novelraw Chapter 615: Didn’t You Spend a Fortune Buying Two This Time?
Chapter 615: Didn’t You Spend a Fortune Buying Two This Time?
Chapter 615: Chapter 615: Didn’t You Spend a Fortune Buying Two This Time?
After hesitating for a moment, she tightened her grip on her purse and walked towards the group of people not far away.
"Xiao Yu, Chengzi."
After greeting Shi Yu and Shen Cheng, she approached Gu Liancheng with a smile, took the box from his hand, and stealthily winked at him: "Liancheng, your uncle-in-law is asking for you, saying there’s a matter he needs your help with."
Clearly, this was an excuse, one that Ye Jin had come up with to give Gu Liancheng a way to step down gracefully.
Gu Liancheng was a clever man and understood her meaning, so he curved his lips slightly, "Alright, Young Aunt, I’ll go over there first and we can talk later."
After speaking, he looked at Shi Yu and Shen Cheng with a smiling expression and nodded slightly, then turned and left.
His demeanor was calm and composed, as if he had not been affected in the slightest by the events that had just transpired.
Watching Gu Liancheng walk away, Ye Jin finally withdrew her gaze and personally handed the box to Shi Yu, "Xiao Yu, this is a little something from your dad and me, it may not be worth much, but I hope you will accept it."
Shi Yu had no intention of accepting it and brought the wine glass to his lips for a light sip before dangerously narrowing his eyes: "Take it away."
Ye Jin knew him well; he always stood by his word, and whatever he said he didn’t want, he would surely not take.
Not wanting to lose face in public, she had no choice but to push the box into Shen Cheng’s hands, "If Xiao Yu doesn’t want it, then you, as his wife, should accept it on his behalf. Didn’t you mention wanting top-grade White Jade before? Now that I’ve bought it, you can’t expect me to take it back, can you?"
As she was just putting the box into Shen Cheng’s hands, someone suddenly came over and snatched the box away.
"Wow! My Young Aunt is really generous, top-grade White Jade, must be worth tens of thousands at the least, right?"
The speaker was Shi Keke.
She opened the box to see two Jade Guanyins inside. Putting on a surprised expression, she then raised her voice, "You bought two this time, isn’t this a big blow to your wallet?"
Ye Jin recognized the woman in front of her at a glance, and couldn’t help but laugh, "Keke, don’t tease me. Your family earns tens of millions or even hundreds of millions in minutes. How could you think such a small amount of money is a big blow?"
"Young Aunt, you’ve misunderstood me," Shi Keke twirled a lock of hair beside her ear, her laughter implying something deeper: "Tens of thousands mean nothing to me, but for you, it’s different. Just two or three years ago at grandpa’s birthday, you only gave a $30,000 antique vase, and you were sulking all day. Having spent so much this time, you must feel even more heartache, right?"
Having past embarrassments dragged up, Ye Jin felt her dignity compromised, but didn’t want to make a scene and could only reply, "Why bring up things that have already passed? Grandfather has decided to celebrate his Gregorian calendar birthday, which means it’s still more than ten days away. With more than ten days to prepare, can’t I prepare a decent gift? Keke, you’re grandpa’s most cherished granddaughter. Whatever you give, make sure it’s not worse than mine, otherwise it would be embarrassing to say the least."
Having said that, she snatched the box from Shi Keke’s hands, stuffed it into her purse, and strutted away to another place.
Since she couldn’t give it away, then she wouldn’t. She could return it when the time came, without losing those tens of thousands. It wasn’t a bad deal at all.