The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 262 How Young is the World's Honey? (4k)

The sky was still tinged with the fading indigo, and a faint ray of dawn, like a carefully glittering gilded thread, quietly pierced the heavy night from the southeast horizon.

This was the sixth day since Gu Heng returned from Changbai Mountain. Wang Wanning had already left Jilin Province the day before yesterday. At this moment, Gu Heng was personally driving his Maybach GLS600 and parked it in the underground parking lot of the North Square of Beichun High-speed Railway Station.

Today, there are only 4 days left until the Lunar New Year.

The high-speed rail station was teeming with people, all of whom were northerners returning home.

Relatives reunite, friends meet again.

There was laughter, and there were tears.

Some say that every child's coming-of-age ceremony in Northeast China is like a train ticket away from home, and this statement seems to find its most perfect expression here.

Gu Heng sat in the car and sighed twice before picking up his phone again to scroll through it.

How young is the world's honey industry?

"What kind of trouble is Han Yijia up to now?"

Gu Heng looked at the message Han Yijia had sent him two minutes ago, muttered something to himself, and then casually replied with a "?".

"Mr. Gu, if you translate this sentence into English, you'll understand what I mean."

Han Yijia replied instantly.

When Gu Heng saw Han Yijia's reply, his eyebrows couldn't help but rise slightly. Then he pressed the button on the sentence Han Yijia had just sent and translated it directly.

The world bee is so young!

"world bee..."

Gu Heng didn't realize it at first and subconsciously read out the English sentence. However, he realized it immediately after reading only two words and was a little speechless.

"Slut!"

Gu Heng replied succinctly with just two words.

"Chairman Gu, it's been over two months already~"

"She really is so young!"

Han Yijia replied via voice, her voice sweet and alluring.

"Young, right?"

"Next time I'll increase the power of your electric boyfriends by another level, let's see if you're still young."

After replying to Han Yijia, Gu Heng exited WeChat, because the person he was supposed to pick up at the high-speed rail station was already right in front of him.

"Drip!"

Gu Heng honked the horn suddenly, and the loud blast startled the short-haired boy standing not far in front of the car.

The other person turned around upon hearing the sound, and their eyes widened in surprise when they saw Gu Heng sitting in the driver's seat.

"What are you staring at with those bull-eyed eyes?!"

"Get in the car quickly, I'm starving while waiting for you!"

Gu Heng rolled down the car window, leaned out, and laughed and scolded the other person.

"I rely on!"

"Maybach GLS!"

"What's going on with you?"

"You won the lottery?"

The short-haired boy in front of him, staring with wide, incredulous eyes, was none other than Wan Jiakai, Gu Heng's best friend since childhood.

"its not right!"

Even if you won the lottery, you still couldn't afford a Maybach GLS!

Wan Jiakai opened the passenger door and looked at the luxurious interior of the Maybach GLS. Then he looked at Gu Heng, whose image and temperament were completely different from half a year ago. Suddenly, his expression became strange: "Gu Heng, are you fucking being kept by a rich woman?"

"how?"

"With your looks, finding a gigolo would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?"

"no?"

"So you're really being kept by a rich woman?"

Wan Jiakai got into the car, his eyes wide with amazement: "I have to say, this rich woman treats you really well. She even let you drive a Maybach GLS. I saw this car at the Yanjing International Auto Show a while ago. It costs more than three million yuan!"

"Eh?"

Where the hell are you touching?

Gu Heng's expression darkened as he watched Wan Jiakai, who had been touching the interior of the car, suddenly move his hand towards his thigh.

"hey-hey……"

Wan Jiakai scratched his head and said with a smile, "There's a saying that people are glamorous in public but suffer in private. I've heard that many rich women are perverted and often find pleasure in tormenting a poor chef like you."

"roll roll roll!"

"Stop worrying about things that don't concern you!"

"The rich woman who's been keeping me is so good to me. She's not only young, beautiful, and elegant, but also has fair skin, a pretty face, and long legs!"

Since Wan Jiakai had already come up with this reason, Gu Heng went along with it.

He had originally thought about how to explain his sudden wealth to Wan Jiakai, since he and Wan Jiakai were very familiar with each other, Wan Jiakai knew his situation very well, and their contact had never been broken.

Now, Wan Jiakai's "misunderstanding" is just that, a "misunderstanding," saving Gu Heng the trouble of wasting brain cells to come up with other reasons to explain.

"You blow it!"

"If I believe you, I'll be your son!"

Wan Jiakai sneered twice, not believing a single word Gu Heng said.

"Ok?"

"Aren't you already one?"

Gu Heng feigned confusion and asked Wan Kaijia in return.

"How dare you!"

"How dare they rebel against the Heavenly Gang!"

