Chapter 422

It was already eleven o'clock when they came out of the memorial hall.

Jiang Ye protected his wife and children as they left the crowded place, returned to the parking lot, and found the car.

"It's getting late, let's go find a place to eat."

"Mm, it's so hot inside, it's cooler outside."

Shen Man rolled down the car window to ventilate and dissipate the heat in the stuffy car.

The children were in good condition, still immersed in the excitement, and very energetic.

"Mommy, I'm hungry, I want to eat chicken legs."

As she said this, Xiao Nuomi touched her belly, reminiscing about the taste of the chicken legs she ate yesterday.

"Alright, considering you behaved well, we'll order chicken legs at noon, but you can't eat them at night. Eating too much causes indigestion, which is bad for your health."

Shen Man pretended to think and reluctantly agreed, but at the same time made an agreement with her daughter that she could only eat them at noon and not at night.

Xiao Nuomi didn't care about the night; as long as Mommy agreed she could eat them at noon, that was fine.

Xiao Mantou leaned to the side without a word; he was fine with anything.

Just like that, they happily decided what to eat for lunch.

Jiang Ye wasn't familiar with the Capital, but when he was getting water at the memorial hall, he had asked some locals about where to find good food.

He heard that a few kilometers away, there was a place called Quanjude, where the roast duck was delicious.

There was also a Friendship Hotel, where the food was also delicious.

He had figured out the general route and direction. Now hearing his daughter wanted chicken legs, they would go to the Friendship Hotel first.

When leaving the parking lot, he paid a ten-cent parking fee.

After that, it was smooth sailing, and they drove away from the memorial hall area.

Shen Man hugged the children with both hands and didn't ask where her man was driving; he wouldn't sell the three of them, anyway.

Half an hour later, Jiang Ye parked the car in the parking lot of the Friendship Hotel.

Strangely, even though it was lunchtime, there were very few cars in the parking lot.

The hotel door was still open; they weren't closed for business.

Regardless, since they were here and it was almost twelve o'clock, they would go in and eat first.

If the food wasn't delicious, they wouldn't have much chance to come back in the future anyway.

"Please come in, guests."

The waiter in the hotel, who was originally gloomy, immediately perked up upon seeing guests finally coming to eat, welcoming them with unusual enthusiasm.

"Our hotel has many signature dishes. I wonder what you would like to eat?"

As he spoke, he enthusiastically helped pull out chairs and attached the menu.

Then he called his colleagues to move over two chairs specially for young children.

"Bring a plate of braised small chicken legs, no spice, for the children. Also, two servings of steamed egg with minced meat, add two drops of sesame oil. And this sauerkraut fish, and a serving of pan-fried cumin lamb chops.

For vegetables, order a dish of blanched vegetable hearts, and bring two jin of rice."

After scanning the menu, Jiang Ye quickly ordered the food.

When the waiter heard "two jin of rice," he secretly raised his eyes and sized up the physique of the couple. Could they finish it?

"If we can't finish it, we have lunch boxes and can pack it to go."

Jiang Ye seemed to see what the waiter wanted to say, calmly explained, and then added a braised fish to pack to go.

Shen Man didn't speak the whole time, not disturbing her man's performance. When she heard "braised fish," she knew who it was prepared for.

"Eat slowly later, no rush.

After we finish, we'll go back to the car for a nap first. At 1:30 in the afternoon, we'll set off again to play at Wangfu Garden."

Jiang Ye arranged the time perfectly. When he parked just now, he deliberately parked the car in the shade, so it would be much cooler inside.

"Mm, I'll listen to you."

Shen Man wasn't very good at making travel plans, so listening to her man was never wrong.

After Jiang Ye put the children in their exclusive seats, he opened the bag, took out the film inside, and replaced the film in the camera around his neck.

They took quite a few photos in the morning. When things were resolved and they went back, he would find a photo studio to develop them.

After changing the film, he put it back in the bag, placed the bag properly on the seat, took out the two milk bottles that hadn't been washed yet, and stood up.

"Wife, you and the children sit here and wait for the food. I'll go ask the waiter where the restroom is to wash the milk bottles."

Shen Man was concentrating on scalding the bowls and chopsticks with boiling water. Hearing her man say this, she responded with a crisp voice.

"Okay."

Over the years, whether they were eating at home or outside, they would always pay attention to scalding the bowls and chopsticks with boiling water.

It wasn't that she was being pretentious, but bacteria were really hard to say.

Everyone's immune system was different; some people had no reaction to bacteria entering their mouths, but others would have a big reaction.

Regardless, for the sake of health, they always remembered to scald the bowls and chopsticks, even if it was just a psychological effect.

Jiang Ye stood up and walked to the counter to communicate with the waiter.

Soon, the other party pointed him in a direction. He nodded in thanks and strode off to wash the milk bottles.

Originally, he just wanted to finish washing quickly and go back to accompany his wife and children, but he suddenly heard someone whispering around the corner.

He immediately softened his movements and pricked up his ears to listen.

"Sigh, our hotel is so unlucky. Because of that incident, no guests have come to eat recently, let alone the wedding banquets that were booked before; they've all been canceled now."

"Isn't that so? Before, I had work every day, plus extra overtime subsidies, or I could bring home leftover ingredients.

Now, ever since that incident, the hotel business has been miserable. I'm afraid my job won't be secure and I'll be fired and sent home."

"Doesn't the public security have any results from the investigation yet? Was Chairman Ye really shot and killed so inexplicably?"

"I don't know, there's no news at all. It's so worrying!"

"No way, Chairman Ye's son-in-law is that Director Gu from the Railway Bureau. He's powerful and influential. Can't he find out the murderer who killed his father-in-law?"

"Shh, I heard that when the murderer shot Chairman Ye, he had already chased after him, chased for several streets, but still lost him!"

"Do you think it's possible that this Director Gu doesn't want to spend too much energy on his father-in-law's death, and would rather use that energy to take over Chairman Ye's property as soon as possible?"

"That makes sense. Oh my, but this murderer is too hateful. Why did he have to assassinate Chairman Ye at our hotel? It's made our hotel business so miserable recently!"

"Exactly, exactly."

Several kitchen staff squatted on the ground, smoking and chatting.

Suddenly, a gentle voice interjected—

"Is that Director Gu you're talking about the Director Gu Tingchen from the Railway Bureau?"

"Ah? Who are you? Why are you asking about this?"

"Oh, I'm just a diner passing by.

I saw the business in the shop was so miserable, I thought the food here wasn't delicious.

Just now when I was washing the milk bottles for the children, I heard you discussing..."

Jiang Ye shrugged innocently, raising the freshly washed milk bottles to prove he wasn't lying.

Seeing this, the others relaxed and then poured out their grievances, complaining about what happened a few days ago...