, Qin Yifan was relieved but Li Zhenyu was displeased. He obviously didn’t want Gu Ning to win.

Zhou Zhenghong was amazed too. He didn’t know Gu Ning had Jade Eyes at all, and Gu Ning had helped him gain a lot of money just then. Thus Zhou Zhenghong believed Gu Ning must be an expert, and he already thought highly of her.

Now, Gu Ning’s raw material showed green again. Zhou Zhenghong greatly admired her now.

Li Zhenzhen clenched her fists. She prayed to herself that Gu Ning’s jade was worthless or a low-level jade. As long as it was worse than hers, Li Zhenzhen would be satisfied.

Unfortunately, the fact went the opposite way.

Li Zhenzhen’s jade was in the same size of Zhou Zhenghong’s jade of hibiscus species.

Once the jade was cut out, someone bid immediately.

But Li Zhenzhen wouldn’t sell it anyway since her family dealt in the business of jade.

Thus when someone wanted to bid, Li Zhenyu stopped him, “Sorry, everyone. We are not going to sell this jade.”

The crowd felt disappointed, but they couldn’t force the owner to sell the jade.

Therefore, they could only hope that Gu Ning would sell hers.

Since her raw material showed green, it was highly possible there was jade inside.

After a while, Gu Ning’s jade was cut out. After cleaning it with water, it showed its real appearance.

The texture was smooth and warm. It had great transparency and light shiny color. It looked like a glass.

“The glass type! It is the old-pit glass type!” The worker’s hands, which were holding the jade, were trembling because of excitement.

Hearing that, everyone drew a long breath in, they were all shocked.

Old-pit glass type was the top-level type among jade! All of the sudden, Li Zhenzhen’s medium-level jade of the glutinous rice type seemed worthless.

Li Zhenzhen was more than upset now. It was so hard for her to believe the result.

Gu Ning immediately absorbed the power.

There was one last raw material waiting to be cut, but given what had happened, Li Zhenzhen was very likely to lose. If she couldn’t cut out a jade which was more valuable than a jade of old-pit glass species, she would certainly lose.

However, it was so difficult to do that.

Even though, Li Zhenzhen still had hope. It wasn’t the last second.

“Miss Gu, do you want to sell this jade? I’ll pay ten million yuan for it.”

“Fifteen million yuan.”

“Twenty million yuan.”

…

“Forty million yuan.”

The last bid was from Li Zhenyu. Li Zhenzhen felt dissatisfied at once. “Brother, how can you buy her jade?”

Hearing that, Li Zhenyu frowned slightly. He was a little dissatisfied too. “Zhenzhen, don’t forget I’m a businessman,” Li Zhenyu warned.

He would protect Li Zhenzhen from the emotional aspect, but it didn’t mean he would ignore his family’s business.

The jewellery industry always lacked top-level jade. It was so hard to find one, and Li Zhenyu would never give it up just because of Li Zhenzhen’s jealousy.

Li Zhenzhen was upset, but she couldn’t do anything about it.

“Sixty million yuan.”

The bid stopped at the price of sixty million yuan, which was reasonable.

The bidder was Qin Yifan.

He came to City G for jade. He would never allow himself to miss such a rare top-level jade.

Although he and Li Zhenyu were good friends, business was business. Only the most generous buyer would get the jade.

At the end, Qin Yifan got the old-pit glass jade from Gu Ning at the price of sixty million yuan, but they had to wait to sign the contract and transfer the money until the bet was over.

“Miss Li, if your last raw material doesn’t have a jade which is worth more than sixty million yuan, then you’ll lose,” Gu Ning said provocatively.

“You…” Li Zhenzhen was irritated now. If she had been jealous of Gu Ning before, now she hated Gu Ning to the death.

Zhou Zhenghong then realized Gu Ning had a bet with Li Zhenzhen. He admired Gu Ning’s ability even more now.

The last round, Gu Ning chose a raw material with a purple jade inside. It wasn’t big though, just the size of two apples. She decided to have it be rubbed too.

Meanwhile, Li Zhenzhen still had hers cut.

After a cut, the out layer was removed, and a pure green showed widely.

“It’s green inside!”

“Is this the old-pit ice type?”

There was another round of excited shout. Li Zhenzhen, who had a vain hope, now felt thrilled.

Old-pit ice species was a high-level separate among jade, and only ranked lower than the old-pit glass species. If this one was big enough, it was still possible for Li Zhenzhen to beat Gu Ning.

Qin Yifan couldn’t help glancing at Gu Ning. Even Zhou Zhenghong felt concerned, but Gu Ning stayed calm as usual. No one knew whether she was being confident, or didn’t care about the result.

Since Gu Ning had earned that much money, ten million yuan was nothing to her.

But it was too early to be worried or proud now. The final result wasn’t out yet.

Chapter 62: Do You Want to Deny It?

Right at that moment, the worker made another cut. Everyone held his or her breath, fixing their eyes on the machine.

However, there was no more green showing, instead there was white stone inside like what it was on the outside.

Everyone was disappointed at once. There was only a thin layer of green.

“No, impossible. This is impossible.” Li Zhenzhen couldn’t accept the truth. It was a jade of the old-pit ice type. How could it have disappeared!

“Cut it again, again!” Li Zhenzhen shouted.

The worker continued, but there was only stone left.

Li Zhenzhen was struck dumb standing there.

She lost. She lost the bet.

“Miss Li, you lose,” Gu Ning reminded her.

Hearing Gu Ning’s voice, Li Zhenzhen suddenly looked at her. She didn’t say a word, but her eyes were full of viciousness.

Gu Ning smiled lightly. She didn’t care and didn’t want to urge Li Zhenzhen. She moved her sight to her raw material which was being rubbed instead.

“It’s green inside!”

An encouraging voice sounded. There was a light shiny purple which showed, but the window was small, so the color wasn’t very obvious.

After several rounds of rubbing, the color showed gradually. It was light purple.

“Isn’t-isn’t this violet?”

“What? Impossible!”

Hearing violet, the crowd all rounded their eyes in shock.

“No, no, this can’t be true…” Li Zhenzhen was losing her control over her emotions.

“Can it be just a thin layer?”

“If it is violet, this young girl is so unbelievably lucky! She has two high-level jade out of three raw materials.”

Everyone looked to Gu Ning with great admiration. Some felt envious too.

When the worker finished rubbing, and cleaned the jade with water, a shiny violet jade of the glass type came into everyone’s sight.

“Violet! It is violet! It is a violet jade of the glass type!” The worker’s hands were trembling quickly. It was too much for his heart to bear.

He had cut out stones for half of his lifetime. This was his first time to cut out two high-level jade consecutively, especially this violet.

Purple was the rarest color of jade, and glass was the rarest type of jade. This jade was a very pure purple. It was a highly elegant purple. The light charming color was like the haze from the east, which was full of implicit beauty.

No one was more excited than the boss, who almost fainted, but he was thrilled not because of happiness, but because of regret.

He knew this new group of raw materials had a high green rate, but he didn’t expect the rate would that high.

The number of raw materials which had been cut out today was merely around 10, but there were four of them that had jade, two even had high-level jade inside!

If he had cut them out himself, he would be super rich overnight!

