The sea bass here is famous, especially at Chunqinlou Restaurant, which can prepare it in thirteen different ways without repeating a single dish. Moreover, each way of cooking it has a very different flavor, but they are all delicious.

The only two drawbacks are that you can't try them all at once. After all, serving thirteen fish at once can easily make you get tired of it.

Secondly, it's too expensive. Their chef is said to be a former imperial chef from the palace, specializing in fish dishes.

The thirteen dishes were a simplified version he created, focusing on those that were easy to make. He would rarely make anything too complicated again.

Therefore, a single fish dish here costs as much as a full meal at a typical restaurant.

Xu Keke didn't stand on ceremony and asked Chen Zikang to help her pick out the thirteen fish dishes and put them into her small bowl using proper chopsticks.

Then he would place them in front of her one by one. She would then savor each dish in this way.

While eating, she didn't forget to share with Yunsheng which ones she thought were delicious.

Chen Zikang was like a doting father, doing things for Xu Keke according to her requests.

Because Xu Keke said,

"Manager Chen told me that you love children the most. He said he went home and they were having dinner there."

He saw you, and he didn't even bother to eat, he was picking fish bones out of his daughter. He said that you even peeled the shrimp yourself and put them in her bowl.

"And you never let your servants do these things for you. You're afraid they won't be careful enough."

Xu Keke bet that he would never see Manager Chen again.

These were things the original owner experienced firsthand; the girl who suffered was sitting in the corner of the dining table.

Watching her own father doing these things for his other daughter, and then going around bragging about how much he loved his child.

Because of her words, Chen Zikang cursed Manager Chen to death in his heart. He did not doubt Xu Keke's words.

He assumed that even if Manager Chen hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he must have heard about it and was saying he saw it at home to prove that he was close to him.

Chen Ming watched as she kept her own father, Chen Zikang, running around in circles, unable to even find a chance to speak to him.

He shook his head and smiled at Xu Keke.

He knew the child harbored resentment, but he didn't know when she would have to go home with this person, to someone else's territory. She had truly offended him. In the end, she would be the one to suffer.

"Mr. Chen, please eat first. Li Shi, Huihui, and I are all very good friends."

When Yun Sheng heard that he hadn't mentioned himself, he looked up at him.

Xu Keke, who was sitting next to him, patted his head and said, "What are you looking at? That's your master, you're not his friend."

After hearing this, Yun Sheng lowered his head again and continued eating his meal.

"Yes, I've heard it from my daughter." Since learning that Chen Ming in front of me has now taken over the Guo family's textile factory.

Chen Zikang was polite to him, but also respectful, and with a hint of cautious humility.

"So you don't need to be so polite. As long as Li Shi and Huihui are around, I will always think of the business first when something good happens."

Chen Zikang replied with a smile, "How could it be? How could it be without them? Even if no one else is there, they will still be there. One is my wife's nephew, and the other is my own daughter. They are both family members."

"That's right, since we're all family, please don't stand on ceremony. Sit down and eat with us."

Chen Zikang wasn't about to listen to him. The Guo family's cloth sold exceptionally well. If they could establish a good relationship, the profits would be substantial.

So Chen Zikang was still polite and divided the fish for Chen Ming before sitting down.

Xu Keke glanced at Chen Ming, genuinely willing to give him a way out.

They had arranged to eat out, and he had secretly followed them. He was willing to pay the bill and arrange everything. That was because he saw an opportunity to profit.

For someone who would disregard everything for profit, this is nothing.

"We'll be leaving in three days. We'll need your help with business here in the future. If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask Li Shi."

If you ever have the chance to visit us, please stay at our home. Let me give you a proper welcome.

Chen Ming was stunned. "So fast!"

Liu Fang looked up in surprise at Xu Keke, "Are you coming along too?"

The silence of everyone made her realize she had asked a pointless question. Li Shi had said that Chen Zikang had come under the pretense of picking up Xu Keke.

How could Xu Keke not go along?

Looking at them and thinking about parting ways with them, Xu Keke suddenly lost her appetite for the fish. She threw down her chopsticks and replied, "Yes, I'll be leaving in three days too."

Then he said to Yun Sheng, "You should stay with your master for now and let him teach you more things, at least enough to recognize characters, speak a few impressive foreign phrases, and be able to do arithmetic. After a few years, either you come to me, or I come to you. Or we can arrange a place together. Do you understand?"

Chen Zikang looked at the child, who didn't seem very bright, with some surprise.

"Huihui, who is this young master?"

“She’s my wife.” The not-so-sharp Yun Sheng looked up.

Chen Zikang laughed somewhat awkwardly, "This... this young master is quite the joker. Haha... haha..."

Seeing that no one was smiling, Chen Zikang's smile froze on his face.

"His name is Yun Sheng, and he's my apprentice," Chen Ming introduced.

Xu Keke raised the hand with the gold ring on it. A wide silver bracelet, coiled twice, was dangling from her wrist.

This is what Su Ying asked Chen Ming to return to her.

"See this bracelet? Yun Sheng's mother bought it from me. She wanted me to be her child bride."

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