Chapter 462 Family Dinner
"There has been a serious outflow of funds recently, coupled with the sluggish manufacturing industry, the real estate market has already shown a downward trend, and foreign capital has withdrawn."

“Therefore, the domestic market seems to be flourishing, but in fact it has entered a recession. I believe everyone can feel this...!”

Listening to the old hands in the financial circle talking about the domestic market, and several so-called economists agreeing with him, Lin Hao curled his lips, feeling extremely bored.

Lin Hao originally had only a vague understanding of economic development, but he had experienced a lot of the world.

What's more, he knows the standard answer and the results of future developments, and there will be dividends for several years to come!

Andy, who was chatting on QQ on a laptop, saw Lin Hao's disdainful look and whispered to Lin Hao:
"What? You don't agree with him!"

Lin Hao raised his eyebrows, glanced at Andy's laptop, and then said:

"You're not chatting on QQ anymore? I thought you weren't even listening!"

Lin Hao just saw Andy typing on his notebook and giggling from time to time, so he knew that Andy was chatting with the netizen "Singularity".

Andy asked curiously, "How do you know?"

Lin Hao smiled and said in a low voice:

"Not only do I know you're chatting on QQ, I guess you're probably planning to meet someone online!"

Andy closed his laptop and said in surprise:

"Were you peeking?"

Lin Hao glared at Andy and said, "Am I so unrefined in your eyes?"

Lin Hao pointed at the people at the meeting and said:
"Everyone is listening attentively, but you are the only one smiling happily at the QQ messages on the computer. Nine times out of ten, it's you!"

"I see!" Andy finally realized what was going on, but then he ignored it and continued to ask in order to ease the embarrassment:

"By the way, you haven't answered my question yet?"

Lin Hao looked around and said:

"What they said is very correct. The general environment is indeed like this, but they ignored the domestic macro-control and regarded the domestic market as a purely free economy abroad!"

"Besides, not only is the country rich, but the people also have a lot of money. It's not easy to find economic growth points!"

Andy was really surprised this time:

"I didn't expect that your views are the same as those of a friend I know. It seems that you all have a deep understanding of the domestic economy!"

Lin Hao raised the corner of his mouth slightly, then approached Andy and whispered:

"I'm different from those people above. I see a lot of things much more clearly than they do!"

"Besides, don't you also disagree with their views? Otherwise, you wouldn't be deserting your post!"

Just like that, Lin Hao and Andy ignored the people above who were still giving speeches and whispered to each other below.

After a while, Lin Hao said to Andy:

"That sounds boring, why don't we go!"

Andy's eyes lit up when he heard this: "I've had this idea for a long time, so let's talk to Old Tan!"

Tan Zongming was a little surprised to learn that the two were about to leave, so he said:

"What's up? I want to introduce you to some friends!"

"I have something else to do, so I'll go back first!" Andy declined.

"The people inside's analysis of the domestic market is too one-sided and doesn't mean much to us!" said Lin Hao.

Tan Zongming shook his head and said, "If you listen to both sides, you will be enlightened; if you listen to only one side, you will be confused. We should also allow for different voices!"

Lin Hao didn't plan to beat around the bush any more, and said directly:

"Okay, Old Tan, we know you mean well, but let me be frank, we can't pee in the same pot with them!"

Tan Zongming was helpless. If Lin Hao was a weak-willed person, he would not have built such a huge fortune by himself.

When Lin Hao and Andy were about to leave, Tan Zongming gave each of them a basket of hairy crabs.

After Tan Zongming left, Andy looked at the basket of hairy crabs in front of him and said with a headache:

"What should I do with these hairy crabs that Lao Tan gave me? I don't know how to cook them!"

Then he looked at Lin Hao and asked, "Can you do it?"

"Simple!" Lin Hao nodded and said.

"That's great, I'll leave it to you!" Andy then looked at the two baskets of hairy crabs and said with a smile, "There are so many crabs, why don't we invite the other girls on the 22nd floor to eat together, you~!"

Before Andy finished speaking, Lin Hao interrupted:

"It's okay. I'll go buy some food later and we can have a good meal together!"

"Okay, that's settled!" Andy said and got in the car.

The two then drove to a supermarket, bought some vegetables and ingredients, and then returned to the Ode to Joy community.

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At the elevator door of Ode to Joy community, Qu Xiaoxiao, who looked sleepy, was waiting for the elevator, and Fan Shengmei also came over.

