CHAPTER 197: CHAPTER 198: PATERNITY TEST 1

Nianyang, entering the Weakness Period, felt as if her body was hollowed out, utterly exhausted, walking with a floating gait as if she could stumble at any moment.

The Jiang Family thought she was worn out from cultivating land for vegetable seeds and were instantly remorseful, urging someone to take her inside to rest. Before entering the room, Nianyang said to Jiang Aiguo,

"Uncle, now that our fruit and vegetable base has expanded, the area of land and orchards is too large for just you and Aunt to handle. You need to go to town and hire workers from the construction team who specialize in management to help oversee the base. Then you can focus on liaising with partners about shipment matters, and Aunt will only need to keep the accounts!"

Jiang Aiguo thought it was feasible and immediately proceeded to contact the workers. Nowadays, he is considered a boss and should plan more.

Nianyang did not interfere further regarding how workers should be managed; although Jiang Aiguo is honest, he is not stupid. Nianyang believes he can handle everything well.

Meanwhile, at Hongyun Restaurant in the provincial capital, a little over a month ago, business was booming with an endless flow of customers, but now the hall is deserted; aside from the staff, there isn’t a single diner.

Receptionist Wang Mingyi was so anxious about the bleak business that he was about to lose his hair. Clearly, last month their restaurant was packed, yet this month it’s so desolate, his performance record is already in the negative.

The person in charge, also the owner of the restaurant, He Yong, looked distressed over the various loss-incurring accounts. This month, not a single customer has come through the doors; even former regulars have disappeared. Without the five or six booked birthday banquets from last month propping things up, he’d be losing everything!

"Bad news, Boss He!" The receptionist rushed over, "I just received calls from four or five birthday banquet clients saying they want refunds and won’t be booking. I asked why, and they said our place doesn’t taste as good as Phoenix!"

"What?" He Yong’s face turned pale with anger, and he slammed the table with a thunderous boom, "Damn it, too damnable, this Phoenix Restaurant is determined to drive us out!"

"So strange, last month Phoenix Restaurant was about to close down, how did they suddenly come at us with such force this month? What have they done? Did they hire a better chef?" Wang Mingyi was clueless.

"Impossible, the best chefs in Beijing are working in our restaurant, which is why we were able to suppress Phoenix before. I think there’s more to this. Quickly send a waiter, posing as a customer, to Phoenix to find out what they’re up to. I don’t believe their taste is that great! I bet they’ve added something like opium to the dishes!"

Soon after, the waitress sent to probe Phoenix Restaurant returned, "Boss He, I casually asked around in their kitchen, and it seems that last month a couple visited their boss to discuss collaboration. The couple had particularly flavorful fruits and vegetables, rumored to be specially cultivated by the woman. The boss of Phoenix tasted them and found them exceptionally good, so they collaborated with the couple."

"What did you say?"

He Yong and Wang Mingyi’s faces changed simultaneously, remembering that couple who looked plain but remarkably attractive, carrying bags and proposing collaboration over a month ago!

What did they do then?

They dismissively chased the couple away!

"How could this happen?!"

He Yong regretted it bitterly—it was his own doing, driving such excellent suppliers to the neighboring Phoenix Restaurant!

If he hadn’t judged by appearances, would their Hongyun Restaurant be the one with booming business now?

The more he thought about it, the more nauseated he felt, and He Yong fainted from anger. Beside him, Wang Mingyi, equally displeased, took him to the hospital.