But it was too late to do that. He didn’t have the nerve to cut out all his raw materials. If there was no jade inside, he would lose every cent he had.

Although the violet jade of the glass type was ranked at the same high-level as the jade of the old-pit glass type, it was much more expensive because of its rarity.

Thus the bid began from thirty million yuan.

“Forty million yuan.”

“Fifty million yuan.”

…

“Seventy million yuan.”

At the end, the violet jade was sold out at the price of eighty million yuan. The buyer was still Qin Yifan.

Li Zhenyu did want to compete for the violet jade, but he didn’t have enough money for it. The Li Family wasn’t in the same level of wealth as the Qin Family after all. Besides, the last bid was almost higher than the value of the violet jade.

Qin Yifan was truly from the super rich family. He paid 130 million yuan for two jade within a day.

Actually, 130 million yuan was the highest price Qin Yifan could pay for the jade.

The Qin Family had hundreds of million in assets, and was ranked the fourth richest family in City F on the list. The Qin Family was universally acknowledged as the second-line super rich family.

But the Qin Family was involved in many industries other than Yicui Jade-store. Yicui Jade-store was merely inherited from the ancestors. The Qin Family didn’t want to close it and ran it as a sideline.

Thus, the Qin Family actually didn’t have much cash on hand.

The 130 million yuan was the best Qin Yifan could do. He didn’t want to miss the high-level jade.

As for Gu Ning, Qin Yifan now more than just appreciated her. He admired her greatly.

No matter if Gu Ning was only lucky, or if she truly had the ability, she could cut out great jade, which was everything in this industry.

They needed to sign the contract and transfer money.

“Oh, Miss Li lost the bet between us. Please transfer the ten million yuan to me as well,” Gu Ning reminded. Although she said it airily, Li Zhenzhen felt utterly displeased.

“Gu Ning, will you stop!” Li Zhenzhen scolded. Her face changed because of anger, as if she had been treated unfairly.

“What? Why should I stop? You agreed on the bet. Do you want to deny it?” Gu Ning said.

“You…” She indeed wanted to deny it, but she cared about her reputation. If she really denied it, her reputation would be ruined.

“Please allow me to transfer the money.” Although Li Zhenyu felt disappointed too, he had to follow the rules. If there was any negative rumors that went abroad, his family’s business would be affected too.

“Brother…” Li Zhenzhen unconsciously called her brother. She didn’t actually want to stop him. She merely felt helpless.

But no matter what Li Zhenzhen had in her mind, it wasn’t a good time for her to utter another word. Thus the minute she opened her mouth, Li Zhenyu gave her a warning glance. She shut her mouth at once.

Qin Yifan, at the same time, was like an outsider. He had no intention to help Li Zhenyu and Li Zhenzhen.

Because he knew if Gu Ning had lost the game, they would do the same thing.

Thus, Qin Yifan preferred to be an outsider.

Before long, the contract had been signed and the money had been transferred.

“Gu Ning, you’re so awesome! How can you cut out two jade among three raw materials! Did you really choose the raw materials by luck? Do you have Jade Eyes?” Qin Yifan was still excited. He accidentally told the truth.

Although knowing Qin Yifan was joking, Gu Ning felt uneasy. She smiled. “I’m always a lucky person. That’s all.”

Qin Yifan looked at the left four raw materials in Gu Ning’s cart. “Are there more emeralds in your raw materials?”

“I have no idea,” Gu Ning replied casually.

“Oh, it’s almost 12 am. Let’s go have lunch together!” Qin Yifan invited.

Chapter 63: I Want You

Li Zhenzhen was in a rage now. She hated Gu Ning to the death. Now Qin Yifan even wanted to invite Gu Ning to have lunch together. Li Zhenzhen almost went crazy.

“If you don’t want Yifan to hate you, mind your behavior. We can deal with Gu Ning secretly,” Li Zhenyu warned.

He wanted Li Zhenzhen to be with Qin Yifan, because it would be helpful to the Li Family.

Thus he naturally disliked Gu Ning, who had grabbed Qin Yifan’s attention and defeated Li Zhenzhen.

Or more technically, he hated Gu Ning because of the ten million yuan.

Ten million yuan wasn’t much to his family, but could be used to do many things. He would be lying if he said he didn’t care.

Li Zhenzhen was a little surprised, but also felt happy.

True! If she wanted to deal with Gu Ning, she could do it secretly.

City G was the domain of Li Zhenzhen. She had plenty of ways to deal with Gu Ning.

Besides, she knew some gangsters. It was easy to hurt Gu Ning in Li Zhenzhen’s eyes.

Thinking of this, Li Zhenzhen felt comfortable and relaxed.

“No, thanks. I have something else to deal with. Thank you,” Gu Ning rejected Qin Yifan’s invitation.

“Fine.” Qin Yifan didn’t insist. He asked later, “Will you be here later?”

“No, I won’t come again,” Gu Ning said. All the great jade was in her hands now. There weren’t many left in the shop after all.

She had used her Jade Eyes to earn a fortune. It would be too selfish if she collected all the valuable jade in the shops.

Qin Yifan had to give up at the end. He only reminded Gu Ning to turn to him if she had any trouble.

“Miss Gu, let’s go transfer the money.” Zhou Zhenghong stayed by Gu Ning’s side all the time. Knowing she was leaving, he asked on his own initiative.

“We don’t need to rush. Uncle Zhou, let’s have lunch together,” Gu Ning said.

“Great.” Zhou Zhenghong didn’t reject. Gu Ning’s money was still in his account after all.

While they were leaving, Zhou Zhenghong helped Gu Ning take her raw materials which hadn’t been cut open.

After Gu Ning and the others were gone, the shop became popular and well-known. Everyone now knew there were two high-level jade that had been cut out in the shop.

When people heard the owner of those two high-level jade was a young girl, everyone was amazed.

Gu Ning didn’t plan to leave the antique market now. Thus she chose a restaurant right in the antique market and booked a private dining room.

“Miss Gu, thank you so much for helping me this time! If it hadn’t been for you, I would have abandoned that raw material. Then I would have lost so much money,” Zhou Zhenghong thanked Gu Ning the minute they sat down.

Gu Ning smiled. She didn’t want to hide her real purpose, so she said straightforwardly, “Uncle Zhou, I don’t want to lie to you. Let me tell you the truth! I helped you for a reason, especially when I found out your identity.”

Hearing that, Zhou Zhenghong was surprised, and puzzled.

She did it for a reason? For what? Why?

Even though she knew his identity, it wouldn’t be of great help. He had lost everything, and was a poor, ordinary man now. What was Gu Ning’s purpose?

Although knowing the young girl had helped him for a reason, Zhou Zhenghong wasn’t mad. He knew Gu Ning wasn’t a bad person.

“Why?” Zhou Zhenghong asked.

“Because I’ll be involved in the jewelry and jade industry, but I am still a student, I can’t do it myself. I need a professional and competent manager. Although I don’t know much about you, you didn’t run away with the money just then. You’re not a malicious man. And from the development of Zhoufu jewelry, your ability is also affirmed. So, after knowing your identity, I want you.”

What?

Zhou Zhenghong rounded his eyes in shock.

He didn’t expect a teenage girl would be so ambitious as to run a company, and had even tested him before choosing him to be the manager.

