News: "Miss Anning, do you remember me?"

Anning shook her head, clearly not remembering. However, she did recall the pastry chef at Jiexing Restaurant, News, who had become Hans's assistant in just three years, demonstrating the depth of his hard work. Anning pulled Leiting to sit down, while she stood up to ease the tension.

An Ning: "I don't remember, but your achievements today are the result of your own hard work, so there's no need to thank me."

News: "It's different. No one has ever said anything like that to me before. Your smile is magical; it's infectious..."

Anning: "I'm happy for your achievement today. Congratulations on becoming Hans's assistant."

Anning raised her right hand, intending to shake hands with News. News was overjoyed and immediately grasped Anning's hands with both of his.

News: "Miss Anning, it's a pleasure to serve you personally."

Thunder: "Go do what you're supposed to do."

News held Anning's hand for less than three seconds before Lei Ting slapped it away, and Liao Qian helplessly tried to mediate from the side.

Liao Qian: "This is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, Hans, you guys can continue with your work!"

Hans: "News, next time you can't look directly at our customers for more than three seconds. It's very impolite."

News: "I understand..."

News nodded politely to Anning and went back to work at the teppanyaki stall. Lei Ting stroked Anning's hand, looking jealous.

Liao Qian: "Are you serious? An Ning is a public figure, you won't even let her shake your hand!"

Thunder: "No way. If you let Allen kiss him, I'll let him shake hands with Anning."

Allen: "What?! Thunder, you're insulting me..."

Liao Qian: "Are you out of your mind? What, I even kissed An Ning, are you going to kill me or something...?"

Lei Ting: "What? When did you kiss my An Ning? Where did you kiss her...?"

Liao Qian: "Hands! Allen and I have kissed each other!"

Thunder: "You...I..."

Liao Qian deliberately provoked Lei Ting, who looked around angrily, stood up, and quickly kissed Allen on the cheek. The action was so fast that no one could react. It wasn't until Allen's eyes widened and he covered his face that the reaction was realized.

Allen: "Thunder, you've ruined me..."

An Ning: "Thunder, what happened... Oh dear, Allen, I'm so sorry, Liao Qian, I'm so sorry, so sorry..."

Liao Qian immediately realized what was happening, but couldn't get up. Lei Ting looked at the two of them with great victory.

Lei Ting: "Serves you right for making me angry. Humph, An Ning, I'll kiss your hand, and from now on, your hand can never be kissed by either of them again..."

Anning: "You're so mean, Allen. I'm sorry, Thunder was just kidding."

Liao Qian: "Once I'm better, try not to let An Ning be alone with me, otherwise I really don't know what she might do..."

Liao Qian pointed at Lei Ting through gritted teeth and said that Lei Ting playfully stuck out his tongue and made a face at him. Allen covered his face and slowly moved toward An Ning. Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, Allen kissed An Ning's face and pushed Liao Qian away. Liao Qian laughed loudly in his wheelchair. Lei Ting was furious and held An Ning's face to look at it.

Thunder: "Oh dear, oh dear, Allen is so mean, oh dear..."

Liao Qian: "Hahaha, hahahaha, that's hilarious, hahaha..."

Thunder: "Allen, Liao Qian, I'll kill you both..."

This time, Lei Ting was gritting his teeth. An Ning thought all three of them were pretty mean, so she slapped her face and pulled Lei Ting to sit down.

An Ning: "I hate you guys, you're so annoying..."

Thunder: "I'll kill them both when I catch them..."

An Ning: "No... It's all your fault for being so annoying. Who told you to mess with Allen..."

Thunder: "Then how dare he kiss my wife! The more I think about it, the angrier I get..."

Anning: "Alright, alright, you kissed him too, haha, you're so annoying."

The four of them joked around and made Hans and his group very happy. The food they made was also made more enjoyable. This Newt had different eyes, and he had cigarette burns on his hands. Although they looked like burns on the outside, Thunder could tell at a glance that they were cigarette burns. Thunder became more wary of Newt. He ate the food that Newt handed him first before feeding it to Anning.

Lei Ting: "Phew, the food's not bad. An Ning, try this bamboo shoot..."

Anning: "Mmm, delicious, hehe, Hans's cooking is really good."

Hans: "I also want to thank Miss Anning. I didn't expect that Miss Anning's father was An Yiyang. No wonder you looked familiar. Your eyebrows and eyes have the heroic spirit of your father."

Anning: "You know my father. Has he taken care of you?"

Hans: "It is a great blessing to me. When I was still a young apprentice, your father was already a billionaire. My first start-up capital was sponsored by your father. It is an honor to serve his descendants."

Anning: "Hehe, my whole family is very kind."

Hans: "Miss Anning, please have a piece of chocolate. I made this chocolate in my spare time and added bamboo honey. It has an endless sweet aftertaste."

Hans handed the gold box to Anning, who opened it and took out a piece of chocolate. Anning broke it in half, gave half to Leiting, and put the other half in her mouth. It was indeed delicious.

Anning: "Eating some sweets makes me feel better, thank you Hans."

Thunder: "They're popping champagne. Let's go join the fun."

An Ning: "Hehe, okay..."

Allen brought several bottles of champagne; he wanted to personally open the champagne for Liao Qian's celebration. This was Liao Qian's happiest moment, with his beloved, his best friend, and his confidante all by his side. Although he was in some physical pain, he was happy, and his complexion was rosy; you couldn't tell he had just undergone surgery.

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