But the stunning beauty’s gaze was fixed solely on Jiang Ning.
The moment she saw Jiang Ning, she excitedly rushed over to his side.
“You really do live here!”
‘Brother Gou’s eyes nearly popped out of his head.
A stunner like that actually knew Jiang Ning, and they were so close?
It was enough to make him die of jealousy!’
“Long Jiaojiao?” Jiang Ning was also surprised to see the beauty.
“How did you know I was here?”
Long Jiaojiao intimately wrapped herself around Jiang Ning’s arm, her ample bosom completely engulfing it.
“You left a newspaper behind, didn’t you?”
“I first checked the information on the front page, which led me to Jiang Ruyu.
Through her, I found you!”
“With a little more digging, I found out your mother lives here, so I figured you’d show up eventually.
And I was right!”
She made it sound easy, but investigating all that was actually quite a hassle.
What’s more, she had managed to uncover everything in just a few hours.
The Long family’s influence in the East Sea was truly terrifying.
Seeing no room to interject, Brother Gou could only turn to Jiang Ning.
“Heh heh, I actually have a way to wipe out your mom’s debt!”
“Jiang Ning, who are they?” Long Jiaojiao asked, her curiosity piqued by his words.
Jiang Ning had been planning to deal with this group directly, but with Long Jiaojiao present, he decided against making the scene too bloody for now.
“A bunch of thugs!” he said, casually brushing off Long Jiaojiao’s question, before turning to Brother Gou.
“I’ll pay you back the five thousand my mom borrowed.
As for the rest, sorry, I’m not acknowledging it!”
“Kid, who the fuck do you think you are, acting so cocky!” Brother Gou glared at Jiang Ning.
“Who do you think you are, daring to bargain with me, Brother Gou?
Let me tell you, either you pay up today, or you can hand over that little chick to cover the debt!”
Hearing this, Long Jiaojiao roared, “You dare to have ideas about me?
Are you tired of living?!”
“Ooh, feisty.
I like it!” Brother Gou grinned lecherously and reached out to touch Long Jiaojiao’s face.
BAM!
Long Jiaojiao didn’t hold back in the slightest.
She lifted a slender leg and kicked straight up, crushing Brother Gou’s balls.
She then planted another kick on his face.
“Get out!”
“She dared to touch Brother Gou!
Get the bitch!” Seeing this, his lackeys immediately charged at Long Jiaojiao.
But before they could even make a move, Long Jiaojiao’s long legs swept out like an iron broom, connecting squarely with their faces.
In less than three seconds, all of them had been thrown out the door.
“I’m with the Four Seas Gang!” Brother Gou roared, both shocked and furious, pointing at Long Jiaojiao.
“You dare hit me?
I’ll send your whole family to the crematorium!”
“The Four Seas Gang?
What kind of joke is that!” Long Jiaojiao’s elegant brows furrowed as she snapped, “My surname is Long!
Do you understand?”
“Long?!
The Long family of the East Sea?” Brother Gou was so terrified he nearly pissed himself and immediately dropped to his knees.
“Young Miss Long, I was blind!
I deserve to die!
You’re a magnanimous person, please just treat me like a fart and let me go!”
Long Jiaojiao said coldly, “You dared to speak to me so disrespectfully, and you offended my friend!
Do you think it’s appropriate for me to just let you go?”
Brother Gou started crying and begging for mercy.
“As long as you spare my life!
I’ll do anything you say!”
“You’re the one who said it!” Long Jiaojiao chuckled.
SHING!
In the next instant, a flash of white light streaked past, and an arm fell to the floor.
“AHHH—” Brother Gou stared in a daze for a few seconds before reality hit him, and he screamed in agony, clutching his severed arm.
Long Jiaojiao turned to Jiang Ning, clearly trying to curry favor.
“Mr.
Jiang, if you’re not satisfied, I can finish them off at any time.”
“Get out!” Jiang Ning had no patience for such small fry.
As if granted a royal pardon, Brother Gou and his men fled for their lives.
“Why did you come looking for me?” Jiang Ning asked, looking at Long Jiaojiao.
Long Jiaojiao smiled.
“You saved my grandfather’s life.
I’m here to repay you.”
“It was nothing.
There’s no need to repay me,” Jiang Ning said lightly.
“That won’t do.
The Long family always repays its debts!” Long Jiaojiao shook her head firmly.
“If you don’t let me repay you, then I’ll just stay here and won’t leave!”
‘Jiang Ning knew what she was up to.’ He couldn’t help but sigh.
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly thought of something.
He spoke up.
“Actually, there is a favor I need from you.
If you help me with this, we can call it even.”
“What is it?” Long Jiaojiao immediately pressed.
“Do you want me to take care of the Four Seas Gang?”
Jiang Ning shook his head.
“I have some marriage contracts, but I don’t know where the people are.
I was hoping you could help me look them up.”
“No problem.” Long Jiaojiao held out her hand, looking relaxed.
“Just let me see the marriage contracts.
I’ll have my people start investigating immediately.
I guarantee I can find them for you within a day!”
“Deal!” Jiang Ning immediately pulled a thick stack of red, stiff paper from the bag he always carried and shoved it into Long Jiaojiao’s hands.
Long Jiaojiao was instantly stunned.
“You…
you…
what is this?”
“Marriage contracts!” Jiang Ning was also a little confused.
“Didn’t you tell me to show you the marriage contracts?”
Long Jiaojiao glared at him.
“Yes, I did!
You just had to show me *the* marriage contract!
What’s with this thick stack you just gave me?!”
With a casual expression, Jiang Ning replied, “These *are* the marriage contracts.
All 99 of them.”
“How many?” Long Jiaojiao was so shocked her eyes looked like they might pop out of her head.
“Ninety-nine marriage contracts?!”
“That’s right.” Jiang Ning nodded calmly.
Looking at the utterly calm expression on Jiang Ning’s face, Long Jiaojiao found it truly hard to believe.
In Great Xia.
A man could only marry one wife.
That was common knowledge!
Even for the great families like her own, a man officially had only one wife.
Any others were kept on the side, in secret.
She had never seen anyone be as brazen as Jiang Ning!
“All of these…
you want to find them all?”
Long Jiaojiao held the ninety-nine marriage contracts in both hands, feeling their considerable weight.
She casually flipped one open.
Each one had a full name, the reason the marriage contract was established, and the terms for its fulfillment.
They were, in a word, impeccably formal.
“You don’t need to worry about that.
Just help me find their addresses.
Don’t go making any decisions on your own.”
Jiang Ning sighed softly.
‘Ninety-nine marriage contracts!’
‘His master had really treated him like a stud horse!’
‘But this was an age of marital freedom.’
‘The great Jiang Ning wasn’t about to go around forcing women into marriage!’
“Alright!
I’ll help you with this, but the addresses on these contracts are all pretty vague.
It’ll take some time to track them down.”
Long Jiaojiao said, taking a deep breath.
“Good.
In the meantime, I’ll finish curing your grandfather’s illness.
Consider it payment for your help.”