Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled

Tea leaves?

They were just carelessly packed in a red plastic bag.

There were quite a lot inside, probably a few taels in weight.

Dahongpao isn't expensive.

It's only the leaves from the Mother Tree of the Da Hong Pao that are truly exorbitantly priced.

During the Ming Dynasty, a scholar on his way to the Capital to take the imperial examination accidentally drank a cup of Dahongpao tea and instantly felt refreshed and inspired with a surge of thoughts.

As a result, he achieved top honors in the imperial examination.

When the scholar returned to Wuyi Mountain, he personally hung the royal robe given to him as a reward on the tea tree.

The tea tree was thus named "Dahongpao," and its leaves became tributes to the imperial court.

Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, tea leaves from Wuyi Mountain have been especially pricey, as their incredible 'rock bone' and floral fragrance are incomparable to other region's teas.

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The tea leaves are precious, and the trees are few.

Therefore, these trees became national-level protected plants.

As early as during the Republican Era, the Zhengfu had deployed soldiers to protect these Mother Trees of the Da Hong Pao day and night.

Since then, Da Hong Pao tea from the Mother Trees of Wuyi Mountain has become extremely rare on the market.

If any made it to the market, they were priced out of this world.

"Fuck, this is actually tea from the Mother Tree of the Da Hong Pao..."

The wine shop owner was completely shocked, his hand holding the red plastic bag trembling in disbelief.

"Tea from the Mother Tree of the Da Hong Pao, that's impossible, right?"

"What's so impossible about it? This is 100% genuine tea from the Mother Tree!"

The wine shop owner was quite knowledgeable; he was in the business of recycling luxury goods.

How could he not recognize these items?

"I'm really curious now; what kind of restaurant did you go to for your meal that someone would give you such things?"

The senior said, "It's just this newly opened Carefree Restaurant in the urban village in the city. But the operations there are really odd. The huge restaurant is staffed by just three people, and each table can order a maximum of only three dishes—no more. They won't allow it."

"That little girl kept mentioning her Dad, as if she really thought she was a chef and seemed like she had a significant background."

"This isn't just a significant background; this is absolutely a tremendous background."

The wine shop owner said, "To casually let his daughter give away a 90-year-old Conti and to easily give out tea from the Mother Tree of the Da Hong Pao, while he himself drinks this kind of tea all the time, this person has to be at the very least a billionaire tycoon."

The senior was doubtful, "That's not possible, right? How could someone of such status still be working as a chef?"

"Don't use our way of thinking to understand people of that level."

The wine shop owner shook his head and said, "Moreover, he's very likely not just any billionaire; he could be one of the highest-level business magnates from Magic City. It's summer vacation now, and maybe he's simply doing this to educate his own child."

"That's not an impossibility either."

How could someone who casually gifts Conti and drinks Da Hong Pao from the Mother Tree on a daily basis be just any ordinary chef?

"Surely not, we just went to have a meal and happened to meet such a boss?"

"Who can be certain about the affairs of the world?"

The wine shop owner said, "Have you heard about the incident in Sha City? The grandmother of the Tengying Big Boss suffered at the hands of heartless doctors. It wasn't just her money that was gone, but her life was lost too."

"After the news reached Magic City, the stock market was in severe turmoil, and to stabilize the market, Tengying announced on the spot that they would pull out tens of billions in funds to buy as much as others were willing to sell."

"Ever since the Tengying Big Boss returned to Magic City, he hasn't attended any public events, only to disappear from sight after spending more than a hundred billion at Golden Mountain to purchase thousands of acres of commercial residential land."

"Many people are concerned about where he has gone, and a little insider news came from his wife's side."

"To put it in the words of us ordinary mortals, this tycoon took his daughter for some real-world experience."

"And his daughter just happens to be named An'an."

"You don't think it's such a coincidence, do you?"

The senior was stunned, her eyes blinking unconsciously twice, and her mouth twitching wildly.

Could it really be such a coincidence?

If Tengying Big Boss were her personal chef, she could boast about it from her thirties until she was in her seventies or eighties.

She could even brag in front of her grandchildren.

As for Li Qian by her side, upon reflection, she suddenly felt it was quite likely.

All the clues were aligning.

Summer vacation arrived, and the Carefree Restaurant had abruptly opened in the urban village.

There was no preparation, no advertising whatsoever.

They didn't hire anyone, letting only his daughter work as a waitress in the shop.

And the lady manager's beauty was also a little too much.

Calling Master Chen 'brother-in-law.'

Such beauty could stand out in the entertainment industry, so why would she willingly serve as a waitress in a small restaurant?

Spend her days either serving dishes or cleaning.

Now that he mentioned all of this, it all seemed traceable.

The three ladies exchanged glances; could it really be such a coincidence?

They just happened to cross paths with the tycoon as he descended to the mortal world.

What kind of luck was this?