Chapter 1462: Chapter 306: The Stability of Triangles (Part 4)
Old Master Nan’s eyes flickered, and he laughed heartily, shaking his head: "Getting old, getting old! Why sit around? But if you, this girl, can prepare a few pots of good tea at the Xuanqing Sect, this old man wouldn’t mind visiting often. How about it? Would you welcome me?"
An Yiqing nodded with a smile: "It would be an honor."
The conversation between Old Master Nan and An Yiqing might have sounded like casual chitchat at first, but those with a keen ear detected something more—the Xuanqing Sect and the Nan Family were going to collaborate! Otherwise, why would someone of Old Master Nan’s stature visit the Xuanqing Sect? Back when Long Zaitian was in charge, Old Master Nan hadn’t even spared him a glance!
The people present started making mental calculations, weighing the pros and cons, figuring out how to build a good relationship with An Yiqing.
Nan Yang stayed silently behind An Yiqing, watching as the old man spoke kindly with the girl and observing the thoughtful expressions on the faces of those around. After a moment, he chuckled softly, with a hint of warmth.
Half an hour later, Nan Tian’s twentieth birthday banquet officially began.
Amid the host’s passionate narration, Nan Tian, wearing a red long dress, appeared on the second-floor staircase, arm-in-arm with Old Master Nan in a red suit.
As the music started to play, Nan Tian descended the stairs gracefully and elegantly. Her attire today amazed everyone present. It had always been said that the Nan family’s youngest daughter, Nan Tian, was rude, vulgar, and led a chaotic private life, making Old Master Nan want to hit her. But seeing her today, perhaps the rumors weren’t entirely true.
Everyone present admired Nan Tian’s dignified and graceful demeanor, except for An Yiqing, who barely stifled her laughter, watching her playfully.
No one else noticed, but An Yiqing knew what was really up. Who knew what kind of tricks Nan Tian had done to her high heels!
This matter had to be traced back an hour earlier, when Nan Tian had almost thrown the pair of red ten-centimeter high heels at the stylist’s face. In the end, An Yiqing had forcefully dragged her back to the room. Over the next hour, An Yiqing used all her skills trying to teach Nan Tian to wear high heels, but some people just don’t have the knack. Not only did Nan Tian fail to learn, but she repeatedly fell several times.
In the end, out of desperation, Nan Tian came up with a bizarre idea. She asked the butler for some iron pieces, rubber pads, and small nails. Then she combined the iron pieces with the heels of the high heels, forming a stable triangle structure, securing it firmly with the nails, and attaching the rubber pads to the bottom of the iron. This way, the heel was supported by wide, thick iron pieces, making it both stable and reliable, guaranteed not to topple. Plus, with the rubber pads attached, there would be no unpleasant metal scraping sound when walking.
When An Yiqing saw the masterpiece that Nan Tian had spent an hour creating, her eyes nearly rolled to the back of her head. The laziness of some people could produce the most bizarre solutions under pressure!
Fortunately, Nan Tian’s skirt was floor-length; otherwise, if those high heels were exposed, it would have been a laughingstock...
An Yiqing collected her thoughts as Nan Tian and Old Master Nan approached the microphone. After a brief and concise speech, Old Master Nan announced the birthday banquet had officially started!
The first event was gift-giving from relatives. Nan Yang’s parents gave Nan Tian a pair of jade bracelets, Nan Yang’s eldest sister gave Nan Tian a crystal necklace, and Nan Yang himself spent a lot of money on a pair of glass-type Violets earrings for Nan Tian.
"Little sister, you’re twenty now. You can’t be so willful anymore. This was specially made for you by your second brother. Do you like it?" Nan Yang opened the jewelry box, revealing a pair of water-drop-shaped glass-type Violet earrings, sparkling and translucent, eliciting gasps from onlookers.
"Second brother, this is too valuable! I can’t accept it!" Nan Tian was startled inside. She wasn’t ignorant of its worth—these earrings were worth at least over thirty million. Nan Yang hadn’t been back from Country Jin for long, and because the old man didn’t favor him, Nan Yang hadn’t accumulated much savings over the years. While this pair of earrings might seem inexpensive to others, Nan Tian knew Nan Yang might have used up all his savings to buy them.
"Little sister, if you don’t accept, it means you don’t care about your second brother anymore."
Looking at Nan Yang’s warm and handsome face, filled with undisguised concern, Nan Tian’s eyes started to glisten with tears. She took a deep breath, gently sniffed, and carefully took the box from Nan Yang’s hand.
"Second brother, thank you, I will definitely treasure it!"
Nan Yang wanted to ruffle Nan Tian’s hair, but found her hair styled today. Smiling slightly, he reached out and patted Nan Tian’s shoulder, "Between siblings, there’s no need to say thank you. When your second brother earns money in the future, I’ll buy you fun things!"
While Nan Yang and Nan Tian shared their sibling bond, the other members of the Nan family had different thoughts, particularly Nan Tong’s parents who exchanged a sharp look, filled with sarcasm. Surprisingly, Old Master Nan, who always opposed the relationship between Nan Yang and Nan Tian, said nothing this time. It was unclear whether he didn’t want to ruin Nan Tian’s face or he tacitly approved of Nan Yang’s actions.
An Yiqing watched the Nan family’s thoughts unfold, coldly smiling inside. The bigger the tree, the more branches it has. It seemed Nan Tian’s future path would be very difficult.
Following that, other members of the Nan family also presented their gifts, which were all jewelry, antiques, and paintings. But what Old Master Nan gave truly shocked everyone.
He gifted a pair of old silver bracelets. The style of the bracelets was simple, without any patterns, only with some minor scratches.
These bracelets would go unnoticed if thrown on the street, but when the Nan family saw this pair of bracelets, everyone’s expressions changed.
This pair of bracelets was the Nan family’s ancestral token of love. Although not explicitly stated, whichever family head handed it down indicated a possible next inheritor of the Nan family!
Back then, Old Master Nan was quite the philanderer, marrying several wives, but his favorite was Nan Tian’s grandmother. So, he gave this pair of bracelets as a token of love to Nan Tian’s grandmother. Since the inheritor hadn’t been decided, the bracelets had always been worn by Nan Tian’s grandmother, never leaving her side.
In such a formal occasion, Old Master Nan unexpectedly handed over the bracelets to Nan Tian. Did this mean he intended to pass the position of the Nan family’s inheritor to her?!
The first to disagree was Nan Tong’s mother, the third wife of the Nan family. With a smile that didn’t reach her eyes, she cautiously said, "Dad, how could you give those bracelets of little mom to Nan Tian? They’re your tokens of love."
"Yeah, Dad, these have been in the Nan family for hundreds of years, you can’t just give them away. Little Tian is still young; what if she loses them!" The Fourth of the Nan Family quickly chimed in support.
"Old Master, think it over! These bracelets can’t be given away carelessly!"
The Nan family voiced their opinions one after another, all with the same underlying thought—the bracelets absolutely couldn’t go to Nan Tian!
Observing these so-called relatives’ "well-intentioned efforts" with cold detachment, Nan Tian sneered inwardly. Just a pair of bracelets threw them into disarray? Was this the extent of the Nan family’s ability?
She glanced over at everyone, her gaze unintentionally landing on Nan Yang. She saw the comforting smile on his face and felt a warmth in her heart.
No matter how cold-blooded and emotionless these so-called relatives were, she still had her second brother and the old man.
With that thought, Nan Tian decided not to swallow her anger this time.
"Grandpa, since Uncle and Auntie think it’s inappropriate, you’d better take the bracelets back. I’m sure grandma wouldn’t blame you!"