Shen Ningyan thought of what their main branch had done to the third branch back then, and her face instantly burned. A little embarrassed, she said, "What happened back then was indeed inappropriate on my parents’ part, but so many years have passed. We juniors are all grown and married now. It’s time to let those things go."

He Jinxuan had long expected this. As expected of someone from the Shen Family’s main branch—just as shameless: "I’m not that magnanimous. Please leave immediately, don’t ruin our appetite."

He’d said it this bluntly, so he figured she’d finally leave. Instead, Shen Ningyan lightly coughed. "No matter what, I’m still Ye Silai and Ye Siyan’s aunt."

In the past, He Jinxuan had thought that among the main branch, Shen Ningyan was at least not that snobbish. He hadn’t expected her to be waiting here like this. Clearly, he’d really misjudged her: "Now you remember you’re their aunt?"

After speaking, he looked at Ling Tianze. "Get her out of here. Don’t spoil everyone’s appetite."

Ling Tianze actually had some skills. Shen Ningyan wanted to play the rogue, but Ling Tianze directly picked her up and carried her out, then turned to the waiter standing at the stairway entrance and said, "Waiter, someone’s making trouble here."

Shen Ningyan was startled by that. Seeing the waiter already heading their way, she hurriedly walked out. "No, no, I’m leaving right now."

Once she was gone, Ling Tianze turned around and went back into the private room.

Xinyan looked at He Jinxuan. "A while back, you said there was news about Brother Ninghui. How’s the investigation going?"

He Jinxuan was peeling shrimp for Xinyan. "Still checking. I might need to trouble Mr. Ye a bit more."

Xinyan looked at him, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Before he could continue, she realized. "You mean..."

He Jinxuan knew his wife was smart, but he hadn’t expected her to guess this fast. "Exactly what you’re thinking. But whether he’s really the person I’m looking for, I still need to finish gathering the information and hand it over to Mr. Ye so he can send someone to verify." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Xinyan ate the shrimp he’d peeled. "Since it’s about Sili and Siyan, news from Mr. Ye’s side will definitely come quickly."

That was what He Jinxuan thought as well. After all, that would be the kids’ biological uncle.

He was thinking that if they truly could find him, it would be some comfort to his cousin and cousin-in-law in heaven, since they had really been good to him all those years.

The clues had been left by them back then. He had never given up over the years, because it was their last wish. Fortunately, he’d finally managed to dig up some information. Hopefully, everything would work out.

After Shen Ningyan’s little episode, everyone in the private room had a great time chatting until the gathering broke up.

A few days after this dinner, news came that Qi Baocheng was getting married.

Xinyan had just arrived at the company when she heard it. "What are you all talking about?"

The new hire in the office, Liu Qinghai, saw the big boss coming over. "Boss, Manager Qi is getting married. Everyone’s talking about where to hold the wedding banquet."

Qi Baocheng glared at him. "You talk too much."

Xinyan laughed. "Oh, nice."

Jiang Xiaomin added, "If only we had our own restaurant. Then whether it’s the company treating clients or staff holding wedding banquets, we’d have our own place."

The speaker said it casually, but the listener took it to heart.

Xinyan thought about it. Actually, it wasn’t impossible. The restaurant business was making the most money right now. Instead of supplying the vegetables and fruit from Chongyang Mountain Villa to others, they might as well supply themselves.

She didn’t have the energy to open a restaurant herself, but she could have He Jinxuan open one. He had just taken over a hotel not long ago. She remembered him mentioning in passing that there was a restaurant next door looking to be transferred because the owner’s son had gambling debts. They were desperate to sell, and the price wasn’t high.

Once she decided, she acted. She directly called He Jinxuan. "Hello, Jinxuan."

"Yanyan, what made you call?"

"Didn’t you say a few days ago that next to that hotel you took over, there’s a restaurant that’s eager to sell?"

"Yeah, what about it? You want to take it?"

"No, I don’t have that much energy. I was thinking, why don’t you take it instead? They’re in the same place anyway. You can send the hotel guests over there, and the fruits, vegetables, poultry, and eggs from my Chongyang Mountain Villa—rather than supplying others, we might as well use them ourselves. The business definitely won’t be bad. Do you want to think about it?"

"Yanyan, how come you suddenly want to open a restaurant?"

"Manager Qi is getting married, and they were talking about where to hold the wedding banquet. It made me think: we’re doing business, and there’ll definitely be more and more social dinners in the future. Instead of giving that money to others, we might as well open our own place."

He Jinxuan felt Xinyan had a point. As the company’s business grew, social engagements would indeed increase. Plus, he still had some leftover funds from the loan he’d taken out using the transport fleet as collateral. It would be more than enough to take over that restaurant. "Alright, we’ll do it your way. I’ll contact them and go take a look in person."