Soon, a beauty in a black, single-shoulder dress carrying a glass of champagne approached Gu Shishi with a snicker.
“Miss Gu, I wonder what you have prepared for Grandma Chen’s birthday today. Shuangshuang told us that you have prepared a big surprise for Grandma Chen.”
As soon as she finished talking, a group of older ladies walked toward them from not too far away.
In the middle of them, there was an elegant-looking old lady with a carved cane.
The old lady has silver-colored hair and a gentle smile. She had on a dark red cardigan dress and appeared very authoritative. And, she was the birthday star today.
“Grandma Chen!” The rich girl who was obviously there to stir things up called out sweetly.
“We were just talking about this present that Miss Gu had prepared for you from a long time ago.”
“Oh?” Old Mrs. Chen squinted and smiled at Gu Shishi.
“You are Miss Gu? You are quite pretty. You take after your parents and then some.” Her words were appropriate and friendly.
Everyone in the circle knew that Gu Shishi was brought back. But for someone of Old Mrs. Chen’s age, biological descendents were the most important thing. Gu Shishi was the birth daughter of the Gu’s. Old Mrs. Chen wouldn’t place any importance on the relationship between Gu Shishi and Gu Wushuang.
She looked at her own granddaughter standing behind Gu Shishi.
“Kexin, you are a friend of Miss Gu? Why didn’t you introduce the two of us?”
Feeling a bit embarrassed, Chen Kexin took two steps forward and said, “Grandma.”
What was there to introduce? That was the third prank that they had agreed upon. They wanted to embarrass Gu Shishi, who didn’t understand any of the upper-class etiquettes, publicly.
There was no way a peasant girl could pick the right present with no help at all. Giving a gift that was too inexpensive would not reflect their own status and also could be construed as offensive to the birthday star. And if the gift was too expensive, it could be viewed as nouveau riche showing off their riches. That’d be a low move.
An individual truly from wealth would not only be wealthy, but also be cultured.
A gift to someone of the older generation must represent the thought of oneself and also be of the appropriate price range. It was way more complicated than the normal health products, fruits among the commoners!
Thinking about that, Chen Kexin smiled bitterly.
If Gu Shishi was truly the guru who drew the “Four Sons Offering Up Mythical Peachers”, then... her taste was definitely not that of a peasant’s!
Pingting and the group might have taken it too much for granted.
“Miss Gu, quickly. Show us what you’ve got!”
“That’s right. We can’t wait any longer!”
“Eh? You didn’t forget to bring something, did you?”
All of a sudden, everybody was cheering on. It was obvious that they were all waiting for the drama to unfold.
Neither Gu Wushuang, nor Father and Mother Gu reminded her of any etiquettes before the banquet.
In fact, they never mentioned anything about preparing gifts to her.
If it was the original owner, she’d very likely assumed that she was a part of the Gu’s and not bring anything herself.
But even though she wasn’t officially wedded yet, this was her first appearance. Had she came empty-handed, that would surely be a very big social faux pas.
It would be an equivalent of making an announcement at this banquet that even though she was a Gu’s by blood, she knew no etiquettes and didn’t remotely measure up to Gu Wushuang, the adopted daughter. Nobody could have anticipated that the original owner had already been swapped out inside!
“Happy birthday to you, Grandma Chen!” Gu Shishi smiled, walked up, and congratulatory words rolled out of her smoothly.
She opened up her little purse under the stare of everyone who was waiting for drama.
Slowly, she pulled out a small and delicate wooden box.
The object wasn’t very big but as soon as she produced it, all the sarcastic voices disappeared all of a sudden!
The little wooden box might look very generic, but where there should be a metal lock was a delicate Chinese knot.
The little wooden box was just the size of a palm, but the Chinese knot was tied with thin, red strings into the size of a nail. It stood out a lot.