"But this is too much."
Tan Hua knew Qi Sheng wasn’t short on cash, but gifts worth over a million yuan were honestly a bit overwhelming.
When they reached her front door, Tan Hua rang the doorbell.
"Coming! Who is it?"
Han Yueying’s voice came from inside.
When she saw her daughter and future son-in-law on the video doorbell, she was so delighted she immediately rushed to open the door and welcome them.
"Huahua, you and Ah Sheng are back?"
Tan Hua pointed at the gift boxes in Gu Hai’s hands, her tone exceptionally proud as she spoke.
"Mom, these are the gifts Ah Sheng bought for you and Dad. All these cosmetics and skincare products are for you. Each set costs tens of thousands."
"These bottles of Maotai are for Dad. I heard from Ah Sheng that they’re over a hundred thousand a bottle, so be sure to put them away carefully."
"All these gifts together are worth over a million!"
Han Yueying was stunned by that number.
"Huahua, are you saying all the things Ah Sheng bought add up to over a million?"
"Mhm, and don’t let Dad drink these bottles of aged Maotai like they’re the regular kind."
Tan Hua linked her arm with Qi Sheng’s, her face a picture of pride and happiness. For her, the expensive gifts he’d brought to visit her parents were a natural expression of his love.
"Ah Sheng, you’ve bought so many expensive gifts. How can your aunt and uncle possibly accept them?"
Han Yueying was in a bind, not knowing whether to accept them or not.
"Auntie, please, just accept them. Huahua also bought plenty of gifts when she came to my house for the New Year."
"This is my first time visiting your home for the New Year. You can’t make me take my gifts back with me, can you?"
Since Qi Sheng had put it that way, Han Yueying couldn’t refuse any longer.
"Then just this once. Your uncle and I aren’t strangers, there’s no need to spend so much."
Only then did Han Yueying accept the gifts.
She carefully hid the bottles of aged Maotai.
She had to prevent Tan Yuheng, with his failing eyesight, from mistaking them for regular Maotai and drinking them.
"Please, have a seat. Huahua, pour some water for Ah Sheng."
Han Yueying quickly called Tan Yuheng.
"Old Tan, get home right now. Huahua and Ah Sheng are back."
"We’re eating out tonight. Book the same restaurant as last time."
After hanging up, Han Yueying came over with a platter of washed fruit, beaming.
"Ah Sheng, have some fruit."
"Thank you, Auntie."
Qi Sheng didn’t stand on ceremony and casually picked up a few cherries.
’The fruit at my future mother-in-law’s house is pretty good quality.’
"Mom, can you wash the Shine Muscat grapes and Black Diamond wax apples we bought?"
Tan Hua pointed to the several types of fruit on the floor, busying herself with feeding her boyfriend.
Every so often, she would hold out her hand to catch the pits Qi Sheng spat out.
"Whoa, these fruits can’t be cheap, can they?"
Han Yueying was a middle-class housewife, and she occasionally shopped at boutique supermarkets.
So, of course, she had heard of the famous Shine Muscat grapes and Black Diamond wax apples.
"They’re alright. These were only two or three thousand."
Tan Hua tirelessly doted on her boyfriend, replying to Han Yueying in a very casual tone.
"Only two or three thousand?"
Han Yueying shot Tan Hua a glare.
"You silly girl, you’re getting more and more careless with money. Do you know how much your dad makes in a month?"
"Hee hee, I wasn’t the one who bought them. You can blame him."
Tan Hua decisively threw her boyfriend under the bus. After all, Han Yueying wouldn’t dare to blame a "golden turtle" son-in-law like Qi Sheng.
"With spending habits like these, your monthly living expenses must be several tens of thousands, right?"
Han Yueying asked curiously as she washed the fruit, which easily cost dozens or even a hundred yuan per pound.
"Tens of thousands?"
Tan Hua thought for a moment and couldn’t help but smile.
’Just one hotel stay for their family costs more than that.’
"Something like that."
Tan Hua hugged Qi Sheng’s arm and asked with a smile, "Honey, when are you going to have Sister Yuan Li open a Spicy King in Chongqing?"
"We’re already in the process of selecting a location. Why?"
"I was just thinking that in the future, my parents could take their friends to eat hotpot there and proudly say, ’Our son-in-law owns this place.’ Wow, that would be so cool!"
"You won’t be able to eat at the hotpot place for a while, but you can still eat at Zifei."
Qi Sheng had already converted the Yu Tu Restaurant in Chongqing into a branch of Zifei.
"Oh, right! Honey, you’re also the owner of Zifei!"
Tan Hua remembered with a jolt of pleasant surprise.
’Under Qi Sheng’s name, there wasn’t just the Spicy King hotpot chain.’
’There was also Zifei, a high-end Sichuan restaurant where the bill started at a thousand yuan per person.’
"What owner?"
Han Yueying walked over, having not quite heard them.
Tan Yuheng patted Qi Sheng’s shoulder, clearly already treating him like his own son-in-law.
"Dad, Ah Sheng bought you a few bottles of aged Maotai. Do you want to try some later?"
Tan Hua figured that since this was Qi Sheng’s formal first visit, it was the right time to tell her father about the aged Maotai.
"What?"
Tan Yuheng thought he had misheard. "Aged Maotai?"
"Maotai produced in 1978. One bottle costs a hundred thousand yuan!"
Seeing the delight on her father’s face, Tan Hua scurried off and returned with two bottles of the aged Maotai.
"Well, well, now this is the good stuff! We two have to give this a proper tasting."
Tan Yuheng had drunk his fair share of good liquor.
But he had never tried an aged Maotai that started at a hundred thousand yuan per bottle.
"Look at your dad. He can’t walk straight when he sees good liquor."
Han Yueying shot a look at Tan Yuheng, then linked arms with Tan Hua and walked out the door.
...
Outside the residential complex, the familiar Cullinan was waiting.
This time, however, both Tan Yuheng and Han Yueying were much more accepting of it.
Gu Feng drove the family of four to the restaurant entrance.
A young lady who had been enthusiastically greeting guests at the door saw Qi Sheng’s handsome, familiar-yet-unfamiliar face.
She snapped to attention and quickly bowed to greet him.
"Welcome... Good evening, Boss!"
"Please arrange a private room for us."
Qi Sheng nodded with a smile, not surprised at being recognized.
Employees from every branch had attended the annual company meeting.
This young woman had clearly attended it as well.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have recognized him so quickly.
"Boss, Madam Boss, this way, please."
The waitress was also very excited, not expecting to see Qi Sheng again after the annual meeting.
Of course, she was no stranger to Tan Hua, the official "Madam Boss."
’The two people behind them must be the boss’s father-in-law and mother-in-law,’ she guessed.
In an instant, the news that the big boss had arrived spread throughout the entire restaurant.
The staff, who were already known for their excellent service, became so enthusiastic there were no words to describe it.
If any of them could catch the big boss’s eye, it would be no exaggeration to say their career would skyrocket.

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