Heir [Anti-Rebirth]

"First prize?" He Zhishu raised his eyebrows, turned his head and glanced at the assistant, who immediately handed over a slip of paper knowingly, and the number on the note was the amount of the bonus.

"It seems that his luck is quite good." Looking at the number on the note, a trace of surprise flashed in He Zhishu's eyes.

"In addition to our people, there are other people who are also inquiring about Mr. Du." The assistant continued to report.

"Well, find out the origins of those people. If I'm not mistaken, they should be from the Chen family and the Gu family." He Zhishu threw the note on the ground casually.

"Yes." The assistant nodded, stooped to pick up the note on the floor, and exited respectfully.

He Zhishu leaned his head back on the chair, closed his eyes and meditated.

Unexpectedly, Du Ruwei hid in a neighboring city, let alone Du Ruwei would get a windfall.

But these are none of his business, he is only responsible for finding "Du Ruwei" and sending them to "Gu Liwan".

He closed his eyes, letting his thoughts gradually become chaotic. ...

When Duan Jin woke up the next morning, He Zhishu had already left.

Duan Jin stretched, found his cell phone, and found that it was turned off.He scratched his head and clicked his tongue, "I forgot to charge it again."

Throwing the phone away, he picked up the landline in the guest room and dialed He Zhishu's phone number.

But it was He Zhishu's assistant who answered the phone, and the assistant told him that He Zhishu was in a meeting.

Duan Jin frowned, hung up the phone, took a quick shower in the bathroom, and left the guest room wearing the new clothes prepared by He Zhishu.

The guest room of the Imperial Dining Room is on the fourth floor, which is the tenth floor of the department store. When Duan Jin took the special elevator to the seventh floor of the department store, when the elevator door opened, several people stood in front of another elevator next to it.

He glanced casually, and paused slightly. The people beside him didn't notice anything strange about him, and they were still talking on their own.

Duan Jin withdrew his gaze, put his hands in his pockets, and brushed past those people.

After he took two or three steps, the content of those people's conversations vaguely drifted into his ears, "Young Master He... The Chen family has a positive attitude... Fenghua..."

He walked out of the imperial dining room and took a taxi back to his residence in Jingtong City.

Back at the villa in the villa area, just after entering the door, the landline rang non-stop. He walked over quickly and answered it. As expected, it was his mother's call.

"Xiao Jin, where did you go? No one was found all night." Duan Jin's mother complained.

"I'm looking for Zhishu." Duan Jin brushed his hair, walked to the sofa and sat down.

"Oh, your father waited for you all night, but he didn't see anyone, so he was very angry. You should hurry back." Duan Jin's mother persuaded him gently.

"No, I have something else to do, so I won't go back today." Duan Jin flatly refused.

"This..." Duan Jin's mother became a little anxious when she heard this, but she couldn't force Duan Jin.

"Is there anything else to do, mother?" Duan Jin asked politely.

"It's okay, come back when you have time, your father misses you very much." His mother had no choice but to sigh.

After hanging up the phone, Duan Jin's lips curled into a sneer.go home?Does that count as home?A father who only cares about face and reputation, a stepmother who is only ten years older than him, and a younger brother who deliberately wants to win him, what a mess.

He got up and walked into the room, took out the charger from the unpacked suitcase, charged the phone, and turned it on.

As soon as it was turned on, there were several reminders of missed calls and several unread text messages.

He ignored it and directly dialed He Zhishu's number.

"Hello, I'm He Zhishu." After connecting, He Zhishu's cold voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hey, I'm Duan Jin, have you finished the meeting?" Duan Jin lay on his back on the bed.

"Well, what's the matter?" He Zhishu asked.

"...I saw her today." Duan Jin was silent for a moment, then said.

"...Xu Zhiyao?" He Zhishu frowned, the only person Duan Jin could mention in this tone was Xu Zhiyao.

"En." Duan Jin responded, and then said with a self-deprecating smile: "She and I are like strangers, we just passed by without saying hello."

He Zhishu didn't open his mouth. The relationship between Duan Jin and Xu Zhiyao was too complicated. When he met Duan Jin, Duan Jin and Xu Zhiyao had already ended, and since then they have been strangers.

So he didn't have the chance to know Xu Zhiyao at that time, and then he met Xu Zhiyao in the mall. He didn't have many opportunities to see Xu Zhiyao's private side, so he didn't know Xu Zhiyao very well. remote this person.

His understanding of Xu Zhiyao is only superficial, after all, there is only official communication between the two of them.And he never told Duan Jin that the Xu Zhiyao he knew was far from the Xu Zhiyao Duan Jin spoke of.

In fact, this is normal, everyone has another side, the friendship between him and Xu Zhiyao is not deep enough for them to be honest with each other.Besides, in the shopping mall, almost everyone wears a mask, even he will not show his true nature in front of others.

So he understood Xu Zhiyao's duplicity.

But understanding is understanding, he still feels from the bottom of his heart that Duan Jin and Xu Zhiyao are not suitable.

He didn't know much about the entanglement between the two back then, and he heard it intermittently from Duan Jin. Based on those clips and his analysis of their personalities, he thought it would be better for the two to separate.

Of course, he didn't say these words. After all, his analysis was based on Duan Jin's description, and he couldn't say for sure what Xu Zhiyao's true temperament was.

Who knows if Xu Zhiyao's true temperament was shown in front of Duan Jin back then.

Besides, he is the most impatient to meddle in other people's affairs, and he doesn't like to meddle in other people's emotional entanglements, so every time he just silently listens to Duan Jin's complaints, and never opens his mouth to give opinions or suggestions.

