Shen Tianyun sat on a remodeled bus headed to his restaurant in the outer city. His eyes fixated on the phone in his hand as he read the news of him won the swimming competition 2 days ago. The news was spread like a wildfire on the internet, there were many people started to recognize him as a multi-talented man.
The most embarrassing part was he now has a group of fans call themselves 'The Rain'. Since Shen Tianyun was 'The Cloud' they decided to come up with that name (Author note: In case someone doesn't understand, Yun = Cloud). This made him want to vomit blood, did they think he was some Kpop's idols or something? He wanted to ask that question.
Besides that part, this incident made his Fame points reached the all-time high 466,413 points. Shen Tianyun was very satisfied with it and decided to keep it as that first before doing anything further.
The next news was about Ding Han's incident, it had been released to the public this morning and caused a huge commotion not only in the Pearl city, but it also affected the nearby city as well.
The Bureau Chief officer involving in the human traffic was not a small matter. This could lead to another big cleansing in the police circle at the Pearl City. According to Yun Tianxiao and Fang Yulan, there were so many officers involved in this, not only police officers, but there was also someone in the city-level management as well. It could be said that Meng Xin has contributed to this incident greatly.
Arrived at the restaurant, Shen Tianyun was still surprised every time when he saw a long line in front of the restaurant. It has been a week since the restaurant has been officially opened, people still did not decrease at all, contrary, it has increased every day.
Seeing how popular of the restaurant, normally, the owner would jump around celebrating their success or smile from ear to ear by now. However, it was not the case for Shen Tianyun. This brought him another problem, a manpower shortage.
Of course, he did not refer to the labor-level. It was the management-level that in-need right now. Usually, he has Liu Feiyan, Feng Yunxi, and Meng Xin to take care of his 3 stores. Although all of them were the manager in making, they did their jobs really well and Shen Tianyun has no problem with it.
However, with Meng Xin had to recuperate for at least 2 weeks, Shen Tianyun had no choice but to move Feng Yunxi to the outer city area's restaurant. From now on he had to look for the potential seed from Cai Ning's men in the near future.
Walked in through the back door, all the staff immediately came to greet him. When they had learned about his identity as the real owner, they were shocked and disbelieved at first. Who would imagine a 17 years old high schooler could come up with this and he was not even come from a rich family. This fact alone made them willing to show their respect to Shen Tianyun.
When he stepped into the dining hall, he was very puzzled upon seeing Ye Qingyi commanding the waitress around and Feng Yunxi's shadow was nowhere to be seen.
Noticing Shen Tianyun's presence, Ye Qingyi approached him with a smile, "Tianyun, you've come." She was now wearing a deep blue close-fit businesswoman suit, contrasted to her usual waitress uniform that he usually saw at the Rainbow Fragrance, this outfit made her beauty outshone her previous looks drastically.
Shen Tianyun smiled warmly as he responded, "Why are you here, Big Sis Yi?"
Ye Qingyi pursed her lips, "Why can't I be here? You're so mean, I came here to help you yet you asking me about it." She teased. Seeing Shen Tianyun's awkward smile, she said further, "I heard about Miss Meng's incident from Boss Cai. She told me to come here as she expected you would need some help. As for Big Sis Yunxi, I already told her about it. Those 2 stores needed her more than this one."
Shen Tianyun nodded in agreement as she was stated the fact. Feng Yunxi did indeed need to be there, after all, Liu Feiyan was still lacking in selling experience, unlike Feng Yunxi who has been opened a noodle stall for decades.
"Thank you, Big Sis Yi. If you were here then what about the Rainbow Fragrance?" He asked.
Ye Qingyi was expected this question from him, she smiled, "Don't worry about it. Recently, Boss Cai has picked Xiaobai up. She wanted to train her as a new manager for the future since Xiaobai won't go to the university anymore."
"Ah? It seems I need to find a time to celebrate with her soon." Shen Tianyun was startled slightly. As far as he knows, Li Xiaobai has been working there to saving money and prepared to admit to the university next year. Hearing this he could not help but surprise about it.
"You should. She would love it." Ye Qingyi replied and paused for a bit before continued, "Anyway, what about that store? What is your plan?" The store she was talking about referred to the second store across the street that he bought along with this restaurant.
At first, Shen Tianyun planned to do a 'rivalry strategy' but he has underestimated the recipe from the system greatly. With these otherworldly delicious recipes, he did not need that kind of strategy at all. All he needed to do was finding a way of promoting his dishes. As they say 'If your product is good enough, the following process is insignificant'.
