Recognizing Relatives

Jiang Feng only remembered the side quest system had given him a prop when it was time to close the shop. He opened his game panel and saw that a [Promotional Standee] had been added to his inventory.

[Promotional Standee]: A seemingly ordinary promotional standee, with the effect of attracting the attention of passersby.

Jiang Feng took the standee out of his inventory, pretending he had just found it in the storage room. He placed it by the door and said to Ji Yue, who was cleaning up trash, "Senior, I just found this standee. Your handwriting is nice, so why don't you write down tomorrow's special dishes on it and put it outside?"

"Okay," Ji Yue replied, grabbing three plastic bags in one hand. "You should head back. I remember you have classes on Saturday too."

Jiang Feng checked the time. It was almost ten o'clock, indeed late. He helped put the chairs back in place and then returned to his dorm.

Weekends are a joy for most shut-ins.

Except for a few majors that also had classes on weekends, most students at A University preferred to stay in their dorms and enjoy their shut-in lifestyle. When Jiang Feng went to help at the restaurant, Ji Yue had taken her electric scooter out to deliver food. With a commission of 4 cents per delivery and the dense student housing at A University, if the Healthy Stir-fry Restaurant did well enough, Ji Yue would soon become a little rich woman.

Although an average of 20 deliveries a day didn't seem like enough to make her rich.

When Jiang Feng entered the shop, he specifically glanced at the standee. It was placed in a prominent position by the entrance, with "Stir-fried Tomatoes and Eggs Special: 17 Yuan" written on it in a highlighter.

There weren't many customers in the shop, and no one else was around except Liu Zixuan, who was sitting inside playing Honor of Kings. Seeing Jiang Feng, he looked up and asked, "Brother Feng, where's Hao Ge?"

"He went to get supplies," Jiang Feng said, glancing at his watch. It was almost one o'clock. "Have you eaten?"

"Yeah, they all went back," Liu Zixuan replied, his hands still busy on the game. "I'm too lazy to go back; I'll head to the library later."

Just as Jiang Feng was about to whip up some fried rice in the kitchen, two customers walked into the shop. Jiang Feng took one look and exclaimed, "Hey, aren't these my two fair-weather roommates who moved out at the beginning of the semester?"

The two of them were also taken aback when they saw Jiang Feng, looking a bit confused. How did I end up at Jiang Feng's family's restaurant? What did I want to eat today?

Wait, wasn't I planning to go to the Sichuan Restaurant in front to eat Mapo Tofu? Why did I suddenly want to come in and eat Stir-fried Tomatoes and Eggs after seeing the sign outside?

At this moment, both of them had the same thought.

"Stir-fried Tomatoes and Eggs," they said in unison.

The old man came in a hurry and left just as quickly.

He didn't cook, but he did arrange a family connection for the Jiang family.

Professor Li's father was actually the old man's uncle by marriage!

Not only were the Jiang family shocked, but Professor Li himself had been completely unaware of this until now. Li Mingyi had become very confused in recent years, sometimes lucid, sometimes muddled. When he was muddled, he would mutter about his eldest son, his late wife, Beiping City, and Tai Feng Lou. But when he was lucid, he wouldn't say anything.

It was Professor Li's wife who told him that Li Mingyi had been constantly mentioning Tai Feng Lou and Clear Soup with Bird's Nest Slices recently, which prompted him to search everywhere for someone who could make this dish for Li Mingyi. He had approached many people before finding Jiang Feng, but each time Li Mingyi would shake his head and refuse to even taste it.

If the old man hadn't happened to arrive in A City when Li Mingyi was lucid, they wouldn't have been able to reconnect.

After Beiping fell when Jiang Weiguo was young, he fled south with his father and several older brothers. Along the way, they experienced man-made disasters, war, floods, and plagues, and his father and brothers all died of illness one after another. His memories of his relatives had become very vague, only vaguely remembering that he had a young aunt who married a wealthy young master in Beiping City.

Li Mingyi, on the other hand, was a refined young master in his youth. He didn't suffer much during the war years and had two sons and one daughter with his wife, living a happy and fulfilling family life. However, during a special era, he suffered the pain of losing his sons, daughter, and wife one after another. In his fifties, he was left with only his youngest son.

The two old men, after more than half a century, met again.

Jiang Feng only knew that he had gone to class for a day, the old man had come and gone, and his family had gained a new relative.

But there was one thing Jiang Feng didn't understand.

"Why didn't Grandpa finish cooking the dish before leaving?"

"The old man said it wasn't necessary," Jiang Jiankang replied. "Since both old gentlemen were so happy, whether the dish was cooked or not didn't matter anymore."