Shen Qingqing didn't know that Pu Junya didn't tell Zhou Qian in advance until she heard Zhou Qian's cold questioning.

I have to say that at this moment, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law seemed to have their brains working together again. Since the man didn't need to go, there was no need to tell them.

This time, it was Pu Junya who answered first. "You have never been interested in banquets and auctions, have you? I thought since you are not going, there is no need to tell you, right? If I tell you too much, you will find me annoying."

Zhou Qian recalled how Pu Junya had always been impatient when she asked him to go with her to events like art exhibitions, concerts, jewelry appreciation, etc. He felt guilty for a moment.

Although it is rumored that the Zhou family is a family of scholars, which is indeed the case, Zhou Qian is a person with absolutely no artistic talent, and he cannot understand the hobbies of his wife and little daughter at all.

He would rather meet up with an old friend for tea or go fishing. As for paying for his wife? Anyway, the financial power of the family is controlled by Pu Junya, so it doesn't matter whether he is there or not.

If it were normal, Zhou Qian would feel that Pu Junya had finally grown up for once, but today he felt uncomfortable no matter how he thought about it.

It seems that his wife has found someone else to talk to and has forgotten about him and no longer cares about him.

And judging by the situation, she will probably have to show off tonight with her wife and grandson.

Thinking of this, his previous heroic aura suddenly dissipated, and he muttered, "Even if I didn't go, you should have informed me." Finally, he added stubbornly, "If I had known that you would not be at home at night, I would have invited friends to have dinner and tea together."

Pu Junya rolled her eyes and said unhappily, "Then go ahead and make an appointment now. You can also arrange dinner together."

Zhou Qian was speechless for a moment. He had to admit that deep down in his heart he just wanted to have a reunion dinner with his family, but now it seemed as if he was the only one left at home all alone.

But he soon thought of his son. Shen Qingqing took his child and his wife to attend the auction, so he would be alone tonight. In this case, it would be better to let the father and son who were abandoned by their wives accompany each other.

Thinking of this, he sneaked into the study and dialed Zhou Yexuan's cell phone number. However, the reply he got from Zhou Yexuan was that he would go directly to the jewelry auction tonight.

There are five people in this family, but he is the only one who doesn’t know!

In an instant, Zhou Qian felt as if he was about to collapse.

He wanted to turn a blind eye to it, but he couldn't control his inner feelings, so he quietly went downstairs and saw that the person was already dressed up.

Pu Junya did not wear a Chinese cheongsam today, but changed into an elegant white haute couture dress. Shen Qingqing wore a champagne-colored fairy dress inlaid with many diamonds. As for little Zhou Jiayan, he changed into a small suit.

They were talking and laughing, and from what they said they were about to set off.

Zhou Qian's alarm bells immediately rang. Why were they leaving? He didn't have time to say anything.

When he thought about how his stern and serious son had gone with them, Zhou Qian felt that he could go too.

It's just that he seems to be very embarrassed to say this directly...

So he coughed and said casually, "Oh, you all left. What am I going to do at home alone tonight? I have to think about it carefully."

After a while, he seemed to be talking to himself, but his voice was heard by everyone in the room, "Why don't I practice calligraphy? I still have a copybook that I haven't finished copying." Then he denied it himself, "Oh, no, my waist is not feeling well recently, I can't bear it. How about going to play bridge with Lao Xu and the others?"

Bridge was Pu Junya's least favorite sport. Zhou Qian thought that by saying this, Pu Junya would quickly scold him and then ask him to go along. He would then go along and "reluctantly" agree.

However, Pu Junya did not say a word and continued to pay full attention to Shen Qingqing and her grandson.

Pu Junya and Zhou Qian have been married for nearly forty years. After living together for such a long time, she has long been aware of the meaning of Zhou Qian's every action and every word. Now she can guess his purpose, which is nothing more than wanting her to ask him to go to the jewelry auction with her.

But why?

She has her beautiful daughter-in-law and lovely grandson with her today, so she is too lazy to take the old man with her.

If he wants to go, he can go with her. If he doesn't want to go, then forget it. She is too lazy to give him a way out.

Zhou Qian waited for a long time but his wife didn't speak. When they were about to leave affectionately, he was completely panicked. They were really leaving! Otherwise, he would give in today?

