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The five-day trip to a foreign country finally came to an end.

At three o'clock in the afternoon in City Z, under the pale sky, the plane landed smoothly.

Uncharacteristically, Chen Yuanzhen did not propose to send Ji Cixi home, and Ji Cixi was unwilling to do so, but at Chen Yuanzhen's suggestion, he gave the luggage to Zhou Ming and asked him to send someone to send him home.

It will be Kang Lin's birthday in five days, and now Chen Yuanzhen needs to prepare a gift for her.

Back home, as soon as Ji Cixi opened the door, Ji Xu rushed forward, but they all reached Ji Cixi, stopped the car in time, and called aunt in a polite manner.

Ji Cixi closed the door, looked at him, only to find that Ji Xu hadn't seen him for a few days, and seemed to be a little fatter.The sugarcane-like arm finally has some flesh, and it no longer looks like it could be snapped off, which is worrying.

"It seems that Uncle Zhou's food is good?" Ji Cixi asked.

Ji Xu scratched his head, and smiled, as an admission.

Looking at Ji Xu, Ji Cixi pursed her lips, a trace of expression finally appeared on her expressionless face.

She walked into the living room while taking off her coat, and found that the luggage had been sent back.

Suddenly, she froze when she took off her coat, as if she remembered something.

She quickly took off her coat and took out the box from her bag.

After hesitating for a while, Ji Cixi opened the box again, looking at the ring inside, Ji Cixi bit her lip and thought for a moment.

In the end, she called Ji Xu to come to her side.

"Auntie?"

Ji Cixi took out another long red velvet box from her bag, she opened that box, and there was a thin silver chain inside.

She bought it by herself without telling Chen Yuanzhen.

She took out the ring and put it on the silver chain, then asked Ji Xu to come to her and put it on for him with her own hands.

"This is……?"

Ji Xu looked down at the ring lying on his chest ignorantly, and raised his eyes to look at Ji Cixi suspiciously.

"This is your mother's stuff, now It's yours, you have to keep it safe."

"Mom, mother..."

Ji Xu's eye circles instantly turned red.

"I..." He reached out and wiped away his tears, making gestures to take off the necklace.

"I'll return it to you...in case I lose it..."

But Ji Cixi stretched out her hand to stop him.

"You have to keep what you own, and no one else has that obligation, no matter who they are."

Ji Xu's tearful eyes met Shang Ji Cixi's firm eyes, so he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​taking off the necklace.

On the other side, in the VIP lounge of a high-end jewelry store, Chen Yuanzhen was sitting on the sofa, holding his chin and watching the manager of the store lead two salesmen to display jewelry for him one by one.

After looking around for a long time, Chen Yuanzhen remained silent. The manager looked at Zhou Ming who was standing beside Chen Yuanzhen with some embarrassment. Zhou Ming shrugged his shoulders, expressing that he didn't understand what was going on.

At this moment, Chen Yuanzhen, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.

"Um……"

She pondered for a while, and several pairs of eyes immediately cast nervous and expectant gazes over.

Chen Yuanzhen looked around at each of them, and finally just smiled.

"Coffee... I forgot to drink it, it's cold now. Can I make another cup hot?"

A hint of disappointment flashed in the manager's eyes, but he still hurriedly urged the salesperson beside him to make another cup of coffee.

Waiting until the salesperson brought the second cup of coffee to the table, Chen Yuanzhen smiled at her to thank her.She picked up the coffee and took a sip, then put down the porcelain cup.

She scanned the jewels again and sighed secretly.

The manager of the jewelry store had spent most of his life wandering among these dignitaries, and he could tell at a glance that Chen Yuanzhen was not satisfied with the jewelry.

"In that case...Miss Chen, please wait a moment."

After finishing speaking, the manager bowed slightly to Chen Yuanzhen, turned around and left.

Not long after, the manager returned to the VIP reception room, and he was holding a square leather black box in both hands.

"This can be regarded as the treasure of our store..." The manager walked to Chen Yuanzhen, he carefully placed the box on the coffee table, and then opened it gently and slowly.

Inside the box was a pair of radiant ruby ​​and diamond necklaces, and among this necklace, the most striking thing was the rubies the size of pomegranate seeds.

Jumping fire, flowing blood.

These two descriptions are the highest appreciation for ruby, but they are used here without excessive, or even inferior.

Chen Yuanzhen's eyes lit up, the manager saw it, and smiled confidently: "You also know that natural high-quality rubies are becoming more and more rare these days. In one or three years ago, at an auction in Z City, A necklace that is heavier than this one but of the same color has fetched tens of millions of dollars at auction...so, we will not show this necklace easily."

Chen Yuanzhen didn't speak, just stared at the necklace.

Although Chen Yuanzhen did not open his mouth to make a decision, the manager's eyes were slightly happy, and he said with a quick smile: "Miss Chen is really smart. Every ruby ​​inlaid on this necklace is the authentic 'pigeon blood red' produced in the Mogok mining area of ​​Myanmar. , and I assure you, Miss Chen..."

The manager flicked the glittering necklace with his white-gloved hand.

"Every 'pigeon's blood' inlaid on this necklace has not been heat-treated②, and the fineness is all natural...so,"

The manager pretended to smile regretfully and said, "So, the price...Ms. Chen must be mentally prepared."

