Actually, there were not many gifts. Unlike the Su Family, where everyone had prepared welcome gifts for her. Even her cousins had also prepared gifts for her and Xiaoqi.
From the Huo Family, the eldest son’s family had given them some gifts symbolically, but she did not open them to see what they were. One could tell from the packaging that they should be jewelry.
When it came to gifts, especially gifts given to juniors by this type of rich families, the best gifts were only jewelry. Giving money would appear too insincere and lacked goodwill.
By the time they were done greeting all the people in the family, two hours had passed. With Huo Xiao guarding Ling Sheng, even if the other families were dissatisfied or unhappy inwardly, they would not say anything sarcastic.
Firstly, Ling Sheng had just come over, so they had to curry favor with the Old Master and give her face. Secondly, they were all smart people. They wanted to figure out the other party’s background and personality before they could formulate their next plan.
Besides, Huo Ci was sitting beside her, as though he cared a lot about his illegitimate daughter. If anyone asked her a sharp question, he would retort unceremoniously.
The daughters-in-law of the Huo Family each had their own thoughts. Normally, no one was unwilling to submit to anyone and they schemed against one another all day long.
However, now that Ling Sheng had come, they had already reached a consensus. They would put aside all their grudges and see what kind of background this illegitimate daughter had and what she was up to before making the next move.
Ling Sheng was very obedient and had been smiling politely the whole time. She answered whatever the elders asked. She looked like someone with a very soft personality.
There were many people at home, so time flew past after she accepted the gifts and chatted for a bit. When they returned to their rooms, it was already two hours later.
Ling Sheng threw all the gifts on the bed and took a look at them one by one. As expected, they were all jewelry. There were necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings. They were all new accessories of luxury brands, and their prices were around 100,000 yuan too.
However, compared to the gifts she had received at the few uncles’ houses in the afternoon, they appeared a little shabby. Everyone wanted to give her the best things, which was enough to show the difference.
These blood-related people at home did not even come close to her father’s non-blood related brothers. It seemed like those on the other side were his real brothers while the people here were fake brothers.
Not only had they prepared gifts for her, but they had also prepared Xiaoqi’s gifts—children bracelets, a longevity lock, jade pendants, clothes, shoes, hats, and toys. Setting aside the value, they were at least of goodwill.
Su Xiyin was packing up the gifts and categorizing them. She was making notes about which gift was given by who. Chinese people valued reciprocity the most, so they would have to reciprocate in the future.
“How could Rongrong give Xiaoqi such a precious gift?” Su Xiyin held the longevity lock. It was made of jade, and was very pretty and exquisite. She smiled and said, “When I went to her house the last time, she even took it out to show it off to me. She said that it was a gift for her future eldest grandchild.”
Ling Sheng leaned over to take a look. It was really pretty. The jade was of very good quality, and it felt warm too. The carving was extremely exquisite. “Grandma, is this an antique?”
“It’s not an antique but she had deliberately searched for this jade. As a warm jade, it’s good for a child’s health. She found a master jade craftsman, Gu Liangwei, to carve it and she designed the pattern herself.” Su Xiyin was very touched. She called Xiaoqi over and put it on him. “A child should wear a longevity lock for auspiciousness.”
Upon hearing her grandma’s words, Ling Sheng realized that the eldest daughter of the Jiang Family, Jiang Rong, was a world-renowned jewelry designer. She had a jewelry brand under her and also monopolized the agents of various luxury jewelry brands in China. She was rich, very rich!