Just when he was about to speak without caring about his face, he saw the little boy in a suit running towards him, looking at him with big eyes and said, "Grandpa, you must be very lonely if you are alone at home tonight without anyone to accompany you, otherwise you can come with us. Yanyan has New Year's money, and Yanyan can buy you a gift then."

The child's eyes were sincere, without any falsehood.

This look made Zhou Qian suddenly stunned. He began to feel that his previous actions were extremely embarrassing, like a clown.

He was thinking about his own face problem, while the child in front of him was wondering whether he would be lonely and sad, and wanted to use his New Year's money to buy him a gift.

For a moment, he forgot about the so-called steps and just stretched out his wrinkled hand to touch Zhou Jiayan's little head. "Yanyan is so good. It's rare to have such filial piety. Grandpa will go with you."

After hearing Zhou Qian's answer, Zhou Jiayan's face lit up with a happy smile. He turned around and ran to Shen Qingqing, looking up at her and said, "Mom, Yanyan has convinced Grandpa. He agreed to go with us. We can go together as a family of five."

Looking at the child's appearance, Shen Qingqing sighed in her heart, this silly child, he was being taken advantage of and still helping to count the money, couldn't he see that the old man stayed here on purpose and wanted others to invite him to join them.

He probably wanted Pu Junya to bring it up, but Pu Junya didn't say a word. She felt funny in her heart. This couple seemed to be noisy and the atmosphere was extremely lively.

Now Pu Junya didn't take the bait, but she hooked this five-year-old child. I don't know whether Zhou Qian is happy about it.

But hearing how quickly he agreed in the end, it seemed like he was happy to do it. Who could refuse such a cute little kid?

But Zhou Jiayan actually has some New Year's money? He also wants to buy a gift for his grandfather!

Shen Qingqing suddenly felt jealous. Why did he only buy gifts for an old man who didn't like him, but not for her, a mother who was working diligently to raise the child?

She lowered her head and looked at Zhou Jiayan, with an extremely gentle smile on her face, "Yanyan is really filial. She wants to use her New Year's money to buy a gift for grandpa. Don't worry, Yanyan, mom will definitely help you choose when the time comes."

However, what she was thinking in her heart was that she must let the child buy jewelry for her when the time comes, otherwise she would make a fuss!

Zhou Jiayan felt a little strange looking at his mother's smile. His mother's smile was obviously very gentle, but why did he feel a chill on his back?

He must have felt it wrong. He didn't do anything to hurt his mother today, so his mother would definitely not punish him.

Thinking of this, he hugged Shen Qingqing's thighs and rubbed her skirt with his face, but because of the rhinestones on Shen Qingqing's skirt, his face turned red.

Shen Qingqing laughed out loud when she saw this. She looked at the marks on Zhou Jiayan's face, tapped his forehead and said with a smile, "Little idiot, do you think your eyes are just for show? Didn't you see the little beads on my skirt? Why are you rubbing them?"

Zhou Jiayan was already feeling aggrieved because his cheeks were rubbed red, and he felt even more aggrieved when he heard his mother's words.

Woo woo woo, although it was true that he was too excited and didn’t pay attention, how could mom say this directly!

Pu Junya, who was standing by, lamented that the old man was not kind-hearted, and at the same time, she lamented that Zhou Jiayan was well-behaved and cute. Seeing her grandson's aggrieved expression, she immediately comforted him, "Okay, okay, Yanyan is not aggrieved. Next time, I will let your mother wear clothes made of smooth fabrics."

When Zhou Jiayan heard his grandmother's promise, he immediately perked up, hugged Pu Junya's thighs, and called her "grandma" sweetly.

Then he turned and looked at Shen Qingqing, as if to show off his power. Look, I have more powerful elders to support me!

When Shen Qingqing saw the child's look, she felt amused and curious, and decided that she must "cheat" all of his New Year's money.

The family of four got on the car amidst the noise.

This was an extended luxury car. Shen Qingqing and Zhou Jiayan sat in one row, and Pu Junya and Zhou Qian sat in another row.

After getting in the car, the child forgot about being "ridiculed" by his mother before, and began to nestle in Shen Qingqing's arms to watch Ultraman again.

Zhou Qian on the opposite side pretended to look at the scenery outside, but in fact he was glancing at Zhou Jiayan out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing the child so engrossed in watching Ultraman fighting monsters, he felt very disdainful.

