Su Lanxin's entrance caused Su Ruoxi's expression to change suddenly. However, before Su Ruoxi could greet her, her mother-in-law Lu Cuiling had already stepped forward.
"Why are you here again? Are you annoying?"
Facing Lu Cuiling's impolite words, the driver wanted to say something. But facing the silver-haired old lady in front of him, the driver was really a little timid.
Especially when the driver was about to step forward, but saw the old lady's rude gaze, he instantly lost the courage to stand up.
When the secretary saw that the driver had backed down, she naturally understood that she, as the secretary, had to step in at this time.
However, before the secretary could speak, Su Lanxin spoke first: "Sister Lu, I'm doing some work nearby today. It's already noon, and the restaurants around here are not to my liking. Can't I come over for lunch?"
Lu Cuiling pouted and asked, "Are you really just here for lunch?"
Su Lanxin smiled and nodded: "Of course, just have lunch."
Lu Cuiling then made a gesture of invitation: "Okay, let's eat, find a place to sit down, let me make it clear first, we only have noodles and fried rice for lunch, if you want to order dishes, or want to eat any high-end dishes, we don't have them here."
Su Lanxin was not annoyed. She looked around past Lu Cuiling and found that there was someone sitting at the table next to Su Jinrong.
The secretary was naturally very good at observing people's words and expressions, and she immediately discovered some of Mr. Su's thoughts. She decisively went forward to discuss it, and soon asked for the table next to Su Jinrong.
Seeing this, Lu Cuiling wanted to say something, but was stopped by her daughter-in-law.
"Mom, just let them sit over there. She must be here to say something to my dad. My dad has long since let it go, so it should be fine."
Lu Cuiling was still worried: "You can't think like that, what if she says something to irritate your father?"
Su Ruoxi looked at her father and said, "Mom, I believe in my dad. He will definitely be able to let it go."
In fact, Su Jinrong did not refuse Su Lanxin to sit next to him, which also showed his attitude. At least he would no longer take some of the things Su Lanxin had done to heart.
Su Lanxin sat down next to Su Jinrong and asked calmly, "Brother, are you feeling better?"
Su Jinrong nodded and responded: "Okay."
Su Lanxin looked at him and said, "That's good. Big brother, you really have a good son-in-law. He can run the business by himself, and he makes Su Ji's business better and better. It's amazing."
Su Jinrong tried to pronounce his words clearly and said, "He is my pride."
Su Lanxin was a little surprised to hear that her elder brother was able to speak complete sentences. She didn't expect that her elder brother would recover so quickly.
Although Su Lanxin still feels aggrieved about what happened back then, she doesn't want her elder brother's health to collapse, and still hopes that he can get better.
There is one thing that the brother and sister have in common, and that is that they both hope to defeat each other fairly.
Su Lanxin still felt a little regretful for the verbal provocation she had given to her eldest brother when she first came to Su's House. However, with her personality, even if she regretted doing so, she would never say it out loud.
Now that the brother and sister are sitting together like this, looking at Su Ji’s business which is doing very well, they are still quite touched.
Su Lanxin hesitated for a moment and finally spoke: "Brother, I will hold a cooking competition in Fujing Building soon. I have invited my uncle to be the judge. I want to use such a competition to promote our Su Ji's family dishes."
Su Jinrong looked at his sister and said seriously, "You can't represent Su Ji."
Su Lanxin smiled and said, "Brother, no matter what, I am also the daughter of the Su family. Even though Chen Wei has divorced me, he is still my father's apprentice, so we can be considered to be learning from Su Ji."
Su Jinrong wanted to get angry when he heard this, but he suddenly saw his daughter and mother-in-law busy in the restaurant, and thought of his son-in-law who was even busier in the kitchen.
The next moment, the excitement gradually subsided.
Especially at the end, when Su Jinrong thought of his granddaughter and how happy she had been during this period, the anger in his heart was completely extinguished.
Su Jinrong said calmly: "If you really want to promote Su Ji, then there is no problem. You are the daughter of the Su family and you are qualified."
Su Lanxin was surprised again when she heard this. She had clearly seen a hint of anger in her brother's eyes. He was about to get angry. But for some reason, the anger disappeared and he didn't get angry.
