You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

"My son... became a high-ranking official? The kind who can execute first and report later?"

Lin Zhiyuan, who had just returned from his hometown, listened to Su Ke'er recount what had just happened. His hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and his face was flushed with excitement and disbelief.

"What a high-ranking official! My son has become the nation's guardian angel!"

Shen Manyun proudly puffed out her chest, glanced at the four beautiful and stunning "future daughters-in-law" beside her, and couldn't stop smiling.

"Old Lin, did you see that? I told you long ago our son was a dragon among men! Now you believe me!"

To celebrate this double blessing, Lin Chen generously decided to personally cook a grand and top-notch family celebration banquet in the courtyard house.

This suggestion was immediately met with unanimous approval from everyone.

Especially the female protagonists who had tasted Lin Chen's cooking, their mouths were watering just thinking about being able to enjoy that exquisite delicacy again.

Even Su Qingge, who was just excited about her father's appointment, immediately called Li Mingyu and asked him to come over for the "family banquet" that evening.

Upon receiving the call, Li Mingyu was so excited that he almost knelt down before Lin Chen on the spot.

This is a family banquet of the Lin family!

What does being invited to participate signify?

This shows that Brother Lin has completely accepted him as one of his own!

This excited him even more than being promoted to a third-level police superintendent!

Five o'clock in the afternoon, in the kitchen.

Lin Chen tied on his apron and officially began his performance.

[God-level Culinary Skills], now unlocked!

In an instant, the entire kitchen seemed to become his absolute territory.

Top-grade M9 Wagyu beef, lobsters just air-freighted from Australia, deep-sea grouper, and Jinhua ham treasured for many years... all kinds of rare ingredients seem to have become soldiers waiting to be inspected in front of him.

In his hand, an ordinary kitchen knife seemed to transform into a living spirit.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

The blade flashed so fast that only afterimages could be seen!

A piece of delicate silken tofu was instantly sliced ​​into thousands of hair-thin strands in his hands. When placed in clear soup, it resembled a blooming chrysanthemum, each strand distinct yet perfectly orderly!

The knife skills used to make this "Wensi Tofu" are enough to make any state banquet chef so ashamed that they would commit suicide on the spot!

Following that, dishes such as boiled cabbage in clear broth, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, and Dongpo pork—all renowned dishes for state banquets with complex procedures and extremely precise control of heat—were effortlessly and skillfully prepared in his hands, as if flowing through clouds and water.

The entire kitchen, and even the entire courtyard, was filled with an incredibly rich and domineering aroma that made one's mouth water at the mere smell of it.

These dishes have long transcended the realm of "gourmet food" and become panaceas that can cleanse the body, regulate qi and blood!

7 PM.

Under the old locust tree in the courtyard, a huge mahogany round table had already been set up.

The moonlight was like water, bright and clear, and a gentle breeze carried the fragrance of flowers.

When Lin Chen served the last soup, "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall," and lifted the lid, the rich and mellow aroma, a blend of dozens of delicacies from the mountains and the sea, was like a "fragrance bomb." Everyone present couldn't help but take a deep breath, their faces showing expressions of utter intoxication.

"Dinner's ready!"

Lin Chen announced with a smile.

Lin Zhiyuan and Shen Manyun were pushed to the main seats by the crowd. The two elderly people looked at the table full of exquisite dishes that were as beautiful and delicious as works of art, and then looked at the four daughters-in-law beside their son, each one more beautiful and outstanding than the last. Their smiles never stopped.

Lin Chen and the four stunning beauties took their seats one by one, each with a radiant glow of happiness on their faces.

Li Mingyu sat reservedly at the very end, holding a wine glass, his face flushed with excitement.

Looking at the divine scene before him, he felt as if he were dreaming.

He took a deep breath, stood up abruptly, raised his glass, and shouted with all his might:

"Brother Lin! I, Li Mingyu, have never admired anyone in my life, you are my only idol! And my brother for life!"

"This glass is for you! And for my uncles and aunts, and for all my sisters-in-law! I'll drink it first!"

After saying that, he downed the special fruit wine in his glass, which was made with divine-level bartending skills, was rich in flavor yet harmless to the body!

"good!"

Lin Zhiyuan laughed heartily and raised his glass as well.

Lin Chen smiled, raised his glass, and gently clinked it with everyone else's.

The crisp sound of glasses clinking echoed in the quiet night.

Lin Chen looked around him. His parents were healthy and had kind smiles. Ye Qingcheng's domineering nature, Su Qingge's heroic spirit, Jiang Tingxue's aloofness, and Su Ke'er's sweetness—four kinds of stunning beauty, four kinds of charm, all blooming only for him. And there was this loyal brother in front of him, someone he could entrust his back to…

A warm current of "happiness" and "peace" surged in his heart, unlike anything he had ever felt before.

The past bloodshed and the future turmoil seem to have become insignificant at this moment.

No matter how fierce the wind and rain are outside, as long as I come back here, back to this home.

He is the happiest person in the world.