Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle

Chapter 198 - 198 198 Confirmed Guess

?Chapter 198: Chapter 198 Confirmed Guess Chapter 198: Chapter 198 Confirmed Guess Luo Ning watched as Shi Ji entered, mingling cheerily with a wine glass in hand.

Many people surrounded him, seemingly showering him with various compliments.

After a while, Shi Ji finally emerged from the crowd and headed to the balcony with his wine glass.

Luo Ning excused herself to her mother and also stood up to follow him to the balcony.

Shi Ji was momentarily taken aback when he saw Luo Ning, his face breaking into an additional smile, “You’re here too?”

Holding a champagne flute, Luo Ning walked up beside him and nodded, “Yes, I didn’t expect to run into you here.”

That day when Shi Ji left, she had drawn him a talisman and advised him to wear it on his person.

Hence, she should have been able to sense it as long as she was close by.

But now, there was no trace of the talisman on him.

She looked up at him again and noticed that his features seemed veiled by a layer.

Yet, this blur was even deeper than before.

Finally, she probed the curse within his body and to her surprise, found it absent.

Her hunch was fully confirmed at that moment.

Shi Ji hadn’t noticed anything unusual about Luo Ning, “I’ve recently moved my company back to the domestic market; the networking required is immense, and I can’t avoid attending such gatherings.”

His entire body suddenly leaned towards Luo Ning and he asked in a seductive tone, “Luo Ning, are you single right now?”

Luo Ning raised an eyebrow, “I am single, why do you ask?”

“How about you become my girlfriend?” Shi Ji proposed with a wicked smile.

Luo Ning regarded him, noticing he was exactly like the Shi Ji who had suddenly appeared in her previous life.

To be precise, that man had presented himself as Shi Ji.

She wondered whether her return had caused this world to evolve into the real one, prompting changes, or whether the deserted island affair had made things different.

This time Shi Ji had approached her with his true identity earlier on, even asking for her help with his illness.

And the person now pursuing her was the Shi Ji who showed up later in her previous life.

Luo Ning decisively shook her head, “I’m not interested in you.”

“I’ve got things to attend to, excuse me!” She said and without waiting for another word, turned and left.

Now that her suspicions were confirmed, Luo Ning had no interest in further entanglement with this man.

Shi Ji watched Luo Ning’s retreating figure, took a sip of the red wine in his glass, and smiled with a hint of amusement.

After returning to her seat, Luo Ning took out her phone and sent a message to Shi Ji.

Luo Ning: Where are you?

Soon, Shi Ji replied.

Shi Ji: Outside, what’s up?

Luo Ning was observing the people on the balcony all this time; he hadn’t taken out his phone and was currently talking to a man.

Luo Ning: Do you have time today? I would like to meet you.

Shi Ji: Evening works for me; set the time and place.

After a moment’s thought, Luo Ning sent him the location of a café she frequently visited, proposing eight o’clock that evening.

Shi Ji: Okay, I’ll be there on time.

Just as Luo Ning finished sending the message, Wu Jianfeng approached with three people.

He introduced them with a smile, “This is Master Luo and her mother, Miss Jiang.”

The three greeted them politely, “Miss Jiang, Master Luo, greetings!”

Wu Jianfeng introduced the middle-aged man on his left, “This is President Zhu, the owner of the mountain you’re interested in renting.”

“And this is President Li, and this is President Lu. They’d like to become friends with you, Master Luo.” He went on to introduce the other two men.

“I’ve heard so much about Master Luo, and it’s a pleasure to finally meet you!”

Those two men weren’t surprised by Luo Ning’s youth, as they had already known about it.

Luo Ning also exchanged polite greetings with them.

Jiang Xinxin had been watching her daughter’s live stream and was aware that her daughter had also chosen the path of a Feng Shui Master.

She did not object; after all, the man she loved was a natural in this line of work, and it was not bad for a daughter to follow in her father’s footsteps.

Luo Ning looked at President Zhu and asked, “I don’t want to beat around the bush with you, President Zhu. How do you plan to lease that piece of mountain?”

President Zhu replied with a smile, “I had previously leased it for seventy years, and I’ve only used twenty so far, so there are still fifty years of usage rights left. I can transfer them all at once to Master Luo.”

“I won’t even take money for it, but I hope you can help solve some issues.”

The mountain was originally contracted by him because he wanted to build a nursing home there, but there were some problems, and it wasn’t built.

He had not considered subleasing it, but upon hearing Old Wu say that Luo Ning was interested, he was then inclined to consider it.

Luo Ning glanced at him and said, “President Zhu, you’ve been having trouble with almost everything recently, with both family and business issues. Is that what you want to talk about?”

President Zhu just chuckled; what Luo Ning mentioned wasn’t a secret in their circle.

However, he had always heard Old Wu mention how impressive Luo Ning was with her profound and mystical methods. Although he was skeptical, he still hoped that it was true.

“Master Luo, may we step aside to talk?” Since they were in a public place, he preferred not to let his problems be known.

Luo Ning nodded, “Of course!”

Then she turned to her mother, “Mom, do you want to come with me or sit here for a while?”

Jiang Xinxin thought about it and said, “I’ll wait for you here.”

She could tell that President Zhu did not want others to know his business, so she chose not to follow and possibly interfere.

Luo Ning nodded, “Alright, call me if you need anything.”

Jiang Xinxin gave a gentle smile, “Okay.”

Her smile made several gentlemen present blink.

Having just seen Luo Ning sitting with a gentle and beautiful woman, except for Wu Jianfeng who had already been surprised once, the other three men had not expected her to be Luo Ning’s mother.

She looked too young, appearing to be around thirty.

Her demeanor was also especially pleasant, being gentle, elegant, and carrying an intellectual beauty that was very attractive.

Wu Jianfeng and the others did not follow them, as they could see that President Zhu didn’t want them to listen.

So they stayed in their seats, with Wu Jianfeng also keeping Luo Ning’s mother company.

Luo Ning and President Zhu went to a large terrace outside, which also had seating but was devoid of people.

There, President Zhu began to speak with a smile, “Master Luo, have you figured anything out?”

The things she had said before, which everyone knew, don’t count.

Luo Ning spoke bluntly, “The son you’ve raised for more than twenty years is not your biological child.”

“You want to divorce your wife, and she probably has not agreed.”

“Moreover, the people from your Zhu Family recently either fell ill or had accidents, and the shopping mall your company was developing has been facing constant problems.”

“Oh, and you started getting frequently ill and hospitalized since a year ago, and it’s been getting more severe lately.”

After listening to her, President Zhu’s face changed and his smile faded.

It wasn’t that he was upset with Luo Ning, but that he genuinely couldn’t smile.

Anyone who had been cuckolded for over twenty years and learned that the son he had doted on wasn’t his own would not be able to smile.

He now had personal experience of Luo Ning’s capabilities.

He himself had only found out about this recently, and he hadn’t told anyone. Old Wu and the rest were unaware, so they couldn’t have told her.

And that adulterous wife of his would certainly not broadcast this sort of thing.

If he hadn’t incidentally discovered that his son’s blood type didn’t match his and on a whim went for a paternity test, that woman still wouldn’t have admitted it.