Chapter 137 What Gift to Give
She naturally knew what Gu Qingxiang meant by social engagements; it was a social engagement between the two of them.
* Gu Ning had already said in the group that An Yi would treat everyone to lunch at noon, so when noon came, everyone gathered together and went to the restaurant on the second floor of the cafeteria to eat.
An Yi and Hao Ran already knew each other, so there was no pressure in getting along with each other.
"An Yi, I heard that your company has been acquired, but your father is still the chairman of Shenghua." Hao Ran asked with concern.
"Yes! My dad didn't tell me what happened in detail, but no matter what, at least Shenghua escaped bankruptcy, and my dad escaped unemployment. It doesn't matter if we earn less money, as long as we can live in peace." An Yi said. He didn't care that Shenghua was no longer a member of the An family. He just felt fortunate and content with the current result.
Although he didn't know who acquired Shenghua Real Estate, he was grateful to that person in his heart.
From this we can see that An Yi values family affection and is indifferent to fame and fortune, so Gu Ning looks at him with new eyes.
"Um, classmate Gu Ning, can I join you? I also want to learn martial arts." An Yi looked at Gu Ning, feeling a little embarrassed, but asked with great anticipation.
"Okay!" Gu Ning did not refuse, because she intended to make An Yi the successor of An Guangyao, so it was a good idea to train him in advance.
Of course, this also depends on An Yi's own wishes. If he doesn't want to, she won't force him.
Despite this, for An Guangyao's sake, she would not refuse An Yi from joining.
Since Anyi has joined, he will naturally join their WeChat group.
Because Gu Ning did not come to the evening self-study class, the only time for martial arts practice was at noon. After lunch, the group went to the grove.
On the way, they happened to meet the people who beat An Yi that day. When they saw An Yi, Gu Ning and others, they were so scared that they turned around and ran away, making Hao Ran and others burst into laughter.
What happened that day left a shadow on them.
"By the way, boss, my uncle's 60th birthday is the day after tomorrow, and Brother Yifan asked me to invite everyone to go and have fun together." Qin Zixun said.
Yes, it was Qin Yifan who invited everyone. Otherwise, how could he be qualified to invite people for his uncle's birthday? Actually, Qin Yifan wanted to invite people himself because it would show his sincerity, but he was afraid that it would be too abrupt and cause Gu Ning to be disgusted and rejected, so he asked Qin Zixun to invite people.
Of course, we can't just call Gu Ning, as that would seem like we have bad intentions, so we called everyone together.
"This is not good!" Gu Ning felt that it was a little inappropriate. Although it was Qin Yifan who invited her, she and Qin Yifan were not that close! However, to be honest, Gu Ning really wanted to go.
The Qin family is a second-rate wealthy family in City F. There will surely be many famous businessmen there, which will be the best opportunity to build personal connections.
Besides, aren’t most people there to make connections?
Even though she is young and no one wants to pay attention to her, she can still make her presence felt and recognize people!
"It's okay. Haoran and Tianping will go. Mu Ke's family and Anyi's family have sent invitations. And my brother and I will invite you three girls. We're just going to have fun anyway." Qin Zixun persuaded.
"Yes! Boss, let's go! And Mi Xi and Pei Han." Hao Ran also persuaded.
"Ningning, if I want to go, just go!" Chu Peihan hugged Gu Ning's arm and said coquettishly.
Chu Peihan is a person who can't sit still. How could she miss anything fun?
Yu Mixi didn't care. As long as Gu Ning went, she would go.
"Okay! Let's go together." Gu Ning stopped being pretentious and agreed.
If he doesn't go, Gu Ning can't go empty-handed, but what should he give?
After making the decision, Chu Peihan used the excuse of going to the bathroom and took Gu Ning and Yu Mixi away.
"What gift should we give?" Chu Peihan asked.
As for the gift, she really had no idea! The main reason was that the other party was not an ordinary person, so it would not be good to give too little.
But they are just students and cannot deliver anything too heavy.
Gu Ning was also thinking about it. She knew that Mr. Qin liked jadeite, but she was embarrassed to give out ordinary jadeite. If it was expensive, she would be reluctant to give it away. Also, it would not be good to be too high-profile and attract too much attention.
After all, she is just a student, and it would not be appropriate to give her something too expensive.
What should I give as a gift? Ordinary things are meaningless.
After thinking about it, Gu Ning remembered the bargains he had picked up in City G.
Since expensive things cannot be given as gifts, Shen Wansan's purple clay teapot and Wu Guanzhong's landscape painting "People by the Pond" are ruled out, leaving only the Qing Dynasty Qianlong era's pink-glazed deer-head vase.
Therefore, Gu Ning decided to give the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty a powder-glazed deer-head vase.
A price of around two to three million is a lot for a student like her.
"Got it. I have a gift here that's just right. When the time comes, we can just say that the three of us bought it together." Gu Ning said, not minding sharing his gift with others at all.
"How can this be possible!" said Yu Mixi.
"There's nothing wrong with that. We are students, and it's not good to give you something too expensive. My gift is the most suitable. It's not particularly expensive, but also rare." Gu Ning explained.
"Tell me, what is it?" Chu Peihan and Yu Mixi asked curiously upon hearing it.
"Keep it secret for now," Gu Ning said mysteriously.
"Hey! Just tell us!" Chu Peihan hated being kept in suspense the most, so he asked relentlessly.
In the end, Gu Ning still didn't say anything, and Chu Peihan had no choice but to stop asking.
During the lunch break, the news of Gu Xiaoxiao being expelled from school spread, but no one sympathized with her.
Even Chen Ziyao, who was Gu Xiaoxiao's good friend, did not express any greetings to Xiaoxiao. When others asked her whether she knew that she had such a good relationship with Gu Xiaoxiao and that Gu Xiaoxiao had hired someone to destroy Gu Ning's innocence, Chen Ziyao said she didn't know and deliberately distanced herself from Gu Xiaoxiao.
She said that she and Gu Xiaoxiao were just good on the surface, but not that good in reality, and that Gu Xiaoxiao would never tell her anything. She also said that she was disappointed that Gu Xiaoxiao had harmed Gu Ning.
Of course, Chen Ziyao’s disappointment was real, but she was disappointed that Gu Xiaoxiao did not succeed, not disappointed with her wrong behavior.
Many people knew that Chen Ziyao was targeting Gu Ning, so naturally, few people believed what Chen Ziyao said.
Moreover, many people were worried that Chen Ziyao would become like Gu Xiaoxiao, so they secretly stayed away from her, fearing that they would accidentally offend her and have their innocence ruined without knowing when.
Chen Ziyao was not a fool, so how could she not see it? She was naturally very angry, and even wanted to vent her anger on Gu Xiaoxiao.
(End of this chapter)
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