NOVEL WEB Chapter 29 Really Fragrant
Facing the domineering Qiao Xue, Lin Dong was also quite helpless.
He could only sigh and respond, "Okay, a half-year agreement!"
In this half year, Lin Dong didn't plan to pursue Qiao Xue; although she was as beautiful as a celestial being, Lin Dong also had his own pride.
After all, she was high above, looking down on him with disdain. Was he supposed to grovel at her feet?
He just had to wait for the half-year to end, and the marriage agreement would automatically become void.
Lin Dong wanted to leave immediately, but Qiao Guoting warmly invited him to stay for a meal.
Lin Dong couldn't refuse and had to accept.
Seeing Lin Dong agree, Chu Yunxiu by his side rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath:
"You still have the face to stay for dinner. The first time you come to our house, you bring just a few kilos of grapes. How penniless!"
Her voice wasn't loud, but Lin Dong could hear her clearly.
Not just him, Qiao Guoting also heard it.
Even though the gift Lin Dong brought on his first visit was indeed not that impressive, she shouldn't have spoken out like that.
Young people all care about face, how hurtful is it to others' self-esteem to say such things?
Qiao Guoting was very dissatisfied with this: "What are you muttering about, go and cook!"
After speaking, he led Lin Dong to the study room.
When Lin Dong followed Qiao Guoting to the study room, Chu Yunxiu snorted and then said to her daughter Qiao Xue, "Xiaoxue, why give that trash an opportunity?"
"How is he worthy of you?"
Qiao Xue replied, "I, Qiao Xue, am not yet at the point where others can call off an engagement with me! If it is to be called off, I will be the one to do it."
"Besides, I want him to see for himself just how great the gap was between us before, to make him face reality."
Of course, she had another purpose; that was to use Lin Fan as a shield.
There were too many pursuing her, Qiao Xue. With Lin Fan in the picture, it would deter many suitors.
Although Chu Yunxiu was dissatisfied, she was also helpless.
With both her daughter and the old master deciding on the matter, she couldn't change it.
"Hmph, it's his good fortune. With the title of your fiance, even his ancestors benefit."
Chu Yunxiu hmphed and went to cook, somewhat reluctantly.
After dinner was ready, everyone sat down to eat.
This meal included luxurious seafood like king crabs and lobsters, and of course, there were common vegetables like cabbage and eggplant.
Chu Yunxiu deliberately placed the cabbage and such in front of Lin Dong, feeling he was only fit to eat these.
As for Qiao Xue, although she was also high above, she was much more generous than her mother, Chu Yunxiu.
She proactively served a king crab to Lin Dong, saying, "Lin Dong, for the next half year, you are my fiance."
"Sometimes, it will be inevitable for me to take you to high-class places. You need to learn to eat these upscale seafood!"
Seeing this, Chu Yunxiu sniped, "Lin Dong, this king crab, it's over a thousand each."
"I suppose this is the first time you're eating something so precious, right?"
Lin Dong felt a bit awkward; in reality, the wild goods he ate in the mountains, such as centuries-old ginseng, were worth more than the king crab in each piece.
However, Lin Dong didn't say much and just ate his meal in silence.
"I'm full..."
After Lin Dong had eaten enough, he excused himself to leave.
After he had gone, Chu Yunxiu continued to harp on about Lin Dong.
"Xiaoxue, look at him, so crude and unrefined. I guess that meal today is probably the most precious meal he'll ever have in this life. If you were to take him out, it would simply be an embarrassment."
Qiao Guoting got a bit angry after hearing these words and slammed the table, saying:
"Enough, quiet down. Young people, no one is born wealthy. These are things he will be able to earn in the future."
Chu Yunxiu pursed her lips, though she didn't dare to talk back out of respect for the old master's presence.
But in her heart, she still thought Lin Dong would probably amount to nothing in his lifetime.
It was at this moment that Chu Yunxiu looked at the 'gift' Lin Dong had brought during his first visit.
She directly opened the grapes, intending to feed them to the pet dog!
"Woof Woof Woof..." the dog sniffed it twice and didn't eat it at all.
"Look at this trash, even the dog won't eat it!"
