From Runaway Bride to Global Queen-Chapter 97 - Fried Chicken

Chapter 97: Chapter 97 Fried Chicken

“I can’t believe you still remember this old man, I thought you had forgotten about me!”

Under the big tree, the old man stirred, and Uncle Peng who had brought Lu Yanchuan in hurried to help him up.

“Sit down. I heard from Xiao Hong a couple days ago that you got married? Whose daughter is she?”

Indeed, the first thing the elder asked upon seeing someone was invariably about marriage and children, Lu Yanchuan knew without thinking what he would ask next.

“You’ve been married for a few months now, have you had any children? While you’re young, you should have more. Otherwise, it will be harmful to your health to have children when you’re older!”

Once the old man started on this topic, he couldn’t stop, talking from the benefits of having children to various folk remedies that could increase the chances of conception.

Lu Yanchuan quickly interrupted the old man before he could speak about the positions that facilitate conception.

“Master Tao, having children depends on the right timing, location, and human harmony. It will happen when fate allows.”

Lu Yanchuan narrowly preserved the old man’s remaining dignity, and the old man, feeling unsatisfied as if he hadn’t spoken his mind, grunted discontentedly and didn’t linger on the topic.

“Tell me, what made you think of visiting me this time?”

“My teacher passed away, and left a letter for me to deliver to you.”

Lu Yanchuan took out a thick envelope and placed it beside the old man.

Mr. Tao was momentarily stunned, seemingly unable to comprehend what Lu Yanchuan was saying.

After a while, Mr. Tao’s gaze slowly fell upon the envelope. He lifted a skeletal hand and gently touched the envelope, trembling.

“It’s for the best, it’s for the best… She was strong her whole life, definitely preferring to pass away rather than lingering like a bedridden invalid.”

Though Mr. Tao said this, his spirit seemed to drain away, his gaze lingering on the envelope as if he were seeing someone through it.

Lu Yanchuan didn’t disturb the old man, and only spoke once Mr. Tao had regained his composure.

“This time I came to deliver the letter, and also to invite you to this year’s Jade exhibition.”

“You know my rules.”

Mr. Tao did not immediately reject the offer, but he didn’t accept it outright either.

Thirty years after Mr. Tao became famous, he set a rule that he would only create or appraise jade once a year, and he had never broken this rule over the years.

This year’s quota was auctioned off two months ago, and even though Lu Yanchuan was a favored junior, he couldn’t break his own rule adhered to for over thirty years.

Moreover, given his status and position, if he wanted any type of jade, there were plenty of people ready to offer it. There was no need to participate in an ordinary exhibition, unless there was something there that he absolutely had to see.

“This year’s exhibition has a Mutton Fat Jade galloping horse that you gifted to my teacher as a birthday present twenty-five years ago.”

“What!”

Mr. Tao suddenly leapt from his rocking chair, his limbs agile, not at all like a man in his sixties.

“How is this possible! The galloping horse…how could it appear at the exhibition!”

Mr. Tao paced back and forth in the courtyard, constantly muttering to himself, appearing very anxious and uneasy.

“Could it be that someone stole it from Madam Gong!”

Originally named Zheng Feiyan, had it not been for a twist of fate that led Madam Gong to marry into the Gong Family, she and Mr. Tao would have been husband and wife.

But now it’s too late to talk about all these. Mr. Tao just wants to know why the gift he gave to Old Madam Gong appeared at the exhibition sale!

“What is the time of the exhibition sale!”

“In three days, at the Yuanshun International Exhibition Center.”

Even without Mr. Tao’s involvement, Lu Yanchuan could obtain that handheld piece, but he wasn’t sure if it was genuine, hence he wanted Mr. Tao to come with him for an authentication.

When clearing Old Madam Gong’s estate, Lu Yanchuan found that many of her belongings were missing. Since he didn’t know how these items were taken out of the mansion, he asked Mr. Tao to step in, fearing that it would startle the snake by beating the grass.

People in the circle were well aware of Mr. Tao’s deep affection for Old Madam Gong; it’s just everyone chose not to expose it. Now that Old Madam Gong’s relics were being put up for sale, it was only natural for Mr. Tao to attend.

Only by making the person behind this let their guard down could Lu Yanchuan get a chance to catch them.

When Lu Yanchuan returned to the hotel, it was completely dark. In the room, Qiao Yi was hugging a tablet watching a variety show, but upon hearing the sound of Lu Yanchuan opening the door, she shrunk back into the blanket immediately.

“Come and eat some supper.”

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Supper!

Qiao Yi’s nose twitched, keenly smelling a very tempting fragrance in the air.

It was fried chicken! And it was from Yipinxiang!

Eventually, hunger overpowered her reason, Qiao Yi tiptoed down from the bed, and seeing that Lu Yanchuan didn’t seem to notice her, quickly sat down on the sofa and started unpacking the meal box Lu Yanchuan brought back.

It really was fried chicken from Yipinxiang!

Qiao Yi happily sniffed the spicy rich aroma of the fried chicken and couldn’t wait to tear off a small piece of chicken and stuffed it into her mouth.

“Ah—so delicious—”

It’s not that Qiao Yi lacked perseverance, but the owner of this chain store, Yipinxiang, was very tricky. There’s only one store in the same city, and each store only sells a hundred portions a day, does not accept reservations or phone orders, one has to queue up if they want to eat.

One hundred portions of fried chicken in a city, how could that be enough!

Even so, people would still travel distances to buy their fried chicken.

Every time Qiao Yi wanted to eat Yipinxiang’s fried chicken, she had to get up early, travel across half of Capital City to queue up at Yipinxiang’s main store.

And sometimes she couldn’t even get any!

However…

Qiao Yi looked at the dark sky out of the window, and then at the still hot fried chicken in her hands, how did Lu Yanchuan manage to buy freshly made fried chicken at this time?

“Where did you buy Yipinxiang’s fried chicken? By this time, shouldn’t Yipinxiang have sold out and closed already?”

Qiao Yi asked vaguely with chicken in her mouth.

Lu Yanchuan, who had been sneaking peeks at Qiao Yi eating chicken, turned around openly after hearing her words.

“I know the owner of Yipinxiang, he sent over a new batch.”

“You know them!?”

Qiao Yi was stunned. She had tried to investigate who the owner was, but could find nothing, as if their information was intentionally hidden, with no other details available except for some officially displayed information.

But now, Lu Yanchuan said he knows the owner!

Does that mean she can always have fried chicken now!?