But, they were merely strangers who had only met each other once! Why would she trust him?

“We just met for the first time. We’re not acquaintances even. Why do you trust me?” Zhou Zhenghong asked.

“Yes, we met for the first time. We’re not acquaintances even. I completely have no reason to believe you, but I am willing to believe you. The employer can’t be suspicious, and the suspect can’t be used. Although I care about my people very much, I never accept betrayal. If one treats me with sincerity, I’ll give him or her a bright future. If one betrays me, he or she will be dead. No way around it.”

Saying the “dead” word, Gu Ning seemed murderous. Zhou Zhenghong was stunned, as if he was surrounded by the feeling of death. He held his breath.

Zhou Zhenghong was a sophisticated businessman. He had met a variety of people, and he could judge from Gu Ning’s air that she was a powerful as well as cruel person.

Of course, she was only cruel to her opponents. She cared about her people very much.

Facing Gu Ning’s warning, Zhou Zhenghong didn’t feel reluctant, instead, he trusted Gu Ning.

As for Zhou Zhenghong, if he chose to follow Gu Ning, he would no betray her. He was an upright and loyal people himself.

“Perhaps, you’re not optimistic about me, and don’t want a young girl to be your boss. Or, you want to be the boss yourself, and restart your business, but, I believe you’re a smart man, who knows clearly about the pros and cons. You need a lot of money and supplies to restart your business. However, let alone your lack of both of them, Shao Ping won’t stand aside and let you start your own business. You probably couldn’t register! Of course, you can avoid Shao Ping and go to other places, but if you don’t have enough funds and supplies, it’ll be very hard for you to develop.”

That was exactly what was on Zhou Zhenghong’s mind. Although he wanted to restart his business, he also clearly knew it wouldn’t be easy.

Even if he avoided Shao Ping, and went to another place, he lacked the money and supplies. He could fail again.

“And I can provide enough money and supplies for you. Probably in your eyes I was just lucky today, but it’s not. I have my own unique skills, so I don’t have to worry about money and supplies. If you’re willing to accept my offer, you can have 20% shares of my jewelry company. You’ll be fully responsible to run the company. To the public, you’re the chairman and have all the rights of the chairman. I’ll be a behind-the-scene boss. You can discuss with me on things you can’t decide.”

Chapter 64: The Jade Beauty

Zhou Zhenghong was now completely shocked.

He never doubted Gu Ning’s ability of stone gambling. After knowing she had her own skills, he even thought more highly of her.

But what shocked him more was that Gu Ning was willing to let him take over the company. He could even have 20% shares.

Why would she trust him so much?

There was nothing better than being trusted for your own ability and character! Undoubtedly, Zhou Zhenghong made up his mind.

He actually valued a hard-working life over wealth. He wanted to live his life.

Without hesitation, Zhou Zhenghong stood up, looking at Gu Ning. He said, “Miss Gu, I’m willing to follow you and I’ll never betray you!”

At the same time, Zhou Zhenghong made up his mind to run a greatly profitable business with Gu Ning.

The temporary location of the company was in City G. Gu Ning planned to establish the headquarters of her company in the capital city when she went to university.

The capital city was where she felt familiar and was going to stay.

The brand was named the Jade Beauty, and her company was called the Jade Beauty Jewelry Company. Its major business was jade.

As for other kinds of jewelry like gold, silver and so forth. Gu Ning planned to involve them in the future, not now.

Since Gu Ning only had jade of great quality in her hands, she decided to make and sell high-end products. A piece of jewelry made of medium-high-level jade cost at least hundreds of thousands of yuan. If it was made of high-level jade, it would cost millions of yuan or more.

Although there weren’t many buyers, it was very profitable if one piece was sold.

Zhou Zhenghong was in charge of finding factories and shops in City G. He also needed to hire staff and buy machines.

He knew better than Gu Ning concerning those things. Thus Gu Ning didn’t interfere.

Zhou Zhenghong decided to use his previous designers and carvers. The boss of Zhoufu Jewelry had changed, and those workers who had followed him had all left.

Because Zhou Zhenghong was known for his kindness, his old staff maintained a good relationship with him. After he had gone bankrupt, they had also helped him.

Although their design and carvings weren’t the top-level, they weren’t worse than the third-line masters. They only needed a platform to practice and develop.

The company’s initial registration capital was a hundred million yuan, and more would be added later.

For the jewelry industry, the registered capital of a hundred million yuan wasn’t too much. It was still relatively little, because it required a lot of money to buy raw materials, but Gu Ning didn’t need to do that. She already had the supplies now, and they were worth six hundred or seven hundred million yuan in total.

Therefore, in terms of total funds, she had around seven hundred million yuan in assets, which was a big business.

After that, Gu Ning would continue to get jade with her Jade Eyes. There was no need for her to use money to buy jade supplies.

Gu Ning now had more than two hundred million yuan in cash. She invested a hundred million yuan in jewelry, and still had more than a hundred million yuan with her.

She planned to cut out two high-level jade, and sell them to Zhao Yuefeng and Master Fu separately. In that way, she would have around seventy million yuan more in cash.

Gu Ning asked Zhou Zhenghong to help her buy a well-decorated apartment near the downtown of City G. When she came to City G in the future, she needed a place to live. She could not always stay at the hotel.

“Oh, boss, we’ve sold the jade of the hibiscus type, and the money…” Zhou Zhenghong reminded Gu Ning. Gu Ning’s share was about nine million.

“Use the nine million to buy me an apartment, and to cover some expense for the company,” Gu Ning said.

She wouldn’t give nine million to others out of the blue.

“Sure,” Zhou Zhenghong answered.

After the meal, Gu Ning told Zhou Zhenghong she wanted to cut out more raw materials.

Gu Ning had already cut out several jade today. She didn’t want to do it again in the public. She had no intention to cause a sensation.

Zhou Zhenghong told her they could rent a machine as well as a private room from the raw materials shop.

Accordingly, Gu Ning and Zhou Zhenghong walked to a raw materials shop.

It was around 1 pm.

On their way, Gu Ning called Zhao Yuefeng and Master Fu separately. She asked for their location, and told them she wanted to sell high-level jade.

Zhao Yuefeng wasn’t in the street of stone gambling, but he remained in the street of antiques, while Master Fu had already gone back home, but when he heard it was a high-level jade, he immediately said he would come soon.

It took time to cut a stone. Gu Ning let Zhao Yuefeng wait for her call.

As for Master Fu, Gu Ning told him to come slowly. She planned to cut out three raw materials, and it would take around half an hour. She told Master Fu to arrive around 3.30 pm.

Gu Ning intentionally to let Zhao Yuefeng and Master Fu come at different times. She was afraid they would like the same piece of jade, and she wanted to avoid an argument.

Although Zhao Yuefeng was the first buyer, which was a little unfair to Master Fu, Gu Ning thought it would be fine given both would be high-level jade.

When they arrived at a raw materials shop, they rented a machine in a private room to cut out their raw materials.

Gu Ning firstly picked up one in the size of half a football, then two others which were as small as an apple. They all had high-level jade inside. One of the small ones had the red jade which Gu Ning almost missed.

This red jade, Gu Ning decided to make jewelry with it to send Gu Man and Gu Qing as gifts.

