My Breathtaking CEO Wife Novel - Chapter 32
Chapter 32: Chapter 32 – Lousy Stones
When the crowd began cheering and encouraging Lin Yi to show them the present that Li Tian had given her, Lin Yi was stunned and speechless.
She wondered, since when did she receive a gift from Li Tian that had diamonds bigger than that woman’s ring. The outfits she had bought for Li Tian didn’t even cost that much.
She tried to think about why Li Tian would say that. Suddenly, another thought came into her mind.
Before they left the house, Li Tian gave her a bracelet. She initially thought that it was just a simple stone bracelet.
Lin Yi didn’t know what to do. The stone bracelet he gave her was actually bigger than Miss Wu’s diamond. However, just from a quick glance, the price of Miss Wu’s ring could easily buy 10,000 of these stone bracelets.
Lin Yi was internally debating on whether to take the ugly bracelet out or not. However, since Li Tian had already mentioned about it……
Lin Yi suddenly felt a wave of regret. She only planned to meet Li Tian after work to see if he could help her with anything. She didn’t know that things would pan out like this.
She reluctantly reached for her bag, and fished out the stone bracelet.
Lin Yi accepted her fate. She felt so humiliated, and her decision to invite Li Tian to the banquet seemed like a total mistake.
Sure enough, things turned out just like how Lin Yi had imagined it in her head. When she took the bracelet out, everyone was just shocked.
Some people even whispered at her direction, saying, “Lin Yi, you’re not serious, are you? This is the thing that Li Tian gave you? The one that had bigger diamonds?”
“What do you think, Miss Wu? My present, aren’t these bigger than your diamonds?”
Li Tian exclaimed while smiling. Everyone who believed him in the first place started to judge Li Tian.
This man sure loved to show off, but bragging about things like this should have been done in moderation. If his present was slightly worse than Miss Wu’s, the crowd would still be able to understand that he only said this due to his ego. However, wasn’t this just a lousy stone bracelet?
Those who had an interest in jewellery could easily tell that the bracelet was made out of stone.
“Li Tian, this was the wedding gift you gave Xiao Yi?”
Although Miss Wu was already starting to look down on Li Tian, she still asked him for confirmation.
“Nope, I haven’t prepared our wedding gift. My wife bought me some clothes, so I gave her this in return.”
Li Tian answered honestly.
“Oh? What did Mr. Li give Xiao Yi? Can I have a look at it?”
At that moment, a displeased voice could be heard. Li Tian didn’t need to turn around to know that the voice belonged to none other than Chen Jia Jun.
Chen Jia Jun had just finished welcoming all his guests and was preparing to give a welcome speech on stage. However, he stopped what he was doing when he saw the crowd around Lin Yi and Li Tian.
Out of curiosity, Chen Jia Jun decided to join the crowd. He came right in time to see Lin Yi take out the stone bracelet.
He didn’t expect that the gift that Li Tian gave Lin Yi would be a lousy bracelet, so he decided to add fuel to the fire.
“Don’t worry, honey. Let him see and maybe he’ll learn something new.”
Perhaps Li Tian hadn’t realized that everyone was already treating him like someone who was making a fool out of himself.
Lin Yi only had one thought in her mind. She wanted to leave this place. She wanted to leave immediately with the jinx that was Li Tian.
However, they were already surrounded by everyone in the hall. She couldn’t just leave now.
“Here you go.”
Lin Yi sighed. She didn’t even feel like complaining about Li Tian anymore, as she only had herself to blame. Why did she insist on bringing him?
Lin Yi was an arrogant person, she wanted her husband to be known to the people of Jiangdu and at least, make a few connections with some important people in the industry. However, things just didn’t go to plan.
I didn’t even ask for something expensive, why did he have to humiliate me like that?
When Chen Jia Jun saw the expression on Lin Yi’s face, he smirked and took the bracelet. After glancing at the bracelet, he shouted, “Hey, everyone! Come and see what Mr. Li Tian gave Miss Lin Yi! Can anyone here even afford this?”
Chen Jia Jun started to mock Li Tian in front of the crowd.
Usually, no one would do this in public, even if they had been internally judging someone. However, Chen Jia Jun remembered how Li Tian provoked him earlier, and he didn’t hold back from taking revenge.
Sure enough, Chen Jia Jun’s words made the crowd go wild.
No one was talking about how rude Chen Jia Jun was. Instead, everyone was busy poking fun at how ‘expensive’ Li Tian’s gift was.
“Those are obviously just stones!”
“They aren’t ordinary stones. Look, there are patterns on the stone. He must have picked them up from under the ground. Not bad, he even found stones of similar size.”
“Hahahaha…”
Everyone was laughing and their mockery quickly filled Lin Yi’s head. Her expressions froze.
No one noticed that amongst the crowd, there was a woman who was smiling whilst shaking her head as Chen Jia Jun uttered those words.
At that time, Li Tian realized that he had caused trouble because Lin Yi was only staring blankly ahead without speaking a word.
It was his second time seeing this expression on Lin Yi’s face. The first time was at their wedding.
It was a look of despair, utter despair.
Would Li Tian give Lin Yi ordinary stones? Of course not. These stones were his reward from completing one of his missions. The other party didn’t have money on them, so they offered Li Tian their treasured stones as his payment.
Li Tian didn’t mind it at that time, as he was just helping a friend out. As he knew about the other party’s social status, he didn’t think much and simply accepted the stone bracelet. It was to be expected that this bracelet wouldn’t be cheap. However, Li Tian didn’t know that things would escalate to this point.
“Can I see the bracelet?”
As everyone was gloating over Li Tian and Lin Yi’s embarrassment, a breathy voice abruptly captured the crowd’s attention.
