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Chapter 677 Waiting for the Opening

After Liu left, Xiao Zhou was overjoyed; she loved spending time alone with Du Mingxian.

“Mingxian, you said you’re going to open a restaurant soon, and I’m feeling really uneasy. I have a bad feeling that something might go wrong.”

"Is Second Sister-in-law afraid of... the Wang family?"

"Yes, you don't know, the Wang family is very powerful. They have money and connections. They must have been the ones who tampered with my sauce before."

Du Mingxian understood Xiao Zhou's situation; once bitten, twice shy. "Don't worry, Second Sister-in-law, everything will be fine. This time, when we open a restaurant, we won't use the sauce on every dish. You'll make all the seasonings yourself, so there won't be any problems."

"I hope so, but I can't bear to see us doing well... those people are always eyeing our family, they really can't stand to see us doing well." Little Zhou was very worried.

"We'll deal with whatever comes our way, there's nothing to worry about, Second Sister-in-law."

With Du Mingxian's repeated reassurances, Xiao Zhou finally relaxed and even regained her appetite to cook. "Then you rest. It'll be lunchtime soon. I'll cook."

Du Mingxian, who had just woken up, was speechless.

Life at home was happy. After An'an finished eating, Ling's mother would come in and take her away. Wang Shi and Ling's mother, whose condition had improved, took care of An'an every day, as if she were their lifeblood.

Ling Silang was constantly urged to read books at home, and he practiced calligraphy whenever he had free time.

Du Mingxian also had some free time, so she began to think about Wu Daniu's matter.

"Wu Daniu's matter still needs to be investigated."

“That’s easy. We don’t have that many people, and Wu Daniu’s case needs to be investigated by the barracks. We can write to Lin Hu and ask him to help us investigate.”

Du Mingxian had forgotten about this person, but suddenly she remembered someone else: You Yuan.

He's a very capable person; finding information is a piece of cake for him.

“We don’t know where Wu Daniu has gone. There’s no one from the Wu family in the village. Even if we wanted to take revenge, we couldn’t find him. I’ll write to Lin Hu first and ask him to help us investigate.”

"At the same time, I will write a letter to my father and ask him to help me find out where the Wu family member is. As long as we know the whereabouts of one of them, we can find the others."

Ling Silang agreed, "That's good, we definitely have to get revenge."

"Of course." Du Mingxian also wanted revenge, though she hadn't expected Wu Daniu to act this way.

The grudges of the past life should be settled in the past life. She never intended to provoke him in this life, but Wu Daniu was so ungrateful that she was determined to take revenge.

Without hesitation, Du Mingxian quickly wrote the letters and had Xia Yu send them out: two to the capital and one to the military camp.

The two letters from the capital were addressed to Lord Wen and the Crown Prince.

While writing the letter, I thought of Wu Erniu and Du Mingwei. If Wu Daniu and the others were in contact, they would definitely know that she was impersonating the eldest daughter of the Wen family. At the same time, Ling Silang's impersonation of an official would definitely be exposed and made a big deal out of it.

It would be better to let the Crown Prince prepare first. After all, this matter has been formally approved by the Emperor, so there's nothing to be afraid of, except for the potential trouble.

Two more days passed in the blink of an eye. Ling Erlang returned and said that the shop was almost finished and asked Du Mingxian and Ling Silang to go and take a look.

So they went to check it out together with Xiao Zhou.

The shop I bought before was large and in a good location. The backyard was specially partitioned to separate the kitchen from the living area, and the remaining half of the yard was converted into private rooms, which offer excellent privacy.

The first floor is the lobby. Before the Ling family's incident, the second floor was used for embroidery by the embroiderers. After the incident, it was left empty and has now been converted into private rooms.

All of them were designed by Du Mingxian. As soon as she entered, Xiao Zhou was immediately delighted and exclaimed, "This...this is too good! It's completely different from other people's houses!"

"That's exactly what I wanted." Du Mingxian was very satisfied with the restaurant's decor. Sometimes, simplicity is more beautiful and makes people feel relaxed.

After the visit, everyone was very satisfied, and Ling Erlang was also very happy. In order to speed up the renovation, they had hired a lot of people, and he was worried that his fourth sister-in-law would not be satisfied with the finished product.

Now that his fourth sister-in-law has agreed, he feels much better.

"Almost there, we can start recruiting and pick a date to begin preparations."

Just then, several men walked in. Du Mingxian recognized the man in the lead; he was the one who lent money at exorbitant interest rates, and she had just had him beaten up.

She was quite pleased to see that the other party hadn't come in aggressively. "And who are you?"

"We came here to ask if you're selling this shop?" The shopkeeper, who was leading the group, said, his eyes darting around, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Du Mingxian pointed inside, "Do you think we should sell or not? We just finished renovating a couple of days ago, planning to open a restaurant. We just came to check things out, and you guys are already asking to buy the shop?"

"What were you doing all this time during the renovation? You only came after we finished."

After Du Mingxian finished speaking, she pointed to the restaurant diagonally opposite, "Sent by their family?"

Shopkeeper Yin's face flushed red and then turned pale. He hadn't expected this woman to speak so bluntly, leaving no room for maneuver. "Well... your family wasn't here when we were renovating, so we didn't come over."

Du Mingxian laughed, "How could that be? My second brother came here to keep an eye on their act. If you had come, my second brother would definitely have known."

Even the avenue for making excuses has been blocked.

"Well... I'm afraid he can't make the decision."

Du Mingxian didn't bother listening to his excuses. "We're not selling."

"Are we opening a restaurant?"

"Yes, open a restaurant."

"There's a restaurant right across from you. If a restaurant opens here, neither of your businesses will be doing well."

Du Mingxian simply shrugged, "Whether a restaurant is doing well or not should depend on the food. If the food tastes good, why worry about not having customers?"

"This shouldn't be your concern. Instead of worrying about how our restaurant will affect your business, you should focus on improving your dishes. As long as the food tastes good, why should you be afraid of us stealing your business?"

Shopkeeper Yin's face turned red with anger, but he couldn't argue with Du Mingxian, so he could only sulk.

Seeing that the other party had not left, Du Mingxian gestured for him to come, saying, "Our restaurant is not open for business yet. Please come back after we open."

"We can settle your renovation costs together with the payment."

"Sorry, I'm not selling." Du Mingxian's attitude was firm.

Shopkeeper Yin was also angry when he saw Du Mingxian's appearance. "We did not forget about the time you hit someone last time. If you do not obediently sell the shop to us this time, then we will settle both the old and new scores together."

"Okay, let's calculate it then." Du Mingxian narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at him with a smile on her lips.

Manager Yin came here today for two reasons: first, he was asked to do something for someone, and second, he wanted to find out more about this family's background.