Fortunately, Zhan Feiyu and the three of them were sitting in a private room and did not see Shao Meiru.

The small restaurant occupies three storefront rooms in total, with the front hall being the staff cafeteria. The company contracted it to a catering company to handle the employee's meals. There is a small courtyard behind the main hall, which is where the restaurant is located.

The meals in the front cafeteria are free, as the company pays for them, but the food is only of average quality. The restaurant at the back is owned by Zhao Juan. There is a menu, and one can freely order dishes, but eating here requires payment.

In any era, there are always bosses around, and Zhao Juan's restaurant primarily relies on a few "bosses" from the company for patronage. The less important employees would rather eat the free lunch in the cafeteria than join the crowd here.

It is just today that the small restaurant has just opened, and there are quite a few people coming to support it, most of whom are the group of people Zhu Bufan brought from his hometown.

Seeing Zhu Bufan return, nobody was more excited than Zhan Feihuang.

"Husband, you're finally back, I haven't seen you all day, I..." This girl, once impatient, immediately forgot all directions.

"Cough cough." Du Yujiao couldn't help coughing to interrupt Zhan Feihuang: "Xiao Huang, Zhu Bufan is now your brother-in-law, don't call him wrong, it makes us look foolish."

"Ah...I actually forgot about that!" Zhan Feiyu, embarrassed, scratched his scalp and responded with a blush, "I will definitely correct it next time, mom, don't worry!"

Du Yujiao nodded without delving further into it.

Then she turned to Zhu Bufan and asked, "Zhu Bufan, how did the business go today?"

"It went well," Zhu Bufan nodded.

Du Yujiao continued to ask, "Did this business make a good amount of money today?"

Zhu Bufan suddenly felt uneasy; wasn't his mother-in-law not short of money? Why was she asking about money today?

Du Yujia quickly intervened to explain: "Sister, the client we dealt with today was an unrefined nouveau riche. If it wasn't for Zhu Bufan's skills, we would have been in trouble today."

"Why are you telling me these useless things when I asked about the money?" Du Yujiao replied sternly.

Du Yujia had no choice but to pluck up the courage to say, "Sister, we made 30 million from that bumpkin; rest assured, all the money is with me, absolutely..."

"This money doesn't belong to the company's finances, why is it with you? Immediately transfer the money to Xiao Yu's account, this is their family's income. It's not your place as an outsider to intervene." Du Yujiao's words left no room for face-saving.

She was firmly demanding money!

Du Yujia's face changed drastically too, and she responded unapologetically, "How is it none of my business? This business deal was taken by our community clinic, and the clinic operates under a license registered in my name; this is my business indeed!"

30 million! Money moves people's hearts, even Du Yujiao, a wealthy woman, couldn't resist making a move, let alone Du Yujia. How could she obediently hand over the money?

"Yujia, you..." Du Yujiao's face changed dramatically, ready to explode in anger. Du Yujia, knowing her sister's health was frail and shouldn't be upset, immediately softened her tone and said, "Sister, don't get worked up. I can keep Bufan's half of the money with Zhan Feiyu for safekeeping. That should be fine, right?"

Bufan couldn't help but curse inwardly. What do your sisterly disputes have to do with me? Why is it always me who ends up suffering? Where is the justice in that!

Du Yujiao then softened her stance a bit and turned to Zhu Bufan, saying, "Zhu Bufan, would you be willing to let Little Fish keep your share of the money? She's your wife, and you two are family."

"I'll just follow Mom's decision," Bufan replied smoothly.

Du Yujiao was delighted and immediately decided, "Since you'll listen to Mom, then Mom will make this decision for you. I'll keep 1.5 million yuan for your spending, and the rest will be kept with Little Fish. What do you think?"

Bufan nodded repeatedly.

That was a bit of cunning on his part. Du Yujiao had just asked Bufan if he was willing to hand over the money. If Bufan had said yes, he would have given the entire 1.5 million yuan to Zhan Feiyu, and he wouldn't have gotten anything.

He was actually cornered into doing this. The founding and development of Yi Family's company were solely propelled by Du Yujiao, while Bufan was merely a figurehead. He was merely reaping the benefits without any effort.

This money could be seen as paying back a debt to Du Yujiao, after all, she was the main investor in the company.

Although Bufan lost out a bit on the money, Du Yujiao's view of him softened significantly. The most direct manifestation of this was when she took the initiative to add a chopstick of greens to his bowl from the platter, proudly stating, "Bufan, you must be hungry after a busy day, have some food."

"Mom, I want some too!" Zhan Feihuang handed her bowl over as well, acting coquettishly.

"You don't have hands?" Du Yujiao scolded: "Dumb girl, I'm injured, and you don't even care to look after me, instead trying to drive me to death, asking for a spanking!"

Zhan Feihuang's nose turned sour immediately, and she complained grievously, "Mom, how can you be like this? Just now, when you served vegetables to my brother-in-law, it was fine. How come it's not okay with me? You're clearly biased!"

"Enough, enough, cut the chatter!" Du Yujiao said sternly: "From now on, you don't need to call him brother-in-law anymore, just call him brother. Right now, I don't consider him as my son-in-law; I regard him as my own son!"

Du Yujiao had two daughters and dreamt of having a son, but unfortunately her body was not cooperative, and she finally had to toughly give up after another pregnancy revealed another girl. But now, she was utterly charmed by her son-in-law, Bufan. Their relationship had grown remarkably close, though purely platonically, without any romantic involvement.

Bufan was very aware of the benefits this afforded.

Zhan Feilong would surely cause trouble in the future; he urgently needed a strong backing. Du Yujiao was undoubtedly the perfect candidate, with her support, even if he beat up Zhan Feilong, there would be no issues.

Yi Family's company invested heavily through Yucheng Group, offering corporate guarantees that facilitated a successful loan. When Bufan last struck Zhan Feilong, if it wasn't for the spectacle that Du Yujiao and her daughters staged soon after, chastising Bufan and thereby appeasing Zhan Yucheng, the investment might have been withdrawn then.

As long as they firmly aligned Du Yujiao with themselves, there would be no serious troubles. Du Yujiao's influence was immense. Besides, as time passed and Bufan's business stabilized, his dependence on Du Yujiao would gradually decrease.

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