Before Lian Han could speak, Ling Ze stepped forward and feigned surprise, saying, "There are so many people! My sister is treated differently. In previous years, when we celebrated her birthday, there were never more than six people."
"Your family wants to lock yourselves up for your birthday, is that our fault?" Ruan Muxue said with a grin, stepping forward to pull Lian Han away, but her smile froze when she saw who was beside her.
Although Liz was beautiful, she had already witnessed her ferocity twice.
Lian Han sighed helplessly, looked at Li Zi, and held out his hand, "Be good, go back for a while, I'll make it up to you tomorrow."
"Miss, is it too much to rush through character cards like this...?"
Before he could finish speaking, Amber Lance, seeing Liz obediently turn into a card, was reminded of his family's incredibly prestigious card and felt inexplicably sad.
"Tsk! You got slapped in the face, didn't you?" Ruan Muxue mocked. "Ling family's sister is so beautiful, how can you compare? You should just serve that Mir." Their two families were old friends, so although she didn't get along with Amber, she knew a little about the Lance family.
"It's Mittel."
"Is this important?" Ruan Muxue asked.
“Of course it’s important. He’ll throw a tantrum if you call him by the wrong name in front of him,” Amber smiled.
Miss Ruan's face darkened as she thought of something. She reached for the cards, but someone grabbed her hand and placed a card in her palm. "Don't be angry. This is for Sister Ruan."
The card pattern looked familiar. Ruan Muxue remembered something, hugged Lian Han and kissed her on the cheek, "My little sister is the best! From now on, I'll protect you! If anyone dares to upset you, I'll go and kill them."
Caught off guard, Lian Han was stunned, her bright black eyes staring blankly at her. Had she just been kissed?
Amused by her appearance, Ruan Muxue poked her cheek. "Don't just stand there. There's no saliva or lipstick! You can kiss me back if you want."
"Don't touch my sister."
Ling Ze, his face dark, pulled Lian Han behind him. He hadn't even kissed—cough, no, hugged—his sister yet! Why should someone else kiss her for no reason?
"Alright, alright." Ling Wei stepped forward. "You young people celebrate your birthdays for fun, so I won't bother you anymore. Xiao Xin, keep an eye on them and make sure they don't get too carried away."
"Okay, Auntie."
"Xiaoyue, come with me," Ling Wei said to her aloof nephew.
The young man frowned slightly and followed Ling Wei. As he passed Lian Han, he placed the gift in her hands, saying, "A gift."
"Thank you." Lian Han put the gift into the spatial bracelet.
The vicious cards were gone, the only elder was gone, and the mood-ruining iceberg was no longer there. Everyone smiled knowingly, and the conversation became much more relaxed.
"I'd heard that the Ling family always celebrates birthdays behind closed doors. I never imagined that even after holding a birthday banquet, you would put in the effort to celebrate the little princess's birthday again. If I hadn't helped out this time, I really wouldn't have had the chance to see this."
“My little sister is still young, and she might feel uncomfortable with so many people around. Since Xiaoyue has started, let’s all hand over our gifts.” Ling Xin smiled, her tone joking. “Those who don’t have gifts won’t get away with it tonight.”
"No problem, no problem. This is for my sister. I made a few elemental cards myself! Even though you have Liz now, it's best to save these trump cards for last." Ruan Muxue smiled as she walked around Ling Ze and handed over the gift box.
Once someone started, things became much more lively, and in no time, Lian Han had five or six gift boxes of different sizes in his hands.
"This is my family's healing card. I made it. The number is quite auspicious: 66 durability." Amber handed over a card box, and seeing that the girl seemed unable to hold it all, he gave it to Ling Ze.
"Tsk! There's no wrapping at all. Did you not prepare a gift and just decide on this at the last minute?" Ruan Muxue took the opportunity to mock.
Their ability to step in during a crisis naturally indicates that they are no ordinary people. Furthermore, since this is a banquet hosted by the younger generation, most of the family's gifts are in the hands of those present.
However, it's also possible that they simply didn't bring it. In that case, just informing the host family would be fine, and Ling Xin wouldn't really make things difficult for them.
But it's a bit awkward for Amber to just take something else as a gift; it's already considered perfunctory.
Instead of being angry, Uncle An laughed, "This gift is indeed mine. The Ling family's daughter is so beautiful, what's wrong with me preparing a small gift for myself? Miss Ruan is too impatient, I haven't even finished speaking."
As he spoke, Amber looked at Lian Han, and a beautifully packaged white gift box appeared. "This is the Lance family's birthday gift. Happy birthday, little sister."
Lian Han finally realized that the two were incompatible. He put the previous gift into his spatial bracelet and accepted Anbo's gift. "Then thank you, Brother Anbo."
"Hmph!" Knowing she had acted impulsively, Ruan Muxue realized that apologizing, especially to Amber Lance, was out of the question. Feeling humiliated, she crossed her arms and refused to look at them again.
Wow! That's quite a generous offer!
Lian Han: [???]
Knowing her doubts, Old Man Xing said mysteriously, "[Use your spiritual power to scan this gift box.]"
Lian Han blinked, looking at the box in her hand, and drew out a wisp of her spiritual energy. Anbo, who was too close and sensed the fluctuations in her spiritual energy, frowned, "Don't probe..."
However, he was a step too late. His mental energy fed back into his mind, and the immense energy caused Lian Han's sea of consciousness to tremble, even threatening to collapse.
The core of the white sea of consciousness converged, and a beam of golden light from the golden rhomboid crystal core merged into the sea of consciousness, instantly calming all the turmoil. Lian Han's face paled for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal. He only gave An Bo a deep look before storing the items into his spatial bracelet.
Amber's eyes showed surprise. Having personally experienced the power of these cards, he naturally knew their strength. This little princess had rashly used her mental power to probe, yet her sea of consciousness remained unharmed—she was truly hiding her true power. Perhaps the Ling family was about to gain another rising star.
"Alright. Now that we've given the gifts, we should at least have some fun while the elders are away," Ling Xin said with a smile, changing the subject.
Lian Han's lips curled up, looking like he agreed.
It must be said that when she doesn't smile, she is a cool and aloof beauty, but when she smiles, she becomes a captivating beauty, leaving everyone present mesmerized.
Ruan Muxue chuckled and pulled out a card, activating it. "Let's set off some fireworks to celebrate!"
Several beams of light rose into the night sky from her hand, blossoming into a lifelike pattern of blooming white lotuses.
Entertainment cards, a sub-branch that emerged after the development of the card-making profession, are specifically designed for people's entertainment. Representative examples include fireworks cards and day/night cards.
No one knew that while the beauty smiled captivatingly, her mind was already set on confronting him.
The gifts from the Lance family were indeed shockingly generous—she was only certain that it was a card; she would only know the rest once she returned and released the energy sealed within her consciousness.
But the thing that almost caused her consciousness to collapse must be something extraordinary!
If it weren't for her special mental strength attribute, that attack would have knocked her unconscious! That old man was absolutely, 200% doing it on purpose!
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