What a little bumpkin! He didn't expect that kids of this era still like to watch these things. He remembered that Ultraman was already very popular when Zhou Yexuan was a child. He even caught Zhou Yexuan hiding in the quilt to watch Ultraman at night.

But it was quite funny to see the kid watching the cartoon with full concentration, with his eyes wide open and his fists clenched, as if he wanted to rush into the screen to help Ultraman fight.

Zhou Qian suddenly thought of his daughter again. Unlike Zhou Yexuan, Zhou Ruoyan watched all kinds of romantic idol dramas when she was young, and she would cry when she saw the male and female protagonists break up.

The first time he saw his daughter crying, he thought someone had bullied her, but his daughter sobbed and said, "Dad, the male and female protagonists on TV broke up because of family reasons. They are so miserable."

Zhou Qian was speechless at that moment. He originally wanted to comfort his daughter by saying that he would go find the person who bullied her and apologize, but he couldn't even say the words.

He secretly looked at the child in front of him again, wondering if the child would be sad and upset if he saw Ultraman lose?

But that shouldn't be the case. After all, he didn't seem to have heard of any Ultraman losing to a little monster. If he really lost, the world would be destroyed. How would their story continue?

While he was thinking and complaining in his heart, the car drove to the venue of today's auction, which was a high-end private club. The interior decoration was very elegant, with the artistic conception of splash-ink landscape paintings.

As soon as they entered the door, a waiter wearing a traditional cheongsam came forward and respectfully led them to the auction venue. There were many familiar people at the scene. After all, City A was not small, but not big either, and many of them had business dealings with them.

That's why she was not surprised to see Shen Linyan and Liang Hongyu. The two were chatting and laughing, looking like a loving couple, with no sign of their previous quarrel.

The Zhou family's old couple were not familiar with these two people, and Shen Qingqing was too lazy to pay attention to her. Shen Linyan probably also understood that her relationship with Shen Qingqing had completely broken down, so she did not take the initiative to approach her.

So the two families just nodded to each other as a greeting and then passed by each other.

At this time, Zhou Yexuan was already sitting in the meeting room.

Shen Qingqing was a little surprised. He came so early?

Zhou Jiayan didn't think too much about it. When he saw Zhou Yexuan, he rushed over and shouted "Dad".

He felt that he was the happiest child in the world today, with his father, mother, grandparents all by his side.

Zhou Yexuan picked up the child, then walked to Shen Qingqing and explained in a low voice, "A meeting ended early today. I saw that there was only half an hour left before the end of get off work and I couldn't do anything else, so I came here early."

Shen Qingqing nodded, indicating that she understood.

However, Zhou Qian, who was standing by, was very upset when he saw Zhou Yexuan explaining so carefully. What was he doing? He even ignored his regular job to spend time with his wife and children? Would Zhou Group be able to develop well if he handed it over to him?

He snorted disdainfully, "Although you are the boss and don't have to check attendance like ordinary employees, being late or leaving early without reason sets a bad example for other employees. Yexuan, you should pay more attention to this in the future."

At this time, Zhou Qian had already forgotten that in order to retire early and travel around the world with his wife, he handed over most of the company's work to his son not long after Zhou Yexuan graduated from college.

When Zhou Yexuan heard Zhou Qian's words, he knew that his father was probably unhappy again and was venting his anger by teaching him a lesson. He just didn't know whether it was his mother who made him angry, or the child in his arms who made him angry, or both.

Zhou Yexuan knew his father's temper best. When he was a child, he thought his father was a calm and steady father who controlled him strictly and taught him to be steady and take responsibility for the future of the Zhou family.

But as he grew up, he realized that his father was a face-conscious person and so he pretended to be a steady person in front of him and his sister, but in fact he was very jumpy and childish inside.

He is getting older now and has retired. They always say that old people are like children, and this characteristic is fully reflected in Zhou Qian.

But of course he would not admit it. At least he always kept a serious look in front of outsiders. As for what he thought in his heart...

Zhou Qian was his father after all, so Zhou Yexuan didn't intend to openly deny him face. He just smiled and said, "I thought that today I could finally accompany my mother and Qingqing, so I thought of coming here early. It's just a coincidence. I will pay attention to it in the future. But why did you come here, Dad? I remember when you asked me in the afternoon, you said you would stay at home in the evening?"

