After the New Year's banquet, everyone went back to the manor to stay up.
According to previous years' practice, Jiang Pengji would either go back to sleep alone or stay up with Liu Zhao. This year was slightly different. Liu She and Gu Zhen were both there. As their daughter, she should accompany them. However, Jiang Pengji and Liu She had already laid their cards on the table. She did not want to face Liu She on such a beautiful day and continue to put on a fake show of filial piety. She simply said that she was not feeling well and left.
Gu Zhen frowned and asked, "Where is Lanting not feeling well? Did you call the doctor to take a look?"
The servant did not know and could only answer vaguely.
Liu She, who was sitting at the head of the table, raised his eyebrows slightly and said calmly, "Lanting's status is different from the past. Since she is not feeling well, let her rest."
Staying up for the New Year was just a dispensable formality. He could not disturb Jiang Pengji's recuperation because of this matter.
Seeing that Liu She had spoken, Gu Zhen could only swallow her words in embarrassment.
"Fortunately, my sister did not come. If she came, I don't know how ugly this scene would be."
Liu Zhao was dressed in exquisite and luxurious clothes. Since he got married, he looked much more mature, but he still had the appearance of a fair and tender rich man of leisure.
No matter who saw his appearance, they would always say that he was "gentle and harmless."
"Why are you saying this? If others hear it, it will be embarrassing for no reason. "
Liu Zhao's wife still looked a little immature. Her every move was steady and polite. Hearing her husband's private murmur, she reminded him in a light tone. The two of them had been married for some time. Liu Zhao was gentle and accommodating, so the couple got along well.
"I sympathize with my two cousins. It was supposed to be a happy day, but it made the whole family unhappy."
Liu Zhao glanced at his two cousins with the corner of his eye and sighed in his heart.
Meng Heng and Nie Xun were also unlucky. They should have stayed at home with their wives and children to stay up for the New Year.
They did not expect Gu Zhen to have a sudden impulse. She hoped that the two of them could bring their families to accompany her. To put it nicely, she wanted to enjoy the happiness of a family.
Could they refuse?
They could not!
Although Liu Zhao was a complete rich man of leisure, he was not stupid. He could see clearly in the dark.
From his point of view, his two sons and Gu Zhen did not have feelings for each other. She would only push them away by being so forceful.
Was this a mother who was eager to make up for her two sons?
Liu Zhao snickered in his heart. His stepmother in name, but his aunt in reality, was definitely not that sentimental.
Liu Xi, who had raised him for 12 years, abandoned him just like that. He turned around and chose the current Jiang Pengji. In that case, how much weight did her eldest son, whom she had almost no contact with, and her youngest son, who had been missing for more than 20 years, weigh in Gu Zhen's heart? His eagerness to mend their relationship was more like trying to cover it up! She used her mother's naturally powerful identity to force her son to obey her, and then satisfy the guilt and guilt in her heart.
Liu Zhao seemed gentle and harmless, but in his heart, he was not stingy with using the darkest thoughts to judge others.
The whole family happily gathered together to celebrate the New Year. That was the joy of a family.
The group of people looked at each other, speechless. This was called mutual harm.
On New Year's Eve that year, Meng Heng and Nie Xun's families had a terrible time. In the end, they had to use their children as an excuse to leave early.
On Jiang Pengji's side, it was a completely different scene.
"Speaking of which, this is the first time I'm staying up alone with Zixiao on New Year's Eve."
Jiang Pengji, who was "unwell," refused to leave Wei Ci's house at that moment. Looking at her lively appearance, she did not look unwell at all. Wei Ci did not answer. He raised his hand and pushed the preserved fruit that she liked to eat in front of her. The corners of his lips curled into a faint smile.
"By the way, have you opened the gift that I gave to Zixiao?"
Wei Ci said, "I haven't opened it yet."
Jiang Pengji rested her chin on her hand and said, "Then open it now and take a look."
Wei Ci could not help but laugh. "How can you open a gift in front of the host? I'm being impolite! "
Jiang Pengji winked at him. Her eyes were deep and bright under the candlelight. "According to our relationship, this little bit of impoliteness is more like fun."
Wei Ci could not dissuade her, so he could only take out a square red box from his sleeve. The box was wrapped in a layer of unknown material. The outer skin felt soft and delicate. Even though Wei Ci was knowledgeable, he could not recognize the fur of an animal.
Under Jiang Pengji's burning gaze, he gently opened it.
Under the candlelight, two spots of dazzling white light were reflected. It was extremely dazzling and beautiful.
"Is this a ring?"
Wei Ci fixed his eyes on it and realized that the white light came from the jewels inlaid on the surface of the ring.
As far as he knew, this shining thing was the "King Kong" that was spread to the Central Plains from a faraway country in the West.
"I heard that the hardness of gold is rare in the world. Even steel and bronze cannot be damaged … The surface of this object is smooth, and the arrangement of the cross-sections seems to be regular. It doesn't look like it was formed naturally. Does my lord know who made this object? He actually has the ability to make it look like this! "
Jiang Pengji said, "A pair of diamond rings, just like you and me."
She could not give Wei Ci a status, let alone announce it to the world. For Wei Ci, who was deeply educated in the ancient orthodox way, this was a pity.
If he were to ask himself honestly, he reckoned that Wei Ci had not thought of this in his previous life.
Now that he realized it, he naturally had to do something about it.
"Diamond rings?"
Wei Ci took out the two rings doubtfully and realized that the two rings were of different sizes.
"I secretly measured the thickness of your fingers to customize it," Jiang Pengji said. "Shall I help you put it on?"
She was grateful to the old chief for buying it on her behalf. Otherwise, Jiang Pengji could only find a goldsmith in this world to make a pair.
Wei Ci said reservedly, "Thank you for your trouble, my lord."
Jiang Pengji put it on for him. She reached out her hand in satisfaction and gestured for him to put the lady's ring on her too.
Pure gold was soft and easily deformed after wearing it for a long time. Diamond rings did not have this concern.
Regarding this, the old chief even mocked her.
Because in Jiang Pengji's era, diamonds were indeed a very cheap raw material for jewelry. It was useless even if they were hard.
However, Jiang Pengji was not after the value of the diamond itself. She was after the meaning that people gave diamonds.
In Salted Fish's dimension, one had to buy a diamond ring to get married. Jiang Pengji naturally followed the crowd.
"This object is hard and won't deform even if you wear it for a long time. It will never change."
Wei Ci then realized that something was wrong. He only felt his heart was in a mess and his face turned red.
Jiang Pengji reminded him, "Zixiao, take a look. There's another thing in the box."
Wei Ci shyly took out the thing in the box.
"What is this?"
The object was squarish, soft, and cold.
He pressed his fingers together and realized that it was a two-layer structure. There was a circle of circular objects in the middle.
He was puzzled. He did not know when his lord had gone around to his back. She breathed into his ear and her fair and delicate hands slid down his neck and collarbone like agile snakes. This posture scared Wei Ci so much that his whole body froze. He did not dare to move.
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