"Kid, if you don’t know what’s good, then keep your mouth shut. The Gong Family is not a place for you to show off!"
Old Lady Luo spoke up coldly, snapping the brocade box shut.
Jiang Chen frowned. He was sure he hadn’t been mistaken.
Gong Lin frowned even more and argued with reason, "Grandma, Jiang Chen couldn’t have been mistaken, he..."
"If I say he’s mistaken, then he’s mistaken!"
Old Lady Luo’s harsh shout interrupted Gong Lin’s words. A chilling glint flickered through her aged eyes, which were previously dim.
Gong Lin was stunned for a mont, her brows furrowing tightly as she gave Old Lady Luo a deep look before turning her head away under her intimidating gaze.
"Kid, did you hear that? Grandma said it’s real, it’s you who are blind!" Gong Zijun completely ca alive, seizing the opportunity to mock Jiang Chen, "If you’re blind then shut up, don’t talk, no one’s taking you for mute!"
The younger mbers of the Gong Family looked at Old Lady Luo, then at Jiang Chen, and suddenly realized.
This ginseng is probably fake, and Grandma is doing this because she doesn’t like Jiang Chen, and perhaps it’s partly to defend Gong Zijun!
Jiang Chen also understood! He gave Old Lady Luo a deep look and then turned his head, looking towards Gong Lin with confusion.
He saw that Old Lady Luo clearly disliked him, even going so far as to fra him with such baseless accusations.
But why, he couldn’t fathom.
Gong Lin looked at Jiang Chen apologetically, her eyes revealing a helpless expression, she didn’t understand why either!
At that mont, Old Lady Luo pinned Jiang Chen with a chilling look, "You are Jiang Chen, aren’t you? You beca a son-in-law to our Gong Family, but you didn’t bring any betrothal gifts? You just ca empty-handed?"
Jiang Chen was taken aback, then a trace of embarrassnt surfaced on his face.
When he married Gong Lin, he really hadn’t brought any betrothal gifts, and now that Old Lady Luo brought it up, he did indeed feel ashad.
With no other option, he could only take out the jade bracelet Gong Lin had given him.
Upon seeing it, Old Lady Luo’s face darkened imdiately, and she scolded with inverted eyebrows, "This jade bracelet isn’t sothing you bought, is it? If it were, why doesn’t it even have a gift box? And even if it were sothing you bought, a shoddy bracelet worth just a few hundred thousand, you dare bring that as a betrothal gift to marry a granddaughter of our Gong Family?"
With a cold laugh, Old Lady Luo’s gaze beca even more sinister, "It seems you really think you are a part of the Jincheng Jiang Family, coming to our Gong Family to act high and mighty, huh?
Hmph! Don’t think I don’t know, you’re just a bastard, never even entered the doors of the Jiang Family!
It was our Gong Lin who saved you; otherwise, you would have died in Jinhai long ago! Now you co to our Gong Family as a son-in-law, freelancing and living off us, you’re dreaming too sweetly!"
With these words from Old Lady Luo, the entire Gong Family exploded!
"Oh, so that’s how it is!"
"No wonder he dresses so plainly. And here I thought he was being low-key, but he’s just a bastard!"
"Exactly, running to our Gong Family, wanting to be a live-in son-in-law, living off a woman!"
"Tsk, no wonder Grandma doesn’t like him. Only a kind-hearted girl like Gong Lin would be fooled by him!"
The younger mbers of the Gong Family then all turned their spears towards Jiang Chen, mocking him one after another.
Gong Zijun imdiately jumped up, pointing at Jiang Chen and cursing, "You dirty bastard, entering our Gong Family’s doors, but instead of keeping a low profile, spouting nonsense here. Do you think you’re really the Jiang Family’s young master? You’re just a live-in son-in-law, wanting to freeload off our Gong Family, you’ve got the wrong place!"
"It’s not like that, Jiang Chen isn’t a bastard, he..." Gong Lin frowned and glared at Gong Zijun.
