Ch 53: Harvest

Assistant Fang was angry.

Ye Xiong and his underlings were extremely nervous, their legs involuntarily cramping.

Especially Ye Xiong; cold sweat was oozing out.

Based on his years of experience observing people’s expressions, he naturally could tell that Assistant Fang was angry because of his words.

“Damn it, Iceberg Second Miss, although cold and aloof, is still a young woman. Of course, she wouldn’t want others to know she and Brother Qin Yun had slept together.”

Ye Xiong’s eyeballs rolled around twice, and he hurriedly explained:

“That… what I mean is, since Brother Qin Yun encountered an accident, he should have resolved it thoroughly, and solved it completely before coming out, to avoid leaving any aftereffects.”

Hearing his words, Assistant Fang’s expression softened slightly.

Ye Xiong wiped his sweat and then proceeded to mention another matter.

“Assistant Fang, I just received news from my underlings saying that the Wang family’s Baisheng Grand Hotel has spent a large sum of money to invite a High-Class Chef. They plan to use this chef to crush our Baihua Grand Hotel.”

This news was important.

Ye Xiong had to report it immediately.

He also wanted to use this news to distract Assistant Fang, to prevent her from continuing to pursue the matter of his misplaced words.

Indeed.

Upon hearing this, Assistant Fang’s expression became extremely serious.

Ye Xiong continued: “I also heard that the chef has prepared ten signature dishes, and will be launching them grandly in the next few days. He plans to use these signature dishes to enhance the reputation of Baisheng Grand Hotel, steal our Baihua Grand Hotel’s customers, and crush us.”

“These two pieces of news are very important; you’ve done well.” Assistant Fang praised him, a rare occurrence, but her tone was extremely serious.

“No, no, no, it’s all thanks to Assistant Fang’s excellent leadership.” Ye Xiong quickly flattered her.

Assistant Fang ignored his flattery and said solemnly:

“The Baihua Grand Hotel is the Chairman’s foundation, and its significance is enormous. If it’s crushed, it will definitely have a huge negative impact on the Su Family. The Wang Family must have seen this point and therefore repeatedly targeted the Baihua Grand Hotel.”

“That must be it. Even before I joined the Baihua Grand Hotel, I knew that the Baisheng Grand Hotel and the Baihua Grand Hotel were enemies, fighting 『constantly』. Manager Luo of Baisheng Grand Hotel has even stated more than once that he would crush the Baihua Grand Hotel within a year.”

Ye Xiong secretly glanced at Assistant Fang and continued to flatter her: “My brothers and I think Manager Luo is full of hot air!

Under Miss Su and Assistant Fang’s wise leadership, with Brother Qin Yun’s assistance, how could the Baihua Grand Hotel possibly fail? If anything were to fail, it would be the Baisheng Grand Hotel.”

Assistant Fang shook her head, “This time, the situation is very serious. As far as I know, their chef was invited from Yanjing, he is very skilled and quite famous. Coupled with the fact that the Baihua Grand Hotel hasn’t launched any decent signature dishes in the past two years, the situation is very unfavorable to us.”

This was the first time Ye Xiong had seen Assistant Fang display an uneasy expression; he also frowned and became worried.

He had completely offended the Wang Family. If the Su Family was truly defeated by the Wang Family, he would no longer have a place to stay in Qingshan County, and he might even face terrible revenge from the Wang Family.

“The Wang Family can invite a chef from Yanjing; we can too!” Ye Xiong thought for a moment and said.

“Two years ago, the Chairman wanted to invite a chef from Yanjing, but the Wang Family was secretly sabotaging things. Their strength is slightly stronger than the Su Family’s, so the Chairman’s efforts to hire a chef were all thwarted by them.” Assistant Fang said resentfully.

“Then… then what do we do?” Ye Xiong panicked.

“Let’s rush back to the hotel. I need to immediately report this situation to Miss Su and hear her opinion.”

Assistant Fang looked towards Qin Yun, “The situation is serious; we need to go back immediately.”

Qin Yun hadn’t spoken; he was thinking about something else.

Only then did he speak, “I have a signature dish that might help you defeat the Baisheng Grand Hotel.”

Assistant Fang was taken aback.

Ye Xiong and his underlings were also stunned.

Qin Yun can cook?

How is that possible?

They had never heard that Qin Yun had learned any culinary skills.

“You’ve learned culinary skills?” Assistant Fang had investigated Qin Yun’s background and knew that he couldn’t cook, but she still asked.

“I haven’t.” Qin Yun shook his head.

“Without culinary skills, what are you going to use to defeat the Baisheng Grand Hotel’s High-Class Chef?” If it weren’t for their friendship, Assistant Fang would have already been angry.

Someone who had never learned culinary skills, daring to claim they could defeat a High-Class Chef?

Isn’t this unreasonable?

