The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 489 Will
The tea party lasted until 8 p.m.

It wasn't that everyone had finished chatting by 8 o'clock, but rather that Luo Jun wanted to kick people out. After all, Chen Gong had promised Luo Jun that he would restore Luo Jun's house by 9 pm, and restoration always takes some time.

After the tea party, the buffet prepared by Chen Gong was not finished, the sesame cakes made by Zhao Cheng'an were not finished, the minced meat stir-fried by Qin Huai was not finished, the rice cake soup cooked by Qu Jing was not finished, and the fruit salad mixed by Chen Huihong was not finished. All of this was because Shi Dadan was on a diet.

Yes, Shi Dadan is on a diet.

Because Luo Jun's house needed tidying up, everyone temporarily moved to the apartment downstairs from Luo Jun's, which was also the apartment Chen Gong was currently staying in. The apartment's layout, floor plan, and interior decoration were almost identical to Luo Jun's. When Qin Huai first walked in, he had the feeling that he had actually gone to the wrong apartment, and that the upstairs apartment wasn't Luo Jun's, but the downstairs one.

Luo Jun explained that he was too lazy to look at the different plans offered by the designers, so he decorated every house exactly the same.

As for why Luo Jun ultimately chose to live on his floor, it was because that floor had the best view; through the window of the master bedroom, one could see Liu Tao's grave from the best angle.

"Old Shi, why do you suddenly want to lose weight?" Compared to Luo Jun's wealth and power, Qin Huai was more shocked by Dang Kang's weight loss.

When Kang actually wants to lose weight, Kang is a staunch believer in staple foods. How can a spirit who loves staple foods so much have to lose weight? What's wrong with this world?
No wonder I ate half a pot of rice cake soup; I was trying to suppress my appetite this way.

Shi Dadan chuckled, a little embarrassed, and scratched his head: "I've been eating at your place for a few months, Xiao Qin, and I've gained a lot of weight. When I got back, my wife wasn't too happy. She felt that I wasn't out exploring new businesses, but rather using it as an excuse not to stay home and take care of the kids, and to go out and eat and drink to my heart's content."

Qin Huai: ...Shi Dadan's wife's complaints are absolutely right. Indeed, no one knows a husband better than his wife.

As he spoke, Shi Dadan touched his belly: "Although it's normal for middle-aged people to gain weight at my age, being this fat really doesn't look good, and my wife is quite worried about my health. I should lose some weight so she won't worry."

“We really should take care of our health.” Chen Huihong nodded in strong agreement. “Although we’ve woken up and our divine power has been restored, our bodies are still human bodies, at most a little healthier than normal people. If we want to live a few more years, we still need to take care of our health. If we live to be over 90 like Luo Jun and then die, I won’t be able to stay with Huihui for many more years.”

Normally, at this point, it would be Luo Jun's turn to glare at Chen Huihong unhappily, and then launch into a tirade with great force, starting with the classic line, "Chen Huihong, are you sick?"

Luo Jun did not.

Luo Jun hadn't said a word since coming downstairs. He sat on the sofa wearing his reading glasses and looking at his phone. Previously, Luo Jun rarely wore reading glasses because his eyesight was amazingly good due to his intensive daily TV watching, movie watching, and phone playing.

"Mr. Luo, what are you looking at?" Qin Huai asked.

"The will," Luo Jun said calmly. "Let's see if anything is missing."

"I only remembered that there were several apartments downstairs when I was looking at the will a couple of days ago."

Qin Huai didn't know what to say. As the sole designated heir to Luo Jun's estate, anything he said at this moment would seem extremely inappropriate.

Asking Mr. Luo directly how much inheritance he has would make Qin Huai seem very mercenary.

Not asking would seem hypocritical.

Asking Luo Jun directly if he could also take a look at the will would make it seem like he's already thinking of killing the bird to inherit the estate.

In short, doing it is wrong, not doing it is wrong, but it doesn't matter, there are only reckless people here.

