After looking at the red envelope, Ji Xiaojia casually placed it into a bright red purse on her lap. Her two small hands swiped around in the purse for a while before pulling out a palm-sized, hexagonal, and extremely ornate purplish-red jewelry box. She handed it to him with one hand and smiled, "This is a small trinket made by my husband's family. I asked him for a set and brought it over to Sister-in-law. I saw Sister-in-law at work and noticed that she didn't have a single piece of jewelry on her. I don't know if it's because you didn't buy it for her or because she doesn't want to wear it. Anyway, no matter what, as her younger sister, I'll give her a set to wear and play with. I hope you guys don't mind. "
Li Rui was surprised and asked curiously, "You've seen my wife before? How do you know her? " Ji Xiaojia laughed, "Why? Why are you so nervous? Can't I know Sister-in-law? Can't you supervise Sister-in-law and prevent outsiders from knowing her? Haha. I'm not a man and I won't kidnap Sister-in-law. What are you so worried about? "Li Rui laughed," That's not what I meant. No one can kidnap her. I'm just puzzled. " Ji Xiaojia said, "It was Minister Zheng who told me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known that the youngest and most beautiful Deputy Minister in the Organization Department is actually Xiao Rui's wife. Tsk, tsk. You're so lucky to have such a beautiful wife. Her rank is even higher than yours. Haha."
Li Rui was happy to hear her praise Qingman. He laughed foolishly and thought to himself, "Xiaojia, if you know that Qingman is the daughter of the Governor, you'll praise me even more."
Ji Xiaojia passed the box over and said, "Hurry up and take it. My hands are sore."
Li Rui took the jewelry box and opened it in front of her. It was fine if he didn't open the lid. Once he opened the lid, it immediately shot out thousands of golden lights. He was dazzled by the dazzling lights. He looked at it carefully and saw three pieces of gold jewelry. The outermost piece was a gold necklace. The necklace was neither thick nor thin. It was just right. The design was extremely beautiful. At the bottom of the necklace was a carved golden ruyi. In the middle of the necklace was a simple and elegant gold bracelet. The bracelet was as thick as a pinky finger and was carved with flying phoenixes and auspicious clouds. The design was luxurious and made people fall in love with it. In the bottom left corner of the box was a pair of plum blossom gold earrings. In the middle of the plum blossom was a small sparkling stone that acted as the flower core.
After seeing these three pieces of jewelry, Li Rui was shocked. Ji Xiaojia had just praised him for being generous. She was really generous. Just these three pieces of exquisite gold jewelry would cost at least forty to fifty thousand yuan. Not to mention the other pieces, just the ruyi at the end of the necklace was probably thirty to forty grams. Based on the current gold price, 30 grams was more than ten thousand yuan. If he added in the other pieces, the total price was very likely close to fifty thousand yuan. Damn, she said that she was going to give it to Qingman to play with, but in fact, she was giving him a big gift in return.
"Should I accept it or not?"
After recovering from his shock, Li Rui began to consider this question. Logically speaking, he should not accept it because the value was too high. He would feel a little guilty if he accepted it, but if he really talked about the friendship between the two families, it would not be a big deal if he accepted it. Although the two families were not on good terms, they could be considered as a community of interests. Moreover, Ji Xiaojia's husband's family owned a gold mine. Giving away these few pieces of gold jewelry was just a drop in the bucket for their family. He would not feel embarrassed if he accepted it. But then again, it was not appropriate to just accept it so casually …
Just as he was worrying about it, a slightly chubby young man in a suit rushed in. On the left side of his chest was a corsage with the word "groom" embroidered on it.
When Ji Xiaojia saw him enter the room, she waved at him and introduced him, "Wang Jie, come here quickly. This is Xiao Rui, the person I always tell you about. Hurry up and call him big brother."
Li Rui recognized him. He had seen him send Ji Xiaojia to work at the entrance of the Municipal Party Committee compound. He knew that he was Ji Xiaojia's husband. He smiled and extended his hand to him, "Congratulations, brother." Wang Jie listened to Ji Xiaojia's words and obediently called him big brother. He shook hands with him and said, "Thank you, thank you. I'm really honored and happy that you were able to come to our wedding today. I've heard Ji Xiaojia mention you a long time ago, but I never had the time … "
After saying a few polite words, he glanced at the jewelry box in Li Rui's left hand. He smiled and said, "It's a few small pieces of jewelry. They're all custom-made from gold from our family's gold mine. Big brother, take them back and let sister-in-law wear them. I'll get a few more sets for uncle and auntie to wear. Big brother, you should also wear a set …" Li Rui was so scared that he shivered. He thought to himself that he could not afford to offend the son of a gold mine owner.
