Banquet hall.
After Ni Lan had given her present.
She thought that would be it.
After all, at a birthday banquet like this, unless you were especially close, you certainly wouldn't prepare a separate gift.
But then she suddenly heard Ye Lu Ping's wife, Yun Yu Qing, say, "Just in time, I've also prepared a gift for YaJu."
Li YaJu was clearly somewhat moved, "You're all too polite."
"It's just a small token." As she spoke, Yun Yu Qing also took out a gift box from her own exquisite little bag, and while opening it she said, "I saw earlier you weren't wearing anything on your wrist, so just like LanLan, I picked out a bracelet for you. See if you like it?"
Yun Yu Qing took it out.
A strand of sapphire gemstone bracelet, drew everyone's attention in an instant.
One look and you could tell, it was priceless.
And not at all on the same level as the one Ni Lan had given.
Even Ni Lan was stunned by the bracelet before her eyes.
"Why not try it on?" Yun Yu Qing said.
"It's too precious." Li YaJu hurriedly declined.
"It's not expensive, not expensive. Today you look so beautiful, I was even worried this bracelet might not match up to you." Yun Yu Qing said on purpose.
Clearly an offhand remark.
But it did really make Ni Lan lose face.
As if mocking that the bracelet she had given was completely undeserving of Li YaJu.
Making Ni Lan's face flush red then white.
"You're too kind, I'm embarrassed." Li YaJu looked rather shy.
"Here, let me put it on for you."
"Thank you." Of course she couldn't refuse with everyone present.
Once put on, although on different hands, compared to Ni Lan's bracelet, it really did look far too common and low class, a bit unsuitable.
Ni Lan was truly embarrassed in that moment.
"Don't you think, it matches very well with your crown." Yun Yu Qing quickly praised, "I didn't expect my youngest son to have such good taste."
"Jinghuai picked it?" Li YaJu seemed pleasantly surprised.
At this time Ye Jinghuai was not present either, socializing with his two older brothers.
An Nuan at this moment, couldn't help but glance over in that direction.
Looking over.
The man chatting and drinking over there clearly also looked back at this moment.
As if...he had been paying attention to her the whole time, so the moment she looked at him, their eyes met first thing.
An Nuan retracted her gaze.
Pretending to listen intently as the elders continued chatting.
"I didn't expect Jinghuai to be so thoughtful, and even willing to go shopping with you. I heard boys his age are usually reluctant to accompany their parents." Li YaJu actively made small talk.
"Only kids who don't know better are like that. My YanSheng, whenever he has time, is always willing to accompany me." Ni Lan did not forget to praise her own son.
"So the gift from mom was also picked out by YanSheng?" An Nuan asked, face the picture of innocence.
Looking completely harmless.
But it clearly made Ni Lan and Gu Yan Sheng awkward.
Discerning people could tell, that necklace was so ordinary it was almost beneath one's station.
"YanSheng has been busy these days, he only attended the Outstanding Youth assessment yesterday, didn't have that much time." Ni Lan hurriedly played dumb, wanting to brush past the matter of the bracelet.
"Seems like Ye Jinghuai also participated." An Nuan directly called her out.
Even with a very innocent expression.
"That kid, just got lucky, originally his father and I didn't hold out much hope for him to join in for fun. " Yun Yu Qing spoke in a casual, indifferent manner, "But unexpectedly he was selected along with YanSheng."
Her tone sounded humble.
But it still felt like a slap in Gu Yan Sheng's face.
Because Ni Lan's tone implied Gu Yan Sheng had spent a lot of effort, while Yun Yu Qing's tone implied he just joined on a whim.
Someone who just played for fun and someone who tried their hardest in the end got the same result.
Wasn't that saying Gu Yan Sheng was worse than Ye Jinghuai!
An Nuan couldn't help but chuckle to herself.
If Yun Yu Qing was unintentional that would be one thing, but if she really intended it, her skills were truly not shallow!
Just a few words completely ridiculed the Gu family members until they had no face left.
Fortunately Ni Lan was adept at socializing, so she naturally wouldn't dwell on unfavorable topics for herself, she hurriedly pulled her daughter along, "Speaking of which, didn't you have something to say to An Nuan?"
Gu YanXuan originally didn't even want to come today.
Her face was bruised black and blue, although concealed by the makeup artist, she still didn't want to come apologize to An Nuan!
But unable to resist her parents and brother's coercion, she still came.
She also wanted to see how her mother would make An Nuan's mother lose face, but unexpectedly it was the opposite, they had been the ones completely dominated, and now their family was the one being mocked.
Harboring resentment, yet still having to come apologize.
She was unhappy, squirming a little, clearly reluctant.
Ni Lan pinched her from behind.
Gu YanXuan endured the pain, after all an upper class young lady wouldn't be completely without manners in front of others.
She maintained a smile, hearing her mother say, "Yesterday XuanXuan was thoughtless, just a child being jealous, feeling like her brother was snatched away by An Nuan, so she said some willful things that upset An Nuan a little. The child felt guilty about it all day at home, insisting she must apologize face to face to An Nuan."
An Nuan had to admit she was a bit impressed by Ni Lan.
Her words expressed several meanings.
On one hand she spoke of the deep affection between Gu Yan Sheng and her, even making his sister jealous, and on the other hand she said her own daughter was kindhearted, afraid of upsetting others, so regardless of right or wrong still wanted to apologize.
An Nuan watched Ni Lan's performance with a blank expression.
At this time Gu YanXuan also had no choice but to pretend to be a pitiful little thing, taking the initiative to say to An Nuan, "Sister An Nuan, I'm sorry, I was also afraid my brother would be snatched away by you, so I said some unpleasant things. I know I was wrong, clearly you marrying my brother doesn't mean you snatched him away, but that I've gained another person who loves me more, I should be happy. "
These saccharine words that even An Nuan found unbearable to listen to, she didn't know how Gu YanXuan managed to utter them.
Back then she had also been deceived by Gu YanXuan like this, thinking she was just a bit temperamental but not mean-spirited.
Only now did she know this woman was rotten to the core.
An Nuan also put on a benevolent expression, "Actually I know you didn't really mean it."
Gu YanXuan's eyes flashed with mockery.
Although extremely unhappy at having to apologize to this woman, her believing it so readily also made Gu YanXuan look down on her a bit.
Once she entered the Gu family's doors, she would definitely fix her good!
"It's just...throwing QiQi's phone, that really was your mistake." An Nuan directly brought up yesterday's incident.
Gu YanXuan's complexion clearly stiffened.
Had this An Nuan woman lost her mind?
To actually bring up this kind of thing in front of the four families' elders.
"What?" At this time Xia Zheng Hai heard his daughter's name and spoke up, somewhat bewildered.
"Uncle Xia, it was just a small misunderstanding. It was nothing much to begin with, after all XuanXuan is younger than us, none of us held it against her. But since XuanXuan took the initiative to apologize, the right thing to do would be to apologize to QiQi as well." An Nuan explained, speaking righteously.