"What ’he’ what?!" Old Lady Luo interrupted Gong Lin with a cold voice, "Gong Lin, are you blind to have married such a thing? I know you’re kind-hearted, but you should also keep your eyes open and not bring such a freeload back to disgrace our Gong Family!"
Gong Lin’s expression darkened, and just as she was about to speak again, she was pulled back by Jiang Chen.
Old Lady Luo’s prejudice against him was too deep. Under these circumstances, anything Gong Lin said would be useless.
It seed they would have to wait and slowly change perceptions later?
Seeing Jiang Chen retreating, Gong Zijun imdiately puffed up with pride, holding his head high like a victor, glancing at Jiang Chen. He thought about how to teach Jiang Chen a lesson later on.
But just then, the sound of footsteps approached.
A servant from the old residence hurried into the front hall and bowed to Old Lady Luo, "The great ancestor, soone has co to deliver a congratulatory gift!"
"A congratulatory gift? What congratulatory gift?"
Old Lady Luo was stunned for a mont, and the younger mbers of the Gong Family were also faces of confusion.
Amidst everyone’s bewildernt, a few n walked into the front hall. Jiang Chen and Gong Lin glanced up, surprised—it was all old acquaintances!
"Old Lady Luo, greetings. I am Cheng Zhiqiang of the Cheng Family from Jinhai, especially coming from Jinhai to present a pair of sheep fat white jade bracelets as a congratulatory gift." Cheng Zhiqiang gave a bow to Old Lady Luo.
"Old Lady Luo, greetings. I am Lin Youpeng of the Lin Family from Jinhai, specifically bringing a congratulatory gift..."
"Old Lady Luo, greetings. I am Sun Jialin of the Sun Family from Jinhai, a modest gift..."
"Old Lady Luo, greetings. I am Zhang Long from Jinhai..."
...
One after another, the visitors presented their congratulatory gifts and their gift lists to Old Lady Luo.
"This... These are all things worth tens of millions! Together, they must be worth several billion, right?"
"Yes! And these people, they are all top tycoons from Jinhai."
"How did they co here?"
"A congratulatory gift? Are they here to offer congratulations? But what are they congratulating?"
The younger mbers of the Gong Family exclaid in surprise.
"Hey, there’re even people from the Sihai Group. Could these people all be Sihai’s clients in Jinhai?"
"Right, that’s very likely. Otherwise, who has the clout to have these tycoons personally co to offer congratulations? They must have co to visit Grandma!"
"Either they are clients of the Sihai in Jinhai or they want to cooperate with the Sihai!"
A mber of the Gong Family spotted Zhou Qing from the Sihai Group among them and couldn’t help but exclaim in a low voice, while others felt the arrival of Cheng Zhiqiang and the others had sothing to do with the Sihai Group.
"Congratulations to Grandma!"
"Grandma really has a huge face! So many tycoons have co to visit Grandma!"
A bunch of the younger Gong Family mbers began to flatter Old Lady Luo.
Old Lady Luo was taken aback for a mont and began to suspect that Cheng Zhiqiang and others had co especially to see her and then to seek cooperation with the Sihai.
Thus, she was about to rise to respond with thanks.
But at that mont, Cheng Zhiqiang and the others uniformly approached Jiang Chen and Gong Lin, each bowing to Jiang Chen first: "Mr. Jiang, a humble gift, I hope you won’t take offense."
Afterward, they all simultaneously bowed to both Jiang Chen and Gong Lin, saying in unison: "We congratulate Mr. Jiang and Miss Gong on your perfect union and wish you an early birth of a noble child."
Gasp!
Everyone in the Gong Family was dumbfounded!
All staring, mouths agape, speechless.
These people were actually all here to present gifts to Jiang Chen! And to offer gifts so generously?
Wasn’t Jiang Chen just a bastard?
How could he receive such honor from these magnates?
Shocking!
Utterly shocking!
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