Gu Ning drew lines on the big one first, then gave it to Zhou Zhenghong to cut.

Meanwhile, Gu Ning rubbed the raw material with the red jade inside.

Although Zhou Zhenghong already believed Gu Ning that she had special skills to choose a raw material, he was still excited when the green showed.

When the jade was fully cut out, he became more thrilled.

Seeing that, Gu Ning just smiled a little.

While Zhou Zhenghong had cut out an emerald, Gu Ning’s raw material showed color too.

Zhou Zhenghong had a glance, taking in a long breath. He swallowed with great force. His voice was even trembling. “Is it, is it red jade?”

“Yes,” Gu Ning replied calmly.

Having the answer, Zhou Zhenghong almost bit his tongue. He was in great shock.

The jade in Zhou Zhenghong’s hand was as big as two adult palms.

He was amazed when he found out the type of the jade. “This-this is the high-level glass type.”

It was half transparent, so it was a high-level jade, no a top-level one.

Meanwhile, Gu Ning’s red jade widely showed too. It was shiny red with smooth texture and great transparency. It was the high-level cockscomb red.

Zhou Zhenghong was hit by one shock after another. He couldn’t get his mind back all of a sudden.

“Rub the last one please.” Gu Ning was running out of time. So she had to remind Zhou Zhenghong.

Zhou Zhenghong immediately had his mind back, and rubbed the last raw material quickly.

Although he knew there would be jade in it, he was still excited to see the green show.

Chapter 65: Fulushou Jade

After a while, Gu Ning’s cockscomb red jade was fully rubbed out.

It was big enough in Gu Ning’s eyes. She planned to make four bracelets, four pairs of earrings and four jade pendants for Gu Man, Gu Qing, Jiang Xinyue and herself. She would also make a thick jade ring for Jiang Xu. And the rest of the jade could be made into several jade pendants and pairs of earrings. Gu Qing decided to sell the rest, which would be worth dozens of millions of yuan.

Gu Ning had seen the jewelry of the Qin Family. She liked their design and carving, and planned to let the Qin Family do the work for her.

“This-this…”

Zhou Zhenghong was holding an emerald which showed half of it. He breathed fast, like his heart was going to jump out.

“What happened?” Gu Ning asked with confusion.

“This is Fulushou jade of the glass type!” Zhou Zhenghong tried very hard to utter a word. He was still in shock.

Knowing it was Fulushou jade, Gu Ning was also astonished.

Fulushou was the kind of jade with four colors: green, red, purple or white. Fulushou jade was a symbol of happiness, fortune and health.

It was rather rare, and super popular.

It was worth at least a hundred million yuan, and was much more expensive than the violet jade of the glass type.

Gu Ning immediately changed her mind. She decided to use this Fulushou jade to make jewelry for her family, while she sold the cockscomb red jade.

Gu Ning absorbed the power of the cockscomb red jade, but she didn’t absorb the power of the Fulushou jade.

She planned to use the Fulushou jade to make jewelry for her family. With the power, the jade could last long in great condition.

“Keep on rubbing!” Seeing Zhou Zhenghong being so shocked, Gu Ning felt like laughing, but she completely understood his feeling.

Fulushou jade was extremely hard to find. It ranked just a little lower than the King’s Green.

Hearing Gu Ning’s voice, Zhou Zhenghong then got his mind back. He took a deep breath, and calmed down.

His hands were still trembling, because it was so precious. He was nervous, being afraid to damage it by accident.

After 10 minutes, Zhou Zhenghong finally cut the whole jade out. He handed it to Gu Ning with his hands shaking slightly.

Gu Ning took the Fulushou jade. She was deeply attracted to it too.

Three raw materials had already been cut. It was almost 3 pm. Gu Ning planned to call Zhao Yuefeng.

“Great, let’s go!” Gu Ning said. She stood up and cleaned the dirt on her clothes.

When they were out of the raw materials shop, Gu Ning sent Zhou Zhenghong away to draw up a contract. They would sign it tomorrow.

Although she trusted Zhou Zhenghong, they still needed to sign a contract, which was also a protection to Zhou Zhenghong himself.

After Zhou Zhenghong was gone, Gu Ning went to a nearby restaurant, then called Zhao Yuefeng.

Within three minutes, Zhao Yuefeng appeared in Gu Ning’s sight.

The street of stone gambling wasn’t big. They were merely a hundred meters away.

“Miss Gu.” Zhao Yuefeng was excited when he saw Gu Ning.

“Please be seated,” Gu Ning said. Zhao Yuefeng sat down immediately. “What do you want to drink, Mr Zhao?” Gu Ning asked.

“Nothing, let’s see the jade first!” Zhao Yuefeng refused at once. He was eager to see the jade.

Gu Ning found it funny. They didn’t need to rush at all.

Fine, let’s see the jade first!

“I have two high-level jade now, but I can only sell one to you, the other is for Master Fu. Since you’re not far away, I’ll let you choose first. Please don’t tell Master Fu.”

Gu Ning said, then took out two emeralds from her backpack.

Zhao Yuefeng was thrilled and amazed when he heard Gu Ning had two high-level jade, but he soon felt disappointed that he could only buy one.

Since the other one was for Master Fu, Zhao Yuefeng couldn’t argue against it. He was still moved that Gu Ning allowed him to be the first buyer.

Zhao Yuefeng rounded his eyes in shock when the two emeralds were on the table.

He knew they were high-level jade, but didn’t expect there would be a cockscomb red jade.

Zhao Yuefeng wanted the red jade the minute he saw it.

“Miss Gu, I honestly don’t know what to say! How can you cut out four high-level jade within a day, no, a morning! That’s unbearable!”

Zhao Yuefeng swallowed down with great force. He was totally astonished by Gu Ning’s luck.

If Zhao Yuefeng had known Gu Ning had cut out more than just four high-level jade, he would have been completely struck dumb.

Of course, Gu Ning still had 10 more raw materials with jade inside.

“Mr Zhao, you can choose,” Gu Ning said.

“The red jade please,” Zhao Yuefeng immediately replied.

“Great, you can have a look first, then tell me your price.” Gu Ning gave the red jade to Zhao Yuefeng.

Zhao Yuefeng took the red jade with his hands trembling.

“Miss Gu, I’ll pay 35 million yuan for it.” This cockscomb red jade was ranked at the same level of the old-pit ice type jade he had just bought, but the price of the red jade was much higher.

35 million yuan was a reasonable price.

“Deal!” Gu Ning agreed without hesitation.

Then, they both had a wonderful deal.

After the deal Zhao Yuefeng left, because Master Fu called.

A few minutes later, Master Fu arrived.

“Miss Gu, where is the jade? Where is the jade?” Master Fu raised his voice in excitement before he approached Gu Ning. He walked fast towards her. If his two servants hadn’t supported him, he would have fallen down.

Gu Ning immediately stood up to welcome Master Fu. “Please slow down. The jade won’t escape.”

“A high-level jade. I must be quick! I am afraid it’ll run away!” Master Fu said seriously, like the jade would really run away from him.

Before Gu Ning could say another word, Master Fu urged, “Come on, show me the jade!”

“Please have a seat first. I’ll show you at once,” Gu Ning said. She immediately took the jade of the glass type out of her backpack.

