Reborn as a True Heiress and Becomes a Boss

Chapter 7 Leaving the Secret Realm

Time seemed to stand still in the secret realm, and when she emerged, she was ravenously hungry. After hiding the box, Yang Nianqing went to the kitchen to prepare something nice to treat herself. She rinsed the rice and started cooking. Looking at the ingredients in the refrigerator—pork belly, chili peppers, cucumbers, scallions, and so on—she decided to make braised pork belly and cucumber salad.

Yang Nianqing washed the pork belly and put it into a pot with water. She sliced ​​the ginger, scallions and garlic and set them aside. She washed the bok choy, cut it in half and put it in another pot. She added water, a little salad oil and salt to the pot, blanched the bok choy and took it out. By this time, the pork belly was cooked. Yang Nianqing took it out and put it aside to cool while preparing the other ingredients.

After the pork belly cooled, Yang Nianqing cut it into small cubes of two centimeters each. She heated 30 grams of oil in a pot until it reached 70% of its maximum temperature, then stir-fried the pork belly in the pot. After stir-frying, she drained the pork belly and used the rendered oil to caramelize the sugar. She cooked the sugar over low heat until it turned a dark reddish-brown color, then turned up the heat and added the stir-fried pork belly, along with scallions, ginger, garlic, bay leaves, star anise, and cooking wine. She stir-fried the pork belly, then added enough water to cover it, along with a few rock sugar pieces, a little MSG, salt, chicken powder, light soy sauce, and dark soy sauce. She simmered the pork belly over low heat for 45 minutes, then turned up the heat to reduce the sauce.

After the braised pork belly had reduced in sauce, Yang Nianqing served it out and garnished it with blanched bok choy. With that, Yang Nianqing smashed and sliced ​​the washed cucumbers and placed them in a bowl. She then added chopped chili peppers on top of the cucumbers, along with salt, scallions, light soy sauce, and dark soy sauce. A bowl of crisp, refreshing, spicy, and savory cucumber salad was ready.

Yang Nianqing brought the dishes to the table, filled a bowl with rice, and enjoyed a delicious meal. Although being a chef is tiring, it has its advantages; at least you can cook delicious food to reward yourself.

Yang Nianqing checked the time; it was already 1 PM. Today was July 5th. She had worked at Qianjia Restaurant for two years, apprenticing under a master chef, but her master had passed away three months prior. Since she didn't plan to continue as a chef, she decided to quit her restaurant job and other odd jobs. She would take her job at Sister Zhang's place from 9:30 PM tonight. She had already given her last month's salary to Cheng Ying and didn't have much money on her. Sister Zhang usually paid her weekly, so she would save some money for now. During the day, she would try her hand at fortune telling to earn money. It would probably be tiring for a while, but she needed to maintain her previous schedule until she left the Yang family.

Yang Nianqing put the unfinished food in the refrigerator, quickly took a shower, changed her clothes, washed and hung them up to dry, grabbed her bag, and headed out. All the way, Yang Nianqing couldn't suppress the smile on her face. Having seen everything clearly and spent some time in the secret realm, she understood: "I won't offend others unless they offend me." She no longer harbored the same hatred as when she was first reborn. If the Yang family didn't scheme against her, she wouldn't actively seek trouble with them. No longer expecting kinship from the Yang family made Yang Nianqing feel as if a huge stone had been lifted from her shoulders; she felt incredibly relaxed. This was the happiest day of her life.

"Master, Master, please wait a moment!" A man in a suit ran up to Yang Nianqing, panting, and stopped him.

"Are you calling me?" Yang Nianqing asked, tilting her head in confusion.

"Yes, Master, don't you remember me?" the man said hurriedly.

"you are?"

"I accidentally bumped into you this morning, and you kindly reminded me."

"Oh! It's you. Are your wife and children alright?" Yang Nianqing finally remembered that she had met this person before entering the secret realm and had seen his future vision, so she had mentioned it to him.

Hearing Yang Nianqing's words, Chen Jianbin became even more certain that Yang Nianqing was a master. Chen Jianbin was so excited that he burst into tears and said, "Master, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, my family would have been ruined. Thank you so much."

"It's okay, it's okay, it's fate that we met, don't cry." Yang Nianqing didn't expect a man to cry so easily in front of her, which made her feel very helpless.

Chen Jianbin took out a red envelope and stuffed it into Yang Nianqing's hand: "Master, this is a small token of my appreciation. I have been waiting for you here all morning. Thank you so much for saving my wife and children."

"This, this..." Yang Nianqing didn't expect that the other party would wait for her all morning and even give her a red envelope after she casually said a few words.

"Master, please accept this. I'm about to lose my job, and the money I'm giving you isn't much, but it's a token of my appreciation. Please accept it."

Chen Jianbin's attitude was sincere. Yang Nianqing saw that his gaze was pure and reserved, his face was round and straight, and his nose was well-proportioned and plump. He had the appearance of a kind and honest person, and the faint redness in the center of his forehead indicated that he would be promoted soon. Thinking of how Chen Jianbin had looked so worried and frustrated before, Yang Nianqing accepted the red envelope and prepared to give him some advice. This was her first customer from her second job. "Alright, I'll accept it then. I'll give you another piece of advice: don't worry too much about your career. Just do what you should do, stay true to yourself, and good things will happen to you soon."

Chen Jianbin was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with delight: "Thank you, Master, I appreciate your kind words. May I ask your surname, Master?"

"My surname is Yang, and my name is Yang Nianqing."

"Master Yang, thank you so much."

