Ding Ning told Xu Minglu in detail what happened before.

  “Humph, relying merely on a deputy director of the construction committee, they dared to do that. Trust me. I will report it to Mayor Du. Since the city’s senior leaders are taking severe measures against corruption and criminal activities, I suppose that Zhu Chang’an and Ma Weiming will be pushed in the teeth of the storm. Mayor Du will never let them go so easily.”


  Xu Minglu mused and then said, “As for William, he is from the Yingjili Empire after all, plus he is the president of Zhada Bank’s Ninghai Branch. Thus, he is more troublesome to be dealt with. We should negotiate with the Yingjili Embassy first. It is only a little more troublesome. We will definitely bring him to justice.”


  “You can deal with William as you like. He was fired by Zhada Bank twenty minutes ago.”


  Steward Holman suddenly said fluently in Shenzhou language, wearing a brilliant smile. He came over silently sometime.

  Stunned, Ding Ning stared at Holman, secretly feeling surprised. “The old man hid his ability so well that I even failed to notice he was a master who concealed his light. I’m afraid that his cultivation must be higher than me!” Ding Ning felt that he could not see Holman through. “Oh, Prince Hengli is here, so the great Yingjili Royal Family certainly would send some masters to guarantee his safety.” Ding Ning was relieved as he thought of this.

  “Who is this?”


  Xu Minglu asked, staring surprisedly at Holman who dressed like a noble family’s steward.

  “He is……”


  Ding Ning was a little hesitant and didn’t know if he should reveal Holman’s real identity.

  Holman, however, generously introduced himself, “Holman, the steward supervisor of Yingjili Royal Family.”


  Xu Minglu looked startled. “The steward supervisor of Yingjili Royal Family? But I haven’t ever heard that there is any member from Yingjili Royal Family visiting Shenzhou.”


  “That’s not the point. As merely the steward supervisor of the Royal Family, I cannot represent the Royal Family. I come to Shenzhou only for some private affairs, so you needn’t care too much about me. You only need to know that what William has done not only hurt the feelings of our royal friend Mr. Ding Ning but also severely damaged the glorious image of the Yingjili Empire. I have reported this matter to Her Majesty, who then gave instructions. Twenty minutes ago, the Headquarters of Zhada Bank has relieved all of William’s duties. Also, the headquarters will strictly investigate his violations of laws or rules during his time in office. In addition, the Yingjili Royal Family has informed the Consulate-general of Yingjili in Ninghai that they should leave William who violated Shenzhou’s law to the relevant people from Shenzhou.”


  After Holman finished speaking at a slack pace, he bowed down and gave Xu Minglu an elegant salute of the Royal Family. He looked at Ding Ning, smiling and nodding as a greet. Then he turned around and left.

  But Xu Minglu still looked quite puzzled. The whole thing was like a dream to him. Holman was the steward senior supervisor of the Yingjili Royal Family. It was weird enough that he appeared here somehow.

  He just said that Ding Ning was actually a friend of Yingjili Royal Family. In order to give vent to Ding Ning’s anger, Her Majesty was willing to push Zhada Bank to fire William. Beyond that, she informed the Consulate-general of Yingjili in Ninghai not to intervene and leave William to the Shenzhou Government.

  With his black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin, everyone could tell that Ding Ning must come from Shenzhou. Otherwise, even Xu Minglu would have thought he was Her Majesty’s illegitimate son.

  Even Ding Qianlie was dumbfounded. “Did Her Majesty take up the matter herself because of Ding Ning? But it seems that my younger brother has never traveled abroad. How could he develop such a deep relationship with the Yingjili Royal Family?”


  The two men gazed at Ding Ning with their bright piercing eyes, so Ding Ning had to get away from this by pretending ignorance. But in fact, he knew the matter about Her Majesty was bullsh*t. Prince Hengli, his generous friend, must have helped him in the name of Her Majesty.

  Although it was a little mischievous for Prince Hengli to do this, Ding Ning still felt slightly touched. At first, Ding Ning didn’t like Hengli because he was quite arrogant. But after Ding Ning got familiar with him, he knew he was basically a nice guy who could also be considered as a wonderful friend.

