KNOCK KNOCK...

However, Chen Xi had barely finished speaking when a knock came from the door.

Everyone immediately turned to look.

Fang Chenyi, who had been about to walk over to Grandma, copied Chen Xi and slapped his forehead. He then looked at Bai Menghan’s parents and said apologetically:

"Oh, my memory is terrible. Excuse me, Uncle, Aunt. The gifts I prepared for you two must be here. Uh, I’ll get the door."

After speaking, Fang Chenyi gave everyone an apologetic smile, then turned and walked toward the door.

Everyone looked at each other, and then their gazes fell back on the two bottles of liquor on the coffee table. They all thought to themselves, ’Aren’t these the gifts right here? Sigh, kids these days are so concerned with saving face. He must feel embarrassed that his liquor isn’t as good as Chen Xi’s.’

At that moment, Chen Xi and his wife exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in the other’s eyes. What on earth was this kid up to?

Meanwhile, Fang Chenyi had already opened the door, and a large cardboard box appeared in everyone’s line of sight.

"Wha—Menghan, what’s going on?"

Seeing this, Bai Menghan’s mother pulled her aside to ask quietly. But Bai Menghan didn’t know what was going on either. She looked toward the door and shook her head, saying:

"Mom, would you believe me if I said I don’t know either?"

She shot her daughter an exasperated look before quickly hurrying over.

It wasn’t just her; Bai Menghan’s dad also hurried over.

"Chenyi, what’s all this?"

Before Fang Chenyi could speak, a head suddenly peeked out from behind the stack of large boxes. The person looked at Bai Menghan’s dad and said respectfully:

"Hello, we’re Chairman Fang’s employees. This is the Wuliangye Chairman Fang prepared for you. Where should we put it?"

Chairman Fang? Fang Chenyi? And Wuliangye? Three people, two cases each... are they all filled with Wuliangye?

Just about everyone present was thinking the same thing, especially Chen Xi and his wife. While others were merely curious, those two were frowning slightly.

Bai Menghan’s dad, however, turned to Fang Chenyi with a frown on his face.

"You shouldn’t be spending money so recklessly, child. So much Wuliangye, how much must this have cost? You two will have many expenses in the future. Please don’t spend money like this again. Even if you’d brought a bottle of Erguotou, I wouldn’t have thought any less of you. How about this? Those two bottles of Hai Zhi Lan are already very nice. See if you can return all this liquor."

After Bai Menghan’s dad finished, her mom nodded with a frown as well. "That’s right. If you can return it, you should. You should save your money, not spend it recklessly. And Menghan, what’s gotten into you? How could you let Chenyi spend so much money!"

The sincere expressions on Bai Menghan’s parents’ faces made Fang Chenyi quite happy. Now he understood why Bai Menghan was so wonderful. After all, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Hearing her mom, Bai Menghan really wanted to repeat what she’d said earlier. ’Mom, would you believe me if I said I really, truly don’t know?’

Just then, Chen Xi, who had been sitting on the sofa, walked over quickly. He scrutinized the boxes while speaking to Bai Menghan’s dad:

"Hey, Uncle, it’s a kind gesture from Xiaofang. Just accept it. Besides, Wuliangye isn’t as expensive as you’d think these days. Here, let me see what kind of Wuliangye Xiaofang brought."

As he spoke, Chen Xi had already reached out and taken a case of Wuliangye.

He held it in his arms and took a closer look, crying out in shock, "My God, is this the 52-proof Wuliangye ’Yuanding Jingsheng’?! This stuff is almost ten thousand yuan a bottle! This case has six bottles, so that’s sixty thousand yuan a case! One, two, three... six cases! That’s three hundred and sixty thousand yuan! Xiaofang—uh, I mean, Chenyi, you really spared no expense!"

Chen Xi had even forced himself to switch from "Xiaofang" to "Chenyi." A gift of three hundred and sixty thousand yuan—what did that even mean? Even when he first visited his wife’s family, he’d only brought two bottles of Maotai that cost a little over ten thousand yuan each.

Back then, that had made his father-in-law incredibly proud. To this day, he still occasionally bragged to others about how his son-in-law had given him tens of thousands of yuan worth of liquor...

It wasn’t just Chen Xi who was stunned; everyone in the room was. Bai Menghan’s parents were especially startled. These few cases of liquor were worth as much as their entire apartment!

Bai Menghan, standing to the side, sighed helplessly. After all, besides the three employees still holding the cases of liquor, she was the only one there who knew Fang Chenyi’s net worth. For him, three hundred thousand yuan was just a drop in the bucket.

However, Bai Menghan hadn’t known about this beforehand. Otherwise, she would have never let Fang Chenyi spend so much money on a gift.

"Um, here, you can just put them down here for now."

Seeing everyone still in a state of shock, Fang Chenyi could only touch his nose in resignation. He then pointed to the floor next to him, signaling for the three men to put the boxes down.

Hearing their boss, the three men finally breathed a sigh of relief. Honestly, holding one hundred and twenty thousand yuan worth of liquor was exhausting. If one of them dropped a case, their entire year’s salary would be gone!

After hurriedly setting down the cases, the three of them greeted Fang Chenyi and turned to leave the room.

"Chairman Fang, we’re going back down to keep moving things."

The people in the room, who still hadn’t processed what was happening, heard the men’s words and felt another wave of confusion.

’What do they mean? They’re going down to move more things? Is there more?’

And that thought was quickly confirmed.

Three minutes later, three more large cardboard boxes appeared at the door.

"Chairman Fang, is it okay if we put these on the floor too?" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

After getting a nod from Fang Chenyi, the three men put the boxes down and once again turned to leave.

Chen Xi, who was closest and still holding a case of liquor, saw the three new large boxes and subconsciously walked over. He reached out and opened one of them.

"These three cases are all cigarettes? Holy crap! It’s Liqun’s ’Fuchun Shanju’!"

After his eyes focused on the neatly arranged cartons of cigarettes inside, Chen Xi cried out in shock once again.

Only this time, having already been hit by the shock of the three-hundred-thousand-plus-yuan Wuliangye, everyone was a bit desensitized when they heard the name "Liqun." After all, they might buy a pack of Liqun themselves occasionally, so it wasn’t worth making such a fuss about. Even if it was a large quantity, it surely couldn’t be more expensive than the Wuliangye!

[To be continued...]