After these past few years, Zhu Qianying understands better than anyone that to restore her mother's self-esteem and confidence, it's not about giving her the titles of "mother-in-law" or "mother," but about having her own abilities to gradually earn back and rebuild the dignity and confidence she has lost.
During her years in Country M, her mother had become much more confident than before. Now, Zhu Qianying hoped that her mother could win a resounding victory in front of Zhu Zhizhou and his wives, and retaliate against all the humiliation she had suffered at their hands.
The ultimate level of being proven wrong is when you used to treat me like dirt, but now I live a better life, a more carefree life, and a more dashing life than you!
As for Mom, she clearly used her own abilities to prove me wrong.
At this moment, Zhu Qianying really wanted to sneak back to the Zhu family and see what kind of faces those Zhu family members who had looked down on her and her two daughters had.
To be honest, before the opening, Zhu Qianying was a little worried that the Zhu family, or rather Zhu Zhizhou, might cause trouble on the opening day.
But reality proved her worries to be unfounded.
At first, she thought that the Zhu family had finally developed a sense of shame and was too embarrassed to bother her, until Xing Bailun and a few others came to congratulate her on the opening day and told her the truth.
"The entire Zhu family is currently busy smoothing things over!"
"Smoothing things over? What happened again?" Zhu Qianying found it strange. Could it be that something happened to Zhu Junzhao?
"You didn't know? This morning, the Mingxuan Group was audited by the tax authorities, and now they're probably in a real mess."
Upon hearing Xing Bailun's words, Zhu Qianying immediately thought of Yan Shao.
However, as of Sunday, Zhu Qianying had not yet had a chance to confirm this with Yan Shao.
As for the follow-up to the audit, Xing Bailun and his team had no news.
However, based on Zhu Qianying's understanding of Zhu Junwei during her time back, it's practically impossible for Mingxuan's accounts to be without problems. It seems that Mingxuan will have to endure at least another severe blow to extricate himself from this predicament.
Although Zhu Qianying is curious about the future of Mingxuan, she is more concerned about her mother.
"Mom, how about we close at nine o'clock sharp today?"
Since a few days before the restaurant opened, Chen Jing has been holed up in the kitchen for several days. Apart from going home to sleep, she spends almost all her time in the kitchen.
"No, all the customers after nine o'clock know Ji Huan and Young Master Yan. We can't neglect them. I'm counting on them to give us a good review and bring more customers over."
Chen Jing herself cherished this opportunity to turn her life around, knowing that if she could make a name for herself in Ji Huan and Yan Shao's circles, she wouldn't have to worry about business in the future.
After all, word-of-mouth is always more effective than fancy advertising slogans.
Surprisingly, even the eloquent Zhu Qianying couldn't win an argument with her mother.
On the contrary, I was persuaded by my mother.
Even though she was persuaded, Zhu Qianying couldn't bear to see her mother so busy in the kitchen. In the end, she let Zizai play by himself in the restaurant while she ran into the kitchen to help.
Perhaps because she grew up surrounded by it, Zhu Qianying's cooking skills are probably more refined than Xiaoyu's and closer to Chen Jing's.
Without explanation, most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Chen Jing's and Zhu Qianying's cooking skills. In fact, it's fair to say that the mother and daughter's culinary abilities are roughly equal.
Therefore, compared to the two chefs, Zhu Qianying could be much more helpful in the kitchen. With her help, Chen Jing was finally able to sit down and rest for a while and catch her breath.
Yan Shao spent a lot of time at the private restaurant this week, and on Sunday he dragged Qin Xiu to work overtime together. After finishing work, they came directly from Yanhuang.
He stepped into the restaurant and looked around both floors, but he only saw Zizai's figure and did not see Zhu Qianying.
"Honey, where's your mommy?"
Zizai pointed to the kitchen, "Mommy is helping Grandma in the kitchen!"
Yan Shao let go of his son and walked into the kitchen. He saw Chef Zhu, dressed in a chef's uniform and hat, standing in front of the wok, frying something. She was definitely the most beautiful and charming chef he had ever seen.
Yan Shao thought to himself, "Luckily, this isn't an open kitchen. Otherwise, just the sight of my wife standing so dashingly in front of the pot would have attracted countless diners."
“Ying’er…”
Zhu Qianying glanced at him, but her hands did not slacken in the slightest.
"You're here? Come outside and sit down. It's too smoky in here. What would you like to eat? I'll make it for you in a bit."
The private restaurant didn't offer takeout, but Yan Shao and Qin Xiu had their lunch bought by their driver. Well, "bought" isn't quite accurate. Chen Jing naturally refused to accept the money, so Yan Shao told the property management to reduce the rent in the future to offset their meal expenses.
Yan Shao stood there motionless and silent, watching Zhu Qianying skillfully plate the dishes ordered by the customers and hand them to another chef to add some carved fruits and vegetables as accompaniments.
Chen Jing, who was sitting to the side, naturally understood that Young Master Yan probably couldn't bear to see Zhu Qianying suffer.
"Ying'er, go outside and sit with Young Master Yan for a while. Give this back to me!"
After resting for about ten minutes, Chen Jing had caught her breath and forcefully pushed her daughter away.
Zhu Qianying glared at Yan Shao, seemingly blaming him for arriving at the worst possible time.
Yan Shao shrugged apologetically, but then reached out and took her arm, saying to Chen Jing, "Mom, thank you for your hard work. Ying'er and I are going out for a while!"
Chen Jing replied, "Go ahead, I'll get you something to eat right away."
The computer screen displayed many more menu items to be displayed, but for Chen Jing, her son-in-law naturally took priority.
After leaving the kitchen, Yan Shao pulled Zhu Qianying into the office.
The office here is narrow, containing a computer desk and chair, a long sofa for employees to take a short break, and a long row of wall cabinets for employees to store their belongings.
Yan Shao had Zhu Qianying sit in the chair in front of the computer desk, while he himself sat on the desk with his buttocks askew.
"Ying'er, will you come with me to audit the class tomorrow?"
Clearly, Yan Shao was referring to Zhu Junzhao's court hearing tomorrow.
Zhu Qianying was not fixated on this.
"Why?" However, since Young Master Yan brought it up, he must have his reasons.
“Ji Huan will be going with us tomorrow. If Mom wants to go, she can go too.”
Zhu Qianying felt that she and Xiaoyu had the blood of the Zhu family flowing in their veins, and no matter how they tried to deny it, they could never shake off the fact that they were surnamed Zhu.
But Mom is different.
She wasn't even considered a member of the Zhu family from beginning to end.
Zhu Zhizhou and Zhu Shaofen have never treated their mother as a member of the Zhu family.
I doubt that even if I mentioned it to my mom, she wouldn't be willing to go.
"Fine, let's just the three of us go!"
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