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Mu Lan expressionlessly covered the gift box again, leaving everyone present confused.
"Miss Sheng, perhaps... let's not unwrap the gift for now."
Seeing this, Sheng Xueqian took the gift box from Mu Lan's hands, tilted her chin up, and exuded a wilful demeanor.
"Why can't we open it now? My sister put a lot of thought into preparing this for Grandpa Huo.
What, are you afraid that the gift prepared by my sister will outshine others? So you don't want to open it in front of everyone?"
Sheng Xueqin was very pleased to have her cousin as a pawn—she could say the things that were not good to say, do the deeds not good to do, while always remaining the elegant lady of good breeding in others' eyes.
Pretending to take on the airs of an elder sister, Sheng Xueqin spoke:
"Xueqian! Miss Mu, my little sister is young and speaks without a filter, you mustn't take a child's words to heart."
