The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 336 The Root of the Falling Out

After carefully putting away the box containing ten Chengxing Stones, Qin Lang remembered Qi Bing's reminder and looked at Su Wanxia with a more probing gaze.

"It seems you have some doubts?" Noticing Qin Lang's gaze, Su Wanxia smiled and said, "Tell me about it."

"Indeed, there is." Qin Lang nodded seriously. "President Su, do you know what happened between Mr. Ren Qiu's mother and Mr. Zhang Qian's father?"

"Huh?" Su Wanxia was taken aback, looking at Qin Lang with some surprise. "Why would you care about this?"

"Here's the thing, I'm looking for a special jade pendant." Qin Lang said, taking out a sketch he always carried with him. "Yesterday I learned by chance that two fragments of the jade pendant are in the hands of these two families."

"So I'm curious about what happened that caused these two companies to be at odds with each other. This might help me find the other two pieces."

Su Wanxia looked at Qin Lang as he unfolded his hand-drawn sketch. While listening to Qin Lang's story, her attention was drawn to the tombstone.

"This tombstone..."

"If I remember correctly, it should be Mr. Gu Cong's."

"Yes." Qin Lang looked at Su Wanxia with some surprise.

The other party recognized Gu Cong's tombstone at a glance, which shows that they really know a lot about the past.

“I see.” A look of reminiscence appeared in Su Wanxia’s eyes. “Mr. Gu Cong is a very skilled chef who doesn’t care about fame or fortune at all. His cooking skills surpass most Level 2 Food Recommenders, but because he is very low-key, few people know about his cooking skills.”

More than the vast majority of Level 2 food recommenders?
Qin Lang was startled, gaining a more accurate understanding of the culinary skills of the late Mr. Gu Cong.

"The first time I heard his name was when I met Feng Xi by accident and we became friends." Su Wanxia paused slightly at this point. "Feng Xi is Ren Qiu's mother."

"At the same time, she was also Gu Cong's first disciple."

"Mr. Ren Qiu's mother and Mr. Gu Cong were teacher and student?" Qin Lang was slightly taken aback, revealing a surprised expression.

This is truly unexpected.

“Yes.” Su Wanxia nodded slightly. “Not only Feng Xi, but Zhang Qian’s father, Zhang Yong, is also a disciple of Mr. Gu Cong.”

"They are senior and junior classmates."

Senior and junior classmates?!

Everyone's eyes widened at the same time.

If Gu Cong and Feng Xi were master and apprentice, it would be understandable, but the fact that two families who had fought each other their whole lives were from the same school is quite surprising.

"The jade pendant you mentioned..." Su Wanxia glanced at the jade pendant in the painting, pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke, "I seem to have some recollection of it."

"I visited Mr. Gu Cong in my early years. At that time, this jade pendant was hanging on Mr. Gu Cong's waist and it was intact."

"You said that the fragments of the jade pendant are now in the hands of the Ren and Zhang families. Perhaps when Mr. Gu Cong passed away, he distributed this jade pendant to his disciples."

"So, Mr. Gu Cong has two other disciples?" Qin Lang understood Su Wanxia's implication. "The remaining two fragments are very likely in the hands of those two disciples or their descendants?"

"That should be the case." Su Wanxia nodded slightly. "Mr. Gu Cong had four disciples during his lifetime, which matches the number of fragments."

"Then, do you know who the other two disciples are?" Zhao Qian couldn't help but ask.

Su Wanxia nodded, then shook her head. "I only know one."

"Mr. Gu Cong's last disciple was someone he took in late in his life. At that time, I happened to be traveling around the country, and when I returned to Yuehu City, I received the devastating news of his passing. So I didn't know who this disciple was."

"It's alright, Chairman Su. Knowing even one person is helpful," Qin Lang said earnestly. "Perhaps through that one person, we can find out the last one."

“This method may not be feasible.” Su Wanxia shook her head slightly. “Mr. Gu Cong’s third disciple is named Yue Shan.”

"He is a kind and honest person. He is not particularly talented in cooking, but he practices very hard and has achieved some success back then."

“But…” Su Wanxia frowned slightly at this point, “Yue Shan left Yuehu City after Gu Cong passed away.”

"...Not in Yuehu City?" The light in Qin Lang's eyes gradually dimmed.

One disciple is not in Yuehu City, and even Su Wanxia doesn't know the identity of the other disciple. Is everything about to fall into a dead end again?
“Yes.” Su Wanxia sighed. “Yue Shan’s departure is also related to the conflict between Feng Xi and Zhang Yong.”

"Back when Gu Cong was still alive, the relationship between the brothers was very harmonious." At this point, Su Wanxia suddenly remembered something, took out a photo album from the drawer, and flipped to a yellowed photo.

"This is a group photo I took when I visited Mr. Gu Cong's home a long time ago."

Qin Lang and the others curiously approached and saw an elderly man with gray hair sitting in the center of the living room sofa, with two women of about twenty years old sitting on his left and right sides.

One of them was beautiful and gentle, with eyebrows and eyes almost identical to Su Wanxia's now, clearly Su Wanxia in her youth.

The other woman, with her long, slender eyebrows and a touch of heroic spirit, appeared dashing and capable. She is undoubtedly Mr. Ren Qiu's mother, Feng Xi.

As for the other two young men in the photo…

“This is Zhang Yong.” Su Wanxia pointed to the young man sitting next to Feng Xi, whose cheek was being pinched by Feng Xi, and whose expression was somewhat resentful.

It's clear that Feng Xi and Zhang Yong had a very good relationship at that time.

“This is Yue Shan.” Su Wanxia then pointed to the young man standing behind the sofa. His features were youthful and honest. He was the youngest among everyone in the photo, but his height was almost two meters.

"So high!" Zhao Qian couldn't help but exclaim.

"Hehe, this wasn't even his peak." Su Wanxia chuckled, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.

He was only 15 years old when the filming took place.

15 years old, two meters tall?!
Qin Lang and the others gasped simultaneously.

"President Su, they seemed to have a good relationship in the photos, so how did things end up like that?" Cao Dongdong couldn't help but ask.

Su Wanxia sighed, "I'm just an outsider, and I don't know the details of what happened back then, but I know some of the general information."

"It is said that... Mr. Gu Cong acquired something very important."

"Mr. Gu Cong has no sons, and his four disciples are his closest people. That item can only be entrusted to one of them."

"Because of this incident, the once close-knit fellow disciples developed a rift, and in the end, they either never spoke to each other again or went to distant places."

They turned against each other because of something important?
Qin Lang and the others were taken aback for a moment, then fell silent.

(End of this chapter)