"I'm in so much pain!" the heavily made-up woman rubbed her arm before she continued, "That store, indeed, is owned by that woman."
"She indeed has the Xia surname."
"That little boy who waits tables claimed the brine recipe is an ancestral one from her family."
By the end, the woman's eyes shone brightly, and she asked, "Chengzu, that girl, is she really your cousin?"
This person was none other than Xia Chengzu, Chuyi's older cousin.
"If she really is your cousin, using the ancestral recipe, wouldn't that mean it belongs to your Xia Family?" the woman cooed, hooking her arm around Xia Chengzu's. "And also, how could a girl like her have the money to open a shop?"
"She's not married yet, right? Then isn't her shop technically part of your Xia Family's assets?"
"Chengzu, didn't you say you're the favorite at home, that everyone defers to you?"
"If that's the case, why don't you just go directly to your cousin and take over the shop?"
The woman kept egging him on.
