Rebirth of an Idle Noblewoman

Panda Novel

Jiang Shuxuan paused with his hand still holding the glass. He raised his head to look at Gu Xiqiao, as something unreadable flashed in his eyes.

Shu Chen wasn’t paying attention to him, but had turned her gaze to Gu Xiqiao instead. “Qiao Qiao, don’t bother about him. He’s had a stubborn temper since he was a child, to the point that his father and I have no idea what to do with him.” No one was more aware of Jiang Shxuan’s character than her. All his subordinates had learnt this from him, each and every one of them were stubborn to death.

She was really afraid that his stubbornness would one day chase her daughter-in-law away.

Thinking of this, Shu Chen glanced at Jiang Shuxuan. It was amazing that Gu Xiqiao paid him any mind when he had such an attitude!

Jiang Shuxuan was still looking at Gu Xiqiao, who was smiling at him. He could see his figure reflecting in those clear bright eyes of hers, and when he looked at her, he could feel his heart soften.

“Alright. I’ll head back. It looks like I’ll only be back after two days.” Jiang Shuxuan placed down the glass and stood up.

Shu Chen: “…Wha-?” WTF?

She looked at her son’s cold face, and then to Gu Xiqiao. She felt like she was living in a dream right now.

Shu Chen didn’t come back to her senses until Jiang Shuxuan left. Wait, something was wrong.

Since when had her son been so obedient?

It just took one word from Gu Xiqiao?

That… that was simply abnormal!

Shu Chen picked up her phone, shooting off a message to Jiang Han—[Our son has changed!] If there were such matters again in the future, she definitely had to properly take care of Qiao Qiao so she would handle it!

Gu Xiqiao went back upstairs to check on the information on Yang Enterprise, while Shu Chen played on her laptop beside her. Every time Shu Chen faced a more difficult mob that tested her skills, she would raise her head to look at Gu Xiqiao. And every time, Jiji would come to her side, easily displaying its skills, tapping away on the keyboard and passing the stage in a short time.

Shu Chen looked up, surprised. “You can also play this, Jiji?” And its hand speed was so fast, it could probably even play professionally, right?

Jiji raised its head bashfully. “Beauty Qiao is the one who taught me.”

Shu Chen: “…” She couldn’t even compare to a robot! ┭┮﹏┭┮

Gu Xiqiao gave Jiji a look, raising an eyebrow. “…” Don’t bully Aunt Shu.

Jiji: “…” It’s not like I can help it! I’m just like that!

Gu Xiqiao: “…” Control yourself!

Jiji: “…” You… you’re basically asking me to choose between eating sh*t or poison!

Gu Xiqiao: “…” So you’ll eat one of them?

Jiji: “…” Boss, I’m sorry, I was wrong.

1

Gu Xiqiao turned around after their silent exchange, continuing her reading on the pile of information on Yang Enterprise. They were a public listed company, and their financial statements were published annually. However, with one look she could tell that they had window dressed it, it was too perfect. So she simply hacked into Yang Enterprise’s database and retrieved the information that she wanted.

Shu Chen only saw lines upon lines of numbers, and her eyes were crossed at the amount of it on the screen. She didn’t understand a single thing Gu Xiqiao was doing at all.

She somehow felt… shocked.

She wasn’t sure why, but she wanted to sigh. Grabbing her laptop, she left the room. Shu Chen felt that only Mrs. Zhang would be able to chat with her. She might as well get some stories on what the two had been up to back in N City previously.

“Jiji,” Gu Xiqiao said, once the door closed. “Be careful next time.”

Jiji raised its mechanical head, holding the laptop that Gu Xiqiao had configured specially for it. “When are you going to change my body, Beauty Qiao?”

Gu Xiqiao sat in front of her computer, still browsing through the files. “I thought you’d want to upgrade first.”

“The upgrade can wait, I want to change my body first. A tall and mighty body is more important now.” Jiji lowered its head, emphasizing again, “Tall and mighty.”

“Oh.” Gu Xiqiao’s tone was flat and indifferent.

Cheapskate! Lazy! Petty! Jiji raised its head, accusation clear in its mechanical eyes, but sadly, Gu Xiqiao ignored it completely, submerging herself in the data once again.

Jiji gave a glance at the data, and it knew the details of Yang Enterprise. The scale of the company was small, and their performance was mediocre. The financial statements are not detailed enough, and there was nothing worth noting about it. Why was Beauty Qiao interested in a company like this?

