Chapter 62
He Renyuan walked over, saw the internal forum on the computer, the mention of “monthly rent,” and realized he couldn’t fool Bai Qingyu with “no-cost business” anymore.
He took a screenshot of an unfriendly comment and sent it to his secretary, then closed the forum.
Thinking from Bai Qingyu’s perspective, He Renyuan changed to encouraging new products, “The executives are the main customers now, maybe add milk foam toppings to expand the customer base.”
He Renyuan had experimented with mixing milk, fruit, and tea on the tea deity many times, he was experienced. He even bought many high-quality milk tea ingredients, remembering which supplier had the best quality, saying it was for Cha Bao to make milk tea, but secretly using it himself. Poor Cha Bao was always dumbfounded, “Did Baby eat it all so quickly?”
Other couples might have adult toys, He Renyuan never bought any, he looked down on those tricks.
Now, he could contribute his experience to his wife and even get some benefits.
He Renyuan said with an academic air, “I’ll help you research new products.”
Bai Qingyu trusted He Renyuan’s taste and readily agreed, “Okay.”
But… uh… the tea deity didn’t expect the research to be conducted on him, skipping even the lab bench. And the researcher was very diligent, not resting for a single day.
Bai Qingyu developed a new product: Snow Top Nina Red Rhyme.
Nina was grape, Red Rhyme was oolong tea, a summer iced milk foam drink.
He Renyuan priced it at 99 yuan, because the grapes, oolong tea, and milk foam were all the best quality.
99 yuan for a cup of milk tea was beyond Bai Qingyu’s imagination. The first milk tea he and Cha Bao had cost only three yuan, “Can it be cheaper if we sell more?”
“No, because the R&D cost is very high.”
Bai Qingyu was speechless. If He Renyuan’s hourly wage was taken into account, then it was indeed very high.
He Renyuan, “Isn’t it high?”
Bai Qingyu, “It is.”
Cha Bao praised all milk tea, but Jiang Mengmeng, who also loved milk tea, said it was good, so Bai Qingyu confidently put it on the menu.
Having put in a lot of effort during the R&D process, Bai Qingyu was very concerned about sales. He didn’t stay in the back office like usual, but paid close attention at the front.
The mute sisters busily prepared the ingredients, certain that there would be many customers. Madam was a lucky charm, business would definitely be good today.
Bai Qingyu’s presence had an immediate effect. The workers, who usually ignored the “unaffordable” tea drinks, wishing it would close down soon, stopped and stared.
Once you were captivated by beauty, you were doomed. The beautiful man’s tea-colored eyes would lock onto you like a cat spotting a mouse, giving you an expectant look, regardless of whether you were rich or poor.
Damn, there went 49 yuan at least.
The workers returned to their desks with a cup of tea, a “thank you for your patronage” still echoing in their ears.
The morning was indeed very busy. There were lines in front of Li Ru and Li Yuan. People in line stamped their feet, afraid of being late, while stealing glances at the beautiful boss. After looking enough, they would shout “I’m going to be late!” and quickly slip away.
Three days later, on the Shu He Group’s internal forum.
[Our company’s people are really tight-lipped. The Snow Top Nina Red Rhyme downstairs is so delicious, no one recommended it to me, it’s the best milk tea I’ve ever had!]
1L: [99 yuan a cup, I wanted to recommend it, but I was afraid you’d call me pretentious.]
2L: [Anyway, I order one with company funds every time a big client comes, heehee.]
3L: [It’s not that we’re tight-lipped, it’s just that only the executives were buying it at first, and they wouldn’t tell me what it tasted like.]
5L: [If I expose a fact, you’ll think everyone in the company is incredibly tight-lipped.]
6L: [What, what? Is there any gossip that I, the gossip king, don’t know?]
7L: [The beautiful boss you all sneak peeks at is the CEO’s wife.]
8L: [Is there something wrong with my reading comprehension? You mean our boss is actually the boss’s wife?]
9L: [Are you playing tongue twisters? How many bosses are there?]
10L: [I’m afraid my post will be deleted if I say those four words, CEO’s wife! There really is an administrator watching, the guy who made wild guesses last time was reprimanded by his boss.]
11L: [Does anyone not know that the twin sisters are special forces bodyguards hired by President He?]
12L: [No wonder the mute sisters looked murderous when I tried to hit on them.]
13L: [Ahhh, I’m dying! Why didn’t anyone tell me! So the CEO’s wife saw me slacking off at the milk tea shop during work hours? Need oxygen.jpg]
14L: [Everyone is so tight-lipped? Then I’ll add another one, ordering Da Hong Pao gets you a cup personally brewed by the beautiful man, ps. only when he’s there and President He isn’t.]
15L: [I also want the beautiful man to brew tea for me, why is the milk tea so expensive and I’m so poor!]
16L: [The tea base is really good, I saw the staff tear open the packages, even President He’s meeting room tea isn’t this good.]
17L: [Fresh fruit, fresh milk foam, a young person’s first hundred-yuan milk tea.]
18L: [The ingredients are really good, the grapes are freshly peeled, we don’t get stale ones, I saw Madam feed the rotten grapes to President He.]
19L: [I’m buying it because of the comment above!]
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456: [Wait, is everyone secretly rich? There’s always a line!]
457: [My son lines up for milk tea at the employee kindergarten, I line up for milk tea at work, this milk tea is damn attractive.]
458: [Is one cup a week too much? The brave ones enjoy the same thing as President He.]