Upon hearing that Luo Jun was looking at a will, Chen Huihong immediately rushed over to examine his phone, saying as she looked, "Is your lawyer reliable? If he is, I'd like to make a will too. Originally, I thought I could live for many more years and wasn't in a hurry to leave my entire estate to Huihui. But after meeting Xiao Zhao, I realized that people are quite prone to death. What if I accidentally die one day? If I didn't make a will, and Huihui isn't my biological daughter, I might not be able to leave her any money. I would die with regrets, and even if I successfully survived my tribulation and returned home, I would still be unwilling to accept it."

"Luo Jun, you actually have 13 billion yuan in cash deposited in the bank!"

Luo Jun glanced at Chen Huihong indifferently: "I am one of the developers of this community. Is it strange that I have 13 billion yuan in cash in the bank?"

Zhao Cheng'an was completely dumbfounded. His poverty limited his imagination, and after a long pause, he asked Qin Huai, "Qin Huai, how much interest do you get per day if you deposit 13 billion in a bank?"

Qin Huai said that he had no idea he didn't have 13 billion in the bank, and could only say, "I don't know, it's probably more than you lose in the stock market every day."

Ignoring Qin Huai's sharp words, Zhao Cheng'an muttered to himself, "So living for over 90 years can make you this rich. Oh dear, I wish I hadn't died so easily. No wonder Xia Murui is so wealthy too."

Qin Huai: ? You came to this conclusion?

Well, if Luo Jun's story can teach mayflies to cherish life, then it's quite educational.

Faced with Luo Jun's enormous inheritance, the people present only gasped slightly. Qu Jing even secretly used a calculator to figure out how many years she would have to live to earn as much as Luo Jun had in the bank with her current annual salary, and then quietly put her phone away.

It's fortunate that there was no one else in the room besides Qin Huai; otherwise, given Luo Jun's wealth and the amount of hatred he attracted, he might not have been able to leave this room alive today.

Chen Huihong asked Shi Dadan curiously if he had that kind of wealth. Shi Dadan shook his head and said that he was just an aquaculture farmer who sold seafood on the side, and he wasn't as rich as Bi Fang.

Chen Gong enthusiastically helped Luo Jun take stock of his estate, and also analyzed which assets were good assets and which assets might depreciate in the next few years. He also discussed whether Luo Jun's assets would shrink after he was reincarnated and grew up for a few more years to find Qin Huai. Zhao Cheng'an listened in a daze.

"Why didn't I ever think about saving a large sum of money in one of my lifetimes so I could spend it in the next?" Zhao Cheng'an felt like he had opened the door to a whole new world.

"Don't even think about it, you've missed your chance." Qin Huai patted Zhao Cheng'an on the shoulder, afraid that if he listened any longer, he would feel that he had wasted his life and wanted to be reincarnated again after failing his tribulation.

"It's already 8:32. Let's go back first. We have to go to work at the Yunzhong Cafeteria tomorrow. The cafeteria should be closed by now. Zhao Cheng'an, I'll take you there to familiarize yourself with the way. Just be there before 8 a.m. tomorrow. If you want to come earlier, you can come earlier too. Our cafeteria mainly does breakfast business, and there are people in the cafeteria as early as 3 or 4 a.m."

As he spoke, Qin Huai waved to everyone in the room: "Sister Hong, Mr. Luo, everyone, Zhao Cheng'an and I have to go to work tomorrow, so we'll be leaving now. If you have time tomorrow morning, please remember to come to the cafeteria for breakfast. Mr. Luo, I'll start brewing the tangerine peel tea tomorrow morning. Zhao Cheng'an is very good at making flaky pastries, so I suggest having them for afternoon tea."

“Okay, okay, I’ll order 10 of each item first, and they can be delivered directly to the neighborhood committee this afternoon,” Chen Huihong responded enthusiastically.

Zhao Cheng'an: ?

