The fist that was about to fall stopped mid-air.

In her previous life, she had been waiting for them to change her name, to choose a name for her with great ceremony, but she had waited until she graduated and returned to China, and she still hadn’t waited.

Now, she felt that the matter of a name was not important at all.

It was like when you were a child, you really wanted a dress, but you couldn’t get it, and when you could finally buy it yourself, you no longer had the mood to wear it.

She sarcastically curled her lips, her hand knocked on the door, and the sound inside stopped immediately.

“Uncle, Pengtao said the place to eat is booked.”

Jiang Mingzhi quickly agreed and stood up, “Then let’s go.”

Old Man Jiang couldn’t go out, so he stayed at home, the rest of them got into the car that Jiang Pengtao had borrowed, and the group drove to the city.

The car stopped, Sheng Weixia was surprised to find that she had not only been to this place, but she was also a little familiar with it: Yan Bo Jiang Nan.

“Pengtao, what’s this place?” Aunt Lin Tao looked around.

Jiang Pengtao was also looking at the environment of the restaurant.

Their whole family lived in Beijing, they weren’t familiar with Jinzhong, this restaurant was recommended to him by a friend who said it was absolutely the best.

“Mom, my best friend recommended it, he said it’s the best restaurant in Jinzhong, it’s very difficult to book, I asked several people to help me get it!”

“I know I know!” Jiang Wei from the second branch shouted, “This place is called Yan Bo Jiang Nan, it’s very expensive, you can’t just order any dish, you have to order according to the chef’s menu, the dishes are different every day!”

Jiang Yaqin from the second branch sighed, she turned to ask Gu Qingwei, “Qingwei, I remember this restaurant is owned by the Yu family, aren’t you very close to the second Miss Yu? At your party last time, several people from the Yu family came!”

The Yu family’s reputation in Jinzhong was still too loud.

Gu Qingwei gave a faint smile, “We’re okay. Yan Bo Jiang Nan is the Yu family’s club, it mainly entertains the Yu family’s own guests, only the first floor is open to the public, so there’s no menu, it all depends on the kitchen’s daily preparations. I haven’t been here many times, and I eat something different every time.”

Everyone was surprised and amazed, they had a new understanding of the Yu family’s extravagance.

Such a good location, exquisite decoration, it was actually just used to entertain guests.

Gu Qingwei naturally took on the role of tour guide, leading everyone to tour the garden built according to the style of a Jiangnan garden.

She knew a lot of interesting stories about the construction, and she was good at storytelling, making it very engaging.

Sheng Weixia was pulled by her aunt, she followed behind the group, bored.

Suddenly, a high-pitched, pitiful dog bark rang out, making everyone stop in their tracks.

Was this… Wu Biao’s voice?

She had thought that all dog barks were similar before, but Wu Biao was different, he could express his emotions with different tones.

Like at this moment, this bark sounded like: Wait for me, look at me!

“Stop!” A scolding voice came from behind a wall.

“Woof woof woof!” The dog clearly whined loudly in defiance.

Then, a huge dog face appeared on the other side of the brick wall, it was pawing at the wall, barking and sticking out its tongue, its dog eyes were full of excitement.

It was really Wu Biao.

“Get down!” Another voice was Master Li’s.

“Woof woof woof!” The dog’s mouth kept pushing towards the other side of the wall, pitifully.

Master Li scolded him while looking through the bricks, he exclaimed, then ran to the other side of the wall and opened the door.

“Miss Sheng, why are you here? A Jiu didn’t say anything!”

“I’m here to have dinner with my family.” Sheng Weixia smiled, “Why is Wu Biao here today?”

Master Li, “The boss has been living in the city recently, Wu Biao has been here, the backyard is big enough for it to exercise, there’s no need to walk it, and it’s convenient for training.”

No need to walk?

“Doesn’t Yu Shi walk it?”

Master Li scratched his head, “The boss doesn’t walk it, Wu Biao is very active, walking it for fun isn’t enough, it needs an exercise area. But the boss doesn’t go out far, so he comes to see it every day, this guy is very clingy!”

He looked at Sheng Weixia and smiled, “Last time A Jiu took it to you to walk, right? It was playing with you!”

In a daze, Sheng Weixia realized that meeting Yu Shi while walking the dog last time was a deliberate arrangement.

Did he find it strange that Wu Biao was close to her?

Master Li saw that she had relatives with her, so he greeted them and left, he called out a few times, taking Wu Biao to the other side.

But everyone, especially Gu Desheng and his wife, were surprised—

Sheng Weixia was close to Yu Shi?

Jiang Wei rolled her clear eyes, “Sister, you know the owner of this restaurant?”

They all heard, the person just now said “boss.”

“I don’t know him.” Sheng Weixia didn’t know whose property this restaurant was under the Yu family, “What he said just now, it wasn’t the owner of this restaurant, it was the owner of this dog.”

“Huh?”

Gu Qingwei tugged at the corner of her mouth, revealing a dry smile, “Sister, when did you become so close to Yu Shi?”

The two older cousins also looked at her with curiosity.

