Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

When everyone carried these things to the backyard, the diners craned their necks to look at them.

The waiter quickly went over and said in a low voice with a smile, "Gentlemen, please go back and eat. The food will get cold and won't taste good."

When they took these things over to slaughter them, Song Wenjie told the guards to go back first, and then followed Zhao Lian upstairs.

Since the guards were all dressed in plain clothes, Qiao Feng didn't think much of it and assumed they were people hired by Zhao Lian.

Hearing footsteps behind her, Zhao Lian turned around and saw Song Wenjie. She frowned immediately and said, "Brother, what are you still doing here! Didn't I tell you to go back with those people?"

Even the most clueless person could tell that Zhao Lian was telling them to leave.

Song Wenjie shrugged: "Anyway, I have nothing to do back home. Besides, I helped you transport all these things over. You should at least let me have a meal before I leave, Manager Qiao, don't you think?"

Before Qiao Feng could speak, Song Wenjie continued, "Besides, I'm worried about you, a young lady. What if some lecherous playboy kidnaps you? How am I supposed to explain that to Father?"

As he said this, Song Wenjie glanced at Qiao Feng, seemingly unintentionally. Qiao Feng understood the implication in Song Wenjie's words; he was referring to himself.

Qiao Feng also realized that Song Wenjie had ulterior motives; his concern for Zhao Lian was not simply that of a sworn brother for his sworn sister.

Qiao Feng smiled meaningfully: "Zhao Lian, your godbrother treats you very well. He's right, how could you send him back without even having a meal? You're still his sister after all."

With Qiao Feng calling him "brother" repeatedly, Song Wenjie knew that Qiao Feng was clearly trying to make him remember his place and his identity.

Haha~

Zhao Lian realized that although the two of them appeared to be very polite to each other, they were actually vying for power, just like those games where two men fight over one woman.

Zhao Lian's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that these two people liked her?

Not long after they went upstairs, the waiter brought up tea and reported that the bison weighed 1253 jin and the sika deer 130 jin. As for the wild boar, Zhao Lian didn't plan to sell it; she wanted to keep it for herself to eat slowly.

Qiao Feng nodded: "Understood. Put it on the tab. Li Si, have the kitchen bring up some venison and beef for us to try, and a few of our signature dishes too. Hurry up!"

"Okay!" Li Si replied and left, closing the door to the private room behind him.

To confirm her suspicions, Zhao Lian deliberately ignored Song Wenjie and focused on talking to Qiao Feng, asking him about what happened after they got separated and how he ended up in the capital.

"It's a long story..."

When Zhao Lian asked, Qiao Feng's eyes dimmed, and he began to recount his experiences over the past few months.

It turns out that they not only got separated from Zhaolian, but also from Sanniang Li Chunhua, and Qiaodun also disappeared.

In order to find Li Chunhua and Qiaodun, the father was so anxious that he refused to leave and asked everyone to wait where they were, mainly because he was afraid that Li Chunhua would not be able to find them.

But after waiting for two days, they still hadn't seen them. Everyone started searching separately, but they still couldn't find them.

The father was already exhausted from the long journey, and the worry of losing his youngest son and Li Chunhua caused him to fall ill.

With no other option, they went to the nearest county to find a doctor. They did find a doctor, but the herbal medicine stock was insufficient, leaving them with no medicine available.

Left with no other choice, the two brothers managed to get a horse-drawn carriage and took their father to another county town, where they finally found a doctor and were able to take his medicine.

However, because the illness dragged on for too long, the father's condition worsened, and he eventually fell seriously ill. Before he died, the father instructed his two sons to find his younger brother Qiaodun and his third aunt Li Chunhua.

After burying their father, they continued their journey, but unexpectedly, misfortune struck again when their eldest brother's son fell ill with a persistent high fever, which delayed them for some time.

When they continued on their journey, they encountered bandits again. In desperation, to protect themselves, Qiao Feng and his brother killed several bandits.

Coincidentally, they encountered government officials at that moment, who were about to arrest them because they were not wearing official robes.

Qiao Feng mistakenly thought they were bandits and naturally refused to obey. In the end, he fought back fiercely and killed two of the constables. Seeing this, the other constables realized they couldn't defeat them and quickly scattered.

He thought the matter was over, but when he arrived in Hengnan Prefecture and was about to report to the government, Qiao Feng discovered that the people he had chased away that day were indeed government officials.

Fearing they would be recognized and face imprisonment, and that this would also implicate their sister-in-law and the others, Qiao Feng and his brother had no choice but to turn around and leave.

Seeing that they could no longer stay in Hengnan Prefecture, the two brothers decided to go to the capital after discussion.

Because Hengnan Prefecture was not far from the capital, after arriving in the capital, Qiao Feng found a nearby inn to stay in, while the two brothers went out to buy a house to settle down.

I happened to see a restaurant that was losing money due to poor business, and the owner was selling off the restaurant's contents at a low price in preparation for closing down.

The two brothers had a sudden inspiration and decided to return to their old business. After some haggling, they finally bought the restaurant at a low price.

After taking over the restaurant, they started to renovate it. Since Jordan had been in charge of the restaurant in Changting County, he had long mastered the restaurant's signature dishes and was proficient in every step of the process.

The restaurant's menu was exactly the same as the recipes from their previous restaurant. Three days before the new store opened, the two brothers did their homework and distributed a lot of flyers.

Because of its many novel dishes, the business became incredibly popular after opening, and the restaurant quickly gained a reputation, allowing them to establish a firm foothold in the capital.

The restaurant has been open for almost two months now, and business has been steadily increasing.

Hearing what Qiao Feng said, Zhao Lian was truly saddened. She never imagined that so many things would happen after she got separated from them, and that Old Master Qiao would actually pass away.

"Actually, I did see Li Chunhua and her son later."

After hesitating for a long time, Zhao Lian finally spoke up, saying that Li Chunhua was now with Boss He, and even her eldest sister had gone with them. As for where they were, she had no idea.

When Zhao Lian told him that she had seen Li Chunhua and her son, Qiao Feng's eyes lit up, but when he heard that they had left again, he felt a mix of emotions.

His father's dying wish was for him to find his third aunt and younger brother, Qiaodun. Although he had no real affection for them, Qiaodun was still his brother and the person his father worried about most before he died.

Hearing that they had disappeared, he felt uneasy. Knowing that Li Chunhua had gone with He Mu, Qiao Feng felt a surge of anger.

Because he knew that He Mu was Li Chunhua's ex-husband, he wondered if they had already reconciled and secretly planned to run away together.

It's a shame my father was so worried about them; otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten sick and passed away.