From Wage Slave to Tycoon novel Chapter 162

Chapter 162: Chapter 128: Inside Story: Family Strife

"A lot of people who come to the Northeast for barbecue start with the snowflake beef and rib fingers. But us Northeasterners, we usually start with the homestyle marinated meat first. You get the grill nice and fragrant, then you put on the big cuts like snowflake beef, pour on a little seafood sauce... that flavor is just insanely delicious."

Boss Yu swallowed hard a few times just talking about it.

The homestyle marinated meat was made with tender beef. After just a simple sear on the grill, its fragrance filled the air.

After about two or three minutes, Boss Yu’s voice finally rang out.

"Su Chen, it’s ready!"

Su Chen, who had been waiting impatiently, snatched up his chopsticks and dug in.

The moment the beef entered his mouth, Su Chen’s eyes widened.

"Delicious!"

It was just a simple savory flavor, paired with some onion and cilantro, but the simple seasoning was surprisingly tasty.

At that moment, Su Chen felt like he was experiencing real barbecue for the first time. ’What have I been eating all my life...?’

Seeing Su Chen’s chopsticks moving nonstop, Chen Fei, who was sitting to the side, also reached into the grill with his own.

After a small bite, Chen Fei joined in, though he wasn’t as quick as Su Chen and could only manage to grab a piece occasionally.

Of the half-kilo of homestyle marinated meat, at least half ended up in Su Chen’s stomach.

The snowflake beef and rib fingers were larger cuts, so they took a bit longer to cook, which gave Su Chen a chance to rest.

"They always say the barbecue in the Northeast is delicious, but you don’t really get it until you come here and try it for yourself."

"This trip to Qiqihar was worth it for this meal alone!"

Speak of the devil. The words had barely left Su Chen’s mouth when the phone on the table began to ring.

Seeing the caller ID—Xiao Chen—Su Chen’s brow furrowed slightly.

’It’s only been a week,’ he thought. ’There’s still another week until the half-month mark we agreed on. Why is he calling me all of a sudden?’

Though confused, he still answered the call.

"Hello, Brother Cheen!"

"I’m not disturbing you, am I?" Xiao Chen’s voice was exceptionally gentle.

That gentleness gave Su Chen a bad feeling.

"I just flew into Qiqihar today and sat down for some barbecue. Is there something you needed, Brother Cheen?" Su Chen guessed that something had changed with Shuraya’s situation, but he could only pretend he didn’t know. ’If I can get another two days of fun, I’ll take them.’

"Ahem~ I just wanted to let you know that Shuraya of the Louis Vuitton Group’s trip has been moved up. According to our latest intelligence, she’s bringing no fewer than a thousand cultural relics from Europe this time, including two national treasures..."

"What? No fewer than a thousand relics, and two of them are national treasures?"

"What is Arno trying to do? Cozy up to you guys?"

"That can’t be right. Why would a capitalist family like the Arnos try to get close to us?"

Su Chen grew agitated and, forgetting where he was, fired off a barrage of questions.

When Boss Yu, who was tending the grill, heard "a thousand relics" and "two national treasures," his right hand trembled, and the barbecue tongs dropped right onto the grill. Luckily, he reacted quickly and retrieved them.

Su Chen didn’t notice. His mind was completely focused on the phone call.

"Er~ I might know a tiny bit of inside information..." There was a hint of cunning in Xiao Chen’s tone, which made Su Chen feel like a lamb walking into a tiger’s den.

Hearing this, Su Chen felt like giving Xiao Chen the finger. ’A tiny bit? I’ll bet you’ve investigated every last detail about that family.’

But he could only play along. "Brother Cheen, do tell. What’s the inside info?"

"From what I understand~ the Arno family isn’t very united internally. As the youngest daughter, Shuraya has been doted on by the family since she was a child. That’s why she holds shares in the Louis Vuitton Group at only twenty years old. However..."

Hearing that one word, Su Chen knew the turning point was coming....

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