“So, Zhixian, are we really just going to ignore everything and leave all the work to Tang Jin’er? Is that really okay?”
At a red-light intersection, Su Ling stopped the Maybach and asked the blonde girl in the passenger seat with some doubt.
“Don’t worry, don’t worry~”
Ruan Zhixian smiled and waved her hand casually.
“Lingling, maybe you’ve just come to C City not long ago, so you don’t quite know. Actually, Jin’er’s family started out as the biggest gangsters in C City. Later, they cleaned up their image and shifted into the business world.”
“Cheng…”
“Gu Huaishan hired killers, isn’t that just handing himself over on a silver platter? As long as he stays in C City, there’s no way he can get away.”
“It’s just that I don’t know which idiot kidnappers would accept a request to attack Jin’er. Are they all rookies fresh in the business or what?”
While Ruan Zhixian was muttering to herself, Su Ling also began recalling information about the power structure of C City in her mind.
C City is mainly dominated by four major forces: the Gu family, the Ruan family, the Tang family, and an alliance formed by various small families.
Among them, the Gu family is the oldest local power. After the current head, Gu Huaishan, took over, the family has gradually declined.
The Ruan family is a rising power that emerged over the last decade, and it also marks the beginning of Madam Ruan’s legendary career.
As for the alliance of small families, their relationship is loose. Against the other three major families, these small families can only band together for mutual support.
The last one, the Tang family, was founded by the current head Tang Zhendong.
The Tang family’s predecessor was the most notorious gang in C City, later cleaning up and entering the business world.
Although they’ve left the underworld behind for many years, the Tang family still holds considerable influence in the city’s dark corners.
This is why Tang Jin’er could quickly investigate and uncover the secret conflicts between the Ruan and Gu families.
Besides that, even though the Tang family isn’t great at business management, their local network in C City is intricate and influential, which played a significant role in the crackdown on the Gu family.
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However, according to the information, the Tang family’s poor management skills seem to have improved in recent years. Their business is growing bigger and bigger.
“Mm, I understand.”
The green light turned on, Su Ling nodded and pressed the accelerator.
“Then let’s just follow what Tang Jin’er said and wait for her news slowly.”
“Hey, Lingling, aren’t you working today?”
Back at home, Ruan Zhixian looked at the somewhat idle Su Ling with curiosity.
“Mm, because I don’t know if Gu Huaishan will launch attacks on others again. To be safe, I gave everyone in the company a day off today, so there’s no work.”
Su Ling showed her phone, displaying the group message just sent out announcing the day off.
“That’s great! Then let’s keep playing today…”
“No way, Zhixian, starting today, you need to keep practicing your drawing.”
Su Ling shook her head and stopped the excited Ruan Zhixian.
“Ah? But, but we haven’t finished the last game yet… How about we play for a bit first, then I’ll go practice drawing, okay~”
The blonde girl immediately moved closer, gripping Su Ling’s arm tightly, then tilted her head up, her emerald eyes wide and sparkling, voice soft and sweet.
Damn! Is this Zhixian’s way of acting cute?!
Feeling the softness wrapped around her arm and the warmth of the girl’s body heat, Su Ling’s cheeks instantly flushed red.
“B-but I already promised Manager Fang…”
“No way, Zhixian! I want to improve my image in front of Aunt Ruan! How could I just give in so easily to your cuteness!”
“Aiya, just a little bit of playtime, it’s fine~”
The blonde girl gently shook the arms that held her.
No way, no way! I have the lofty dream of marrying you, Zhixian! How could I fail here so easily!
“Pwease Lingling”
Ruan Zhixian leaned close to Su Ling’s ear. The deliberately elongated tail of her voice, mixed with warm breath, swept over Su Ling.
“Th-then… I guess we can only play a little while…”
Su Ling lowered her head, her delicate ears blushing bright pink.
“Yay! I love you the most, Lingling!”
Ruan Zhixian cheered and hugged the black-haired girl, then quickly turned her head and planted a crisp, wet kiss on Su Ling’s smooth cheek.
“I’ll go start the game first, Lingling, hurry up and come!”
The blonde girl smiled brightly and hopped toward the bedroom, leaving Su Ling frozen in place, her cheeks still tingling with that fleeting softness and warmth.
Zhizhizhizhixian she she she just just just just just just just…
Su Ling instinctively raised her hand, staring blankly as she covered the spot kissed, her fingertip skin burning fiercely.
Kissed me???!
The next second, with a loud “boom,” a flush spread wildly across her face from neck to every inch of skin.
The girl felt as if she’d turned into a pot of boiling water, steam about to rise from her head, helplessly spinning in place.
Zhixian kissed me again! This time, this time it was on my cheek! Ahhhhhhh!
It was as if ten thousand prairie dogs inside her heart were screaming at once.
At the same time, in the Tang Family Mansion in C City.
“Dad! Someone bullied me outside! Are you going to do anything or not?!”
The fiery Miss Tang stormed in without even changing her torn clothes and headed straight for the study.
“Tch, with you, who’d dare bully you outside? It’s a miracle if you don’t get bullied.”
In the antique-style study, a stocky, square-faced man in traditional Tang attire lit a cigarette and took a deep drag, then spoke casually.
“Tell me, girl, did you get into trouble again? Want your old man to clean up your mess?”
“Ah! I’m not in trouble! I really got attacked!”
Tang Jin’er slammed her hands on the table with a “clap!” and pointed at the wounds on her face.
“Look at these injuries and my clothes! Last night, someone almost ran me over with a car!”
“What???!!!”
The middle-aged man immediately flew into a rage, sat up straight, yanked the cigarette from his mouth, and crushed it hard in the ashtray.
“Damn it! Jin’er, tell me! Who is it! Who dares hurt Tang Zhendong’s daughter!”
“It’s Gu Huaishan!”
The disheveled girl in a red dress rolled her eyes and added fuel to the fire as she reported:
“Yesterday, he called a whole mob to ambush me! Then, after I escaped, he tried to run me down with his car!”
“If Secretary Wang from the Su family hadn’t reacted quickly and saved me, Dad, you’d only get to see me at the crematorium today!”
“Pah, pah, pah! Crematorium nonsense!”
Tang Zhendong frowned deeply.
“That old bastard Gu Huaishan, failing miserably in business, actually dares to have someone attack you again!”
“Ada! A’er!”
“Present, sir!”
Two young men standing behind immediately stepped forward.
“Go find Gu Huaishan! Then throw him into Binjiang River to feed the fish! Damn it, Tang Zhendong hasn’t shown his claws all these years, and they actually think I’m a sick cat!”
“Dad, we live in a society ruled by law now. You don’t want all the hard work of the Tang family over the years to be destroyed, do you?”
Tang Jin’er interrupted her father’s rant and spoke calmly.
“Let me handle it. Give me the man, and I’ll find Gu Huaishan and lock him up in jail.”
The sly girl smiled brightly, clearly pleased with having achieved her goal.