After taking the medicine, Huo Jinning felt much better in her throat, so she sent Fu Qinian a text message to express her gratitude.
However, Fu Qinian was busy with work at the time and did not reply to her message.
"Mom, do you know anyone who can appraise jewelry?" Huo Jinning asked in a slightly hoarse voice.
"Jewelry appraisal? We know each other. What would you like appraised?"
"When I visited Aqi's house last time, they gave me some jewelry. I'd like to know their approximate prices."
“Qi is coming to Beijing tomorrow, and I plan to buy him something as a return gift. I think it will be fine to buy something of reasonable value. If I buy something too cheap, it will seem like I’m taking advantage of him,” Huo Jinning explained in detail.
“Hmm, you’re right. I’ll call her now and ask if she has time,” Zhao Qiuying said as she went into the bedroom to get her phone.
"Sister, you and Fu Qinian last night..." At this moment, Huo Jinxin, who was standing to the side, saw her mother walk away, so she winked at Huo Jinning and asked curiously.
"You know I sent a video to Fu Qinian?" Huo Jinning asked in astonishment.
She had absolutely no memory of Huo Jinxin instigating her to send a video to Fu Qinian.
Huo Jinxin touched her nose somewhat guiltily, then nodded slightly.
"Sis, why didn't you stop me? Do you have no idea how humiliated I was last night?"
"What exactly happened?" Huo Jinxin became increasingly curious.
“I sent Fu Qinian a video that lasted for two hours. During that time, all I remember is singing. I don’t know anything else. Then I fell asleep without realizing it.”
"Is that all?" Huo Jinxin pressed. She already knew about the singing, but she wanted to know more.
"I might not have explained myself clearly. The key is that I'm tone-deaf. I can hardly stand my own singing, yet I sang for Fu Qinian for a full two hours," Huo Jinning said, rubbing her forehead in exasperation.
Huo Jinxin let out a malicious laugh.
"You can still laugh like that? Didn't you even try to stop me? I'm furious right now, and I won't talk to you for the next three minutes!" Huo Jinning said, arms crossed, feigning anger.
"Okay, okay, I won't laugh." Huo Jinxin said this, but her body language betrayed her true feelings. Her attempt to suppress her laughter was truly comical.
She couldn't help but laugh when she thought of the scene where Huo Jinning sang for Fu Qinian.
"Hmph, I'm really angry, and the kind of angry that's hard to appease," Huo Jinning continued, feigning arrogance.
However, when she saw Huo Jinxin laughing so happily, she couldn't help but laugh along with her.
Just then, Zhao Qiuying returned to the living room after finishing her phone call and happened to see her two daughters laughing so hard on the sofa that they were bent over backwards. She was completely bewildered.
She looked at the two sisters in confusion, completely bewildered as to what had happened.
Upon seeing their mother return, the two of them slightly suppressed their smiles.
After a long while, they finally managed to suppress their laughter and regain their composure.
"What's making you two sisters happy again?" Zhao Qiuying looked at her two daughters with a loving expression.
"It's nothing, it's nothing, Mom. Have you found the person?" Huo Jinning quickly replied, afraid that Huo Jinxin would reveal the truth, so she deliberately changed the subject.
"Yes, it's all arranged. They'll be here in a bit." Zhao Qiuying didn't expose her daughter's lie, but simply responded in agreement.
Afterwards, the mother and her two daughters chatted in the living room, their laughter filling the air.
Time passed by, and finally, the person we were supposed to meet arrived on time.
A woman who looked to be in her early twenties walked in.
She wore a blue cheongsam with dark patterns, her figure was graceful, and her hair was piled up high and secured with a jade hairpin. She looked elegant and graceful, like a lady who had stepped out of an ancient painting. She was beautiful and charming, and her appearance was stunning.
Despite the passage of time, it seems that it has not left many marks on her, but rather added a touch of mature charm.
This woman was from the Su family, and her name was Su Mei.
She is Su Yu's aunt and has a long-standing friendship with the Huo family.
Therefore, when Zhao Qiuying called to invite her, she agreed to come without hesitation.
"Sister-in-law, Xinxin, Ningning, hello!" Su Mei said with a smile and in an extremely gentle tone.
"Susu, come and sit down. Come on, Ningning, say hello to your aunt." Zhao Qiuying greeted them warmly, and at the same time introduced them to Huo Jinning.
"Hello, Auntie," Huo Jinning greeted sweetly and adorably.
Huo Jinxin knew Su Mei, so there was no need for a special introduction, and she called her aunt along with Huo Jinning.
Huo Jinning thought that Su Mei was just of a higher generation, not knowing that she was actually forty years old!
However, she looks like she's only in her early twenties.
"Sister-in-law is so lucky to have two such adorable daughters," Su Mei praised sincerely.
"Yes, these two kids really make my life easier," Zhao Qiuying replied with a happy expression.
After that, Zhao Qiuying never brought up the topic of children again, because Su Mei is still unmarried.
After chatting for a while, the group went to Huo Jinning's room together.
After tidying up for a while, Huo Jinning moved all the gifts the Fu family had given her from the dressing room to the coffee table.
Su Mei opened the first box first, and when she saw what was inside, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
It was a jade hairpin that was entirely blood red, with a lifelike spider carved at the end.
The mother and her two daughters looked at each other, completely bewildered by Su Mei's outburst.
They simply couldn't understand what was so special about this hairpin that made Su Mei so surprised.
Although they knew that the blood jade was of superior quality, it didn't make Su Mei so excited.
"Su Su, this hairpin..." Zhao Qiuying couldn't help but ask.
"Oh, sister-in-law, I'm so sorry, I was a bit out of line just now. Actually, this is the first time I've ever seen such a high-quality jade hairpin. Such treasures are usually kept in museums and are rarely seen on ordinary days."
"A museum? This is an antique?" Zhao Qiuying asked in surprise.
“Well, I estimate that it has a history of more than two thousand years! Moreover, in that era, there was a saying: ‘When spiders gather, all things are happy’! This is not just an ordinary hairpin, but also represents the most sincere and best wishes to the recipient!” Su Mei explained with a smile as she carefully examined the hairpin in the wooden box in her hand.
Her words were like a thunderclap, leaving the other three people present speechless and dumbfounded for a moment.
They stared wide-eyed at the blood-red hairpin in disbelief.
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