192: Gift List

Wang Cheng got up late, but no one in the Zhou mansion questioned it. Everyone slept late last night. It was considered pretty good to get up at seven or eight. Chu Yifeng had left by the time his servant came up to knock on his door. It was impossible for him to leave the entrance in broad daylight. Fortunately, Wang Cheng's room was on the second floor. Old Zhou and the Zhou Lin couple got up relatively early. When Wang Cheng came down, they were already at the dining table. However, Zhao Chenlin could not be seen. He was probably still sleeping in his room. Wang Cheng greeted the three people in turn and took his seat.

The Zhou steward then asked the maid to bring breakfast. Since everyone drank last night, today's breakfast was relatively light, oatmeal and congee. It was best to eat in the morning. The steams buns were not stuffed, but a kind of homemade flower roll. Wang Cheng actually prefered meat buns to these.

After eating five or six flower rolls, two at a time, Wang Cheng filled two more bowls of rice porridge; in the end his stomach was still only half full.

Zhou Lin laughed when she saw this. "Chengcheng's meals are really large. Neither my sister nor her husband seem to have such a big appetite, I wonder where it comes from.”

Wang Cheng glanced at her, "My appetite may not be hereditary."

"This statement makes sense, but you eat so much. Your adoptive parents must have worked hard to support you. Now that you are back at the Zhou family, it's time to repay them. For countrymen, the most desired repayment is probably money. Wait for your aunt to write a check for you, then take it to your adoptive parents when you have time."

Wang Cheng put down the bowl in his hand with a clatter and looked at her with a smile on his face: "In the eyes of my aunt, familial affection may be measured by money. However, please don't think that everyone is like you. In my eyes, a family relationship is priceless. Although they are only my adoptive parents, my upbringing was greater to them than heaven. Money wasn’t involved at any time. If such familial affection is lost, it will not be recovered. Does aunt understand this?”

Zhou Lin’s face turned ugly at his rebuttal and she immediately retorted: "What are you saying? When did I say that familial affection can be measured with money? Your aunt just feels that it was not easy for your adoptive parents to raise you for twenty-five years, and I want to thank them for taking care of you for many years. However, you are treating my kindness as donkey liver and lungs."

She couldn’t admit this. If her father thought so, her credibility in her father’s heart would only lower in the future. Don't even mention the Zhou Group, she was afraid that even a dime would not be distributed to her.

"Since it is kindness, I’ll please ask my aunt not to mention any more checks in the future. My biological parents also thank them, but slamming others with checks is what only an upstart would do. The Zhou family is also a famous family of the Imperial Capital. Are the households here as vulgar as you say, auntie?" Zhou Lin's hands under the table were trembling with anger. He was ridiculing that she was an upstart who would only use money to smash people, but he was a kid from the country who thought that if he flew to a branch he would become a phoenix!

"We’re all one family, don't disrupt the peace." Zhao Jiansheng half-heartedly said to his wife when he saw her about to refute Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng glanced at him with a faint smile, took out a napkin, and wiped his mouth. He stood up and said to his calm grandfather. "Are you full, Grandpa? Would you like to go to the yard to digest?"

"Okay." Zhou Shichang's eyes narrowed with a smile.

Wang Cheng walked over and held his arm, and the two walked slowly towards the yard together.

Usually, Zhou Shichang also had the habit of walking in his own yard, but he was often accompanied by the Zhou steward. Zhou Lin and Zhao Jiansheng occasionally did this out of courtesy, but oftentimes had no patience and would bring up the company again after a while, so Zhou Shichang sometimes didn't want to let them accompany him. Zhou Lin and Zhao Jiansheng thought it was because their father didn't like them, and never reflected on themselves.

Zhou Shichang really prefered his eldest daughter, but Zhou Lin was also his daughter. He couldn’t really reject them. He had such an opinion of them because of their behavior. The older one was and the closer to death, the more one hoped to have his children truly care for them instead of care for them with hidden intentions.

"Chengcheng, your mother will come over later, don't be busy beforehand." Zhou Shichang took a breath of fresh air. He always felt that the air in the Imperial Capital seemed better than before.

"I see, Grandpa." Wang Cheng nodded cleverly. The feeling that Grandpa Zhou gave him was in line with the image of the grandfather he had imagined when he was a kid. He was kind and fair, without the harsh feeling of his elders. This was a feeling that Grandpa Zheng could not give him.

