"Dad, you're looking for me?"

The strict father looked at him, his face showing the dignity of a superior who had been immersed in officialdom for many years. "I heard that you called in a police dog. What's the matter?"

Calling in a police dog is not a trivial matter, so the strict father will inevitably ask a few more questions.

"Qingqing has a friend who is in some trouble and wants my help."

Yan Yi remained calm and handled the situation with ease.

Hearing this, Yan's father did not ask any further questions and instead became concerned about Yan Yi's personal situation.

Yan Yi answered them one by one.

Yan Su placed a glass of water in front of Yan Yi, then sat down beside him and listened quietly to the father and son talking.

Half an hour later, the strict father went back to his room to rest.

Yan Su followed Yan Yi back upstairs. After entering the room, Yan Su hurriedly asked, "Is it because of Shen Mingzhu?"

"Well, she's in a bit of trouble."

Yan Su's face showed an expression of "as expected", "What happened to her again?"

Seeing Yan Yi looking at her and laughing, Yan Su was annoyed, "What are you laughing at?"

"I feel that you seem to care about Shen Mingzhu very much now, sister."

"I was just asking casually." Yan Su concealed his discomfort.

Yan Yi briefly explained the troubles at the food factory. After listening to Yan Su, she couldn't help but show suspicion on her face, "It's just a small matter, why don't you just settle it directly? Do you really need to use the police dog in a big way and make Dad scold you?"

Yes, he could have just dealt with the matter, but—"This was her idea, and I think she would prefer to have it resolved her way."

Yan Su stared at him for a long time without saying a word.

She always felt that her brother was a calm, rational and restrained man, with a strong character that could remain calm even when faced with a catastrophe, and that he was a very qualified heir to the family.

But now she discovered that her brother also had the potential to become a tyrant.

Yan Su was thinking about something, but she didn't ignore the relaxed and happy look on Yan Yi's face. She couldn't help but ask, "Such a big thing happened to her, why do you look so happy?"

"Yes, it's not bad."

Yan Yi said bluntly, "I found out today that she is quite cute."

Yan Su: “…”

…

I don’t know if it was because he foresaw his dad’s danger, but little Guoguo, who was usually easy to coax to sleep at night, cried non-stop tonight.

Shen Mingzhu and Shen Hongmei tried to coax him but to no avail. In the end, Pei Ziheng carried him upstairs before he calmed down.

Pei Ziheng's room has a single bed. Fortunately, Pei Ziheng is still young, and Guoguo is also young, so the brother and sister can sleep in the same bed without being crowded.

"Mom, go downstairs and sleep. I will take good care of Guoguo."

Pei Ziheng leaned sideways, and skillfully patted Xiao Guoguo's body with his white and tender hands, while whispering to Shen Mingzhu who was sitting on the edge of the bed.

Her son is not even seven years old yet, so how could she be confident that he could take good care of her three-month-old daughter?

"You keep coaxing her for a while. When Guoguo falls asleep, I'll carry her downstairs."

Pei Ziheng nodded and took on the responsibility of coaxing his sister dutifully.

After waiting for about ten minutes and making sure that her daughter was asleep, Shen Mingzhu bent down, carefully picked her up, and tiptoed to the door. Before she reached the door, she woke up and cried loudly with her pink little mouth pouting.

This happened several times. Shen Mingzhu was exhausted and had to let her son and daughter sleep together to prevent her son from pushing her daughter off the bed in the middle of the night. She surrounded her son's bed with a mosquito net and pressed the mosquito net under the sheets, so that even if her daughter accidentally fell off the bed, the mosquito net would catch her.

After doing all this, Shen Mingzhu went downstairs to her bedroom, looking back every few steps.

In the morning, Shen Mingzhu was awakened by the sunlight shining through the curtains.

Usually she woke up to the sound of her daughter crying, but today the room was unusually quiet and empty, which made her a little uncomfortable.

When she was dressed and opened the door, she saw her son sitting on the sofa with his daughter in his arms. He was holding a bell in his hand and swinging it, which made a tinkling sound, accompanied by his daughter's babbling laughter.

"Good morning, son."

"Good morning, Mom."

Shen Mingzhu bent down to take her daughter over, and asked her son with concern: "Did Guoguo bother you last night?"

Pei Ziheng shook his head, "Guoguo is very well behaved and slept till dawn."

Perhaps because she smelled the scent of Shen Mingzhu, Xiao Guoguo grunted and moved her face towards her chest like a piglet. Seeing this, Shen Mingzhu turned around and went back to the house to feed her daughter.

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While feeding, Shen Mingzhu thought over in her mind what she was going to do today.

…

After breakfast, Shen Mingzhu squeezed half a bottle of breast milk and put it in the refrigerator as usual. Then she put some porridge in a thermos bucket, put two peeled boiled eggs in the porridge, plus a steamed bun and some side dishes, and went out with Shen Hong.

She planned to go to the police station to deliver food to Pei Yang first, although she was not sure whether she could see Pei Yang.

After that, she went for a walk on the street to see if there were any other brands of spicy noodles and dried tofu that she had missed. Although Yan Yi agreed to help, she couldn't just sit at home and wait without doing anything.

Not long after I went out, I met Wang Hongcheng.

"Hey, Director Shen, are you busy?"

As soon as she saw Wang Hongcheng, Shen Mingzhu became alert. At the same time, she was worried that Shen Hongmei would lose her composure, so she simply asked Shen Hongmei to carry the things and wait for her in front.

Before leaving, Shen Hongmei glared at Wang Hongcheng fiercely.

Wang Hongcheng's attention was all on Shen Mingzhu and he didn't notice Shen Hongmei's glare. Even if he did, he wouldn't care.

"Mr. Wang, is there something wrong?"

"I have a deal I want to discuss with Director Shen." Wang Hongcheng smiled proudly, "I've heard about your factory. You were lucky enough to win the bids for the People's Department Store and Parkson Department Store, but such a mess happened. I heard that both department stores have terminated their cooperation with you. It's really a pity."

Shen Mingzhu pretended to be angry and impatient, "Just say it if you want to, I'm busy."

"Are you busy going to the police station to deliver food to your man? You should be nice to him while you still have a chance. Food safety crimes are no small matter. You may be sentenced to a year or two, or two to three years. Once he is sentenced, it will be difficult for you to see him in the future."

"Since we have worked together before, I will give you a way out. If you sell me the recipes of your Flower Cake and Snowflake Cake, as well as the Ronghua Mooncake trademark, I will give you five thousand."

Shen Mingzhu curled her lips and chuckled, "In Mr. Wang's eyes, five thousand is a lot? How about this, I offer five thousand and one to buy your Fushun Bakery, what do you think, Mr. Wang?"

Wang Hongcheng sneered, "Shen Mingzhu, don't be ungrateful. Your factory has been closed down, your husband has been arrested, and your whole family depends on you for food. You still have six months left to pay off the loan you owe the bank. If you can't pay it back by the due date, I'm afraid you can only use your current house to pay off the debt. I'm willing to give you five thousand, which is already very respectful to you."

Shen Mingzhu seemed to be moved by his words. She lowered her head and thought for a moment. Her tone was no longer as intense as before. "I have to discuss this with my man first."

Wang Hongcheng didn't suspect anything was wrong and said he would give her a day to think about it and that he would not wait any longer than that.

Shen Mingzhu knew that Wang Hongcheng was just being mysterious and trying to put psychological pressure on her.

If Wang Hongcheng is a jackal, then the flower cakes, snowflake cakes and Ronghua mooncakes in her hands are a piece of delicious fat meat.

How could a jackal give up the meat in its mouth?