Jiang Muyu saw his expression and knew that he had already started to think about this possibility. Her eyes brightened and she looked relieved. She said, "Forget it. Maybe it's just a coincidence. Drink this ginger soup quickly, or you'll get cold."

"Yes." Liang Jinghe continued to drink the soup, but his thoughts had already drifted away.

Jiang Muyu waited until he finished drinking before putting away the soup bowl and said, "It's getting late. Please pack up and come over to have dinner with us later."

"Okay, take care, mother."

Jiang Muyu walked out with the tray, already thinking in her mind. In fact, she still didn't want Liang Jinghe to marry Shen Qingxi. What she said just now was to deliberately leave a thorn in his heart. The next time Shen Qingxi got into an accident, the thorn would go deeper and deeper, and over time, a gap would be created between the two of them.

However, there is no rush for this matter now. After all, the child is still young, and she has plenty of time to slowly change this brainless sweet and loving story into a sad one.

Liang Qingchen and Heather returned before dark.

The maids brought the dinner and several people sat at the table.

Heather picked up a piece of halved pig's trotter and put it into Liang Jinghe's bowl, saying, "You are really brave today. You dared to jump into such a turbulent river. That girl must be your true love."

Liang Jinghe looked a little embarrassed and said, "Uncle Shi, don't talk nonsense. I would have saved him even if it was someone else."

Heather clicked her tongue and said, "I never thought that someone as cold-blooded and heartless as Liang Qingchen could give birth to a child as kind-hearted as you."

"Even eating can't stop your big mouth." Liang Qingchen picked up a piece of pig's trotter and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

"Mmmmm..." Heather immediately took the pig's trotter away. The sauce stained his mouth. He licked it and his eyes lit up. He looked at Jiang Muyu: "Did you make this sauce?"

Jiang Muyu smiled and said, "There is a good tongue in that broken mouth."

"You...you guys teamed up to bully me." Heather took a bite of the pig's trotter angrily. It tasted good, so he ate the rest.

Finally, he sucked his fingers and smacked his lips and said, "Do you have a recipe for this halved pig's trotter?"

"Yes." Seeing Heather's expectant expression, she knew what he was going to say next. She raised her eyebrows and said, "It's a secret recipe. I won't sell it."

"Eh? Come on, I'll give you five thousand taels, okay?"

"You've been to Hyundai before, haven't you? Why do you need to buy a recipe from me?"

"Every profession has its specialties. Look at my hands holding a scalpel, how can I enter the kitchen?" As he said this, he waved his ten slender fingers, which were still stained with sauce, in front of her eyes.

Jiang Muyu rolled his eyes and said, "Your fingers holding a scalpel have also carried guns and touched explosives, and just now you grabbed a pig's trotter."

"Okay, I just can't cook, I opened the restaurant just to get free food."

"Wouldn't it be better if you just admitted it?" After a pause, Jiang Muyu suddenly smiled slyly and said, "I can give you the recipe, but I don't want to just take the money."

Heather felt a chill on her back because of her smile, and she subconsciously shrank her neck. "So...what do you want?"

She held up three fingers and said, "If you give me 30% of the profits from Bamboo Forest Retreat, I will provide you with the recipe for free."

"Fuck!" Heather's eyes widened, and he said angrily, "You, you, you took advantage of the opportunity to make huge profits. 30% profit, do you know how much money that is?"

"It's just a small amount of money for you. Look at me, a walking recipe book. I will definitely make your bamboo forest retreat surpass Shuiyunjian in one fell swoop."

She patted Heather's shoulder and said earnestly, "You won't lose out on this deal. If I had a wine shop or restaurant under my name, I would still be reluctant to sell it to you."

Heather thought for a moment, stretched out two fingers, and said flatteringly: "Sister Jiang, can I give you 20% of the profit?"

Jiang Muyu didn't want to bargain with him, so he didn't say anything, picked up his food and continued eating.

Obviously, this is inappropriate.

Shi Nanye was heartbroken and looked at Liang Qingchen pitifully: "Your wife took the opportunity to exploit me, and you won't give me some advice?"

Liang Qingchen didn't even raise his head, and said in a calm tone: "The money she earned belongs to her. It has nothing to do with me. I can't help you."

"Uh..." The old one is unreliable. He looked at Liang Jinghe who had been silently working on his meal and sighed. The young one is even more unreliable.

He said angrily: "A room full of Liangs can't beat a Jiang!"

"Your last name is Shi." Liang Qingchen glanced at him and said, "If you want to change your last name to Liang, you can only be equal to He'er."

"Bah!" Heather glared at him, "Don't take advantage of me!"

After dawdling until the end of dinner, Heather finally agreed to give Jiang Muyu a 30% discount in exchange for her recipe.

Unexpectedly, a big deal was made just by having a meal. Jiang Muyu felt so happy, as if he had seen money falling from the sky.

At this time, they were the only couple left in the room. Liang Qingchen looked at her useless appearance and sneered, "Are you obsessed with money?"

"Then I'd rather live in a money hole."

"You act like I don't give you enough monthly salary."

"Who would complain about having too much money?" She said cautiously, "Although I am making money now, the monthly salary from the mansion still needs to be paid to me on time."

He couldn't help but smile, "You really are the kind of capitalist that Heather described."

"He taught you this kind of vocabulary?" Jiang Muyu pouted, "You'd better stay away from him in the future. You will learn bad words from him."

He curled his lips slightly: "Okay."

If Heather were here, she would probably be furious after hearing this.

…

The next morning, before they even left the house, a guard came to report that there was a family outside the mansion who claimed to be there to thank the prince.

Jiang Muyu was having breakfast when he heard the news. He immediately lost his appetite. "It must be the Shen family coming."

Liang Qingchen looked at her expression and said, "You seem a little dissatisfied with them?"

"It's not that I'm unhappy, it's just that we don't get along. The little girl that He Er rescued in the hunting ground is the same person as yesterday. She is Shen Qingxi, the youngest daughter of the Shen family and the younger sister of Shen Ruxue."

Liang Qingchen didn't care much about the Shen family. He only knew that the merchant daughter that Prime Minister Zhao married was named Shen.

He had just heard Yun Xuan mention the hunting ground incident, and he only knew that Liang Jinghe had saved a little girl. He thought that it was a man's duty to help people in distress, so he didn't take it to heart.

Now seeing Jiang Muyu's attitude towards the Shen family, he became more concerned.

"How could such a coincidence happen? He'er has saved her time and again, so it's only natural that she would come to thank him."

"Alas - you won't understand even if I tell you." Jiang Muyu put down his bowl and chopsticks, stood up and walked outside.

I can't just tell him directly: that little girl and your son are destined to be together, she will become your daughter-in-law in the future, I am an evil mother-in-law, so there is a conflict between her and me.