Engage

During the summer vacation, Jiang Ran found a part-time job.

Firstly, she was short of money, and secondly, she couldn't be free.

If you always stay in the manor, you will inevitably feel bored. Although love novels tell us that we are satisfied as long as we stay with our lover, there is life besides love.

Life is about doing your own thing.

Jiang Ran works in a newly opened restaurant.Her fate with this restaurant started from a shopping trip. When she was a little tired from shopping on the street, she saw that the restaurant had posted a notice of transfer, but it was still operating normally. She saw that the utensils inside were all new, and she thought Feeling sorry, I went in and ordered food.

As soon as she ate it, she understood why the restaurant couldn't keep up.It just so happened that the boss was quarreling with the chef next to him. After the quarrel, the cook quit. The boss was not bad, and he suppressed his anger and settled the wages for the chef.Well, all the chefs ran away, the boss told the waiters to close the door, but when he turned around, he saw that there were still customers who hadn't finished eating.

He didn't have the intention to open it anymore, and was in a hurry to close the door, so he went up to Jiang Ran to apologize, saying that the order was waived, and asked her to go to another place to eat, Jiang Ran saw that his attitude was very good, so he said that he could teach He has a few dishes to see if he has the luck to revitalize the store.

As a result, as soon as he was taught, he stayed in the shop and became a temporary cook.

The Federation is currently implementing new regulations on catering. The new regulations mainly promote culinary skills and encourage the opening of private restaurants. I heard that even the tax in this industry has been lowered. In short, it is supporting the catering industry.

With the support of the policy, many restaurants have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and the entire catering industry is showing a scene of prosperity, which intensifies the influx of capital.There are more and more restaurants. Of course, there are many fake ones here, but there are also real kung fu ones, but most of the capable ones are still on the sidelines.

Qi Lian also has a story about this major reform of the catering industry.

"You have spent so much energy and invested so much money in this new regulation. His Majesty knows it. Although he didn't blame you explicitly, he seems to have lost his temper a few times in private."

Hot tea was sipping, and when Zhang Jingxuan, Qi Lian's purse, came to report to her, he couldn't help but feel startled when he saw the astronomical figure of the recent expenditure.

"Your Majesty is naturally unhappy that the empire's money has entered the pockets of the federal people. But the money also belongs to me. I have not collapsed mentally yet, and my mind is clear. Naturally, I still have the power to control them."

Qi Lian didn't seem to care much about Zhang Jingxuan's reminder. She leaned casually on the chair, repeatedly stroking the lion jade paperweight on the table with her slender fingers, as if in her heart, the string of astronomical figures mentioned by Zhang Jingxuan was not so small. The arrival of the little jade lion caught her attention.

Zhang Jingxuan is Qi Lian's closest follower. Her ancestors once had a minister of finance. Since then, it seems that their family has produced a few people who are smart about the word "money". Serve the royal family.In Zhang Jingxuan's generation, she is the most outstanding, and because of this, she has been with the crown prince very early. According to the trajectory, after Qi Lian ascended the throne, she will be the new finance minister, but now, she can only be "" purse".

Her future was cut off, but she was still loyal.There is nothing she can do if she is unfaithful. A close minister like her will never be fully trusted even if she switches to another master.

"Your Highness, why don't you understand? Is the money important? The important thing is whether your Majesty's attitude towards you will become worse because of this matter."

"It's okay. She won't. Jing Xuan, don't close your fingers too tightly, just treat it as an investment." Qi Lian coughed twice with his fist on his lips, his brows and eyes looked a little gloomy.

Just consider it an investment?Only His Royal Highness is so generous, spending half a year's tax revenue from affiliated stars to invest in other countries.

Zhang Jingxuan lowered her head, still looking very puzzled.

"The changes in the federal catering industry have already been shown. These new regulations have already been drafted. You can see that I have facilitated them, but even if I don't push them, they will still develop. The empire has to make changes in this regard."

"Then wait for it to innovate naturally, why bother to get involved?"

Qi Lian coughed again, and then took a sip of hot tea. His plain face was blurred by the heat of the tea: "I don't have time." If you don't do this while you can, then When Jiang Ran entered the catering industry in the future, he encountered many more obstacles.

"Your Highness! Your health will be fine, Princess now—"

Qi Lian shook his head: "It's not just about the body. You should know what it is. Your Majesty has been reluctant to disclose that matter, but the danger is always there. I want you to step up to make money and raise troops secretly, isn't it just for that matter?" ? Compared to those wasted military expenditures, isn’t this small investment like a toy? Jing Xuan, I like that you always plan carefully, but sometimes, you are also limited.”

Zhang Jingxuan's eyes shone with reluctance: "Do you really want to go in person? Why bother, you have already sacrificed for the empire once, this time it's the turn of those cowards."

"Cowards are cowards because they retreat every time they make a choice. On the contrary, since I have made that choice the first time, I will follow the same path unswervingly afterwards. go down."

"But it's so unfair."

"This is actually very fair. To exchange the rest of a patient's life for 20 years of peace in the entire StarCraft, Jing Xuan, you always say that you are a businessman, but have you ever seen a more cost-effective deal than this?"

"I can't say enough about you."

"Because I am right."

"Your Highness, don't think too much. Isn't it calm over there now? Maybe all the previous inferences were wrong? Although the Zerg Queen is not dead, she has been severely injured. Maybe she will sleep for decades. ?”

Qi Lian repeatedly played with the jade paperweight in her hand, her expression was very calm and lonely: "I hope so." A slender figure appeared in her mind.

It was a girl, her face was a little fuzzy, only the smile on her face was so real and warm, and also revealed a little bit of cunning.That was Jiang Ran in Qi Lian's imagination.

