When Ye Qiu finished washing up and came downstairs, Ye Weidong was smoking a cigar. Nowadays, he smokes a cigar in several sessions because he simply doesn’t have two or three hours of leisure to sit and smoke.

"Ye Qiu, is there nothing going on today?"

"Dad, what’s happening?"

"The revenue from the branch of the Palace Cuisine is now almost the same as the one in the city center. I’m planning to go take a look in Jiangzhou."

"Dad, that’s great! Invest the money if you have it. According to the market condition in Jiangzhou, opening two or three more locations is feasible. Any more than that might not be appropriate."

Based on the comparison of population and the city’s developed consumption capability, Ye Qiu feels that Jiangzhou can accommodate two or three branches, whereas East Sea can potentially have five or six.

For the entire Jiangnan Province, or even the Yangtze River Delta, potentially having a hundred branches wouldn’t be out of reach.

After all, even though Palace Cuisine is delicious, people from other cities wouldn’t specifically come here to eat it. However, if there’s one in their city, it’s a different story.

Now that Ye Weidong has a car, it’s much easier for him to visit nearby cities.

"Are you not coming with me?"

"Dad, you go ahead first. I’ll find time to take a look after you’ve seen things."

No matter what, the most important factors are location and transportation routes. With the renovation model for Palace Cuisine branches already established, everything can be done based on those, without much effort required.

As Ye Xue and Xiaomai prepare breakfast, Chen Fang says, "Ye Qiu, why don’t you go call your friend down for breakfast?"

"Mom, you mean Xia Jing?"

"Yes, the two of them."

This Xia Jing, as per Chen Fang’s view, has a great childbearing figure, which is naturally seen as a positive trait. However, if she and Ye Weidong learned that Xia had been married three times, and each time her husband ended up dying, they might not think that way anymore.

Ye Qiu certainly didn’t want to mention too much about this, as spreading it would not be good for Xia Jing’s reputation.

The Ye Weidong couple simply finds this Miss Xia quite nice.

Ye Qiu asks his sister Ye Xue to call the two of them down while he sits there and eats breakfast.

When Xia Jing and Xiaomei come down and greet Ye Weidong and Chen Fang, they sit next to Ye Qiu.

After breakfast, Ye Weidong and Chen Fang have already left.

Now Ye Xue also has to check the financial status of the two branches daily. She plans to visit the one in the city center in the morning and the one in the suburbs in the afternoon.

However, Ye Qiu thinks they could switch it around, making it safer to return from the city center and the trip back from the suburbs is somewhat far.

Ye Xue drives off, leaving only Ye Qiu and the other three. As Ye Qiu prepares to return to Jin University, Xia Jing quickly says, "Ye Qiu, I want to look at the housing in this neighborhood, can you accompany me to see it?"

"Where is it?"

"I’m not sure where it is, there are only four units left."

So Ye Qiu, Xia Jing, Xiaomei, and Xiaomai go to the property company. The young female employee from last night is already waiting there.

"Miss, our sales manager is waiting for you."

The four of them step inside, and sure enough, the sales manager is not the same one who previously attended to Ye Qiu.

"Miss, hello. I’ve heard you’re buying a house? There are four units left, all small-sized, each floor ranging between 150 to 200 square meters."

When you calculate it this way, aside from the basement area, the indoor three floors add up to at most 600 square meters.

"Alright!"

For her alone, a 600 square meter space is already quite large.

The sales manager personally leads Ye Qiu’s group to see one of the buildings, located just a few dozen meters away from Ye Qiu’s suite, measuring 151 square meters and already fully furnished inside.

It looks quite nice.

Even 150 square meters, even if it’s only one floor, counts as a luxury for many people.

However, Ye Qiu remains silent.

After seeing all four units, Ye Qiu thinks they’re all just average since the best ones have been sold.

"Ye Qiu, which one should I choose?"

"They’re all pretty similar, pick whichever you like."

To Ye Qiu, they all look quite similar.

"Miss Xia, I think the 600 square meter unit is quite nice," says the sales manager.

"Forget it, just the 150 square meter one is fine for me alone."

Even so, she finds it rather large. Of course, Ye Qiu’s unit is certainly about twice as large, though, even like this, a new maid auntie needs to be selected.

For some reason, when thinking of maid aunties, Xia Jing is reminded of the deceased maid auntie.

She feels not only that she drove her husbands to their deaths but even the maid auntie at her side couldn’t escape her curse.

"Miss Xia, let’s go sign the contract then. Are you planning to pay in full or take out a loan?"

"I’ll pay in full."

Xia Jing doesn’t lack money.

Upon returning to the sales office, the sales manager prepares the contract. After both parties sign, the payment will be made directly to the bank, and they will handle the property certification matters here.

"Miss Xia, we’ll notify you once it’s ready."

When walking out of the sales office, Xia Jing doesn’t seem particularly happy. For others, this might be a lifetime dream come true, but for her, it only took three seconds to decide.

At this moment, Xia Jing’s phone rings with a call from number 110.

"Hello, is this Comrade Xia Jing?"

"Hello, I am."

"This is the City Police Bureau; it’s about your previous maid. Please come to the City Police Bureau to assist with an investigation."

Related to the maid?

"Alright, I’ll be there shortly."

After hanging up, Xia Jing looks at Ye Qiu and says, "Ye Qiu, the City Police Bureau is asking me to go over."

Needless to say, Ye Qiu could guess it’s related to Wang Futong’s case.

"Then you go ahead."

Ye Qiu definitely isn’t going.

When heading back to his villa, Ye Qiu’s phone rings. It’s a long-time no contact Liu Xia calling.

"Xiaxia?"

Xiaxia?

Summer Jing hears this and thought she was being called. However, Xia thought otherwise—clearly Ye Qiu was referring to another beauty?

"I’m taking the test for subject three today."

Ye Qiu had previously encouraged her to sign up for the test. Throughout, he hadn’t inquired about how she was doing.

"Passed yet?"

"Still preparing, feeling a bit nervous."

In fact, she passed subject two at Ye Qiu’s driving school within a month, and as for subject three, she occasionally takes time to practice. Compared to subject two, it might be simpler.

However, she’s been practicing the lighting signals all this time.

"Which test center are you at? I’ll come over."

"Just in the city center here."

After hanging up the call, Ye Qiu sees Xia Jing and Xiaomei following behind and can only say, "I don’t have time to accompany you to the City Police Bureau. Go by yourselves. If you really encounter trouble, just find Zhao Ruxue."