Seeing Lin Hu and Lin Yao's expressions, Lin Li smiled and patted their heads.

"So capable!"

Lin Hu and Lin Yao smiled happily after hearing Lin Li's praise!

Lin Hu and Lin Yao: Grandma praised me again!

Lin Laosan: I feel like those two are here to compete for my favor...

"If you two have any questions about your studies, go to your third uncle. He's a student at Tsinghua University, after all. If he doesn't even know elementary school knowledge, I'll go to his teacher and complain about him, and make the teacher give him extra homework!"

Lin Hu and Lin Yao's eyes lit up when they heard this: Hehehe~~~ We'll have to make Uncle Three treat them to a good meal!

Lin Laosan: ...This is really my own mother!

Seeing the three people with different expressions, Lin Li smiled and returned to her bedroom.

It's still early tonight, and she wants to go to Shenzhen.

She hadn't been to Shenzhen in a long time, so she grabbed some food to go and put it in her online space.

She had already eaten all the food in the space.

......

Upon arriving at the South Sea Pavilion, Lin Li couldn't stop smiling at the lively scene before her; she felt as if money was flying past her eyes.

"Boss, you're here?"

The staff member at the front desk took a moment to look up and saw Lin Li. She greeted her while writing down the queue number for the customer.

"You're busy, I'll go in by myself!"

Lin Li stopped him from coming to greet her and went straight into the hall.

The hall was packed with thirty square tables.

At the table against the east wall, three men in polyester shirts were calculating their accounts, their green notebooks filled with notes of "digital watches" and "cassette tapes."

One of them suddenly slapped the table and laughed, causing half a cup of tea in the enamel mug to spill out and spread out like a small map on the red lacquered tabletop.

The round table by the window was even more lively. A woman with wavy hair was taking off her gold ring and placing it on the corner of the table, then picking up a braised prawn and feeding it to the man sitting next to her.

The clanging and clattering of stir-frying came from the back room, and Chef Wang's loud voice drifted over through the cooking fumes.

"The oyster omelet for table number three is ready—"

A waitress in a floral dress ran past in response, the red ribbon at the end of her braid brushing against Lin Li's arm.

The dual cassette recorder in the corner was playing "Hometown Clouds," the melody mixed with the intermittent sounds of abacuses.

Lin Li walked in stepping on the red brick floor, and a regular customer waved to her from afar: "Boss Lin is here!"

Just as she was about to reply, she saw a young man in bell-bottoms run past her carrying a stack of beer bottles.

"The beer for table number 5 has arrived!"

After greeting her regular customers with a smile, she went to the back office area, where Wang Jianguo was busy running around.

When will the construction period be completed?

"One month left..."

"...Okay, but you have to guarantee that it will be completed within a month. I've already announced the opening!"

"Don't worry about that, I can guarantee it."

Just as Wang Jianguo was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of Lin Li out of the corner of his eye, and visibly relaxed, shouting loudly.

"Boss, you're finally here..."

? ? ?

When she heard Wang Jianguo talking about the construction schedule, she knew something was wrong. She turned around and ran away, but she was spotted.

Helplessly, she turned around, looked at the three people standing in the office, and gave an awkward yet elegant smile.

Did I disturb you?

Wang Jianguo: ...Absolutely not, we're just waiting for you to come back and make the decision.

The other two: Is this the boss? They always thought Wang Jianguo was the boss!

"Boss, you're just in time! The other two restaurants are opening soon. Our office building is almost finished too..."

Before Wang Jianguo could finish speaking, Lin Li patted his shoulder forcefully.

"Okay! I understand. You're in charge of all these tasks. If we need more people, we'll hire more. I won't worry about the opening!"

After saying that, he left the office area in a flash.

The three people standing still: ...They ran really fast!

Having narrowly escaped death, Lin Li patted her chest and looked back.

Luckily she ran fast, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to get away.

Just as he was about to walk towards the main entrance, the door to a private room opened, and Gao Zhe came out. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Lin Li suddenly appear in front of him, but then a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Lin Li: I'm having such bad luck today, I ran into another one!

Gao Zhe: ......

"Boss, you've finally shown up! That's great! I have so much to report..."

Lin Li immediately stopped him.

"The new skincare products are already under review, and I'm also developing traditional Chinese medicine. I'll let you know when I have any news."

Lin Li took out a note from her bag, which listed the addresses of four storefronts in Shenzhen.

“These four storefronts are ones I bought before, and they’re currently vacant. You can use them to sell skincare products. But the rent for the storefronts has to be included in the cost and paid to me.”

Gao Zhe took the note, glanced at it, and nodded. Just as he was about to say something more, Lin Li disappeared from sight.

Where's the boss?

How can it run so fast?

I waited so long for her, and she just ran away like that!

After dismissing the two contractors, Wang Jianguo caught up and saw Gao Zhe standing blankly in front of the private room, holding a note in his hand, looking at the door with a melancholy expression.

"What's wrong?"

"The boss ran away so fast!!!"

Wang Jianguo: ...We are truly in the same boat.

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