After the dumplings were put into the pot, several of them burst open, and the pot was full of veggie bits that were truly a sight to behold.
Miya was full of anticipation, while Darnley stood nearby acting all cool and distant: "They look so bad, even worse than wontons. You’ve made the first failed dumplings of your lives."
Faye Townsend laughed and put her hand on his shoulder: "Kiddo, didn’t your dad say, ’Don’t judge dumplings by their looks’?"
Miya clapped her hands: "I think they will taste great, Mom."
Darnley smirked and said, well, wait and see then.
Hunter Warren scooped the dumplings out of the pot, and the family of four ate with great anticipation.
But very quickly, Darnley spit the dumpling out with a grimace at Hunter Warren: "Dad, didn’t you say these dumplings were beautiful on the inside?
Turns out, I really shouldn’t have trusted you. What is this taste?"
Hunter Warren also spit out the dumpling and looked at Faye Townsend.
Faye Townsend forced herself to swallow the tiny bit of dumpling skin she bit into: "What did you put too much of, why does it taste so bitter."
"I don’t know either, I added a bit of every seasoning, that’s what I saw others do."
"Dad, it’s terrible." Miya spat twice and didn’t forget to take a sip of water to rinse her mouth.
The family next to them was already full, looking satisfied. Miya pulled Faye Townsend’s hand and tilted her head: "Mom, I’m hungry."
Faye Townsend looked up at Hunter Warren, the two exchanged a silent smile.
Hunter Warren picked Miya up: "Forget it, neither Dad nor Mom are cooking experts, let’s eat out instead."
The four of them agreed unanimously and headed out together. Darnley said: "In the future, don’t try cooking for us yourselves, or the police uncle might think you’re trying to murder kids."
Faye Townsend nodded on his forehead: "You rascal, if you don’t speak, people won’t think you’re mute."
"We just wasted an hour for nothing.
My dad even won the game to have the right to choose the fillings first.
What’s the use of being good at sports if you can’t cook."
Hunter Warren glanced at Faye Townsend, holding back laughter: "Has this kid always been such a chatterbox?"
Faye Townsend nodded, looking very approving.
Hunter Warren suddenly felt that this kid’s knack for finding faults was inherited from him indeed.
It’s amazing how even this can be genetic.
They didn’t go far, just ate a meal at a restaurant outside the community. Afterward, Hunter Warren had Uncle Rivers come to take Darnley and Miya home, and he and Faye Townsend drove to Townsend Corporation.
Since it was Saturday, there weren’t many people in the company. After going upstairs, Hunter Warren told Declan Rivers, who was working overtime, to finish up, and they went into the office together. Hunter Warren moved the documents to the coffee table, and they each sat on one side of the sofa, bowing their heads to go through the papers.
Faye Townsend was very focused at work. After reading a document, Hunter Warren turned to watch her for a while.
Faye Townsend didn’t look away from the documents and stretched her hand to block his face: "Focus, I want to finish early and go home."
Hunter Warren smacked his lips: "They say working with a partner isn’t tiring, and it’s true."
"I’m not trying to flirt; I want to get straight to it."
Faye Townsend then turned to him: "Not today, because we promised the kids to go back early."
"Which is why I’m restraining myself," Hunter Warren said, pulling out another document to read.
He only glanced at it before placing it in front of Faye Townsend: "Did you guys have a falling out with Fuhua?"
Faye Townsend looked at him: "There shouldn’t be too much hope," she glanced at the document he was reading: "That’s the new tender document, what do you think? Are there any areas that need supplementing?"
"Oh, you." Hunter Warren set the tender document aside: "If you really ended the partnership with Fuhua, that would be your biggest loss.
Now Oliver Turner has set a trap for you to jump into.
He was sure you’d choose to give up on Fuhua as a partner first, and you actually fell for it."
Faye Townsend puzzled: "You mean... I shouldn’t end the partnership with Fuhua? Why?"
"It’s very simple. Fuhua is a leading company in Eldoria’s construction industry. For the projects they undertake, you can increase your sales price per square meter by a couple of hundred bucks, thanks to their brand effect.
Secondly, their work is truly exquisite. I’ve never heard of any projects nationwide, partnered with Fuhua, having any quality issues.
Those terms like patchwork buildings or jerry-built projects simply don’t exist with them.