Chapter 345 - Acting as a Pig to Eat the Tiger (3)
Chapter 345: Acting as a Pig to Eat the Tiger (3)
“Maybach 62? The market price of that is at least twelve million dollars… Impressive!”
“But I believe the actual price will be much more. Since the Li Family decided to gift a Maybach, it must be a limited edition. It must just be that Li Youmin is too humble so he didn’t want to brag about it!”
“Of course, everyone knows how wealthy the Li Family is. It can’t be the normal edition…”
“They are really generous. Ah, there is no way we can fight with that…”
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“Old Xue, you’re really going to strike it rich now! You should be secretly smiling at all this, right?”
At that moment, Miracle Doctor Xue was already seated with his old friends and entertaining them. Everyone could tell how happy he was, and another spirited old man made fun of him.
Miracle Doctor Xue laughed as he replied, “I’ve once treated his grandfather, so what is a Maybach worth? However, I’m glad that the Li Family still remembers an old fella like me…”
Another white-haired, red-faced old man followed suit to laugh. “Old Xue, covering things up only makes matters worse. Can’t you tell? That Li Family is clearly here for your precious granddaughter! They merely dispatched their kid here as an advance party to greet you. At the same time, they wanted to let the two kids meet to have a connection with one another…”
Miracle Doctor Xue’s expression didn’t change as he turned to the white-haired old man to say, “Ah, I don’t need you to tell me what I can see for myself. Ning Er’s marriage isn’t up to me to decide. Whoever she likes will be my granddaughter’s husband…”
The spirited old man spoke again, “Do you really think the few of us have the blurred vision of an old person? Isn’t it obvious who she likes? Isn’t it the kid seated down there? Hey, look at how unpresentable his clothing is, but he’s neither servile nor overbearing while sitting between so many wealthy kids. He looks calm and natural and really did have a trick or two up his sleeves! Not bad, really not bad…”
Another old man in a green Tang suit couldn’t help but comment as well, “Indeed, this kid’s eyes are different from the rest of them, but I don’t know how to describe this feeling. He is indeed very charming, and look at his dimples, he is capable of charming countless young girls in the streets with a face like his. However, the way this kid eats is really horrendous.”
The old man in his green Tang suit placed a lot of importance on a person’s poise and etiquette. Looking at the way Ling Yun was feasting on his meals, he felt that it was a real pity that he had such good looks.
The spirited old man commented again, “Old Xue, where did you find a genius like this? His simple stroke of the hand earlier was indeed not simple at all. The group of rich kids are clearly angered by him and want to embarrass him at all cost. Now that they are competing with wealth, I guess Ling Yun is going to suffer…”
Miracle Doctor Xue rolled his eyes at the old man as he laughed and scolded him, “You are really an improper old man! This kid comes from a poor family, but so what if he’s poor? My granddaughter isn’t a snobbish person who favors the rich and disdain the poor! It’s okay even if he didn’t bring a birthday present! Just his presence is enough!”
To Miracle Doctor Xue, Ling Yun’s arrival was indeed the best gift. If Ling Yun didn’t appear, who knew how hurt his precious granddaughter would be.
Even though Miracle Doctor Xue took an impartial stance, every one of the experienced old men was able to tell that he was trying to protect Ling Yun.
These fellas found it interesting when they heard this, and they winked at each other before lifting the glass in their hands. “Drink up, let’s drink up! We are only here to watch the show, so let’s enjoy ourselves. That kid has already had his share of fame and attention earlier on, so maybe he should suffer a setback too! Haha…”
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The living room was filled with all sorts of noise, and the youth table was the furthest away from Miracle Doctor Xue’s table. Even so, Ling Yun heard the entire conversation between the elderlies. He simply smiled and continued eating his food.
“Big Brother Li, this is way too valuable. I…” Xue Meining was so anxious that she wanted to reject the gift. She was a smart girl, so she naturally knew what a valuable birthday gift from Li Youmin meant.
However, she heard Ling Yun’s voice in her ears as he said, “You cannot reject! This is a free gift, so why are you rejecting it! You must not say no!”
Xue Meining’s heart jumped when she heard Ling Yun’s voice. Indeed, her Brother Ling Yun was still the same cheapskate Brother Ling Yun. Her face turned red as she turned to glance at Ling Yun, but she didn’t say anything else.
Initially, Li Youmin thought that Xue Meining was going to reject him and thought of a perfect response. However, he didn’t expect Xue Meining to not complete her sentence, which made him pleasantly surprised. He hurriedly handed the Maybach’s key to Xue Meining.
Xue Chengye had seen everything, so he could only express his gratitude to Li Youmin. He even got Li Youmin to send his regards to his elders.
Li Youmin sat down confidently and with maximum satisfaction. The next person to stand up was Long Tianyu, who took out a precious looking delicate box. He used both hands to present it in front of Xue Meining and opened it in front of her. He said with a clear voice, “Sister Ning Er, this is a pearl necklace embedded with a nine-carat pink diamond. I thought Sister Ning Er would definitely like it, so I brought it as a gift for your birthday. Happy birthday!”
