"Mom, Dad, Grandpa, we're back!"
Xu Qingxin called out towards the villa as she got out of the car.
Xu Maosheng was pruning flowers in the garden. Upon hearing his granddaughter's voice, he put down his shears and walked over.
Though in his seventies, he was robust, and his kind eyes were fixed on Chen Nan.
He had been eagerly awaiting the day his granddaughter would bring her boyfriend home, so he wanted to see this outstanding young man.
Xu Qingxin affectionately put her arm around the old man's arm, "Chen Nan, this is my grandpa. Grandpa, this is Chen Nan, my boyfriend."
Chen Nan suppressed his nervousness, "Hello, Grandpa."
Elder Xu nodded slightly and smiled, "Let's go inside!"
They followed Elder Xu into the villa.
Meanwhile, Xu Qingxin's father, Xu Xingguo, was preparing dinner in the kitchen.
Her mother, Huang Rui, stood by unhappily, not understanding why her husband was preparing a meal to entertain Chen Nan.
"Mom, Dad, we're back!"
Xu Qingxin emphasized again.
"You're here, so you're here!" Huang Rui sat on the sofa with an impatient expression, showing even more displeasure at Chen Nan's arrival with a few small gift boxes.
What could be inside gift boxes the size of her palm that would be worth much?
"Chen Nan is here, come sit, sit!" In contrast, Xu Xingguo was very enthusiastic. Without even taking off his apron, he brought a plate of fruit to the living room.
He also prepared sunflower seeds and some nuts.
Chen Nan, who considered himself experienced, couldn't help but feel nervous.
Xu Qingxin noticed Chen Nan's nervousness, gave him an encouraging look, and then said, "These are gifts Chen Nan prepared for everyone, one for each person."
"Dad, Chen Nan knows you like tea, so he got you some aged tea cakes," Xu Qingxin handed the second-largest gift box to her father.
Xu Xingguo didn't open it, but a medicinal aroma wafted towards him, causing his expression to change dramatically, "They say high-year tea cakes give off a medicinal scent. Darling, these tea cakes must be quite old, right?"
Xu Qingxin said, "It's said they are all over two hundred years old!"
"Hiss!"
Xu Xingguo gasped in shock, "These aren't tea cakes, they're gold cakes! No, no, this is too precious!"
As a tea lover, Xu Xingguo knew the value of tea this old.
The price per gram was definitely more expensive than gold.
Even though he had a thirty-year-old tea cake, it was a gift from a friend, and he was reluctant to drink it.
"Uncle, you are too kind. These are the well wishes of a junior. How can good wishes be measured in money?"
Chen Nan said, "I didn't know which type you liked, so I brought one of each for you."
"Please try them first. If you have a favorite, just tell me."
"My friend still has some stock. I'll bring it all over then, consider it your daily brew!"
Before Xu Xingguo could speak, Huang Rui said, "If I'm not mistaken, these gifts were all bought by Qingxin, weren't they?"
Xu Qingxin's face changed, "Mom, what do you mean? Are you insulting me? What, in your eyes, is Chen Nan a poor boy?"
"He doesn't look like a rich person to me!" Huang Rui didn't hide her disdain and dissatisfaction with Chen Nan.
"Then am I a rich person? If you say that, I should show you the gift he bought for you!" Xu Qingxin said and directly found the bracelet.
The bracelet was made of jade, crystal clear, and polished from rare imperial green.
"You like jewelry, don't you? Can you tell the material of this bracelet?" Xu Qingxin asked assertively, "Then tell me, can the more than two million yuan I have buy this bracelet?"
"Hiss, this is polished from imperial green?" Elder Xu gasped, "No, no, that can't be right!"
"As far as I know, from ancient times to the present, there has only been one imperial green bracelet, which was an accessory of Empress Wu Zetian during the Tang Dynasty. It has long been collected by someone."
Elder Xu, who liked antiques and curios, immediately recognized the bracelet's extraordinariness.
Even Huang Rui's eyes were filled with shock.
She didn't know about the historical anecdotes her father-in-law mentioned.
But this bracelet was indeed imperial green.
"Dad, look at the packaging of these gifts. These items were bought at Qing You Tea House," Xu Xingguo swallowed subconsciously. They were from Kyoto, and although they hadn't been to Qing You Tea House, they knew it was exceptionally mysterious.
There was even a folk rumor that most of the items in the Forbidden City had flowed out from Qing You Tea House.
Seeing her mother's shocked and speechless expression, Xu Qingxin felt incredibly pleased, "Grandpa is right, this bracelet was indeed worn by Empress Wu Zetian!"
Elder Xu's heart was unsettled, "This bracelet must not be cheap, right?"
Xu Qingxin said, "Chen Nan is friends with the owner of Qing You Tea House. All these gifts together cost two hundred million."
Xu Xingguo exclaimed, "Chen Nan, you're not just visiting, you're proposing!"
Chen Nan quickly said, "Uncle, I'm just here to drop by and visit you. As for proposing, it certainly won't be so casual."
Xu Xingguo's expression froze.
You bring gifts worth two hundred million and call it casual?
Elder Xu said, "Two hundred million is not much, it's not even the cost price. Not to mention anything else, just this jade bracelet, if it were auctioned, it would be at least five hundred million!"
While he spoke, he was still shocked by Chen Nan's financial strength.
Xu Qingxin asked triumphantly, "Mom, do you still say these things were bought by me?"
Huang Rui looked embarrassed, "This child, can't I even make a joke?" She then took the imperial green jade bracelet like a treasure, and it fit perfectly.
It immediately enhanced her temperament, making her look elegant, noble, and imposing.
At this moment.
Huang Rui's gaze towards Chen Nan softened.
After all, not everyone could afford to give gifts worth two hundred million.
"Grandpa, Chen Nan knows you like antiques, so he had someone prepare a Tang Sancai camel for you," Xu Qingxin opened the largest gift box, which contained a beautifully crafted Tang Sancai camel about twenty centimeters tall.
As a historically renowned ceramic, the surviving pieces of Tang Sancai were extremely rare.
Of course.
The price was outrageously expensive.
If auctioned, the price would be no lower than that imperial green bracelet.
"This, this, this is too precious, people will think we're selling our granddaughter!" Elder Xu's face was flushed with joy, and he couldn't put down the Tang Sancai camel.
Huang Rui seemed like a different person, full of enthusiasm, "Chen Nan, how many siblings do you have? Are your parents in good health?"
Changing the subject, she asked Chen Nan a question that caught him off guard, "Why don't we meet up one day to discuss your marriage with Qingxin?"