Chapter 6  

“Qiao Mu, why are you wasting time? It’s time to give my mother her gift!” Qiao Ya sounded rather pleased with herself to see Qiao Mu in such a flustered state. As a young mistress of a rich and powerful family, Qiao Ya had always put on a nice and polite front in front of other people. She only spoke fiercely and impatiently to Qiao Mu in private.

Qiao Mu was used to Qiao Ya’s attitude. She hummed in acknowledgement and walked over with her “precious” gift.

Qiao Ya looked at Qiao Mu’s gift box in disdain. She took the lead and gave her gift to Yu Tingyun.

She had chosen to give her mother a unique bracelet. Yu Tingyun opened the jewelry box. Illuminated by the chandelier, the diamonds sparkled. It was an elegant and expensive-looking bracelet.

Everyone was impressed by how exquisite the gift looked, and they were full of praises. Pleased with herself, Qiao Ya smiled. “Mum, this bracelet has just been launched, and I’m the first one who purchased it. Let me put it on for you.”

All the guests walked over to take a look at the bracelet. “Lady Qiao, this is such a beautiful bracelet. You have such a caring daughter.” Yu Tingyun responded politely to the guests’ praises, but it was difficult for her to hide the happiness inside her. She was smiling ear to ear. Of course her daughter was the best.

Qiao Mu twisted her lips. She then smiled and gave her stepmother her gift. She lowered her head a little shyly. “Aunt Yun, this is my birthday gift for you. I knitted you a scarf. It’s my first time knitting something, so the scarf doesn’t look that good. I hope that you won’t mind.”

Yu Tingyun took the gift and opened the box. There was a red scarf inside the box, and it was not really well-made. The design was simple too, and it looked like one of those cheap scarves sold at roadside stalls.

Someone said, “Lady Qiao, you’re really a lucky woman. Second Young Mistress Qiao really put a lot of effort into the gift. Such a filial daughter is hard to come by.”

There was a smile on Yu Tingyun’s face, and Qiao Mu was the only one who could tell the difference between her stepmother’s smile when she received Qiao Ya’s gift and her smile when she received Qiao Mu’s gift.

Qiao Ya’s expression changed. ‘Maybe a filial daughter who gives her stepmother a handmade scarf is hard to come by, but is my expensive gift not worth mentioning!?’

Qiao Ya did not understand why someone would praise that ugly scarf!

This had been happening ever since they were young. Throughout the years, Qiao Mu had been giving Yu Tingyun cheap gifts on her birthday such as drawings she drew herself and clay animals she made. Even though they were cheap and ugly, other people would praise her for it. Qiao Mu’s head was lower, and she looked like an obedient young woman.

This knitted scarf was made by her roommate, Yao Shu, for the guy she liked. As it was Yao Shu’s first time knitting something, she decided to knit a scarf for practice first. It looked a little unpolished, but it was not ugly. Yao Shu wanted to throw it away, but Qiao Mu asked Yao Shu to give it to her.

Qiao Mu was pleased with herself for being so clever when a cold voice suddenly rang out. “This scarf looks pretty good indeed.”

Qiao Mu rose and saw that a figure clad in black was walking over to them.

There was a wild and playful smile on his face.

Qiao Mu froze. This charming devil was here for the birthday dinner!

Li Yan’s lips were curled up into a smile. If he did not hear the conversation just now with his own ears, he would not have imagined that the young woman before her was merely pretending to be obedient.

Qiao Mu met eyes with Li Yan and immediately gave the other party a warning glare. Li Yan’s smile became even wider, and he looked like he was interested to see how things would unfold.

Yu Tingyun and Qiao Jiannan froze when they saw him. They did not expect Li Yan to show up.

The Li family had migrated overseas ten years ago, and at that time, Li Yan was only eighteen years old. But ten years later, the young man had become a legendary and powerful man. Everyone knew about him.

The Li Corporation not only possessed assets and enterprises in the country, but also overseas. Globally, they were quite a force to be reckoned with. They could be said to be so powerful that they could control all the other enterprises in Beijing.