Although Master Fu knew it was a high-level jade, he was still thrilled and amazed to see it with his own eyes..

“Great jade. Great jade!” Master Fu took the jade at once. He was staring at it with fondness, but in his heart, he still felt a little disappointed. If it had been a top-level old-pit glass species, it would be much better.

Chapter 66: An Accident

“Girl, I’ll pay thirty million yuan for this jade of the glass type. How about that?” Master Fu said.

“No problem,” Gu Ning answered. It was a reasonable price.

For now, Gu Ning had around 270 million yuan with her.

“Ha-ha, I like your efficient way of making a deal. Great, I’ll transfer the money to you now.” Gu Ning’s efficiency left a good impression on Master Fu again. He immediately made a call to transfer the money.

“Girl, if you don’t mind, you can call me grandpa Fu. If you need my support in the future, just let me know. I’ll spare no effort to help you,” Master Fu said. He sincerely wanted to become friends with this young lady.

Master Fu was sophisticated. He had a belief that Gu Ning was a promising teenager.

“Grandpa Fu, I do need your help now.” Gu Ning didn’t hesitate to ask for help from Master Fu.

“Oh, what happened? Tell me.” Master Fu was a little surprised and curious.

“Well, I plan to register a jewelry company, but I also know that this process is very troublesome. So, do you have any acquaintances in the Industry and Commerce Bureau? Could you please help me make the process smoother, faster? Of course, I’ll prepare all the required documents.” Since Master Fu was willing to help, Gu Ning naturally couldn’t waste the chance. Actually she decided to make full use of her network. There was nothing wrong with it anyway.

“What? You’re going to open a jewelry company?” Knowing that, Master Fu was amazed. This young girl was very ambitious.

She even had the nerve to open a jewelry company!

“Yes,” Gu Ning replied seriously.

“How much is the registered capital?” Master Fu asked.

“The initial capital is a hundred million, which will be added to in the future,” Gu Ning said.

Master Fu took a long breath in. Even though a hundred million wasn’t much in the jewelry industry, it was a huge amount of money to a young girl.

This girl wasn’t an ordinary teenager.

But, although Gu Ning was an extraordinarily smart girl, it was risky to start up a company.

Master Fu asked with uncertainty, “Are you sure you’re going to open a jewelry company? To start up a business needs more than just money. You must have the ability to run it, with stable supplies. Besides, you’re a student now. Do you have enough time to manage it?”

Master Fu wasn’t going to stop Gu Ning. He was just worried that Gu Ning didn’t fully understand the rules and might lose money.

Gu Ning knew Master Fu cared about her. She replied with sincerity, “Grandpa Fu, I’m fully prepared. Moreover, I have professional staff to help me run the company. There is nothing to worry about.”

Since Gu Ning was confident, Master Fu didn’t want to let her down. “Great, it is no big deal. I’ll help you with the registration. Oh, how old are you now?”

“Thanks, grandpa Fu. I’m already 18. I’m an adult,” Gu Ning said. “But I still need to find a shop. I’ll contact you once I find the shop.”

“Sure, no problem. I’ll handle it,” Master Fu said delightedly.

“Thank you so much, grandpa Fu,” Gu Ning said.

Master Fu didn’t stay much longer before he left. After Master Fu was gone, Gu Ning left too.

She went to the street of antiques.

Gu Ning didn’t want to collect antiques. She simply wanted to take a chance. Thus she didn’t walk into stores, but looked around the small stands outside.

Although not every piece in the stores was authentic, the real one would be labeled with a price on it. It was expensive.

After a while, Gu Ning felt disappointed. She didn’t see a single real antique yet.

She continued looking for a longer time. Finally, she found an object with power at a small stand. It was a wine cup. Its power was very thick, which meant it must have a long history.

“Hey, how much is this?” Gu Ning pointed at a wine cup.

Seeing Gu Ning was a young girl, the stand owner assumed she wouldn’t buy it, so he replied perfunctorily, “It’s from the Qianlong period. ten thousand yuan. ”

An object from the Qianlong period. How was it only worth ten thousand yuan? It was worth at least five hundred thousand yuan.

Therefore, it must be a fake one in the stand owner’s eyes.

But this time, the stand owner was wrong. This wine cup was an authentic one. Gu Ning only wasn’t sure which period it was from.

Since it was real, Gu Ning didn’t care about the ten thousand yuan at all. She immediately took out a pile of bills from her backpack for the stand owner.

The stand owner didn’t expect this teenage girl would really buy it without bargaining. He was surprised.

He had actually believed that this teenage girl wouldn’t buy it, so he deliberately set such a high price. Otherwise, this would only be sold at the price of several hundred yuan.

Was it a real one?

The stand owner himself didn’t believe there were any authentic antiques on his little stand. It wasn’t easy to get a real one after all.

This young girl must know nothing about it. She merely liked it.

The stand owner was apparently happy to sell it at a high price. He happily took the money in case the buyer would regret.

However, he didn’t know he actually was the one who should regret.

The stand owner took the money, and Gu Ning got her wine cup. The deal was done. No one could regret.

Gu Ning put the wine cup into her backpack standing up.

Right at that moment. Something broke under her feet. There were a lot of broken china pieces. A man shouted in pain, “Oh, shit! My Green-bean glaze vase!”

After that, the young man glared at Gu Ning. He yelled in anger, “It’s you! You knocked my vase over on the ground. Now it’s broken. You have to pay me the money for it.”

Gu Ning immediately knew she encountered someone who intentionally caused an “accident”.

That wasn’t unusual in the antique industry. Someone would use a fake antique to deliberately cause an “accident”, and demanded compensation at the same price as a real antique.

Someone like that could easily succeed, because they always chose the weak ones to take advantage of.

And Gu Ning appeared to be a teenage girl, who must be easily scared. Thus she became the target.

Nonetheless, no one was willing to help in case they got involved in the trouble.

But the man made a wrong decision. Although Gu Ning was a teenage girl, she didn’t allow anyone to bully her now.

“I did not touch your vase,” Gu Ning said calmly.

The man simply tried to trap her, but she truly didn’t touch his vase.

Chapter 67: Run Away

“What? If you didn’t touch it, my vase wouldn’t have fallen!” the man argued.

“So what?” Gu Ning asked.

“This is a green-bean glaze vase from the Kangxi period. It’s worth at least five hundred thousand yuan on the market! Since you’re a young girl, five hundred thousand yuan would be enough.”

Gu Ning sneered. The man was literally shameless.

“Well, I can compensate you, but your words aren’t enough. So, I need to let an expert identify it. If it is truly worth five hundred thousand yuan, I’ll pay you right away,” Gu Ning said.

The man panicked a little. His tone softened. “Don’t need to bother! It costs a lot to see the expert. I have a certificate of authenticity myself. It can prove this vase is real.”

Saying this, then man pulled out his so-called certificate of authenticity. Gu Ning didn’t believe it of course. “It’s not a big deal. I’ll pay the expert fee,” she added.

The man stopped a second. He now realized he had made a wrong decision, but he didn’t want to give up.

“I don’t have time to waste with you. I need the money now! Pay me right now, or I’ll call the police,” the man warned. He immediately took out his phone, like he was going to call.

