Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 1107 - 1151: Generous Gift

Chapter 1107: Chapter 1151: Generous Gift

"Brother Yifei, congratulations!" A hearty laughter came from the entrance.

Li Yifei looked towards the source of the voice and saw Meng Qianjun, Wei Zijun, and Gu Yanan approaching. This made Li Yifei frown; these three really knew how to pick their time. Coming at this moment meant they knew well that Li Yifei couldn’t possibly do anything to them today.

"Young Master Wei, Young Master Gu, Young Master Meng, what wind has blown you here?"

Li Yifei also greeted them cheerfully and embraced each warmly. To the onlookers, it seemed like the excitement of old friends visiting; who would know that Li Yifei already bore deep grudges against them.

The wives behind Li Yifei were all glaring furiously at these three. They didn’t need to maintain composure like Li Yifei. If it weren’t for the special occasion today, they would really have swept these three out the door.

"Young Master Li, on this important day for the Li family, how could we old friends not come?" Wei Zijun patted Li Yifei’s shoulder.

Gu Yanan still had that signature smile, saying, "Indeed, on such an important day, it would be rude not to come and celebrate."

Li Yifei laughed: "You didn’t come empty-handed, did you? Surely, you’ve prepared some congratulatory gifts?"

Meng Qianjun laughed heartily and said, "Of course, gifts are a must. It’s just a matter of whether you’ll like them, Young Master Li."

The people brought by Meng Qianjun immediately delivered three items. Meng Qianjun was the first to bring a red square box which was not small. He opened it right in front of Li Yifei, causing the bystanders to be dazzled by the brilliant colors that nearly blinded them.

Upon regaining focus, the women at the door all gasped because inside were twenty uniformly sized and neatly arranged diamonds.

Each of these diamonds was about ten carats. Knowing that diamonds of this size usually cost about five million each in the market, and there were twenty of them, the value here was a billion. More importantly, the uniform size of these twenty made them even more rare and probably more valuable.

Li Yifei joked, "Young Master Meng, you are too stingy, trying to fob me off with some glass," and then casually picked up and closed the lid, handing it to Su Yiyi, saying, "Take Young Master Meng’s twenty pieces of glass."

Everyone around then breathed a sigh of relief. If they were all real diamonds, owning even one could be a woman’s lifelong pursuit, let alone twenty; ordinary glass was more manageable.

But it seems that Young Master Meng wasn’t a simple character; how could he give ordinary glass? That was a bit puzzling.

Chen Min was about to walk inside when she heard the commotion and turned back with a few female colleagues, coming up to Su Yiyi, and said, "Let me have a look."

Su Yiyi knew they were real diamonds, but since Chen Min insisted, she reluctantly opened the box. Chen Min and a few female colleagues immediately gathered around to look.

One female colleague said, "Is this really glass? It’s made so exquisitely, it looks just like real diamonds."

Another quickly said, "I can check; I specifically learned online how to authenticate diamonds."

"And how do you authenticate?"

The woman proudly said, "It’s simple. First step is to look; the luster and color of a real diamond can reveal its authenticity. Well-polished real diamonds display strong and colorful radiance, while the light emitted by high-refractive imitation products seems stiff and dull. Look at these colors... wow, they actually look really nice."

"And what’s the second step?" Chen Min eagerly asked.

"The second step is to check the diamond’s edges," the colleague picked up a diamond—Su Yiyi wanted to stop her but thought better of it and let her proceed.

"A diamond’s hardness is very high, and its edges are very sharp. Only imitations would have worn edges due to insufficient hardness; their lines and vertices tend to appear rounded. You usually need a magnifying glass to observe this closely, but this one is large enough so you can almost see with the naked eye... Huh, looks like the edges are quite sharp too."

"Where? Let me see," the colleagues all started looking closely.

"It looks like it’s real," the woman muttered, then dripped a drop of mineral water onto the diamond.

"What are you doing now?" Chen Min asked curiously.

"Diamonds have oleophilic and hydrophobic properties; when you drop water on a diamond, the water won’t spread. If it’s a fake, the water will disperse."

"But it didn’t disperse either," Chen Min said, puzzled.

"This... this seems to be real," the colleague holding the diamond trembled, and the other women, who had been focusing on the diamond, now turned to look at Su Yiyi.