  “Is he Secretary Xu? Oh, my God, why does he also come here? Does he come here to participate in the charity auction on behalf of Mayor Du?” someone asked.

  “Maybe. It seems that Secretary Xu is very familiar with that young man. Is he some important person?” another person asked.

  “People nowadays like to keep a low profile. You see, all that young man’s clothes were worth less than two hundred yuan. But apparently, he looks like a great family’s descendant. He just pretended to be weak. Zhu Chang’an and others, what an unlucky group. They merely wanted to play women but drew the fire upon themselves at last.”


  “Crap. It was easy to be wise after the event. But a moment ago, you laughed at that young man and said that he was a poor wretch who sneaked in.”


  “Ugh, that was only a joke. With such an imposing and elegant appearance, this little brother is surely not an ordinary person. I could tell this at first glance……”
……

  The crowd around were dispersing, but their eyes still lingered on Ding Ning, Ding Qianlie, and Secretary Xu. After all, all that happened before was enough to prove that Ding Ning who had those cheap clothes on him was actually not an easy target. They told themselves to keep Ding Ning’s look firmly in their minds because they were afraid that they might accidentally offend him in the future.

  Ding Ning could call the captain of the Criminal Police Corps to arrest people. With ease, a deputy director of the construction committee was caught. After all of this, he even asked the Mayor’s secretary to wind up the mess. It seemed that Ding Ning was infinitely resourceful. Everyone knew that even if they had no chance to butter Ding Ning up, they must not offend him.

  But it was too far away for the crowd to hear Holman’s words. Or they would be greatly shocked if they knew how the Yingjili Royal Family dealt with William.

  As the public was highly sensitive to the appearance of a government official with a special status in such an occasion, Xu Minglu did not stay here for too long. Before he left, he pulled Ding Ning aside and talked about Qiao Zhenya’s treatment.

  Ding Ning didn’t have a good way to treat him, so he was dragging it on. But after he got the Green Ivy Bead, it was not difficult for him to cure Qiao Zhenya anymore. Though Ding Ning didn’t like Qiao Qiao’s father, he would not leave Qiao Zhenya to die merely for his old classmate Qiao Qiao’s sake. Thus, he instantly promised to find time to check on him in a few days.

  Then Ding Ning walked Xu Minglu out. At 9:30 pm, the charity auction evening party officially started, hosted by Jiang Yimeng who summoned up all her energy.

  As an A-lister, Jiang Yimeng was also the host of the charity auction party, which made her the major highlight. Those who could participate in this auction were all self-proclaimed upper-class people. Although they were slavering after Jiang Yimeng’s beauty, no one wanted to show their lust for her to damage their images.

  But when Jiang Yimeng announced that the first auction item was the guitar that she had used, these men present still could help wildly pursuing it. The worn-out acoustic guitar was finally sold at a sky-high price of 100,000 yuan. Ding Ning sighed with feeling. “What a star with infinite charm!”


  Now the group of well-dressed old men green with envy fixed their eyes on the fat man who won the guitar. Ding Ning muttered to himself, mischievously. “If Jiang Yimeng brings her original ** out to the auction party, I suppose these people will compete intensely for it.”


  “Thank you. Thank you for your great kindness, Director Kuang. Once again, I thank all the good-hearted people here. You have helped the children in the poor mountainous areas generously with money. The Sunshine Charity Foundation will spend every penny you donated on the children there. Sunshine Charity Foundation, spread love all over the world,” Jiang Yimeng said.

  She continued in a sweet, attractive voice. “Next, it is the second auction item tonight. This is the yellow mandarin jacket from Yongzheng reign-period, donated by Zhu Anming, the vice-president of Ninghai Antique Collection.”


  As the auction continued, one by one, the auction items donated by these rich people here were auctioned off at higher or lower prices. Sitting in the last row, Ding Ning felt a little bored. Finally, he closed his eyes and entered the state of cultivation, practicing the Sutra of Cultivating Spirit. These auction items could not catch his eyes and even made him feel very boring.

  One after another, some people came in and some left the auction. It seemed that there were many people who came to attend the auction on time.