Long Tianyu came from the Long Family, and even though he sounded calm and collected, his voice contained natural confidence and an air of arrogance. The way he spoke, coupled with the gift that he brought, resulted in cheers from the crowd again!
Without mentioning the brilliant, gorgeous, and eye-catching pink diamond, any one of the tens of white sparking and translucent pearls would be worth a few hundred thousand!
For a gift like that, almost everybody who wasn’t an idiot could tell that this was an exceptionally rare piece of jewelry that was worth cities. Even Xue Meining couldn’t help but feel slightly excited about it when she saw the beautiful necklace. However, she subconsciously wanted to reject it again, but she could already hear Ling Yun’s voice — you must not say no!
According to etiquette, it was only appropriate for one to put it on for the recipient after showing it to her. Therefore, Long Tianyu smiled and continued saying, “Sister Ning Er, if you like it, shall I put it on for you?”
Xue Meining felt conflicted in her heart, as she really wanted Ling Yun to be the one putting this resplendent necklace on her neck. However, the gift was from Long Tianyu, so she couldn’t possibly request that.
See! Why do I have to accept it! Now what! Xue Meining frowned at Ling Yun as she suddenly thought of something. She turned her head to Zhang Manyun and said, “Mother, why don’t you help me put it on?”
Zhang Manyun was also in love with such a precious gift. It could be said that as long as one was a woman, it would be hard to reject a gift like that. Naturally, she understood Xue Meining’s intention, so she turned awkwardly to Long Tianyu to apologize before putting the pearl necklace on her daughter.
With a luxurious and elegant red evening dress on Xue Meining’s fair skin coupled with this brilliant necklace, it instantly dazzled everyone’s eyes!
Beautiful! Gorgeous! The elegance and grandeur of the necklace were definitely not locally produced.
Ling Yun couldn’t help but nod at the sight. The Long Family was indeed the number one family in Beijing. They were indeed well-connected with the outside world! Incredible!
Even though Long Tianyu didn’t put the necklace on Xue Meining’s neck personally, he was still extremely delighted to see Xue Meining putting it on immediately and in front of everyone. He looked pridefully at Ling Yun as he gave him a sneaky smirk.
“The Long Family is really incredible. The item they brought out is so rare…”
On the other side, the spirited old man couldn’t help but praise Long Tianyu and his family.
“Old Xue, look at that dumb kid still enjoying his food as if nothing happened. What if he really chooses not to bring out anything later? Do you want to call him over so that we can help him out a little? I can lend him some of my treasured items so that he won’t be too embarrassed. He looks like a person with character, but what if he cannot take the embarrassment and runs away? Then we won’t have any show to enjoy…”
To be honest, Miracle Doctor Xue had this idea quite some time ago. However, after pondering upon it, he decided not to intervene. He liked Ling Yun, not because of his family background but because he was genuinely attracted to Ling Yun’s character. From the very first time he saw Ling Yun, he liked him and knew that he was a man with high self-esteem!
Back when Ling Yun was performing the Nine Needles of the Spiritual Pivot on him, Ling Yun walked away because of Ning Er’s mistrust. From then on, he knew.
Miracle Doctor Xue shook his head and said, “It’s okay! The birthday gift isn’t important! It’s not the gift that counts but the thought behind it. Even if Ling Yun casually takes out a useless item, I’m sure Ning Er will love it!”
The old man in the green Tang suit laughed and said, “You really do know your granddaughter well…”
Miracle Doctor Xue glanced at him and said, “Of course! I’ve brought her up myself, so how can I call myself her grandpa if I don’t know her well?”
After Long Tianyu sat down, Xue Chengye and his family finally walked towards Ling Yun. Xue Meining knew that Ling Yun wouldn’t be able to bring out any gift, so she had secretly told her parents to walk past him so that she wouldn’t put him in a spot.
Xue Chengye saw that Ling Yun was still enjoying his meal and had no intention to get up, so he immediately walked past him. He smiled as he got Xue Meining to offer Hu Shaobai a drink.
Some people started gossiping and chuckling at Ling Yun, and of course, Ling Yun pretended like he never heard any of it. He was about to finish his meal.
Hu Shaobai waited for Ling Yun, but when he realized that he had no intention to stand up, he smiled coldly to himself before getting up. He greeted Xue Chengye and Zhang Manyun before bringing out his birthday gift.
He took out an emerald green rectangular jade box and opened it in front of everybody. He said with a clear voice, “Sister Ning Er, our Miracle Physician Valley doesn’t have anything precious to give you, so I can only bring you a nine-hundred-year-old ginseng. I wish that our little birthday girl will forever be so pretty and young!”
“What? Nine-hundred-year-old ginseng! Isn’t this the legendary ginseng king?”
The moment he brought out the ginseng, all the old fellas could no longer stay seated. All of them stood up and squeezed to take a look.
Even Miracle Doctor Xue couldn’t help but smile slightly. He was emotionally moved at how the Miracle Physician Valley was finally looking at the outside world…