HPDBC Chapter 14 Receiving a Gift from My Father
Chapter 14 Receiving a Gift from My Father
"Oh my god! It really is an iPhone 17!" Song Miaomiao exclaimed excitedly.
Jiang Silu was a little dazed for a moment. She picked up the phone box, thinking it was just a box, but she didn't expect it to be so heavy. What's more, the phone box was still unopened.
A cosmetics set, a Chanel bag, a luxury down jacket, and a top-of-the-line iPhone 17.
This box alone is worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Liu Shiting was already lying in bed when she saw Jiang Silu take out so many luxury items from the box, and she was quite surprised.
After all, they had known each other for more than two months, and she still didn't know that Jiang Silu's family was so rich.
"Lulu, your mother is so good to you." Lu Yao, who was standing next to her, also looked on with envy.
Jiang Silu panicked. He suspected that he had picked up the wrong package, or that someone had sent it to the wrong address.
She looked at the recipient's information over and over again.
But it clearly states my name, phone number, and school address.
Jiang Silu could only awkwardly explain, "Let me ask my mother first if she sent it."
So she immediately left the dormitory and called Jiang Yixia.
"Hello, Mom."
"What's wrong?"
"Did you send me cosmetics, a bag, and an iPhone?"
"I didn't."
"Oh, so who sent these to me?" Jiang Silu asked, puzzled. "I thought it was sent to the wrong address, but the name, phone number, and address all match."
Jiang Yixia suddenly thought of someone. After hesitating for two seconds, she said, "It's very likely that your dad bought it for you to make it up to you."
"My dad bought it?" Jiang Silu suddenly understood.
After all, such expensive luxury goods and Apple phones are really unaffordable for the average person.
Unless it's her biological father.
When they first met, Jiang Silu felt that this Uncle Lu had a lot of class and looked like a rich man.
Of course, she never expected that her biological father would compensate her with expensive handbags and cell phones.
However, Jiang Silu had backbone; she directly said, "Then I don't want it."
Jiang Yixia replied, "He's already given it to you, and you've signed for it, so it can't be returned. Just accept it. Don't feel guilty; after all, he hasn't been there for you all these years, so it's only right that you accept these gifts from him."
Hearing her mother's words, Jiang Silu hesitated for a moment.
She finally replied, "Okay, I'll put it away for now and take it out when I need it."
"Mmm," Jiang Yixia replied, "Actually, your dad really wants to make it up to you and your brother. You can tell he feels really guilty, so if you can, try to forgive him."
"Then, Mom, will you forgive him?" Jiang Silu asked in return.
Jiang Yixia hesitated for a moment, then said, "Mom may not be able to forgive him right now, but what happened between Dad and me shouldn't affect you two, so you can build a relationship."
"If you won't forgive him, then I won't forgive him either. You're the one who gave me life and raised me, while he's only met me twice. I don't even know what he likes to eat, what kind of clothes he likes to wear, or what his favorite color is," Jiang Silu explained. "But I won't cause him any trouble. I'll just live my own life."
"Alright." Seeing this, Jiang Yixia didn't say anything more.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Silu returned to her dormitory.
Lu Yao was holding that Chanel bag and gesturing to his face repeatedly.
When she saw Jiang Silu return, she immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Lulu, your Chanel bag is the latest model! Is it genuine?"
"Ah, I don't really know either, but it should be true," Jiang Silu said somewhat awkwardly.
"Shiting, you're an expert in this area, take a look." Lu Yao then handed the backpack to Liu Shiting.
Liu Shiting looked at it and then nodded, saying, "This is genuine. I saw it in the store before, but it was a bit expensive, so I didn't buy it."
"Wow, Shiting, even you think it's expensive, so this bag must cost twenty or thirty thousand?" Lu Yao exclaimed.
Liu Shiting nodded: "We should. I remember it was around 29998."
"My goodness!" Lu Yao exclaimed excitedly as she looked at Jiang Silu. "Lulu, your family is so rich! Yet you still carry a handbag that costs only a few dollars."
Jiang Silu naturally wouldn't say that it was bought by her father, whom she had only met a few times.
She had no choice but to explain, "This wasn't bought by my mother, it was bought by an elderly person in my family... to celebrate my getting into university."
She, who had never lied much before, finally broke her vow in front of her roommates.
"Your elders must really dote on you." Lu Yao then turned her attention to the set of cosmetics on the table.
She stepped forward, took Jiang Silu's arm, and said, "Lulu, you know I have a competition in the city later at noon. I was thinking of using your cosmetics, is that alright?"
"Okay." Jiang Silu didn't really like wearing makeup, so she couldn't tell how good the cosmetics set that was sent was.
However, since so many luxurious items were sent, and they're Chanel brand, they can't be too bad.
"That's great, thank you so much, Lulu, come here, give me a kiss." Lu Yao said as she leaned in.
Seeing this, Song Miaomiao, who was standing to the side, showed a look of disgust.
However, she did not expect Jiang Silu to come from such a wealthy family.
She also works part-time to support herself during her studies.
Of course, regardless of whether Jiang Silu's family background was good or bad, Song Miaomiao treated her as her own good sister.
Jiang Silu carefully put away her Chanel bag and two down jackets. She glanced at her phone and ultimately decided to open the Apple phone box.
Jiang Yixia wanted to buy her a new phone, but after buying it, Jiang Silu gave the new phone to Jiang Yixia and used her mother's old phone herself.
In Jiang Silu's words, Jiang Yixia needs to run a business, and the old mobile phone with poor signal will affect the flower shop's income.
But Jiang Yixia knew in her heart that her daughter just felt sorry for her.
She also often felt guilty that she couldn't buy all the things that ordinary children should have all at once.
Jiang Silu looked at the brand-new iPhone 17, which was the top-of-the-line version.
To say I'm unhappy would be a lie.
In addition, since girls are more or less vain, Jiang Silu's hatred for Lu Fan has lessened at this moment.
Of course, it's absolutely impossible for her to forgive Lu Fan right now; at worst, she can just return all the gifts herself.
She's not the kind of person who would bow down for a pittance.
However, since her mother made her accept these gifts, Jiang Silu wasn't stupid.
He knew perfectly well that Lu Fan wasn't short of money for these gifts.
Just as Jiang Silu was pondering over the iPhone, Jiang Sifan returned to his dormitory.
Just then, the SF Express courier who had just delivered the package to Jiang Silu arrived at the door and immediately dialed Jiang Sifan's number.
"Hey, Jiang Sifan, you have a package. Come downstairs and pick it up."
Jiang Sifan looked at the tricycle parked not far away, walked up to it, and said, "I'm Jiang Sifan. Do you have a package for me?"
"Yes, this whole box is for you." With that, the SF Express deliveryman took a box out of his tricycle.
This puzzled Jiang Sifan.
"I didn't buy anything online."
"I don't know, I guess it was sent by your family."
Just as Jiang Sifan thought it was from her mother, Jiang Silu sent a photo with the caption: "[Have you received a package? It was sent by our dad.]"
Upon seeing the photo and then the box beside it, Jiang Sifan angrily told the deliveryman, "I refuse to accept this package. I don't want it."
"You don't want it?"
"Yes, no."
After saying that, he angrily went back to his dormitory.