Xia Zn’s head was hung low, and her gaze dripped with venom as she looked down at the floor. She had never been so humiliated in her entire life, and the mocking gazes all around her were like knives that stuck into her heart.


    Even though her arms were still numb from the impact, but she still got up shakily with a smile as if nothing had happened. "Whye here if you’re just going to read an album, why don’t we y billiards?"


    Gu Xiqiao’s fingers paused and her eyebrows raised slightly, before looking up at Xia Zn in interest. "Sure, but are you sure you won’t chicken out?"


    Seeing this turn of events, Yin Shaoyuan sat up straight in interest as he looked on. He already knew that Xia Zn wasn’t a match for Gu Xiqiao in the least, so he let her do as she wanted, and not even Jiang Shuxuan would have to step up to deal with her.


    Those people that knew that Gu Xiqiao was probably close to Jiang Shuxuan all looked at Xia Zn in pity as if they were looking at a dead person. She had no idea what she was getting herself into, did she?


    All of them collectively made mental notes to tell their families to not get involved with the Xia family and the Gu family in the future, lest they get on the bad side of Jiang Shuxuan.


    "Of course we need a bet! I’ll wager two percent of Bluestar Entertainment’s equities, how about it?" Yin Shaoyuan immediately got in on the fun, wagering the equities of the entertainmentpany that was under his name. Thispany was quite well known in the industry, and besides that it was worth quite a lot just from the simple merit that it was owned by Yin Shaoyuan, so it was quite the precious wager.


    Xia Zn didn’t understand why Yin Shaoyuan wanted to get involved with this illegitimate daughter, but she still tried to calm herself down as she nced at Yin Shaoyuan, before speaking. "I wager five million."


    Five million couldn’t bepared with the 2% that Yin Shaoyuan wagered, but it was already all of her liquidated funds as the Xia family wasn’t all that rich inparison to the other families in the city...But she was sure that it was much more than what Gu Xiqiao could wager!


    Xia Zn nced over at Gu Xiqiao in disdain, a slightly condescending smile on her face as she wanted to see how she would embarrass herself.


    Gu Xiqiao took out a card and ced it onto the table, before speaking calmly, "Twenty..."


    Xia Zn was about to scoff before the other girl continued, "Million."


    This card was the ck card that the manager of the bank gave Gu Xiqiao, and everyone knew that Gu Xiqiao wasn’t bluffing judging from how it was a ck card. How could Gu Xiqiao take out so much money so easily, was the Gu family so generous towards an illegitimate daughter? Even Ah Jin didn’t have so much money!


    At this moment, Xia Zn slowly realized the mocking gazes of everyone towards her!


    Xia Zn’s fingers were trembling with rage and embarrassment, and she finally got herself to calm down before leaning down and striking a clean hit and standing back up, looking back at Gu Xiqiao.


    Gu Xiqiao took a billiard cue and bent down, her posture refined and elegant as she aimed at one of the billiards in concentration, attracting the attention of everyone in the room.


    Her eyes narrowed in concentration before she struck,ting one billiard after a few collisions.


    With a single motion, she proved that she wasn’t just a pretty face.


    As everyone was waiting with bated breath for her to strike again, she stopped and stood back up, ying with her billiard cue for no reason. As Xia Zn was about to urge her to continue, she suddenly moved, spinning the pole with a flourish and aiming it towards a waitress that was walking past with a cart of food.


    That waitress stumbled and dropped to her knees, and as she looked over to the young girl in fright, she realized that she couldn’t move!


    Gu Xiqiao walked over daintily and picked up the billiard cue, before kicking the waitress two times and causing a well-hidden gun to drop out from her breast.


    After she finished dealing with the waitress, she walked back to the billiard table as if nothing had happened and rubbed the tip of the cue with a small pad. Meanwhile, everyone else in the room looked at the waitress in horror, realizing that they were only moments away from facing death.


    After that, Gu Xiqiao won the game by andslide.


    The onlookers pped and cheered upon witnessing everything, and if it weren’t because Yin Shaoyuan were there, some of the more hot-blooded youths even wanted to throw Gu Xiqiao into the air in celebration because she saved their lives!


    Jiang Shuxuan had been standing by the doorway since the game started, but he hid his presence so well that even Gu Xiqiao couldn’t sense him. Seeing that the game was finished, he walked in and nced passingly at the waitress that was still lying prone on the floor, before looking away and continuing towards Gu Xiqiao.


    No one realized that after Jiang Shuxuan walked by, a tuft of ck mist escaped from the waitress’s head.


    Xia Zn that was about to leave in embarrassment looked at Jiang Shuxuan in surprise, her eyes brightening like a cat that had found its prey. "Mr. Jiang!"


    In her eyes, Jiang Shuxuan was more important than anyone there. While she didn’t know who Jiang Shuxuan was, exactly, she knew that Yin Shaoyuan that was high and mighty acted like ackey to him, so it was clear what that meant!


    Jiang Shuxuan’s expression was icy as he ignored Xia Znpletely, only walking towards Gu Xiqiao and taking her bag and bank card. Seeing this, Yin Shaoyuan immediately panicked and wanted to stop him from leaving. "We haven’t even gotten started yet, why don’t you stick around for a little longer?"


    "No need, I’ll just let you deal with the rest." Jiang Shuxuan reached over and pressed his palm onto Gu Xiqiao’s head affectionately. "This kid is going to have her exams soon, so I gotta bring her back to study."


    Study? Who would believe that?!


    Yin Shaoyuan had been showing attention to Gu Xiqiaotely, and it was apparent that this person was extremely intelligent, even getting better scores that Luo Weng. This young man was one of the more talented individuals that he had set his sights on to recruit as his subordinatetely, so he knew what a feat it was that Gu Xiqiao got the upper hand against him.


    In conclusion, it was quite clear that bringing Gu Xiqiao back to study was just an excuse!


    Even though he knew this and still didn’t want the two to leave, he didn’t have the guts to stop Jiang Shuxuan any further, sighing softly and letting them leave.


    The rest of the upants of the room didn’t even dare to breathe too deeply, and Jiang Shuxuan only nced at them passingly before leaving the room.


    Seeing him leave, Xia Zn quickly followed them out the door. "Mr. Jiang?!"


    Jiang Shuxuan stopped, and before Xia Zn could muster up a smile, he spoke: "Remove the Xia Family from the list of candidates."


    Whether a family couldst was directly dependent on thepetence of every generation and how well it taught its sessors, and judging from Xia Zn alone, it was easy to see that the family wasn’t all that great either.


    Of course, another reason was that Xia Zn purely pissed him off.


    As the two figures disappeared, Xia Zn finally came back to her senses and realized what was happening. She knew that from that day onward, she would be the butt of all the jokes of the upper society in N City!


    More distressing was the fact that Gu Xiqiao wasn’t Yin Shaoyuan’s new pet, but Jiang Shuxuan’s! No wonder...No wonder she would be able to cause so much trouble for the Gu family and even take out twenty million as if it were nothing!


    Not realizing the w in her assumptions, her cheeks became devoid of color as she regretted her actions and words that had caused all of her hard work to be wasted!