Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1167 - 560: Dearest Little Brother_2
It's impossible to give away 52% of Yunzhong Restaurant's shares, but a night in the suite is still feasible.
The three of them, Qin Huai, took a taxi to the hotel. On the way, Shi Dadan sent a list of potential restaurants for dinner to Qin Huai, and Qin Huai picked one with a relatively light taste.
Yesterday, Qin Congwen whimsically decided to make dumplings. He said he hadn't shown his skills for a while and needed to make beef dumplings for the family to prove that Old Master Qin was still in top form. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
Indeed, he wasn't rusty, but Qin Huai thought the beef dumplings were at best a C-. The filling was too salty and a bit greasy. Qin Huai had been feeling parched since the dumpling dinner last night until now; even when he got off the plane, the greasy taste of the beef dumplings lingered in his throat.
Thankfully, good news came from the private investigator at noon today; otherwise, Qin Huai would have had to go back home for more beef dumplings tonight — since the beef dumplings weren't finished yesterday.
Now that Qin Huai took off, poor Qin Luo was left at home to enjoy Qin Congwen's love-filled, overly salty beef dumplings.
On the second day, Qin Huai slept in and only got up at 7:30 in the morning. After eating a mediocre breakfast at the hotel, he sent a message to ask An Youyou if she was up.
Not only was An Youyou up, but she'd also gone to a nearby fruit shop and convenience store to buy two luxury items for visiting the elderly — a fruit basket and a box of pure milk.
The luxury items were indeed luxurious: the fruit basket was beautifully packaged and looked expensive. The pure milk was imported, with letters printed all over it, organic skimmed pure milk.
You should know that these two items were bought with An Youyou's money. Considering her current financial condition, bank balance, and usual spending level, this was definitely a significant expense.
It shows the elder sibling's care for the younger one.
An Youyou didn't ask Qin Huai to reimburse her for these expenses. In her eyes, the first class plane tickets and hotel suites are things you can take advantage of, but a younger sibling is your own; raising your little brother requires spending your own money. Even if you're short on cash, you borrow, and you must repay borrowed money.
An Youyou was a bit excited at the thought of meeting her younger sibling, whom she hadn't seen for half a century, so much so that she couldn't eat breakfast and had to ask Shi Dadan to eat hers for her at the restaurant.
Shi Dadan, mission not failed, considered the hotel breakfast mediocre, but he made full use of his Yunzhong Restaurant-level appetite, driving up the business of the previously ordinary hotel breakfast until it felt like a full house, and even encouraged guests at nearby tables to eat two more plates.
Sitting next to such a breakfast-loving big eater, it's hard not to feel tempted to eat two more plates.
Of course, to fulfill his everyday breakfast task, Shi Dadan still tasted the breakfast Qin Huai made — Qin Huai boiled an onsen egg for him using the hotel kettle.
At 8:45 am, the three arrived at the nursing home.
Upon arriving at the gate, Qin Huai felt that this nursing home's environment should be quite good.
Most nursing homes, at least those Qin Huai has visited, feel rather lifeless. They're small, with a tiny building where the elderly mostly stay in their rooms, only coming out to sunbathe when the weather's nice.
This nursing home isn't very large either, but right at the entrance, there's an area for seniors to sunbathe and engage in activities. Qin Huai could see chess boards, go boards, a few pieces of equipment for seniors, and many colorful plants. Through the window, he glimpsed a mahjong table, a ping-pong table, and a few fitness facilities in the activity room on the first floor.
There was also a tea room.
The nursing home staff was conscientious and responsible. After registering the names and contact details of the three, they confirmed with An Youyou if her grandmother was really called Laoda. After receiving An Youyou's affirmative nod, they didn't ask any more questions, just went speechless to report it, and had the three wait in the visitor reception room for a moment.
About five minutes later, the nursing home staff took the three to Lin Qi's room and informed them of the special precautions needed when visiting him.
Firstly, the window in Lin Qi's room was barred with iron grills, which shouldn't be surprising; though they mar the view, they don't affect ventilation. This is due to an incident where Lin Qi, despite severe Alzheimer's, displayed agility by climbing out of a third-story window and returning to the village one night, nearly frightening the nursing home's staff to death.
Secondly, there is a professional caregiver hired by the Lin family at the door, working 12-hour shifts. Because of Lin Qi's Alzheimer's, he often causes minor troubles, and the Lin family hired a professional caregiver to give him better care.
Lastly, Lin Qi lives in a single room not because he's ostracized or has violent tendencies that need special attention, but because if he had a roommate, he'd conspire to flee with them.
He once even tried bribing his granddaughter with an apple to help him escape.
The nursing home staff emphasized to the three that if Lin Qi attempts to bribe them with apples, they should accept the apple and inform the caregivers outside afterward. They would then tighten the supervision to prevent another escape.
Of course, the apples can be eaten. The apples at the nursing home are freshly procured daily and are pretty sweet.
Regarding this, the three: ...
Even An Youyou couldn't help scratching her head, surprised that her younger brother could still be so lively at his age, a testament to his perseverance when he begged her for food years ago.
