Rebirth at the Start: This Fate is Too Explosive!

Chapter 78 Zhao Mingzhe's "True Fragrance Law"

On the other side!

Liu Ruyan arrived at the entrance of her residential compound.

As soon as I opened the car door, a figure rushed over with a joyful cheer.

"Mom—! Welcome home!"

A gentle smile instantly bloomed on Liu Ruyan's tired face, as if all the fatigue of the day's journey had vanished.

She got out of the car, and Tang Yanning naturally took the small suitcase from her hand.

"You must be exhausted! Let's go home!"

Tang Yanning took her mother's arm and walked inside affectionately.

"Was your business trip successful?"

"Yeah, it went pretty smoothly, but there was a lot to do, so I'm a bit tired."

Liu Ruyan smiled, enjoying her daughter's affection, but a complex emotion about the actual itinerary swept through her heart.

She adopted a more relaxed tone:

"Well, I did get quite a bit from this! I brought you something!"

"Wow! Really? What is it? What is it?"

Tang Yanning's eyes immediately lit up, filled with anticipation.

Liu Ruyan was amused by her daughter's eagerness and took her hand to lead her into the house.

She opened her suitcase and took out several bags first:

"Look, there's Quanjude roast duck from Beijing, vacuum-packed, just reheat it and it's ready to eat. And there's salted duck from Nanjing, try the authentic flavor."

"Wow! The ducks are having a meeting!"

Tang Yanning happily accepted it, even bringing her nose close to the packaging bag to sniff:

"It smells so good! Thank you, Mom!"

then!

Liu Ruyan took out a rectangular gift box with the exquisite words "Suzhou Embroidery" printed on it and handed it to her daughter, her eyes filled with a mysterious anticipation:

"Come on, take a look at this."

Tang Yanning took the box with a mixture of doubt and curiosity, and carefully opened it.

A neatly folded cheongsam lay quietly on a velvet cushion. On the soft lake-blue satin, exquisite and elegant lotus scroll patterns were embroidered with extremely fine silk thread. The stitches were dense, and the luster flowed, exuding the elegance and nobility of the Jiangnan water towns.

"Oh my god...!"

Tang Yanning covered her mouth, her eyes widening in surprise and sparkling with disbelief:

"This...this is so beautiful, Mom! Is this...a cheongsam?"

"Um!"

Liu Ruyan's eyes held a doting smile:

"I spotted it at first glance at a very famous old shop on the banks of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing. It's made of real silk, and the embroidery is Suzhou embroidery, hand-stitched by a master craftsman. Knowing my precious daughter is about to go to university, she needs a couple of outfits that will make a statement. Shall we go try it on to see if it fits?"

"Mom! You understand me so well! I love you to death!"

Tang Yanning excitedly hugged Liu Ruyan and gave her a loud kiss on the cheek:

"I'll try it right now!"

........

The afternoon sun carried a lazy, sultry heat.

He planned to visit Zhao Mingzhe's home to bring some local specialties for his "son".

Ye Fan, carrying two bags, strolled to the building where Zhao Mingzhe lived and took out his phone.

"Old Zhao, come down quickly to greet me! Dad brought you something good!"

This time he didn't shout directly, otherwise Zhao Mingzhe would have gotten beaten up by the old man next door again!

"Get lost! You actually know how to come back?"

A loud, forceful curse came from the other end of the phone:

"Ye Gou! You went to Jinling to have fun without calling me 'daddy'! Enjoying yourself all to yourself? Just wait! I'm coming down to beat you up!"

The shouting grew louder as it approached, accompanied by the thumping sound of people coming down the stairs.

Zhao Mingzhe rushed downstairs in baggy shorts and slippers, his face showing a mixture of anger and craving:

"Where's the stuff? You've got some conscience after all! Hand it over! Salted duck or Yuhua tea?"

He spotted the bag in Ye Fan's hand immediately.

Ye Fan chuckled and first handed over the exquisite pastry box printed with the corner tower of the Forbidden City and the words "Daoxiangcun":

"Here, genuine royal court desserts, I brought them for you especially."

