The day before Jiang Xuxu’s birthday.
The Jiang family's home was newly decorated from top to bottom.
Because it was Jiang Xuxu's first birthday after returning to the Jiang family, the Jiang family, from Grandpa Jiang to Jiang Yucheng, attached great importance to it.
Jiang Cheng felt a little weak when he woke up in the morning.
It's like the physical weakness that people who don't exercise for years usually have, but he clearly takes time out every week to exercise.
Jiang Cheng scratched his hair in annoyance, walked to the bathroom in his slippers, and faced the increasingly unfamiliar self in the mirror, and began to wash with his waist tilted.
I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and finally wiped my face roughly, then prepared to go downstairs.
When he went downstairs, the sister-in-law who was cleaning the stairs saw him and her eyes widened again, "Who are you?"
This was not the first time that Jiang Cheng was not recognized, and he became increasingly annoyed.
"Look carefully, who am I?"
He said this with gritted teeth. Auntie looked carefully at him and finally came to her senses, "Mr. Cheng, I'm sorry, I seem to be dazzled just now."
Jiang Cheng ignored the other party.
Over the past few days, he has almost gotten used to being mistaken from time to time.
Without paying any more attention to the sister-in-law, Jiang Cheng went downstairs. The first thing he did was to ask,
"When will Jiang Xuxu come back?"
These days, he tried to find so-called masters to help him solve his problems, but those masters either wanted to cheat him out of money or said they were powerless.
Jiang Cheng’s only hope now is Jiang Xuxu.
Jiang Su had not been in a good mood towards him these past few days, and sometimes even looked at him as if he were a stranger. Hearing this, he just said,
"My sister is busy and has no time to deal with you when she comes back."
Jiang Cheng's face suddenly darkened again, and he couldn't help but lecture him.
"Jiang Su, what's your attitude now? I'm your brother!"
"Are you my brother?!"
Jiang Su retorted, "How do you look like my brother now? Look at what you've been wearing lately, like a loser."
Jiang Cheng was so offended by his words that he subconsciously looked at his clothes and his face immediately darkened again.
Without saying a word, he turned around and went upstairs, picking out a set of his old clothes from the closet.
He found that whenever he relaxed a little recently, he would subconsciously display some habits or hobbies that were obviously different from usual.
It was like there was another person living inside him.
Or maybe he's becoming someone else.
Not daring to imagine such a possibility, Jiang Cheng forced himself to tense up and took out a treasured sapphire necklace from the safe.
This is a necklace that he designed himself and specially made by world-renowned craftsmen. It is a one-of-a-kind necklace in the world.
Jiang Cheng knew, of course, that if he went straight to Jiang Xuxu to ask her for help, she might not pay any attention to him.
He has thought it through.
On the eve of her birthday, give her your gift first.
No matter how cold-hearted Jiang Xuxu is, he can't really ignore himself.
It was just to coax her, Jiang Cheng felt that he could do it.
That night, Jiang Cheng took out the gifts in advance after everyone had dinner.
He tried his best to speak gently.
"It's your birthday tomorrow and there will be a lot of people coming. I guess you will be busy with socializing, so I'll give you this gift in advance. I saw the dress your aunt customized for you, and this necklace will match your dress perfectly."
Jiang Cheng took out the gift in front of everyone in the family. Jiang Yuxin also came back tonight to help prepare for the birthday party.
Seeing that Jiang Cheng rarely took the initiative to show his goodwill, he also responded with a smile.
"Indeed, this necklace really matches the dress I prepared for you. Why don't you wear this tomorrow?"
The other members of the Jiang family were naturally happy to see the cousins getting along, so they echoed the sentiments.
Xue Ningyu took the initiative to say,
"Xu Xu, do you want to try it on?"
Facing everyone's eager gazes, Jiang Xuxu just slowly lowered his eyes and spoke calmly,
"I don't want it."
Everyone was stunned, and Jiang Cheng was even more incredulous, "You don't want the gift I gave you?"
Jiang Xuxu just stared at him and said, "Yes."
When Jiang Xuxu said this, the faces of the Jiang family members present all looked complicated.
Mrs. Jiang at the side immediately spoke up.
"Xu Xu, I know your cousin did something that made you unhappy before, but it's all in the past. He has apologized to you and now he has prepared such a thoughtful gift for you in advance. You are being too petty."
Jiang Huai and the others frowned and were about to speak, but Jiang Cheng, who was standing beside them, had already turned cold and stood up suddenly and said,
"If you don't want the gift I prepared for you, then I don't have to ask you to do it."
He said, and looked around at the crowd.
"You all saw it. She looked down on me. Don't say I was targeting her again!"
Jiang Cheng said, picking up the jewelry box and about to turn around and leave, but he heard Jiang Xuxu speak coldly again behind him.
"Is this gift of yours really specially prepared for me?"
Second uncle Jiang Yumin couldn't help but said,
"Xu Xu, what are you saying? If Jiang Cheng didn't prepare this gift for you, could it be for someone else? Don't be naive. Apologize to your cousin quickly."
Jiang Xuxu was unmoved by what he said. Instead, he looked at Jiang Cheng and said in a cold voice,
"You're right. I do look down on you, but I don't accept your gift. It's not against you, but because it's something you prepared for someone else."
Jiang Xuxu's last words made all the Jiang family members present a little confused. Only Jiang Huai reacted first, and his eyes, which were always smiling, suddenly turned cold.
Jiang Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and then he heard Jiang Xuxu say,
"If I remember correctly, the jewelry box in your hand is a custom-made one from D's store, and their custom-made ones must be ordered at least one month in advance."
Jiang Yuxin was the first to react to Jiang Xuxu's reminder.
Yeah, why didn’t she think of this just now.
It would have taken Jiang Cheng at least a month to customize this box. He just said that the necklace was designed and customized by him personally, so the work would have taken at least three months.
Three months ago.
Xuxu had just returned not long ago, and at that time, Jiang Cheng was dissatisfied with Jiang Xuxu in every way, let alone preparing a birthday present for her in advance.
Thinking about what Jiang Xuxu had just said, Jiang Yuxin suddenly thought of a possibility. At that moment, there was a hint of annoyance in his eyes when he looked at Jiang Cheng.
If this is really what she thought.
This nephew is really incompetent!
Xue Ningyu, as a woman, was also sensitive to such things. She reacted quickly and looked at her son with a look of disappointment.
Only a few men were still clearly out of the situation, so Jiang Xuxu simply made it clearer, pointed to the custom letters on his box,
"The xx on your box is not Jiang Xuxu's xx, but Lu Xuexi's xx, right?"
As she spoke, her almond-shaped eyes once again looked at Jiang Cheng with indifference in them.
"I don't want the necklace you customized for Lu Xuexi."
Her last sentence was not harsh, but when Jiang Cheng heard it, his face suddenly turned red.
Jiang Su, who was standing by, jumped up in disbelief and pointed at Jiang Cheng.
“Brother Cheng! You’re going too far! Why should you give my sister something that Lu Xuexi doesn’t want as a birthday present?!”
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