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Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Visiting Second Cousin Returning to the restaurant’s main hall, Shen Shan said to Shen Qinglan, "Qinglan, you work well, I’ll go check on your second cousin first." "Dad is going to find my second cousin?" Speaking of Shen Qingning, Shen Qinglan had only seen him once upon just waking up, and hadn’t seen him since. If Shen Shan hadn’t mentioned it, she would have completely forgotten about this second cousin, Shen Qingning. Shen Shan nodded and said, "Yes, your second cousin hasn’t come back for a long time, it’s rare for him to visit the town, I need to go see him. If you need anything in the future, you can also find him." Upon hearing this, Shen Qinglan glanced at Old Tang on the side. Old Tang understood and immediately smiled, "Miss Shen, go ahead if you want to, I’ll give you half a day off, but be sure to come back by noon." Shen Qinglan was delighted and nodded, "Thank you!" Shen Shan was about to refuse on behalf of Shen Qinglan, but she was already being pushed out. Once out of the restaurant’s door, Shen Shan couldn’t help but grumble, "Child, what’s going on with you? Work is important, if you want to see your second cousin, can’t you go some other day?" Shen Qinglan let him grumble, and only spoke after he finished, "I don’t know which restaurant my second cousin works at." She was just following to learn the way. The restaurant where Shen Qingning worked was on another street, not very close to Shengxiang Restaurant, walking there took longer than going from Shengxiang Restaurant to Baihua Lane. After walking for about half an hour, they arrived. The place wasn’t big, and its decor wasn’t as elegant or classy as Shengxiang Restaurant, but the location was nice, built by a riverside, very peaceful, so there were quite a few customers. "Are you two here for a meal?" As the father and daughter approached, a young attendant came over and asked with a smile. Shen Shan quickly waved his hand, "Oh, no, we are here looking for someone." "I wonder... is Shen Qingning here?" The young attendant realized and said, "Oh, you’re looking for Qingning? Unfortunately, he just left with a student named Li Wei." "Just left?" Shen Shan frowned, "But when we arrived, we didn’t see them!" The young attendant said, "They should have gone by the riverside. If you walk upstream, there’s a pavilion not far from here, they might be there." With Shen Qingning absent, the father and daughter didn’t stay any longer. They followed the direction the young attendant mentioned, walking upstream, and soon saw a pavilion not far away, but there was nobody inside. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺 Shen Shan sighed lightly, "Forget it, we’ll come again next time to see that boy." Just as they returned to the street, Shen He said, "You should head back to work, I’ll go back to the village first." Shen Qinglan looked up at the sky, seeing it was almost noon, and said, "Dad, I’m hungry, let’s find something to eat first." "Hungry?" Shen Shan felt his pockets, took out ten copper coins, and handed them to her, "Here, this is all the money I have left, buy yourself something to eat, I’m not hungry, I’ll eat at home." Shen Qinglan didn’t take the ten coins. Instead, she dragged Shen Shan into a nearby noodle shop. Shen Qinglan found a place for Shen Shan to sit and then called out, "Boss, two bowls of noodles." "Do you want vegetarian or meat?" "Meat." "Okay, please wait a moment." "Oh, child, I said I’m not hungry, I’ll just ask the boss to make one bowl." Shen Shan said as he got up to move, but Shen Qinglan pulled him back. She didn’t say anything, just didn’t let Shen Shan go. "Uncle!" At that moment, a joyful voice came from a corner.