Since Chen Yuanzhen had already planned to buy it, he didn't want to listen to the manager's continuation, so he just nodded, and after signing the check to Zhou Ming, he got up and left.

After Chen Yuanzhen left the jewelry store, he went straight back to the car. About 10 minutes later, Zhou Ming also trotted into the car.

"You have been waiting for a long time." He got in the car and fastened his seat belt, turned around and said, "The jewelry store will send someone to personally escort the necklace over later."

However, Chen Yuanzhen just nodded his head, as if he was not the one who took out a large sum of money just now.

Zhou Ming saw it, smiled wryly and said:

"Why do you do this? This necklace is very valuable, much more valuable than the gifts you gave in the past."

Chen Yuanzhen smiled and said, "For something worth 10,000+20, she said she would give it to her daughter-in-law. So this time I gave her a few million. I don't believe she can be so generous."

"Actually, you don't have to do that." Zhou Ming persuaded with some distress.

"I know." Chen Yuanzhen replied.

"But..." She raised her eyes and smiled.

"Forget it, just treat it as I owe her."

After Chen Yuanzhen finished speaking, he smiled wickedly again.

"Anyway, it was her own son's money."

Seeing this, Zhou Ming smiled knowingly.

"It seems that this time, you have gained a lot."

Chen Yuanzhen sneered and said, "Chen Yuanyang has gained a lot, after five days..."

She lazily raised her arms and stretched.

"After five days, just wait and see the good show."

Although it was Kang Lin's birthday five days later, for the dignitaries of City Z, this birthday party was not just a birthday party.

The principle of making the best use of everything applies here as well.

In their eyes, everything will be converted into resources and connections.

Chen Zhishan himself didn't hold any birthday parties, even for his [-]th birthday a few years ago, he only gathered his family members to have a meal in Chen's house. Not only that, Chen Zhishan never accepted gifts from outsiders.

From this point of view, if Chen Zhishan was an official, he would be as clear as water and as bright as a mirror.

But for Kang Lin, Chen Zhishan was unexpectedly generous. Since Kang Lin was 30 years old, Chen Zhishan would make a big fuss on her birthday every year.

On this day, whether it is a big shot in business or politics, or a popular film and television star in the entertainment circle, you can catch a glimpse of them at Kang Lin's birthday party.

In other words, if you can step into Kang Li's birthday party when you have nothing, then when you walk out of the birthday party, you will become an upstart in your field.

It's just a pity that people with nothing can step here.

This year is Kang Lin's [-]th birthday, Chen Zhishan naturally wants to celebrate it more grandly than in previous years.

And there are indeed many people who smell this——

A week before his birthday, people began to deliver gifts to the Chen family in an endless stream.

Woke up this morning, Kang Lin and Chen Zhishan had breakfast together.

At the dinner table, Kang Lin was a little strange.

As usual, Chen Yuanzhen usually asked Special Assistant Liao to come and deliver the gift in the early morning of this day, but today she almost finished her breakfast, but there was no news.

"What are you thinking about?" Chen Zhishan smacked the bitterness of coffee left on his lips, looked away from the newspaper and looked at Kang Lin.

Chen Zhishan didn't have the habit of eating breakfast. In the morning, he only had half an apple and a cup of black coffee.

In fact, Chen Zhishan is an extremely restrained person in terms of appetite.Not only that, but he doesn't like drinking, and he quit smoking early.

So although he is in his 60s now, he looks like he is only in his early fifties, and his body is not out of shape, and his body is very strong.

When Kang Lin came back to her senses, she picked up the glass and took a sip of milk in a panic, then smiled and said it was all right.

"Did those two boys go to the venue first?" Chen Zhishan stared at the newspaper, but asked Kang Lin.

"Yeah, the two kids Yuan Yang and Yuan Shuo left before seven o'clock, they are very caring." Kang Lin said with a smile on his face.

"Is this worthy of your praise?" Chen Zhishan said nonchalantly.

"Your praise is really cheap."

The smile on Kang Lin's face froze, and he had no choice but to stop talking.

Chen Zhishan closed the newspaper and put it aside, without looking at Kang Lin again, he just reached out to pick up the apples on the porcelain plate, and quickly finished them in two or three bites.

The author has something to say: ①: The ruby ​​producing areas in Myanmar are mainly distributed in the central and northern parts.The Mogok area in Mandalay Province is a famous "treasure land", and its center is about 160 kilometers away from the Yunnan border of my country.The Mogok mining area is about 20 kilometers wide and 40 kilometers long, and the eastern and central part of the mining area is rich in rubies. In 1996, the world's largest ruby ​​was discovered in the Mogok area, weighing more than 2 carats (1 carat equals 0.2 grams). (From Baidu Encyclopedia)

②: In fact, most rubies on the market are heat-treated, and the industry also accepts heat-treated rubies.If consumers are "no heat control" and want to pursue rubies without heat treatment and high-end color and quality, then they have to pay more.Generally speaking, the value of heat-treated rubies will not drop, but gemstones that have not been heat-treated and are of excellent color are naturally more valuable. (From Baidu Encyclopedia)