Zhou Qian looked a little embarrassed. Why did his son suddenly tell him what he had asked him?

But then he remembered that Zhou Jiayan had invited him here tonight, so he calmed down immediately and said helplessly, "Alas, it was Yanyan who invited me here with a pitiful look on his face, and in order not to make the child sad, I agreed to accompany him."

Shen Qingqing and Pu Junya, who witnessed the whole process, were a little stunned. It was true that people become more shameless as they get older. How could he have the nerve to brag to his son that it was Yanyan who asked him to come!

Pu Junya couldn't help but said, "Old Zhou, that's enough. Do you think I don't know what you meant by what you said before we left? Now that you're here, don't put on airs. If you really don't want to participate, I won't object to you going back now."

After hearing what Pu Junya said, Zhou Qian knew that if he continued, his wife would not give him face.

So he shut up immediately. He was losing more and more status in this family!

Fortunately, the auction was about to begin at this time, and the family of five were taken to their seats, and no one cared about what Zhou Qian said.

Pu Junya flipped through the booklet in her hand while introducing to Shen Qingqing, "Today's auction is a small private auction. Not many people can come. I heard that the jewelry this time is provided by a Chinese jeweler abroad. They have their own gem mines abroad and have many rare gems. They have been developing abroad before. This time, it seems that they want to enter the domestic market, so they held this small auction first and took out a lot of gems that are not usually seen in auctions. They must want to build a good relationship with people first."

Shen Qingqing nodded, expressing her understanding. After all, connections are important no matter where you do business. At the same time, she sighed in her heart that this jeweler was really smart. He could make friends with most of the upper class people in City A through this auction, which would save a lot of time and effort compared to visiting every household.

Of course, the jeweler must also be very powerful, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people willing to give him face and come to the auction.

Then Shen Qingqing also flipped through the booklet in her hand. Sure enough, they contained rare and precious gems that were not commonly seen. Of course, this also meant that they were very expensive.

Zhou Jiayan naturally had no idea about jewelry, but he could look at pictures and recognize numbers.

When he saw the prices next to the colored stones in the picture were in the eight digits, and a small portion were in the seven digits, his eyes widened, "Wow, are these beautiful stones so expensive? Why do Yanyan feel that these are not much different from those colored marbles?"

Listening to Zhou Jiayan's words, Shen Qingqing smiled in her heart. In a sense, the child's truth was revealed.

Jewelry diamonds are essentially a product of human speculation. What is the difference between natural diamonds and moissanite in terms of chemical nature?

However, even though she knew this, Shen Qingqing still liked shiny gems. After all, they were beautiful and represented money.

So she touched the child's head and said, "That's because you are still young, so you don't think these beautiful stones are precious. The prices of these stones are originally given by humans. When you have more contact with them, you will also agree with the price of these stones."

After listening to this, Zhou Jiayan nodded, seeming to understand.

At this time, Pu Junya also turned her head to look at Shen Qingqing, "Qingqing, you and Ye Xuan have been married for so long and I still haven't given you any gifts. How about this, you can choose the jewelry tonight, and if you like any, mom will pay for you."

Generally speaking, reserved people would refuse such expensive gifts, especially Shen Qingqing, as a daughter-in-law, who wanted to show off in front of her mother-in-law.

However, Shen Qingqing was obviously not a reserved person, and she knew that such jewelry would be considered extremely expensive to many people, but to Pu Junya it was just a drop in the bucket, just a small gift.

So she smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you, Mom. I will definitely choose carefully."

Pu Junya was very satisfied that Shen Qingqing did not pretend to be polite. She smiled and nodded, and then said, "Don't worry about the price, just like it."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along well with each other, but Zhou Yexuan on the side is a little unhappy. Why is his mother stealing his lines?

Clearly, when he was on the road, he had already decided to "domineeringly" let Shen Qingqing choose whatever she wanted, and he would be responsible for paying the bill. But now his mother got there first, so what he said next would not be so effective.

But in this case, he couldn't help but express his gratitude, so he immediately said, "Qingqing, you have been working hard recently. If you like more than one thing, you can buy as many as you want. I will pay for it."

Shen Qingqing was surprised. What happened? Why did everyone start rushing to pay for her? Did the sun rise from the west?

However, compared to Zhou Yexuan paying for her, Shen Qingqing would rather have Zhou Jiayan give her a gift. After all, he had said in advance that he had some New Year's money.