A smile appeared on the corner of Qi Lian's mouth.

She had been waiting to die before, from the age of 15 until now.She used to think that she would die of a mental breakdown, or, in a distant hive - with the Zerg Queen - that would be the best outcome.

She always knew that she would have a mental breakdown, but she was unwilling to die like this, so she endured for so many years, waiting for a valuable chance to die, but she never heard the news of the Zerg Queen waking up.

And now, she's starting to hope never to hear the news.

Who would want to die if there wasn't no choice?

Now she gradually felt that her mental power had tended to be stable.An obvious change—since she got married, except for the mental violence in the manor, she never had an illness again.

In the past, the frequency of her mental violence was once or twice a month.If there are too many, there are even three or four times a month.

Like this, I haven't had an attack once in a row for several months, which was impossible before.This change was so obvious that Qi Lian also had doubts. She began to doubt that she could really be cured.

And she originally had pessimistic thoughts about recovery.She didn't believe that she could be cured. Apart from the reasons that she had told Jiang Ran, there was another very secret reason.

In fact, a long time ago, she had been with another person who was also a high genetic match with her for a while.

She didn't know that the man had a high genetic match with her, and that the man was secretly recruited by His Majesty, and came to her side to take care of her in the name of a new servant.She needed someone to take care of her at that time, and it would be convenient to send someone directly from the palace, so she didn't think much about it at the time.Until one day, she accidentally ran into His Majesty berating the servant.

The reason for His Majesty's anger is that the servant was the one who found the person. It was obvious that the servant had ensured that the person had a high genetic match with her, but after taking care of Qi Lian for so long, Qi Lian's condition did not improve at all.

Knowing such a secret, Qi Lian felt somewhat clear after being shocked.Of course she knows that there is such a treatment method, but an important prerequisite for finding a genetic match is that she has to be responsible for the future of the other person, that is, she can look for this person for the purpose of finding a partner.But she was too young at that time, only fifteen or sixteen years old. According to relevant laws, she could not be genetically matched and had to wait.But His Majesty obviously couldn't wait. She used her power to secretly find "medicine" for Qi Lian, but found that this treatment method, which was recognized as the most effective, didn't work for Qi Lian at all.

Qi Lian is such a smart person. She realized the difficulty of her condition the moment she heard His Majesty's reprimand, but she still had hope at that time. Her character was suspicious, so she secretly sent The subordinates confirmed the genetic match between her and that person, and the result was a high match that made her despair.

She told Jiang Ran that she had investigated many cases of this disease, and it actually started from the failure of that treatment. She couldn't figure out why this treatment method didn't work for her, so she ordered someone to investigate carefully, and the doctors said goodbye He couldn't hide it from her, so he could only hand over the medical records of those double-S patients in the past.

She got those medical records, and from then on, she knew that she was sentenced to death.

She also tried to convince Jiang Ran with those medical records, but Jiang Ran didn't believe it. Jiang Ran's unbelief even made her loose. Jiang Ran has such magic power, like the sun rising every morning, it can always give Bring light and hope to the world.

She was upset at that time, and somehow she believed in Jiang Ran, maybe it was the effect of hormones, but after she calmed down, she actually gradually regained her previous point of view.

She still felt that she would not live long, and she was worried about this happening, but after a few months, realizing the stability of her mental power, she saw hope again.

Seems to work?

There were too many things on his mind, Qi Lian unconsciously touched the teacup and was scalded, and then came back to his senses, and said to Zhang Jingxuan: "Anyway, this matter still needs to be done, you should spare time to supervise it. The catering industry will Development, now it seems that I am investing money unilaterally, but there will always be benefits in the future.”

Although Zhang Jingxuan was unwilling in his heart, he still agreed.

Of course she knew that she would get the money back, but His Highness spent too much money in it, and she won't be able to get it back for a while.Besides... this matter is indeed a little sensitive, and His Highness's relationship in the Federation was used, which in her opinion is not worth the candle.I don't know why His Highness is so good, why he suddenly became interested in the catering industry.

"By the way. I hope you can put the property purchased for this matter under my wife's name."

"You mean the princess?"

"Do I have a second wife?"

"Ok."

Zhang Jingxuan's face was calm, but there was already a storm in his heart.The crown prince had obviously done property protection before marriage, except for a huge gift of property, there was absolutely no financial relationship between her and the princess.But today, the crown prince suddenly changed his mind?

My heart was full of questions, but Zhang Jingxuan didn't ask any more questions. She could see that the Crown Prince was a little tired and didn't want to bother His Highness any more, besides, His Highness always said what he said.She could only maintain her composure, discuss the details of various matters with the crown prince, and leave the manor with the crown prince's newly stamped power of attorney.

At this time, Jiang Ran happened to come to look for Qi Lian.

"That sister is so handsome."

Putting a new bowl of panna cotta in front of Qi Lian, Jiang Ran casually praised it.

Qi Lian pricked up his ears: "Who?"

"It's the one who just left."

The corridor was very long. She met Zhang Jingxuan face to face, and the other party seemed to know her, and even stopped to give her a standard imperial salute.

Qi Lian frowned: "Handsome?"

"It looks really cool with the stiff boots, the military uniform, especially the buttoned-up collar."

Handsome is handsome, but it's a pity that his temperament doesn't match, that person looks cunning.

Jiang Ran didn't tell Qi Lian.

Qi Lian saw that her attention was all on his clothes, but she didn't explain Zhang Jingxuan's face and figure, so she had a vague guess in her heart: "Do you like to see people wearing military uniforms?"