"For now, I have no plan for it. Maybe I will try to find some rice dishes to sell there in the near future." He replied after contemplated for a moment.
Ye Qingyi gave him a small nod as she asked curiously, "Honestly, where did you get those recipes from? Both of them are really good and I never saw it before. It's like they have come from other worlds."
Shen Tianyun chuckled, "I got it from my Grandma. She used to make these dishes at home and I think I can make profits out of it." He spread his arms widely.
Ye Qingyi could not tell whether Shen Tianyun has told her the truth, she replied, "I see. Next time when you have a new recipe, you have to tell this Big Sis first, okay? I want to try it before anyone else, hehe." She giggled lightly.
"Sure, I will definitely do as you said, Big Sis Yi." Shen Tianyun responded with a bright smile. As if he thought of something, he asked, "Do you need my help here?"
Ye Qingyi seemed to understand him, she shook her head, "No, I can handle it. You should go to the hospital now. Miss Meng probably wants to see you badly, hehe." She laughed teasingly.
How could she not know the relationship between Shen Tianyun and Meng Xin? It was so obvious as he was so desperate to find Meng Xin after knowing she has been kidnapped. Well, at least in Ye Qingyi's eyes Shen Tianyun was acting like that.
Shen Tianyun rubbed his nose in embarrassment, his mind has been seen through by Ye Qingyi.
"Thank you, Big Sis Yi. I'll give you a huge red packet later."
"Deal!" Ye Qingyi brimmed with joy when she heard this.
After a little chatter, Shen Tianyun headed out towards the hospital. Staring at his disappearing back, Ye Qingyi seemed to be in a daze for a while before she let out a small sigh and turned back to busy herself afterward.
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20 minutes later, Shen Tianyun arrived at the hospital with a fruits-basket and a tulip bouquet in his hands. When he reaching Meng Xin's room, he saw a familiar man beside Han Sheng standing in front of the room. Shen Tianyun has guessed he was a bodyguard from the outfits.
"Boss Shen!" Noticing Shen Tianyun has approached him, Han Sheng quickly greeted him respectfully.
"You've worked hard." Shen Tianyun replied with a smiling face. He shifted his gaze onto the man beside Han Sheng and asked, "This is…"
The man quickly took a step forward and introduced himself, "Hello, Mister Shen Tianyun. My name is Chu Peng, I am Miss Song's bodyguard. It is my pleasure to meet you."
Shen Tianyun shook hands with him firmly, "Nice to meet you, Mister Chu. It's been hard on you." He remembered this 'Miss Song' should be Meng Xin's mother, Song Qiu.
Chu Pen shook his head hurriedly, "No, No, it's not hard at all. Miss Song rarely goes outside so I don't really have much work to do." He was quite nervous.
"Both of you can take a break. I'll be heading in now." After finished his sentence, he opened the door and walked into the room afterward.
When he appeared in the room, he quickly recognized the middle-aged woman beside Meng Xin's bed. Shen Tianyun approached her and greeted politely, "Hello, How are you, Auntie Song? My name is Shen Tianyun."
She has quite a number of wrinkles on her face indicating she has been living a hard life before. There was also a small strand of white hair on her head. If Shen Tianyun did not know her real age beforehand, he probably thought she was overly seventies instead of middle forties.
Song Qiu stared at Shen Tianyun with her sparkled eyes, a moment later she nodded her head in satisfaction and said, "I'm doing great. Come come, Little Yun. Since you are Meng Xin's boyfriend you don't have to be polite. And what is that on your hands? Ai, next time you don't have to buy anything. It is a waste of money."
Shen Tianyun was dumbfounded when he heard this and subconsciously turned to look at Meng Xin. The latter smiled apologetically at him, her face blushed slightly. She was embarrassed about her mother's actions.
Shen Tianyun naturally had to go with the flow, with a bright smile, he replied, "This is nothing, Auntie Song. I want Xin'er to recover faster so I bought some fruits for her." Put down a fruit basket on the table, he took a step forward and presented a tulip banquet to her, "Xin'er, this is for you." His voice was very gentle.
Meng Xin felt a sweetness bloomed in her heart, she smiled sweetly while receiving the banquet from him, "Thank you, my man." For her, this was the first time she received a banquet from a man. She felt as if she was on cloud nine at this moment.
Seeing this romantic scene, Song Qiu covered her mouth giggled slightly before she pulled Shen Tianyun to sit down beside her.
