The Foodie Heiress of Beijing and Hong Kong [The Nineties]

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Xu Tan is the youngest daughter of Xu, the richest man in Hong Kong and a tycoon in the food industry.

Her two older brothers and older sister are all ravenous with ambition.

The pampered young miss of the Xu family finally returned from abroad, but before she could take over the family restaurants, she was told she now had a fiancé from the mainland.

"Your big brother and big sister both approve, and Dad's looked him over too. This mainland businessman is very handsome. His family may not be as powerful as ours, but he's doing well. Marry him, and you'll be a rich man's wife, living in comfort, "

Xu Tan scoffed. She'd been abroad for three years, so why hadn't anyone said this sooner? "I'm married. He's a poor guy from the mainland, but he's handsome. Grandpa said I could choose a man to marry into our family."

"..."

The four siblings exchanged a glance, sparks flying between them.

Xu Tan had inherited the temperament of the late Old Master Xu. That very day, she dropped a bombshell on her family, then brought a man home that night.

A mainlander with amnesia: handsome, broke, and obedient. Their marriage might only be a contract, but Xu Tan was very satisfied.

After successfully getting two restaurants back from her father, Xu Tan met her brother's mocking gaze and didn't rush. Wearing flip-flops and baggy shorts, she walked straight into the kitchen.

No one knew that although the young miss of the Xu family, born with a silver spoon in Hong Kong, had supposedly been sent abroad to enjoy life, she'd actually been sent to Beijing to learn the culinary arts from a branch of the Xu family that had settled there years ago.

With a gifted palate and hard work, Xu Tan had mastered her craft, becoming a force to be reckoned with in Beijing and making the Xu family's name known far and wide.

Back at the family's base, she was even more in her element. As luck would have it, she also found a man at the harbor, and so Xu Tan began living the good life: building her career by day and enjoying a man by night.

But why did this man seem stranger the more she looked at him? Even when eating the most expensive ingredients, he never showed a hint of emotion. Xu Tan did the math and figured she'd probably picked someone dangerous. She immediately decided:

Divorce!

The Xu family was already hers for the taking, so she didn't need a man. But why couldn't she shake him off?

She still had a whole forest of men waiting for her!

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