Despite not having seen Gu Heng for more than half a year, Wan Jiakai was still cursing and swearing, and the two of them had no estrangement at all, and were still laughing and joking as usual.

"How?"

"What else can we do?"

Ever since Gu Heng saw Wan Jiakai, the smile on his lips had never faded: "Hurry up, hurry up, I'll arrange what you want to eat."

"I'm fine with anything."

Wan Jiakai fastened his seatbelt and casually replied.

"eat hot pot?"

"Does it have a bit of a smell?"

"Want some barbecue?"

"Too hot!"

"What about Sichuan cuisine?"

"Too spicy!"

Gu Heng's expression darkened, and his grip on the steering wheel tightened.

"no?"

So what do you want to eat?

Gu Heng asked, somewhat annoyed.

"Whatever~"

Wan Jiakai shrugged and said nonchalantly.

Go eat shit!

Gu Heng was so angry at Wan Jiakai that he laughed. He reached out and unbuckled Wan Jiakai's seatbelt, then reached for the passenger door: "Get out of here! If you buy a ticket now, you can still catch the high-speed train home!"

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"I was just being funny!"

Wan Jiakai quickly stopped Gu Heng and said with a forced smile, "Look at you, always asking. We haven't seen each other for so long, do you even need to ask what we're going to eat? It's definitely barbecue with some beer!"

"Hot pot, barbecue, Sichuan cuisine—those are things you take girls out to eat!"

"A real man is one with a big kebab in his left hand and a large beer in his right!"

"Just do it!"

While smiling apologetically to reassure Gu Heng, Wan Jiakai re-fastened his seatbelt.

"Then let's go to Zhuangyuan Pavilion."

Gu Heng rolled his eyes at Wan Jiakai and, without seeking his opinion this time, made the decision for him directly.

"Zhuangyuan Pavilion?"

"That family usually explodes a lot."

"With the Lunar New Year approaching, the lines will stretch all the way to the street, won't they?"

Wan Jiakai hesitated slightly: "Why don't we go to another one? Anyway, in our Jilin Province, as long as the barbecue restaurants can survive for more than two years, the taste is generally pretty good."

"queue?"

"My son." "Your father is now a man kept by a rich woman, why would he need to wait in line?"

"Just tell me if you want to eat in a private room or in the main hall."

Gu Heng skillfully steered with one hand towards the exit of the underground parking lot, while asking Wan Jiakai a question.

"Stop bragging."

"You've blown the cows out of Kyrgyzstan so much you're practically killing them."

"It's lunchtime now, you're lucky if you can even get a table in the lobby."

Wan Jiakai adjusted his chair to a semi-reclined position: "Besides, it's just the two of us, what would we need a private room for?"

"Let's go to the main hall then."

Whether in a private room or in the main hall, Gu Heng didn't care.

After saying that, he picked up his phone, opened WeChat, and sent a message to Qi Min: "Reserve a table for me at Zhuangyuan Pavilion, no need for a private room, the main hall is fine."

Wan Jiakai was slightly taken aback when he saw Gu Heng's extremely natural expression.

He initially thought Gu Heng was joking, but now it seems the other party really does have that ability.

After instructing Qi Min, Gu Heng drove out of the underground parking lot of the train station and casually asked Wan Jiakai, "Uncle and Aunt, are you both feeling well?"

"Everything is fine."

Looking at the familiar street scene around him, Wan Jiakai replied somewhat lazily, "I came to see you today, and they even told me to bring you home for the New Year. What do you think?"

"Something happened."

"I won't be going back this year."

"I bought some things for my uncle and aunt, could you please take them back for me?"

Gu Heng paused for a moment before responding to Wan Jiakai in this way.

That year was the same year that Gu Heng's father had just abandoned him.

Gu Heng was not yet 16 years old when Wan Jiakai's parents came to pick him up on New Year's Eve and helped him get through the most difficult winter.

Later, Gu Heng came to Beichun alone to make a living.

Every Lunar New Year's Eve, Wan Jiakai's parents would invite Gu Heng to celebrate the New Year together, but Gu Heng was worried about being too much of a bother and always declined with various excuses.

However, Gu Heng will always remember that New Year's Eve dinner.

"I knew it."

"You give the same answer every year."

Wan Jiakai was already used to it: "Besides, we don't lack anything at home. It's not easy for you to earn money in Beichun. I won't bring anything back for you. Take advantage of the fact that you can return those things and hurry up and return them."

"Take it or leave it."

"If you don't bring it, I'll mail it."

"Anyway, I know your home address."

Gu Heng looked ahead at the road and responded with a smile.

"I just can't do anything with you, you bastard."

