I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping
Chapter 264 - 260 Dowry

Chapter 264: 260 Dowry

"You child, why are you just taking care of yourself? Give little Jiang some food!"

Xue Mingqin "smacked" her daughter’s chopsticks.

Four dishes and a soup, not lavish, but more than enough for three people.

"Mom, he’s not a little kid, if he wants something he can get it himself..."

Before Li Shuru could finish, she met her mother’s strict gaze.

She pursed her lips and placed a slice of wood ear mushroom into Jiang Chen’s bowl.

"Little Jiang, I’m really sorry, Auntie didn’t know you were coming, so I wasn’t prepared..."

"Aunt Xue, don’t say that, you’re being so formal, it’ll make me afraid to come next time."

As soon as the words were spoken, all three of them started laughing.

"Alright then, feel free to eat."

Xue Mingqin was no longer so formal.

"Mom, Jiang Chen and I are planning to visit Dad this afternoon."

Li Shuru put down her chopsticks.

Xue Mingqin glanced at Jiang Chen and nodded.

"Good."

"After visiting your father, call over your uncle and the rest for a meal. I’ve told them you’re coming back, and Ya Li happens to be on vacation, too. It’s been a long time since we all got together."

"I really haven’t seen Ya Li for a long time. Is she coming back for New Year’s Day, too?"

"Yeah, she should be arriving around this time."

"Ya Li is my uncle’s daughter."

Li Shuru considerately explained to Jiang Chen, then asked her mother with a smile, "Has she found a boyfriend yet?"

"You were so close as kids, don’t you know whether she’s found a boyfriend?"

"We lost touch after she went abroad to study."

"She has, and I heard he works on Wall Street. It seems he might come back with her this time."

"A Wall Street worker? That’s pretty impressive."

Li Shuru smiled and said.

"Ya Li has always been picky since she was little, even more ambitious than you. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have insisted on studying abroad. It’s also your aunt’s fault for instilling such ideas in her. Things are different now, it’s not like going abroad is necessarily better than staying in China."

At the dinner table, the mother and daughter chatted about family matters as if Jiang Chen wasn’t an outsider.

After dinner, Jiang Chen helped clear the table.

"These are all of Rui Rui’s childhood photos, even when she was in kindergarten, she was quite adept at amusing the boys."

Xue Mingqin pulled out an old photo album, not just kindergarten photos, but even ones with her in split pants riding in a child’s cart.

Jiang Chen was greatly amused.

Posting these photos on the East Sea University forum would cause quite a stir.

"What are you laughing at! You’re not allowed to look!"

Li Shuru, her face red and her ears hot, hurriedly snatched it away.

Jiang Chen didn’t argue and let her take the album.

"You can tell a person’s future from when they’re three," the saying goes.

From a young age, Li Shuru was like a beautiful, finely carved doll, just that as she grew up, she wasn’t as adorable and her temperament became more cold and elegant.

"You kid, little Jiang isn’t an outsider, what’s wrong with him looking?"

"Aunt Xue, it’s okay, you can take pictures of these later and secretly send them to me."

"Jiang Chen!"

Xue Mingqin nodded with a knowing smile.

They say daughters are a fleeting presence in a home, but Li Shuru felt like she had been completely betrayed by her own mother, hugging the photo album as she got up to re-hide it.

"Mom, we brought you a gift."

Li Shuru, who had just returned from the room, approached the suitcase.

Jiang Chen was a bit surprised.

"Having you back is enough. Why bring a gift..."

Li Shuru opened the suitcase and took out a familiar-looking pearwood box, then walked back.

When had it been put there?

Jiang Chen was quite surprised.

No wonder he had said before that he wanted to bring some gifts, only to be refused by the other party.

"Mom, take a look, do you like it?"

Li Shuru placed the high-quality pear wood box in front of her mother,

Xue Mingqin reached out, opened the box, and in an instant, a dazzling light burst forth, blurring her vision.

Indeed.

Lying inside the box was the "Eye of Medusa".

Even though it was no longer perfect, it was still priceless!

Jiang Chen hadn’t expected Li Shuru to bring back the blood diamond, but since he had already given it to her, how she chose to handle it was naturally not his business to interfere with.

"Is this, agate or gemstone?"

Xue Mingqin was just an ordinary housewife from the land of Shenzhou, where had she ever seen such a treasure.

"Mom, this is a diamond, and not just any diamond but the rarest blood diamond. You can take it to a jewelry store for cutting and shaping, make it into a necklace, jewelry, a slap, ring... anything."

For children, seeing their parents enjoying good things undoubtedly brings more satisfaction than owning them oneself.

After her father’s departure, Li Shuru was undoubtedly more affectionate towards her mother.

This rough blood diamond was just lying around, so it was better to give it to her mother.

"This is a diamond?"

Xue Mingqin was shocked.

She understood the value of diamonds. Although she knew that diamonds were expensive, she could not estimate the specific value of such a large diamond with her level of experience.

And as for blood diamonds, she had never even heard of them.

"You girl, why did you buy something so expensive? This thing must be at least a million, right?"

"..."

"..."

Li Shuru smiled, "Mom, don’t worry about how much it costs. As long as you like it, that’s all that matters."

"Such an expensive item, I wouldn’t dare wear it. What if someone robbed me?"

"Mom, what year is it now? The public order is so good; there are no robberies."

Xue Mingqin still shook her head.

"I’m too old for these things, so how about this—I’ll make it into some jewelry, and on the day you get married, I’ll give it to you as a dowry."

Although she was speaking to her daughter, Xue Mingqin’s gaze was fixed on Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen smiled without saying a word, amiable and humble.

"You two sit down, I’m going to put it away."

Xue Mingqin closed the box again and picked it up carefully before walking into the bedroom.

"I gave it to my mom, you don’t mind, do you?"

Li Shuru asked softly.

"What is there for me to mind?"

Jiang Chen smiled, "I’ve already given it to you. It’s yours now, so it’s your right to give it to anyone you want. Besides, didn’t auntie say she’s making it into wedding jewelry? It’ll just end up back in my hands after all that, won’t it?"

Li Shuru was taken aback, then assumed a feigned indifference.

"Who said I was going to marry you?"

Jiang Chen wasn’t bothered, he just shrugged his shoulders and heaved a light sigh.

"I don’t really care, but if you marry someone else, I’m afraid Aunt Xue won’t recognize you as her daughter anymore."

"You don’t care, do you? Really don’t care?!"

Li Shuru suddenly changed her expression, pounced on Jiang Chen, and the two fell onto the couch together, her on top of him, in a rather unseemly posture.

Just at that moment, Xue Mingqin happened to come out of the bedroom and was frozen in place at the sight.

"Auntie is out..."

Jiang Chen, who was pinned down, quickly reminded her.

Li Shuru turned her head, her face flushed immediately, and she hurried to get up from on top of Jiang Chen.

"Hehe, I didn’t see anything..."

Xue Mingqin chuckled awkwardly and quickly turned back to the bedroom.

"It’s all your fault!"

Li Shuru’s cheeks were flushed, and she started hitting and scratching Jiang Chen.