Han Zheng thought to himself, perhaps he wouldn’t need to offer conditions, they might present their own.
Xiao Xin immediately went down to the second floor and led Zhao Sulan and Lin Fangwei to an empty private room.
She closed the door of the private room and coldly asked, "What do you want with me?"
Zhao Sulan wanted to exchange pleasantries with Xiao Xin to foster some rapport, but Lin Fangwei, worried that Meng Chuyue might suddenly be brought back and their plans would fall through, urged Zhao Sulan to speak directly, "Just say it, she still has to manage the restaurant, she doesn’t have that much time."
Xiao Xin didn’t want to spend more time with these two repulsive characters and quickly said, "Yes, please speak directly if you have any issues."
Zhao Sulan indeed wanted to speak directly, but she was unable to organize a grandiose speech at the moment.
Seeing her struggle to speak, Lin Fangwei shot her a disdainful look and said, "Your mother wants the seasoning recipe from Blue Sky Fast Food Restaurant."
Despite being mentally prepared, when Xiao Xin heard it from their mouths, tears welled up in her eyes.
Her voice choked with emotion as she rejected them, saying, "How can you even think of this? This is my sister’s recipe."
Lin Fangwei just wanted to end this quickly and said immediately, "We know it’s your sister’s recipe, but if she could teach it to you, why can’t you teach it to your own mother?"
Tears streamed down Xiao Xin’s face. "No, I promised my sister I would never tell anyone else."
Seeing that Xiao Xin disagreed, Zhao Sulan panicked, "If you don’t agree, I will come here every day until you tell me."
Lin Fangwei also added, "Xiao Xin, I suggest you listen to your mother. Xiao Xin, if you give the recipe to your mother, I’ll ensure she promises never to bother you again."
After biting her lip and thinking for about twenty seconds, Xiao Xin, looking pitiful, said, "I can tell you, but both of you must swear never to seek recognition from me again."
Xiao Xin was somewhat clever.
She realized that Lin Fangwei was her half-sister from the same father, which technically made her a relative, but she needed to sever this connection as well.
Lin Fangwei never intended to acknowledge Xiao Xin. With a cold laugh in her heart and a calm face, she swore, "Fine, I swear that if Xiao Xin teaches Zhao Sulan the seasoning recipe of Blue Sky Fast Food Restaurant, I will never seek acknowledgment from Xiao Xin again; otherwise, may thunder strike me down."
Zhao Sulan hesitated for a moment but similarly swore, "I swear if Xiao Xin teaches me the seasoning recipe of Blue Sky Fast Food Restaurant, I will never seek acknowledgment from Xiao Xin again; otherwise, may thunder strike me down."
Xiao Xin dried her tears and watched them for a few seconds then said, "Wait here, I’ll go get paper and a pen to write down the recipe for you."
She went back to the fifth floor, got paper and a pen, along with some ingredients used for the seasoning, returned to the private room where Zhao Sulan and Lin Fangwei were, first wrote down the recipe on a piece of paper, and then said, "Here you go. If you don’t believe it, take these ingredients and try to make it yourself. Just a reminder, for the ingredients specified as high-quality in the seasoning, you must use high-quality ingredients, otherwise, the taste will be much worse."
Zhao Sulan and Lin Fangwei, "..."
They thought to themselves, how could Xiao Xin agree so easily?
It turns out she had been waiting for them here.
Frustrated and embarrassed, Lin Fangwei demanded, "You must tell us how to obtain high-quality ingredients."
Xiao Xin spread her hands, "That’s Long Yue’s responsibility, there’s nothing I can do."
Lin Fangwei was angry enough to hit someone, but she knew that what Xiao Xin had said was probably true.
Well, if high-quality ingredients are available for purchase, as long as she found a way, she could definitely buy them.
She took the recipe from Zhao Sulan’s hand, memorized it quickly, handed it back to Zhao Sulan, then took the high-quality ingredients and stormed out angrily.
Although she felt Xiao Xin hadn’t lied, she still decided to try making the seasoning according to the recipe to ensure it was correct before she could truly rest easy.
Zhao Sulan had the same idea.