1043 Ill Gift You a Stone As a Present! (1/2)

Even if not for the monk's sake, but for the Buddha's… since he'd already stolen the heart of the old fellow's granddaughter… what was a mere birthday gift? Whether it was to return a favor for Miao Qing Cheng or to give his woman some face, he wouldn't be calculative against this old fellow this time!

Since Jun Mo Xie had made up his mind, he no longer hesitated and stepped forward with a suave smile and was about to speak.

Unfortunately, another old fellow at the side stood out first and spoke with a faint smile. This was the Gu Family's Gu Yun Yang. ”Esteemed Manor Lord, I wish you many happy returns on your grand birthday. But this one has a matter to ask. Last year, Manor Lord said that you would have a double happiness birthday this year and would select a talented youth from among the younger generation to be paired with the young lass Xiao Miao… I wonder how Manor Lord intends to choose?”

As he said that, a strange smile appeared on Gu Yun Yang's old face. At the same time, the faces of the other old fellows also twisted a little.

All of these old fellows were seasoned foxes. How would they not be able to understand the situation in front of them? Miao Xiao Miao's defensive tone a moment earlier had already highlighted many things. Although a marriage alliance with the Miao Manor would be a great help to their families, but if they ended up offending the future powerhouse of the Misty Illusory Manor, it would not necessarily be worth it. Moreover, they can't even be sure that they would be able to gain a marriage alliance with the Miao Family. Speaking up now might instead cause them to end up in a bad spot.

Miao Jing Yun narrowed his eyes and laughed aloud. ”Everyone here knows that this old man had indeed said those words last year. A man lives by his word, and this old man will naturally not go back on what I've said. Hm… let's just do it like this, apart from our own Miao Family, all seven great families are here today, including all the most outstanding youths of our generation. The only regretful thing is that the ones from the Zhan Family… aren't here…”

Zhan Wu Yun's face twitched slightly at this. The two most promising youths of the Zhan Family had already been turned into a pair of corpses. As for the others, they were all too disappointing. Even if they came, they would only be a joke. What was the point of coming in that case?

Miao Jing Yun continued. ”So after this, we'll just let my precious granddaughter choose from among all these promising youths…”

The moment his words came out, the entire hall became noisy.

The eyes of many talented youths were blazing with fire as they prepared themselves.

Only Meng Xian Ru, Li Xing Yue, and the others were not excited as they smiled bitterly to themselves. Old man, you can keep pretending; your granddaughter had already made her choice long ago. Today's selection is nothing but a formality to fulfill your promise. Looks like the rest of us are just fated to accompany the future Crown Prince to read…

”Since everyone had already presented their gifts, we'll place all the gifts together. After Young Master Mo has presented his gift, this old man and Xiao Miao will personally choose together. Whoever's gift satisfies both of us the most will be the son-in-law of our Miao Family…”

Miao Jing Yun smiled lightly and waved his finger. The table on the side was filled with presents, stacked full of presents. With a single glance, there were at least over a hundred.

When these words came out, another commotion washed over the entire hall!

As far as birthdays in the Misty Illusory Manor, as all of those old fellows were very long lived, there were basically too many birthday celebrations every year. All of them were just giving each other face, taking the chance to meet up for a chat and drink. How many people would truly take out the precious stuff as presents…

This was basically an unspoken rule in this place. Although Miao Jing Yun was the Manor Lord, and he was celebrating his 500th birthday, so it was slightly more grand than normal, and the people who attended are more, the gifts would not be that much more precious than normal.

Which of these old fellows would not have a 1,000th birthday? Although a 500th birthday was still a huge landmark, what was it worth? If the birthday 'boy' was not Miao Jing Yun, the Manor Lord of the Misty Illusory Manor, how would there be such a grand celebration!?

Most of the youths simply stood there, staring at the gifts that their families had sent with wide eyes and open mouths. At this time, they did not even have the ability to complain… My dearest ancestor, ah… aren't your gift a little too simple? No, it's simply outright cheap… How could that broken stuff gain me the graces of the beauty? Didn't you always say that the best materials should be used for the knife's edge? How come you didn't put in any effort this time? Such a great chance was completely wasted…

Countless people were beating their chest with regret…

Li Xing Yue looked at Jun Mo Xie who was standing beside Meng Xian Ru, and saw that the two's faces were completely calm, as if they were not affected at all. Laughing bitterly in their hearts, Meng Xian Ru, Zhang Qi Yun, and the others exchanged a glance and smiled bitterly, not knowing if they should be laughing or crying.

This Manor Lord was truly… too good!

But wasn't it a little too much?

It's your present, but you're going to choose together with your granddaughter… and it's choosing the one that she likes the most? Was there even a point in thinking about the results? No matter what this Great Prodigy Mo brings out, even if it's a pile of sh*t… your granddaughter will still say that it's the best present… what are we competing about…

”What do you like?” Jun Mo Xie rubbed his nose helplessly. From the looks of it, that old fellow is intent on forcing this Young Master to the end today. Even if this lass Xiao Miao is willing to speak up for me, this old fellow will surely not let me off easily… And this was clearly a planned attack by all those old things! And it's clear that they'd just formulated this plan not long ago!

Looking at Gu Yun Yang and the other large family Patriarchs exchanging glances and smiling arrogantly, Jun Mo Xie could tell with a single glance that they were obviously working together!