Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 220 The First Family in the Capital

Lifen was sent back and briefly appeared by Lin Qingping's side.

Everyone thought that this person's existence was just a fleeting moment. No one could have imagined that Lifen had planted the seeds of her future in their lives, which would bring about earth-shattering changes.

One autumn rain brings a chill.

As the autumn winds painted the entire capital city in golden hues, Wu Tianjiao's dessert shop, which is also Lin Qingping's "Qingcha" second shop, opened in the shopping mall.

The place was packed with guests as soon as it opened; the business was absolutely booming.

Back then, there was no e-commerce, and people had to physically visit shopping malls to buy things, which shows how large the customer traffic was!

A month after opening, the store was still experiencing daily queues.

Over the weekend, Wu Tianjiao invited Lin Qingping to "inspect the store".

Lin Qingping then excitedly brought Zhiyuan over.

As one of the shop owners, she has to fulfill her duties every time she comes, busy checking the hygiene of the production area and the staff's operating procedures. Of course, they are not called staff yet.

Lin Qingping had no idea what was happening in the outdoor dining area.

Wu Tianjiao learned from Lin Qingping, and her shop design is quite advanced. The shop also has illustrated promotional materials that make people's appetites increase.

Each customer in line is given an order booklet, which is illustrated with pictures and text, so that customers can decide what to eat while waiting.

After the long queue formed, six people arrived: three young mothers and three children, including Yun Xiaoshan and Liu Yan.

"Wow, so many people!" one of the young mothers exclaimed. "We haven't been shopping this month, and there's been such a big change."

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Isn't that right? I've heard that this tea is exceptionally high-class and the desserts are delicious. It's now ranked number one in the capital. I've been wanting to come for a long time and have been waiting for you."

Looking at the long queue, the young mother wondered, "How long will this wait be?! Aren't there any VIP treatment?"

"What VIP treatment? Anyone who can eat at this Capital Department Store is a VIP!" Liu Yan laughed at her, taking the order booklet handed to her by the waiter. "Let's take a look at what to eat first. I want to try everything on this list!"

She looked around the shop and couldn't help but sigh, "Just imagine, ordering my favorite dessert and a cup of coffee, sitting here with you all for an afternoon, chatting about literature and art, how pleasant that would be..."

Yun Xiaoshan lay on his mother's lap and looked at it too. After a while, he pointed to the pancakes in the booklet and interrupted his mother's daydream, "I've eaten this before."

"Where have you eaten before?" Liu Yan asked skeptically, laughing, "This is the first one in the entire capital. Where would you have eaten if I hadn't brought you here?"

"I've really eaten them!" Yun Xiaoshan looked at a few more pages, pointing to several items and saying, "This, and this, and all of these, I've eaten them all!"

Liu Yan couldn't help but ask curiously, "You really ate it? Where did you eat it?"

Yun Xiaoshan was about to say that he was at his great-grandfather's house, but he swallowed the words back.

Mom dislikes him going to his great-grandfather's house the most, so let's not mention it to avoid getting scolded again.

Actually, his great-grandfather's house is a lot of fun, and he loves it. Moreover, when his dad takes him there, he often runs into Li Zhiyuan and his family. Li Zhiyuan's mom is an amazing cook; she's made many of the dishes in this booklet, and they're really delicious.

He couldn't help but swallow hard. Oh well, better not to say it. What if Mom won't let him go next time?

Liu Yan couldn't help but pinch his cheek, "I knew you were lying, how could you possibly have eaten it?"

The other two children laughed at Yun Xiaoshan, saying, "Are you bragging, Yun Xiaoshan?"

Yun Xiaoshan's temper, to say the least, is that he can't stand being provoked. He puffed up his cheeks in anger, "I already ate it!"

“But this is your first time here!” another child said in a childish voice.

"Who said there's food only here?" Yun Xiaoshan was frantic. He could have shown off, but he couldn't say it!

Just then, Zhiyuan returned from buying stationery at the stationery counter downstairs. He bypassed the long queue, went straight into the store, sat down on an empty single seat in the corner, opened his schoolbag, and prepared to do his homework.

Yun Xiaoshan watched him go in and couldn't help but shout, "Li Zhiyuan, come here!"

He originally wanted to call Li Zhiyuan over to prove to him that they had indeed eaten this stuff.

Li Zhiyuan is a stubborn person at heart. Although he often meets with this kid at Grandpa Yun's place on weekends and their relationship has improved a lot, it doesn't mean he is willing to talk to Liu Yan. Even though Liu Yan is an adult, he has no intention of respecting her. So, he only glanced at her and ignored her.

However, Liu Yan scoffed when she saw Zhiyuan, "How rude! Country bumpkin, he cut in line with so many people waiting!"

"Do you know him?" asked the young mother who came with Liu Yan.

Liu Yan scoffed, "The country bumpkins my grandfather knew back in the countryside somehow ended up in the capital. They're so unsophisticated, rude, and ill-mannered, and they even cut in line."

Her companion, a young mother, laughed, "How can you tolerate someone like that associating with your family?"

Liu Yan vaguely felt that she was being mocked by her companions, and snorted, "How could that be? I would disinfect the whole house if someone like that came to our home!"

As the queue grew longer, Liu Yan grew impatient and, further fueled by her companions' mockery, became even more resentful of Zhiyuan. Adding to her anger, her son kept calling out "Li Zhiyuan," while the rude country bumpkin ignored him.

Why should he? Xiaoshan calling him was a favor to him! And he just ignored him? Who does he think he is!

She immediately became furious, pointing at Zhiyuan, "That kid! Everyone else is queuing up, why aren't you queuing up?"

Her outburst drew everyone's attention to Zhiyuan.

"Yeah! How dare that kid cut in line? That's so rude!"

"Waiter, your restaurant should treat everyone equally. If you're going to have a queue, why do you allow people to cut in line?"

"Kid, come out and line up!"

Zhiyuan was quietly doing his homework when he suddenly froze. Looking at Liu Yan, he saw a smug and provocative smile on her face.

Zhiyuan really didn't understand why she was always targeting him.

The waiter has already gone to explain, "I'm sorry, that seat is not for guests."

Not a guest speaker...

The customers in line seemed to fall silent, but Liu Yan wouldn't give up. "So what if they're not guest seats? Does that mean they can cut in line? There are so many people in line now, can't you use all the seats?"

After shouting, Liu Yan yelled at Zhiyuan, "Where are your parents? Aren't they going to take you to line up? You have absolutely no manners!"