Gu Ning pulled the corner of her lips. She knew the man was threatening her.

Then she said airily, “Fine, go on!”

“You…” The man didn’t expect Gu Ning wouldn’t be scared at all, which left him in a dilemma.

Meanwhile, a nearby man suddenly stopped him, “Man, don’t be so annoyed. We can negotiate anyway. She’s merely a teenager. It’ll be bad for her future if she is arrested by the police. Why don’t you give her a bargain?”

The man seemed like he was helping Gu Ning, but he was actually an accomplice.

Unfortunately, Gu Ning saw through them clearly.

“What’s going on here?” An old man’s voice sounded at the same time.

Before long, a group of people stepped into the crowd. Two old men who were around 70 walked in front.

One of them unexpectedly was Master Fu.

“Girl, it’s you? What happened?” Seeing it was Gu Ning, Master Fu was a little surprised. It seemed Gu Ning was in trouble.

But the young man who demanded compensation suddenly changed his face.

Obviously, he knew the group.

“Oh, it’s just an accident. Just an accident.” Before Gu Ning could open her mouth, the man said at once. His made a U-turn on his attitude.

He was afraid of these two old men before him.

No one in the antique market didn’t know Master Fu and Master Yan. Those two were the authorities. No one dared to offend them.

Especially Master Yan, he wasn’t only the father of the mayor of City G, but also an undeniable expert in the antique field.

He could tell whether the vase was real or not by his own eyes.

Those two men who wanted to take advantage of Gu Ning were shocked by the fact that Gu Ning knew Master Yan and Master Fu.

But Master Yan and Master Fu immediately understood what had happened when they saw the broken china pieces on the ground. Both were upset.

It wasn’t unusual for such “accidents” to happen, but when it happened to Gu Ning, the perpetrators were in trouble now.

Mater Fu regarded Gu Ning as his friend and his granddaughter. He would naturally protect her.

Thus, master Fu was displeased and asked. “Is it a real accident?”

He didn’t believe it apparently.

The young man had a layer of cold sweat around his forehead at once. He did want to say yes, but it obviously wasn’t a wise answer.

At the end, the young man couldn’t bear the pressure from Master Fu any longer. He apologized, “Master Fu, I’m sorry. It’s my fault. I promise I won’t do it again.”‘

“The person you should apologize to isn’t me,” Master Fu was mad.

The young man immediately turned to Gu Ning. He even bent to a low level. “Miss, I’m so sorry. Please accept my apologies.”

“I accept your apologies this time, but I’ll have my people here to keep an eye on you. If you dare to do that again, you’ll be in jail the next time!” Gu Ning said.

She threatened them to stop them from doing it again.

“Sure, sure.”

Those two answered at once. They were like rats on the street now. The only thing in their mind now was to leave as soon as possible.

After that, they immediately ran away.

“It happens often in this street. You must be careful from now on,” Master Fu said to Gu Ning. If they hadn’t arrived on time, Gu Ning would have been taken advantage of.

“I will, grandpa Fu.” Even though Gu Ning wouldn’t allow anyone else to bully her now, she replied to Master Fu’s kindness with sincerity.

“Well, now let me introduce you. This is Master Yan, the president of the Antiques Association,” Master Fu said to Gu Ning.

“Nice to meet you, Master Yan,” Gu Ning greeted politely.

“You too.” Master Yan was a serious man, especially before the young generation.

So he replied airily when Gu Ning greeted him, but he didn’t disdain her at all.

“Well, now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll leave now,” Gu Ning said.

After Master Fu gave her an affirmative nod, Gu Ning left.

Later, she used her Jade Eyes to scan the objects around her.

Within a few meters, she found out another object with power. It was an ink slab with a strong power.

Gu Ning immediately went over. She asked the price, then paid the money at once.

She only paid five thousand yuan for an authentic antique.

Master Fu and Master Yan were not far behind Gu Ning. Both of them witnessed what Gu Ning had done, and they were shocked.

They didn’t know whether Gu Ning understood antiques or not, but she casually bought one without identification.

“Girl, you…” Master Fu walked to Gu Ning quickly. He wanted to stop her, but he was late. The deal was done. Master Fu sighed heavily.

“Do you know antiques, young girl?” Master Yan followed up. His tone was still serious.

Although Master Yan disliked her behavior, he didn’t judge her for that since it was none of his business.

Chapter 68: A Battle for the Ink-slab

“Em, not really,” Gu Ning said.

“Then why did you buy this ink-slab without second thought?” Master Fu criticized. He expected better from Gu Ning.

“Because of my instinct. May I invite the two masters to have a cup of tea? Master Yan, could you please help me identify this object?” Gu Ning said.

Master Yan was an expert of antiques. He had a special feeling for antiques, and never said no to identifying an object.

He only thought it wasn’t necessary to have tea.

But seeing Gu Ning being so confident, like this ink-slab was a real one, Master Yan was more curious now.

If the ink-slab had been real, it was inconvenient to identify it here. Thus Master Yan answered, “Fine.”

They went towards a nearby tea house.

They had a private room since they were all important figures.

Before they sat down, Master Yan opened his mouth eagerly. “Girl, let me have a look now.”

The ink-slab was held in Gu Ning’s hand. Once Master Yan opened his mouth, Gu Ning handed it to him directly.

Master Yan took the ink-slab, and was absorbed in identifying it.

Both Master Fu and Gu Ning stayed quiet, tasting the tea.

Master Yan kept on observing, touching and cleaning it for a while. At the end, Master Yan’s eyes lit up with delight and excitement. “It’s real. It is real! This is an ink-slab from the Qianlong period. It belonged to the famous poet, book painter and Laizhou prefect, Zhang Wentao. It must be old-pit species too!”

“What?” Hearing that, Master Fu was also surprised as well as excited.

Such a precious antique was found by a young teenage girl, which surprised Master Yan more. He asked, “Girl, did you really find this out by your instinct?”

To be honest, Master Yan didn’t believe it was that simple. Gu Ning had been so confident, as if she already knew it was a real one.

Gu Ning also understood her excuse wasn’t persuasive, but she didn’t know anything about antiques. Thus she had to stick to her excuse. “Yes.”

Master Yan and Master Fu still couldn’t believe it, but since the girl said so, they didn’t want to ask for more.

Master Yan looked at the ink-slab in his hands. He was growingly thrilled. “Girl, do you want to sell it? If you want to, I can pay you the market price,” Master Yan said.

Not only was Master Yan an expert of antiques, he was also an expert of calligraphy. He loved those tools for calligraphy.

“Well, Master Yan, I knew Girl Gu before you. If she wants to sell it, I must be the first buyer. You, you can’t grab it from me!” Master Fu immediately stood up wanting to snatch the ink-slab.

Although Master Fu wasn’t as professional as Master Yan, he was an aficionado.

He didn’t like calligraphy, but he loved to collect ancient objects.

Gu Ning felt embarrassed. She didn’t want to see those two respectable seniors to have a battle over a ink-slab.

Gu Ning understood Master Fu wanted to have priority because they met first.

Master Yan, on the other side, protected the ink-slab tightly in his arms at once. He looked at Master Fu in an aggressive way. “Master Fu, you don’t like calligraphy at all. Why do you need it?”

