Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1586 The Quiet Arrival of Competition

Today is Friday, and it's also the day that Chung Chu-hung arranged for Han Li's two students, Luo Yuze and Xu Caihan, to come to her house for a meal and to get acquainted with the family.

So the Chung sisters cleaned upstairs and downstairs thoroughly last night and simmered the soup on a low flame all night.

Today, the two sisters got up early, washed up, and then drove to the market to buy fresh seafood, fresh vegetables, freshly slaughtered chickens and ducks, etc.

This incident did not affect Han Li at all. He still got up and went to the terrace to practice the Xingyi Quan stance and the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique. After finishing his practice, he would tease the birds and train his pets.

Han Li came downstairs, washed up, made himself a cup of tea, and leisurely went to the study to read books and newspapers.

When the Chung sisters returned from grocery shopping, they also bought breakfast for the day.

After dinner, urged by her sister, Zhong Chudan complained a couple of times and then started preparing.

Chung Chor-hung ignored her second sister's complaints. She also wanted to hire a Filipino maid so that she could have a more relaxed life and not have to cook, do laundry, and clean the house every day. Moreover, her husband had mentioned this to her several times.

However, Cherie Chung did not want to hire a Filipino maid. This was not because she was ungrateful or unwilling to endure hardship, but because she was aware of her physical condition.

Chung Chor-hung was afraid that her illness would never be cured, and without children to rely on, she didn't want to leave her man, or rather, she didn't want to become estranged from him one day because of it.

Therefore, Chung Chor-hung wanted her mark to be everywhere in the house. She wanted her man to get used to her service, and she wanted him to be used to her and unable to live without her.

But Chung Chor-hung couldn't tell anyone these things; she could only keep it to herself day after day.

This was Luo Yuze and Xu Caihan's first time visiting their mentor's home. They didn't know what kind of temperament their mentor's wife had, or what the situation was like at their mentor's house. But no matter what, they couldn't just walk in and be served a meal.

Luo Yuze and Xu Caihan discussed it and arrived around 9:30 or 10:00.

When they rang the doorbell, Han Li was reading in the study and didn't move. Chung Chu-hung, who was picking vegetables, got up and opened the door.

"You are?"

"You must be Professor Han's wife. I am Luo Yuze, Professor Han's student."

"Hello, Professor's wife. You are so beautiful. I am Xu Caihan, Professor Han's student."

Cherie Chung: "Haha, come in quickly, honey, your student is here."

Han Li put down his book and stood up to leave the study when he heard the shout.

At this moment, Chung Chu-hung was in the living room exchanging pleasantries with Lo Yu-ze and Hsu Tsai-han while calling Chung Chu-dan out to pour tea for the guests.

When Luo Yuze arrived, he brought with him the most popular imported cigarettes and liquors in Hong Kong at the time, as well as a large fruit basket.

Xu Caihan brought a large bouquet of flowers with very auspicious meanings and beautifully packaged imported candies.

After Han Li came out, things became simple. He and Chung Chu-hung chatted with the two students for a while.

Xu Caihan followed Zhong Chuhong into the kitchen to get busy, while Luo Yuze chatted with Han Li in the living room.

Three women make a drama, and their laughter could be heard from the kitchen from time to time.

In contrast, things were a bit quieter on Han Li's side. Most of the time, Luo Yuze was reporting to Han Li on the progress of their research, as well as data from various aspects and levels in Hong Kong. Regardless of the elaborate setup or topics of conversation among the three in the kitchen, their cooking speed remained quite fast.

At 11:30, Chung Chu-hung had already invited Han Li and the others to the restaurant for dinner.

During meals, it was just like that; there was no rule about not talking while eating. Everyone ate and chatted without any interruption.

After a few drinks, coupled with Cherie Chung's enthusiastic attitude, the two of them lost their initial restraint and became much more relaxed and natural when they spoke.

At this moment, Xu Caihan, with her face flushed from drinking, looked at Zhong Chuhong for a while before asking a question.

"Madam, there's a question I've had on my mind since I walked in. May I ask?"

Chung Chu-hung asked with a smile, "What's the question that's been keeping you waiting for so long?"

Xu Caihan: "Teacher's wife, did you play Shen Qing in the movie 'The Story of Hu Yue'?"

When Chung Chor-hung heard this question, she smiled and admitted it, and then recounted some of her experiences from back then.

Once the conversation started, Xu Caihan, who had been drinking a bit, let loose. Under her curious questioning, Zhong Chuhong recounted a little bit of how she met Han Li.

Of course, this process has been embellished. Chung Chu-hung could not possibly say that she was forced to drink alcohol and, in order to avoid certain people's ill intentions and escape certain potential situations, she accidentally ended up in Han Li's arms.

Finally, Chung Chor-hung briefly explained how she established Hung Yun Garment Company with the help of her husband.

With the help of her husband's overseas connections, she successfully became the agent for and took over the two clothing brands: Sunshine from Italy's Milan and Phoenix from France's Balian.

At the same time, Chung Chu-hung also thanked Luo Yu-ze for his help after the fashion store encountered trouble.

After Chung Chu-hung finished speaking, Hsu Tsai-han learned about the matter and also guessed why she was able to have dinner at Professor Han's house today.

This situation made Xu Caihan feel very unwilling and resentful. She believed that Luo Yuze had just gotten lucky.

Xu Caihan believes that Professor Han has only been in Hong Kong for a short time and is not familiar with the local rules of life, which is why Luo Yuze had the opportunity to make his mark.

At the same time, Xu Caihan began to think to herself that although the two of them had joined Professor Han's tutoring course, they were not only senior and junior students, but also competitors.

This relates to who will be able to advance further and who will become Professor Han's true student.

Xu Caihan was now thinking about how she could turn the tables and perform better than Luo Yuze in front of Professor Han.

Han Li had no idea what Xu Caihan was thinking, nor did he know that she would actually bring him a pleasant surprise in the days to come.

But no matter what, once these topics were discussed, the atmosphere at the dinner table became much better and more relaxed.

After lunch, Han Li lost interest in dealing with them and lazily sat on the sofa drinking tea.

Luo Yuze and Xu Caihan weren't completely clueless fools. After helping the Zhong Chuhong sisters clear the table and wash the dishes and chopsticks, they said goodbye.

Chung Chor-hung knew that her husband liked to take a nap at noon, and since she had achieved her goal today, she didn't try to stop them.

In the days that followed, Han Li began preparing for his doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.
(End of this chapter)