Su Lanxin was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses and continued, "Brother, I'm glad you can think it through. I hope you can let your son-in-law participate in the competition. Chen Wei will also participate, so that the two of them can compete openly."
Su Jinrong knew that his son-in-law would not participate in the competition because he had his own plans.
Now after hearing what his sister said, he finally understood what she was planning.
After all, it seems that my sister is being nonchalant, but in fact, she obviously has not let go of everything, especially her obsession with the old plaque.
Su Jinrong thought for a moment and suddenly said, "No need to compete, you are no match."
When Su Lanxin heard this, her expression suddenly changed, and a look of dissatisfaction appeared in her eyes. She opened her mouth to argue.
But Su Jinrong took the lead and said, "He has a recipe. You can't win if it's better than Su Ji's food."
These words left Su Lanxin speechless, and she couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Su Lanxin only then remembered that she had indeed overlooked an important thing, or she didn't even know that Su Ji actually had a family recipe.
After being stunned for a while, Su Lanxin came back to her senses and asked in disbelief: "Recipe? Why is there a recipe? How come I don't know it?"
Su Jinrong said calmly: "Only the chef can read the recipe."
Su Lanxin was immediately unconvinced: "So that's the case, so your father helped you back then? He let you read the recipe in advance, right? So no matter how hard I try, I can't beat you."
Su Jinrong continued, "When I was competing with you, I had never seen the recipe. Only those who inherit Su Ji can see that recipe."
Su Lanxin's mentality collapsed at this time, and she couldn't help but yelled: "I don't believe it, you must have seen it in advance, otherwise you can't beat me."
Su Jinrong was stunned when he saw Su Lanxin's expression. He vaguely saw something wrong in his sister's eyes. He subconsciously reached out and wanted to hold his excited sister.
But Su Lanxin took a step ahead, shook off Su Jinrong's hand, stood up and said, "Let's go."
Everyone in the restaurant looked at them in surprise. After Su Lanxin yelled, she stood up and walked out of the restaurant first without looking back.
The secretary and the driver did not dare to stay, and quickly got up and rushed out the door to chase after Su Lanxin.
Almost at the same time when Su Lanxin and her group left, the people responsible for the reconstruction of the ancient street arrived. They happened to see Su Lanxin and her group leaving, and they were all standing at the door, which seemed a bit strange
"That seems to be Mr. Su, right?"
"It should be. Did you finish eating so quickly?"
"That's not right. Even if they drove here, they couldn't be that much faster than us, right?"
"Yes, and judging from Mr. Su's appearance, it doesn't look like he just had dinner and left."
"You look very bad."
A few people talked for a few words, and without thinking too much, they walked into Su Ji together, found a table, sat down and ordered food.
As for the people in the restaurant, they soon forgot what had just happened and continued to eat their lunch.
On the way back from Su's, Su Lanxin's face was extremely ugly. The secretary didn't even dare to breathe, let alone say a word.
Su Lanxin was silent for a long time, and finally she gritted her teeth and said to herself: "Father is really partial. He has a family recipe, but he has never told anyone about it. He just wants to pass it on to his son.
Saying that he didn't teach his daughter cooking skills because he loved her was a lie. Ultimately, it was still a preference for boys over girls."
Although the driver and the secretary heard it vaguely, they quickly pretended not to hear it, and the driver raised the middle partition, consciously separating the front and back of the car.
After the partition rose, Su Lanxin didn't even realize that she had fallen into a state of self-isolation.
The secretary and the driver in the front seat fell silent. It was obvious that neither of them had ever seen this side of their CEO Su.
Although the two people were obviously full of doubts, they didn't dare to speak at this time and could only remain silent. They drove slowly towards Fujing Building without saying a word.
Feng Yifan has been busy in the kitchen and doesn’t even know what happened in front
Only Su Ruoxi took advantage of the free time to get close to her father and asked softly what happened when her aunt came just now
Su Jinrong whispered to his daughter, "It's nothing. I gave her a strong dose of medicine to stimulate her."
Su Ruoxi was a little surprised to hear her father's words. She had never expected that her father, who was always gentle to others, would deliberately provoke her aunt.
Seeing his daughter's surprised expression, Su Jinrong grinned and said, "Just to boost her fighting spirit."
Su Ruoxi was really confused by her father's words.
