Neither Good Nor Bad, Only Cause and Effect

"Yes, Sir!" Lai Man-yau slammed his heels together, saluted, and shouted, "I guarantee this won't happen again. Thank you, Sir!"

Feng Yichang is exactly fifty years old this year, the age of knowing one's destiny. He is a calm and tactful person. When he received a call from Chu Shuheng of Likang Company to his pharmacy, telling him that Chu Xiaoxin invited him to have lunch at Kowloon Restaurant, his beard almost trembled with joy, and he could not hide the happiness on his face.

Since the downfall of the Zhang Family, Feng Yichang's business, as a native of Five Counties, has indeed been affected. Popular medicines that were previously prioritized by the Zhang Family now have to wait until Chu Xiaoxin has taken care of Huang Xiaoqiu and a few other Chiu Chow people before it's his turn. However, Chu Xiaoxin is not an idiot. Previously, most of the Pharmaceutical Association were from Five Counties. After the initial show of force, they naturally wanted to Wo Ping. They couldn't let the Pharmaceutical Association split into two factions: Five Counties and Chiu Chow. Feng Yichang was the first to side with Chu Xiaoxin, and Chu Xiaoxin also needed his help to build up his image among the Five Counties people. So, overall, apart from the supply speed being slightly slower than during the Zhang Family's time and occasionally helping Chu Xiaoxin put on a show at meetings, there were almost no other impacts.

He had always wanted to get closer to Chu Xiaoxin, since as long as he could get close to Chu Xiaoxin, expanding his business would not be a problem. Huang Xiaoqiu had been dealt a bad blow by the Zhang Family, but because of his Chiu Chow identity, he had told Chu Xiaoxin some news about the Zhang Family's past, which could be considered as helping Likang Company. Now he was the vice president of the Pharmaceutical Association, and in addition to the pharmaceutical business, he was planning to open a hospital.

However, he had no opportunity. Chu Xiaoxin was from Chiu Chow people, and his Dad was the president of the Chiu Chow Chamber of Commerce. Feng Yichang, on the other hand, was just an unknown figure in the Sze Yap Chamber of Commerce. He didn't even have much chance to contact Cai Wenbai, the Sze Yap Chamber of Commerce Chairman, let alone get close to the Chu Family. He did have two daughters who were not bad-looking. If Chu Xiaoxin was willing, he would gladly send the two sisters to the Chu Family to be concubines for the Second Young Master Chu family. However, Feng Yichang Chu Xiaoxin already had a daughter from the Lu Family as his fiancée. No matter how beautiful Feng Yichang's daughters were, would they dare to seduce Chu Xiaoxin and compete for his favor while offending the Lu Family? Would the whole family be tired of living? He had even heard that the once playboy Second Young Master Chu the Chu family had not been involved in any romantic affairs for a long time. It was probably because the daughter of the Lu Family was also a powerful figure who could control men.

Now, Chu Xiaoxin has actually taken the initiative to call him and invite him to lunch?

Feng Yichang sat in the armchair and thought for a long time, not missing even the smallest details, to make sure that he had not offended Chu Xiaoxin, the Chu Family, or even the Chiu Chow businessmen who were competitors in the same industry over the past year.

Since he hadn't offended the Chiu Chow people, the Chu Family, or Chu Xiaoxin's invitation to dinner wasn't meant to cause him trouble. It was probably because he was trying to curry favor with the members of the Pharmaceutical Association from the Five Counties region, and the first person he thought of was Feng Yichang, whom he had initially sided with. Chu Xiaoxin had been the chairman for so long, he should know how to share the benefits with the members, so that everyone could benefit from it. This would also make it easier for everyone to elevate him further.

"Go to the kitchen and pack the shrimp dumplings that Madam prepared for lunch into a food box. Pick out the greenest bracelet from Madam's jewelry box and pack it away. Also pack the bracelet I acquired from the display cabinet in my bedroom. I'll take it to Mr. Chu later. And get the keys to my garden in the New Territories..."

I hastily but thoughtfully prepared several gifts, got into the car, and the driver went to great lengths to find out the location of the Kowloon Restaurant. We took a ferry from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon, and finally found this inconspicuous two-story wooden building outside the Kowloon Walled City, with the Kowloon Restaurant sign hanging on it.

In the back seat of the car, Feng Yichang closed his eyes and went over all the possible conversations, making sure there were no oversights. Then, seeing that it was getting late, he asked the driver to carry the food box and accompany him into the Kowloon Restaurant.

A boy, barely a teenager, approached with a gap-toothed grin. "Gentlemen, welcome to dinner. There are private rooms upstairs..."

"Kid, has Mr. Chu arrived?" Feng Yichang ignored the boy and asked the driver walking beside him.

Before the boy could speak, a mature and elegant young woman walked over from behind the counter and said calmly, "Are you two distinguished guests invited by Mr. Chu? Please come upstairs. Mr. Chu is already having tea in a private room. A-Mao, take the guests to the VIP room upstairs."

Feng Yichang thanked the woman, not daring to even glance at her appearance, fearing that this woman who looked like a proprietress might be related to Chu Xiaoxin. He worried that if he behaved inappropriately, she might say a few words about him to Chu Xiaoxin, which would be enough to make him suffer. He took out two yuan in change and gave it to the boy as a tip before following the boy, who was thanking him repeatedly, upstairs.

The young man pushed open the wooden door of the top-tier private room, making room for the entrance. "Please come in, gentlemen. Mr. Chu, your guests have arrived. I'll have the kitchen serve you the dishes right away."

The boy, who had received two tips, cheered and left. Feng Yichang stepped into the private room. "Chu..."

He had barely uttered a word when he noticed Chu Xiaoxin standing by the window with his back to the door of the private room, surveying the street scene. Beside him, a young man sat smiling at the table, pushing out two teacups and pouring tea from the teapot, saying enthusiastically:

"Boss Feng, I only recently found out that we're actually related. I have a younger sister named Feng Yunzhi, Boss Feng should know her, right? Oh, right, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Song Tianyao."

Feng Yichang had considered dozens of possible scenarios for how his meeting with Chu Xiaoxin would begin, both good and bad. He also knew that Chu Xiaoxin had once had a secretary named Song Tianyao, but he still couldn't guess what the other party's first words would be.

Chapter 397 Regardless of Good or Bad, Only Asking About Cause and Effect

Upon hearing Song Tianyao's words, Feng Yichang felt his back instantly drenched in cold sweat!

Nowadays, everyone who deals with Chu Xiaoxin and Likang Company knows that this Second Young Master Chu is worthy of the Justice of the Peace brooch. Likang Company has become a pharmaceutical giant in the blink of an eye. The smiling Song Tianyao in front of us has contributed the most, almost single-handedly standing in front of Likang Company, competing with the four Zhang Family brothers.