Life at the Top

It was a family of three that arrived, including Darrel who Jasper had a slight memory of.

The moment they arrived, Sally immediately went over to greet them.

It was evident that the three of them felt nervous and cautious when they stood in the magnificent villa, for they did not even dare to speak too loudly.

The three of them would glance at Jasper from time to time, wanting to say something only to swallow their words back down.

“Sigh. I heard that Jasper has become an outstanding man and is earning so much money he’s making our ancestors proud, but this is way greater than what we expected. This villa couldn’t have been cheap, right?”

Darrel’s mom, Aunt Honey, spoke enviously.

Sally sat by the side, her expression filled with pride. Jasper being praised made her happier than when people praised her.

“Sigh, Jasper must’ve suffered quite a bit to earn the money he’s got today.”

anyway? How can you even spend it all when you’ve made

pulled out a box of cigarettes from his pants pocket. It was an unopened box of premium grade

gone out of their way

Jasper,” Darrel courteously passed the cigarette to Jasper

and careful Darrel was being, Jasper took the cigarette and smiled. “What do you do

with the county government after I graduated college, but I resigned

him, “Darrel just doesn’t know

open a hotpot restaurant, okay? But he’s just too stubborn to listen, and he even resigned without telling any of us. Now he’s saying he

looked determined. “You guys just don’t understand. I don’t just want to open any

was intrigued and asked, “Oh? What kind of hotpot restaurant do you have in

at Jasper’s question. He pulled out a deck of pictures he had prepared from his pocket. Handing them to Jasper, he spoke, “This is what I

the pictures

the hotpot restaurants in the pictures were not as systematic or standardized as they were in his past life, its trend toward becoming the country’s number one hotpot brand was already

This was Hello Hotpot.