Gu Xiqiao leaned back against her chair once she was done reading, and started to analyze the entire situation of Yang Enterprise. As she was doing so, the penguin head on the bottom right of her computer started to jump.

Clicking on it, she found that it was Luo Wenlang who was messaging her.

Luo Wenlang: I’ve met the person, there’s nothing special about him.

Luo Wenlang: He’s a bit nuts too.

Luo Wenlang: Even more so than Fu Dongyi.

Gu XIqiao: I know, don’t hold it against him.

Luo Wenlang: … Sure.

Gu Xiqiao: I’ll come in tomorrow.

Luo Wenlang: Okay!

***

The moment he typed the last word in, Gu Xiqiao’s status went offline, the penguin head going grey. He raised his head then, looking at Yang An who was sitting on the sofa in front of him, looking dazed.

“Su Wu, is this really the guy she asked you to bring over?” Luo Wenlang held in the sigh that threatened to come from his mouth.

Su Wu turned to Luo Wenlang, a solemn look on his face. “I swear in the name of the Lord.”

Luo Wenlang stared at him with a deadpan expression. Did you think that swearing by the Lord’s name means you won’t lose a fight? He turned his head to Yang An. “Mr. Yang, how are you?”

Yang An turned to the voice, looking blankly at Luo Wenlang. He felt like he was in a dream. As much as he didn’t care about the business affairs, he was still well aware of what Nine Heavens represented and what they did. He was playing a game that was developed by them after all, and he had once made up his mind to properly study management too.

His lecturer in university had used Nine Heavens as a case-study back then. In a short period of time, this joke of a company had grown into one of the world’s top hundred companies. It’s international influence was not something to be underestimated, but the entire company was low-key, and there weren’t any of the staff or management that had been interviewed on any media platforms.

After that, Yang An had felt that he was not suited for management, and had dropped his studies, and paid no more attention to the development of Nine Heavens, focusing on his game instead. He had picked up management studies in order to gain his father’s attention, and once reality had sunk in, he never again had those thoughts again.

Now it was just that gaming allowed him to relax.

But it didn’t affect the admiration that he had towards Nine Heavens.

If he had even just 1% of Nine Heavens’ capabilities, then he would be able to take back the family assets from Yang Haotian, right?

Nine Heavens was too far from his reach, in his opinion, it was practically a myth, something that he could only look from afar, never to obtain in his hands. He never imagined that he would one day step foot into the headquarters of Nine Heavens!

“S-so… my collaboration partner is Nine Heavens?” Yang An finally opened his mouth to speak.

Why did he feel like he had just stepped in dog sh*t? And the most expensive kind too?! This was Nine Heavens man, Nine Heavens! Even if there were dozens of Yang Haotian, it wasn’t enough to go against them!

Luo Wenlang had wanted to answer, but then he was shocked by something on the computer in front of him, because something downloaded onto his computer and flashed on his screen. When he opened it, it was a contract.

Only Yu Ning or Gu Xiqiao would have been able to do something like, right?

Glancing through it, it seemed that Gu Xiqiao was the one who had sent it over.

Luo Wenlang was silent for a while, before pressing the button to print the contract. Boss Gu, do you know that you scared the sh*t out of people when you do things like this?

“Yes,” Luo Wenlang finally snapped out of his daze, replying to Yang An’s question. “You guessed it, the collaboration party is Nine Heavens.”

Yang An felt like a truck had slammed into his head, and he signed the contract hastily. Walking out of Nine Heavens with Su Wu after, he was still in a state of disbelief. “W-Wait…” He suddenly stopped walking. “Isn’t great god the one who was going to work with me? How did it suddenly become Nine Heavens instead?”

Then, before he could start walking again, another thought hit him, and his foot hovered in the air, disbelief filling his eyes!

Su Wu looked at Yang An’s frozen face, and nodded with a smile. “You probably guessed it, so yes, she’s the big boss of Nine Heavens.”

Although he already guessed it, Yang An had no words to express the surprise and shock that coursed through him. He started to recall the old professor that had given him the case study, he was a hardcore fan of Nine Heavens. He had been consistently telling him about Nine Heavens, how they had bulldozed their way through Bai Enterprise, as well as pressuring Chen Enterprise back then. The case was so wonderfully interesting, which was different from the case studies that America had. Every step taken by Nine Heavens had been unpredictable, until at last when their opponent had been blasted out to die under the sun, and they still didn’t know where they had gone wrong.

