I am a Chef in the Modern Era

The red packet was thin, but very stiff. It didn’t seem like money was inside.

Next, Papa and Mama Shen, Aunt Shen, Uncle Alan, Brother Shen, Shen Fu and Lin ShuYi all gave them one each as well. The red packets were thick, and Xiao Yu and Tao Tao immediately became little rich young masters with the most cash.

Xiao Yu clutched the red packets. He didn’t open them. He walked over to Lin ShuYi and gave the red packets to him.

Lin ShuYi didn’t take them. “I’ll open a bank account for you. You should deposit your own money.”

Xiao Yu didn’t really understand, but since Lin ShuYi said it, he still nodded.

Tao Tao didn’t understand the use of these things at all. After glancing at the packets for a while, he wanted to stuff them inside his mouth.

Shen Fu quickly stopped him. “Good son, you must not eat these.”

Tao Tao blinked at him. It wasn’t very clear whether he understood or not.

Mama Shen wiped his hands with a towel before handing him a small pastry from the table. “You can’t eat that, but grandma can give you this to eat. Give it a try.”

It was a little pastry made of bright purple yams. It was covered with sesame seeds, and it was baked until it was crispy. Tao Tao’s eyes curved instantly into crescent moon shapes.

Sweet fruit and cheese were stuffed inside. Tao Tao couldn’t eat a lot of it, but trying one was still alright.

As they all ate breakfast, Shen Fu got a call from Chen Fang, asking whether he was back.

Shen Fu said that he had been back since the 29th.

Chen Fang let out a strange yell from the other end. “You’ve forgotten about your brothers now that you have a wife, ah! You didn’t even let us know when you came back, and to think that I still wanted to come find you and hang out.”

Shen Fu sneered as he exposed him. “Your mom must’ve nagged you about marriage again.”

Chen Fang choked upon hearing that, and he had nothing to answer with.

“That’s enough, I’m eating right now. When I’m done I’ll go pay a call to your parents. Just wait, I’ll go rescue you from the fire at once.”

Chen Fang shed tears of gratitude.

Shen Fu explained it briefly to Grandfather Shen before his grandpa agreed. The Shen and Chen families were not only partners in business; their relationship had always been good. Chen Fang’s father’s friendship with Papa Shen had also always been especially good, so the two families should exchange New Year greetings at this time anyway.

Shen Fu went to the Chen family, so the duty of paying respects to Grandfather Wen fell to Shen Yan.

After breakfast, the two set off.

Shen Fu dragged along his family; Big Bro Shen was on his own solitary path. In comparison, his entrance seemed much weaker. Brother Shen’s face was gloomy, his mood not very good.

The Shen family wasn’t far from the Chen family, but this was the first time Lin ShuYi was going. What’s more, they had also brought the entire family.

Chen Fang felt freed the moment he opened the door. He felt like his head was about to explode after having to deal with his nattering Mama Chen bright and early in the morning.

Originally, it didn’t matter much that he was single, but after hearing that Shen Fu had already adopted two children, Mama Chen wasn’t that calm anymore. She kept saying things like, You’re already so old but you don’t even have a girlfriend, Shen Fu already has children now and the children are so and so years old blah blah. She didn’t say a single word about how Shen Fu had adopted both the children.

It made Chen Fang incomparably irritated.

Fortunately, Shen Fu immediately came over to free him, even though the originator of the evil was also him.

When Shen Fu’s family of four arrived, they were greeted warmly by Papa and Mama Chen. The Chen family had also known about Shen Fu’s sexual orientation quite early on, but besides finding a bit of a pity that Shen Fu didn’t like girls, they didn’t really have any other feelings on the matter. Shen Fu had grown up with Chen Fang, so the Chen parents had more or less seen him grow up. They had liked him ever since he was little, so even though he didn’t like sweet and cute girls nowadays, it didn’t really change the favorable impression that the Chen parents had of him.

Especially after they met Lin ShuYi and the little two buns. The Chen parents minded it even less. Even though the wife was a man, he was very good-looking. They heard that he could even cook, and that his writing was beautiful. Besides not being able to bear children, he was basically a perfect wife.