In the bright and magnificent hall of Liyue Manor
Xiao Wujie, Lu Zhufeng, Yun Mo, Leng Ruxue, and a few other idlers were sitting cross-legged on the ground, not caring much about their appearance.
In front of them, piles of exquisite gift boxes stood like mountains.
These gifts were all received at Xiao Wujie's birthday banquet. Because Chu Mingcheng explained the situation at the banquet, many people who had prepared gifts beforehand found it difficult to have a clear target or grasp the right direction.
After learning the nature of the banquet and Xiao Wujie's identity as the Chu family's son-in-law, they swept through the capital overnight and delivered a targeted gift.
This morning, the Chu family's old residence specially dispatched a container truck to the manor.
Chu Liyue had to go out on business, and Ye Jinyu and Lin Qingyi spent all their time in the laboratory. Bored, they didn't let the servants do anything, so they simply sat together and started taking things apart one by one.
"Damn, a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport 300+! You pretentious jerk, this car isn't for you, let me handle this one!"
"Ah! Christian Dior haute couture gowns and perfumes, I love them so much! Can I have the perfume, handsome little brother?"
"Hahahaha! Goji berries! You pretentious jerk, someone gave you goji berries! He's questioning you!"
Xiao Wujie: "I'll give it to you, I'll give it all to you! Look at you, so naive and unsophisticated!"
Everyone: You'd better watch your words...
...
The voices of the crowd echoed in the hall, rising and falling, lingering for a long time. An outsider might have thought that the manor was having a big clearance sale.
Xiao Wujie looked at the exquisite gift boxes in front of him and was momentarily troubled. Not only were the gifts priceless, but many of them even had expensive gift boxes.
You can't just open a package like you would a delivery parcel, take the contents, and then throw the rest away.
If all else fails, just throw them into the manor warehouse; these things take up way too much space.
As he was lost in thought, his fingers suddenly pulled a box wrapped in black paper from the pile of gifts.
As a birthday gift, the other gifts were all wrapped in bright colors such as red, purple, and yellow, but this one was wrapped in a simple piece of plain black paper, making it stand out from the other gifts.
As he casually unwrapped the paper, the gift revealed made Xiao Wujie's eyes flicker slightly.
Because inside the wrapping paper was... a square urn containing ashes.
Lu Zhufeng, who was sitting next to Xiao Wujie, caught a glimpse of it, his eyes narrowed instantly, and he snatched it without hesitation, making as if to throw it away.
"Damn it, which bastard caused this mess? I'll send people to investigate right now, and I'll chop off his dog's head!"
When the others heard the commotion and their eyes fell on what Lu Zhufeng was holding, their expressions also turned extremely ugly.
Giving someone this kind of gift at their 18th birthday party is truly infuriating, given the ulterior motives behind it.
"Handsome little brother, don't be sad. Once I find out who sent this bad luck, I'll take you and blow up their ancestral graves!"
"He likes urns, so I'll blast out the coffins and urns of his ancestors for eighteen generations!"
Leng Ruxue rushed to Xiao Wujie, whose eyes were downcast, patted his shoulder lightly, and said through gritted teeth.
Xiao Wujie gave a slight smile, reassuring her, and then waved to Lu Zhufeng, signaling him not to throw it yet.
"Open it!"
With a slight flicker in his eyes, Xiao Wujie suddenly spoke.
"No! If he can send such unlucky things, who knows what disgusting stuff is inside? Don't let it offend your eyes!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wujie shook his head slightly. His intuition told him that this matter was not so simple.
Who in the capital would dare to do such a thing? There must be some other motive involved.
Seeing that he was determined to open it, Lu Zhufeng was at a loss for what to do. To be on the safe side, he carefully told Xiao Wujie and the others to stay away to prevent any accidents from happening.
With a slight exertion of his arm, the lid of the box came off without any unexpected incident. However, when he looked into the contents of the box, his face darkened.
The box, neither too big nor too small, contained only one thing: a "last portrait" of Xiao Wujie.
Lu Zhufeng's forehead veins bulged out, and his first thought was to tear this extremely unlucky thing apart.
Seeing through his thoughts, Xiao Wujie immediately stepped forward and took out his "funeral portrait" before he could.
Those around him saw his face turn so dark it seemed like it could drip water, and this action completely ignited the anger in their hearts.
Xiao Wujie was already in poor health and suffered from illness. He tacitly avoided discussing matters of life and death in front of him.
"I'm going to kill this damned beast!"
Yunmo, who was usually good-tempered, couldn't help but roar out loud.
Xiao Wujie was the person he respected most, and he found it hard to tolerate such a curse wishing for his early death.
Unlike the anger of others, Xiao Wujie, the person involved, did not react as intensely as they did.
He held the "funeral portrait" between his fingers, examined it closely, then carefully turned it over. A line of clear text instantly caught his eye—
"I am the devil you sent to hell with your own hands. I'll be waiting for you in Beiling, the capital!"
As he gazed at the strange text, Xiao Wujie's deep eyes darkened, making it difficult for anyone to fathom his thoughts.
...
Soon, Chu Liyue returned to the manor. She sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, her slender fingers holding the "funeral portrait". Her eyes were filled with a captivating aura, and the atmosphere around her was frighteningly low.
After a long while, she expressionlessly reached for the lighter on the table, lit it, and the flame reflected in her eyes, but it did not diminish the frost in her cold eyes in the slightest.
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