Chapter 244: Chapter 141: Are You Rewarding Us, or Are You Rewarding Yourself?

"With me here, he wouldn’t dare."

Zhang Sujuan smiled and took the gift, then casually placed it to the side.

"Auntie, I have one too."

Li Jinshu came forward a bit shyly and said, "I prepared a gift for you too. It’s nothing expensive, just a bottle of perfume. I hope you like it."

"Mom, her name is Li Jinshu."

Xu Yun introduced her from the side, "She’s Su Mu’s best friend. They live together. She’s an interior designer."

"I love it. Thank you for the perfume."

"Auntie, my name is Ning Qian."

Ning Qian was a shopping guide, after all, and had also helped buy many clothes for Auntie. She took the initiative to step forward and introduce herself. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"This is my gift. I hope you’ll like it."

"I love it. I love all of them. You’ve all spent too much."

Zhang Sujuan accepted the gifts and said happily, "It’s been a long time since I’ve received birthday presents."

"Auntie, my name is Song Xiaowei. You can just call me Xiaowei. I’m a television host."

Although Song Xiaowei was a little nervous inside, she maintained the composure of a host, with excellent mental fortitude.

"I also prepared a small gift for you."

"My dear, thank you. You’re too kind."

"Not at all. I was just worried you wouldn’t like it."

"I wouldn’t, I wouldn’t."

Finally, it was Liang Yan’s turn.

She had intentionally waited to be last, because her gift was rather large, and quite special.

She pushed a large, exquisite box over to Zhang Sujuan and smiled. "Auntie, I’m Xu Yun’s business partner. My name is Liang Yan, and I’m a few years older than him.

I heard today was your birthday, so I took the liberty of preparing a set of intangible cultural heritage products from my hometown: Suzhou Embroidery Silk Scarves.

There are twelve sets in total. Each one is purely hand-embroidered by a master craftsman and carries a different symbolic meaning.

I hope you like them, and happy birthday."

"Thank you, thank you, Miss Liang." Zhang Sujuan took the box and then naturally handed it to Yu Xuan.

Yu Xuan gathered everyone’s gifts and placed them to the side.

Nearby, the two uncles and their families, along with other relatives, watched in stunned silence as the women took turns coming forward to offer Zhang Sujuan their blessings and gifts.

’What in the world was going on?’

Each of them wasn’t just beautiful; from Xu Yun’s introductions, they were also exceptionally accomplished.

There was the beautiful, wealthy corporate executive, the designer, and the television host.

And another one, who seemed to be the CEO of a company.

Any one of these women, taken individually, was extraordinary—the kind of ideal daughter-in-law everyone envied and dreamed of.

Yet today, they had all gathered together because of Xu Yun.

’What did he do to deserve knowing so many outstanding women!?’

The first uncle’s wife turned to her son beside her and asked again, "Are you sure all this with Xu Yun is fake? It all feels so real to me."

"Otherwise, where would he find so many beautiful and classy actresses?"

"I think it seems real, too," Zhang Lei’s wife muttered unhappily from the side.

She had always thought she was pretty, but she didn’t expect that when compared to the women here today, she was nothing.

She couldn’t compare in terms of elegance, couldn’t compare in terms of figure, and as for looks, it was a lost cause.

"Uhh..." At this moment, Zhang Lei also began to doubt himself.

’Could Xu Yun have lied to me?’

’Did he really buy that car himself?’

"Everyone, please don’t just stand there! You’ve come such a long way, it must have been a tiring journey. Sit down, sit down! We’re about to eat."

Zhang Sujuan looked at the five beautiful women before her, her heart filled with joy.

She had thought her son had no luck with women, but it turned out his luck was this good.

This time, he’d brought a whole tableful of them home.

’It was true what they said: you had to look at someone with fresh eyes after even a short time apart.’

’With her son’s luck with women, how could she worry about not having a daughter-in-law? How could she worry about not having grandchildren to hold?’

Zhang Sujuan smiled and turned to call out, "Chen Xin, come over here. You’re all young people. Come sit over here and help me entertain Xu Yun’s friends."

"Okay, Auntie."

Chen Xin obediently walked over, smiled a little shyly, and said, "Hello everyone. We meet again."

"..."

Su Mu and the others weren’t the least bit surprised to see Chen Xin there.

’It would have been strange if she wasn’t.’

After all, she was the blind date Auntie had set up for Xu Yun.

It was just that everyone was feeling a little conflicted.

Especially the "Queen of Jealousy," Li Jinshu.

’Chen Xin really is a formidable rival!’

’They had only just met Auntie, while this girl was already helping her entertain guests.’

’And from the natural way Auntie spoke to her, it was like she was already one of the family.’

’How could they possibly compete! How could they win this fight!?’

With the arrival of Su Mu and the others, the three tables of guests were basically complete, and the waiters began to serve the food.

This brought another wave of surprise.

A table piled high with seafood made everyone’s mouth water.

Don’t think for a moment that this sort of thing was common.

Maybe in a big city, but in a small county town, how many families could afford to eat like this more than a few times a year?

It wasn’t just a matter of money; this kind of food was simply rare in the Mainland and sold at a high price, unlike in coastal cities.

What’s more, there were also two bottles of 53-percent Feitian Maotai on the table.

The women might not have known what it was, but the men certainly did.

Especially the two uncles who loved to drink. They drank this stuff on occasion, just not often.

When they saw it today, even they blinked in surprise.

The cost for this table, not even counting all the seafood, was over six or seven thousand yuan for the two bottles of liquor alone.

Which meant, no matter how you looked at it, the standard for this meal exceeded ten thousand!

A single meal costing over ten thousand—for an ordinary person in a county town, this was the absolute ceiling.

The younger uncle and his wife felt more and more strongly that they should talk to Xu Yun as soon as possible about getting their daughter a job at his company to make some money.