But seeing her father's smiling face, Su Ruoxi felt relieved. Just then a customer came in to place an order, so Su Ruoxi turned around and continued to greet the customer.
After Su Ruoxi left, old lady Liu Wanhua came over and said softly, "You violated your principles again for the sake of your daughter and son-in-law."
Su Jinrong turned his head to look at his elder sister and responded with a smile: "For them, no principles are needed."
Liu Wanhua laughed when she heard this: "Jinrong, you have finally let it go. This is good. At our age, the desire to be competitive is no longer important. The most important thing is the well-being of our children."
Su Jinrong nodded in agreement: "Yes, I understand now."
According to Su Ji’s rules, the recipe can only be known and viewed by the chef of each generation.
So let alone Su Lanxin, even Su Jinrong, who won at the beginning, didn't know the existence of the cookbook. It was not until before his father's death that he saw the cookbook and things related to the cookbook.
And this time, facing Su Lanxin's constant verbal provocation, he always showed a psychological advantage.
Su Jinrong decided to help his son-in-law to undermine Su Lanxin's psychological advantage.
He violated Su Ji's rules and his own principles by telling Su Lanxin about the recipe, which dealt a heavy psychological blow to Su Lanxin.
Su Jinrong knew very well that his sister was such a proud person that once she knew about the existence of the recipe, she would definitely think that their father was biased.
And she must have imagined that the family recipe book contained many unknown tricks.
This is a psychological advantage.
Su Lanxin thought that Feng Yifan could get the recipe, so neither she nor Chen Wei could defeat Feng Yifan, just like she couldn't defeat Su Jinrong back then.
Su Jinrong wanted to create this kind of psychological pressure on the other party, and hoped that the other party would retreat when faced with difficulties.
Maybe Su Lanxin wouldn't, but Su Jinrong knew his senior brother Chen Wei very well. He knew that the other party was mature and steady and was not willing to take risks easily, so Chen Wei was very likely to retreat when he saw the difficulty.
It is indeed not upright to do so, but Su Jinrong cherishes Su Ji's current status and he does not want it to be disrupted by anyone.
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In fact, it was just as Su Jinrong thought.
When Su Lanxin's car arrived at Fujing Building, she did not get out of the car. Instead, she asked her secretary to call Chen Wei, and then talked to Chen Wei about the menu alone in the car.
"You don't know either, do you? My father left me a recipe. He has a family recipe book."
Chen Wei was really surprised to hear such filial piety, but he quickly accepted it.
"It's normal for Master to keep some skills. Su Ji has been passed down for so long, so he must have some unique skills. I don't think this is wrong. After all, those things were left to future generations by the ancestors of the Su family."
Su Lanxin's face suddenly changed when she heard this: "But I am also a descendant of the Su family, why don't you show me the recipe?"
Chen Wei looked at Su Lanxin in surprise, then sighed and said, "Why do you have to worry about those things? Aren't you successful enough now? You own a cross-border restaurant group, why do you have to fight for Su Ji?"
Su Lanxin asked seriously: "Chen Wei, you should know, you know how much I suffered in order to learn secretly.
Can the suffering I endured be made up for by my uncle's words, 'The Su family wants to prevent their daughter from suffering in the kitchen'? Can I be content with that unfair competition?"
Chen Wei looked helpless, knowing that this matter could not be resolved.
Sighing, Chen Wei asked, "Okay, then what do you want?"
Su Lanxin said seriously, "Chen Wei, I tell you, this time you must use all the strength you have accumulated over the years to win for me. I must make Su Jinrong understand that even if there is a recipe, his conservative ideas are outdated."
Chen Wei nodded: "Okay, don't worry, as long as Feng Yifan comes, I will do my best."
Su Lanxin suddenly came to her senses at this moment: "Damn it, it seems that my eldest brother and Feng Yifan don't want to come to participate in the competition. You have to think of a way for me to let Feng Yifan come."
Chen Wei smiled bitterly in his heart, not understanding how to deal with this matter
After thinking for a long time, Chen Wei could only give an idea: "Maybe we can let our uncle come forward to deal with this matter, or let Feng Yifan come forward."
Su Lanxin immediately agreed with this statement: "Okay, let Uncle Shi go and tell him to let Feng Yifan come and compete with you. We need to let them know who is truly qualified to inherit the old plaque."