Chapter 26 Uncle, have you liked me for a long time?
He remembered that when he was studying abroad, he was very young and no one in his class paid attention to him. When he returned to the villa, the servants didn't want to pay attention to him either.
My taciturn nature is gradually formed by the environment I grew up in.
A few minutes later, Su Lingyu came over with two pieces of cake. "Uncle, please have my birthday cake! If you don't like sweet things, just try a little bit of the filling. It's just a token of my appreciation."
Jiang Yuli felt a little warm in his heart: "I like it."
"Then you have to finish eating. I'll accompany you." Su Lingyu sat down beside him naturally, with a sly look in her eyes. "Uncle, where is the gift you gave me?"
"In the hotel room."
"Hmm..." Su Lingyu narrowed her eyes slightly and dragged out her tone, "Uncle~ you have ulterior motives~ leave the gift in the hotel room~"
Jiang Yuli's ears burned, and he quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. It's just that the gift is valuable, and I was worried it might get damaged accidentally at the party with so many people."
Su Lingyu pursed her lips and chuckled: "Uncle, you really can't help but tease~"
It's actually a bit cute that she blushes like this after just a little teasing.
Jiang Yuli's ears turned even redder, and he lowered his head to eat the cake silently.
Su Lingyu moved closer, her voice filled with anticipation: "Then... after we finish eating the cake, let's go to the room to open the presents, okay? I'm not curious about other people's gifts, I'm just curious about yours..."
"...Okay." Jiang Yuli replied in a low voice.
The birthday dinner is still going on, but its protagonist has quietly left.
Just because Jiang Yuli said last time that her birthday gift would not be a blind box.
This made her particularly curious, what would he give her?
The two entered the hotel suite together, and Su Lingyu saw the eye-catching large white gift box on the coffee table at a glance.
"Wow! It's so big!" She ran over excitedly, "Uncle, can I take it apart now?"
"Can."
Jiang Yuli looked at her, his heart beating slightly faster.
Jiang Yuli saw Su Lingyu's movements as she unwrapped the gift, which seemed to stretch her out. The moment she opened the box, she let out a scream of surprise.
“Ah ...
She suddenly turned around and threw herself into Jiang Yuli's arms, hugging him excitedly: "Uncle, uncle! You are so good at giving gifts! It really touched my heart! I love it! Thank you! Thank you!"
She raised her face, her eyes filled with stars.
The soft and sweet fragrance in his arms made Jiang Yuli freeze instantly, and then his heart was filled with a huge sense of satisfaction.
A faint smile appeared in his eyes: "As long as you like it."
Su Lingyu let him go and couldn't wait to see the gift.
The emptiness in his arms made Jiang Yuli feel a subtle sense of loss.
"Oh my God! This...this must be expensive, right? And even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it..." Su Lingyu's voice was filled with incredible excitement.
Inside the huge gift box is a customized acrylic display box.
Lying quietly in the box is an antique camera - a Leica 0 series prototype produced in 1923.
There are only more than 20 units left in the world, and the one with serial number 105 was once sold at a sky-high price of 101.6 million yuan.
Top collectors usually keep it secret and it is a priceless rare treasure.
At this moment, Jiang Yuli actually brought it to her!
Su Lingyu held up the camera with great care, her voice trembling. "Uncle, this gift... is too expensive! You didn't really spend over 100 million to take this photo, did you?"
If this is true, how can she bear this affection?
How can she pay it back?
"It's not expensive." Jiang Yuli said calmly.
"How is that possible? The last auction fetched over 100 million!" Su Lingyu loves photography and knows the history of cameras like the back of his hand.
She was sure it was the real thing.
"I saved a collector abroad. In order to express his gratitude, he insisted on giving me a collection," Jiang Yuli explained.
Su Lingyu put down the camera, stared at him intently, and walked closer step by step.
Jiang Yuli was originally standing straight, but as she approached, he unconsciously lowered his head slightly.
"Bubble..."
"Uncle," Su Lingyu tapped his chest lightly with her fingertips, her voice filled with the cunning insight of someone who saw through everything. "Since he's a collector, he must have countless treasures. Why did he choose this camera for you? Are you also obsessed with photography?"
She paused, her almond-shaped eyes brightening surprisingly. "Or... when he expressed his gratitude to you, you thought of me? You know I love photography, so you specially chose this piece from his dazzling collection?"
Jiang Yuli's heartbeat suddenly became disordered.
She guessed it exactly.
The collector did show off his possession of this priceless camera at the time.
Although he saved the other person's life, he felt embarrassed to accept such a valuable gift for nothing, and ended up leaving a check for the same amount.
Su Lingyu asked softly, as if asking a question she already knew the answer to: "Uncle... have you liked me for a long time?"
This casual question, however, threw a huge rock into Jiang Yuli's heart, causing huge waves.
He maintained composure on his face, his Adam's apple rolling: "Yeah."
He himself couldn't tell when this feeling began.
When he was exiled abroad by the Shen family, only Su Lingyu came to see him off with gifts.
She was the only warm sunshine that penetrated his dark childhood and illuminated the cold foreign country.
Her nickname was a bubble that could be easily popped, a bubble that didn't last long, but it accompanied him for 18 years during his time abroad.
Su Lingyu tilted her head, somewhat puzzled. "But we weren't very familiar with each other before. You were abroad, I was in China, and I was... your nephew's girlfriend before."
"I liked you before you became boyfriend and girlfriend." Jiang Yuli's voice was low and clear.
"Then you should have tried harder two years earlier!" Su Lingyu said half-jokingly, "Maybe I wouldn't have dated Shen Qiao and would have dated you directly, and now I wouldn't have to go through the heartbreak."
Jiang Yuli subconsciously apologized: "...It's my fault."
Doesn’t he want to?
But he was as cold as he is now. He felt that he was not worthy of her brilliance, and there was no way to make her psychologically dependent, which would be detrimental to her condition.
He will try his best to make Bubble psychologically dependent on him and give her enough sense of security.
"Oh, uncle, I was just kidding. How can I blame you?" Su Lingyu smiled warmly. "Life is never smooth sailing, even for me, the eldest daughter of the Su family."
Her tone became serious, "After going through a breakup, I now know more clearly what kind of love I want and what kind of person... is my true destiny."
In short, it will never be like Shen Qiao.
Su Lingyu's attention returned to the camera, and she looked at it with reluctance.
Suddenly, she found something at the bottom of the box.
"Huh?"
She put down the camera and opened two small boxes.
One contains an exquisite and cute little figurine.
The other is a necklace with a rose gold edging and a pendant that is a clear bubble inlaid with diamonds.
It's "bubble" again.
Jiang Yuli seemed obsessed with her nickname and obsessed with remembering all her preferences.
His gift, along with his deep secret love, is so solemn and precious.
Su Lingyu felt a warm feeling in her heart. She picked up the necklace and smiled softly and sweetly, "I like all three of these birthday gifts. Thank you, uncle!"
Jiang Yuli's heart was filled with her smile: "As long as you like it."
"Then I won't say thank you," Su Lingyu winked playfully, "On your birthday, I'll give you a big gift too! What do you like? Can you tell me first?"
Jiang Yuli's eyes, as deep as the night, stared at her intently, as if the answer was self-evident.
Su Lingyu's heart skipped a beat.
No way?
Could it be that he wanted to tell her that he liked her and then ask her to give herself to him as a gift on his birthday?
That won’t do!
Su Lingyu is exclusive and not for sale. There is only one in the world and it cannot be given to others at will.
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