  “Step aside! Step aside!”


  When Ding Ning was immersed in his cultivation, he was abruptly interrupted by a sudden sound. His Qi and blood suddenly began to surge and nearly went into the devil way.

  Slowly, he opened his eyes which flickered with coldness. Then he stared at the guy who rudely interrupted his cultivation.

  It was a young man with a punk hairstyle. He was in leather clothing, which was studded with sparkling, stainless steel rings. Also, there were earrings and nose rings on him. Behind this man were a dozen vibrantly dressed toffs who had their chins up and noses high up in the air.

  Perhaps, the young man with the punk hairstyle was used to behaving arrogantly. As he saw Ding Ning looking at him coldly, he suddenly burst into anger. “What do you look at? You are courting death.”


  “Get lost!”


  Ding Ning was very upset. Seeing this man cursing, he could not help frowning and reproaching coldly.

  “You are fu*king risking your neck!”


  The young man with a punk hairstyle opened his mouth and swore like a pirate. With this, he slapped Ding Ning in the face.

  “Stop!” Someone shouted.

  The hand of the young man with a punk hairstyle stopped in mid-air, and he looked back at the person who called him to stop. “Brother Hai, what’s wrong?”


  Among a dozen toffs, a man in his early thirties came over with a smile and suddenly grinned at Ding Ning. “Mr. Ding, excuse me. The man under my leadership was not sensible enough and offended you. Please forgive us.”


  “Do you know me?” Ding Ning asked.

  Narrowing his eyes, he looked up and down this imposing man and had a feeling that he was familiar with him.

  “In Cuizhuxuan, you broke a dining table to pieces with your palm and held the underworld of Ninghai in awe. Though I, Canghai, just returned from abroad, I have long heard of your great name. How can I not know you, Mr. Ding?”


  The man said while smiling without any trace of tension.

  “What’s your relationship with Qin Canglan?” Ding Ning asked.

  Ding Ning eyed him thoughtfully. “No wonder he looks familiar to me. He and Qin Canglan are quite alike. They all have hooked noses and unyielding looks.”


  “Oh, you mean the disappointing cousin of mine. Hehe, he has been deeply troubled and can hardly look after himself. Even his families are very disappointed with him. So, are you still attached to him? I advised you to make a clean break with him so as to avoid any trouble,” Qin Canghai said.

  Qin Canghai looked pride in his heart and soul.

  Ding Ning glanced at him and said lightly, “Are you threatening me?”


  “I dare not. I know you are extremely skillful in martial arts. Since I haven’t yet fully enjoyed my life, I want to live much longer. Otherwise, you may secretly kill me before I notice anything.”


  There was more meaning in Qin Canghai’s words than what was said. In fact, when he returned, he heard the matter about the black masked man and suspected Ding Ning the first time. Qin Canghai was actually flying a kite. If Ding Ning showed his slip, he would find a way to subdue him. The black masked man disgraced the Qin Family in public, but Qin Canglan failed to regain the family’s honor. But if Qin Canghai could make it, his reputation in Qin Family would instantly surpass Qin Canglan’s. In this way, Qin Canghai believed he could win the inheritance of the Qin Family eventually.

  Thinking of this, Qin Canghai smacked his forehead with a gesture of upset and said, “Oh, right. I forgot to tell you. A few days ago, my men found that the wolf kid who escaped from the Qin Family appeared around Dongshan Ridge. I have asked some people to arrest him. If you are free at that time, you must do me the favor to watch the Qin Family’s Blood Sacrifice Ceremony.”


  As Qin Canghai was speaking, he watched Ding Ning’s expressions closely, observing his mood swings to see if he was the black masked man.

  But what a pity! To Qin Canghai’s disappointment, Ding Ning’s face was expressionless from beginning to end so that he could not find any trail of clues.

  “Great! I have heard long before that the Qin family has its own lynching and family discipline. The Qin Family has the power of life and death over its family members and is not controlled by the law of our government. It sounds awesome! I have always wanted to see if the super-cool Qin Family can truly stay above the national law.”


  He replied casually, which greatly depressed Qin Canghai.