He doesn’t shop online often; he just likes to browse various online stores, just like women can wander around shopping malls forever without spending a dime. The person in front of him was clearly a rich second generation, but that wasn’t the point—the point was that the other party could actually detect his fragrance.

If someone could identify it, he was willing to sell; if not, he still had to sell. With the contradictory attitude of wanting to make money but being reluctant, trying to act virtuous while doing business, this rich guy was just too considerate!

“These three are all Qingrui incense. You only need to buy one,” he reminded.

“It’s fine, just pack them all for me. By the way, do you have any other fragrances?” the young man asked.

“No, just these three.”

William Grant put the sachets away, snapped the lid shut, and pushed them over, saying, “One hundred and eighty.”

The other party quickly took out the money, grabbed the box with one hand, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, “Boss, did you make this incense yourself?”

“Yes.”

“What’s inside? It smells really nice.”

“……”

“I’m really interested in this. Why don’t you name a price and sell me the recipe?”

“……”

He tried his best to act innocent and clueless, but William Grant just glanced at him, smiled, and said nothing.

Tsk!

The young man felt awkward and a bit annoyed. He was about to lose his temper but managed to hold it back. He turned and called out, “Little Olivia, stop playing, it’s time to go!”

“Just a little longer, look, it’s almost finished eating.”

“If we don’t leave now, we’ll miss dinner!”

That seemed convincing enough. The girl, hearing this, brushed the crumbs off her hands, said goodbye to the squirrel, and slowly walked over.

She saw her boyfriend holding a box and asked curiously, “What did you buy?”

“Incense.”

“What kind of incense?” she asked, puzzled.

“It’s, uh, like the sachets ancient people used to carry, something like that.”

“Oh, you must have been scammed! There’s nothing good in places like this, it’s all chemicals inside.” The girl complained a little.

“That’s not necessarily true…”

The young man glanced back and saw the boss holding a broom, sweeping up peanut shells on the ground. A squirrel chattered mockingly, then scampered back up the tree.

He turned back, lowered his voice, and muttered as if to himself, “Maybe I’ll have to rely on this tonight.”

……

Evening, Baicheng.

A silver Land Rover was parked by the street. Inside sat a man and a woman—the same two from Phoenix Mountain.

The young man carefully opened a sachet. As soon as the seal loosened, the powder inside was revealed. Light brown, ground extremely fine, each grain full and even, with a faint, fresh fragrance.

He poked at it with his finger, trying hard to identify the ingredients—sometimes frowning, sometimes relaxing, sometimes even sticking out his tongue to taste it. His girlfriend looked at him as if she had cramps, finally bursting out, “David Carter, what are you doing?”

“Huh?”

He snapped out of it and said, “I’m trying to see what it’s made of.”

“So, did you figure it out?”

“No, some of the ingredients are too strange, they don’t seem like…”

“Bang!”

Before he could finish, his girlfriend had already opened the door and got out, leaving him behind.

“Hey, hey, Little Olivia!”

He hurried after her, grabbed her, and said, “You know this is a critical moment. I’m fighting tooth and nail with my sister, and my dad can’t make up his mind. If I can make grandma happy this time, then it’s basically settled!”

“With this?” The girl pointed at the pile of powder.

“Sigh, you don’t understand…” The young man also stared at the powder, his expression complicated.

By the way, this guy’s name is David Carter, and the girl is Olivia Thompson. They’ve been dating for two years. His grandmother is from Baicheng. She lost her husband young and raised a son alone. When the reform and opening up came, she set out to make her way in the world.

Grandma was quite capable—she managed to build a business in the provincial capital and founded a building materials company. David Carter’s father is Henry Carter, and he also has a sister named Yvonne Carter. The father took over the company, and after graduating, both siblings worked in the family business.

Both brother and sister are talented and hard to separate in ability. Their father wants to promote one of them to project manager, but there’s only one position. Both are equally dear to him, so he’s been putting off the decision.

After retiring, grandma bought a house and returned to Baicheng to enjoy her later years. In recent years, she’s become obsessed with incense. Today is her birthday, so the whole family came to celebrate. Both siblings have the same idea: to use this opportunity to get ahead.

Whether it was due to being influenced or just to please her, David Carter genuinely developed an interest in incense. This Qingrui incense was novel and unique, just to his taste, so he decided to take a gamble.

The two of them sat in the car for a long time, but he still couldn’t figure out the ingredients. Seeing it was getting late, he had to give up for now.

The Land Rover drove down the main road for a while, then turned into an alley and stopped in front of a restaurant. The restaurant had a large storefront, a black sign with gold lettering, and big red lanterns hanging on both sides.

When the waiter saw the car, he smiled like a blooming rose and hurried over to open the door. “Welcome! Did you make a reservation? I’ll show you to your table.”

“No need.”

David Carter replied coldly, pulling Olivia Thompson straight upstairs. The waiter was left standing awkwardly at the door.

When they entered the private room on the second floor, it was packed with more than a dozen people.

“Grandma!”

“Dad, Mom!”