Qu Xiaoxiao glanced at Fan Shengmei and said:
"I can't tell! You acted so quickly!"

"How can I compare with you! You are the latecomer and the winner!" Fan Shengmei said expressionlessly.

"You~!" Qu Xiaoxiao reacted, and since this was the second time Fan Shengmei said this, she immediately realized that Fan Shengmei had been having an affair with Lin Hao for a long time.

I wanted to satirize Fan Shengmei, but the problem is that I don’t seem to be much better than Fan Shengmei now, so there is no need to make the relationship so awkward.

Thinking of this, Qu Xiaoxiao sighed in her heart and said:
“Speaking of which, the difference between you and me is not that big in his eyes, and a man as strong as him always forces people into a corner!”

Seeing Qu Xiaoxiao's lost look, Fan Shengmei felt that it was pointless to be angry with her. Thinking of that annoying Lin Hao, it would be nice if Qu Xiaoxiao could share the burden with her.

So he agreed and said, "Indeed! And he always charges with 15,000 men, not giving us any time to breathe!"

Qu Xiaoxiao seemed to have heard something incredible. It was clearly saying that Lin Hao was too strong, but Fan Shengmei was talking about something in bed!

Hmm! It seems that what she said was ambiguous, but she still agrees with what Fan Shengmei said just now!
However, the inappropriate conversation between the two made their relationship less tense than before.

Qu Xiaoxiao thought about how Fan Shengmei had helped her before. Although she was a bit materialistic, overall, she was not that bad a person.

So Qu Xiaoxiao wanted to ease the relationship with Fan Shengmei, so she picked up the basket of hairy crabs and handed it over:

"Sister Fan, I'll leave this to you. Prepare a basket of hairy crabs for dinner. Call everyone together later and call me when they're cooked!" What Fan Shengmei disliked most was Qu Xiaoxiao's arrogant attitude. She clearly had no bad intentions, but she was still very annoying.

So Fan Shengmei said unhappily:
"I've been shopping all day and I'm tired. I want to rest early."

Qu Xiaoxiao realized her problem and said:

"Oh, Sister Fan, if we don't eat the hairy crabs today, they won't be fresh anymore. We have to eat them today. They are half a pound each. I bought them specially to share with you!"

Seeing this, Fan Shengmei took the crab and said:
"Okay, you have a conscience. I'm just afraid that I won't be able to wake you up even if I call you after you're cooked!"

With a ding, the elevator door opened.

Lin Hao and Andy were in the elevator, one carrying two baskets of crabs and the other holding vegetables and seasonings.

Brother Lin, Andy~!" Noticing what the two were holding, Qu Xiaoxiao smiled and said:

"Oh, what a coincidence! I also brought back a basket of hairy crabs today, and I want to invite you to eat them together."

Andy also smiled and said:

"What a coincidence! We were just saying that we would treat all of you to hairy crabs, but I didn't expect you to bring a basket of crabs too!"

"Hahahaha~!"

Lin Hao looked at the people who were laughing and said:

"Okay, come up quickly!"

Then several people came in one after another. At this time, Fan Shengmei suddenly said:

"Oh, right, I'm afraid there's not enough space to cook all these crabs~!"

Before Fan Shengmei finished speaking, Andy said:

"Don't worry, I've already made an appointment with Lin Hao to do it at his house. He has the tools there, and we can just help him out."

"Brother Lin? Can you do it~?" Meeting Lin Hao's indifferent eyes, Qu Xiaoxiao instantly became alert and wisely shut up.

It’s not that she was afraid of Lin Hao, she was a little surprised that Lin Hao could cook.

Although Fan Shengmei didn't say anything, her eyes were full of disbelief. This was a big boss with a net worth of hundreds of billions, and yet he could cook?
Lin Hao said to Fan Shengmei at this time:
"Call Yingying and Guanguan, and we'll go to my place for a feast!"

After the elevator stopped at the 21st floor, Lin Hao went straight home to cook crabs, while the girls went back to put their personal belongings away and changed into home clothes before coming to Lin Hao's house.

As soon as Qiu Yingying entered Lin Hao's house, although it was not her first time here, she still couldn't help but sigh:

"Brother Lin's house is really big!"

Lin Hao smiled and said, "Just make whatever you want. If you want to drink something, there's something in the fridge. Just take it yourself. You're welcome!"