“I don’t like calligraphy, but I love ancient objects!” Master Fu said.

Master Yan was truly afraid Gu Ning would sell the ink-slab to Master Fu because the two had met each other before him. He had to use his ace in the hole. “If you don’t compete with me, I’ll give you a bottle of peach-blossom wine of 10 years,” Master Yan said to Master Fu.

Hearing that, Master Fu’s eyes were bright. He stopped competing for the ink-slab, but bargained, “Two bottles.”

Master Yan frowned. He was reluctant to do that.

But for the ink-slab, he compromised at the end. “Fine, two bottles.” Master Yan clenched his teeth.

After that, Master Fu was pleased. He went back to his seat.

And Master Yan then realized Gu Ning hadn’t agreed to sell the ink-slab yet.

“Well, girl, could you please sell it to grandpa Yan?” Master Yan looked at Gu Ning with sincerity. It seemed the ink-slab was a part of his body. If Gu Ning took it back, it would be like cutting meat from his flesh.

Master Yan right now was completely different from that serious old man before.

Actually, the reason why Gu Ning invited Master Yan to identify the ink-slab was that she intended to sell it to him.

She wasn’t sure Master Yan would want it, but since he was an expert of antiques, he probably wasn’t willing to miss a real antique.

“Of course,” Gu Ning replied.

Master Yan was more than happy now. “Very well, girl! I’m not going to lie to you either. This ink-slab is from the Qianlong period. It belonged to the famous poet, book painter and Laizhou prefect, Zhang Wentao. It is worth around five million yuan. I’ll pay you five million yuan. It’s an acceptable price for both of us.”

“No problem,” Gu Ning agreed without hesitation. She didn’t care about the price as long as it was acceptable.

“Girl, if you’re lucky again next time, you must sell it to me first!” Although he stopped competing with Master Yan, Master Fu was still a little displeased.

Gu Ning smiled slightly. “Grandpa Fu, you’ve abandoned the ink-slab for two bottles of peach-blossom wine. I assume you must be a wine lover. I have a wine cup with me here. Do you want to have a look?”

Saying this, Gu Ning then took out the wine cup from her backpack.

Both Master Yan and Master Fu were struck dumb for a second. They all thought to themselves: is she being lucky again?

If she had been lucky again, she must be a lucky girl indeed! Or, she must have her own ability.

Master Fu sat close to Gu Ning. Once she pulled the cup out, Master Fu grabbed it and stared at it.

But he wasn’t an expert after all. He then immediately gave it to Master Yan. “Master Yan, take a look now.”

With doubts in heart, Master Yan took the wine cup from Master Fu at once.

The wine cup was round, straight, covered with a deep abdomen, a beast ring and three feet. It was the shape of the wine cups from the Tang Dynasty.

Then Master Yan focused on its material and marks.

Master Fu sat aside looking at Master Yan with anxiety. He opened his mouth several times, wanting to ask for the result, but didn’t want to bother him as well.

Master Yan was increasingly excited. “It’s real! It’s from the Tang Dynasty. It’s a royal wine cup from the Wu administration.”

“What? Really?” Master Fu jumped up from his seat out of excitement.

Seeing that, Gu Ning felt worried for Master Fu. She didn’t want to see him fall.

“Yes! It must be a real one. There are several royal wine cups in the museum too. I’m familiar with them,” Master Yan replied.

“Ha-ha, Ha-ha! I like it!” Master Fu laughed out loud in happiness. He was afraid Master Yan would compete with him, so he grabbed the wine cup back. Both Gu Ning and Master Yan were speechless.

Chapter 69: Trapped

Although Master Yan liked this wine cup from the Tang Dynasty, he had just gotten an ink-slab. He wouldn’t compete with Master Fu again.

“Master Yan, how much is this wine cup?” Master Fu asked.

“Those wine cups in the museum were worth three hundred thousand yuan each 10 years ago. By now, its price must be 10 times higher. Around three million yuan,” Master Yan said.

Although this wasn’t the royal object used by Empress Wu, it was an object in the palace. And the quality was superior. It must have been used by a royal, so the price was still not low.

“Great, then I’ll pay three million yuan. How about that Girl Gu?” Master Fu asked Gu Ning.

“No problem,” Gu Ning replied.

After the deal, they transferred the money without signing contracts.

Gu Ning trusted those two old men. They wouldn’t regret or break rules.

Besides, the deals were done. Even if the antiques weren’t real, they could do nothing about it.

After everything was done, Master Yan and Master Fu then realized something important. Master Yan asked Gu Ning, “Did you buy the wine cup by chance too?”

“Yes,” Gu Ning said honestly.

Both Master Yan and Master Fu took a long breath in after Gu Ning’s affirmation.

Even though they had no idea how Gu Ning could know these two objects were authentic, they were surprised by her unbelievable luck.

Before long, Gu Ning asked to leave.

Master Fu intended to invite Gu Ning to have dinner with them, but Gu Ning refused because she had something else to deal with.

Before she left, Master Yan gave her a name card. “Girl, if you don’t mind, you can call me grandpa Yan, like the way you call Master Fu. If you need my support in the future, you can call me. And of course, if you have any other real antiques, you can let me have a look first, but I’ll only buy one if I like it.”

Apparently, Master Yan wanted to make a friend with Gu Ning.

“No need to worry, grandpa Yan. If I find out any authentic antiques in the future I’ll call you first,” Gu Ning said and took the name card.

She didn’t have her own name card, so she pulled out a piece of paper and a pen. She wrote down her name and phone number on the paper, then handed it to Master Yan.

“Hey! You can’t only turn to Master Yan! You must turn to me as well!” Master Fu said. He didn’t want to be left out.

“I will.” Gu Ning felt like laughing. These two seniors were really pleasant!

After Gu Ning was gone, Master Yan couldn’t help but compliment, “This girl is truly extraordinary!”

“Indeed! She’s even cut out three high-level jade this morning, and made a hundred million yuan at once!” Master Fu added.

“What? How is it possible? She cut out three high-level jade in a morning!” Master Yan was shocked. He had never heard of such a thing before.

Master Fu didn’t mention Gu Ning was going to open a jewelry company. If he had said so, Master Yan would probably be shocked dumb.

Master Fu knew what he could say, and what he shouldn’t. Gu Ning’s company hadn’t registered yet. It would be inappropriate to say it now.

Gu Ning had already called her driver when she had left the street of stone gambling. Her driver had arrived half an hour ago, but Gu Ning had met Master Fu and Master Yan halfway, and she was half an hour late.

When she went out of the street of antiques, she saw a familiar car and went over.

But when she opened the car door, she found the driver was a different man.

Before Gu Ning could ask, the young man opened his mouth first. “Nice to meet you, Miss Gu. The driver who drove you here felt a little uncomfortable, so I replaced him to be your driver today.”

Gu Ning didn’t doubt that. She nodded, then climbed into the car.

The car was started then left.

Driving away from the street of antiques, the car didn’t go back the same way that they came here. Before Gu Ning could ask again, the young driver explained, “It’s rush hour now. There is a traffic jam ahead. We can go another road, and save time. We’ll be back to the hotel within an hour.”

Gu Ning wasn’t familiar with City G, but she knew it must be super crowded in rush hour. Thus she didn’t doubt the driver’s explanation.

