Chapter 1571: Let Fine Food Heal the Whole World

The girlfriend is unhappy.

Zichen did not coax her into a good mood, but instead laughed and mocked: "To think you even studied Business Administration; where did all your years of schooling go?"

"Are you planning to open a husband-and-wife shop with me? And fifty percent of the shares? My shares are five percent more than yours, and the other thirty-five percent are to be distributed to other shareholders as bonus shares."

Gu Yuxin:...

This isn't a small eatery; this is meant to be done on a large scale.

She widened her eyes: "You aren't just opening it for fun; you want to make it big?"

"Of course."

Zichen said proudly: "Of course I want to make it big. I want to carry forward the art of fine food, cultivate countless foodies, and spread fine food to every corner of the world. This is my dream!"

To speak of being a cook and opening a restaurant in such a noble way.

Gu Yuxin not only didn't retort, but instead agreed wholeheartedly: "Fine, then I'll join in. Let's spread fine food to the whole world!"

"Good."

The two stood shoulder to shoulder, arms draped over each other's shoulders, making grand, ambitious vows.

To make fine food a great cause, to let the dream travel to every corner of the world, and to make fine food not just something to fill the stomach, but something that soothes the soul.

That year, the two young lovers were full of passion on the hillside, and later, one day, they truly achieved it.

Many years later, the two lay on rocking chairs, hands clasped tightly, thinking back on that moment, it was still so beautiful, as if it were yesterday, vivid in their minds.

Yulong and Meiyin's birthdays were approaching.

Shi Yuke called Nianyin and asked her: "Do you remember what day tomorrow is?"

"What day? If you have something to say, say it quickly; I'm busy."

Nianyin had indeed forgotten.

She was only concerned with searching everywhere for medical advice and medicine, looking for the best special drugs and the best doctors to treat her mother's illness.

As for her son's birthday, it had long been forgotten.

Shi Yuke was dissatisfied: "You really are something. Tomorrow is Yulong and Meiyin's birthday, and you actually forgot? Are you even a mother? You've gone too far."

Nianyin was indifferent: "A child's birthday is a mother's day of suffering; why should I celebrate his birthday? Whatever."

Shi Yuke:...

She did not agree with Nianyin's point of view.

She started arguing with Nianyin over the phone: "Stop using that feudal head-of-the-family nonsense to fool me. Who doesn't know that a child's birthday is a mother's day of suffering? But you don't only suffer for one day, do you? And you're still harming others on that day..."

Even if Nianyin feared neither heaven nor earth, she feared Shi Yuke holding her past mistakes over her head.

Back then, on the day she gave birth, she swapped her own son for someone else's daughter, just so the Ji Family could have an Heir.

As it turned out, the matter was exposed later, and the son was also raised by others.

Although she spent plenty of money, the debt of gratitude would always remain!

When facing Shi Yuke, Nianyin was always in the wrong, so she took the initiative to apologize: "Fine, fine, I'm wrong, okay? I apologize to you."

"You don't need to apologize to me; if you want to apologize, apologize to Yulong."

"Impossible. He is the son, and I am his mother; a mother can never be wrong."

Shi Yuke:...

Nianyin was a woman of the Ji Family.

The innate sense of superiority of the women of the Ji Family, and the philosophy that women are supreme and the mother is heaven, simply could not be erased.

Forget it.

She also gave up on this idea; an apology was impossible.

Don't let the children end up not even being able to have a good birthday because of being too stubborn!

"Fine, you don't have to apologize. Just prepare a thoughtful birthday gift for Yulong and come to their birthday banquet, that's fine, right?"

Shi Yuke had already conceded.

But she didn't expect that Nianyin wouldn't even agree to such a small request.

"A birthday banquet... I don't have time. I have to stay at the hospital to take care of Mother. I don't have time to buy a birthday gift either. How about this, I'll transfer 100,000 yuan to your card, and you help me buy gifts for them."

"Ji Nianyin, you only have that old hag in your heart, and no one else at all. You don't deserve to be a mother!" Shi Yuke hung up the phone and refused to accept Nianyin's transfer.

She prepared gifts for the two children herself, pretending they were prepared by Nianyin.

On the day of the children's birthday, she handed them to Yulong and told him they were prepared by Nianyin.

Yulong accepted them and said: "Thank you, Mom."

Hospital.

Shi Yucheng persuaded Nianyin: "Go celebrate the child's birthday. Don't be so stubborn. After all, he is flesh and blood from your own body. You have owed the child too much all these years."

Nianyin: "If I go, what about Mother?"

"I'm here, and there are caregivers and nurses. With so many people, it won't matter if you're missing for a while."

"Alright then, I'll have to trouble you, Father."

Shi Yuke's words from yesterday were not without impact on Nianyin.

Today, Father also persuaded her, so she prepared to make a trip to the Gu Family.

After all, he was flesh and blood from her own body; it would be a lie to say she didn't feel any heartache!

Moreover, her husband would be there today. She had also owed Lao Qi for so many years, and she wanted to take this opportunity to ease their relationship as husband and wife.

Nianyin prepared a gift for her son, but didn't know what to buy.

If she bought clothes, she didn't even know the child's size, so she went to a jewelry store and bought a pair of dragon and phoenix pendants, one for each child.

Finally, she bought a huge birthday cake and then drove toward the Gu Family.

The car drove into the courtyard; Yulong saw Nianyin's car and turned right back around.

"Scoundrel, why does he run as soon as he sees me?" Nianyin wanted to chase after him to demand an explanation, but was stopped by Shi Yuke: "Didn't you say you weren't coming? Why are you here again?"

"You were the one who asked me to come. What, do you regret it? Then I'll leave." Nianyin made a show of leaving, but was grabbed by Shi Yuke.

"Since you're already here, where are you going? I'm telling you to behave yourself, put away that bad temper of yours, and stop throwing tantrums at every turn. No one here owes you anything!"

For so many years, both children had been raised by Shi Yuke, so she was very firm when speaking to Nianyin.

"I'm telling you, you are not allowed to bring that attitude of yours into our home today. Once you're in our home, you must follow our home's rules."

Even when under someone else's roof, she did not want to bow her head.

Nianyin said: "You all just spoil the child too much, spoiling him to the point where he doesn't even know how to respect his elders..."

"Here we go again. Put that away. At the very least, you are not allowed to bring it up today. Did you hear me?"

"Fine."

Nianyin agreed.

Although she agreed reluctantly, she kept her word; once she promised something, she would definitely do it.

At this time, the Sheng Family also arrived.

The two families were already close by, and since today was the children's birthday, they were bound to come.

There were many people in the Sheng Family, and the courtyard suddenly became much livelier.

Zichen went to the kitchen to help his master.

Shi Yuke went to the room to persuade Yulong to come out, while Shi Youxuan repeated what Shi Yuke had just said in the courtyard, using more or less the same meaning!

Nianyin said: "Sister, even you think I'm wrong? You are a member of the Ji Family, how can you be just like them?"

Shi Youxuan: "That's right, the blood of the Ji Family flows in my bones, but this is Jiangzhou. You have to learn to do as the locals do. Understand?"