Qu Xiaoxiao said naturally after hearing this:
"Brother Lin, I just want to sleep now. I'm almost dying of exhaustion!"

Lin Hao pointed to the room next to him and said:

"Go ahead, there are bedding and everything in there!"

"Remember to call me when you're done!" Qu Xiaoxiao said and went to the guest room.

Lin Hao looked at the three baskets of crabs and said, "Can someone help me? There are a lot of crabs!"

"What should we do~!" Guan Juer took the initiative to step forward and asked.

Fan Shengmei also said: "Let me help you, I can also cook hairy crabs, just in time to give you a hand!"

After taking out the hairy crabs, Lin Hao said:
"Please help clean the crab shells!"

"When the time comes, we'll steam half of it, and then make crab meat porridge, egg-cooked crab, and stir-fry a few vegetarian dishes, and we'll be done!"

After the crabs were processed, everyone helped pick vegetables and chatted. For a moment, Lin Hao's home felt quite warm!
Everything was almost ready, so Lin Hao swung up the big spoon, and the three women on the side were stunned.

Andy patted Lin Hao on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up: "I never knew you were such a good family man!"

Guan Juer also nodded repeatedly beside him: "Brother Lin, you are really amazing."

Fan Shengmei said in amazement: "I never knew that a busy person like you could do this!"

“Haha, actually it’s not as exaggerated as you say. There is still a big gap between me and a chef, but I’m pretty good at home cooking!” Lin Hao then said modestly.

"Okay, leave the rest to me, you just wait for the food, you guys should go talk over there!"

"By the way, Andy, help me decant the white wine!"

"Okay!" Andy agreed and took the wine out from the table. He noticed the wine jar next to it and asked:

"Is this rice wine also for drinking? I wanted to ask you this when I saw you buying rice wine and wine before!" As he said this, he raised the jar of wine.

After taking a look, Lin Hao said, "That's rice wine. I guess you're not used to it, so I bought white wine!"

"Why do you want to drink this wine?" Andy asked curiously.

"Milky crabs live in water all year round, so their meat is cold in nature. Eating too much is bad for the stomach and intestines. So when eating crabs, people usually drink some rice wine, which can not only remove the fishy smell, but also drive away the cold and warm the stomach."

"I guess you're not used to drinking rice wine, so I asked you to open that bottle of white wine. Eating crabs with wine is also a good choice. It also has the effect of dispelling cold and warming the stomach."

Andy looked at the wine in the jar and said:
"Then I will definitely try this rice wine later!"

Lin Hao ignored her and continued cooking. After Andy returned to the living room, she watched a few girls chatting, but she did not join in because she had just received a message from Singularity again.

It turned out that Singularity wanted to ask Andy out for dinner, but Andy refused again. Faced with Singularity's questions, Andy said that he was visiting a friend's house.

So Singularity finally made a straightforward and humorous self-excuse: I was pretending to be casual, otherwise it would be so embarrassing!
Seeing this, Andy chuckled. But after subconsciously looking up at Lin Hao swinging the big spoon outside, Andy put away her smile. Forgetting to reply to Qidian, she began to examine herself.

For some reason, looking at Singularity's humorous reply on the computer, Andy felt a warm feeling in his heart. However, seeing the back of the busy man outside and feeling the fireworks surrounding him, Andy couldn't help but fall into confusion~!

Watching Andy leave with the computer, Guan Juer and Fan Shengmei took out their bowls and chopsticks and placed them on the table, gossiping about Singularity and chatting and laughing.

After a while, Lin Hao finished the last dish and said:
"Okay, the dishes are ready, and the crabs are cooked. Guan Guan, go wake up Qu Xiaoxiao, it's almost time to eat!"

"Okay, I'll go right away!" He went to the guest room and woke up Qu Xiaoxiao, and Qu Xiaoxiao skillfully went to the bathroom to wash up.

This made Guan Juer a little stunned. Why was Qu Xiaoxiao so familiar with Brother Lin's house?
Then all the dishes were served on the table. Looking at the delicious dishes made by Lin Hao himself, they immediately began to feast on them.

Qiu Yingying broke open a hairy crab, removed the crab intestines, crab heart, crab stomach, and crab gills, and then took a bite. She immediately said with satisfaction:
“It’s so delicious. The crab roe is so abundant and the crab meat is so fresh and sweet. It’s so delicious that I can’t stop eating it!”

"It's so delicious!" Everyone took a delicious bite and immediately nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)