Wan Jiakai rolled his eyes. He had grown up with Gu Heng since childhood and knew that Gu Heng was a stubborn person who wouldn't listen to anyone once he made up his mind. So he didn't waste any more words and let Gu Heng do as he pleased.

……

Half an hour later, Gu Heng drove his Maybach GLS600 to the vicinity of Zhuangyuan Pavilion. It was completely dark by then, and all the shops on both sides of the street had their lights on.

"Ouch!"

"I'm obedient!"

"What did I say?"

"There are so many people, it's like an explosion!"

Wan Jiakai peered out the car window at the massive crowd gathered at the entrance of Zhuangyuan Pavilion and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

"No matter how many people there are, it has nothing to do with us."

Gu Heng steered the car with one hand and drove directly towards the entrance of Zhuangyuan Pavilion.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"That's in front of someone's shop, and they even have stakes in there."

"Let's drive a bit further away and see if we can find a parking space."

Seeing Gu Heng heading straight for the shop entrance, Wan Jiakai quickly tried to dissuade him.

For businesses, the worst thing to do is to block the doorway.

Gu Heng's actions could easily lead to unnecessary trouble.

"fine."

Gu Heng smiled and continued to do as he pleased.

"Drip!"

He drove up to the bollard and then gently honked the horn twice.

Within five seconds, someone rushed out of the Zhuangyuan Pavilion, quickly removing all the ground stakes, and then eagerly guided Gu Heng to drive in.

"Fuck!"

"What's going on?"

"Could it be that the rich woman who's keeping you is the owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion?"

Upon seeing this, Wan Jiakai couldn't help but swear.

"What are you thinking? That's impossible."

Gu Heng brought the Maybach GLS600 to a stop: "Didn't I tell you that the rich woman who's keeping me is young, beautiful, elegant, fair-skinned, and has long legs?"

As they spoke, the two got out of the car one after the other.

"Mr. Gu, welcome, welcome!"

Just as Gu Heng stepped out of the car, the middle-aged man who had been all smiles and fawning quickly approached him: "I am Fan Sheng, the owner of this shop. It is truly an honor for our humble establishment that Mr. Gu has come to visit us!"

"Boss Fan."

"Your store is doing very well!"

I'm sorry to have troubled you by coming here.

Gu Heng extended one hand and greeted him with a smile.

"No trouble at all, not trouble at all!"

Fan Sheng said warmly, "It's cold outside, Mr. Gu, please come in."

Gu Heng smiled and nodded slightly, then gestured to Wan Jiakai, who was somewhat dumbfounded, before following Fan Sheng into the store.

Pushing open the store door, you see a long line of customers waiting for a table.

Wan Jiakai roughly estimated that there would be at least fifty people waiting in line.

Looking around, it was completely packed.

Based on the current trend, if they wait normally, it will take at least two hours.

But nowadays, under the boss's leadership, they don't need to wait at all.

"Mr. Gu, there is one empty private room upstairs."

Seeing Gu Heng sitting at the wooden table by the window, Fan Sheng tentatively asked, "Do you and your friend really not need to go to a private room?"

"There are only two of us, so it's a bit lonely in the private room."

"When you eat barbecue, what you're really enjoying is the warmth and comfort of everyday life."

Gu Heng smiled at Fan Sheng: "Mr. Fan, we're fine sitting here. Don't reserve the private room for us; let it go and entertain other guests."

"No no no."

"The private rooms must be reserved."

Fan Sheng quickly waved his hand: "If you, Mr. Gu, find it noisy here later, you and your friends can move upstairs to a private room at any time."

"Mr. Fan, this..."

Looking at the other person's determined expression, Gu Heng shook his head with a hint of helplessness: "Alright then, thank you for your hospitality, Boss Fan."

"You're too kind."

Fan Sheng was somewhat flattered.

Don't be fooled by the fact that his barbecue restaurant is always packed and seems incredibly successful. Compared to Zhencui Group, a behemoth in the catering industry of Jilin Province, the two are simply incomparable.

Now that the chairman of Zhencui Group has come to their restaurant for barbecue, as the owner, he naturally has to treat him with the utmost hospitality.

"You keep busy."

"My friend and I ordered directly by scanning the QR code."

“We don’t feel very comfortable with you all surrounding us like this.”

Upon hearing Gu Heng's words, Fan Sheng immediately understood what Gu Heng meant.

"Ok."

"Mr. Gu, please continue eating. I'll come back to toast you later."

After responding in this way, Fan Sheng left two waitresses to look after Gu Heng and his companion, and then tactfully left without bothering them any further.

After Fan Sheng left, Gu Heng looked up at the dumbfounded Wan Jiakai and couldn't help but smile slightly...

(End of this chapter)