Chapter 113 (Part 1): The Culinary Tycoon

The Crux

After receiving the medicine, Chang Le and Brother Chang returned to the snack shop. Chang Le cautioned Brother Chang not to tell Yu Qingze about this.

Brother Chang nodded and agreed.

“Big Brother, Brother-in-law is back!” Jiabao saw them return and immediately shouted in the backyard. Then he turned around and asked with concern, ” Brother-in-law, how’s your health? Are you okay?”

Chang Le shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

Jiabao felt relieved upon seeing this.

When Yu Qingze heard Jiabao’s shout, he immediately ran out and took Chang Le to the backyard, asking, “How is it? What did the doctor say?”

Chang Le gestured that he caught a cold and just needed to take a few doses of medicine.

Yu Qingze then turned his gaze to Brother Chang.

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Brother Chang nodded and lifted the medicine package in his hand, saying, “I’ll go prepare the decoction.”

“Okay, thank you for your hard work,” Yu Qingze expressed his gratitude as he saw Brother Chang nodding. Feeling relieved, he thanked him.

“You don’t have to be polite, Boss Yu,” Brother Chang replied and then headed to the kitchen to find the medicine jar.

Yu Qingze pulled Chang Le to the stone table, placed a cushion for him to sit on, and poured a cup of warm water, asking, “Are you still vomiting? Did the doctor say if you can eat anything?”

Chang Le took a sip of water and gestured, indicating that he was no longer vomiting and could eat.

Yu Qingze quickly brought over some porridge and steamed buns. He cooled down the porridge a bit and fed it to Chang Le, saying, “Have some food to soothe your stomach.” Vomiting can be extremely hard on the stomach, especially when Chang Le even vomited bile, making him feel very uncomfortable.

Chang Le looked at Yu Qingze and opened his mouth to eat, enjoying the gentle feeding from his husband.

“It’s all my fault for not being careful and letting you catch a cold,” Yu Qingze said apologetically.

Chang Le gestured, indicating that it was his own fault for not paying attention.

Yu Qingze shook his head and whispered, “It must be because we were at it for too long last night, causing you to catch a cold.” The nighttime temperatures have dropped now, and it’s easy to catch a cold if one is not careful during intimate activities. Yu Qingze felt regretful.

Chang Le blushed and remained silent, not responding.

He had thought about this when Dr. Li said it was a cold. He had been dressing warmly lately, and during the day, he was mostly in the kitchen cooking, so there was no way he could have caught a cold. The only possible reason he could come up with was their activities last night when they weren’t on the bed and went on for quite a while. That was probably the reason he caught a cold.

After finishing a bowl of porridge, Chang Le waved his hand, indicating that he was done eating. He gestured, saying, “Let’s go back to the restaurant; it’s about time for customers to start arriving.”

“You don’t have to work today. Switch with Jiabao,” Yu Qingze said.

Chang Le shook his head and gestured, saying, “I’m fine. Jiabao is still young and it would be too strenuous for him.”

They used a large wok to stir-fry the dishes, and they usually cooked multiple portions at once. With Jiabao’s current strength, he wouldn’t be able to handle it for long.

“It’s okay, let him give it a try and get some exercise. Besides, I’m here too. If he can’t handle it, then we’ll switch to you. You can go rest for a while. I’ve borrowed the apprentice of the Cai family’s accountant, and he will be in charge of settling the accounts,” Yu Qingze explained.

Seeing that Yu Qingze had made all the arrangements, Chang Le reluctantly nodded.

At that moment, Brother Chang finished washing the medicine pot and brought it to the backyard to brew the medicine.

Yu Qingze told him, “Brother Chang, we’ll take the medicine to the restaurant to brew. You go and replace Jiabao. Let him come with me to stir-fry the dishes.”

Brother Chang nodded and said, “Alright, in that case, you both take this small stove with you. The medicine needs to be brewed with three bowls of water until it reduces to one bowl. It should be served hot after meals, not on an empty stomach. One packet of medicine can be brewed twice.”

“Good, I’ve noted it,” Brother Chang replied.

Yu Qingze held the stove in one hand and held his wife’s hand with the other, while Jiabao followed behind, carrying the medicine package and the medicine pot, and they returned to the restaurant.

“Boss, the servant from the Luo family has come to buy vegetables. The order has been placed. Also, there are two tables of customers waiting for you. They’re just waiting for you to come back and cook,” Xiaoshu reported as soon as they returned.

Yu Qingze and the others looked over to the tables and indeed saw the servant named Yuan Bao from the Luo family sitting there with a three-tiered food container on the table. There were already customers seated at the two tables by the window.

Upon seeing him return, the customers immediately said, “Boss Yu, we’ve been waiting for you.”

“Alright, sorry for keeping everyone waiting. I’ll get to it right away,” Yu Qingze replied with a loud laugh. Then he turned to Chang Le and said, “You go and rest for now. I’ll call you when the medicine is brewed.”

Chang Le gestured, saying, “I’ll go brew the medicine.”

As he spoke, he was about to take the small stove from Yu Qingze’s hand.

“Brother-in-law, it’s fine. Let me brew the medicine. You go and rest,” Jiabao said, taking the small stove from Yu Qingze’s hand and heading to the backyard.

Chang Le, feeling helpless, gestured to Yu Qingze, indicating that he was feeling much better now. He had regained some strength after drinking the congee, and it wasn’t that serious.

Yu Qingze pulled him towards the room, not allowing any objections, and pressed him down on the bed, saying, “You’re not allowed to get up until noon.”

Chang Le:…

Helpless, Chang Le had no choice but to take off his shoes and outer clothes and lie down.

“Rest well.” Yu Qingze kissed his forehead and tucked him in before leaving the room.

Once Yu Qingze was gone, Chang Le extended one hand to gently touch the spot on his forehead that his husband had kissed, while his other hand unconsciously rested on his abdomen.

He wanted a child.

Husband and their child.

He had never yearned for something so intensely before.

Before this incident, he had never paid much attention to this matter. But when Brother Chang mentioned the possibility of being pregnant, he realized that he cared, cared very much! That’s why he felt so disappointed when Dr. Li said it was just a cold and not a pregnancy.

Even though Brother Yu said he didn’t mind whether they had children or not, he really wanted to have a child with him.

In his consciousness, the faded birthmark on his forehead, symbolizing his inability to conceive, had been deeply imprinted in his mind. But today, Dr. Li mentioned that there was still a possibility, which sparked a glimmer of hope in his heart.

As expected, Chang Le had caught a cold, but after taking the medicine and paying attention to keeping warm, he quickly recovered.

However, with a heavy heart, Chang Le often found himself drifting off into space during his free time these past few days. Sometimes he would space out while looking at Yu Qingze, and other times he would stare blankly without knowing what he was looking at.

Yu Qingze noticed it several times and asked him, but Chang Le just said it was nothing.

Yu Qingze took the opportunity to visit the snack shop and asked Brother Chang, “Is there something Chang Le is hiding from me?”

Brother Chang had promised Chang Le not to reveal anything, and if he told Yu Qingze, it would only add to his worries and regrets. It might even make him care about something he didn’t care about before, and that would be troublesome.

He could only help cover for Chang Le and said, “There’s nothing.”

Yu Qingze replied, “Lately, he’s been daydreaming and spacing out.”

“…” Brother Chang paused for a moment and said, “Dr. Li said to wait until he finishes taking the medicine and then go check on him. Maybe Brother Le is worried that his body isn’t fully recovered and it might affect his work?”

“Is that all?” Yu Qingze asked.

Brother Chang nodded.

Yu Qingze went back with suspicion.

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