Chapter 32: Jiao Ji
Gu Lin was standing near the reception desk, speaking with a delicate-looking young man.
The young man appeared to be in his early twenties. He had silky black hair, fair skin, and refined features that gave him an almost fragile appearance.
However, Gu Lin’s expression was filled with worry. She kept frowning while speaking to him.
At that moment, Gu Lin happened to raise her head. The instant she saw Ni Mengxue, her eyes widened.
Without another word, she hurried over. "Xue’er!"
Her voice carried obvious urgency. By the time she stopped before Ni Mengxue, her eyes had already reddened.
She looked as though she were about to cry. Taking a deep breath, she tightly grabbed Ni Mengxue’s wrist.
"Tell me honestly, did you lose your memory?"
Ni Mengxue snatched her hand back and gave a small smile. "Miss Gu, with eager and desperate looks, I highly suspect that you wish I had lost my memory and hadn’t seen your true face."
Gu Lin’s face turned pale, her lowered, clenching the hem of her top, as she said with moist eyes, "Mengxue... how can you doubt me? Did you forget? I was the one who helped you enter this base! Otherwise you would have died..."
Her husband, Jiao Ji, coughed slightly as he crossed the distance and hugged Gu Lin’s waist, saying in a gentle voice, "Lin’er, don’t cry. There might be some misunderstanding; I will clear it on your behalf."
Ni Mengxue rolled her eyes. "See, I am in no mood to listen to your nonsense. Give me 2 days, and I will return to deal with both of you later."
With that, she walked away. She wasn’t going to stand there seeing one of them play the good cop and the other one the bad cop. It was boring.
Gu Lin’s fingers turned from clenching hard, and suddenly she murmured, "No... she has changed too much! I can’t deal with her alone."
Jiao Ji coughed delicately at the handkerchief in his hand and asked worriedly, "Lin’er... it looks like I won’t be able to borrow the kidney from Yucai anymore."
Gu Lin came to her senses and frowned. "It might indeed be difficult. With Mengxue protecting that bastard... I fear even borrowing a single hair might make her skin us alive."
"Sigh... what a pity; if only Miss Su had taken action on her own. It’s not like we are the only ones who need organs." Jiao Ji shook his head regretfully.
Gu Lin paused before her eyes brightened. "Ji’er, you are a genius! Why didn’t I think of this before..."
Jiao Ji blinked with an innocent expression. "Lin’er, what do you mean?"
"Nothing!" Gu Lin shook her head and left a sentence: "You go ahead and wait for me at home. I have some matters to deal with."
"Alright." Jiao Ji watched Gu Lin’s departing back, and his eyes flashed with a glint. Rather than going home, he walked in Ni Mengxue’s direction.
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Ni Mengxue was stopped by the guards the moment she reached the stairs. The building of the Women’s Protection Association was in good condition, thanks to the various deals they had made with the base leader.
It had two floors, with clean surroundings and a pleasant fragrance in the air. Completely devoid of the chaos outside. Many were cautiously tugging at their clothes or looking around, trying their best not to stand out or disrupt the peace.
So when Ni Mengxue was stopped, everyone stared at her with curiosity.
"Miss Ni, our president has asked us not to let you in or near her. She had also stated that the Women Protection Association won’t provide you any protection in the future, since you have angered her."
"Oh my god, so Ni Mengxue has been blacklisted? Maybe this is her karma."
"What is going on? What has this crazy bitch done to make the president so angry this time?"
"I heard she was planning to sue the president for no reason! What a joke!"
The chattering didn’t faze Ni Mengxue, as she smiled, "Alright then, I will personally mail the proof to the headquaters. I was only here to give a kind warning anyway."
With that, she walked away.
The guard hesitated and called out to her, "Please wait! Can’t you pass the item if it is important?"
"Sure." Ni Mengxue passed the envelope and watched as the guard left.
The surrounding people started to whisper again, but Ni Mengxue ignored them. Instead, she tried to stabilize her ice superpower. Lu Yucai had already told her not to rush to cultivate.
Many superhumans, earlier in the excitement of awakening a power, rush to cultivate, losing the prime time to solidify their cultivation.
Later on, a study was conducted, and it was revealed that those who absorbed their power in the earlier stages properly unlock the max potential of their power.
Just as it was midway through, Kong Airou arrived with a guard; her entire appearance was haggard. "Let’s talk!"
Ni Mengxue opened her eyes, stood up, and dusted off her back. "What’s left to talk? I delivered the warning, and I will go now."
"Can’t we negotiate? I am ready to do whatever you want!" Kong Airou said a bit anxiously.
"You can? Then I won’t beat around the bush. Kick Cai Shu out of her current position, give a huge demerit to Feng Lian, and remove her from the job too. As for Gu Lin... I will file a separate case on her... but demote her. While you... you will resign."
Once Ni Mengxue finished speaking, Kong Airou’s expression changed, and she almost roared, "Are you crazy? This is too much."
"When you all were bullying my husband, you didn’t think you were doing too much?" Ni Mengxue rolled her eyes.
"That... that was a mistake. I will compensate him, okay? Except for my resignation, I can fulfil all of your demands too." Kong Airou lowered her stance.
"Miss Kong, this might be a negotiation for you, but for me, it is my condition. Fulfil it if you want, and even if you don’t, I have a way to make all my demands true."