Zong Jia was surprised by her enthusiasm. He put his arm around her waist and asked, "What good thing happened today that makes you so happy?"

She chuckled and said, "I reckon there shouldn't be any major problems at the First Machine Tool Plant."

Zong Jia raised an eyebrow. "What exactly did you get Song Guoqiang to find out for you?"

Jiang Xiaoli chuckled, "It's a trade secret, I'm not telling you!"

Although Zong Jiayu felt that his girlfriend was a bit mysterious, he didn't think much of it and assumed that she had heard the news from someone else.

She went back to her bedroom, put the blueprints in the safe, and then turned around to ask, "How's the search engine response been these past two days?"

Zong Jiayu replied, "Very good. The number of visits has increased fivefold compared to before, and there is still a trend of continuous growth."

Jiang Xiaoli nodded. "That's to be expected. After all, computers are only this common now. Let's take it slow."

Zong Jia hugged her and said, "Okay, let's not talk about these things when we get home."

She buried her face in his chest and wrapped her arms around his waist. "So, what would you like to talk about, A-Yu?"

He held down her wandering hand. "Let's talk about whether you missed me today."

Jiang Xiaoli smiled and said, "You clingy little thing! It's only been 12 hours since we parted after breakfast this morning."

Zong Jia lowered his head and rested his chin on the top of her head. "Little Pear, don't you miss me? But I started missing you at noon."

Hearing his words, she felt a sweet warmth in her heart. "Ayu, you're such a love-struck fool."

He retorted, "I'm not love-struck, I just have you all I can think about."

Her voice softened, "You're being so sweet today, where have you been for further studies?"

Zong Jiayu pulled her to sit down on the sofa, saying, "No need for further education, it comes from the heart."

Jiang Xiaoli leaned on his shoulder, "Ayu, you have to always love me like this."

Zong Jiayu scratched her chin twice, as if teasing a cat, and asked, "Okay, what about Little Pear?"

She felt a little ticklish and snuggled closer to him, smiling sweetly, "As long as you don't change, I will always love you."

The two were deeply in love and cuddling when the door opened, and Li Guizhi returned.

Jiang Xiaoli instinctively sat up straight. "Mom, you're back!"

Li Guizhi responded, "Come quickly and get your pig's trotters. I thought you brought them back yesterday."

"Ah! I really forgot!" She quickly took the big bag from her mother's hand.

The vacuum-sealed pig's trotters weighed a good ten pounds, full of love.

She stared at the pig's trotters, hesitating for a long time. Li Guizhi chuckled and took out a package, tearing it open. "Little glutton, if you want some, I'll heat it up for you. You can call Xiao Yuan and the others over so there won't be any left."

Zong Jia stood up. "Godmother, I'll go call her."

Only then did Li Guizhi notice that there was another person in the room.

As Zong Jia and her daughter stepped out the door, she glanced at them and asked, "What are you two doing inside?"

Jiang Xiaoli continued stuffing the other pig trotters into the refrigerator without looking at her. "We were just talking about his company. The search engine just launched recently, so there have been a lot of changes..."

Seeing her guilty look, Li Guizhi didn't bother to expose her, and only said, "Watch your manners, you're still in school!"

She was a little surprised by her mother's attitude, and she said with a grin, "Okay!"

Soon, the aroma of braised pig's trotters wafted from the kitchen. As soon as Zhong Yuan entered, he exclaimed, "Wow, this is the smell! It's absolutely amazing!"

Jiang Xiaoli looked at the bag in his hand and said, "Oh, Brother Yuan, you even brought your own food. Didn't you eat enough tonight?"

He was slumped over the dining table, a bag of steamed buns wrapped around his arm. "Braised pig's trotters with steamed buns are so delicious! Little Pear, Aunt Xu, your company should definitely get some of these pig's trotters! The flavor is amazing!"

She nodded. "We used to live next door to each other, so we could eat whenever we wanted. I've been craving it these past three months in Kyoto. I'll talk to Aunt Xu later and see if she's willing to cooperate."

Li Guizhi brought the heated pig's trotters to the table, saying, "If you ask, how could your aunt disagree? But you can't give her less than her share!"

Jiang Xiaoli took a bite of the pig's trotter and said, "Don't worry about that!"

There were exactly four pig trotters in the big bag. Li Guizhi didn't eat any, but the four of them each ate one and were very happy.

Daifu finished his first bite and licked his fingers. "Little Pear, you should contact Aunt Xu as soon as possible. I think if we release a series of braised food products, they'll definitely be a bestseller!"

Jiang Xiaoli reluctantly put the bone down, "We really don't have any extra production lines right now. We'll have to wait until the Kyoto branch is built before we can have a chance. We can't rush it."

Daifu nodded. "That's true. I visited several farms near Kyoto these past couple of days, and I think we should follow the model of the Xijing branch."

She asked, "Is it a problem with production volume or with price?"

"Yes, we have them all." Daifuku wiped his hands. "These farms supply Kyoto steadily, but the amount they can supply us is limited."

Jiang Xiaoli thought for a moment, "Let's contact the leaders in Qinghe. They should have support policies for farms like this."

"OK."

Zhong Yuan waited until they finished talking before speaking, "Doing business is really not easy. Selling food requires running a farm. Will you have to start a logistics company in the future?"

Jiang Xiaoli nodded, "Brother Yuan, you know what, it's not impossible."

Thinking of the business plan she made for "Yujia Technology" for the next few decades, Zong Jiayu couldn't help but say, "In order to develop faster and more steadily, we will have to do more things like connecting the upstream and downstream in the future."

Zhong Yuan nodded. "I felt it."

After cleaning up the pig's trotters and bones on the table, Zhong Yuan mysteriously pulled Jiang Xiaoli aside and said, "Xiaoli, I want to confess my feelings to Xinxin."

Jiang Xiaoli's eyes lit up, and she tugged at the chair next to her. "Come on, tell me in detail?"

Zhong Yuan told her about the comprehensive version of the multiple proposals he had collected at the company that day.

Jiang Xiaoli thought for a moment, "I feel like something's still missing."

Zhong Yuan asked nervously, "What's missing?"

She replied, "Xin Xin especially loves reading romance novels, and she longs for romantic love. If there is a very romantic, surprising, and ceremonial confession, she will definitely be very moved."

"Romance, surprises, and a sense of ceremony? That's too difficult!" Zhong Yuan's shoulders slumped.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Xiaoli said, "I'm not sure what kind of surprise it would be, but I think a scene filled with flowers, lights, and gifts would be quite romantic and surprising, right?"

Zhong Yuan nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, I'll think about it some more when I get back and tell you later."

She quickly waved her hand, "Brother Yuan, please don't tell me anymore. I always feel like a traitor when I give you advice."

Zhong Yuan gave her a look of disappointment, "You're nothing!"