In six years of marriage, she had never called Lu Qin her husband.
Now that they were divorced, it was even more impossible.
"Are there any Ice Crystal Cakes left?"
"No."
"Call Lu Qin and have him make more!"
"I won't."
Fang Ya grew anxious and began pleading with Shen Muyan to call Lu Qin.
Shen Muyan remained unmoved. She started working and ignored Fang Ya.
Fang Ya was nearly furious. She did not have Lu Qin's number, and Shen Muyan would not even give it to her.
Fang Ya wanted to cut ties with this heartless woman.
Over at the villa.
Jiang Qin had taken Lu Xiyao to the park.
Shen Hongda had already received the four boxes of Ice Crystal Cake that Shen Muyan had sent someone to deliver.
Meanwhile, Chen Dahai had been waiting in the living room for quite some time.
"Not bad, Old Shen. You really weren't fooling me."
Shen Hongda looked rather pleased with himself. "Of course. I've always kept my word."
If Lu Qin and Shen Muyan had not divorced, he would have brought up Lu Qin and bragged about him in front of Chen Dahai.
Look, this was my son-in-law. He was the one who made the Ice Crystal Cake.
What a pity...
"Thanks. I'll take these Ice Crystal Cakes, and don't worry about that matter. I'll get it done for you. I keep my word too."
Chen Dahai reached for the Ice Crystal Cakes. Naturally, he stacked all four boxes together, planning to take them all.
Shen Hongda glared at him.
"Old Chen, you can only take two boxes. Why are you taking all of them? How can you be so thick-skinned?"
Shen Hongda hurried over and snatched back two boxes.
He could not bear to give all the Ice Crystal Cakes to Chen Dahai. His daughter had finally managed to get them from Lu Qin.
Asking once was fine, but asking twice would make it much harder to bring up.
"Old Shen, why are you so stingy? Where did you get these Ice Crystal Cakes? Why not let me in on it?"
Chen Dahai was no bumpkin. Ordinary people could not make this kind of Ice Crystal Cake. Shen Hongda had probably pulled some strings to get them.
In any case, they were not something one could buy easily.
"It wouldn't help even if I told you. You wouldn't be able to get any."
Shen Hongda said mysteriously.
After Chen Dahai left, Jiang Qin returned holding Lu Xiyao's hand.
When the little girl saw the two boxes of Ice Crystal Cake on the table, her little face lit up with excitement.
"Grandpa, are those Ice Crystal Cakes?"
"Did Papa come?"
Shen Hongda picked Lu Xiyao up and kissed her, smiling as he said,
"Your dad didn't come, but the Ice Crystal Cakes he made were delivered."
"That's wonderful! Grandpa, Grandma, let's eat Ice Crystal Cake together."
Lu Xiyao opened the plastic container and shared the Ice Crystal Cakes with Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin.
The three of them happily ate Ice Crystal Cake and chatted.
From Lu Xiyao, Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin learned that Lu Qin actually sold these Ice Crystal Cakes from a street stall.
Shen Hongda and Jiang Qin were quite shocked.
"What, are Ice Crystal Cakes that easy to make?"
Shen Hongda had assumed that since Ice Crystal Cake was so delicious, the process had to be complicated and difficult.
Since Lu Qin was selling them from a stall, he must have been making quite a lot.
Lu Xiyao shook her head. "I don't know. I didn't see Papa make the Ice Crystal Cakes. I was still asleep then."
"Papa works so hard. He gets up really early to make them."
As she spoke, Lu Xiyao felt sorry for Lu Qin for a few seconds before taking a bite of Ice Crystal Cake.
"So yummy~! Soft and sweet~!"
Shen Hongda sighed inwardly and asked again,
"Yao Yao, since these Ice Crystal Cakes are so delicious, your dad's stall business must be very good, right?"
Lu Xiyao nodded. "It's really good~! Lots and lots of big brothers, big sisters, grandpas, and grandmas line up to buy what Papa makes!"
After hearing that, Shen Hongda felt a little relieved.
These Ice Crystal Cakes must sell quite well.
Delicious Twice Cooked Pork! Setting Up a Stall at Huaguoshan Park!
Ouri Hotel.
CEO's office.
Fang Ya perched sideways on Shen Muyan's desk with half her butt.
"Shen Muyan, where does Lu Qin set up his stall?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know how to ask? I want Ice Crystal Cake!"
"Ask him yourself if you want to."
Shen Muyan said as she lowered her head and flipped through documents.
Fang Ya clenched her fists, on the verge of hitting someone.
In truth, Shen Muyan wanted to eat Lu Qin's Ice Crystal Cake too.
But she was too embarrassed to ask Lu Qin again.
After leaving Ouri Hotel, Lu Qin rode his three-wheeler to the market.
The morning rush for groceries had already passed, so the market was not crowded.
Lu Qin found a pork stall and examined the color of the meat. It was fresh pork slaughtered that very day.
Fresh pork was bright red or dark red, while chilled pork had a lighter pink color.
"Boss, how much is your pork per jin?"
"19.5 yuan per jin. If you buy more than three jin, I'll give you a discount—19 yuan."
Lu Qin smiled. The pork stall owner had probably seen that he was a young guy and decided to quote him a random price.
In fact, Lu Qin knew market prices better than those uncles and aunties who went to the market every day.
"Too expensive. Forget it, I'll check another stall."
Lu Qin turned to leave.
"19.5 yuan is expensive? That's already very cheap."
"I'll buy from the pork stall next door."
"Hey, hey, hey... Wait a second, young man. How many jin do you want?"
Seeing that Lu Qin was about to go next door, the pork stall owner hurriedly stopped him.
"Twenty jin."
The pork stall owner froze, then quickly put on a smile.
"Come, handsome. If you want twenty jin, I'll sell it to you for 18.5 yuan per jin. That's already the lowest price."
"16.8 yuan per jin. If you won't sell, I'll buy next door."
The current market price for ordinary pork was 17 yuan per jin. Since Lu Qin was buying twenty jin, bargaining down by 0.2 yuan was perfectly reasonable.
If he ran into one of those chatty, thrifty bargaining aunties, she would probably drag over a stool and haggle for half an hour, insisting that he sell it to her for 16.5 yuan.
Only then did the pork stall owner realize that Lu Qin was no novice. His tone also left no room for negotiation, so he said:
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