Transfer (Third Update!)

Early the next morning, Jiang Feng went to the restaurant with two enormous dark circles under his eyes.

He had spent all night battling the game. There was no customer service, no reporting system, no complaints. Earth players had no rights in this shady game.

The main quest was still ???

Jiang Feng was starting to suspect that the game's owner had racked up 350 million cosmic credits in debts from drinking, gambling, and whoring, then run off with his mistress.

Fortunately, the items obtained in the game still worked normally.

Though he only had a Preservation Box and a Promotional Standee.

That morning, before business had even begun, Jiang Feng was in the kitchen being ordered around by Jiang Weiguo as he simmered soup.

Professor Li entered Healthy Stir-fry Restaurant with a document bag in hand.

"Cousin-in-law, you're back from your meeting in Beiping?" Wang Xiulian called out as she wiped down a table.

Professor Li smiled and nodded at her. "Is Xiao Feng here? I have some documents that need his signature."

"Documents?" Wang Xiulian's smile instantly vanished, her face turning grave. "Did that little brat get into trouble at school?"

"No." Professor Li laughed. He opened the document bag, took out a thick stack of papers, and handed them to Wang Xiulian. "They're transfer papers for a restaurant property under my father's name. He called me a few nights ago and told me to transfer the restaurant to Xiao Feng."

Wang Xiulian took the documents. The densely packed clauses made her head spin, but she could still understand the large words at the top.

"Tai Feng Lou Transfer Agreement"

What was Tai Feng Lou? It seemed like Dad had mentioned it before.

Wang Xiulian's instincts told her something huge had happened.

"Jianguo, Xiao Feng, Dad, come out! Something happened!" Wang Xiulian shouted at the top of her lungs.

Five minutes later.

The four of them each held a copy of the documents and silently flipped through the pages.

"No, Junming, this is too valuable. Our family can't accept it. I'll talk to Uncle-in-law. Xiao Feng can't take this!" Jiang Weiguo did not really understand restaurant transfers, share transfers, land deed transfers, and the like, but he had grown up in Tai Feng Lou and knew its location and size all too well... Though he had never returned to Beiping afterward, he still looked through news on his phone and knew that a single apartment within Beiping's Second Ring Road could cost tens of millions. What about Tai Feng Lou?

A few hundred million?

Over a billion?

Jiang Weiguo did not have the gall to let the Jiang Family accept something worth over a billion from someone else for free.

Jiang Feng was stunned as well.

Though he had never seen the whole of Tai Feng Lou, he had at least been in its back kitchen and had some impression of the place.

It was a restaurant in Beiping, with an entire building to itself!

It had actually been preserved to this day!

Jiang Jiankang and his wife also knew propriety, and both said they could not accept it.

Professor Li persuaded him, "Weiguo, Tai Feng Lou was originally part of your Jiang Family's ancestral property. My father spent more than half a century searching for you brothers. I don't know much about what happened back then, but I do know some of it."

"My mother bought this restaurant in Year 37 of the Republic of China. While she was alive, she always said that Tai Feng Lou had originally been the Jiang Family's ancestral property. Later, her father smoked opium and squandered the family fortune, which was why Tai Feng Lou changed hands. Then, because of the war, they moved from the Three Eastern Provinces to Beiping. Later... sigh. By the time things were set right, my mother had already passed away. The government returned Tai Feng Lou, but it had been altered beyond recognition by then. My father spent a great deal of effort restoring it to its original state. He kept it in the hope that one day he could find you and continue running Tai Feng Lou."

"Our family has no talent for business, and I have no children. Xiao Feng is my junior. Since my father made the decision to transfer Tai Feng Lou to Xiao Feng, we should honor his wishes."

"No, no." Jiang Weiguo's attitude was resolute.

Did he not want Tai Feng Lou?

Of course he did.

Jiang Weiguo still remembered that, while fleeing hardship back then, Jiang Chengde had used his last bit of money to buy him a ticket to Magic City. He had stuffed his last corn bun into Jiang Weiguo's hands and told him to make something of himself, return home in glory, and go back to Beiping to buy Tai Feng Lou back.

He wanted Tai Feng Lou, but the Jiang Family had to buy it back honorably with real money, not accept it as a gift from relatives.

"How about this?" Seeing that all four members of the Jiang Family disagreed, Professor Li took a step back. "I came this time intending to have Xiao Feng sign the documents and then go with me to Beiping to complete the procedures. Otherwise, we can revise the wording. We'll find a notary to assess Tai Feng Lou's total value, then sell Tai Feng Lou to you. The money can be paid in installments."

Professor Li said that, but he had no intention of accepting any money at all.

Wang Xiulian hesitated a little.

She could tell that her father-in-law really wanted Tai Feng Lou.

But how much would a restaurant in Beiping cost?

At least a few hundred million, right?

Just owing her second brother's family 800,000 was enough to make her pinch pennies and refuse to buy even the freshest vegetables. Owing several hundred million all at once?

Wang Xiulian's ordinary little heart could hardly bear it.

Jiang Weiguo was tempted.

When he was young, his greatest dream had been to defeat his six older brothers and become Tai Feng Lou's future head chef. Later, his dream had been to save enough money to return to Beiping and buy Tai Feng Lou back.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a century had passed, and he had never returned to Beiping.

Now, the Tai Feng Lou transfer documents lay right before him in plain sight. The transferee was his grandson, and he could not even find a reason to refuse.

"Alright." Jiang Weiguo agreed.

At the same time, a notification sounded in Jiang Feng's mind.

"Ding. An optional main quest has been discovered: Reopening. Reopen Tai Feng Lou in Beiping."

"And what about you, Xiao Feng?" Professor Li looked at Jiang Feng.

"Alright." Jiang Feng could not refuse.

A debt of over a billion!

Jiang Feng's legs felt a little weak.

But he knew very well that this was not just to complete the game quest. It was also to fulfill the old man's wish.

Jiang Feng knew better than anyone how much the old man had loved talking about Tai Feng Lou ever since Jiang Feng was little. If Tai Feng Lou could truly flourish again in their hands, the old man would probably be so excited that he would take over as head chef himself.

"Xiao Feng, come with me to Beiping tomorrow to handle the transfer procedures." Professor Li said, "But the restaurant has probably gone unmanaged for seven or eight years. Reopening it may be difficult."

Professor Li was giving them a warning in advance.

After all, when he had seen Tai Feng Lou during his trip to Beiping for the meeting, it had looked a little like an unprotected historical relic.

Just restoring it would probably cost a considerable sum.