City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 579 - 0580: Ye Family Imperial Court Cuisine

Chapter 579: Chapter 0580: Ye Family Imperial Court Cuisine

Li Qianqian often came to see her father and was already very familiar with the city hall building.

Ye Qiu drove to the designated parking spot inside, parked the car, and then he and Li Qianqian got out of the car and headed towards the elevator of the city hall building.

Upon reaching the elevator, Li Qianqian pressed the elevator button and waited with Ye Qiu for a while before taking the elevator to the floor where Li Zhiguo’s office was located.

They exited the elevator on that floor and then arrived at the mayor’s office.

Li Zhiguo had become the mayor of Jinling City, the top official in the Jinling City government, and had moved from the deputy mayor’s office to the mayor’s office.

Ye Qiu saw a sign on the office door that read ’Mayor’s Office.’ About a minute after Li Qianqian knocked, a man in his thirties opened the door.

This was the new mayor’s secretary, Li Secretary. The previous Secretary Zhang had already been transferred to head a district office. Upon seeing Li Qianqian and Ye Qiu, Secretary Li immediately recognized their identities.

"Miss Qianqian, Dr. Ye, are you here to see your dad?"

"Secretary Li, is my dad inside?"

"Mayor Li is still in a meeting. It should be over in about half an hour. Please come in and have a seat!"

Li Qianqian and Ye Qiu entered, and Secretary Li poured tea for them before sitting there to accompany them. Secretary Li was Li Zhiguo’s chief secretary. He actually had his own office, but since the mayor was in a meeting, he came here to see if there were any calls or other people looking for him.

Now, he saw Li Qianqian and Ye Qiu.

Zhang Secretary, the most trusted secretary who had followed Li Zhiguo for many years, had been transferred to head a district office, becoming a real leader of that branch.

This made Secretary Li and others quite envious. Of course, Secretary Li also knew that as long as he performed well while following Li Zhiguo, he would have a promising future.

Moreover, as the chief secretary to Li Zhiguo, he could almost represent Li Zhiguo both in public and behind closed doors, making it hard for anyone to underestimate him.

However, Secretary Li was not very familiar with Li Qianqian, unlike Secretary Zhang who was extremely familiar with Qianqian’s family. He also did not know what to talk about with Li Qianqian now.

Ye Qiu and Li Qianqian sat there drinking tea, not saying much since this was not a place where they could say anything they wanted.

After waiting for about half an hour, Secretary Li said, "Mayor Li should be done with the meeting by now. I will let him know."

After Secretary Li left, Li Qianqian quietly said to him, "This is my dad’s new secretary."

The two sat there and waited for a few more minutes before finally seeing Li Zhiguo and another secretary walk back.

Li Zhiguo still looked the same, but Ye Qiu felt like he seemed a bit older. As the mayor of Jinling City with a population of over ten million, Li Zhiguo held only the third highest position as deputy mayor, mostly managing his own economic affairs.

However, as mayor, he not only had to face the central leadership, but also the leadership of Jiangnan Province, and he had to be responsible for the government of Jinling City below him.

Consequently, Li Zhiguo’s stress had naturally increased. Apart from attending meetings, he also had to participate in various important activities and review a variety of documents, significantly increasing his workload. Nearly every day, he had to continue working until after eleven at night before he could rest, and then he had to get up early the next day.

If a major accident or significant case occurred in Jinling City, he, as the mayor, also had to appear on the scene immediately. Therefore, Ye Qiu noticed that Li Zhiguo’s authority was steadily growing stronger, and his influence was rising, but it also seemed like Li Zhiguo was truly exhausted.

"Qianqian, Ye Qiu, when did you come?"

After sitting down, Li Zhiguo asked with a smile.

"Dad, we’ve been here for half an hour."

"I’ve been in meetings just now. Sorry!"

Li Zhiguo said smilingly.

Secretary Li did not expect Mayor Li to apologize to his own daughter. However, he thought it was normal since Li Qianqian was his only daughter. Who else would he dote on if not Li Qianqian?

"What brings you here?"

Seeing that the two had come, Li Zhiguo knew they must need something from him.

"Dad, is it okay if Ye Qiu and I come to see you?"

"Yes, yes, of course."

Li Zhiguo was surprised, as it had been a long time since Ye Qiu had visited his villa. The last time, during Ye Qiu’s housewarming party, it wasn’t appropriate for Li Zhiguo to attend such an event, and there had been a case of mass poisoning that Li Zhiguo inquired about, but until now, no one had uncovered who the true culprit was.

The police were in charge of this matter, so Li Zhiguo didn’t ask too much to avoid putting too much pressure on them.

As for Ye Qiu scoring top in Jiangnan Province’s college entrance exams, Ye Qiu also invited Li Qianqian over for a meal, something both Li Zhiguo and Lu Xiuyu were aware of.

The couple felt that the child Ye Qiu, not only excelled in medical skills but his academic performance was also outstanding; surely he had a limitless future ahead.

After all, in their eyes, anyone who could achieve top scores in the Jiangnan Province college entrance exams was definitely extraordinary, especially since this time Ye Qiu had also achieved the highest marks in individual subjects.

"Uncle Li, I want you to write an inscription."

"Inscription? What inscription?"

Li Zhiguo curiously asked.

"My Imperial Cuisine Restaurant can officially open now, but it lacks a signboard, and I’d like you to write the inscription."

Good lad?

So that was it.

Li Zhiguo seemed to have heard that Ye Qiu opened some kind of restaurant, though he wasn’t very clear, just remembered that Li Qianqian had mentioned that Ye Qiu’s cooking was delicious.

It turned out Ye Qiu was actually planning to open a restaurant.

"The restaurant is about to open, well, that’s great!"

Li Zhiguo said.

"Uncle Li, I would like you to write ’Ye Family Imperial Court Cuisine’."

Li Zhiguo thought it was something else and didn’t expect it was just a few words. Of course, he also didn’t know why Ye Qiu wanted him to write this inscription.

But from these words, it was clear he would be making imperial cuisine.

"Do you really know how to cook imperial cuisine?"

Li Zhiguo asked.

"Yes, I know how to cook, especially the imperial cuisine from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As for the imperial cuisine from earlier dynasties, I can also make it, but the ingredients are hard to find."

Li Zhiguo and Secretary Li really found it hard to believe.

However, Li Zhiguo was amazed that Ye Qiu, skilled in medical arts and academics, now even knew how to cook imperial cuisine.

"Then some time, I’ll have to try it."

"Mayor Li, we can go taste it after work."

Secretary Li said.

"No, you can’t eat at the restaurant, that’s the rule, you can only eat at home."

As the head of the city government, with so many eyes on him, according to the rules, city government personnel were not supposed to casually eat and drink at restaurants.

In this regard, Li Zhiguo was very clear, even as the head, he could not just do as he pleased.

"Uncle Li, then some time, I’ll cook a meal for you and auntie at your home."