Yu Shi was too famous.

Stories about him from the same year could be written into a series of novels about unrequited love, he was notoriously hard to approach.

Now they knew that this newly adopted cousin might be very close to him, it was hard not to be curious.

“Not close.” Sheng Weixia shook her head.

The only two connections were Wu Biao and Yu Shulan.

Gu Desheng, whose neck had just stretched out, retracted it, and his heart sank.

The cousins were still curious, their gazes were full of anticipation.

After touring the garden for a while, Jiang Pengtao came over and called everyone inside, the family dinner was ready.

He had booked a private room, there were two tables in total, there was some simple and warm decoration inside, according to Jiang Mingzhi’s request, a banner with a profound meaning was hung:

[The Pearl Returns to Its Nest, A Journey of Ten Thousand Miles]

After everyone sat down, Jiang Mingzhi raised his glass and stood up, “Grandpa can’t participate because of his health, I’ll just say a few words on his behalf.”

He looked at Sheng Weixia, pausing for a moment, “Xia is back, she has suffered for over a decade outside, but she is still very promising and has been admitted to university. The suffering in a person’s life is predetermined, if you suffer in the beginning, then there will be no more suffering later, whoever makes you suffer, your grandpa, your uncles, your parents, they’re not allowed!”

Although Sheng Weixia didn’t have high expectations for family affection, she still felt touched when she heard these words.

So she stood up, “Thank you, uncle.”

Gu Qingwei lowered her eyes.

Her hands clenched into fists under the table, she forcefully controlled her breathing.

Uncle had never been so close to her, all these years of getting along, was it not as good as blood ties?

Jiang Xiuhou patted her shoulder, interrupting her thoughts.

Then Gu Desheng gestured beside her, asking her to stand up with him, they raised their glasses together in a toast.

Jiang Mingzhi was very satisfied with their neatness, he drank it all in one gulp, “Cheers, everyone!”

Jiang Pengtao across the table raised his eyebrows, if he wasn’t mistaken, the way this cousin who had just come back from the countryside held the wine glass was the same as the one he had been trained to do at the company last month!

Besides the few children of high-ranking officials in the company, not many people could do it with such grace and refinement.

“Brother, the food is so beautifully presented!” Jiang Wei interrupted Jiang Pengtao’s gaze, then asked Sheng Weixia, “Xia, are the dishes here particularly elaborate in terms of presentation?”

She pointed to a dish of shrimp.

On the flat white plate, the translucent shrimp were piled up like snow, a piece of green bean paste was drawn on the surface of the plate to create a patch of blue waves.

It reminded people of the endless blue lotus leaves of West Lake.

“I haven’t eaten here before.” Sheng Weixia said frankly.

“Huh?” Everyone looked at her with doubt.

“It’s true, Qingwei should know.”

Gu Qingwei’s smile was a little stiff, but she still said gracefully, “It’s like this, each dish actually contains a poem. It’s written on the edge of this shrimp dish: Water light shimmering, sunny days are good, mountain color hazy, rain is also wonderful, it’s a quote from Su Shi’s poem.”

“So that’s how it is, you can’t understand it without some culture!” Aunt Lin said casually, “Qingwei is going to England next week, have you bought everything? I heard that it’s best to bring a pot and a transformer, the food abroad is expensive and not delicious.”

Gu Qingwei, “Yeah, Mom has prepared everything for me.”

Everyone’s attention was diverted elsewhere, Sheng Weixia focused on eating.

It was obvious that the chef at Yan Bo Jiang Nan was obsessed with taro recently, they had a dish of taro braised pork today, it was rich and tender.

But Sheng Weixia remembered that she had died of a heart attack in her previous life, she didn’t eat anything that was bad for her cholesterol, she only poked a few bites of taro with her chopsticks.

“The taro cake you brought back last time was also from Yan Bo Jiang Nan?” Jiang Xiuhou recognized the same kind of pastry on the table, she pointed and asked Sheng Weixia.

“… It was Yu Shulan who asked A Jiu to get it for me.”

Instinctively, she avoided mentioning Yu Shi.

“So you’re also close to the second Miss Yu!” Jiang Wei, who was straightforward, said.

“… Not close.” Sheng Weixia shook her head.

From any angle, they were not close.

“Oh right, at Qingwei’s party last time, several people from the Yu family came, they should be close to Qingwei, after all, they’re from the same school.”

Jiang’s second aunt rolled her eyes at her own daughter, what a fool, didn’t she know that these two sisters didn’t get along?

But Jiang Wei didn’t receive this information, she had already started her next round of foolishness, “Right, why didn’t you go abroad? With your grades, applying to schools shouldn’t be a problem.”

“Of course, it’s more suitable for me to stay in China.” Sheng Weixia said slowly as she sipped her soup, “Uncle said I won’t suffer anymore, of course, that includes not suffering the hardships of studying abroad.”

She didn’t want to endure staying up all night doing homework and the unpalatable white people’s food anymore.

“That’s right.” The second aunt reached out and twisted Jiang Wei, “Eat your food, learn from your cousin’s table manners.”