Chapter 79: Giving Gifts

  "I thought you weren't coming!" Xiaoyi Frost whispered in Li Mang's ear, her face still flushed with excitement, looking particularly beautiful.

  "I promised you, I won't go back on my word." Li Mang smiled lightly.

  Xiao Yixiang stared at him steadily, her eyes slightly dazed. She found that Li Mang looked very good when he smiled, and although his coldness last night could make girls scream, it also gave off a sense of distance.

  At this time, his mother and father also walked out of the house, looking him up and down. Li Meng took a step forward, politely greeting them: "Uncle, Auntie!"

  "Alas, you've come just the same, what's with the gift?" Although her complexion wasn't good, Madame Li still stepped forward to take the fruit from Li Mang's hand, a basic courtesy.

  Could it be that he was really guessed by his own son, and Li Mang brought two boxes of fruit? Not even candies or cookies? It's not that the mother is being greedy, but she can't feel Li Mang's sincerity. Even the father's face looked a bit unpleasant, and he snorted in front of Li Mang. To be honest, Li Mang was quite satisfied with his appearance, neither fat nor pale, sturdy and robust... But bringing only two boxes of fruit on your first visit to your father-in-law's house is a bit too shabby.

  If they're so poor that all they can sell is fruit, then they don't have much to say. Looked down upon? It's only natural for people without ability to be looked down upon, it has nothing to do with personal gain.

  Somehow, it's a bit awkward.

  Xiao Zixiang was embarrassed, but didn't know what to do either. Before this, she hadn't expected to encounter such a situation, after all, it was just a play.

  Wang Fugui sneered, and also had the misfortune of being pleased with disaster. He then gave a signal to Xiao Tianxiao beside him. Xiao Tianxiao immediately understood, and walked over with a fake smile, sizing up Li Mang in a neither-clear-nor-murky manner, asking: "You just take..."

  "Hey, hey, can you guys move the stuff in the back first before we chat? I'm not going to stand here waiting for you all day with this 50 yuan transportation fee!" The driver of the tricycle in front had a bad attitude and impatiently interrupted Xiaotian Xiao's words. He still had business to attend to and couldn't just wait around.

  "Uh..." Xiaotian Xiao swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, his face flushing red for a moment. He could only change his lines and ask: "Won't there be two more baskets of chicken and duck?"

  "Are the chicken and duck very bad?" Xiaofu glanced at him lightly, scaring him into a smile but not daring to say more. The Xia family didn't say they wanted Li Mang to send a big gift, mainly it was to see his sincerity, if he could have two cages of chicken and duck, that would be fine too.

  Li Meng also sensed the hostility between Xiao Tianxiao and Wang Fugui, feeling a bit inexplicable, but he was too lazy to care, and hurriedly walked to the back of the car to move things.

  "This is a TV. I heard that Zixiang said your family's was struck by lightning, so I bought one on the way." Li Mang first pulled out a large box.

  "Cough...cough..." Xiaofu was choked and hurriedly threw the water pipe in his hand to the ground to catch the TV. Good guy, 55 inches, the whole village doesn't have such a big one!

  "Here I come, here I come!" Xiao Tianxiao immediately abandoned his previous rejection of Li Mang and didn't care about Wang Fugui's darkening face behind him. He eagerly ran over to help move the TV. This was a smart 4K high-definition TV worth tens of thousands of yuan! What else did he have to be hostile towards Li Mang for?

  “……” Xiaoyi was shocked and didn't expect Li Mang to buy such an expensive gift. What's even more surprising is how did Li Mang know that their TV was damaged by lightning? Li Mang said it was her who told him, but Xiaoyi could guarantee that she had never mentioned this before. Anyway, she also just found out about the news when she woke up in the morning.

  "Aunt, this is a piece of jewelry for you."

  "Ah...... Golden, how could you send such a valuable thing!?" Xiaomu was both surprised and delighted, with a smile all over her face.

  "I didn't know what to buy for you, uncle, so I just brought two packs of cigarettes, but it's still better if you smoke less."

  "Good! Good!" Seeing the two characters "China" above, Xiao Fu couldn't help but say two good words, and happily accepted it without letting go.

  In the end, only Xiaotian Xiao didn't receive anything. Li Meng took out the last gift bag under his eager gaze, but handed it to Xiaoyi Shuang beside him, gave her a look and said: "Yishuang, this is for you."

  "Ah……” Xiaoyi Frost seemed to understand and not understand, lowered her head to take a peek at the gift bag, and couldn't help but be shocked again. It turned out to be an Apple phone. This was obviously prepared for Xiao Tianxiao, but earlier this wall grass had no good intentions towards Li Mang, so Li Mang took the opportunity to retaliate, who let him inexplicably give a hostile look.

  "... Xiaotian looked at the empty car, his eyes dry and cracked. His parents, older sister, and even family all had gifts, but not a single one for him, this little uncle's gift was missing, it didn't make sense!"

  "Zi Shuang, this is..." Li Mang looked at him with a curious expression, but in fact, he had already guessed the other's identity.

  "Oh, I forgot to tell you, this is my younger brother Xiao Tianxiao." Xiaoyi Shuang replied, gripping the gift bag tightly.

  "Oh no, I didn't know you had a younger brother! I haven't prepared a gift!" Li Mang slapped his forehead in dismay, hastily pulled out his wallet, and revealed a bulging red envelope that made 'Little Brother-in-law' eyes widen with excitement.

  Li Mang took out a thick stack of banknotes, totaling tens of thousands...

  "You don't have to give it to him, he's not a kid!" Xiang Yixiang hurriedly stopped her, with an uncontrollable smile on her face.

  "Alright...alright!" Li Meng thought for a moment, seemingly also finding it reasonable. He then put the wad of money back into his wallet and inserted it into his pants pocket under her eager gaze.

  “……” Xiaotian Xiao was about to get angry, this sister is going to trap her brother in a rhythm, thinking of that thick stack of red envelopes, his heart was secretly aching. But now that things have come to this point, he couldn't just say it outright, although he wasn't reliable, he wasn't that cheap either.

  Seeing off the three-wheeled motorcycle, Xiaofu looked at these things on the ground with some embarrassment and muttered: "Li Meng, why did you buy so many things over here, it's a waste of money!"

  "You have worked hard to raise Zhi Shuang into a grown adult, I'm giving you this small gift which is truly insignificant, but it's the least I should do." Li Mang said with a serious expression, being humble and polite.

  "Dad, don't be polite to Li Mang anymore!" The nearby Xiaoyi also advised with a smile, as for the money Li Mang spent on gifts, she would return it to him afterwards.

  “…Then let's not be polite, come in quickly, don't stand at the door.” Xiaofu was very pleased and hurriedly invited Li Meng into the house. As for this future son-in-law, he looked more and more pleasing to the eye. He had a good physique and wasn't a complete pauper; everything seemed perfect for now, and his attitude of not being arrogant or humble was much better than Wang Fugui's.

  "Damn it..." Wang Fugui almost burst with anger, but he quickly sneered as he keenly heard the rumbling sound of a car rushing towards them.

  "Humming... rumbling..."

  Five motorcycles roared in, with a dozen or so young men on board, their hair dyed in bright green and other colors, looking just like the triad members from Hong Kong movies of the 80s and 90s.

  ……

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