So she turned her head and looked at the child who was flipping through the booklet and occasionally making "wow" sounds, her eyes sparkling, "Yanyan..."

Zhou Jiayan raised her head when she heard this, without any doubt, her eyes were confused, "Mom, what's the matter?"

Shen Qingqing mourned for Zhou Jiayan's wallet in her heart, but she said without hesitation, "Yanyan, Mom suddenly remembered that you haven't given Mom any small gifts for such a long time."

Zhou Jiayan’s eyes widened instantly. It seemed that he had never given his mother a gift, and he had always forgotten about it!

He felt a surge of guilt. How could he forget his mother?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly said, "Mom, what do you want? Yanyan will buy it for you!"

Shen Qingqing found it even more amusing to see the child being so easily fooled, and then she said, "Since we are at a jewelry auction today, shouldn't Yanyan buy jewelry for mom? Before you came here, you boasted that you had New Year's money, or does mom's status in your heart not compare to grandpa's?"

Zhou Jiayan's little face suddenly wrinkled into a ball, and it was obvious that he was very conflicted.

When Shen Qingqing saw the child like this, she wondered in her heart that her status in this boy's heart was not as good as Zhou Qian's, and Zhou Jiayan was actually in such a difficult situation.

In fact, she didn't really want the child's money. She was just very unhappy that the child gave gifts to the old-fashioned old man but not to herself.

Moreover, she knew that Zhou Jiayan received a lot of New Year's money every year, so there was no possibility that he could not afford it.

After a while, the child said hesitantly, "But mom, Yanyan doesn't have so much money! Yanyan only has tens of thousands of yuan."

Because of last week’s experience, Zhou Jiayan discovered that ordinary people only need to spend a few hundred yuan a week. When he thought about the tens of thousands of yuan in his account, he felt like a big "rich man".

So before coming, the child boasted to Zhou Qian, but when he arrived at the scene, he was dumbfounded. It turned out that these beautiful stones were so expensive!

Hearing the child's words, Shen Qingqing was a little surprised. Although she didn't know exactly how much New Year's money Zhou Jiayan got, she knew that although the old couple didn't like Zhou Jiayan before, they still gave him a lot of money during the holidays.

Moreover, even though she, the stepmother, didn't like Zhou Jiayan very much in the past, she still gave the children red envelopes of hundreds of thousands during the Chinese New Year and birthdays, and other elders gave much more.

So now Zhou Jiayan says he only has a few tens of thousands of yuan?

Shen Qingqing couldn't help but look at Zhou Yexuan. Naturally, only his father could touch the child's money. At this time, Pu Junya and Zhou Qian also looked at Zhou Yexuan, obviously knowing that the problem must be with Zhou Yexuan.

Zhou Yexuan touched his nose somewhat awkwardly. He didn't expect that he would be discovered in public that he had taken his son's New Year's money.

He forced an awkward smile and said, "Yanyan is still young, so I will keep it for him first. But don't worry, I am just keeping it and I will never touch it. I will return it to him when Yanyan grows up."

When Shen Qingqing heard Zhou Yexuan's explanation, she showed an expression of "as expected", and then looked at the child with great sympathy.

Alas, this is what adults say these days, but when the children grow up, the money disappears inexplicably.

Poor Yanyan, if it weren’t for her sudden inspiration today, she wouldn’t even know how much money she had.

Zhou Jiayan didn't think too much about it. After hearing what his father said, he realized that he didn't just have tens of thousands of dollars. His money was enough to buy one or two pieces of jewelry here.

But there is another problem. There are four adults here, and he can't just give gifts to two or one person. Then his money still won't be enough!

Thinking of this, he cupped his chubby face with his chubby hands and sighed.

Life is not easy, and I sigh every time.

At this time, the auction officially began, and everyone's eyes turned to the stage where a man in a black suit, who looked to be in his early forties, walked onto the stage.

The man's facial features were not particularly delicate, but he had an elegant temperament, a slender figure, and a scholarly air all over his body. It was obvious that he came from a very good family.

He smiled politely at the audience, "Thank you all for coming to our Lin family's jewelry auction today. My name is Lin Chuchao. My father is not suitable for long-distance travel due to health reasons, so I am in charge of domestic affairs for the time being. I also hope to have a pleasant cooperation with you in the coming time."