This lounge was for Ji Xiaojia, the bride, to rest temporarily. No bride would wear a wedding dress and wander around outside before the wedding ceremony. It would be inappropriate and unsightly. Therefore, Li Rui did not want to stay in this small room. Seeing that he had already sent out the red packets and expressed his feelings, he said a few polite words to the young couple and turned around to find a table outside to sit down.
Not long after he sat down, Shen Yuanzhu circled to his side like a butterfly and poured him a cup of tea. Li Rui hurriedly stood up and said, "Aiya, I even troubled you to personally pour me a cup of tea. If I'm thirsty, can't I pour it myself?" Shen Yuanzhu smiled and said, "Quickly sit down. We're family." After saying that, she affectionately raised her hand and pressed on his shoulder. Li Rui looked around and saw that there was no one around. He smiled and said in a low voice, "Do you think I'm being courteous to you? I'm just pretending to be courteous in front of outsiders to show that our relationship is ordinary. If I'm not courteous to you, other people will see that you're so nice to me. Won't they be jealous?!" Shen Yuanzhu did not know whether to laugh or cry. Li Rui said, "How can I not be? Who asked you to dress so sexily today? I have to pay attention to my distance from you."
Shen Yuanzhu lowered her head and looked at her dress. A proud smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She said in a low voice, "This is the first time you've said that I'm sexy." Li Rui sat back in his chair and said, "You go do your thing. Don't worry about me. We'll talk again when we're free." Shen Yuanzhu said, "I'm not busy right now. I just want to stay with you for a while." Li Rui smiled bitterly and said, "Don't. You're like a social butterfly. Everyone in the hall is looking at you. Why do you keep circling around me? It won't be nice to talk about it. Do you want to create a scandal?" Shen Yuanzhu looked around strangely and muttered, "No one's looking at me. Look at what you're saying. I'm not that charming. You call me a social butterfly. Hehe … Hmph. If you don't want to talk to me, just say it. Why are you looking for excuses?" After saying that, she gave him a look that seemed to be emotionless. She turned around and walked away.
As soon as Shen Yuanzhu left, a man quickly walked over to Li Rui and sat down. He smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Brother Li, we meet again!" When Li Rui turned around, he was pleasantly surprised. This person was Tan Yang, the director of the Northern District Public Security Bureau. He had just made friends with him yesterday. He smiled and said, "Brother, you're here too! Did you just arrive? When did you arrive? I didn't see you here and I had to ask you to come and greet me. I'm sorry for not recognizing you. " Tan Yang smiled and said, "I just arrived. I was chatting with a few friends. When I saw you here, I came over to talk to you. Uh, what's your relationship with the bride and groom? "
This question was very simple. It was to ask him which side of the wedding invited him.
Li Rui smiled and said, "I should be the same as brother. I'm on the bride's side. The bride is my sister." Tan Yang raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, so you're saying that you know Director Ji?" Li Rui nodded and said, "Director Ji is my older brother. Even though we're not family friends, there's no need to talk about our relationship." Tan Yang suddenly understood. He had a deeper understanding of Li Rui's power. He already understood that even if Li Rui didn't ask for his help yesterday, he could've used Ji Fei's connections to settle his cousin's matter. However, Li Rui still came to him and gave him a huge benefit. He really thought highly of him. Tan Yang's heart warmed as he said, "Brother, let's have a few drinks later." Li Rui smiled and said, "I have to rush to the provincial capital in the afternoon so I can't drink too much. Let's order a drink first and meet another day …"
As the two were talking, another person came and stood behind Li Rui's chair. He put his hands on Li Rui's shoulders affectionately and said, "Brother, when did you come? Why didn't I see you just now?" Li Rui turned around and saw 'Brother Wei' Guan Weiwei. He smiled and said, "I just arrived. You're already here?" Guan Weiwei said, "I just arrived. If I knew that you were coming, I would've gone to your house to pick you up first."
Tan Yang saw that Guan Weiwei, the boss of the city's traffic police, was also calling Li Rui 'brother'. His tone was so intimate that he was secretly shocked. He stood up and smiled and said, "Guan Zhi, long time no see." Guan Weiwei smiled and shook hands with him and said, "Yes, Director Tan. Let's have a few drinks later."
Both of them were in the city's public security system so it wasn't strange for them to know each other. They were both Deputy Division Heads and each had their own authority. Therefore, they were respectful and friendly to each other and didn't look down on each other.
After the two of them shook hands, they sat on either side of Li Rui and chatted.
Li Rui would chat with the two of them from time to time and listen to their flattery. He felt very happy and thought to himself that last year, he was still an ordinary cadre in the city's Water Conservancy Bureau. It was impossible for him to sit side by side with a Deputy Division Head like Tan Yang. Even if he sat next to his superior, Yuan Jingjing, he would feel ashamed. But who would have thought that a year later, he would turn from a sparrow into a phoenix and become one of the most popular figures in the city's officialdom. Now that he thought about it, it was like a dream. Alas, it was indeed fate that made fools of people.
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