The CEO's Substitute Wife Is A Genius-Chapter 76 - Gifting You
Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Gifting You
Chapter 76 -76: Gifting You
“What did you say?” Lu Xuemei took a sip of tea and almost sprayed it out.
She was agitated, as if struck in a vital spot, “I’m telling you, Manman, there’s a limit to joking around! Can you not spout nonsense all the time? The Divine Doctor ‘Man’ is a man! A man! Please, next time you pretend to be someone else, could you at least get the gender right?”
“Auntie, don’t get worked up,” Jiang Man took out a wet wipe and leisurely cleaned her hands.
“I said, I am a friend of the Divine Doctor ‘Man,’ what are you getting excited for? Let me finish my words, OK?”
“Friend?” Lu Xuemei calmed down upon hearing this.
Upon closer thought, Dr. Wan had just treated this young lady with so much respect, even addressing her as Little Shishu.
She was the younger martial sister of the Divine Doctor McLaren, so she must have some connections in the medical community.
If she’s ‘Man’s friend, it could very well be true, not an empty boast.
The thought of having a chance to meet her male god made Lu Xuemei immediately change her expression, “Manman, do you have a photo of Divine Doctor ‘Man’? I want to know if he’s handsome or not? Is he the tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed Western hunk type?”
I’m afraid I’ll disappoint you, he’s not tall, not Western, and not even a man at all.
Jiang Man smirked to herself.
The old lady had always been worried about her daughter getting married, a forty-year-old woman still single.
If her daughter could marry this Divine Doctor, that would be quite the happy event.
Once people get older, all they think about is their children getting married, and after marriage comes the desire for grandchildren.
“Manman, I’m curious too, what’s the situation with Man En?” the old lady asked.
Jiang Man glanced at Lu Xuemei, who was itching to marry, and then turned to look at the old lady.
It wasn’t that she wanted to hide it on purpose, but just now she had said that she is ‘man,’ and her aunt didn’t believe it.
Normally, her aunt loved to make things difficult for her, and Jiang Man was not someone to be trifled with.
Thinking this was a good opportunity to tease her aunt, and to vent some of her own pent-up annoyance.
“He’s twenty years old, 1.7 meters tall, and although he chose a foreigner’s name, he is actually Chinese,” she said.
“So young? Not very tall either,” Lu Xuemei sounded somewhat disappointed.
But she quickly coached herself, “It’s fine, he’s talented, and besides, aren’t older woman-younger man relationships trendy now? Manman, help your aunt out, introduce me to him, will you?”
What older woman-younger man relationship? More like a mother-son affection!
Jiang Man chuckled wickedly, “Sure thing.”
“Please, please,” Lu Xuemei pleaded, rubbing her hands together impatiently.
Jiang Man feigned mystery, “Rest assured, Auntie, when the time is right, I’ll introduce you to him.”
“Yes, yes!” Lu Xuemei immediately agreed, suddenly behaving like a young girl in the throes of spring.
“Manman, let’s connect on WeChat first.”
Meng Lian watched her sister-in-law going mad over a man she had never met and instantly felt disdain.
Really? Can a young and talented man fall for an old lady like her?
Meng Lian rolled her eyes, thinking her sister-in-law was like a reed swayed by the wind.
She had just been praising Jingya for being obedient, swearing she would take her side as an aunt.
But Jingya had just been lashed twenty times, and there her sister-in-law was, turning around to suck up to Jiang Man.
If it weren’t for Jiang Man, would Jingya have suffered like that?
“Mother, I’ve had enough to eat. If you have no other matters, I’m going to see Jingya,” Meng Lian suddenly stood up, holding back her emotions and behaving very obediently.
The old lady nodded, “Go ahead.”
Shortly after, the butler ordered the servants to clear the dining table and brought in a fruit platter for after the meal.
Lu Xuemei nagged Jiang Man with various questions about ‘man.’
Seeing that his aunt had had a change of heart and was no longer making things difficult for Jiang Man, Lu Xingzhou gave them some private space and went over to the rattan chair to pick up “The Wealth of Nations,” which he hadn’t finished reading.
The old lady didn’t leave. She just sat nearby, listening to her daughter and granddaughter-in-law chat.
After a while, Dr. Wan came over with his assistant to report to the old lady.
