Compared to these people, Young Master Kong's reaction was not as intense. He had known about Su Ning's wealth for a long time; otherwise, he wouldn't have kept his eyes on her until now.
Fighting after every defeat, and being defeated after every fight.
But this time, victory was in his grasp, and it was absolutely impossible for him to lose.
"That mansion is indeed quite nice." High society was a small circle, and he had been there before. In his memory, it was an exquisite and luxurious place, worthy of his status—
"I am exactly in need of a good place to live, how about giving it to me?"
Young Master Kong said with a smile.
"This... alright, you are getting older, it's time to treat you as an adult."
Due to his status, Young Master Kong did not live together with the rest of the Kong family, but his current residence was not bad either. However, as the ancients said, one must start a family and establish a career. Mr. Kong's words implied that he was willing to support this free-range son.
"Thank you, Father."
Young Master Kong naturally caught the underlying meaning and was overjoyed.
He only felt that the pent-up frustration accumulated over many years...
...was vented all at once!
"I just praised you for growing up, and now you lose your composure." Mr. Kong scolded with a laugh. The father and son naturally decided the ownership of the mansion just like that, completely ignoring its true owner, Su Ning.
"However, I heard you had an accident on the road?"
"Yes, the tire blew out."
Speaking of this, Young Master Kong looked unlucky. He glanced at his biological father and whispered:
"Both the front and rear tires blew out. I was almost thrown to the front seat. If I hadn't been lucky enough to grab the backrest, who knows what kind of injuries I would have suffered. But how could there be such a coincidence in the world? There were two cars picking people up, but the one I was riding in had a blowout, and two tires blew out at the same time?"
The car that Charles, Guan Jixing, and Mu Wan rode in had no problems at all.
He thought to himself.
Someone must have tampered with it.
As for who it was, he already had a guess. It must be that strong-wristed legitimate mother of his!
To his disappointment, his father didn't take the bait at all, only saying that it was the servants' dereliction of duty for not checking properly, and that docking two months' salary would suffice.
"But..."
"What 'but'? Out of the two cars, only the one you sat in broke down. You should look for the reason within yourself; maybe you've just had bad luck lately."
Young Master Kong: ...
In order not to offend his legitimate mother, he could even say things like he had bad luck—
How could his luck be bad!
His father was going too far.
Young Master Kong seemingly backed down and accepted this reason, but he swore in his heart.
He would keep climbing up, and sooner or later, there would come a day when he would make his father regret covering up for his legitimate mother today and admit that he was the most outstanding son.
And Su Ning.
Would be his very first stepping stone!
...
Su Ning didn't know she had become a stepping stone. Her first day in Nanjing did not go well—
It was simply too hot here!
Compared to Beiping, not only was the temperature much higher, but it wasn't just a dry heat; it was humid. It felt as if one were tightly wrapped in a cloud of moist, hot air. Every inch of your skin and every pore was absorbing the heat.
There was no escaping it, no avoiding it.
"This subordinate is incompetent."
Lin Sen lowered his head in shame. When had the young lady ever suffered like this? But Nanjing was not Beiping, after all. He couldn't find a place selling air conditioners in stock, and even if he did, he might not be able to buy one.
These high-end, cutting-edge goods were priceless and unavailable on the market.
If your status wasn't high enough.
They wouldn't even sell it to you.
"Forget it, using ice to cool down isn't too bad." Since modern technology couldn't be used, there was still the most primitive and simple method of cooling down with ice. Su Ning nestled next to an ice bucket emitting cold air and waved her hand carelessly.
Although she could specify items from the system mall.
Using it on an air conditioner was still too much of a waste. As the saying goes, when heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on a person, it will first test their resolve, exhaust their muscles and bones, and starve their body.
Right now, it was just a little heat.
She could bear it.
"Hehe, where exactly are you suffering?" The system glanced at the ice buckets scattered everywhere in the small mansion. Anyone bursting in without knowing better would think they had entered a refrigerator.
Its voice was full of sarcasm.
"You can't adjust the temperature at will with ice; it's either too hot or too cold. Besides, ice has a cold nature. This is my own body; if I catch a chill, I'm the one who will suffer."
Su Ning spoke plausibly and at length.
"Then don't use ice."
"It's hot."
"Then use less ice." That would leave some ice for the locals. Generally speaking, ice was pre-ordered. To buy it, Lin Sen had ruthlessly thrown money around until the sellers were dazzled enough to supply it. Who knew how hot the families who had their ice snatched away were feeling now.
They were probably all cursing Su Ning, right?
The system took a look at the line graph that had climbed up another small notch.
Not to mention, Su Ning was a natural at being the villain.
No matter where she went, she performed consistently.
"How can you be so selfish!"
Su Ning frowned and righteously rebuked it. "Besides me, the others need to use ice too. They followed me all the way from Beiping to Nanjing; even if they haven't made great contributions, they've worked hard. Not even letting them use a little ice, you are mean, heartless, and cold-blooded."
Who would have thought that attacking others from the moral high ground would feel so good?
She had been too kindhearted before.
Just how much happiness had she provided to so many people.
The system was hit by the barrage of cold-blooded and mean so hard that its data streams went haywire. When it finally reacted, it was furious, yet for a moment, it couldn't find a point to refute.
It took a long time for it to wrap its mind around it.
What did this have to do with it?
It was clearly Su Ning herself who had weighed the pros and cons and used up this month's specified items, exchanging them all for the highest-value foreign properties and land, which was why she couldn't buy an air conditioner.
But realizing it was useless. Su Ning simply ignored it, happily eating chilled fruit and drinking iced beverages as she enjoyed life.
Good times always pass quickly.
A few days later.
It was time for her self-defense.
...
It rained heavily during the night.
When Su Ning went out, not only was it not hot, but a cool breeze blew through the verdant leaves washed by the rain, and falling upon her body, it actually carried a bit of a chill.
"The weather is nice."
She said.
"My eldest niece is right. What is this? This is an auspicious sign! It's been hot here for so long, yet a heavy rain happened to fall yesterday. All the bad luck has been washed away!"
Half-Immortal Su, carrying the family genealogy book in his arms, spoke with beaming joy, and Su Ning quietly listened to him.
Nodding in response from time to time.
In the front seat, Lin Sen felt physically and mentally exhausted listening to this. These past few days, he had been tormented quite a bit by the young lady's uncle... so his nerves tensed up just hearing the voice.
He couldn't help but glance in the rearview mirror.
He wanted to know.
How could the young lady keep listening? Did she really think what Half-Immortal Su said was true?
Just then, the car drove past a Western dress shop. The rare glass display window reflected the light, and a snow-like cold gleam flashed across Su Ning's face, yet the softness in her usually indifferent eyes was very obvious.
He was taken aback for a moment, and then he smiled too.
Looking at the clean road ahead, he thought to himself, perhaps it really is an auspicious sign.
A moment later.
They finally arrived at the designated location. At this time, except for the American ambassador, everyone else was already in place, waiting only for her arrival. Therefore, the first words Su Ning heard after getting out of the car were accusations:
"Miss Su certainly puts on quite the airs, keeping everyone waiting for you. Anyone who didn't know better would think you weren't here to defend yourself, but rather an honored guest arriving at a banquet!"
