Rebirth: At the beginning, the cool school beauty was caught stealing in the supermarket

Chapter 661 Lu Yuanqiu, what does he know?

Zhong Jincheng can be quite lazy at times, but as long as he has motivation, he can be very efficient. He is both made and broken by women in his life, which is probably a perfect description of him.

Lu Yuanqiu: The character design is on my computer. I'll send it to you when I get back.

Putting down his phone, Lu Yuanqiu continued to observe Bai Qingxia's expression. She sat silently on the bench, rubbing her left palm with her right thumb, occasionally looking down with a helpless expression.

Lu Yuanqiu: "Zhang Zhisheng has obtained your sauce packet. After detecting the formula, he made a copy of an instant noodle. It tastes similar to Xia Yiwan Noodles, but there is still a big difference. I don't know why, but he couldn't detect all of your formula ingredients. This should be related to your special production process."

Bai Qingxia remains silent, silent until now.

Lu Yuanqiu gently separated her small hands, which were rubbing together nervously, and took one hand from each of hers; her hands were icy cold.

Bai Qingxia then looked at him, her eyes filled with obvious tension.

"Once Daiso's application is approved, let's switch to a more confidential shop to continue making Xia Yiwan Noodles. After Zhang Zhisheng found out the taste was wrong, he published the recipe and applied for a patent, trying to gain an advantage in advance and then turn around and bite us. He probably thinks that Bai Xi is only wrong in the production process, so he may take various measures to steal your production process in the future."

[After a reader's reminder, I realized that applying for a patent requires disclosing the formula and production process. Therefore, large manufacturers generally don't apply for patents, but rather keep them confidential. However, upon closer examination, this doesn't significantly affect the preceding text. Zhang Zhisheng already knew that the counterfeit instant noodles didn't taste right, so he applied for a patent, disclosing the tested formula (what he believed to be the correct formula) and his own production process (the incorrect process). However, he wouldn't disclose the correct production process that he later stole. The logical issues shouldn't be too significant. Originally, I planned for Bai Qingxia to also apply for a patent in advance for self-protection, but I hadn't written it that way yet. Now it seems unnecessary; I can simply choose to keep it confidential.]

“How about…” Bai Qingxia looked up, her voice hoarse, as if she had made a very difficult decision: “I’ll close the shop…”

Lu Yuanqiu smiled and shook his head: "It's alright, let's continue. We really don't know what Zhang Zhisheng will do next, just in case... Would you be willing to hand over the formula to the Lu family? Give it to me."

Bai Qingxia immediately nodded: "I'm willing!"

Lu Yuanqiu was a little embarrassed to say the second half of his sentence, but he was not surprised at all by Bai Qingxia's decisive agreement.

Regardless of whether Bai Qingxia cared about the formula, objectively speaking, this formula was already her only trump card. Lu Yuanqiu's words made it seem as if he wanted to take everything away from her.

Feeling uneasy about this hurdle, Lu Yuanqiu didn't respond immediately, but added, "Old Wang from the branch office made a mistake and is about to be transferred. Second Master will make me the general manager of the branch office ahead of schedule. From now on, this will be our joint company. We will protect the formula together and uphold your father's former glory."

This time, Bai Qingxia didn't answer "agree" so quickly; instead, she swiftly opened her arms and hugged Lu Yuanqiu.

This sudden action was even more disheartening for Lu Yuanqiu than a simple "agreement."

Bai Qingxia trusted him too much, completely and without reservation. She didn't even pause for a moment to consider the flaws and truthfulness of his words.

Lu Yuanqiu thought she was so foolish. What if the kind-hearted little monk changed his mind after learning that she had a huge fortune, and all his good intentions turned out to be ulterior motives? Didn't she consider that possibility?
She probably will never think that way.

Lu Yuanqiu held the fool tightly in his arms and sighed.

Hand in hand, walking towards the everyday life of ordinary people, Bai Qingxia asked Lu Yuanqiu, "So, the reason Aunt Xu was sent to the Lucheng headquarters was because she had seen the formula and production process?"

"Correct."

Seeing Bai Qingxia silently lower her head, Lu Yuanqiu joked, "Don't worry, there's no such thing as murder to cover up a crime in reality. Aunt Xu's salary in Lucheng is 20,000."

Bai Qingxia smiled, but she felt inexplicably pressured by the importance her uncles attached to this matter. Although it wasn't as serious as murder and cover-ups in movies and TV dramas, all the information she received today was far removed from reality.

"I hope... everyone and everything will be safe and well from now on," Bai Qingxia closed her eyes and silently murmured to herself.

Inside the restaurant. "What...what are you talking about? What exactly does the Lu Group see in me?"

Aunt Xu looked troubled.

Lu Yuanqiu: "It's me who has taken a liking to you."

Aunt Xu's eyes widened, and Bai Qingxia also turned her head with a strange expression for a moment. Lu Yuanqiu raised his hand slightly and made an explanation as if panting: "The group president is my second uncle. This is my suggestion because there will be some changes to Xia Yiwan Noodles recently."

Aunt Xu's mouth gaped open slightly before she realized that Lu Yuanqiu... also seemed to have the surname Lu.

This was truly the least spoiled rich kid she had ever seen... Aunt Xu was still looking Lu Yuanqiu up and down in surprise.

Seeing Bai Qingxia nod at her, Aunt Xu was finally certain that Boss Bai wouldn't lie.

"How long will Old Wang be gone?"

"It will take a while, let's wait for news. By the way, my uncles will be coming tomorrow, the four of us will go to the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center office to fill out forms."

After leaving the restaurant, Lu Yuanqiu's words made Bai Qingxia pause.

Is this considered making a big fuss?
Dormitory 402.

"How is it, Young Master Liang? Is it alright?" Zhong Jincheng asked Liang Jingfeng while munching on an apple.

Liang Jingfeng looked clearly troubled, but under Zhong Jincheng's gaze, he couldn't refuse. Besides, he was registered in Zhong Jincheng's shop, and without financial support, Zhong Jincheng's shop couldn't open.

"You... let's not even talk about whether you can get approved for the school application, just look at the highlight of your milk tea, the painting on the cup? If you say your milk tea has a special recipe or something, I might be able to put in a good word for you at the company," Liang Jingfeng replied.

Zhong Jincheng stood up: "How can drawing on a cup not be a highlight? This is a marketing gimmick!"

Seeing Lu Yuanqiu pass by the door, Zhong Jincheng quickly pulled him inside and said to Liang Jingfeng with an exaggerated expression, "Lu Yuanqiu provided the plot outline for the comic! Isn't that enough?! Lu Yuanqiu has too many clever ideas."

Lu Yuanqiu was a little confused at first, but now he understood that they were talking about the milk tea shop.

"What's wrong?"

Zhong Jincheng sighed: "Young Master Liang thinks my idea might not be appreciated by Lu's branch. There's nothing I can do; I need investors to provide financial support for my store."

Lu Yuanqiu twitched his lips: "Is that all? What are you afraid of? Let's go straight to the branch office."

He left room 402 without interest.

Liang Jingfeng was stunned. Pointing at Lu Yuanqiu's departing figure, he complained, "Does he think it's so easy for a branch office to take a liking to an idea? Lu Yuanqiu doesn't know anything. He has no idea how complicated this is."

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