The rain was still pattering down. Chén Zhāoyáng and Lín Xiǎotáng sat inside the convenience store, enjoying this moment of quiet. Their gazes met, and the hazy ambiguity between them grew clearer now, as if the entire world consisted only of the two of them.
Yet this peace did not last long. As the rain gradually eased, Chén Zhāoyáng's thoughts drifted elsewhere. He thought of his family's convenience store business. Although recent efforts had greatly improved how the store was running, he always felt they could do better.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Chén Zhāoyáng's mind—his mother's secret-recipe chili sauce. He remembered from his past life that his mother's chili sauce had been quite popular among the neighbors, but she had never had the opportunity to promote it. Now that their own convenience store had built up a certain customer base, perhaps they could seize this chance to turn his mother's secret chili sauce into a hit product. At this thought, a gleam of excitement flashed in Chén Zhāoyáng's eyes.
Chapter 23