My Silly, Sweet Wife

Chen Ziran didn’t say a word but looked toward Lv Ping.

Lv Ping avoided Chen Ziran’s questioning gaze and said, sighing, ”Ranran, I ran into your Aunt Zhao on the street a couple of days ago. That’s how I found out they now live in Shengshi Huafu. The average price of their homes is over fifty thousand per square meter. Look at Xiao En, he turned out to be successful. You two grew up together, so this time, you should invite him over to play.”

Chen Ziran was upset, but it wasn’t appropriate to lose her temper in front of outsiders, so she chose to ignore Lv Ping. She pulled Ye Guichen over to Chen Guanghui and introduced, ”Dad, this is Ye Guichen.”

”Hello, Uncle.” Seemingly unaffected by the atmosphere, Ye Guichen greeted politely, shoving his gift into Chen Guanghui’s hands: ”This is a small gift for our first meeting.”

Though Chen Guanghui couldn’t make decisions in the household, he was pleased with Ye Guichen based purely on appearances: ”Good, good, please have a seat.”

Accepting the gift, Chen Guanghui hurriedly invited Ye Guichen to sit down.

”Oh, what kind of gift is this?” Before Ye Guichen had a chance to sit properly, Zhao Lan chimed in snidely: ”Our Xiao En may not be particularly capable, but it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other. He wouldn’t dare to give anything less than ten thousand.”

While talking, Zhao Lan exchanged a glance with Tian Chengen.

Tian Chengen understood and quickly took out a bag from beside him, first handing it to Lv Ping: ”Auntie, my mom told me late this time, so I didn’t have time to buy something nice. I just brought some cosmetics for you.”

Lv Ping accepted, opened the box, and exclaimed, ”Wow, these are Swiss imported cosmetics. They must be expensive!”

Tian Chengen glanced provocatively at Ye Guichen and said with a smile, ”Auntie, it’s nothing. These three bottles of cosmetics were bought through a friend in Switzerland, limited edition, only thirteen thousand, not much at all.”

”Thirteen thousand!” Lv Ping exclaimed in surprise, looking bashful, ”Xiao En, you’ve really gone all out. At my age, I hardly need such high-end cosmetics.”

”Auntie, you jest, you don’t look a day over thirty, nowhere near old.” Tian Chengen quickly flattered.

”Haha, haha, Xiao En, you’re so sweet. I’m embarrassed.” Lv Ping laughed heartily, holding onto the cosmetics tightly, fearing someone might take them away.

Tian Chengen then handed another box to Chen Guanghui: ”Uncle, this is a watch I got for you. It’s a small brand, hope you don’t mind.”

Before Chen Guanghui had a chance to open it, Lv Ping snatched it away and exclaimed upon opening, ”Rolex! Xiao En, this is by no means a small brand, you’ve splurged too much.”

”Haha, as long as Uncle and Auntie are happy, the money doesn’t matter.” Tian Chengen said indifferently.

Zhao Lan immediately chimed in boastfully, ”Exactly, our Xiao En has started his own company now, earning millions a month, this is nothing.”

Saying this, Zhao Lan’s gaze fell again on the bag Ye Guichen had given to Chen Guanghui: ”Right, Uncle, quickly open it and see what he brought. Haha, I heard some people come from the countryside, could it be some sweet potatoes?”

Chen Ziran’s face turned red and blue.

She couldn’t ignore the mockery in Zhao Lan’s words.

She had thought giving Ye Guichen fifty thousand was already generous, but now she realized she had miscalculated completely.

Moreover, considering Ye Guichen’s taste, what good could he possibly buy?

Although Chen Ziran hadn’t decided to marry Ye Guichen, seeing Zhao Lan and her son now, made her heart grow weary.

”Dad, wait until Aunt Zhao leaves before you look.” Chen Ziran was afraid Ye Guichen had indeed bought some local specialties, which would be embarrassing. She snatched the bag from Chen Guanghui’s hand to take it to the inner room.

”Ranran, what’s there to avoid?” Lv Ping swiftly took the bag back from Chen Ziran, ”Since it’s here, let’s all have a look.”

Saying this, she quickly opened the bag.

Inside were two separately wrapped items – one was tea leaves, and the other was jewelry.

”Oh, tea leaves?” Zhao Lan relaxed seeing the two small boxes and picked up the tea leaves, twirling them in her hand, ”Tsk tsk, how thoughtful, but I’ve never seen this brand before. Is it some obscure brand?”

Lv Ping opened the jewelry box. Inside was a bracelet.

However, the bracelet looked somewhat worn, with rust on the surface.

Lv Ping snorted and tossed the bracelet aside, clearly unimpressed.

Not missing the opportunity, Zhao Lan grabbed the bracelet and laughed, ”Haha, it’s rusted, could it be made of iron? Even if left on the street, no one would pick it up. And you brought this to gift, truly a joke.”

Chen Ziran was completely stunned.

She thought even if Ye Guichen couldn’t buy anything good, he wouldn’t buy such obscure tea leaves and a bracelet that looked like rusty scrap metal.

”Ye Guichen, I gave you fifty thousand, and you bought these?” Chen Ziran’s face turned pale in anger.

”Yes.” Ye Guichen seemed entirely oblivious to the accusation in Chen Ziran’s words and smiled, ”These two items were bought through a friend; they should be worth more than fifty thousand.”

”Pfft!” Zhao Lan burst into laughter, ”Haha, you must be joking. Saying these took a friend to buy and are worth over fifty thousand? And, Aunt Lv, from Ranran’s words, did she have to pay for this visit?”

Lv Ping’s face grew darker and darker, glaring at Ye Guichen, ”Ye Guichen, people should know their place. Don’t think an old man’s last words entitle you to cling to our Ranran. A country dog will never become a True Dragon.”

”Mom, what are you saying!” Chen Ziran realized she had misspoken.

Facing Lv Ping’s words, Chen Ziran looked apologetically at Ye Guichen, but Ye Guichen seemed unfazed, ”Auntie, you’re wrong. I’m just stating the truth. My friend said both the tea leaves and the bracelet are worth over fifty thousand.”

”Haha, that just killed me, still arguing at this point.” Zhao Lan laughed, feeling Ye Guichen was hopeless, ”These worthless tea leaves and the broken bracelet worth over fifty thousand? Why don’t you pick up scrap metal and call it an antique?”

”Believe it or not, up to you.” Ye Guichen didn’t bother explaining.

The items Blood Rose bought for him were undoubtedly extremely valuable.

If they couldn’t recognize their worth, what point was there in explaining?

Today he came only for Chen Ziran’s sake; he couldn’t care less about others’ views.

But Chen Ziran’s face couldn’t hold up.

She wanted to explain, but with the items right there, how could she?

Suddenly, Chen Ziran remembered the Star Love necklace. She quickly took it off her neck, ”Mom, this necklace was a gift from Ye Guichen. The auction price was three million.”