Chapter 100 Wang Zhide's Past

Lin Jianyan washed up, returned to the house and locked the door. As soon as she lay down on the bed, she heard the bell ringing in the living room. In the distance, fireworks were set off, blooming in the night sky, celebrating the arrival of the new year.

Lin Jianyan snuggled into Qin Wu's arms and whispered, "Qin Wu, Happy New Year."

Qin Wu hugged him tightly, and his voice was still hoarse as he woke up from his sleep, "Happy New Year, wife."

Lin Jianyan chuckled, laughing at how he would take advantage of him at all times. "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

"Not hungry, just sleepy."

Lin Jianyan buried her head in his arms, "Then go to sleep, and eat tomorrow morning."

"Um."

After a good night's sleep, in winter, the nights are short and the days are long, Qin Wu went to bed early and woke up at around five o'clock. Looking at Lin Jianyan sleeping soundly in his arms, he gently pulled out his arms and got up.

Although his movements were very gentle, they still woke Lin Jianyan up. Noticing the movements of the person next to him, Lin Jianyan asked in a daze, "You woke up, what time is it? Are you going to get up?"

Qin Wu put on his coat and answered softly, "No, it's still early, only five o'clock. I'm full and I'm going to cook. You can continue to sleep. I'll call you after dinner."

Hearing what he said, Lin Jianyan huddled down in the warm quilt again, mumbling, "Then you go, I'll sleep a little longer."

Qin Wu looked at Lin Jinyan's sleepy and confused appearance, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously. After tucking the quilt for him, he tiptoed out of the room.

Qin Wu originally thought that he had gotten up early enough, but when he washed up and entered the kitchen, he found that Wang Zhide was already cooking.

The two smiled at each other in tacit understanding. Qin Wu rolled up his sleeves and said, "What delicious food are you making? Do you need my help?"

Wang Zhide washed his hands, lifted the lid of the pot and took a look. "Please help me wash the vegetables next to it. I'm cooking seafood porridge and stir-frying a plate of vegetables later. There are still so many vegetables left over from yesterday. If we heat them up, we'll have enough to eat."

"Okay." To be honest, Qin Wu heaved a sigh of relief. If he was asked to cook, he really couldn't do it. The rice he made was just ok. If you want to say that it was colorful, fragrant and delicious, then it was definitely not.

If Wang Zhide wasn't there and it was just him, the most he could do was heat up yesterday's leftovers and cook some porridge.

Although his parents died when he was young, he never suffered from hardship. There were a lot of servants in the house, and Uncle Zhao took care of him. Even when he was on a business trip, he was accompanied by others, and most of the food he ate was bought outside. From childhood to adulthood, he had only eaten a few times.

His grandfather said that if he didn't have everything at home, he would kill himself.

Just like washing vegetables now, he was washing them with bumps and splashes of water everywhere. Wang Zhide wanted to say something but stopped himself. Seeing that he was washing the vegetables seriously, he didn't say anything in the end.

Forget it. It's obvious that this guy is a man who has never been involved in housework. It's really difficult for him to do such a thing. I'd better do it myself in the future.

Time passed bit by bit, and half an hour later the aroma of the porridge slowly emanated. Wang Zhide opened the lid and took a look, then stirred it with a spoon and thought it was almost done, so he added the seafood.

When the time is almost up, turn off the fire and simmer for another ten minutes.

"Okay, it will be ready in ten minutes. Go check if Ah Yan is awake and let him get up to eat. The weather is cold, so the porridge tastes better while it's hot."

Qin Wu had been in a daze for a long time because he had nothing to do. When he heard that it was finally time to eat, he quickly responded, "Okay."

Maybe it was the aroma they smelled or their biological clock that made Lin Jiahao and Zhang Xiufang get up. Lin Jiahao rubbed his eyes in confusion, "Uncle De, it smells so good. What are we having for dinner today?"

Because he had something on his mind, he fell asleep early in the morning yesterday. Today, his biological clock woke him up again. Although he was awake physically, his mind was not.

Wang Zhide poked his head out of the kitchen and saw them getting up. He smiled and said, "Let's have seafood porridge. I'll ask Wu to wake Yan up. You guys should wash up quickly so we can have dinner."

When Lin Jianyan got up, he saw that everyone had already washed up and was waiting for him. He quickly brushed his teeth, washed his face, and after getting ready, he sat at the dining table.

Lin Jianyan took a breath of the aroma and praised, "It smells so good, it must have been made by Uncle De."

Wang Zhide served him a bowl of porridge and said with a smile, "You guessed it right. Come and try it to see if it tastes good." After handing it to him, he served Qin Wu another bowl.

Lin Jianyan took the bowl he handed over with a smile, scooped up the porridge with a spoon, blew on it and put it into her mouth, savoring the rich aroma of the porridge, her eyes lit up with surprise, "So delicious."

Hearing his praise, Zhang Xiufang was even more proud than Wang Zhide, "Of course, this is your uncle De's specialty, it's very popular in the restaurant, and some people even travel a long way just to have this."

Lin Jianyan looked at Wang Zhide in surprise, "I didn't expect Uncle De to be such a good cook? It would be great if he could open a restaurant, so why did he choose to be a nightclub manager?"

Wang Zhide felt a little embarrassed and a little proud when he heard the compliment, "Well, that's all in the past. Don't think I have a lot of money now, I was very poor before."

"I was married to a woman at that time, but because of me, we had no children and our family was poor, so she divorced me."

"Later, I ran into some troubles, but the owner of the nightclub helped me and gave me a job. As time went on, he saw that I had some abilities and promoted me to be a manager." Wang Zhide was obviously a little emotional when talking about the past.

"To be honest, it's not easy to work in a nightclub. You have to deal with all kinds of people. But it was during that period that I became what I am today."

"After working for so many years, I also wanted to live a stable life for a few years. It just so happened that I had saved some money in the past few years, so your mother and I decided to open a restaurant."

Lin Jianyan and the others beside him were a little surprised. They didn't expect that he had such a past. Wang Zhide looked at their expressions and laughed, "In this era, who hasn't suffered a little? I'm lucky."

"Okay, okay, let's stop talking. Let's eat quickly, or the food will get cold."

The family had a delicious breakfast, and then Lin Jianyan and Qin Wu said goodbye.

"Then we'll leave first. We have to go back to our hometown with Brother Wu for dinner tonight. We also have to go back and pack up, so we won't stay here any longer."

Seeing that they were busy, Zhang Xiufang did not try to persuade them to stay. She just took out a few red envelopes from her pocket and stuffed them into their hands. "Happy New Year! Your uncle De and I have put our thoughts in these envelopes. One for each of you."

Qin Wu didn't expect that he also had one, and was a little at a loss. The next moment, before he could even warm it up, it was taken away by Lin Jianyan.