“Miss Wen has external injuries. She won’t be able to stand for two or three days. Later on, I’ll send my assistant to change Miss Wen’s dressings. The wound should scab over in a week,” Dr. Wan said in a business-like tone.
He was the family physician employed by the Lu Family, responsible only for treating illnesses and saving lives.
As for why Wen Jingya was injured, it was clearly whip wounds; these matters had nothing to do with him, nor did he have the authority to inquire.
“Dr. Wan, you have worked hard. Fubo, go to the storeroom and bring the century-old ginseng I treasure for Dr. Wan to take with him,” the old lady said generously.
Dr. Wan immediately waved his hand: “Old madam, I have already received my salary, it wouldn’t be right to take more.”
“Our Lu family, young and old, we all trouble you for every little headache or fever. Please, accept it,” the old lady persuaded gently and patiently.
The actual reason for insisting on giving the ginseng was quite simple—it was all due to Jiang Man’s reputation.
Knowing that Dr. Wan was Manman’s disciple-nephew, they naturally couldn’t treat him the same as an ordinary family physician.
Jiang Man had a deep understanding of human nature and instantly saw through the old lady’s thoughts.
“Xiao Wan, just take it,” she said lightly.
Her voice was calm but carried an authority that brooked no dissent.
“All right,” Dr. Wan acquiesced obediently.
He dared not defy the old lady’s words, but his little Shishu’s words, he absolutely did not dare to ignore.
…
Late at night.
As it was too late, the drive from the old residence to Rong Mansion would take an hour.
Moreover, considering that the entire family was planning to go out together the next day, Lu Xingzhou and Jiang Man simply decided to stay overnight at the old house.
After returning to their room, Jiang Man went to take a bath first.
Upon drying her hair and coming out, she found Lu Xingzhou squatting in front of the cupboard searching for something.
Jiang Man casually asked, “What are you looking for?”
“A gift for your uncle,” Lu Xingzhou replied, not even turning his head.
In reality, he had already instructed Zhao Huai to prepare the gift.
But the things prepared by Zhao Huai were merely new and expensive items bought from stores, lacking any novelty.
He had been pondering all along what to give Jiang Man’s uncle that would show sincere respect.
It wasn’t until he entered the room and saw his storage cabinet.
This storage cabinet was his treasure box, filled with possessions he had collected from childhood to adulthood, with each item carrying significant meaning.
“What are you planning to give my uncle?” Jiang Man approached Lu Xingzhou with interest, bending down and bringing her head close to his ear.
Lu Xingzhou turned his head, encountering the cool and refined features of the girl.
Post-bath, her skin was so clean it resembled flawless white jade.
Under the fluorescent lights, her skin glowed with a pearl-like luster.
Only upon a close look could one realize that she was naturally beautiful. Without a speck of makeup, her lips were red, her teeth white, and her clear, bright eyes seemed to captivate onlookers.
Especially when she drew close, her warm breath on Lu Xingzhou’s face made his heart feel as if it had been scratched by a cat’s claw, ticklish.
The item in his hand nearly slipped from his grip.
“A mechanical watch?” Without waiting for Lu Xingzhou to answer, Jiang Man’s gaze had already fallen on the item in his hand.
She adored antiques, and her eyes immediately lit up.
“The older such watches are, the better. My uncle will definitely like it!” Jiang Man’s lips curled into a smile. “If I’m not mistaken, this is the Patek Philippe Caliber 89, right?”
“This model was released in 1989, taking nine years to develop. It’s called the king of mechanical watches and is currently the most complicated mechanical watch in the world. There are only five of them in the world—two with a Japanese collector, one with the Brunei royal family, one in a Middle Eastern museum. I had always wondered where the last one was; never imagined it was with you.”
This watch was worth six million US dollars. Although it was not the most expensive amongst mechanical watches, it was indeed the one Jiang Man desired the most.
Her adoptive father had once offered five times the price to buy it from the Japanese collector and Brunei royal family, but they were all not short of money and were reluctant to sell.
“This watch is not for your uncle,” Lu Xingzhou suddenly said.
Jiang Man frowned, “Why not?”
“It’s for you,” he said, passing the watch and its box to her.
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Jiang Man was stunned, momentarily at a loss for words…
