Female Novel
Chapter 105 It'S My Respect
Chapter 105 It's My Respect
The quality of this raw stone was simply top-notch, but there seemed to be some traces of previouscutting on it.
Although it had been polished, people can still see it.
Cara's eyes lit up when she saw this raw stone. She likes jade, so she knew a little about rawstones.
Daniel's birthday gift really moved her.
"Mrs. Lowe, my boss brought this raw stone back from Moclington and rewarded me for my goodperformance! I heard that you like jade, so I specially brought it over to give to you! With the qualityof this raw stone, there is an 80% chance that a top-quality jade can be cut out from it. You canchoose whatever you like when the time comes." Daniel said with a smile.
"Auntie, they say that this raw stone can sell for millions. Daniel wishes you well and put in a lot ofeffort." Ellie held onto Daniel proudly as she spoke.
"Daniel is thoughtful! But it's too expensive; let's forget about it!"
Although Cara was tempted, she still refused. What would people think if her sister's future son-in-law gave such an expensive birthday gift? If she accepted it herself, then wouldn't they appearinferior?
"Don't refuse! It's just the younger generation expressing their gratitude; don't be polite!" Celine triedto persuade her while showing off at the same time.
But both Celine and Cannon were cursing inside because they didn't expect Daniel to be sogenerous as to give such a good piece of raw stone to Cara instead of keeping it for himself...
However since he had already given away the gift and they had come today specifically to show offtheir superiority complex again... it wouldn't look good if Daniel took back his present now!
Just then someone sneered, "Of course there are many more like these - just pieces of scrap."
Lachlan looked at the rock with disdain while Miranda showed suspicion on her beautiful face as ifthinking about something else entirely...
Hearing these words made Daniel angry; pointing at Lachlan he shouted, "What did you say?Scrap? Anyone with half an eye could tell that this is top-grade material! There's an 80% chancewe'll get high-quality jade outta here!"
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"Just so! You, what kind of birthday gift did you prepare for your mother-in-law? I'm afraid it's notpresentable, right? Do you have the nerve to speak?" Celine taunted.
Celine's husband joined in, mocking, "Right!"
"Very well," Lachlan nodded calmly without a trace of hesitation.
The next moment, he opened a wooden box he was holding and carefully took out a jade Buddha,about the size of a newborn baby, encrusted with gold.
"Mrs. Lowe, this is a jade Buddha carved from the finest Emperor Green jade. It's my birthday gift toyou. I wish you a happy birthday," Lachlan said, holding the jade Buddha in his hands as hepresented it to Cara.
Seeing this jade Buddha, everyone in the room, except for Miranda, displayed expressions ofastonishment. Cara, in particular, was overjoyed.
The jade Buddha was incredibly translucent and exquisitely rounded, a delight to behold. The goldtrim was seamless and extraordinarily fine in craftsmanship.
Celine's family stared at this jade Buddha with expressions of disbelief. How could a son-in-law whohad just married into the family produce a piece of fine Emperor Green jade? It seemed impossible.
"What Emperor Green jade? Are you kidding us? This is such a large jade Buddha. If it weregenuinely carved from Emperor Green jade, it would be worth at least 10 million!" Daniel scoffed."Lachlan, where did you find this fake? I deal with jade and gemstones every day, and I can tell at aglance that this jade Buddha is a fake."
"Just so! Talking about Emperor Green jade carvings? You're really bold! Cara, does your son-in-law think you're a fool?" Celine added, looking disdainful.
Hearing this, Cara's eyes filled with doubt.
"Regardless of whether it's genuine or fake, it's the thought that counts," she reasoned.
Cara also found it highly improbable. This large jade Buddha was undoubtedly invaluable. If shewere to consider that Lachlan managed to acquire such an expensive gift, she couldn't believe it.
Saying this, the still charming mother-in-law shot Lachlan a stern look. She wasn't eager to inspectthe jade Buddha closely, perhaps fearing that Celine's family might scrutinize it and exposeLachlan's claims.
"Mom, this jade Buddha is genuine. Mr. Ellis from Ellis' Jewellery Group gave it to Lachlan!"
At this moment, Miranda felt a bit indignant for Lachlan.
"Well, I know!"
However, Cara seemed to not have listened and waved her hand dismissively. She gave herdaughter a look to stop Miranda from saying anything more and embarrassing herself.
Mr. Ellis of Ellis' Jewellery Group gave something to Lachlan? Who did he think he was?
"Hehe, I really don't know who's fake here - you or me? If I'm not mistaken, you work at Monty'sJade Wholesale Group right? Your boss is Monty, isn't it?" But at this moment, Lachlan smilednonchalantly and asked Daniel.
Daniel was stunned for a moment before proudly nodding his head. "That's right! Mr. Atkinson is thebiggest jade wholesaler in Kreanford. I had the honor of gaining Mr. Atkinson's favor and becomingthe warehouse manager under him."
As he spoke, his tone changed as he apologized to Cara with a smile, "Oh yeah! Our company isalso having dinner here today so I have to go toast Mr. Atkinson too! Mrs. Lowe, I gave you my giftbut now I must be going."
"Okay then! Since Mr. Atkinson favors you so much then you can't miss it," said Ellie waving herhand.
Celine and Cannon urged Daniel on as well telling him not to delay things any further since theirgoal had already been achieved - they made sure that this future son-in-law was thoroughly a show-off.
However, at that moment, Lachlan stopped Daniel, saying, "No need to rush off. Later, Mr. Atkinsonwill come over to propose a toast to my mother-in-law. Wouldn't it be better if you and your bossleave together?"
With a laugh, Daniel responded, "Bro, are you telling a joke? Mr. Atkinson coming down to proposea toast to Mrs. Lowe? Haha... Even though I have Mr. Atkinson's favor, I don't have that kind ofprestige!"
"It's not about your prestige but mine," replied Lachlan in a low voice.
Upon hearing these words, everyone burst into laughter including Ellie, Celine and Cannon . Theywere all amused by what they heard from Lachlan who was trying hard to save face despite beingcalled out earlier by everyone else present in the room.
"What kind of joke is this?"
"Where did your prestige come from?"
"Miranda, did your husband graduate from comedy school or something?"
"A guy like him talking about saving face here?" Even Cara and Emmanuel glared angrily atLachlan at that point.
"Enough, Lachlan! Don't you think you've embarrassed us enough?" Emmanuel slammed his handon the table and shouted in anger.
"Dad, Lachlan is telling the truth! Mr. Atkinson said he's coming to toast my mom later!" Miranda bither lip and raised her voice in response to the mocking of her aunt's family.
"Miranda, shut up! There's no need to save face for this useless guy. How did you learn to talk somuch nonsense?" Cara scolded angrily.
Both she and Emmanuel were now red-faced and felt ashamed of their son-in-law Lachlan. Theycouldn't even lift their heads up!
Initially, they didn't dislike Lachlan as much. In fact, after a few visits, they had even started tochange their opinion of him. However, today when Celine's family showed up with Daniel, it seemedlike they completely threw Lachlan into the gutter.
This son-in-law had become a disgrace for both of them!
Knock! Knock! Knock...
At that moment there was a soft knock on the door outside the private room as if afraid of disturbingthose inside and making them feel disrespected.
"Excuse me, is this Mrs. Lowe's birthday private room? I'm Monty from Jade Wholesale. I camehere uninvited to raise a toast!"
"I don't know if it's convenient for you to let me come in or not."