Although Yang An hadn’t understood most of it, he still had a good memory, and the professor’s words were still clear in his mind.

But what did he just hear now? Gu Xiqiao was the big boss behind the scenes of Nine Heavens?

WTF? Thinking about that youthful face, Yang An asked, “Su Wu, The World Is Ruthless, sir, you’re not pulling my leg, are you?” She looked even younger than himself!

When he was her age, he was still having fun and playing around everyday! And here she was, being the object of worship and admiration by everyone in the business world.

Compared to her, no, how could he even compare them at all?

He felt his view of the world shatter at that moment.

Su Wu looked at Yang An with concern, could it be that it was too much of a shock to his system?

Yang An suddenly burst out laughing. “I want Yang Haotian to kneel down and call me ‘father’!”

Su Wu: “…” Silly idiot, as long as you’re happy, I don’t care anymore.

The great god didn’t attend the offline meeting, even their guild leader was absent, and some of them were disappointed when they found out. Some instead wondered whether the four of them had ascended to heaven or something.

However, these were all unknown to the four who were absent.

***

The next day, in Nine Heavens, Yang An was once again in Luo Wenlang’s office. Compared to yesterday, he was less excited and lively.

“What happened?” Luo Wenlang asked, raising his head.

“It’s not that I’m doubting the great god, but when I went back yesterday, it was to news that Yang Haotian had managed to secure a collaboration with Chu Enterprise. I looked them up, and they’re one of the top fifty companies, having hotels all over the world. I don’t know why they would partner up with Yang Haotian, but Mr. Luo, my engine is in his hands, there isn’t a single trace of evidence from that time to prove otherwise.”

He felt that it was necessary to explain to Luo Wenlang. Once he had got over the continuous shock yesterday, he sat down and began to seriously contemplate the matter.

But he didn’t expect to hear his father and Yang Haotian celebrating the news that Chu Enterprise had agreed to work with them when he got home.

“Chu Enterprise?” Luo Wenlang paused, his fingers hovering over the keyboard. He remembered that name, Gu Xiqiao had asked for him to look into them a few days ago.

“Yeah, Chu Enterprise.” Yang An smiled bitterly. “Mr. Luo, I can’t do anything about the engine.”

Yang Haotian had always been great at not leaving trails in whatever he did, and after Yang An’s brief happiness, he was now back to being depressed. Gu Xiqiao had said he was stupid yesteday, and he was seriously beginning to doubt his life.

Was he really just too stupid in the end?

“Engine?” Luo Wenlang frowned. “Can’t do anything about it?” If they couldn’t find any evidence, then it wasn’t like Nine Heavens could take it by force.

This issue was indeed troublesome, copyright disputes had always been messy and complicated. What more, with Yang An’s unreliable attitude, it may be impossible to find any useful evidence to support this matter.

“I can’t find any evidence.” Yang An hung his head. “When I went back yesterday to check on the laptop, even the remaining copy had been deleted.”

The two of them were silent after that, each in their own thoughts, when the secretary suddenly pushed open the door. She greeted the two respectfully, and took off the sunglasses on her face, flashing them a smile. “Who said there was nothing you can do?”

Yang An was stunned, did she mean that there was something they could do, that she had a way?

Luo Wenlang’s eyes lit up. “Miss Gu, you’re here!” Then his eyes fell on the robot that was following behind her, and confusion flashed in his eyes. “Is that Jiji?” This was the new development that their friends circle had been going on and on about, the new darling of Gu Xiqiao that they couldn’t stop talking about!

Jiji was holding a laptop and a stack of documents in its hands, and when it heard Luo Wenlang, it said, “Hello, Little Luo!”

The newly dubbed ‘Little Luo’: “… Hello.”

“Did you just say that there’s a way?” Luo Wenlang was quick to get back on track, realizing what was happening. “What is it?”

Gu Xiqiao glanced at Jiji, and it immediately moved forward to hand the documents to Luo Wenlang.

“Have a look first, I’ll take Yang An out to meet someone.” Before anyone could react, Gu Xiqiao had already swept in, grab the said person and left.

“What did Boss Gu mean?” The secretary adjusted her glasses, puzzled.

Luo Wenlang rubbed his chin thoughtfully, thinking about what Yang An had said about the agreement of partnership between Yang Haotian and Chu Enterprise. Pity, if he wasn’t so busy, he too would like to go along and meet this Chu Ziheng. Thinking about that, he smiled at the secretary. “Miss Gu she… I hope the capital will still be standing after this.”