Chapter 38 The Bracelet of Ten Million
Chen Yang glanced at Liu Xin.
He couldn't be bothered to respond.
The Liu family members at the table all sighed.
"This was a golden opportunity to forge a connection, and it's a shame Chen Yang couldn't seize it."
"If Liu Ran hadn't accepted that bracelet, Zhou Sinian would still owe Chen Yang a favor. Then Chen Yang could have asked Zhou Sinian for help."
"Yeah, it's a pity she accepted a cheap bracelet. All debts are cleared. Zhou Sinian probably won't even recognize Chen Yang next time."
"It was Chen Yang who told Liu Ran to accept the bracelet just now."
"In the end, Chen Yang is just an uncultured loser. He lost the most precious opportunity to connect over a single bracelet!"
As they spoke, everyone looked at Chen Yang with disdain.
Old Mrs. Liu, after analyzing the situation, also felt angry. She glared at Chen Yang and said, "You useless thing! Why did you tell Liu Ran to accept that cheap bracelet just now! You're so short-sighted!"
Seeing everyone scolding Chen Yang, Liu Ran immediately said, "Don't blame Chen Yang anymore. Anyway, the bracelet is quite pretty, and it's comfortable for me to wear."
Then, Liu Ran said to Chen Yang, "Chen Yang, you're amazing. Even though you're a delivery guy, you always meet noble people. Whether it's the bank president, saving the big star, or the antique shop owner and Zhou Sinian, no matter what ordinary job you do, you earn others' respect. I support you!"
Chen Yang felt like crying and laughing upon hearing this.
But outwardly, he had to maintain a sincere demeanor.
Liu Ran waved her wrist, adorned with the jade bangle, and said, "This bracelet feels really comfortable. Thank you, husband. Consider it a gift from you to me."
After saying the word "husband,"
Liu Ran's face turned red.
She quickly lowered her head.
Chen Yang's heart also felt as sweet as honey.
Seeing Chen Yang and Liu Ran like that, Liu Xin's anger flared up instantly!
She leaned against Yang Long, shaking her wrist adorned with a watch, and said, "Brother Long, you really shouldn't have. A three-carat dream diamond ring would have been enough. Why did you have to spend so much on this watch worth over three hundred thousand! I don't actually ask for much."
Yang Long laughed heartily, putting his arm around Liu Xin's shoulder. "Darling, my money is all yours. Let alone a thirty-thousand watch, I'll buy you a fifty-thousand bag and a million-dollar jade in the future!"
"My dear husband, you're so good!" Liu Xin laughed. "Unlike that good-for-nothing, he hasn't even bought me a wedding ring in a year of marriage. Look, Liu Ran is quite pathetic. Her only decent gift, a bracelet, wasn't even bought by her husband, but by someone else. Heh heh, how embarrassing."
Hearing this, Liu Ran quickly said, "Cousin, Chen Yang and I are already married, and I don't care about gifts."
Liu Xin chuckled, "Heh heh, you don't care about gifts? You say that, but it's just lip service. You ugly duckling, marrying Chen Yang, the pauper, is like a toad meeting a green bean, you're a match. From now on, just live your life peacefully. Oh, right, I must tell you, Chen Yang, this person, can't even afford a wedding ring!"
Liu Ran bit her lip and said, "Rings are just for show. Diamonds and such are even more of a scam, a tax on intelligence."
"Hahaha, you're hilarious!" Liu Xin burst into laughter. "Do you know how much my diamond ring cost? It'll shock you. Seven hundred and eighty thousand! Look at you, do your clothes combined even cost seven hundred and eighty yuan? Hahaha!"
The Liu family relatives shook their heads, sneering disdainfully.
At this moment.
From the next table, the middle-aged man Wu Tian stood up.
He looked at the bangle on Liu Ran's wrist in surprise, saying incredulously, "This... this couldn't be the rumored Green Oriole's Cry, could it!"
Everyone around looked at Wu Tian in astonishment.
Wu Tian explained, "Don't you remember? Over three years ago, a bangle once caused a sensation throughout Jiang Province, the Green Oriole's Cry. Legend has it that the bangle would emit a song like an oriole's cry when tapped with a finger. It was once priced at over three million, but the owner didn't sell. It's rumored to have been bought privately later."
"Ah! I remember now, there was indeed such a bangle. I even went to Jinling to join the excitement back then."
"No way, would Lord Zhou give such a valuable gift as an apology?"
"Let's try it and see. If it really is the Green Oriole's Cry, then... it could easily fetch ten million."
"Hiss... ten million? Really? Is there such an expensive bangle?"
"You clearly lack experience. When the Green Oriole's Cry was three million, it was snatched up. It's said that at a private auction, it had already been bid up to over nine million. In the end, someone pulled strings and forcibly halted the auction, buying it directly with power and connections."
"Hurry and try it, hurry and try it! Is there really a ten-million-dollar bangle?"
Everyone's eyes turned to Liu Ran at once.
Liu Ran felt a little timid seeing so many curious onlookers.
She quickly said, "Everyone, stop crowding. This can't possibly be the Green Oriole's Cry. It's just an ordinary mutton-fat jade bangle."
Wu Tian chuckled and said, "Just try it. Your cousin just said you don't have eight hundred yuan on you. If this bangle is really the Green Oriole's Cry, you could buy ten sets of her entire outfit."
Liu Ran still shook her head.
Liu Xin, standing nearby, heard this and was so angry she jumped up. She pointed at Liu Ran and said, "Just try it when I tell you to! Why so much nonsense? I think you're a green tea bitch, pretending to deny it, but you just want others to misunderstand, to misunderstand that this bangle is very valuable."
"Ah? I... I didn't mean that." Liu Ran denied.
Seeing Liu Ran like this, Liu Xin became even more enraged.
She bent down and grabbed Liu Ran's wrist.
Liu Xin said indignantly, "Everyone, open your eyes and see clearly! This is just an ordinary bangle. The quality isn't good at all. It's probably not even worth ten thousand yuan!"
"Zhou Sinian just came to apologize to Chen Yang. How could he give a ten-million-dollar bangle?"
"Do you really think a delivery guy, who occasionally helps people on the street and assists a few passersby, can turn his life around from a salted fish and a nobody to a success? Ptooey!"
Liu Xin, in her anger, flicked her finger against the bangle.
The bangle remained unchanged.
Liu Xin burst into laughter. She pushed Liu Ran's arm away triumphantly, "See! Stop praising this ugly monster. Does she even deserve to be compared to me? Ptooey!"
However, as Liu Xin's words fell.
A crisp ringing sound suddenly echoed through the hall!
The sound was like a deep-dwelling oriole, like early morning swallows, melodious and captivating.
"Jiji jijiji..."
The clear sound spread throughout the entire hall...