Ling Ya raised her hand and tapped Sen Sen on the head: "You brat, what are you saying? You're the one who's sick!"
“Mom, didn’t I tell you to see a doctor last time, but you kept making excuses to me?” Sen Sen thought for a moment, “If you keep doing this, I’ll tell Dad to take you to see a doctor tomorrow.”
Sen Sen is a staunch atheist.
He believes there are no ghosts in the world.
When Jiang Tingzhou first disappeared, he firmly believed that his brother would return one day.
But as he grew older, and with the information conveyed to him by those around him, he gradually accepted the fact that his brother might never come back.
Lingya previously mistook Ryan for Jiang Tingzhou, which Sen Sen believed was a hallucination caused by her mother keeping her worries bottled up for a long time.
At that moment, Jiang Detian's voice could be heard from below.
Lingya quickly pulled her son into the bedroom, closed the door, and said, "Alright! No one is allowed to go downstairs until it's quiet down!"
Sensen didn't want to stay here. "Then I'll go back to my room."
"No." Ling Ya pulled her son along and picked up the box from her hand again. "Look at this. I bought it to give to your sister-in-law. What do you think?"
As Lingya spoke, she opened the box.
Xu Wan then saw the contents of the box: a set of aquamarine jewelry, a pair of earrings and a necklace.
The pendant on the necklace, in particular, is a huge teardrop-shaped aquamarine.
Xu Wan was a complete novice when it came to gemstones, but even so, she could tell from the purity and luster of the gemstones that this set of jewelry must be very valuable.
"I'm sorry, this is too expensive, I can't accept it..."
Xu Wan hurriedly refused.
She simply couldn't bring herself to accept such an expensive gift.
Sen Sen couldn't discern the value of the jewelry set, but since Xu Wan refused to accept it, he said, "My elder brother is dead, and she's no longer my sister-in-law. Why are you giving her something so expensive? Are you planning to keep her from ever marrying and just live her whole life with my elder brother's belongings?"
Sen Sen is 11 years old, but she speaks like a little adult.
Lingya angrily punched him: "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't I tell you, that person downstairs is your older brother?"
Sen Sen said, "...Mom, you should see a doctor."
Ling Ya ignored him and pulled Xu Wan aside, saying, "Before, I thought that since my son wouldn't be coming back, I would buy you a set of jewelry. When you get married, wearing this will represent our family's love and affirmation for you, and your future in-laws won't make things difficult for you. But thankfully, my son is back, and we'll still be family. This jewelry was originally bought for you, and it's not suitable for me, so of course I'll give it to you."
"Mom." Xu Wan pushed the jewelry box back. "Since we're family, let's not distinguish between 'yours' and 'mine.' Just consider this jewelry set as something I'm keeping with you."
"That won't do, I have plenty of jewelry here, I can't fit it all in."
“Wasn’t it all stored away properly before?” Xu Wan said with a smile. “I really don’t need such fine jewelry…”
Lingya was unhappy. "Who said you don't need them? I'll have my son take you to more events in the future, and then I'll give you a few more sets so you can wear them in rotation."
The two of them made excuses for a while.
Xu Wan had already given most of her reasons for refusing, and hearing that there seemed to be no more noise outside, she quickly asked, "Have they... finished arguing outside?"
“It really seems to be true!” Lingya put the box outside, bent down to lock the safe, and then said, “Let’s go, let’s go downstairs.”
"...Mom, maybe you shouldn't wear this jewelry."
"If you don't want it, I'll give it to my son and let him figure out a way to give it to you."
Lingya opened the door with the box and went downstairs.
Xu Wan followed them out.
Sensen was originally walking at the very back.
He looked at Xu Wan walking ahead of him, quickened his pace to catch up, and whispered, "Sister Xu Wan, don't worry, I'll have my dad take my mom to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow."
Xu Wan was surprised, "Why?"
Sen Sen glanced at Ling Ya, who had already gone down the stairs, before saying to Xu Wan, "I know, your current boyfriend is not my brother."
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