Yang Nianqing smiled shyly, "You've thanked me so many times already. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. I have some things to do."

"Okay, okay, take care, Master." After saying goodbye to Chen Jianbin, Yang Nianqing continued on her way to the restaurant. Watching her retreating figure, Chen Jianbin couldn't help but sigh, never expecting such a young girl to possess such abilities. Just then, his phone rang. Chen Jianbin picked it up and saw it was his colleague Liu Xing. He answered with a puzzled expression, wondering what Liu Xing wanted. He was off today; he wouldn't call unless there was nothing wrong. Could it be that he was already on the layoff list? "Hello, Liu Xing, what's up?"

"Jianbin, where are you?"

"I'm off today. I'm out buying some supplements for my wife."

"What are you still buying? Hurry back to the company! Your customer called and said he accidentally lost your business card and can't contact you. Now he wants to come to the company to sign a contract to buy those villas in Haitao Garden that you introduced. He even specified that you should be in charge because he said your attitude and service were good. You've hit the jackpot! Hurry up and come to the company before he changes his mind. Maybe you can even get a promotion this time. You've hit the jackpot. Why don't I have this kind of luck?" Chen Jianbin was extremely shocked to hear his colleague's words. Yang Nianqing had just told him that something good was going to happen, and it came true so quickly. This master was too amazing. If he hadn't met him in person, he would never have believed that such a person really existed in the world.

Filled with admiration for the master, Chen Jianbin rushed to the company. If he could buy these villas, he would receive a lot of commission. Even if he didn't get a promotion, it wouldn't matter. He wouldn't have to worry about being laid off and unable to support his wife and children.

Yang Nianqing arrived at Qian's Restaurant at 3 PM. It was a quiet time for the restaurant, and the owner, Qian Mengsheng, was idly playing Spider Solitaire on the computer at the counter. Qian Mengsheng was very annoyed lately. His business was good because of his chef's excellent cooking, but his wife kept trying to replace him as head chef. If his cousin were a good cook, it wouldn't be a problem, but the problem was that his cousin's cooking was nowhere near as good as Yang Nianqing's. Before, with Yang Nianqing's mentor, Old Qin, supporting him, his wife could easily get rid of Yang Nianqing. But now Old Qin had passed away, and the other chefs weren't as skilled as Yang Nianqing. Most importantly, he didn't want relatives working for him. It was troublesome to remain silent if someone made a mistake, but it was also troublesome to speak up. Today, for some reason, Yang Nianqing had skipped work without reason, and his wife was going to nag him again.

"Boss," Yang Nianqing called out to Qian Mengsheng, who was engrossed in playing the game.

Qian Mengsheng looked up and saw Yang Nianqing, who had been absent from work for half a day, and frowned, asking, "Xiao Yang, why didn't you come to work today?"

"Boss, I..." Yang Nianqing was about to answer when a sarcastic voice interrupted her.

"Oh, so some people actually know to come back to work? I thought some people thought my place was too small and wanted to find another job."

Yang Nianqing turned around and saw the proprietress Zhang Fen standing behind him, looking at him with disdain and blowing on her blue nail polish.

"The proprietress..."

Zhang Fen glanced at Yang Nianqing and rolled her eyes: "So? You skipped work without reason and I can't even say a few words?"

"No, it was my fault that the boss was absent from work without reason. I'm sorry, it won't happen again, because I..." Yang Nianqing was about to say that she wanted to resign when Zhang Fen interrupted her again.

“The future? You want a future? I have the right to fire you for being absent from work without cause! You…” Zhang Fen was interrupted by Qian Mengsheng before she could finish speaking.

"Alright, Zhang Fen, Xiao Yang must have something to do if he doesn't come to work. Stop making trouble!" As soon as Zhang Fen opened her mouth, Qian Mengsheng knew what Zhang Fen was up to. She wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Yang Nianqing and put her cousin in. Zhang Fen was really going too far. He had already said that he disagreed.

Zhang Fen's face flushed red with anger. Her husband was actually defending this little bitch! He really had his eye on her just because she was pretty. Enraged, Zhang Fen lost her temper and screamed, "Fine! Qian Mengsheng, how dare you say I'm being unreasonable and defending this little bitch? Are you having an affair with her? You want to be a womanizer in your old age?!"

"You, you..." Qian Mengsheng was so angry he couldn't speak. The older Zhang Fen got, the more repulsive she became, completely losing the charming and lovely girl she used to be. He asked himself, although he hadn't loved her that much over the years, he had never cheated on her, nor had he ever had any such thoughts. He was almost fifty years old and was still being slandered like this. It was infuriating.

"What do you mean, 'you'? Didn't you want to find a woman to help you have a son because I can't give birth to one? Yang Nianqing, I could tell you were a vixen the first day I saw you. You're so young, yet you're already seducing someone old enough to be your father. You're shameless..." Zhang Fen continued to rant and ramble, and Yang Nianqing roared.

"Boss lady!"

Zhang Fen was stunned for a moment, then put her hands on her hips and sneered: "What are you doing? Did I say something wrong?"

Yang Nianqing's face was as cold as ice. Although she was gentle and didn't like to argue with others, she couldn't tolerate being insulted like this! "Boss lady, I may be an employee, but that doesn't mean you can insult me ​​like this. I'm busy in the kitchen all day, how could I seduce the boss? Besides, I have a boyfriend! People should watch their mouths! Otherwise, they'll end up with their children if not themselves!" This wasn't Yang Nianqing cursing her.

(End of this chapter)