Don’t Show the Son

Xue Ning'er's grandfather was the third-class Duke of Daxia, and the Marquis of Yongping was the first-class Marquis. His title was only one rank lower than him. It was considered very important that the eldest son of the Marquis Mansion personally deliver the congratulatory gift.

Xue Ning'er was the focus of the night, and most of the young people attending the banquet tonight surrounded her.

At this time, a young man took out a palm-sized, square brocade box from his sleeve, held it in both hands and handed it to Xue Ning'er, saying: "Ning'er, this is the moon pearl I sent someone to find from the Western Regions, and I gave it to Xue Ning'er." Your birthday present."

He opened the brocade box, and an object shaped like a pearl and bigger than a pigeon's egg was lying in the brocade box, emitting a faint fluorescence.

Although there is a courtesy room at the entrance of Xue's mansion, most people will put their gifts there before entering the door, but there are also some people who give gifts that are extremely precious, and if they want to hand them to Xue Ning'er in person, they can also show their faces in front of everyone.

The person who took out the moon bead at this moment was Wei Wenyuan, the second son of the Duke of Wei's mansion, who was also the most powerful among those who pursued Xue Ning'er.

Girls always like shiny things, and as soon as this treasure was taken out, many young women around Xue Ning'er cried out in surprise.

"Ah, what a beautiful moon bead!"

"I grew up so big, I have never seen such a big moon bead!"

"Such a big and pure moon bead must be very hard to find!"

"Young Master Wei really has a heart..."

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Just as the girls were chattering and looking at the bright moon bead with envious eyes, an untimely voice came from the crowd: "Hmph, what's so good about the bright moon bead, vulgar, Ning'er, come and see what I gave you!" Gift!"

The person who spoke was Qi Qingxiao, the eldest son of Duke Qi’s mansion. He glanced at Wei Wenyuan with disdain, and opened a jade box in his hand. The jade box was emerald green, without any impurities or cracks. This box alone is the best among jade materials. , The price is not cheap, but the things in this box should be even more precious.

At this time, Qi Qingxiao had already opened the jade box in his hand, and saw that what was placed in the box was a diamond-shaped crystal the size of a fingernail.

The moment they saw the crystal, the crowd once again let out several exclamations.

It's just that the one who was shocked this time was the man present.

"Yuanjing!"

"Oh my god, this is probably the Yuanjing of a fifth-order alien beast!"

"This is too precious. With this Yuanjing, Miss Ning'er's chances of advancing from the Profound Rank to the Earth Rank will increase by at least 10%!"

...

Even Lin Xiu looked at the contents of this box and couldn't help sighing in her heart, these rich and powerful children are really willing to spend money to pick up girls.

He is naturally no stranger to Yuan Jing, the reason why his Yuan power has grown so fast, apart from the reason why the spiritual voice brought him to practice together, the most important thing is Yuan Jing.

However, the Yuanjing used by Lin Xiu is the Yuanjing of a low-level beast.

The only function of that kind of diamond-shaped crystal, which is only the size of a grain of rice, is to speed up the cultivation of those who have just awakened their abilities. It comes from the body of a low-level beast, and it is not difficult to obtain as long as you have money.

But high-level beasts are different.

Fifth-level alien beasts are not weaker than earth-level alien magicians, and they already possess high spiritual intelligence. Hunting them requires great danger, and even if they can be defeated, it is difficult to obtain their metamorphosis. crystal.

Because before they die, they will detonate the Yuanjing and fight to the death. Even if they die, the enemy will not even think about gaining any benefits.

This kind of high-level alien crystal also has a great effect, which is to increase the chance of the awakening of the magician. Although it is only 10%, it is also the dream of many magicians.

Primordial crystals of earth-level beasts are priceless, and they are obviously more precious than moon beads.

Xue Ning'er was exquisite in all aspects, so naturally she would not show her preference for any one, so she accepted the gifts from both of them and said, "Thank you two young masters, Ning'er likes your gifts very much..."

The two smiled slightly at Xue Ning'er, and when they looked at each other, they both snorted coldly and turned their heads away.

At this time, there was another doubtful voice from the crowd: "I wonder what gift this Mr. Lin gave Miss Ning'er?"