"Little Yun, I heard that you are still a student right? Auntie will tell you straightly. Auntie doesn't want anything from you as long as you can marry her after you graduate. Xin'er lived her life doing hard work all the time. Auntie wanted her to start a family as soon as possible, you should understand me right, Little Yun?" Song Qiu said excitedly. She did not think her actions were classified as a shameless.
She did not know the truth behind Meng Xin's hardships, she always thought Meng Xin has devoted her life to a low paying job all this time. And those men who trying to harm her, Meng Xin had lied to her as she said they were some loan shark's people.
When she heard about Shen Tianyun from her bodyguard, more precisely, the bodyguard that Cai Ning has assigned for her. She could not help but become excited.
Furthermore, seeing Shen Tianyun with her own eyes like this. She was very satisfied because he was so handsome and his demeanor was so elegant. With her tiny amount of knowledge, she already believed Shen Tianyun was a descendant of the rich family.
Therefore, she wanted her daughter to marry this man as soon as possible. Of course, she did it without her own selfish desire. She was truly wanted her daughter to lead a happy life without struggling to earn a little money as she did currently.
Having bombarded by Song Qiu's speech, Shen Tianyun was startled. Meng Xin quickly said to her mother angrily, "Mom! What are you saying, why you have to be like this. Please have some shame." She was very dissatisfied with her mother, it was because she knew that the relationship between her and Shen Tianyun was not a real couple. For him to care about her this much was already a blessing, now, her mother went too far as she tried to force Shen Tianyun to marry her.
Son Qiu retorted, "Why I can't do this? This is for you! Since you two love each other, what's wrong to talk about marriage?"
Meng Xin was so angry at this moment, she was about to tell her mother all the truth, Shen Tianyun spoke first, "I understand, Auntie. You don't have to worry about that. Right now, I am still a student so I don't plan to marry her so soon but in the future, I will take care of her for sure." His voice brimmed with a confidence that could make anyone subconsciously believe in him.
Meng Xin was dumbstruck, she did not know whether he told the truth but she was willing to believe in his words even though it became only a dream later, she won't regret it.
Song Qiu nodded her head in satisfactory, her smile grew wider, "Good! Auntie can be at ease now." She patted Shen Tianyun's shoulder lightly before turned to look at her stunned daughter, "Xin'er, you have to take good care of your future husband from now on. Understand?" She did not forget to winked mischievously at her daughter.
Her actions were in Shen Tianyun's eyes from the start to finish. He was amused by this and did not say anything further. Though he did not promise her to marry Meng Xin, he was willing to take care of her that for sure.
Came back to her sense, Meng Xin lowered her head with a reddened face and replied meekly like a young maiden who fell in love for the first time, "Mhm, I understand, Mom."
"I won't be a light bulb anymore. You two can have time together, I will go back now." Following that, Song Qiu quickly walked out of the room without waiting for both of them to reply.
A short moment later, Shen Tianyun grabbed Meng Xin's hand and asked concernedly, "Are you still hurt?"
Meng Xin smiled sweetly, "No, it's not hurt anymore. I think I can discharge next week."
Shen Tianyun shook his head, "No, you have to stay here at least for 2 weeks. I won't let you go out until your wound was completely closed." Seeing Meng Xin obediently nodded, he said further, "Xin'er, you know, you had made a huge contribution. With the evidence you have gathered, you have helped a lot of women to regain their freedom."
Meng Xin did not say anything, she only looked at his face and calmly listening. Shen Tianyun continued, "Although it is a pity we can't take Zhou family and the Black Dragon gang down, there are many big shots that have been arrested today. That is an acceptable result, I guess."
Meng Xin nodded her head, "Yes, to helped those victims to get out from that hell. It is already more than enough." Her hand subconsciously tightened up as she thought about the unforgettable memory in the past.
Noticing this, Shen Tianyun using another hand to caressed her face gently as if he wanted to remind her, it was already in the past.
A moment later, Meng Xin's mood gradually turned back to normal. She started to ask him about the incident last night. Shen Tianyun told her everything truthfully except the part where Lan Qingcheng's men destroyed the evidence, he only said he did not know why and how those bodyguard's bodies have disappeared.
Buzz!
Suddenly, Shen Tianyun's phone rang out. He was puzzled slightly when he saw the number, he pressed the green button, "Hello, Qianqian." The other side was no other than the receptionist at the Bright Star entertainment, Ji Qianqian.