Upon hearing this, Chen Lei understood that the boss wanted to cook the New Year's Eve dinner himself!
"Boss, we won't need 100 dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner. Besides, it's just the two of you and Miss Tang Li. Four dishes are enough!"
Lu Jianshen shook his head. Four dishes weren't enough; there needed to be at least eight!
"Go find me a chef, I want to become an apprentice and learn to cook!"
Chen Lei's smile froze on his face.
Or maybe we should just forget about it. Everyone has their own expertise, so wouldn't it be better to leave this to a Michelin-starred chef?
"Boss, when the time comes, just have a Michelin chef cook! You can make one dish, or you can make a tomato and egg noodle dish, that will be enough."
Lu Jianshen rolled his eyes again. No wonder some people still haven't found girlfriends.
"Do you know what romance is? If I can cook her a home-cooked meal by hand, wash my hands and make soup, that's a very touching thing, you know?"
"Cook yourself?" Chen Lei looked doubtful and shook his head. "Hehe, I think you should earn money yourself and hire a Michelin chef. That's more practical!"
If the time it takes a boss to learn to cook ten home-style dishes is used to make money, he would have made billions. What Michelin chef couldn't he hire?
"Why aren't you going yet? Stop nagging!"
Chen Lei nodded. It was too difficult to persuade someone who was obsessed with love; he could only obey.
Before leaving, Lu Jianshen specifically instructed him, "Don't tell Tang Li about this. I want to prepare a surprise for her!"
Chen Lei smiled awkwardly. To be honest, the boss's cooking was nothing to be surprised about.
But has he truly let go of the matter regarding the photos?
Sure enough, men in love are always unpredictable. One second they're furious, and the next they're calmly preparing a surprise!
Tang Li was also conflicted, as this was the first New Year she had spent with Lu Jianshen.
However, if she were with Lu Jianshen, she wouldn't be able to spend the New Year with her son!
Tang Li was very reluctant to part with her. Did she really have to run around on New Year's Eve? That would easily arouse suspicion!
Fortunately, Shen Qingxu made the decision for Tang Li directly, "Tang Li, I'm taking A-Lu and my dad to Sanya for the New Year this year. You'll spend the New Year alone!"
Shen Qingxu had long wanted to go on vacation, and it just so happened that it was the end of the year and she had annual leave, so she could take her father to a warm place to spend the winter.
"Didn't you promise A-Lu that you'd take him on vacation? Now you don't have time, but I'm free, so I'll go with him!"
Tang Li felt uneasy, as it was the first time she had spent Chinese New Year away from her son.
"Can he not be with me this Chinese New Year?"
Shen Qingxu looked at the little dumpling playing nearby and said, "Don't worry, even without you as his mother, he'll still be very happy with me as his uncle!"
Someone takes themselves too seriously; there's no need for that.
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While things are calm on Lu Jianshen's side, the old mansion must be feeling uneasy.
Lu Chengyi clearly received news that Lu Jianshen wouldn't last much longer, so why is there still no problem?
"Dad, could we have been tricked by Uncle?"
Lu Wenshan's eyes were serious; he wasn't sure if Lu Jianshen was actually sick.
Lu Wenshan guessed and said, "Didn't the hospital previously expose that they had mixed up the patients' test results?"
Lu Chengyi couldn't stand it anymore; otherwise, all his expectations would have been for nothing.
"At this rate, when will I ever inherit his estate? Besides, he's with Tang Li now. What if they have another child? Then I'll have absolutely no hope left!"
Lu Wenshan's gaze was solemn. If Tang Li was really smart, she shouldn't have given birth to Lu Jianshen's child!
These two people are separated by a blood feud and should not be together.
Seeing that his father hadn't said a word, Lu Chengyi turned his expectant gaze to his mother, Xu Lihua.
"Mom, you must have a way, right?"
Xu Lihua frowned and thought for a moment.
She said, "It's not entirely hopeless. As long as Lu Jianshen doesn't have any children, no matter how long he lives, his entire fortune will eventually be yours!"
Lu Wenshan chuckled, finding his wife's idea utterly absurd.
"Is there any way you can stop him from having children?"
Xu Lihua's eyes darkened. With a little effort, she certainly had a way to ensure that Lu Jianshen would never have children.
Xu Lihua sneered, "That's simple. Aren't they looking for a cleaning lady?"
Lu Chengyi immediately understood his mother's meaning. Yes, start with the servants in the house.
"Mom, you always have so many ideas!"
Xu Lihua clenched her fist secretly. Tang Li had caused her a lot of unhappiness when she was her daughter-in-law.
Now that she's someone else's wife and is blocking the Lu family's path to wealth, Xu Lihua is determined not to allow it!
Lu Wenshan also had his own plans, and he couldn't reveal them yet.
To avoid Tang Li impulsively revealing everything from back then, which would cause trouble for me as well.
Ding Weiwei was hospitalized for a month, but in the end, the Lu family did not come to pick her up. She had to handle the discharge procedures herself and leave the hospital in a disheveled state.
As soon as Ding Weiwei left the hospital, she received a phone call from her mother.
With the Chinese New Year approaching, Ding Weiwei's mother asked her to give 100,000 yuan to the family for the holiday.
"Mom, where would I get that much money!"
"Now that you've married into a wealthy family and become a rich wife, you're neglecting your family, aren't you? You haven't brought a single penny home in the past six months. What's going on?"
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