“Qin Yun, I know you want to help us, but this isn’t like treating an illness; you can’t help at all. Your kindness is enough.”

Assistant Fang said calmly.

Then she hurried towards the van outside the courtyard.

Ye Xiong was also nervous and uneasy.

After nodding to Qin Yun, he led his underlings and hurried towards the outside of the courtyard, following Assistant Fang.

Reaching the courtyard gate, Assistant Fang suddenly stopped.

“Qin Yun, the incident where you were framed years ago is over. Don’t keep dwelling on it; excessive worry will affect certain aspects of your physical functions.”

Remembering Qin Yun’s problems in that area, she specifically stopped to warn him.

Qin Yun was completely bewildered.

“Affect my physical functions?”

“All my physical functions are excellent, and I’m not worried either.”

“I’ve already made up my mind. When my strength is strong enough, I’ll go to Yanjing and kill that Young Master; why would I need to worry?”

By the time he came to his senses, Assistant Fang and Ye Xiong had already gotten into the van.

“Wait a minute, the porridge is ready, take it with you in the car!” He Xianglian, carrying a large basin of porridge, hurried forward.

Assistant Fang accepted the porridge and thanked her.

The van sped away.

The next day.

The peaches in Qin Yun’s field were fully ripe.

He drove a three-wheeled motorcycle, carrying He Xianglian and Xiaoyu, to the field to pick peaches.

When they were twenty meters away from the wild peach trees, they could already smell a strong peach fragrance.

The fragrance was refreshing, tempting, and made one involuntarily want to look forward.

When they reached the wild peach trees, He Xianglian was completely stunned.

Xiaoyu’s eyes widened in surprise, and her saliva involuntarily dripped.

On the five wild peach trees hung dozens of bright red peaches, each as large as a rice bowl.

The strong peach fragrance completely enveloped the three of them.

“Yunzi, weren’t the trees you moved from the mountain wild peach trees? Why are they bearing water honey peaches? These water honey peaches are too big, and so fragrant!” He Xianglian exclaimed incredulously.

“Mother, have you forgotten that I learned a planting secret technique from that expert in prison? With this technique, wild peach trees can also grow large water honey peaches.” Qin Yun smiled slightly.

“This secret technique is too amazing, Yunzi, you must never let others know, otherwise, it will make people envious.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t let outsiders know.”

He Xianglian nodded reassuringly and happily said: “If such good peaches are brought to the county town, they will definitely sell for a good price. This winter, our family will no longer have to worry about food, and Xiaoyu can also wear new clothes.”

After hearing this, Qin Yun’s eyes reddened, and he felt extremely guilty.

During his four years in prison, his mother and Xiaoyu couldn’t even eat their fill, and they hadn’t added a single decent piece of clothing. Xiaoyu could only wear the old clothes of other children.

“Mother, I will not only make sure you and Xiaoyu eat your fill, but I will also make sure you eat well, and I will buy you a lot of beautiful new clothes.”

“No, no, that’s too wasteful. Our family’s finances are thin; we can’t waste money like that. Mother and Xiaoyu only need to eat and have clothes to wear. The remaining money you should save.

If the harvest is bad next year, we will still need this money to live.

You’ll need money to marry a wife in the future, and Xiaoyu will need money for school… you absolutely cannot spend it carelessly!”

He Xianglian warned seriously.

Qin Yun didn’t argue and listened carefully.

For every warning from his mother, he nodded seriously.

These five wild peach trees were only the first step in his endeavor; he would undertake even greater ventures in the future.

However, even if he told her, He Xianglian wouldn’t believe it, nor would she dare to believe it.

Therefore, he could only keep it a secret for now.

“Grandma, Papa, are you really going to sell all the big peaches? Xiaoyu… can Xiaoyu eat one? Just one, please?” Xiaoyu swallowed her saliva and asked softly.

He Xianglian only then remembered that Xiaoyu had been wanting to eat peaches for a long time.

She hugged Xiaoyu lovingly and said:

“My dear granddaughter, as long as you can eat them, Grandma and your Papa will give you as many big peaches as you want.”

“Grandma, our family is poor and needs money. Xiaoyu will only eat one to taste what peaches taste like. Papa can take the rest to sell.” Xiaoyu said in a childish voice, waving her hands.

He Xianglian’s eyes welled up with tears.

Although their family lived in the countryside, they only had a small vegetable patch in the front yard, barely enough to grow food to eat, let alone fruit trees.

Xiaoyu had never eaten any fruit since birth.

She felt extremely guilty.

“My dear granddaughter, it’s all Grandma’s fault for letting you suffer.”

“Mother, it’s all my fault. If I hadn’t been in prison for four years, you and Xiaoyu wouldn’t have had to suffer like this.”

Qin Yun quickly turned around, picked four large peaches from the tree, washed them clean in the nearby creek, and handed two to his mother and two to Xiaoyu.

“Mother, Xiaoyu, eat peaches!”

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