Chapter 1597

"This matter doesn't need to be told to Ani," Yan Aohan said casually to the Silver Fox, watching Zhu Yanyi walk over with food.

Zhu Yanyi put the items down. She had brought quite a lot: square cakes, pine flower dumplings, sticky rice cakes, sponge cakes, cookies, and fruit. Besides these, she brought a pot of Longjing tea for herself and Yan Aohan, and a cup of coffee for the Silver Fox.

Placing the coffee in front of the Silver Fox, Zhu Yanyi still looked disgusted. "I really don't understand why you like drinking such unhealthy drinks."

"Westerners drink it every day, and no one says it's unhealthy. But to you, it is unhealthy," the Silver Fox said, taking a sip of coffee and disagreeing with Zhu Yanyi.

"I am a doctor. If I say it's unhealthy, then it is unhealthy," Zhu Yanyi said. She poured a cup of Longjing tea for Yan Aohan. "We should drink tea. Tea is the healthiest drink."

"Okay." Yan Aohan smiled gently at Zhu Yanyi and took a sip of the tea.

"Brother-in-law did a great job this time. There are so many kinds of afternoon tea. I just picked a few randomly," Zhu Yanyi said, picking up a pine flower dumpling and taking a bite.

The filling was sweet sugar, and the outside pine flower was very fragrant. Zhu Yanyi ate it happily.

"If you like pine flowers, I will have people collect them and send them to you later," Yan Aohan said. He knew Zhu Yanyi had loved pine flowers since childhood. If there was a dish of stir-fried pine flowers, she could eat an extra bowl of rice.

"Great. I haven't eaten stir-fried pine flowers for a long time. I miss it.

Grandma and Grandpa brought two jin of pine flowers this time. I'm afraid we'll finish it in just a few meals."

Xie Zhong and Qi Qiao'er knew what Zhu Yanyi liked, so they brought some pine flowers when they came. However, fewer people collected pine flowers nowadays, especially the kind suitable for stir-frying. These two jin were collected by Qi Qiao'er through connections.

"Eat what you like. If it runs out, have people collect more. No need to save too much," Yan Aohan said. He couldn't bear to see Zhu Yanyi deprive herself of anything.

Zhu Yanyi smiled sweetly at Yan Aohan to show she understood.

The Silver Fox listened from the side and said, "I've eaten pine flower pastries too. They taste bland. I don't understand why you like them."

"Because it tastes like home. It tastes like childhood," Zhu Yanyi said after finishing a pine flower dumpling and taking a sip of Longjing tea. "When I was little, we didn't have enough to eat, let alone dishes. Grandpa and Grandma's family was poor, but Grandma never hid anything. Every year, she asked my uncles to collect pine flowers. We could always get over ten jin. We didn't need to mix it with other things. Just stir-fry it with oil and salt water. I thought it was delicious. Maybe the memory of that taste was too deep, so I especially like pine flowers, especially stir-fried ones."

Zhu Yanyi didn't eat a second pine flower dumpling. Instead, she picked up a piece of fruit and took a bite. "Actually, nowadays, Mom adds many things when stir-frying pine flowers. Sometimes sugar, sometimes other seasonings. The flavors are many. But in my memory, stir-fried pine flowers with salt water taste the best. Maybe the childhood memory is too deep."

"Your hobby is curious. It's just a bit troublesome, but not hard to achieve," the Silver Fox said. The trouble was only in labor. The Silver Fox knew that as long as Zhu Yanyi liked it, Yan Aohan wouldn't mind the labor.

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "It's rare for a person to have a hobby." She looked at the Silver Fox again. "Just like you like coffee. It really makes no sense."

"I think you have quite a few hobbies. You like medicine, tea, and pine flowers. Aren't you afraid people will see them as your weaknesses?" the Silver Fox teased.

Zhu Yanyi said calmly, "They are all good. I put all my weaknesses in front of people. Let's see who dares to use them."

(⊙o⊙)… The Silver Fox was instantly speechless.

A person who knows their own weaknesses really has no weaknesses. Just like Zhu Yanyi knew her family was her soft spot, so she constantly strengthened her abilities. Now, if anyone tried to use her family to threaten her, it would be impossible.

Zhu Yanyi shrugged slightly. She said this just to let people know her weaknesses. People are suspicious. If she puts her weaknesses in front of them, they might not believe they are weaknesses. To put it simply, weaknesses can sometimes turn into motivation for the strong.

So, if the Silver Fox was a master of conspiracy, Zhu Yanyi was definitely a master of open strategy. Even the Silver Fox looked at Zhu Yanyi with some disbelief.

Yan Aohan smiled slightly and asked the Silver Fox, "When are you going back?"

"I haven't even sat for half an hour. Are you kicking me out?" The Silver Fox looked at Yan Aohan, not understanding why he was like this.

"Didn't you say the Godfather came to Kyoto? If he knows you are here, won't he have an opinion?" Yan Aohan asked calmly.

"Why care? I am just a guest at the banquet, not a member of the Holy Church. What opinion could he have?" The Silver Fox was actually prepared.

Yan Aohan glanced at the Silver Fox. Indeed, that was the case. This Silver Fox just wanted to make people uncomfortable. Now he finally told the truth. He did leave traces showing he came to the banquet, but the traces indicated that no one knew he was the Silver Fox of the Holy Church. He came to this banquet just to observe the connections in Kyoto.

So even if the Godfather knew the Silver Fox was here, it didn't matter. The Godfather didn't have the mind to care about him.

In fact, at this moment, the Godfather was listening to reports from the Kyoto area. After listening, the Godfather dismissed everyone, then walked to the window. After a long while, he frowned slightly, as if remembering something. He walked to the telephone and began to dial a number.

Old Medicine Master answered the phone. The voice on the other end was the Godfather's. "I thought you wouldn't answer."

"I didn't want to. But knowing your character, if I didn't answer, you would keep calling," Old Medicine Master said. He had no good or bad feelings toward this phone, which could only receive calls but not make them. He just sometimes found the Godfather a bit annoying.

The Godfather said, "You should know I am in Kyoto."

"You said that last time. I thought you went out, so I could have a few quiet days," Old Medicine Master said, not hiding his attitude.

"Don't you want to hear about your disciple's recent situation?" The Godfather naturally knew Old Medicine Master didn't like him. Since Old Medicine Master found out he was the Godfather of the Holy Church, although he didn't change on the surface, he no longer had the old friendship feelings toward him.