Qin Huai grabbed Zhao Cheng'an and left. Once outside the elevator, Zhao Cheng'an asked Qin Huai with some suspicion, "Qin Huai, you said before that your Cloud Canteen business might be a little bit better than Zhiweiju. How exactly is 'a little bit'?"

Qin Huai smiled: "It depends on the situation."

Zhao Cheng'an: ?

It had been a long time since I'd been back to Yunzhong Community, and it was evening. Qin Huai almost took the wrong turn on his way to the Yunzhong Canteen, and ended up going in a little around before finally reaching the inner gate. By the time he arrived, it was already 8:47 PM.

There were still people in the Cloud Cafeteria; the lights on the first floor were still on. Qin Huai scanned his face to enter. He found that the kitchen had already closed and been cleaned up, but there were still people in the main hall. An Youyou was eating snacks with gusto, and there were some leftovers on her plate.

Huang Xi and Zhao Rong sat opposite An Youyou with smiles on their faces, both wearing the same kind of loving motherly smiles. They watched An Youyou eat and talked. When they saw Qin Huai and Zhao Cheng'an arrive, Zhao Rong greeted them with a smile.

"Huaihuai, this must be Xiao Zhao?" Zhao Rong extended her hand to Zhao Cheng'an and shook hands. "I'm Qin Huai's mother. I heard Huaihuai mention you on the phone. Thank you for taking care of Huaihuai at Zhiweiju. We're from the same clan. Xiao Zhao, you can call me Aunt Zhao if you don't mind."

“I don’t know how your dad got the message, but I told him that after we picked you and Xiao Zhao up, we should come to our house for a while. I’ve made some herbal tea at home.”

"Dad said that Sister Hong and Mr. Luo had some things to take care of, so Zhao Cheng'an and I went to Mr. Luo's house first and have been staying there until now," Qin Huai quickly explained, then tentatively asked, "Mom, those seven-ingredient dampness-removing teas you brewed..."

“Didn’t you and Xiao Zhao have something to do? I had your dad drink it all,” Zhao Rong said. “He’s not in good health, so he should drink more herbal tea to help him recover.”

Qin Huai lit a candle in his heart for Qin Congwen.

"It's okay if you didn't get to drink it today, Mom will make it for you again tomorrow. Huaihuai, I know you all think the Seven-Flavor Dampness-Removing Tea tastes bad, but good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. The more unpleasant the herbal tea tastes, the more effective it is. The Seven-Flavor Dampness-Removing Tea is an old family recipe, and it's perfect to drink at this time. Mom uses only the best ingredients, and it's much better than the herbal teas sold outside. Herbal tea should always be homemade."

After saying that, Zhao Rong gave Qin Huai a look, pulled him aside and whispered, "You rented an apartment for Xiao An in the neighborhood, saying it was a benefit for our cafeteria staff. What's going on? When did our cafeteria start offering such employee benefits?"

Qin Huai frankly told An Youyou that he thought she was very talented in making breakfast, hardworking and worth cultivating, and that he wanted to train her to take over the Yunzhong Canteen in the future and specialize in the breakfast stall.

Zhao Rong nodded repeatedly after listening, agreeing wholeheartedly: "Indeed, although Yunzhong Canteen makes money, it mainly does breakfast business. Breakfast business is tiring and requires getting up early, so working long hours will eventually harm your health. Back in Qiu County, your father and I didn't want you to take over the family breakfast shop. We were always thinking of saving enough money to rent a good shop in the city and let you open a pastry shop."

"Everything was planned perfectly, but I never expected you to inherit the estate and come to Shanshi, and you're still running a breakfast business."

In Zhao Rong and Qin Congwen's view, Yunzhong Canteen was simply a breakfast shop with extremely long opening hours. It's just that previously at the Qin family's breakfast shop, Qin Huai would make steamed buns from morning till night; now, Qin Huai makes steamed buns in the morning and then pastries later.

