[Xu Liren and Bi Qingyun were university classmates. Later, due to the significant difference in their family backgrounds, the Xu family opposed their relationship. Subsequently, the Xu family moved to Qing City, where Xu Liren and Bi Qingyun met again.]
[Later, Xu Liren told Bi Qingyun about Beauty Mother’s existence and persuaded Bi Qingyun to steal the recipes from Beauty Mother’s family. If he succeeded, they could be together.]
[But for some reason, Bi Qingyun seemed to have fallen for Beauty Mother and wanted to break up with Xu Liren. At that time, Xu Liren was already pregnant...] 007 furrowed his brow as he said this. [Bi Qingyun probably wanted to keep his Beauty and marry Beauty Mother, hiding it from Xu Liren, which led to your birth.]
[Xu Liren was not to be taken lightly either. After she found out, she stopped all the money she was giving to Bi Qingyun, who was unemployed. Seeing Beauty Mother working hard every day and taking care of you and Xiaoyuan, Bi Qingyun’s old feelings for Xu Liren reignited.]
[So, when Xu Liren came to find him, he ran away with her.]
Bi Xia pressed his lips together and turned on the faucet, listening to the sound of running water. He said coldly, "So, are you saying he had no choice?"
[One can only say,] 007 chuckled, [He once loved.]
"Ha, I give full marks for those two words..." Bi Xia’s hands moved through the water, his starry eyes indifferent. "So everything was planned... But how did Xu Liren know that my mother was the daughter of a culinary genius? Why did she need the recipe?"
[Xu Liren was a branch of the Beijing Xu Family, who were once Imperial Chefs with culinary arts passed down through generations. Although the skill has declined over time, their family continues to monopolize Beijing’s restaurant industry.]
[In the four-yearly Culinary God Competition, your grandfather broke the Xu family’s winning streak and earned the title of Culinary God. His victory ended the Xu family’s dominance in the culinary world, leading to the rise of Xia Family cuisine and the decline of the Xu Family Banquet.]
"So, did they know that my grandfather had settled in Qing City and intentionally moved there?" Bi Xia asked.
[I am not sure about that. I’ve only uncovered these details and supplemented the information. However, it appears that the sales of the Xu Family Banquet in Qing City are significantly higher than those of other branches and even higher than those in Beijing,] 007 said with a slight frown.
Bi Xia nodded lightly, continually washing his hands, watching them move through the water. He couldn’t help but wonder if Bi Qingyun really loved his mother as 007 said, but just couldn’t endure hardship?
Bi Xia also couldn’t help but question why Xu Liren wanted Bi Qingyun to steal the recipe. Wasn’t she afraid that Bi Qingyun might fall in love with his mother?
However, no matter how Bi Xia pondered, it didn’t make sense.
But one thing was certain: Bi Qingyun did not have good intentions when he approached Xia Shi. It was true that he abandoned their family of three, and Xu Liren had long been plotting.
Feigned death, plastic surgery, recipe theft—now Bi Xia suspected that the high sales of the Xu Family Banquet in Qing City compared to Beijing were due to the secret recipes.
Lowering his head slowly, his ink-black hair soaked in the flowing water, his starry eyes closed tightly, Bi Xia cleared his mind. "Mother, mother, did you know that everything you experienced was a lie? Your life, marriage, and children were all part of a conspiracy..."
Raising his head again, Bi Xia looked at himself in the mirror, his ink-black hair wet. As he recalled, his starry eyes gathered a cloud of black. He clenched his fists tightly and suddenly punched the mirror.
In an instant, the mirror shattered to the ground with a crisp sound.
Outside the door, Xia Shi’s anxious voice could be heard. Bi Xia wiped the blood from his hand with a towel, threw it on the ground, calmly opened the door, and walked out. Looking at Xia Shi, he said softly, "It’s nothing. The mirror fell and scared me. By the way, Mom, are you hungry? I’ll go get some food. How about the Xu Family Banquet? We should try it..." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel※fire.net