"That's fine then." The old man nodded, not forgetting to remind Madam Ji, "Xiaxia and Nannan are both our children, we should treat them equally and not favor one over the other."
Madam Ji secretly grumbled to herself, thinking that no one could be more biased than the old man. He didn't love his own granddaughter at all, but he kept calling this bastard child of unknown origin "obedient."
On the surface, Madam Ji smiled and agreed, "Of course, they are both my darlings, Aunt Min."
Madam Ji beckoned to Aunt Min and instructed, "Bring me my handbag."
"Yes, Madam." Aunt Min quickly went to get it.
Here, Madam Ji pretended to be a loving mother, holding Ji Zhixia's hand and looking at Ji Zhinan tenderly.
“My girlfriends are so envious of me because I have two sweet little girls. I also feel blessed that my two daughters are beautiful and sensible…”
Aunt Min brought the bag over: "Madam."
"Yes, yes, yes." Madam Ji quickly took the bag and said while unzipping it, "So much has happened recently. Xiaxia's mental state is not good. As her mother, I was so anxious that I said a lot of hurtful things to Nannan."
"Xiaxia is almost fully recovered, so I specially bought a diamond bracelet for each of the two children. All the unhappy things from before are in the past. From now on, everyone will be well and free from illness and disaster."
As she spoke, Madam Ji took out two jewelry boxes from her bag, opened one of them and gave it to Ji Zhinan: "Nannan, this is for you."
Before Ji Zhinan could take it, she placed it directly on the table next to her and then opened another one with a smile: "This is for my Xiaxia."
The beautiful diamond bracelet lay in the jewelry box, absolutely stunning.
Ji Zhixia's eyes lit up.
Seeing her daughter's expression, Madam Ji smiled indulgently and gently pinched her nose: "This is something Mom specially picked out for you. Do you like it?"
"I like it!" Ji Zhixia answered quickly.
Madam Ji was in a good mood.
Ji Zhinan watched the interaction between the mother and daughter with an enigmatic smile on his lips. He neither reached for the bracelet nor spoke.
After appeasing her daughter, Madam Ji looked at Ji Zhinan again. Although she was still smiling, she was clearly not as doting as before.
"Nan Nan, you have to wear the bracelet Mom gave you every day."
Ji Zhinan did not answer.
Seeing that she showed no joy whatsoever, Madam Ji frowned: "You don't like the gift your mother gave you?"
Judging from her expression, it seemed that as soon as Ji Zhinan said "yes," she would put on a long face.
Ji Zhinan picked up the jewelry box on the table, examined the contents for a while, and then looked at Madam Ji: "Mom, did you really buy this for me?"
“Of course, I don’t favor either you or Xiaxia,” Madam Ji said.
How much did it cost?
"Several tens of thousands..." Madam Ji stared warily at Ji Zhinan: "Why are you asking this?"
Ji Zhinan smiled and tossed the jewelry box onto the table: "Mom, you bought a fake."
It was visibly that Madam Ji's expression froze, her eyes darting around, clearly showing that she was feeling guilty.
"You're talking nonsense!" Madam Ji's voice was no longer as confident as before, and she stammered in rebuttal: "I bought this myself, how could it be a fake? You must have seen it wrong."
Ji Zhinan accurately observed Madam Ji's expression and asked meaningfully, "Is that so?"
"certainly!"
Grandpa Ji is quite old and doesn't know much about jewelry, but since his daughter-in-law bought it herself, he figured it couldn't be wrong.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
