Chapter 2210: It will be exactly as you wish!

Seeing Liu Manqiong's lonely expression, Ye Chen suddenly felt some sympathy for this young lady of a top Hong Kong tycoon family.

Liu Jiahui was certainly wealthy, but Liu Manqiong still hadn't been able to have a complete childhood.

Her father's betrayal and her mother's early death had completely destroyed her childhood.

In this regard, Ye Chen's experience was somewhat similar to Liu Manqiong's.

Although his parents had a very loving relationship, their passing left Ye Chen's childhood in complete shambles.

Since then, Ye Chen lived in an orphanage for ten years. Although he had Auntie Li's care, for Ye Chen, those were still ten painful years.

Because during those ten years, for the first five, he had to accept the reality of his parents' death every single day, and for the latter five, he spent every day fighting against the sorrow of missing them.

What truly healed Ye Chen over the next twenty years and kept him grounded without going astray were the earnest teachings and beautiful memories his parents left him before he turned eight.

Thinking about it, Liu Manqiong's beautiful memories must have been from when she was little, her mother bringing her here every day, using every trick in the book to coax her to eat. Later, when the person who loved her most was gone, she could only come here to look for her shadow.

At this moment, a street vendor wearing an apron and stir-frying beef chow fun saw Liu Manqiong walking over and hurriedly greeted her with a smile: "Miss Manqiong, you're here!"

Liu Manqiong snapped out of her thoughts and quickly smiled: "Uncle Nan, why haven't I seen you open your stall for the past two days?"

The vendor was beaming from ear to ear and said: "My daughter-in-law gave birth the day before yesterday. It's a chubby boy, a full seven jin and eight liang!"

"Wow!" Liu Manqiong said pleasantly surprised: "That's wonderful! Next time I come, I'll definitely bring a big red envelope for the little one!"

The vendor hurriedly said: "No need, Miss Manqiong. We receive your kindness every year; how could we let you spend more money?"

Liu Manqiong smiled: "Uncle Nan, how about this? I'll have a word with Manager Wan and waive your stall rent for the next half year. Consider it a red envelope for the little one."

The vendor said with trepidation: "How can that be, Miss Manqiong? You haven't raised the rent in ten years; you've already taken such good care of us. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to make a living here..."

Liu Manqiong giggled: "Uncle Nan, don't be so formal with me. I'll talk to Manager Wan later."

After saying that, she pointed at Ye Chen and said to the vendor: "Uncle Nan, I'm taking a friend inside to get something to eat, so I won't disturb you further."

The vendor nodded with immense gratitude, then looked at Ye Chen and asked with a smile: "Miss Manqiong, finally dating someone?"

"No..." Liu Manqiong shook her head hurriedly: "Just a regular friend."

The vendor looked at Ye Chen with a knowing expression and said seriously: "I've been here for over twenty years, and you are the first boy Miss Manqiong has ever brought here."

Liu Manqiong said somewhat flustered: "Uncle Nan, he really is just a regular friend. Stop throwing smoke bombs here."

After finishing, she hurriedly beckoned Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, let's go."

Ye Chen nodded to the vendor, then walked with Liu Manqiong deeper into the food street.

After putting some distance between them and Uncle Nan's stall, Ye Chen asked curiously: "Miss Manqiong, judging by what Uncle Nan said, it seems you are the landlord here?"

Liu Manqiong blinked, gestured with her slender fingers along the length of the food street, and said with a proud smile: "This whole street is mine!"

"Whoa!" Ye Chen couldn't help but exclaim: "The boss is a big spender!"

Liu Manqiong smiled: "If you want to hold onto certain people and things, you always have to pay a price."

Just as she finished speaking, several vendors along the road saw Liu Manqiong and said very respectfully: "Good evening, Miss Manqiong!", "You're here, Miss Manqiong!", "What would you like to eat tonight, Miss Manqiong?"

Liu Manqiong greeted them one by one, even knowing everyone's name.

After the pleasantries, she said to Ye Chen: "In recent years, Hong Kong's economy has been growing rapidly, and places like this were long ago bought up by people preparing for redevelopment. At that time, the owner of this street, in order to drive these vendors away, raised the rent several times over after their leases expired. Many vendors couldn't afford the rent and left one after another. So, I went to beg my dad to buy this place and give it to me no matter what. As long as he was willing to buy this place and give it to me, I would allow him to bring that woman into our home." ===== CHAPTER 2211 =====