Even Sheng Ning’an, who was thick-skinned, felt a bit embarrassed by the excessive compliments.
He hurriedly took out the gift he had prepared for Mother Xu and handed it to her, saying, "Aunt, this is the gift I picked out for you."
"You’re too polite, just coming over is enough, why bring a gift?" Mother Xu said with a smile as she took it.
Sheng Ning’an replied, "It’s only right, I picked it out myself and I hope you like it, Aunt."
Mother Xu patted her hand and said, "I trust your taste, Aunt is sure to like whatever you choose."
"What is it, why not open it and let us have a look?" the relatives around teased.
"Exactly, see how much you’ve praised him, let us see what wonderful thing the future daughter-in-law has brought you?"
"If you ask me, as long as it’s from the future daughter-in-law, no matter what it is, she will like it."
"You’re right, the fact that this girl could come is the best gift of all." Mother Xu herself was not particularly interested in the gift, but everyone insisted on seeing it.
"That’s true, but we are just curious, let us take a look, it’s not like we can make your gift disappear!"
A trace of difficulty flashed across Mother Xu’s face, she glanced at Sheng Ning’an instinctively, and seeing him smile at her without looking upset, she then said with a laugh, "All right, I’ll show it to you."
Mother Xu then unwrapped the gift.
Aunt Xu glanced at it and exclaimed in disappointment, "It’s just a scarf!" She had expected something more luxurious.
She thought so, the young girl couldn’t possibly handle things well, not even knowing how to take advantage of an opportunity to impress her future in-laws.
A birthday gift for a future mother-in-law is just a scarf, that must indicate the family isn’t well-off.
However, upon seeing the scarf, Mother Xu’s eyes lit up, she grabbed Sheng Ning’an’s hand and said, "You dear girl, you went to too much expense, it’s just a small birthday, no need for such an expensive gift!"
The others didn’t recognize its value, but not Mother Xu, she was a regular in the shopping world, and recognized the logo on the scarf instantly.
"How expensive can a scarf be?" her aunt scoffed, dismissing it.
She felt Mother Xu was just trying to save face for her son’s girlfriend.
Stubbornly denying the obvious.
Mother Xu had put up with it all night and didn’t want to endure any longer, she finally said sternly, "Aunt talks big, a scarf that costs over ten thousand and it doesn’t seem expensive to you? I wonder what your daughter-in-law has given you on your birthday?"
"What? Over ten thousand?" Aunt Xu exclaimed in shock, staring at the scarf in her hands and loudly said, "Just this scarf? That’s too wasteful!"
Then she scrutinized Sheng Ning’an with a critical eye, "It wasn’t bought with Ranran’s money, was it? No wonder, it’s not their own money so it doesn’t hurt to spend. Ranran, it’s not Aunt criticizing you, but a girl who’s not yet married can end up in any family. You should be careful, don’t end up using your money to support someone else’s wife."
As the other side kept talking more and more nonsensically, Xu Weiran had yet to speak, but Mother Xu got angry first, "Enough, if you want to eat, eat, if not, leave. I’m trying to have a nice birthday, who are you annoying here?"
Once Mother Xu lost her temper, his aunt lost her nerve instantly, mumbling softly, "I, I’m just looking out for your family’s Ranran, afraid he might be duped."
Besides, how was she to know a scarf could cost over ten thousand? And she wasn’t wrong, they were definitely being wasteful!