Like what the young driver had said, he had chosen a less crowded road.

But around 20 minutes later, the car drove into an ally in a remote place. Gu Ning then realized something must be wrong.

She immediately seized the young driver’s neck, and said coldly, “Stop the car.”

The young driver didn’t expect Gu Ning would realize so soon, and was so strong. When his neck was seized, he could hardly breathe. He stopped the car unconsciously.

“Tell me, who sent you?” Gu Ning asked.

The young driver didn’t answer her question. Before he could, several men ran to surround the car from two meters away.

Gu Ning was annoyed. She directly knocked the young driver unconscious.

“Did the girl just knock the driver unconscious?” A man standing in front of the car saw what had just happened inside it. He said in surprise to another man beside him.

“What?” The other man was also surprised. A teenage girl knocked a grown-up man unconscious?

But the man wasn’t frightened by Gu Ning at all. He ordered instead, “Go pull the girl out now!”

However, before anyone came forward, Gu Ning opened the car door herself.

Her Jade Eyes was full of power now, and she was full of energy too. She wasn’t afraid of these men outside at all.

Gu Ning stepped out herself, so the man who planned to pull her out stopped.

When they saw Gu Ning’s face, all the men were amazed by her beauty.

What a beautiful young girl!

Gu Ning coldly glanced over those men before her. They were all aged between 20 and 30, and behaved like gangsters.

They must be gangsters. Gu Ning thought to herself.

The man who was their head was around 30. He was a bulky man in a black sweater and loose pants. He seemed violent.

If an ordinary person had seen him, he or she would be terrified, but Gu Ning wasn’t an ordinary girl. She wasn’t scared at all.

“Li Zhenzhen sent you here, right?” It was an affirmative tone.

Gu Ning only had bad blood with Li Zhenzhen when she was in City G. No one would do that except her.

Chapter 70: A Woman’s Usual Way

Hearing that, those men were apparently struck dumb for a second. They were surprised Gu Ning knew who was behind them.

They soon understood Gu Ning must have had bad blood with Li Zhenzhen earlier, so she knew what was happening.

Therefore the head man didn’t want to hide.

“Young girl, since you know who you had bad blood with, you must know you’ve done something terribly wrong. We’re here today to teach you a lesson. Sorry,” the head said.

Knowing that, Gu Ning despised Li Zhenzhen. Li Zhenzhen didn’t even bother to hide herself.

It seemed she was too confident.

Indeed, Li Zhenzhen was so confident that she believed Gu Ning could only yield to these grown-up men.

“Oh, since you do know someone can never be irritated, aren’t you afraid I am one of those who you should never have bad blood with?” Gu Ning asked calmly. She didn’t seem scared at all.

Hearing that, these men were struck dumb for a second before laughing out loud.

“Young girl, do you know who we are? We’re from the Qing Gang. Qing Gang! Have you heard of us? We’re one of the two biggest gangs in this mainland. And you can never get revenge on us,” the man said with disdain.

Gu Ning felt nervous. She didn’t expect they were from the Qing gang.

Anyway, since they were here to cause her trouble first, Gu Ning decided to fight against them till the end.

Besides, she couldn’t believe the head of the gang would be an irrational man. If so, how could he be able to be the head? How would he manage his followers?

“I don’t want to get revenge,” Gu Ning compressed her lips, and said lightly. When those gangsters believed she must be terrified, Gu Ning continued. “Because you’re not able to defeat me.”

After that, Gu Ning attacked them first. She came straight at the so-called head, kicking abruptly at his abdomen.

Gu Ning had moved too fast, so the man didn’t have time to react. He was hit right in his abdomen, he was then kicked up in the air like he had been hit by a heavy object. Right on the heels of that, he fell down heavily on the ground, moaning in pain.

The other three men rounded their eyes in shock. What had just happened? They couldn’t believe their eyes. Were they in a dream?

Gu Ning didn’t care what they were thinking at all. She directly attacked another man.

Although the second man noticed Gu Ning’s coming, he was hit by a fist right on his cheek before he could fight back. The second man fell straight on the ground spitting blood with several teeth knocked out.

The other two gangsters now felt a little scared, but they didn’t want to run away like cowards. Thus they raised their fists, running at Gu Ning.

Gu Ning took off her backpack, throwing it to hit the front man dashing at her. The front man was hit on his head by a great force then knocked against a nearby wall. He fell from dizziness afterward.

Gu Ning used her backpack to hit the last man, but the man escaped quickly.

However, Gu Ning immediately kicked out her leg aiming at the man’s knee. The last man lost his balance all of a sudden, bending his knee.

“Gee, are you proposing to me? Sorry, you don’t deserve me,” Gu Ning humiliated him.

She then hit the man right on his head with her backpack again. The man wasn’t able to avoid it this time, and fell on the ground.

Four gangsters were all beaten to the ground by Gu Ning within minutes. Although they were not hit till handicapped, they couldn’t stand up any more.

Gu Ning didn’t leave right away. She walked to their head instead.

“You, what, what do you want to do…” The head was frightened. He wanted to escape, but couldn’t stand up, let alone run away.

Gu Ning didn’t answer his question. She picked up his phone on the ground, and asked, “Did Li Zhenzhen call you?”

“Yes, yes,” the man immediately replied.

Then, Gu Ning opened his phone, checking his recent calls. Li Zhenzhen’s name was really on it. She had called at 2:15 pm, and the call had lasted for seven minutes.

“What did Li Zhenzhen want you to do to me? How much for it?” Gu Ning continued.

“She-she wanted us to rape you, and take a video of it, then put it on the Internet. She paid us a hundred thousand yuan for it,” the man answered.

Gu Ning sneered, but her face looked cold. Her eyes were full of upset.

Rape, what a usual way a woman used to deal with another one. Shao Feifei had done that before. Gu Ning assumed the women who she would have bad blood with in the future probably would do the same thing.

She didn’t doubt that.

But Shao Feifei had only paid several thousand yuan, while Li Zhenzhen paid a hundred thousand yuan. Was Gu Ning’s dignity worth only a hundred thousand yuan?

No, Gu Ning’s dignity was priceless.

This time, Gu Ning really wouldn’t forgive Li Zhenzhen.

Although Shao Feifei had done the same thing to her, Shao Feifei couldn’t threaten her at all. She could punish Shao Feifei in a gentle way, but as for Li Zhenzhen, who turned to the Qing Gang for help, which was a big trouble. Gu Ning was completely irritated.

She used the man’s phone, calling Li Zhenzhen back directly.

At the same time, Li Zhenzhen was having a meal with Qin Yifan in a restaurant. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

“Yifan, I heard there is a movie called Growing Up Together, which is very popular recently. Why don’t we go and watch it together?” Li Zhenzhen invited Qin Yifan with anticipation in her eyes.

She wanted to watch the movie for a reason.

The movie mainly told a story about a couple who grew up together. She and Qin Yifan also grew up together.

Thus, Li Zhenzhen intended to use the movie to express her feelings to Qin Yifan.

Although this wasn’t the first time Li Zhenzhen told Qin Yifan her feelings for him, and she had been refused many times, she kept trying because she loved Qin Yifan.

Moreover, their marriage would be of great help to the Li Family.