Chu Yunxiu rolled her eyes.
At this moment, another woman came in through the door.
This woman looked somewhat similar to Qiao Xue, but her style was completely different.
Qiao Xue had the image of a long-haired beauty and CEO, while the woman before them had the short-haired, royal sister temperament of a white-collar worker.
Her figure was even better than Qiao Xue's, especially her chest, which could cause waves with just a stomp.
She was none other than the Second Miss Qiao Bing of the Qiao family, and the number one beauty and director of the Department of Cardiology at Renmin Hospital.
She had just gotten off work and was returning home when she saw her mother, Chu Yunxiu, feeding the cat with grapes.
Suddenly, she froze and exclaimed in surprise, "Mom, what are you doing?"
"You're actually feeding the dog with these grapes!"
Chu Yunxiu laughingly said, "Little Bing, why make such a big deal out of it?"
"You know our family usually eats Yellow Dragon Fruit that costs hundreds of yuan per jin, and people think fruits like cherries, which others consider expensive, are just everyday food for us."
"As for grapes and tangerines, those low-quality fruits, we use them to feed pets..."
Qiao Bing rolled her eyes and quickly snatched the grapes from Chu Yunxiu's hand.
She didn't even wash them before shoving them into her mouth.
Seeing this, both Chu Yunxiu and Qiao Xue were shocked.
Chu Yunxiu couldn't help but spit out, "Little Bing, have you gone crazy? Even the dog won't eat these trash grapes, and you're snatching them to eat."
Qiao Xue also said, "Sister, have you been working too hard lately?"
As Qiao Bing ate the grapes, she rolled her eyes and said,
"Sister, didn't the Black Dragon Society delay the repayment of ten million to our company? So you bought these grapes that cost over two thousand yuan each?"
"But even if others have repaid our family's money, you don't have to waste it like this, right? Feeding grapes that cost over two thousand yuan each to the dog!"
Wow!!!
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.
Chu Yunxiu kept shaking her head, saying, "Little Bing, what are you talking about?"
"How could these grapes be worth over two thousand yuan each? Do you think they are made of gold?"
"That's why I say, Mom, you have limited experience. These are not ordinary grapes; they are called Romanian Ruby Grapes."
Qiao Bing continued to stuff grapes into her mouth while giving her mother Chu Yunxiu an explanation.
"These grapes are only produced in Ishikawa Prefecture of Yinghua Country and are extremely strict about quality, each grape being as big as a ping-pong ball, with sugar content over 18%. These grapes are especially rare and not something you can buy just because you want to.
In 2011, at an auction, a bunch of 30 Romanian Ruby Grapes sold for 8,250 pounds (about 72,300 RMB), which means each grape was 2,400 RMB."
"I've only eaten this fruit twice before! It was when the wife of the President of Jianghai Commerce Association, Yu Li, was hospitalized, and I was lucky enough to have some!"
After listening to Qiao Bing's explanation, Chu Yunxiu's throat bobbed.
Grapes worth over two thousand yuan each, and she was feeding them to the dog?
She quickly kicked the dog away and picked one to try herself.
"This... this is really delicious!"
Chu Yunxiu smacked her lips, swallowing the big grape in just a few bites without even chewing it properly.
Even Qiao Xue couldn't resist picking one to taste.
After finishing it, she also blurted out, "These grapes are too delicious!"
Even the old man Qiao Guoting picked one and began to eat, and after finishing, he commented,
"These grapes indeed seem to be worth over two thousand yuan each."
Qiao Bing was curious, "Sister, these grapes don't look like something you bought; who bought them?"
Chu Yunxiu felt awkward, as she had just been mocking Lin Dong at the dining table, boasting about crabs that cost over a thousand yuan each, thinking that was the most precious thing Lin Dong had ever eaten in his life.
Little did she know that the few jin of grapes he sent over were worth more than those big crabs, just by one grape!
Qiao Xue was also very curious. Lin Dong looked so plain on the outside, how could he afford grapes that cost over two thousand yuan each?
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gh several jin, how much would that cost?
Qiao Xue suddenly felt that Lin Dong might not be as simple as he seemed on the surface...