It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when Long Qin arrived at the Song residence. The Song family was sitting in the heated living room. The winter in Country Z was too cold, and after the heavy snow, it was so cold that one's bones turned cold.
As soon as Long Qin entered the living room, she saw Song Xuelan and Fang Yuan sitting on the sofa in the living room. They were either looking at their phones or playing with their phones. They looked very relaxed.
"Long Qin, you're here." Fang Yuan stood up and greeted Long Qin like a good stepmother. "Come and sit down. I was just about to call to ask when you would be coming over. You're the main character tonight. Your father has invited a lot of people and wants to introduce you to everyone."
Long Qin raised the corners of her lips and walked to the single sofa at the side to sit down. As a girl who had returned from the penal planet and had grown up among criminals, it was normal for her to be arrogant and surly. Long Qin had mastered her current image. Her slender white legs rested on the coffee table without restraint, and she did not forget to shake a few times.
Song Liangheng's mother could not stand Long Qin's attitude and lectured, "You're a girl. How can you sit like this? You're the daughter of a wealthy family now, not a hooligan who hangs out with criminals."
Long Qin did not care about what she said and sat however she pleased.
Song Liangheng's mother snorted coldly when she saw this.
Song Xuelan secretly laughed in her heart. Long Qin was such a graceful and noble young lady back then. It was a pity that the daughter she gave birth to did not have the temperament of a rich young lady at all. She was like a hooligan and was not presentable! Song Xuelan thought that if Long Qin's face was a little uglier, her skin a little darker, and her figure a little worse, it would be great. However, her face was very good-looking. Even if her movements were not elegant, she had a sophisticated temperament.
Song Xuelan was filled with hatred in her heart, but she still said hypocritically, "Long Qin, when Grandpa and I went to the Cang residence last night, it wasn't because we suspected that your medical skills were inferior, but because we are doctors and just mean well to our patients. We were also thinking about the patient's health."
Long Qin waved her hand nonchalantly. "It's fine. My medical skills can withstand the test anyway. If you hadn't gone to make a fuss, the Cang family wouldn't have known that my medical skills were so good. It's a blessing in disguise for me. Thank you."
Song Xuelan gritted her teeth in anger and looked at Long Qin with a fake smile. "That's good. I've also prepared a welcome gift for you as an apology. From now on, we're family. Come upstairs with me."
Long Qin hummed in agreement.
Upstairs, Song Xuelan picked out a small box from a pile of jewelry boxes and handed it to Long Qin. "Let's see if you like it."
She took out a platinum bracelet with a circle of diamonds embedded in it. It looked even better on Long Qin's snow-white wrist.
After putting it on Long Qin, Song Xuelan heaped her with praise. "As expected, this bracelet suits you the best."
Long Qin raised her wrist. The design of this bracelet was indeed not bad. It made her wrist look fairer and soft. It brought out her slender wrist and looked expensive. She smiled with joy in her eyes. "Aunt, you shouldn't have. This bracelet must have cost a lot, right? Are the diamonds on it real?"
"Yes." Song Xuelan nodded casually.
Hearing that, Long Qin loved the bracelet even more. "Haha, that's great. I love diamonds the most. This is the first diamond bracelet I have."
Song Xuelan saw Long Qin's greed and could not help but mock her in her heart. Back then, when Long Hua gave her all kinds of expensive jewelry, she was not as excited as Long Qin. As expected of a country bumpkin who had never seen the world, she was nothing but an embarrassment. Be happy. She could be happy all she wanted now. At the banquet later, there would be a time when you would be mocked.
Song Xuelan's heart was filled with schemes.
Long Qin pretended not to see the malice in Song Xuelan's eyes. When she went downstairs, she deliberately placed the bracelet in front of Fang Yuan and waved it. "Aunt gave it to me."
Fang Yuan recognized the bracelet. Her expression changed slightly, but she quickly smiled appropriately. "Really? It's so beautiful."
After saying that, she secretly glanced at Song Xuelan. Song Xuelan exchanged a look with her, and then both of them looked like they were waiting for the show to start.
Long Qin also smiled. Although she did not know what was so special about this bracelet, she would deal with whatever came her way. She wanted to see what Song Xuelan and the others could do.
Soon, night fell and the banquet began. The Song family had indeed invited many people. Many shareholders of the Song Group had come. There were people who had been good friends with Long Qin's grandfather back then. There were also Long Hua's friends. They heard that she had a daughter and all wanted to come and see her.