After venting his emotions, Ning Jianshe pleaded desperately into the phone, "Mr. X, what should I do now? My reputation is damaged, and the company's stock has plummeted. Even with the start-up capital you gave me, no one dares to partner with me!"

"There are so many people cursing me online, and some even come to my company to block me or to my home to cause trouble. We've been so scared that we haven't left the house for several days."

"Foolish!" Mr. X cursed. "Why didn't you investigate the surveillance footage about that woman back then?"

By delaying the matter until now, they have actually shifted the initiative to their opponents.

“Because the company’s surveillance system has been broken for a long time, I haven’t been able to fix it…and, and…” Ning Jianshe evaded the question.

Perhaps that incident was indeed a setup.

However, Ning Jianshe does not deny that he has indeed cheated on his wife with more than one person.

Therefore, he dared not call the police, let alone make a big fuss about finding the woman.

Mr. X naturally understood the concerns behind his hesitation.

He sneered, and Ning Jianshe's face immediately turned red.

But he had no choice.

Without the Lu family's support, he was useless and no one would help him anymore.

Ning Jianshe brazenly asked, "Mr. X, what should I do next?"

"Use your brain and think about this carefully. If you fail, who will benefit?"

Ning Jianshe thought about it.

There are so many beneficiaries, I can't even think of any.

In the past, he relied on the support of the Lu family and Lu Chen to make countless enemies.

There are far too many people waiting to see him fail and kick him when he's down.

Mr. X was so angry he choked. He gritted his teeth and reminded him, "Think carefully about what you did not long ago! And who made your relationship with Ning Wan public!"

Ning Jianshe was stunned for a long time before finally realizing what was happening: "It's Shen Fu!"

"That damned bastard, I'm his father-in-law!"

"Hmph, so what?" Mr. X scoffed, "You may not truly consider Ning Wan your own daughter either."

He was clearly disrespectful to his elders, yet now he's acting like a senior citizen.

These old geezers are all the same!

Ning Jianshe blushed and did not refute.

He stammered, "Then what should we do now? Even if I want to make peace, Ning Wan will never see me."

Mr. X: "..."

"What to do, what to do, what to do? Why do you keep asking me what to do?! Can't you even use your own brain?! Idiot!!!"

He was so angry he was about to explode.

How could anyone be so stupid!

With his level of intelligence, how did he manage to build such a large Ning family business in just two years?

After taking a few deep breaths, Mr. X gradually calmed down. He coldly advised, "Strike the snake at its vital point, dig up the tree by digging up its roots."

"As long as you grasp the crux of the matter, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort..."

...

The news coverage hasn't died down, and the store's business is getting better and better.

But Ning Wan was so busy that she kept complaining.

The increased customer traffic meant more work to do at the store. Ning Wan had to get up earlier every day to go to the market to buy and prepare vegetables in order to meet the daily sales volume.

However, the restaurant, which was packed with guests, was mostly filled with netizens and reporters who came just to join the fun.

The regular customers and workers who actually live nearby are unable to get into the store and thus cannot get a meal.

Having no other choice, Ning Wan could only propose a method of limited-time and limited-quantity supply.

She only does business for a short period at noon, and closes for the day after all the ingredients are sold out.

She wanted to use this method to gradually dampen everyone's enthusiasm.

Sure enough, a few days later, the number of customers in the store decreased.

The media's focus also shifted as new gossip and scandals emerged.

On the weekend, Sun Wen, who rarely goes out, brought Wang Zihao to the store.

At that time, Ning Yanshu was busy drawing a sketch of 057.

057 sat motionless on the table, while Little Cloud was practically frozen: [Are you done yet...?]

"Almost there, almost there!"

Ning Yanshu was meticulously erasing and revising the drawing book, looking extremely serious.

Lost in his reverie, he suddenly heard someone call out to him, "Little Mole!"

Turning around and seeing it was Wang Zihao, Ning Yanshu was overjoyed.

He ignored 057, dropped his watercolor pen, and jogged toward the other person.

057 moved its stiff body.

It pouted, mimicking a line from a recently read book, and said, "Hmph, if I'd known he was coming, I wouldn't have come... In the end, my brother misplaced his trust in me..."

Ning Yanshu could not hear.

Overjoyed, she hugged Wang Zihao tightly, saying, "Wang Zihao, I missed you so much!"

Wang Zihao appeared somewhat shy in response to his enthusiasm.

"Didn't we just see each other at kindergarten the day before yesterday?" He put on a serious face, looking rather helpless, and said, "I just can't do anything with you~"

After saying that, he took out two lollipops from his pocket and handed them to Ning Yanshu: "Here, these are yummy, for you!"

The two of them sat hand in hand at the shop entrance.

"You two, don't run around."

Ning Wan gave them some instructions, then took Sun Wen's hand and went into the house: "It's been a long time."

Sun Wen, supporting her pregnant belly, smiled broadly: "I came without giving you any advance notice. I hope I didn't disturb you?"

"How could that be?" Ning Wan smiled and said, "The shop isn't busy in the afternoons lately."

"If you ask me, only you are so carefree, ignoring your business and setting time and quantity limits. Isn't cooking your favorite thing?"

Ning Wan said nonchalantly, "Don't you know that enjoying cooking and being forced to cook are two different things?"

At first, I learned to cook simply to fill my own stomach.

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