Su Yiyi gave a bitter smile and said, "It’s really real. President Li was just joking with him."

"My goodness!" exclaimed the female colleague, quickly putting the diamond back into the box. This diamond alone was worth millions; if she damaged it, even selling herself wouldn’t cover the cost.

Su Yiyi closed the box and said, "Let me go deliver this." She then took it to the gift reception, where the staff immediately began to register it.

When Su Yiyi returned, Chen Min and a few other female colleagues clearly hadn’t snapped out of their stupor from the diamond, still somewhat dazed until Su Yiyi greeted them, snapping them back to reality.

"Yiyi, are you really just giving away something so valuable?" Chen Min asked with a grin.

Su Yiyi smiled and replied, "They are responsible for receiving gifts, so of course I gave it to them."

"But... those diamonds are worth tens of millions at least. What if they embezzle them?"

Su Yiyi’s smile grew brighter as she said, "Everyone here is carefully selected; nothing like that will ever happen."

"Wow, that’s impressive!" The female colleagues were all secretly astounded. They finally realized just how powerful the company they were working for was. It turns out that their boss, Li Yifei, was truly a man of capability. Working here promised a bright future indeed.

One female colleague said enviously, "If I had a diamond like that, I’d be happy doing anything."

Another colleague immediately responded with a sly smile, "Then strip and get into President Li’s bed, maybe he’ll be so pleased he’ll give you one."

"Shush, don’t spout nonsense; do you want me to lose my job? Besides, I’m not his type."

Chen Min chimed in, "Yeah, none of us are his type. Maybe if it were Yiyi." She then winked at Su Yiyi, "Yiyi, surely one of these diamonds will be yours."

"Yeah, Su Yiyi, you really have a chance, being so beautiful and so favored by President Li. Just put in a little effort and you’ll surely get one."

Su Yiyi just smiled and said nothing. At home, whatever she wanted, Li Yifei would give to her without hesitation. To her, a mere diamond meant little.

When everyone learned that the twenty diamonds Young Master Meng had given were real, nobody wanted to enter first anymore; they were all eager to see if any more shocking gifts would appear.

At this moment, Meng Qianjun’s face darkened, but he still laughed and said, "Brother Yifei, it seems my gift was too commonplace."

Wei Zijun interjected, "I told you, those gifts of yours are too mundane. Yifei isn’t short on money; he can get those things on his own without needing them from you."

Meng Qianjun shook his head, "Alright, let’s see if Brother Yifei will fancy the gifts you picked."

Wei Zijun smiled slightly and said, "I’m not that confident; I’m just here to join the fun. Brother Yifei, I’ve never been to your study, and I don’t know if this suits your taste. Here are four paintings for your study."

"Oh? Anything from Young Master Wei must be extraordinary. I’m eager to see it firsthand." Su Mengxin, fond of calligraphy and paintings, added.

Li Yifei, not very knowledgeable about these things, nevertheless opened the paintings with a smile upon Su Mengxin’s interest.

"It’s actually Qi Baishi’s Four-Screen Birds and Flowers; this is truly rare." Su Mengxin exclaimed in surprise.

In the past, such praise from Su Mengxin would have thrilled Wei Zijun, but now that she belonged to Li Yifei and was even pregnant with his child, and given their current deep disputes with Li Yifei, Wei Zijun wasn’t harboring any thoughts towards her.

"It’s an honor to receive praise from Mengxin."

Everyone was looking at the paintings, but very few truly understood their value. Chu Xiaoyao, especially curious, asked, "Sister Mengxin, are these paintings very valuable?"

Su Mengxin smiled slightly, "Qi Baishi’s paintings are indeed quite valuable. These four bird and flower screens were auctioned for ninety-two million a couple of years ago. Now in Young Master Wei’s hands, they’re probably worth even more, easily surpassing a hundred million."

Chu Xiaoyao excitedly shouted, "Wow, that expensive? Can I play with them?"

Li Yifei laughed and said, "Sure, you can take them to play."

Chu Xiaoyao excitedly took them.

Everyone was dumbfounded. A work worth a hundred million was just handed to Chu Xiaoyao, who clearly didn’t understand its value, and she was even just playing with it. It was utterly wasteful! If Qi Baishi knew, who knows if he would come back to life in anger, snatch the paintings, and burn them.

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