While having dinner, Rong Yao suddenly said to Rong Xuan, “Today seems to be Xiao Gu’s birthday. Don’t forget to greet him.”

Rong Xuan didn’t have much of a reaction, but Rong Yi almost jumped up when she heard it. “Today is Gu Ye’s birthday?”

Rong Yao glanced at Rong Yi faintly, who then shrunk her neck and stuck out her tongue. She stopped talking.

In fact, Rong Xuan had already greeted Gu Ye, but it was inconvenient for her to speak. And even if she could, she didn’t want to explain anything.

“You’re Xiao Gu’s fiancée so you mustn’t forget to give him a birthday present. Don’t let other people say that our Rong family don’t know etiquette.”

Rong Yao was this kind of person. He’s very good at superficial skills and extremely good at interpersonal communication. As long as it’s visible to others, he would pay great attention to it, so that outsiders couldn’t find fault.

“I’ll put some money on your card later. After picking out a gift, remember to show me the receipt.” Rong Yao wasn’t short of money and he wasn’t that stingy, but he’s afraid that Rong Xuan would go against her will and not do anything after receiving the money to fight him.

If she didn’t give Gu Ye anything on his birthday, what would the Gu family think of their Rong family? This kind of behavior would inevitably make people’s tongue wagging and make their Rong family look rude, so he didn’t forget to add this sentence in the end, telling her to show him the bill later.

Rong Xuan pursed her lips and agreed. Rather than letting Rong Yao leave money to Ji Ning and her daughter in the future, she might as well help him spend more.

At this time, Ji Ning said softly from the side, “Husband, shall Yiyi and I also give Xiao Gu something? Speaking of it, we’ll all be a family from now on. We should also express ourselves for his birthday, right?”

Rong Yao agreed without even thinking about it. “That’s fine, you can decide what to give.”

Rong Yi’s face lit up and she was so happy that she couldn’t even close her mouth. “Dad, are we going to deliver the gifts personally?”

Rong Yao frowned and glanced at her. “Otherwise? Should we ask the birthday boy to come and get them himself?”

Rong Yi hurriedly shook her head and denied, “Of course not, we must definitely deliver it ourselves. That will make our attitude serious, right?” After learning that she would be able to go to the Gu family’s house soon, Rong Yi’s heart was bursting with joy.

Rong Yao said to Ji Ning, “Be more attentive when picking gifts. It’s for the youngest son of the Gu family so there must be no mistake.”

Ji Ning’s tone became even softer, “Husband, I have a plan in mind so you can rest assured.”

After dinner, Rong Yi anxiously pulled Ji Ning out to buy Gu Ye a birthday present. As for Rong Xuan, she returned to her room after eating.

She wasn’t going to go to the trouble of buying a gift. She didn’t know what Gu Ye wanted anyway, so she thought giving him money would be enough.

Anyway, people could buy whatever they wanted with money. It’s the realest thing in the world.

With this in mind, Rong Xuan found Gu Ye’s WeChat account and directly transferred 5,000 yuan to him. Normally, an engaged couple would exchange 5,200^[1]I love you yuan to each other, but her and Gu Ye’s situation was different. She didn’t want to make it too ambiguous, so she just settled it at 5,000.

This world’s WeChat was somewhat different from the WeChat of her world. WeChat in this world also combines the functions of Alipay. As long as one transfer money, they didn’t need the other party to received it. It could be directly deposited into the other party’s balance and there’s no daily limit.

Before Rong Xuan could put down her phone, Gu Ye directly transferred 10,000 yuan to her.

She gave him 5,000 and he directly transferred 10,000 to her? What kind of operation was this?

【Xuanxuan: ???】

【Gu Ye: ???】

【Xuanxuan: That money is a birthday gift for you. You can buy whatever you want yourself.】

Saying that, Rong Xuan transferred 30,000 yuan to Gu Ye. She didn’t know much about luxury goods before, but after crossing over to the novel, she became rich and learned a little about the various luxury goods in this world. She found that for those well-known luxury brands, a coat could cost tens of thousands, not to mention watches and the likes where there’s no cap on the price. She couldn’t afford it, so gave him the money for a coat first. Whatever style he likes, he could go and buy it himself.

As soon as Rong Xuan finished doing so, Gu Ye transferred 60,000 yuan back to her. She finally discovered that no matter how much she gave him, he would return twice as much to her.

Was it fun to throw money at each other? Heaven knows she didn’t want to throw money at him. She’s just completing the task assigned by Rong Yao and spending a little more of his money.

She didn’t expect that she wouldn’t be able to spend any money and the amount in her account would actually increase instead.

【Xuanxuan: Don’t transfer me any money. It’s a birthday gift for you.】

【Gu Ye: Do you think I lack money?】

Rong Xuan fell into silence when she saw Gu Ye’s words.

Yes, he didn’t lack money at all. As the most favored child of the Gu family, his parents really doted on him to the skies. Even before he was an adult, the assets in his name had already far exceeded those of his older siblings. Whatever he wanted, he could buy it himself. But……

【Xuanxuan: It’s more or less a gesture of goodwill.】

【Gu Ye: Instead of transferring money to me, it would be more thoughtful to send me a card.】

For some reason, Rong Xuan felt that Gu Ye on the other side might be a bit angry.

That’s right, when it comes to money, how could she possibly compare to Gu Ye. He lacks nothing. Someone else might be very happy about receiving money. In her previous world, there’s a popular phrase, ‘Please insult me ​​with money’. Of course, this was just a joke, but it also carried a touch of true feelings to a certain extent. Who didn’t like money? But if it were Gu Ye, giving him money might indeed be an insult?

Rong Xuan sighed. If the other party wasn’t Gu Ye, the birthday gift she’d prepare would not be so perfunctory and careless.

