After five bigwigs in Beijing's elite circle fell into their trap, I fled.

Chapter 42 A Low-Key Breakfast

Some things can't be explained.

But there were some things that FY's heir felt he could explain to his bewildered assistant, Yang.

For example, the bright red ribbon in the morning light.

But he decided not to say it—compared to his mother-in-law, the man surnamed Yang was an outsider, and moreover, a lackey of his mortal enemy whom he had recently considered killing!

So, while Assistant Yang's attention had already shifted to the steaming hot country breakfast, the leopard cat in Jiang Shu's arms still wore a profound expression, as if it were hiding its accomplishments.

Jiang Shu found it amusing, reached out and rubbed the cat's head, then casually grabbed a piece of dried tofu from the table and stuffed it into the cat's mouth.

The extremely picky young master of FY barely opened his mouth, then froze.

Assistant Yang was also stunned.

Assistant Yang has followed the BOSS around all these years, using money to intimidate people and has eaten countless delicacies.

So, at this moment, he sat quietly at the large round table, and every local specialty dish that the villagers warmly invited him to try tasted familiar to him.

Scoop a spoonful of rice porridge, and it's fragrant, soft, and sticky, just like... that expensive tribute rice that picky bosses often eat, which costs 8,000 yuan per kilogram?

He took a bite of dried tofu and chewed it twenty times, each chew feeling like foie gras...

Take another bite of the village's specialty mushroom bun... Are you sure this isn't a truffle?

Assistant Yang was in a daze, picking at all twelve dishes in a row, and the more he ate, the less he knew what expression to make.

He secretly glanced at Jiang Shu, only to see that the cat in Jiang Shu's arms had somehow gotten onto the table and was obediently tasting each dish under Jiang Shu's service. Its eyes... its eyes must have looked a little bewildered.

Assistant Yang, as if he had found an ally, personally prepared another mushroom bag for the cat before asking Jiang Shu, "Does your village...do you usually eat these things?"

“I’ve been eating these since I was a child,” Jiang Shu replied naturally. “How about it? Aren’t the ingredients in the countryside much tastier than those in big cities? Take that cabbage in front of you, boiled in hot water. I’ve eaten it at five or six different places in Jiangcheng, and it tasted like grass. It didn’t taste like the cabbage at home at all.”

Assistant Yang thought to himself, "This cooking method, this taste! This is absolutely authentic boiled cabbage in clear broth, a famous dish served at state banquets. I've only had it a few times at the BOSS's table..."

So, putting everything else aside, once the BOSS marries into the family, she won't have to suffer from poor food!
But how could a poor village eat these things every day?

Assistant Yang's mind went blank at that moment.

Jiang Shu suddenly remembered something: "Today is Saturday, I think I have a live broadcast tonight?"

Meanwhile, at the Starry Sky Building in Jiangcheng, Li Yubai grew increasingly uneasy after not receiving any reports from Assistant Yang for a long time and after his messages to Jiang Shu remained unread.

Just then, Gao Jing came in carrying a stack of documents. Li Yubai instructed, "Arrange a car, I need to go out."

“Boss, if things aren’t urgent, could we handle another matter first?” Gao Jing handed him the top document. “The puppeteer is being sued for selling counterfeit alcohol, and it’s trending on social media.”

Li Yubai's tone suddenly turned cold: "What's going on?"

Before Gao Jing could begin speaking, Li Yubai's private phone rang.

The caller ID showed an unfamiliar landline number in Jiangcheng.

Li Yubai hesitated for two seconds before answering the call.

On the other end, a girl's haughty voice rang out: "Li Yubai?"

Li Yubai felt as if he had heard heavenly music, and his tense and anxious state instantly relaxed! He softly replied, "It's me."

"I suddenly remembered that I have a live streaming task for my puppet live stream tonight—I'm giving it to you, is that alright?"

"No problem," Li Yubai asked gently, "When will you be back?"