Zhou Shichang tilted his head and glanced at his grandson. "Don’t take the words of your aunt to heart. To raise you so well, Grandpa knows that your adoptive parents are absolutely upright people."

As the saying went, every kind of parent had every kind of child. This sentence was often applicable. If they themselves were not righteous, the child would only learn to be the same way. So, in Wang Cheng, he could probably see some of his adoptive parents’ qualities.

"Grandpa really has a good eye." Wang Cheng gave a thumbs up with a smile.

Zhou Shichang was taken aback, and then laughed, pointing at him for a while, speechless, "You..."

As soon as he got downstairs, he heard his grandfather's laughter. Zhao Chenlin watched Wang Cheng help his grandfather come back with a frown, his good mood from last night disappearing.

"See that? Your grandfather likes Zhou Cheng more and more now. If you don't work hard, you will not have your part of the Zhou Group in the future." Zhou Lin had just been put off by Wang Cheng, and now she heard her father's laughter; her heart grew even more Irritable. She couldn't help it as soon as her son came down. Now she could only pin most of her hopes on her son. Zhao Chenlin's expression immediately cooled down. It was only when Wang Cheng and Zhou Shichang entered the house, that the temperature rose again, and their faces changed extremely quickly.

The group of people moved to the sofa in the living room. The Zhou Lin couple had to go to work and left after a while. Not long after they left, Mother Zheng came over. Zheng Jingen drove her over but didn’t come in. Wang Cheng asked after his elder brother. In addition to wanting to meet her son, Mother Zheng also had to deal with things after the banquet. That was, the birthday presents that the guests gave to Wang Cheng. The detailed list was in her hands. Because it was for Wang Cheng, only he had the right to handle it.

"So much?" Wang Cheng took the list and looked at it. He was taken aback by the value and quantity of the gifts. He knew that there were many guests who came to participate, but didn’t know that they would each be so generous.

They gifted a car, a house, a watch, a diamond necklace, a member gold card for a well-known place, and precious wine. Each gift was not cheap.

Zhao Chenlin quickly glanced at the list. After reading it, he was jealous. He had never received so many extravagant gifts in his birthday banquets. Because he held small banquets, he only invited his peers. Although some of the young people were generous, the most expensive gift he ever received was just a Ferrari of three or four million. At the time, he felt very proud. Now, it couldn’t even compare to one of the watches Wang Cheng received, the limited edition Patek Philippe watch that was definitely worth more than five million. His eyes were red when he saw it, he had to lower his head to conceal the heat in his eyes.

"Look at what you can use for yourself, or keep it if you want to use it later. The rest, mother will help you deal with." Mother Zheng said.

Wang Cheng took a look. In fact, most of it he didn't need. There was some emotion in his heart. A rich man’s birthday banquet was really exaggerated. The house he was given was a villa, but he also noticed that the man who gave the villa was in the real estate business. This direction could make money, it wasn’t bad to think about.

"Mom, help me take care of it. Stay if you can."

"Let's not talk about the big ones. The small gifts are all put away, and now they are stacked in the upstairs room. Mom will bring you to take a look." Mother Zheng knew that he would say so.

Wang Cheng looked at his grandfather.

Zhou Shichang nodded to him. "Go."

On the second floor, the two figures turned towards the corridor inside. Mother Zheng grinned and said, "Chengcheng, it seems that you get along well with your grandfather. Grandpa seems to like you very much."

"Grandpa is good."

To see the people she cared about most in harmony, this was Mother Zheng's greatest wish. Finally the knot caught in her heart could be let go.

It was much more intuitive and more impactful to look in person than at a gift list.

The diamond necklace was given to Mother Zheng. Obviously, the other party wanted to give this to his elders. There were other accessories that he didn't need. Fortunately, Wang Cheng took a few of them and everything that wasn’t needed was left to Mother Zheng.

"The house is left to you by Mom. The cars are all in the Zhou garage. There are three of them, keep them all. You can drive whichever you like in the future."

Wang Cheng had an opinion on this, but Mother Zheng did not give him a chance to refute. She had long felt that her son had too few cars. There were several cars in other people's garages. How could her son not have it? Mother Zheng who thought this way clearly forgot that her eldest son didn’t have such cars.

The two stayed for an hour before going down. Zhao Chenlin was pestering his grandfather. He finally had the opportunity to be alone and would not let it go, he would have to brush up more in front of his grandfather in the future.

Patek Philippe Calatrava Watch

Chinese Flower Rolls / Hua Jun / Scallion Bun

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