Su Xiaonuan took a rickshaw back to the hotel. It was already dark, but the hotel was still doing good business, and there were still many people eating.
With the addition of new franchisees, she doesn't need to worry about cooking at all. The head chef and assistant chef, along with the franchisees and the chefs they hired, handle the customers without any problem.
She is only responsible for teaching everyone one new dish per week.
Zhong Ling now works solely as a money collector.
Xiao Hong is in charge of greeting and seeing off guests.
Xiao Cui became the lobby manager.
So, everyone took their positions and did their work in an orderly manner.
The hassle of buying ingredients has been eliminated, as wholesalers deliver fresh ingredients to their store every day according to their orders.
With business on track, Su Xiaonuan, the boss, finally had some free time.
She simply looked around and told them to check the door again after closing it to prevent any safety incidents.
I got home at just past eight o'clock.
DouDou and GuoGuo were sitting in chairs watching cartoons, completely absorbed, ignoring their mother when she came home.
"Xiao Nuan, why are you back so early today?" Ye Mei stepped forward to take her daughter's bag and glanced behind her. "Where's Moran? Didn't he come back with you? Or did you come straight from the police station?"
In the past, he would always silently welcome her back.
"Mom, what cartoon are they watching?" Su Xiaonuan changed the subject.
"Flower Fairy".
"Let them watch less TV in the future, it's bad for their eyes." She was a little disappointed. With TV on, the two children had completely forgotten about their mother. If it were before, they would have already jumped into her arms.
"After they've watched this, let them go to sleep."
"Xiao Nuan's back?" Su Ming said happily as he came out of the shower. "Your restaurant is in the newspaper again. The police even busted the human traffickers' hideout. It's really gratifying!"
"People are afraid of becoming famous, just like pigs are afraid of getting fat. This isn't a good thing, so why are you so happy?" Ye Mei rolled her eyes at him.
"What do you know?" Su Ming scoffed. "Long hair, short on brains."
“But our daughter still has long hair!” Ye Mei retorted. “Those important figures still ask our daughter, who has long hair but short wits, to help solve cases. You have short hair but lots of knowledge, so why doesn’t anyone ask you to help? You’ve always liked reading books on this subject, so why don’t you have the skills?”
"..." Su Ming was speechless.
"Mother."
When the TV commercials started, the two little ones finally snapped out of their daze and jumped off their chairs to run towards her.
One person was jumping happily while hugging a leg.
“Mom, Grandma said she misses me a lot,” DouDou reported to her. “Auntie said she wants to come see us. Since you weren’t at the restaurant today, GuoGuo and I both talked to them. Grandpa Village Chief, Grandma Hua, and Uncle Chen also spoke to us.”
“Mom, Grandma told you to take care of yourself and not to overwork yourself!” Guoguo said. “Auntie said she’s coming to visit for a few days and asked for our shop’s address. Grandpa Village Chief and Grandma Hua also said they’re coming to see us. Uncle Chen is going to bring us some delicious food from the village. They all miss us.”
"Okay, Mom understands." Su Xiaonuan led the two children to sit down on chairs. "Did you two say anything bad about Daddy at the store today?"
“I didn’t say that.” Guoguo pointed at Doudou. “He said that Dad sleeps on the floor, and everyone in the shop knows, including Grandpa and Grandma. They all feel sorry for Dad because he can’t sleep in a bed.”
Su Xiaonuan thought to herself, "No wonder Jiang Yi said that; he probably heard it too."
"Mommy, is it bad to say that Daddy sleeps on the floor?" Dou Dou looked up at her innocently. "I think sleeping on the floor is fun. I even want to sleep on the floor with Daddy."
“Are you silly? Sleeping on the floor is definitely not good.” Guoguo shook her head like a little adult. “If the head of the family sleeps on the floor, it means that Dad is a useless head of the family, which is why he gets bullied by Mom.”
"But Mom didn't bully Dad!" Dou Dou asked, puzzled. "I saw Dad sleeping happily on the floor."
“That’s called emotional abuse, you don’t understand.” Guoguo shook her head. “Didn’t you hear Mom say that if you don’t want to talk to someone anymore, you use emotional abuse to deal with them? Dad was bullied by Mom using emotional abuse. You don’t even understand that? Really.”
Su Xiaonuan covered her face with her hands; she was too ashamed to face anyone. It seemed that these two little ones really needed to sleep in separate rooms.
He's so young but so clever!
"Dou Dou, Guo Guo, come here quickly, Grandma is going to take you to take a bath. You have school tomorrow, so go to bed early after you're done." Ye Mei beckoned the children over, afraid they might say something inappropriate for children.
These two kids are precocious, especially Guoguo. They even witnessed Xiao Moran and Jiang Yi fighting in the store and heard some things they shouldn't have heard. It would be really embarrassing if they said it out loud.
"Grandma, you take DouDou to wash up first, I'm going to talk to Mom for a bit." GuoGuo waved her hand.
"Heh, you little rascal, what do you want to tell your mother?" Ye Mei put her hands on her hips. "Come here right now, don't say anything."
"No, Grandma, I'll only feel at ease if you let me say it," Guoguo pleaded. "If I don't say these things, it will be too late."
His tone of voice and gestures made the three adults burst into laughter.
"Guoguo, if you have anything else to say to Mom, then hurry up and say it." Su Xiaonuan looked at her smart and cute son with a smile.
"Mom, can you please ignore that Uncle Jiang?"
Why?
"He wants to take you away, he wants DouDou and me to be without a mother, he wants Daddy to be without a wife, this man is so wicked." GuoGuo tugged at her and pleaded. "Mommy, please promise me, okay?"
"No one can take your mother away," Xiao Nuan comforted him. "Your mother will always be your mother, her own flesh and blood."
"Yay, Mom will always be our biological mom." DouDou made a victory sign.
"Idiot!" Guoguo rolled her eyes at Doudou. "If Uncle Jiang takes Mom away, even though she'll always be our biological mother, she'll also be another child's biological mother. What are you happy about?"
"Mommy, will you have a baby with Uncle Jiang?" Dou Dou asked, grabbing her hand in fear.
"No, it won't happen," Su Xiaonuan explained patiently. "Don't worry, Mom and Uncle Jiang are just friends. The things you're thinking about won't happen."
"Mom, do you like Uncle Jiang?" Guoguo asked worriedly. "You have to look me in the eyes when you answer."
She was truly at a loss for words, both laughing and crying.
Su Ming and Ye Mei craned their necks, waiting for the answer. This was also what they wanted to ask their daughter, but they didn't dare to. Now that their clever grandson had asked, they could save themselves the trouble.
Then, the mother and son began to stare at each other.
"I don't like it," Su Xiaonuan said, enunciating each word clearly. By the end, she couldn't help but laugh.
"Be serious, say it again," Guoguo commanded domineeringly.
"I don't like it." Su Xiaonuan suppressed her laughter, then cupped Guoguo's little face and kissed it repeatedly. "You little rascal, how dare you talk to your mother like that? I'll squash your face!"
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