However, the other party happens to be the male protagonist and she was just a female supporting character who would be pushed out of the scene sooner or later.

Knowing that the female protagonist would appear before long, she really didn’t want to nor couldn’t get too involved with the male protagonist.

【Xuanxuan: I see.】

Gu Ye responded with an emoticon.

Then just give him a card.

———

When having breakfast the next day, Rong Yao asked Rong Xuan, “Have you given a gift to Xiao Gu yet?”

Rong Xuan hummed, and under Rong Yao’s prodding gaze, she took her phone out.

Yesterday, she deleted some of the chat records, leaving only the part where she transferred money to Gu Ye and the emoticon Gu Ye sent last.

In fact, even after deleting so many parts, nothing unusual could be seen about this conversation.

Rong Yao frowned when he saw Rong Xuan transfer 35,000 to Gu Ye.

His tone wasn’t good, “What’s the matter with you? Why is your attitude towards your fiancé so perfunctory?”

Rong Xuan pursed her lips. She’s purposefully doing so. As a female supporting character, it wasn’t good for her to be too enthusiastic towards the male protagonist.

But Rong Yao didn’t know that. He made the final decision, “Give him another gift later, do you hear me?”

Rong Xuan nodded as she thought of the card she promised to give to Gu Ye.

Only then did Rong Yao’s face looked better. He said, “Next time, our family will go to the Gu family’s house to give gifts to Xiao Gu. In addition to birthdays, you should also give him gifts on other holidays. Although money is a very tacky thing, I have to say that using it from time to time to maintain relationship works quite well.”

Rong Xuan lowered her eyes and drank the congee in silence. She didn’t agree with Rong Yao’s point of view. Rong Yao was someone who’s impeccable on the surface and would never hesitate when it was time to spend money. He could easily spend money to make Ji Ning and the others happy. However, he used too little true feelings.

Money could indeed be used to maintain relationships, but could such relationships last? In the end, it might only be filled with the coppery smell of money.

In the final analysis, true love between people was far more important than money. It’s a pity that Rong Yao would never understand this.

Rong Yi bit her lower lip. She didn’t expect that Rong Xuan already had Gu Ye’s WeChat account when she didn’t. She had always dreamed of establishing a relationship with Gu Ye and adding each other on WeChat, but after racking her brains for so long, Rong Xuan did it easily without even putting any effort.

On what grounds?! Wasn’t it just because she has a good grandfather?

But it didn’t matter, she would rely on her own efforts to get Gu Ye’s WeChat.

She raised her head and interjected, “Dad, when are we going to the Gu family?”

Rong Yao finished the last mouthful of congee, put down the spoon, then wiped his mouth with a table napkin, before saying, “I’ll contact Chairman Gu first to see when their family is available, and then we’ll go.”

Although Rong Yi was a little disappointed, she also knew that the Gu family was very busy, and coming to the door rashly might cause trouble to others. She steeled herself and said with a smile, “Okay, Dad.” After saying that, she took out her phone and sent another message to Gu Ye, 【Student Gu, today is another day full of liveliness, jiayou!】

Although he never responded, she was satisfied as long as she could send him a message.

———

After Rong Xuan arrived in the classroom, Tong Yue and Mu Xiao quickly noticed the diamond ring on her hand.

What’s this situation?!

Tong Yue was a little worried. “Xuanxuan, you’re really engaged?”

Mu Xiao exclaimed with a look of disbelief. “Engaged?”

Rong Xuan nodded.

Tong Yue opened her mouth and closed it again several times. She looked like she wanted to say something, but was too distressed to say it.

Rong Xuan immediately knew what Tong Yue wanted to say.

Before she crossed over, the other Rong Xuan went around slandering Gu Ye and said a lot of bad things about him. Just yesterday, Rong Xuan found several pieces of torn paper in the drawer. The paper was filled with resentment towards Ji Ning and her daughter, as well as words of dissatisfaction with her fiancé.

And as her good friend, Tong Yue had naturally seen those words to some extent.

The other Rong Xuan made it clear that she didn’t want to get engaged and Tong Yue was naturally on her side, but in the end, she still got engaged to the fiancé she hated.

Tong Yue was probably a little curious and worried in her heart.

Rong Xuan slowly wrote on a piece of paper, ‘I’m fine, don’t worry’.

Tong Yue took a closer look at Rong Xuan and found that she was no longer as resistant and resentful of the engagement as before. She was finally relieved. Before, she was really afraid that Rong Xuan would do something extreme in order to escape it.

But at the same time, she was curious about Rong Xuan’s fiancé.

Who could be engaged to Rong Xuan? However, her emotional intelligence wasn’t that low that she would insist on asking. If Rong Xuan was willing to tell her, she would say who it was.

Mu Xiao’s eyes were full of curiosity but seeing that Tong Yue didn’t ask any more questions, she kept her mouth shut, ready to wait until she and Rong Xuan were closer before trying to ask.

Speaking of the engagement party, Rong Xuan thought about the other Rong Xuan’s attempt to escape from the marriage and smear Gu Ye everywhere. Both of these things were eventually found out by Rong Yi and she ‘accidentally’ exposed them. These two incidents were also the biggest factors in the novel that lead to the cancellation of the engagement between the two families.

Rong Xuan was naturally not afraid of Rong Yi revealing any of those things. Even without those, she and Gu Ye were impossible.

With this thought in mind, she completely put the matter behind.

Salted Fish^[2]a person who have no intention of doing anything Rong Xuan didn’t care about such trivial matters at all.

She calmly took out the colored paper and pens she had bought from the school mart, and prepared to make a birthday card for Gu Ye. Since she promised him, she would do it.