Seeing the exquisite packaging, Zhao Mingzhe's eyes lit up, and he snatched it away:

"Daoxiangcun? Not bad, Ye Gou! That's a good deal! You do have some filial piety!"

He happily rummaged through the snack box, his anger instantly vanishing.

Seeing his lecherous look, Ye Fan chuckled and handed him another heavy vacuum-sealed bag. The bag was printed with the four bright red characters "Beijing Roast Duck" and the Quanjude logo.

Zhao Mingzhe took it subconsciously, but his smile froze instantly as his eyes swept over the packaging bag.

He suddenly looked up, his eyes wide as saucers:

"Roast duck from the capital?!"

He glanced at the roast duck in his hand, then at Ye Fan, and his voice suddenly rose eight octaves:

"Holy crap! Ye Gou! Weren't you going to Nanjing alone? Where the hell did you get this Peking duck from Beijing?"

He held up the bag of roast duck as if it were evidence of a crime.

Ye Fan made up something on the spot:

"Well... my trip to Nanjing ended early, so on a whim, I took the high-speed train to Beijing for a short trip."

"Damn it!!!"

Zhao Mingzhe completely lost it, his face turning red with anger:

"You went to Nanjing without me! You went to the capital without me either, Ye Gou! Are you even human? What happened to our promise to be inseparable? What happened to our promise to share wealth and glory? You've become addicted to eating all by yourself, haven't you? You've been to Nanjing and the capital! And me? I'm practically moldy at home!"

He was so angry that he jumped up and down on the spot, almost kicking his slippers off, and rattled off a string of accusations:

"No wonder I couldn't get through on the phone! And you were so slow to reply to messages! Turns out you're busy being a lone wolf in the capital! Ye Gou! You're such a jerk! We're breaking up! We absolutely have to break up! Here's your snack back! Duck...duck...duck..."

He made a gesture as if to shove the snack box back into Ye Fan's arms, but the hand holding the roast duck bag remained motionless.

Ye Fan suppressed a laugh as he watched his exasperated expression.

"Hey, hey, calm down, calm down! Old Zhao! Let me explain... oh no, I mean, my explanation!"

He grabbed Zhao Mingzhe's waving hand:

"But time is tight and the task is heavy, besides, I'm not alone!"

"Not just one person?"

Zhao Mingzhe stared at him suspiciously:

"Who else? You fucking know girls from Beijing? Tell me!"

Ye Fan's mind raced, and he quickly tried to find a solution:

"Hey! What are you thinking! There are... there are elders! Elders from my family! We're going together on the way! How could I invite you along with my elders? It would be so inconvenient!"

He vaguely referred to Liu Ruyan as an "elder in the family".

"How come I didn't know you had elders in Nanjing!"

Zhao Mingzhe was still somewhat skeptical, but his anger subsided a bit, mainly because the roast duck and pastries in his hand smelled so delicious.

He snorted, hugged the pastry box tighter, and poked the vacuum-sealed roast duck packaging hard with his other hand:

"Fine! At least you still have some humanity left, you didn't come back empty-handed! But this isn't over! Ye Gou! You owe me one! Double! No! Triple! You have to treat me to a big meal!"

"Okay, okay! I'll treat you to a meal! I'll treat you to a meal!"

Ye Fan quickly assured him:

"Go try it! This Daoxiangcun rice noodle was a gift, the taste is absolutely authentic! This roast duck is also vacuum-packed and freshly roasted, the taste can't be bad!"

Zhao Mingzhe finally caught his breath a little, holding the roast duck and pastries:

"I'll forgive you for now, for the sake of the roast duck and pastries! But Ye Gou, you just wait and see, if you dare to eat alone again without me... we're done! No questions asked!"

He was still muttering to himself:

"Peking duck from Beijing... Daoxiangcun... Ye Gou, you ungrateful bastard... But it smells really good..."

Okay, okay, so this is the "it's actually delicious" law, right?

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