Xia Ning hears Zhou Mengyao mention Gu Luan. She feels her heart tightened. What happened some days ago pops up in her brain.
Xia Ning grits her teeth. She takes up the warm milk from the servant for a mouthful and says, “I have to tell Rui about that.”
Zhou Mengyao lifts her eyebrows, admiring Xia Ning’s reaction in her heart.
When something like that happens, most women will choose to hide it or cover it up with whatever they can. But Xia Ning reacts to it directly. The event can’t be hidden. If she doesn’t take any initiative reactions, when Yi Yunrui finds it out, she will be put in a passive position.
“What about Gu Luan? How do you like to deal with him? Ning, you may tell me your decision. I will help you to totally get rid of him.”
Xia Ning darkens her eyes. Gu Luan has a powerful background. Anything done to him will bring great influence. Now, Yi Yunrui hasn’t finished dealing with his case. It is unsuitable for her to bring any other changes to him.
Even though she is really unhappy.
“Aunt Zhou, Thank you. But I don’t know much about strategies. I may discuss it after Rui comes back. I am afraid that I may bring any trouble to him.”
Zhou Mengyao smiles, “You silly. You surely know. But you choose not to tell. You know everything. In my opinion, you may feel easy to do what you want to do in the future. You are like an uncut jade. You will make brilliant achievements.”
Xia Ning is destined to stand in the focus. But she is not aware of it at present.
Xia Ning feels shy. She smiles, “Aunt Zhou, maybe you are right. However, it must take a lot of time and patience to make the uncut stone into a real jade.”
“It is all right, I have enough patience.” Saying this, Zhou Mengyao holds Xia Ning’s hand, “Ning, I suddenly have an idea. May I speak it out?”
“Aunt Zhou, please go ahead.”
Zhou Mengyao stares at Xia Ning for quite a while, “I want to adopt you to be my daughter. I mean in the legal way.”
Xia Ning feels surprised to hear her words, “Well…Well. Aunt Zhou, that’s way above my station.”
“What are you saying?” Zhou Mengyao gently pats her hand, “Actually, it is my honor. I am serious. I want very much to have a daughter. When I am old, I will have someone to talk and chat with me. I hope you don’t feel annoyed with me.”
Xia Ning hesitates. As a matter of fact, Aunt Zhou is so kind to her. There are totally no problems for her to have Aunt Zhou as her godmother. She likes Aunt Zhou very much. She feels as if Aunt Zhou is a family of her.
But there are conflicts and misunderstandings between Aunt Zhou and her mother-in-law. If Aunt Zhou legally adopts her, her mother-in-law will surely fly into a rage.
Zhou Mengyao is aware of Xia Ning’s hesitation. She can guess the reasons. She says, “Don’t worry. It is not urgent. Ning, you may think about it. I will wait for your response.”
At the time, Zhou Mengyao’s phone rings. She glances at the number and freezes her eyes. She lifts to smile at Xia Ning, “Ning, I have something to deal with. You may have a rest. Let me know if you need anything.”
Xia Ning nods, “Aunt Zhou, OK.”
Zheng Mengyao goes out of the room hurriedly. She turns to go into a room equipped with a muffler and presses the answer button.
“You’ve got a wife here. Why do you call me instead of her?”
“Aunt Zhou, I want to ask you for a favor.” The voice at the other end sounds deep and magnetic. It is Yi Yunrui.
Zhou Mengyao’s eyes gleam. There’s something unusual in Yi Yunrui’s tone. Zhou Mengyao has an ominous feeling.
“Go ahead.”
“I can’t go back very soon. During the time, please help me to take care of Ning. It is a little urgent here. I have talked with the military department. You may tell Zhang Hai if you need to have some people there.”
Hearing this, Zhou Mengyao frowns. Need to ask for help from the military department? Seemingly, there is going to be something abnormal!
“OK. I will try my best to protect Ning. But, Rui, Ning is waiting for you to come back. You have to take good care of yourself. Be safe! Or, even I will be angry with you!”
Yi Yunrui gently smiles, “I see. Aunt Zhou, don’t worry. I will come back safely. Thank you for everything during the time.”
Then, hurriedly, Yi Yunrui hangs up the phone.
Zhou Mengyao puts the phone aside. Her face darkens.
It is rarely necessary to get the army involved, unless there is a risk of losing lives…
Thinking about this, Zhou Mengyao freezes her eyes. She purses her lips and makes up her mind.
It is getting dark. The night comes to cover the ground. Everywhere is in darkness.
Not far away, there are black clouds. Lightning flashes. A storm is approaching…
The next day.
It is in the Media Building of World Era Weekly.
“Director Gu, President Zhou of Junhao Group wants to meet you. She is waiting outside.” Zhou comes in hurriedly. He looks anxious.
