My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 307 - 0307: Moli’s Gift

Chapter 307: Chapter 0307: Moli’s Gift

But Tang Ming acted with justifiable reasons; Chen Cang had no way to pursue Tang Ming’s responsibility. He could only admit his bad luck and hope that Zhou Xianren could recover the losses—that was over a hundred million!

Next, the second son of the Zhou family patriarch, Zhou Xiande, and the third son, Zhou Xianli, presented their congratulatory gifts one after another. All were valuable and rare treasures, a pity that the guests had not recovered from the incident with the traditional painting, and few paid attention to these gifts.

Finally, when it was Zhou Xianyi’s turn to present his gift, he only brought out a very ordinary wild ginseng.

Zhou Xianren and Zhou Haotian intended to make a fuss about it, but remembering their own embarrassing incident and that Zhou Xianyi had made it clear from the beginning that the ginseng was not a high-grade item, they refrained from causing trouble.

The old master of the Zhou family showed no reaction, simply stating that sentiment was priceless, and instructed that the ginseng be accepted.

Zhou Xianyi was born of a concubine in the Zhou family. Coupled with his mediocre talent in martial arts, he was always bullied by his brothers from the legitimate lineage, including Zhou Xianren. However, in the old master’s eyes, Zhou Xianyi was also his son. Yet because of the aforementioned reasons, it was difficult for him to defend Zhou Xianyi; he could only let things be. Expecting nothing from the gift, he wasn’t faced with disappointment either.

The ritual presentation of gifts in the Zhou family did not allow women to take the stage, so after Zhou Xianren and his brothers had presented their gifts, it was directly the turn of Zhou family disciples from the grandchildren’s generation.

As the oldest in the home, Zhou Haotian was the first to step on stage. However, due to the earlier fake painting incident, he didn’t boast about how remarkable his gift was and gave a simple introduction before quickly concluding.

Afterward, Zhou Haomin and a few other grandsons successively went on stage to present their respective gifts, and at last, it was Zhou Dafu’s turn. It was at this moment that an accident occurred.

Before Zhou Dafu could step forward to present his gift, Moli rushed ahead and appeared in front of the old master.

Seeing Moli, a young woman taking the stage, everyone in attendance was puzzled—this seemed to go against the Zhou family’s rules!

The old master of the Zhou family frowned slightly, looking at Moli with some displeasure, "Do you have something to say?"

Zhou Haotian, standing below, revealed a cunning smile. The highlight of the day was finally happening.

"Your granddaughter-in-law congratulates Grandfather on your long and healthy life, wishing you immortality and a hundred years of life."

Moli offered a grand bow to the old master of the Zhou family and sincerely conveyed her congratulations.

"Good!"

The old master nodded; it wasn’t appropriate to rebuke someone offering good wishes and waved his hand, "Step down, and let Zhou Dafu come up!"

"Wait a moment!"

Moli smiled awkwardly and said, "Dafu is just a son born to a concubine in the Zhou family, an illegitimate child with no status or power within the family."

Hearing these words, Zhou Dafu’s face turned unsightly; he gritted his teeth and thought, "What is this woman trying to do? Afraid that others don’t know about my status, she actually says it in front of so many people?"

"She’s clearly making you embarrassed in front of everyone!"

Chen Cang was quite experienced with these little tricks.

"Stay calm and let’s see what game she plays," said Tang Ming, frowning, unsure of Moli’s intentions. But judging from her ongoing secretive exchanges with Zhou Haotian, he was certain that this woman was up to no good.

Everyone looked strangely at Zhou Dafu. Having his identity as an illegitimate child exposed by his fiancée was painfully embarrassing, wasn’t it?

The old master frowned slightly; he was well aware of Zhou Dafu’s background, but family scandals should not be aired in public. Now, however, this woman had brought it to light, making it difficult for him to save face.

"It’s Dafu’s first time attending such a grand event, and he’s a bit nervous, not daring to take the stage to offer his gift. Thus, he entrusted me with the task of presenting the congratulatory gift to you," said Moli as she spoke, taking out a brocade box and sincerely stated, "As Dafu’s fiancée, it’s natural for me to relieve my man of his worries. Please forgive us, Grandfather."

Upon hearing this, people looked at Zhou Dafu with scorn. He didn’t even have the courage to present a gift to his own grandfather and had to let a woman take the stage on his behalf; how utterly cowardly!

Zhou Dafu’s face turned red with the desire to step forward and defend himself, but he was held back by Tang Ming.

"When someone sets the stage, if you don’t even give them the chance to step up, isn’t that too discourteous?"

"But this woman has ill intentions, I’m afraid..."

Zhou Dafu muttered angrily.

"Your fear is useless, they’ve already taken the initiative. At this moment, if you step up, you’d seem petty."

Tang Ming reminded him playfully, patiently adding, "Let’s see what tricks she’s playing!"

"Sigh!"

The old Zhou patriarch sighed deeply, utterly disappointed in Zhou Dafu. A descendant of the Martial Arts Family, even if one cannot practice martial arts, should have an unyielding spirit. Now, he let a woman take the stage and show her face, which was utterly disgraceful.

"Grandfather, since Zhou Dafu lacks the courage to take the stage, it’s acceptable for Moli, as his fiancée, to stand in for him!"

Zhou Haotian quickly spoke up to smooth things over.

"Enough, enough, let it be!"

The old Zhou patriarch waved his hand, signaling Moli to hurry up with the task and then step down.

"Grandfather, please look. This is the congratulatory gift Dafu asked me to present to you."

Moli reached out, opened the brocade box, and took out a piece of green jade carving.

"Wow, that’s not a small gesture!"

Someone immediately exclaimed, "It’s Emperor Jade, the finest of all jades!"

"Is Zhou Dafu out of his mind? To bring out something so fine and still not dare to take the stage?"

"This is an excellent opportunity to stand out. This gift is more precious than those from the younger members before."

The onlookers immediately began to discuss heatedly, each of them inwardly lamenting that the people of the Zhou family were not normal. Those presenting fakes strutted boldly, while those contributing precious treasures did not have the guts to take the stage.

"Scared me to death!"

Zhou Xianyi and Zhou Xiaoqian both sighed in relief from not far away. Previously, they were worried that Zhou Dafu wouldn’t have anything decent to offer, so they specially selected a hundred-year-old Lingzhi, even more valuable than the one Zhou Xianyi had presented, for Zhou Dafu as his offering. Unexpectedly, Moli had already taken care of everything on behalf of Zhou Dafu.

"Humph, such a good daughter-in-law, and your useless son doesn’t know how to treasure her. Truly blind!"

A regal and full-figured woman looked coldly at Zhou Xianyi.

That was Zhou Xianyi’s official wife, Zhou Xiaoqian’s mother.

"I will certainly have a good talk with him later!"

Zhou Xianyi gave an awkward smile, not saying much else.

"What’s going on?"

Upon seeing the item Moli brought out, Zhou Dafu was flabbergasted. He had originally thought this woman would set him up, but unexpectedly...

"Indeed, it’s a fine item, this is illogical!"

Tang Ming stroked his chin, also puzzled.

While most of the people present were shocked by Moli’s gift, upon clearly seeing the carving, the old Zhou patriarch’s face turned cold, and several other Zhou family members also had their expressions drastically change.