It's just that after many years, he actually heard the name "Xu Zhiyao" from Duan Jin again.

He knew that Xu Zhiyao was a special existence to Duan Jin, but he thought that after Duan Jin went abroad, he would forget about him.

Unexpectedly, when meeting Xu Zhiyao again, Duan Jin mentioned the other party in the same tone as before.

He sighed softly, as expected, the word love is the most tormenting.

Even Duan Jin, who looks romantic and unrestrained, who hangs around the flowers all the year round, is also planted on the word love.

So, feelings are really untouchable.

Fortunately, his self-control is strong enough, and he seldom lets himself do whatever he wants. He has watched Gu Liwan from a distance for so many years, but he has never taken the initiative to step forward once.

He had a hunch that if he got too close to the other party, he might not be able to control his heart. ...

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On the first day of the cooking competition, all participating restaurants arrived at the competition venue.

Gu Liwan led Ye Dazhuang and others to the competition venue very early.

When they arrived, there were already some people on the scene, and everyone looked very relaxed and confident.

Gu Liwan asked the manager to report for duty first, and then took the others to the lounge of their restaurant.Each participating restaurant has a dedicated lounge, where there are not only sofas, tables and chairs, but also a small kitchen.

Ye Dazhuang quickly walked into the small kitchen and found that there was nothing in it. There was a refrigerator in the corner of the kitchen. He stepped forward to open the refrigerator, and it was also empty.

Looking around, he walked out of the kitchen, and everyone was already sitting on the sofa to rest.

"There's nothing inside." Ye Dazhuang said to Gu Liwan.

Gu Liwan nodded to show that he understood.

Not long after, the manager also came, holding a number plate in his hand.

"Number plate, what is it for?" Gu Liwan took the number plate and asked while flipping through it.

"The staff said that it will be used in the lottery later." The manager replied.

"Draw lots?" Gu Liwan was stunned, and the manager nodded, "The staff didn't explain in detail, but I guess it might be a knockout match, and the draw is to determine the opponents."

Gu Liwan squinted his eyes, and before he could speak, he heard a system voice, "Please accept the task: Throw an olive branch."

He paused, and handed the number plate to the manager, "Well, keep it safe." Then he got up and walked out of the lounge, turning into the men's toilet at the other end of the corridor.

He picked a compartment to enter, and after closing the door, he immediately opened the system panel and carefully looked at the mission description and rewards.

After a quick scan, he realized that the system required him to contact three restaurant managers during the competition, and then expressed his intention to cooperate with them.

The success of the task depends on whether the other party is tempted.As long as he can persuade the other party to cooperate, it means the mission is successful.

And the time limit for this task is naturally the period of the cooking competition.

At the moment when the contest ended, as long as one of the three was not persuaded by Gu Liwan and was unwilling to cooperate with him, the mission would be considered a failure.

This culinary competition has seven days.

For the participating chefs, this is a long game; but for Gu Liwan, it is simply an impossible task to persuade three people to cooperate in seven days.

However, he looked at the experience points and rewards after completing the task, which was really exciting.

Perhaps because of the high difficulty of this task, even though it is only a side task, you can still get a new skill after completing it.

Therefore, Gu Liwan thought about it again and again, thinking that he still had the ability to "confide his heart", he gritted his teeth and clicked "Accept Mission".

An hourglass immediately appeared under the taskbar, and the countdown began. ...

This cooking competition is only a regional preliminaries. Only the top three in the competition can represent Jingtong City to participate in the national cooking competition.

The venue of the competition is in the auditorium of S University. Many chefs gathered in the auditorium. After all the contestants have arrived, the staff will start to draw lots.

Due to the large number of participating restaurants, the conference divided all the contestants into five groups, each with six restaurants.The number plates in everyone's hands are used to draw lots to determine which group they are assigned to.

Gu Liwan led everyone out of the lounge to the auditorium, where they sat in the seating area, quietly waiting for the result of the lottery.

There was a big board on the high platform in front of the auditorium. The staff quickly finished drawing lots and announced the grouping results on the board.Gu Liwan looked at the results of the groupings, and secretly exclaimed in his heart that they were not in the same group as the imperial kitchen.

The imperial dining room was assigned to the first group, while Gu Liwan's restaurant was in the third group.

After the groups were over, everyone left the auditorium.The current time is twelve o'clock at noon, and the first game will start on time at five o'clock in the afternoon in five hours.

Gu Liwan took everyone back to the lounge. Their match was on the next day, and they would stay at S University that night. S University provides a temporary dormitory, just next to the auditorium.

After the manager got the key and came back, Gu Liwan and others walked out of the auditorium and went to the dormitory next to it.

Gu Liwan's room was on the third floor, and they went up to the third floor. There were two rows of rooms on both sides of the corridor, and the row on the right had several rooms with their doors wide open, and voices could be heard from inside.

At this moment, someone came out from the first room on the right side of the corridor. Gu Liwan fixed his eyes and his pupils shrank instantly. That person was He Zhishu.

He didn't expect to meet He Zhishu here.

He Zhishu also saw him, first a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then a flash of a smile, apparently remembering Gu Liwan's grimace last time.

Gu Liwan naturally saw the smile in the other person's eyes. He felt a little embarrassed, but he still pretended to be calm, and nodded to the other person with a deep expression as a greeting.

He Zhishu also nodded to him, and then walked to another room.

Looking at his back, Gu Liwan was really puzzled, why did He Zhishu appear here?Could it be that he is also here to participate in the cooking competition?

But why has he never heard that Young Master He is related to the catering industry?