459: [Hey, I work like a horse for the CEO, and when I’m tired, I buy tea from the CEO’s wife, then continue working like a horse.]
460: [Earned at the company, spent at the company, none left to take home.]
461: [Boss, why not just transfer my salary directly to your wife’s account, it’ll save on taxes.]
462: [Working for the sake of leaving work, my salary is only enough for morning tea.]
463 (He Wangzhong): [@460@461@462, which department are you three in? Your salaries are so low?]
He Wangzhong, using his public account, patrolled the forum, and the slackers scattered.
He Wangzhong was puzzled, why didn’t anyone answer him? Which department’s salary was only enough for a cup of tea from his daughter-in-law? He could give them a raise.
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787: [Bad news! The 49-yuan pure tea is off the menu, the new iced version is 52.9 yuan.]
788: [Four yuan more?! My sub-fifty happiness is gone?]
789: [I dared to ask the beautiful man why the price increase, and he said he wants to earn more to buy a birthday gift for his husband…]
790: [Well, President He’s birthday is 5/29, you’re raising the price and also shoving dog food down my throat.]
791: [I didn’t expect you to be this kind of beauty! I’m going to slack off at work today! Earn back the money from your husband.]
792: [I’ll endure it, the price should be back to normal on the 30th, I refuse to be a part of your couple’s game.]
793: [I can’t endure it! The beautiful man brought the young master! Buy a cup, and he’ll say thank you, auntie, and even shake milk tea for you! He’s also the elusive super popular foodie baby! My friends are asking me to buy for them.]
Shaking milk tea, Bai Xiaocha was a professional.
Dad sealed the milk tea, Cha Bao held it with both hands, shook it vigorously, and handed it to the customer auntie, “Thank you, auntie, come again next time.”
Bai Qingyu was busy with work a few times and was late picking up Bai Xiaocha, and Cha Bao quickly learned that his dad opened a milk tea shop.
“Dad, Baby can do it too!” Bai Xiaocha, always eager to work or shake milk tea, was eager to try.
Bai Qingyu could only bring the free labor to the company.
Bai Xiaocha had endless energy, shaking the milk tea evenly, his eyes lowered as he shook vigorously, the milk content of this cup of milk tea drastically increased. Such a milky, milky child, it melted people’s hearts.
Seeing the boss’s son shaking milk tea, it suddenly didn’t seem so important that their own sons weren’t attending piano lessons, it was like a double massage for the mind.
After shaking the milk tea, Bai Xiaocha noticed a tiny black spot on a grape in the basin.
“Dad, this grape baby is injured.”
Bai Qingyu, “Pick out the injured ones and leave them for Dad to eat.”
Bai Xiaocha picked one up and put it in his pocket, “Okay.”
Shu He employees: So the rumors on the forum are true!
Then were the two shop assistants really special forces soldiers?
So everyone carefully managed their expressions, not wanting to seem like they were coveting President He’s wife and child.
Fewer people bought tea after work, even if the company was charming, workers also wanted to go home quickly.
He Renyuan was on a business trip today and would be back at the company around seven o’clock. Bai Qingyu picked up Cha Bao himself and waited for him in the office behind the tea house.
His computer was on, logged into the game, but after the novelty wore off, and since feeding chickens in the game didn’t produce any real value, Bai Qingyu rarely played it anymore. He Renyuan, on the other hand, was very addicted, keeping the game open on his computer like WeChat.
After the pet peacocks got married, they could visit each other. He Renyuan’s peacock would pop up on Bai Qingyu’s screen, and vice versa. Therefore, a shameless peacock would occasionally appear on Bai Qingyu’s computer and phone screen, first spreading its tail feathers in the bottom left corner, then starting to harass him.
“Wife, are you there?”
“My beautiful white peacock wife.”
“Wife, have you eaten?”
“I dreamed of my wife last night.”
“Look at our peacock baby, his nose is like mine, his eyes are like yours.”
Strictly speaking, it was one electronic pet harassing another, but He Renyuan’s pet was just like him!
He Renyuan was embarrassed to harass his wife all day, but the electronic pet, with its programmed settings, could be completely shameless, like his cyber spirit.
He Renyuan spent more money on the game than that freeloading son-in-law at Old Wang’s!
Bai Qingyu searched online for ways to quit the game, but firstly, He Renyuan wasn’t actually spending that much time on it, and secondly, He Renyuan was playing it because of him. He hadn’t listened when He Renyuan advised him not to play.
And He Renyuan was rich, he couldn’t spend it all.
Bai Xiaocha learned some characters and asked his dad, “Which one is the peacock baby?”
Bai Qingyu’s eyes lit up. He hugged his son and whispered in his ear, “When Dad comes back later, do Dad a favor.”
Bai Xiaocha, “Okay.”
Half an hour later, He Renyuan returned from his trip and went to Big Tea Little Tea to pick up his wife.
He opened the office door and saw a teary-eyed little boy.
Bai Xiaocha’s eyes were red, “Does Dad have another baby online?”
He Renyuan, “No!”
Bai Qingyu said coldly, “Yes, a peacock baby.”
Bai Xiaocha buried his face in his dad’s arms, “It’s okay, Uncle can be someone else’s dad, Baby only needs one dad.”
He Renyuan immediately uninstalled the game! Even if he secretly logged in to harass his wife in the future, he wouldn’t dare to do it openly.
Bai Xiaocha completed his task, took out a bruised grape from his pocket, blew on it, and gave it to He Renyuan as a reward, “For Dad.”
He Renyuan was touched again, Cha Bao cared about him.