"Hey, I just saw that Mr. Lin entered the mansion empty-handed. It's Miss Ning'er's birthday. He didn't prepare anything, did he?"

"This, this is not very good..."

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Several young men looked at Lin Xiu and shook their heads.

Ever since they knew that he was the son of Uncle Ping'an, they didn't like him anyway.

Why can he marry Miss Zhao?

Just because he looks good?

Just because of this incident, he is the lifelong enemy of all the young men in the capital.

Everyone loves to see him make a fool of himself, it makes them happy.

Xue Ning'er knew that Lin Xiu's family was in a bad situation, and she didn't expect any expensive gifts from him, but at this moment, she couldn't say anything.

She knew that a man has self-esteem, even if he is really poor, he would not want to lose face in front of so many people, if she said that Lin Xiu is fine even if he doesn't give a gift, it would hurt his self-esteem.

But soon, she smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Lin's gift was given to me a few days ago, and I like it very much."

Lin Xiu probably knew why Xue Ning'er was so attractive. With such a considerate girl, who wouldn't call her a good sister?

He smiled slightly at Xue Ning'er, and said: "Actually, tonight, I also prepared a special gift for Miss Ning'er. I originally planned to give it out later. Since everyone wants to see it, I have no choice but to make a fool of myself in advance..."

Xue Ning'er did not expect that Lin Xiuzhen had prepared a gift for her, and asked curiously, "What gift?"

Lin Xiu took out a thin bamboo tube from her sleeve, lit the lead wire at the bottom with a torch, and a white light shot into the sky, exploding suddenly high in the air.

In the other part of the capital, Sun Dali, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly shuddered. Seeing the flames exploding in the sky, he hurriedly said, "Let go, let go!"

In the Xue residence, someone was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Could it be that the gift you gave to Miss Ning'er was a firecracker..."

As soon as his words fell, in the sky not far away, countless streams of light suddenly shot up and shot straight into the sky.

The streamers of light exploded high in the sky, illuminating the sky, and also made countless colorful lights appear in the dark night.

At this moment in the Xue residence, countless people looked up at the sky.

"what is that?"

"What a beautiful firework!"

"It's so beautiful, I haven't seen such beautiful fireworks for a long time..."

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The colorful fireworks illuminated the night sky, and also illuminated Xue Ning'er's intoxicated pretty face. The colors of the fireworks were refracted from the glass ornaments on her head, making her look as if she was walking from the light.

A young gentleman snorted softly, and said disdainfully, "What's so interesting about fireworks, they're not worth a lot of money."

Immediately, someone echoed: "At most a few dozen taels of silver, it can't be compared with the moon beads and the Yuanjing of the earth-level beasts, can this also be counted as a gift?"

The men around didn't show any special expressions, but almost all the women's faces showed more or less a gleam of splendor.

Although they knew that the fireworks were not as valuable as the Moon Pearl and the Yuan Jing, but if someone put their minds into arranging such a beautiful fireworks for them on their birthdays, they would never forget this night in their entire lives.

Amidst the dazzling fireworks, the Xue Mansion's dinner officially began.

The dinner is in the form of a buffet. On the long tables in the yard, there are plates of barbecue, pastries, fruits, and various drinks for the guests to take freely.

In the corner, Lin Xiu picked up a glass of unknown fruit juice and took a sip. Xue Ning'er walked slowly to his side and whispered, "Thank you, this is the best gift I received today."

Among Neptune, there was once such a saying.

If she is not deeply involved in the world, take her to see the prosperity of the world; if her heart is already vicissitudes, take her to ride the merry-go-round. This sentence means that to pursue different women, you need to use different methods.

Is the night pearl valuable? It is indeed.

Are high-level crystals rare, and they are indeed rare.

But Xue Ning'er was born in the top nobles of Great Xia, and she was the only jewel in the family's palm. She was loved and doted on since she was a child. She had never seen anything expensive. No matter how expensive an ordinary gift was, it might not be able to impress her.

What this kind of woman needs is an ingenious surprise, or romance.

These local turtles who only know how to spend money must not understand what romance is.

And which girl who is just eighteen years old and full of youth will refuse a romantic firework?

In the flickering night, Xue Ning'er looked up at Lin Xiu with a complicated expression, and said in a low voice, "If you are not the son of Uncle Ping'an, how wonderful it would be..."