Gu Luan puts down the files in his hand. As if he is thinking about something, he responds, “Hum. Invite president Zhou to come in.”
Zhou purses his lips. He hesitates, “Director, President Zhou is not alone…”
“I see. Ask her to come in. Don’t make her wait outside. It is impolite.”
“Yes…”
Soon, Zhou Mengyao comes in the director office, followed by two bodyguards. Zhou glances at Gu Luan. Gu Luan winks at him and he leaves worriedly.
“President Zhou…”
“Director Gu.” Not waiting for Gu Luan to finish his words, Zhou Mengyao waves her hand to interrupt, “We may not beat around the bush. Let’s go to the point. Some days ago, Ning was injured because of you. Am I right?”
“Yes. Ning was injured because of me. President Zhou, do you come to find justice for her?”
Zhou Mengyao sits down. She puts down her handbag on the desk, “Surely we will get the justice, but not now.”
Gu Luan doesn’t understand Zhou Mengyao’s meaning. He asks confusedly, “President Zhou, then why do you come here?”
“Ning is pregnant. Do you know?”
When this issue is mentioned, Xia Ning feels heartache. He nods.
Zhou Mengyao gives a sigh. She says seriously, “Director Gu, I know you like Xia Ning very much. You have the freedom to love. However, I don’t agree with you on the methods you used. Today, I am not coming to criticize you or give you any lectures. I want to negotiate with you about something.”
“Negotiate?” Gu Luan wonders why negotiation needs to go on with bodyguards here.
Zhou Mengyao is aware of Gu Luan’s confusion. She frankly says, “I received a call from Yi Yunrui last evening. He told me that it was tense over there and he couldn’t take care of the situation in C City. Then, he asked me to take good care of Ning. He said that if it was necessary, I could ask for help from the army.”
Zhou Mengyao deliberately pauses here to inspect Gu Luan’s reactions.
Gu Luan listens carefully. When he hears the word Army, he changes his face! He anxiously asks, “Does anything serious happen? I mean, anything about Ning?”
Unsurprisingly, Gu Luan is very concerned about Ning. He likes Ning keenly, too.
“Temporarily, I am not clear. Rui didn’t say. But in my opinion, I may not be able to find out the truth by myself.” Zhou Mengyao gets closer to Gu Luan when she says, “Director Gu, you are the most well-informed person. Can you give me a hand in that?”
“Sure!” Without any hesitation, Gu Luan nods to agree.
“Then, thank you.” Zhou Mengyao suddenly changes the topic, “Well. I have to remind you. I know what you did to Ning. I am seriously warning you. If you ever dare to do it again, I won’t have any mercy on you. Director Gu, I know your background. However, you also need to know. I seldom do anything to other people, but if I do, no one can help you at all.”
Gu Luan darkens his eyes. He looks at Zhou Mengyao into her eyes. The air around smells like gunpowder.
After quite a while, Gu Luan slowly says, “I will be responsible for what I have done. President Zhou, someone has already told me the words you said. I am very clear about the consequences. President Zhou, you don’t need to remind me of that.”
Zhou Mengyao lifts her eyebrows, “Good. It is great to talk with a clever man and I don’t need to make unnecessary explanations. That is all I want to say. The most important thing at present is that when Yi Yunrui is away, we take good care of Ning. If you find out any information or know any actions, please ensure to inform me at once.”
It is Yi Yunrui again!
Gu Luan grits his teeth and nods.
When Zhou Mengyao comes back to her villa, Zhang Hai is standing outside the door with a few army vehicles behind. Zhang Hai sees Zhou Mengyao. He goes to her at once, “President Zhou, I bring these soldiers here. There are more to come soon. If you agree, I may ask them to go inside.”
There are already three vehicles here and there are more to come. Zhou Mengyao nods, “Zhang Hai, it’d better not let Ning know anything. I suggest that we may arrange the protection outside the house only. Even if it is necessary, I hope they can change their clothes. Ning is pregnant. I don’t want to scare her.”
Zhang Hai thinks for a while. He agrees. He nods, “We will do as you say.”
Zhou Mengyao’s villa is large. There are many soldiers standing around it. Some soldiers change their clothes. They pretend to be servants and enter the villa.
“Ning.” Zhou Mengyao goes into Xia Ning’s room. She smiles, “I hire some people today to do the cleaning of the villa. It may be a little noisy these days. Do you mind?”
Xia Ning shakes her head, “Aunt Zhou, you don’t need to worry about me. You may go ahead with anything as you like.”
Zhou Mengyao nods. She is just going to speak something else when the steward comes to her nervously, “Madam.” He glances at Xia Ning and goes to whisper by Zhou Mengyao’s ear.
Zhou Mengyao freezes her face at once!
