The next morning, as soon as she woke up, the little girl clung to Su Zhu, begging her to buy a beautiful gemstone bracelet.
After breakfast, Su Zhu finished assigning tasks to Zhao Bing and Wu Xianming for the shop, then took a taxi with Chenchen straight to Jinming Jade Center.
Located near the West Third Ring Road, Jinming Jade Center was Zhonghai's largest jade and jewelry mall, with three floors and hundreds of vendors.
There were raw stones, jadeite, gold and silver, jade artifacts, agates — everything imaginable.
It was Chenchen's first time at such a place. Her little eyes widened as she looked around, full of curiosity.
At that moment, on the second floor of Jinming Jade Center, inside the Jade Elegance Pavilion, it was morning, so only two or three customers were browsing at the counters. The vast hall felt somewhat quiet.
Jade Elegance Pavilion was the largest jade vendor in Jinming Jade Center, occupying over 300 square meters. Their main products included jadeite, Hetian jade, and Shoushan stone.
Their range covered finished jade products such as ornaments, pendants, hand-held pieces, as well as uncarved raw jade and high-quality semi-raw stones.
Because Jade Elegance Pavilion was an established store with a reputation for honesty, it had the best business in the entire center.
Jade Elegance Pavilion belonged to Qingfei Jewelry Co., Ltd., which had eight stores nationwide named "Jade Elegance Pavilion," and this was just one of them.
At this moment, in the office of Jade Elegance Pavilion, the boss Ouyang Shan was checking last week's performance report on his computer.
His wife, He Xiujuan, sat by the reception tea table, pouring herself tea.
Though Ouyang Shan had a luxurious office elsewhere, he and his wife normally worked here unless something urgent came up.
Next to He Xiujuan was a breakfast plate — her favorite dish, Shredd Pork and pickled mustard Greens Noodles. — but today she only took one bite and pushed it aside. Compared to the longevity noodles she had yesterday, this noodle suddenly seemed bland.
Putting down her tea cup on the table, He Xiujuan sighed, "Ah, that noodle from yesterday — I'm afraid I'll never taste it again in my life."
"It's truly one of life's great regrets!"
Ouyang Shan glanced at her from behind the accounts, "Is it really that good? You've been talking about it non-stop since yesterday; I think you're obsessed."
"It is," He Xiujuan's eyes lit up as she recalled yesterday's noodles, "Husband, you don't know how delicious it was..."
"I know," Ouyang Shan interrupted, "The noodles were as thin as silver threads, fresh, fragrant, and springy. One sip of that broth made every pore on your body open — it was divine. I'd gladly pay ten thousand yuan for a bowl."
"You've said that eight hundred times since the birthday banquet yesterday, I'm starting to memorize it!"
"Hehe, really that many times?"
"Even if it's eight hundred times, it still doesn't capture the taste I'm talking about. Such a pity — I'll never eat it again!"
"By the way, husband, I met the chef who made that noodle. She's in her twenties, a really pretty young lady. Imagine if she became our daughter-in-law — then I could eat her noodles every day!"
"You're always dreaming," Ouyang Shan rolled his eyes, "You want our son to marry a noodle chef just for food? If you want it, do you think I wouldn't?"
"Husband, I have to criticize your small mindset," He Xiujuan sat up straight, "This isn't an ordinary chef. Besides her peerless skills, she's the one who personally helped Cai Dongmin, a leader at his level, get discharged from the hospital. Could she be just anyone?"
"That's true." Ouyang Shan made no objection.
He knew well who Cai Dongmin was — making noodles delicious enough to get that kind of attention was no small feat.
"Speaking of our son, have you found out anything about that Su Zhu?" Ouyang Shan asked.
His son seemed to have a girlfriend, and Ouyang Shan felt both excited and uneasy, but he dared not ask Ouyang Yunjian directly. He kept urging He Xiujuan to investigate and hadn't slept well these days.
"No," He Xiujuan frowned, "I had someone check around. In Zhonghai, there are only a few prominent families with the surname Su, but none have descendants named Su Zhu."
"I suspect Su Zhu might be from out of town."
"Maybe. Sigh, I'm so worried!"
With a sigh, Ouyang Shan stood from the boss chair, "Sit down. Don't forget to take your stomach medicine later. I'm going to do inventory now."
"All right, it's in my bag. I won't forget!"
He Xiujuan's stomach had been bothering her lately. Eating anything too hard caused sharp pain. The doctor instructed her to eat mostly soft noodles for three months, absolutely no hard or fibrous foods.
As Ouyang Shan walked from the office to the front hall, he immediately noticed a young woman holding the hand of a little girl around three or four years old, looking at the counter.
"Wow, what a beautiful little girl!"
"So pretty, like she just stepped out of a painting!"
Ouyang Shan, who had longed for a granddaughter as a future grandmother, was instantly captivated by Chenchen. He forgot about inventory and stepped forward to tease her, "Hello, little friend!"
"Hello, Grandpa!" Chenchen politely greeted him in a soft, sweet voice.
Su Zhu hadn't found the seven-color crystal bracelet on the first floor, so they came up to the second floor to continue searching.
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