Chapter 182: One Year, One Gift, One Inch of Joy
Li Zhi narrowed her bright eyes happily.
She likes tiaras, all kinds of tiaras. If she had financial resources, she would have wanted to bring home all the beautiful tiaras in the world for her collection.
The swan diamond crown that Lou Yanjing had given her before and the emerald moon crown that Qi Yubai had given her were of different styles.
But they were all sent to her heart.
Think about this.
Li Zhi couldn't help but become more curious about what kind of gifts her parents and second brother had prepared for her.
So she put the Jade Moon Crown safely back into the box.
Then she jumped up lightly and walked around the courtyard, which had a very complicated interior layout, looking for her bedroom.
Fortunately, although the layout of the main courtyard is complicated.
But there are only a few roads anyway.
Li Zhi walked around a few corners and finally found a bedroom that was also decorated in European style. She was struck by it at first sight.
Romantic and gorgeous milk coffee color.
The main color is milky white, with brown as the background.
I use low-saturation lotus root powder to match soft furnishings such as curtains, dressing stools and bedside stools, adding a touch of rosy girlishness to the entire bedroom.
The carpet was soft.
Li Zhi walked into the bedroom barefoot without anyone noticing.
She had always wanted to cover the Jiang family's bedroom with soft, plush carpets so that she could run around barefoot whenever she came home. However, Qiao Moya said that carpets were difficult to wash and would not withstand dirt, so she never agreed.
I didn't expect her to be silent now.
It was at the Qi family that her long-cherished wish came true.
"I like it." Li Zhi said in a cheerful tone.
She threw herself onto the bed again, the smoothed quilt fluttering slightly as she pushed and bounced. The mattress had just the right amount of elasticity, soft but not too soft to strain her waist.
This is the feeling that Li Zhi likes.
She reached out and took the gift boxes on the stool at the end of the bed. One of the boxes contained something extravagant.
Li Zhi smiled: "This must have been prepared by my second brother."
She simply untied the bow and saw a key inside, but it was not a luxury car brand that Li Zhi was familiar with. She looked at the logo on the key and felt that it looked familiar.
She blinked lightly and recalled carefully.
Suddenly, as if in a trance, he looked up at Lou Yanjing who was standing beside the bed and asked, "Is this the Kawasaki logo?"
Li Zhi recalled vaguely.
When they were in high school, Lou Yanjing took her for a ride on a cool black and pink Kawasaki motorcycle.
At that time, Lou Yanjing also wanted to teach her how to ride a motorcycle.
But she was afraid of falling, so she didn't dare.
But she vaguely remembered seeing the car key at that time, which was very similar to the key that Qi Jiashu gave her now.
Li Zhi originally wanted to show the key to Lou Yanjing.
But Lou Yanjing seemed to have no need to confirm, so he hummed lazily, "Yes."
After all, it was he who provided the information to Qi Jiaojiao.
Although the two of them always quarreled on the surface, their hearts were always on Li Zhi's side. No matter how much Qi Jiashu disliked Lou Yanjing, he knew that he was the one who understood his sister best.
Since we need to prepare gifts.
Naturally, the building closest to the water will be the first to see the moon.
He pestered Lou Yanjing and asked her many questions about Lizhi's hobbies, and then he found out that she liked riding motorcycles.
This point is also reflected in the love variety show.
Li Zhi held the key of the Kawasaki motorcycle in her hands with great joy. She put it aside and then began to open the meeting gifts that Qi Heqing and Yu Lanci had prepared for her.
One of the boxes is smaller.
After opening it, a jade plaque was found inside. The plaque was delicately carved with dragon and phoenix patterns and the word "Qi" was engraved on it.
Not like a decoration.
It doesn't look like a carry-on accessory either.
I don't know what it is used for.
The other box was ridiculously large.
As soon as Li Zhi opened it, he almost couldn't react and was blinded by the dazzling light that filled the box.
There are countless jewels in the safe.
Preserve carefully and display carefully.
Various auction-quality dazzling jewelry, extremely intricate and exquisite gold pieces, hairpins that could very well be called antiques, and jades of superb quality...
Necklaces, earrings, bracelets, jade bracelets, everything is available.
The most special one is the small gold-inlaid jade locket placed in the first grid, with the word "Yu" engraved on the back.
Li Zhi pointed at the grid and counted.
There were exactly twenty-four pieces of jewellery stored here, and she bought one piece every year.
Like... the dowry her mother prepared for her.
It was not a makeshift preparation because we knew she would be coming home today, but rather, every year in the past, we had been preparing for this day.
Li Zhi's eyes suddenly felt moist.
Looking at this box full of jewellery, one can even see that the size of the jewellery has increased over the years according to the order in which it was arranged...
From the original gold-inlaid jade locket prepared for the baby.
To the later children's bracelet.
When they are a little older, girls may like necklaces and bracelets with elements such as butterflies and swans.
The last few items are the phoenix hairpins and phoenix crowns.
Her mother seemed to prepare gifts for her every year, based on her age and guessing her preferences.
Every year of her life is filled with her mother's expectations.
One year, one gift, one inch of joy.
Yu Lanci didn't know when she would be found, but she looked forward to her return every year, so the gifts prepared for her were never missed.
Until now.
Adults no longer need the small gold and jade locket that should have appeared in infants and young children to ensure safety.
At the age of 24, she can no longer wear children's bracelets.
Even the gold accessories for the phoenix hairpins and phoenix crowns used for the wedding dowry arrived a little late.
But all of this seems to have never been absent.
Everyone in the Qi family made her slowly feel from various details that she was valued and expected, no matter what she looked like.
Li Zhi raised her hand and quietly wiped away her tears.
Lou Yanjing lowered his eyes and saw the tears at the corners of her eyes, but he didn't say anything. He knew that this proud little swan didn't want others to see her crying secretly.
He seemed to shift his attention away.
It seems as if he is sizing up the room.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
“Dudududu——”
Li Zhi quickly wiped away her tears again and touched her eyelashes with her fingertips to poke away the tears that were stuck on them.
Then he turned around following the knock on the door.
Then she saw Qi Yubai standing outside her bedroom with a gift bag in his hand, and he waited outside without her permission.
Li Zhi blinked: "Brother?"
She narrowed her lychee-like eyes into a round, clear look, afraid that she would be discovered to have cried: "Is dinner ready?"
"Not yet." Qi Yubai said gently.
He seemed to have changed his clothes, taking off his slightly cold and noble suit and putting on a warm white satin shirt, making him look like a gentleman as gentle as water and jade.
Qi Yubai raised his wrist slightly and said, "I saw that you liked that Hermès bag on the plane and forgot to take it, so I asked the flight attendant to pack it for you. Is it convenient for me to come in?"
Li Zhi was startled for a moment, then nodded.
She had almost forgotten about the Hermès watch. She put it back because she thought it was inappropriate to take something without permission. But she never expected that her eldest brother would bring it back to her.