"Wen Xin, this is the gift I've prepared for you; I hope you'll like it."
Wei Manqing presented an exquisitely crafted box from which she extracted a jade bracelet of a lush green hue, evidently of great worth and certainly no ordinary piece.
"This jade has been part of my collection for a long time. The moment I first saw you, I felt this bracelet suited you. We didn't get the chance to get acquainted last time, but now we're family. Let me put this bracelet on for you."
Wei Manqing didn't give Wen Xin the opportunity to decline. She took Wen Xin's wrist—the one without a watch—and gently massaged it before firmly slipping the bracelet onto Wen Xin's wrist, admiring it as one would a piece of art.
Wen Xin, momentarily at a loss for words in front of Mu Chengxi's warm family, could only offer Wei Manqing a gentle smile in return. "Thank you for your gift, Auntie..."
