The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

With the restaurant about to open, naturally some people are happy while others are sad.

The more grand and imposing a restaurant is, the more resentment it attracts.

Especially other restaurant owners in the capital.

Only among those in the same profession is there naked hatred.

Especially Zuichunlou.

The owner of Zuichunlou was also the wife of a third-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue.

Sun Jiaojiao and others have many friends, but also many casual acquaintances, or even those with extremely bad relationships, who are so close they want to fight to the death.

For example, Wu Minmin, the daughter of the owner of Zuichunlou.

Although Wu Minmin's father and the Vice Minister of Revenue were colleagues and both worked in the Ministry of Revenue, they were irreconcilable enemies.

Han Yuan'er's father was able to become the top-tier, lucrative position of Vice Minister of Revenue by taking the position from Wu Minmin's father.

Incidentally, Wu Minmin and Han Yuan'er are also irreconcilable enemies.

Ever since she learned that Han Yuan'er was going to open a restaurant with someone, Wu Minmin has been making sarcastic remarks everywhere.

"Why do you need several partners to open a shabby restaurant? Who are you pretending to be poor to? If you can't afford it, don't open it."

"Exactly. There are so many restaurants in the capital, how dare they open one? I don't know where they got the guts."

"How much money can a run-down restaurant make? And how many people are running it together? Don't end up losing everything."

. . . .

Besides Wu Minmin, many other people disliked Sun Jiaojiao and the others, and naturally joined in with their mockery.

Han Jie, the Vice Minister of Revenue, had naturally heard some rumors and was furious.

After returning home, he had someone summon Han Yuan'er to his side.

"What does Father want with me?"

Han Yuan'er approached Han Jie and smiled.

Seeing Han Yuan'er's playful and mischievous expression, Han Jie became furious and slammed his hand on the table.

Han Yuan'er was startled.

"Father, did I do something wrong?"

What could you possibly do wrong?

Han Jie said in a sarcastic tone.

"I don't know either, please enlighten me, Father."

Han Yuan'er said cautiously.

"I'm asking you, did you open a restaurant in partnership with someone?"

By this time, Han Jie's anger had subsided considerably, and he looked at his daughter and asked.

Yes, that's right. We'll be opening tomorrow.

Han Yuan'er answered truthfully.

"Hmph, if you want to open a restaurant, you can tell your father. Does the Han family need to partner with someone to open a restaurant? Do you know how my colleagues ridicule me? They say I'm pretending to be poor."

Han Jie was furious when he thought of those words.

He's not one of those upright individuals, so he doesn't need to pretend to be poor.

In today's court, apart from those upright officials, who isn't corrupt?

If you don't take advantage of others, you'll feel embarrassed to talk to your colleagues, and they'll ostracize you.

Many times, it's not a matter of whether you want to be greedy or not.

Instead, they were forced to be greedy.

Especially for someone in Han Jie's position, if he is neither greedy nor corrupt, can his superiors trust him?

Upon hearing this, Han Yuan'er immediately understood why her father was angry.

"Father, you have no idea how luxurious this restaurant is. You'll see when it opens tomorrow. Your colleagues won't laugh at you; they'll envy you."

"This restaurant will be my daughter's cash cow in the future."

Hearing this, Han Jie looked at Han Yuan'er with some skepticism.

"Is this true?"

In fact, it wasn't just Han Yuan'er; Sun Jiaojiao and others had similar experiences.

The difference is that Sun Jiaojiao is two years older than Han Yuan'er and is already married.

Although they were considered a good match in terms of social standing, Sun Jiaojiao was inherently somewhat spoiled.

Even though she changed a lot after getting married, she was still not someone to be trifled with.

In addition, Sun Jiaojiao's mother-in-law was inherently weak-willed, and Sun Jiaojiao and Han Yuan'er had an excellent relationship.

Han Yuan'er's father was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, a position with real power.

There are four ranks between the third and fifth ranks.

Even because of this relationship, Sun Jiaojiao's in-laws didn't dare to give her any attitude.

Therefore, Sun Jiaojiao is considered to have the final say in her husband's family.

"Jiaojiao, I heard you opened a restaurant with that Miss Han?"