“Xiao An is a good person. Although her family has treated her badly and she hasn’t received much education, she is honest, optimistic, never complains, can endure hardship, and is ambitious. Your father and I have seen what she has done in the past six months. She is a good prospect for starting a breakfast business.”

“There’s nothing special about selling breakfast; you just have to be able to endure hardship. Your dad’s cooking skills aren’t great, but over the years, he’s managed to run our breakfast shop quite well thanks to his hard work.”

Qin Huai was surprised that Zhao Rong had such a high opinion of An Youyou. Zhao Rong wasn't one for empty talk; her evaluations were usually very fair and objective. Zhao Rong's assessment of Qin Luo was that she was playful, gluttonous, lazy, had a large appetite, and forgot about punishments easily, but was an honest child. Although her grades weren't good and she loved watching TV dramas, her character wasn't bad. The Qin family probably wasn't destined to have a scholar; they didn't expect this unfortunate child to find a good job and become rich. They just hoped she could live a peaceful life and not starve, given her large appetite.

Zhao Rong's evaluation of An Youyou can be described as highly positive.

Thinking of this, Qin Huai felt a little ashamed. Before he knew An Youyou was a spirit, he hadn't paid much attention to her. After all, there were so many employees in the shop, and he spent all his time making pastries, so he wasn't really familiar with them.

After learning that An Youyou was a spirit, he began to pay more attention to her. However, because he knew beforehand that An Youyou was a three-legged toad, he had a preconceived notion about her.

Zhao Rong could see that these qualities were completely inconsistent with everyone's perception of the three-legged toad, while Qin Huai saw them in An Youyou's resume.

Being overly focused on quick results and immediate gains is not advisable when making snacks, nor is it advisable when completing tasks.

Zhao Rong continued to ramble, "Youyou is such a pitiful child. She brought back so many suitcases all by herself. If Huang Xi hadn't driven to the high-speed rail station to pick her up, I wouldn't have known that she even stuffed unused tissues into her suitcase."

"To save money, she only ate two ears of corn on the way. If Huang Xi hadn't specially saved some food for her, I guess this girl would have planned to go home and cook some noodles."

"As soon as she got back, she asked what time she was going to work tomorrow, whether it was 3 or 4 o'clock. She kept telling us that she learned a lot at Zhiweiju and that she didn't let you down."

"By the way, a guest surnamed Gong came to the cafeteria this afternoon and brought a lot of things. He said he was Huaihuai's friend."

"Gong Liang?" Qin Huai knew that Gong Liang would definitely come to Yunzhong Canteen when he arrived in Shanshi, but he didn't expect Gong Liang to arrive so early, in the afternoon.

He sent the message to Gong Liang in the afternoon, telling him that he didn't have time to make plans for dinner today, and that it would depend on his schedule for the next few days.

"What did he give?"

“They said it was a gift I bought for you when we went out to play before. There were several big boxes of them. I had your dad deliver them to your house, but you haven’t opened them yet.”

"he is……"

“When I was on an exchange program in Suzhou, my neighbor next door, Luo Luo’s tutor was introduced by Mr. Gong. Mr. Gong is very enthusiastic and talkative. He used to work in sales, so he has some occupational habits.”

Zhao Rong suddenly realized: "He is very enthusiastic. If it weren't for the age difference, your dad and I would have thought he was your college classmate."

"Before he left, he asked when our cafeteria would sell the pastries you make. I told him they'd be available from the morning. He probably came all the way here to ask because he was too embarrassed to message you. He's a really nice guy. Huaihuai, if you're free tomorrow, make him some of your signature pastries. It's not easy for him to come all the way from Suzhou."

"Okay." Qin Huai agreed with a smile, inwardly marveling at Gong Liang's talent.

In just one afternoon, he won over Ms. Zhao Rong.

There aren't many people who would prompt Zhao Rong to ask Qin Huai for extra help.

(End of this chapter)