Ge Dejun saw how happy she was and felt a burst of joy in his heart as well, laughing heartily as he stroked her head. For some reason, he found he got along particularly well with this girl, and seeing her smiling face filled him with happiness.
Looking up, he noticed Chiang Songhai standing at the doorway of the storage room with a somewhat gloomy expression. Ge Dejun was startled and glanced next door, then lowered his voice and asked, "What’s the matter? Brother-in-law, big sister, did something happen again last night?"
Chiang Songhai’s mouth opened and closed, but he couldn’t say anything.
There indeed had been a big discovery yesterday, but how could he admit that his current moodiness wasn’t because of that, but because he saw Chiang Xiao laughing so brightly at Ge Dejun, yet she hardly said a few words to him?
Chiang Songhai felt a strong pang of jealousy in his heart and could only weakly wave his hand and turn towards the young man Ge Dejun had brought.
"Is this my niece’s husband?"
Ge Dejun quickly pulled the young man along, saying, "Yes, this is Lin Jiang. Come on, Lin Jiang, call her big aunt, uncle. And this is Little."
Chiang Xiao also looked towards Xu Linjiang.
Xu Linjiang was tall and strong, in his early twenties, about one hundred seventy-five centimeters tall, with a crew cut, clean eyebrows, and handsome features. He seemed to be a good match for Ge Xiaotong.
Moreover, his gaze was straightforward, wearing an army green shirt and black cloth pants. The clothes were not new, but they were clean. He seemed like a man that easily won people’s good favor.
Chiang Xiao felt at first glance that this uncle by marriage was a good person, and a dependable man at that.
However, this was just her first impression; without having truly interacted with him, she didn’t dare trust her feelings completely.
Xu Linjiang called her big aunt, uncle, and when he turned towards Chiang Xiao, he took a small cloth package out of his trouser pocket and handed it to her, his gaze warm but slightly embarrassed, "Little, this is our first meeting, and I don’t have much to give you, but here, take this to wear for fun."
Chiang Xiao’s eyes widened as she took the package, opened it up, and was about to gasp in surprise.
The fact was, it wasn’t anything luxurious or expensive, but that was later on.
Given the current state of the world, and their family’s economic situation, it was already a very valuable gift!
The piece of deep blue cloth contained a silver bracelet. The bracelet wasn’t heavy, weighing just over five grams, with no carved patterns, simply a bangle, unpolished and not shiny, extremely simple in style, and it was clear it was not new.
Chiang Xiao immediately returned the item to him, "Uncle by marriage, I can’t accept this. Take it back, please, for my aunt to wear."
Xu Linjiang quickly shook his hand and stepped back, saying, "Please, take it, take it. Actually, it’s one of a pair, but your aunt said wearing both wouldn’t look good, so I only gave her one. I’ve discussed it with her, and she agreed before I decided to give it to you."
His words had an earnest and genuine simplicity.
When she heard that he had discussed it with Ge Xiaotong and she had agreed before he gave the bracelet to her, Chiang Xiao suddenly felt a bit envious of Ge Xiaotong.
It seemed that Xu Linjiang was truly sincere about her.
Ge Dejun seemed unaware that Xu Linjiang would give such a gift to Chiang Xiao and looked at him in surprise.
However, upon hearing this, he also persuaded Chiang Xiao, "Little, you should accept it. Since it’s the thoughtfulness of your uncle by marriage, don’t refuse it. We are one family, no need to be so formal!"
Ge Liutao and Chiang Songhai, however, watched Chiang Xiao nervously, fearing that she might actually accept the gift.
It was not a small present, after all!