Chapter 166 - Chapter 166: Chapter One-Hundred and Sixty-Six: Rock (2/2)

“Oh, these jewelry are so beautiful! Xu Yun, you’re so lucky! Each of your daughters-in-law is more amazing than the next!” Xiang Yang and Yun Nan heard and instantly frowned at the fawning words. They turned around and saw a group of ladies, bedecked in jewels, slowly making their way over.

Yun Nan and Xiang Yang quickly went over to them when they saw that it was their mother-in-law, Xu Yun, the other ladies were clustering around.

“Mom!” they both called out in greeting and stood on either side of Xu Yun.

Xu Yun looked at her two daughters-in-law and smiled. She introduced them to the other women and then introduced the ladies to them. Then, she told Yun Nan and Xiang Yang, “We were having afternoon tea at the hotel next door. I mentioned wanting to come over to see how the preparations are going, so these aunties wanted to come and take a look. I hope we aren’t disturbing you.”

She then looked at Yun Nan and asked, “How do you have the time to come over and help? Shi Xiu had to participate in an event today. Don’t you have to attend that as well?”

Yun Nan moved closer, lowered her voice, and said, “I came to help Xiang Yang, so I stood them up.”

Xu Yun laughed and playfully hit her. “Won’t your co-workers have a bone to pick with you for that?”

Yun Nan chuckled, “Then I’ll tell them I came to watch the exhibition with my mother-in-law. Mom, you have to cover for me.”

Xu Yun liked that the girls were close with her. She smiled and said to Xiang Yang, “Here, now you have leverage over her. The next time you want her to do something, you can use this to threaten her!”

Xiang Yang laughed. “Thanks, Mom! I’ll happily accept it.” And she proceeded to wink at Yun Nan mischievously.

The ladies at the side couldn’t help but feel envious when they saw the easy-going relationship between Xu Yun and her daughters-in-law. Han Yuan straightened her back. Her daughter-in-law was in no way inferior to the Shi family’s.

She remarked, “Xiang Yang, I heard from your mother-in-law that a lot of the jewelry you exhibited this time are your award-winning works, and a small number of them are available for sale when the exhibition officially begins. Aunty wants to ask you a favor; I want two of your jewelry sets to give to my daughter-in-law and goddaughters.”

Xiang Yang smiled. “Just tell my mother-in-law which ones you like. I’ll have them reserved for you.”

Then, she held Xu Yun’s arm and said, “Mom, I gave the topaz jewelry set to

Yun Nan, and she gave me her paintings; we exchanged gifts.”

Xu Yun was a little surprised by that. She first looked at Xiang Yang and then Yun Nan before she smiled and sighed, “You two are like children playing house. Alright, alright. Those things are yours, anyway. You can do whatever you want with them. But make sure to mark them as ‘reserved’. Otherwise, when the exhibition officially begins, people might want to buy them, not knowing they’re not for sale. Such a misunderstanding can be troublesome..”