"Tomorrow morning. I'll be back after Second Grandpa's funeral." Jiang Shu's voice was a little broken. "The signal at home is bad, so I'll leave now and hang up!" Xinghua Village.

Assistant Yang and Jiang Shu squatted beside the only landline phone in the village.

It wasn't until Jiang Shu hung up the phone that Assistant Yang said with lingering fear, "It took three minutes just for the signal to be transferred. I almost thought I wouldn't be able to get through..."

"This is considered fast. Sometimes it takes more than ten minutes just to find a signal," Jiang Shu sighed. "Having gotten used to mobile phones, I suddenly find it hard to tolerate the efficiency of this landline. People really can easily lose themselves in pleasure..."

Jiangcheng.

After hanging up the phone, Li Yubai's tone softened considerably as he asked Gao Jing again, "Fake alcohol, what happened?"

"Wasn't that luxury wine sold on Wednesday night?" Gao Jing thought, remembering that even Li Yubai couldn't get his hands on it, only to have it smeared by someone else, and felt a bit angry. "A user from Shanghai named 'Wolf and Jackal' filmed it. Then they hired an authentication team to determine on the spot that it was fake wine, and they even recorded the whole process on video. Now those videos and authentication reports are all over the internet, and there should be a large number of haters entering the live stream tonight... In addition, 'Wolf and Jackal' has also hired a lawyer and said they're going to sue Puppetman."

“It can’t be fake alcohol,” Li Yubai said calmly. “Investigate the person Wolf and Jackal.”

"I've investigated!" Gao Jing was always efficient. "He's the young master of the Zhou family, a third-class family in the capital. He's had a very bad falling out with his family and has been mostly fooling around outside these past few years. He was a streamer on the Lemon platform a while ago and applied for the Chaomu platform but was rejected. I guess that's when he started to hate them."

"The Zhou family?" Li Yubai frowned.

"The Zhou family, which made their fortune from plastic surgery hospitals, now owns several laboratories." Gao Jing's tone was not good. "The current chairman, Zhou Xi, is ruthless and not a decent person. He has a bunch of mistresses, but he only has this one son."

“Send someone to Shanghai and bring him here.”

"I'll go myself."

Li Yubai glanced at him: "No need, you have more important things to do."

Gao Jing's expression turned serious: "What is it?"

Li Yubai stared at him for a while, then suddenly asked, "Can you do live streaming?"

Magic City.

The wolves and jackals were bombarded with phone calls!
After discovering his credit card had been suspended, he finally answered the phone impatiently: "What!"

"You unfilial son!" Zhou Xi cursed from the other end of the line, "Why did you have to expose Li Yubai, of all people?! Do you want to ruin the Zhou family?"

"She's just a small-time streamer, don't make a big deal out of it!" Wolf and Jackal scoffed. "How could someone as busy as Li Yubai care about such a trivial matter!"

“A trivial matter? Li Yubai personally ordered the removal of the trending topic ten minutes ago!” Zhou Xi said fiercely. “You fucking get the hell home and stay put. If you wait any longer and they come knocking on your door, I might not be able to protect you.”

"Can't protect me?" the wolf and the jackal sneered. "Then let me die! Don't you always wish I were dead?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the door was violently flung open by a powerful impact!

eight pm.

The puppet's live stream started on time.

After putting on his mask and cloak, Gao Jing cleared his throat: "Welcome everyone to the Puppet Man's live stream! We meet again!"

What are we selling today?

[They haven't given any explanation for the counterfeit alcohol! If the alcohol is fake, who knows if the rest of the product is fake too!]

Why does the streamer seem so much more muscular? What did he eat these past few days?

The puppeteer, Gao Jing, said calmly, "What are we selling today? Today we're selling things that you can't usually afford, but you can get them for free in our live stream. Everyone who sees it gets a share! As for the fake alcohol incident that's been making headlines recently, we'll give everyone an explanation at the end of the live stream."

(End of this chapter)