Chapter 687



The two boys had received very precious and valuable gifts. The moment they were presented with the stock, they immediately aroused the envy and admiration of everyone around them!

The Smith Corporation had a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars. It was impossible to spend all the money that came from even five percent of the company’s shares.

In that case, what was Ian going to give Cherry?

While everyone was thinking about it, they saw Ian turn to Cherry. In addition to giving her the same amount of shares, he took out an exquisite box and opened it. Inside the box was a diamond the size of a pigeon egg.

Ian handed it to her. “This is the Heart of the Ocean. I got it at auction a few years ago. I’m giving it to you today, Cherry, do you like it?”

Cherry’s eyes lit up. “Yes, I like it, I like it!”

Ian smirked.

The crowd gasped for a moment. Then a huge uproar went through them.

That jewel was simply too rare. Many families had gone to great lengths to fight for it, but they hadn’t expected it to end up in the hands of a five-year-old girl.

Everyone’s eyes filled with admiration. “I’m so envious of Cherry!”

As soon as they said that, someone sighed and commented, “What a pity. There were originally two such diamonds, so this is just one of them. There is another one just like it, but its whereabouts are unknown even now.”

“Just having one is enough! Just because the Smiths have such a big business they can win the jewel at auction. Other than the Hunts, who else is rich enough to do that!”

gαℓησν𝒆𝓁s．𝒸𝗈𝗺 brings magic to life While everyone was paying compliments to Cherry, there were also some who disagreed with the way Mrs. Livingstone had just lectured the girl. They immediately said in a mocking tone, “No matter what Cherry’s life has been like in the past, from the very day she came back to New York, she has been living in a nest of gold and silver! The girl still has a lot of blessings ahead of her! In addition, Mr. Hunt is especially fond of his daughter. She is without a doubt the undisputed little princess of New York.”

The hidden insults of harmless remarks so angered Mrs. Livingstone that she immediately responded, “Still, that won’t take away from the fact that she lived in poverty when she was younger! A child’s personality solidifies when he turns five.”

Some people also said with dissatisfaction, “You can’t say he lived in poverty, can you? I hear his family is quite well-to-do…”.

Although the Smiths of California were not as wealthy as the Smiths of New York, they were still quite well off. With an annual income of over five million dollars, how could they really be so poor?

Mrs. Livingstone pursed her lips. “Tsk, if they’re not poor, why don’t I see their relatives coming over to give them presents?”

Everyone was speechless.

Most of the people who came with gifts had presented them on the spot.

Ian, who was a particularly close relative, had caused quite a sensation by presenting his gifts, but it was true that they didn’t see any gifts from anyone from where Nora lived.

As she was thinking about it, Mrs. Livingstone suddenly spotted Lisa in the crowd.

Lisa was Nora’s cousin when she lived in California. Although her father, Henry, mistreated her, Nora had always gotten along well with her aunt. Lisa had also been willing to play with her when they were children.

As her children were celebrating their birthday, Nora had also sent an invitation to her aunt.

However, the place was simply too far away. In addition, Henry had gone overboard, so her aunt felt too embarrassed to visit. So she had sent Lisa, who was studying at New York Medical College, to come as a representative of her family.

Lisa had bought Lego sets for the children and was bringing them along at the time.

Mrs. Livingstone, who had been paying attention to Nora, learned that Lisa was Nora’s cousin. She immediately went into sneer mode and said, “Gee, it’s not like no one came, is it? Miss Black, you must be Miss Smith’s cousin, right? Her mother is her aunt from that family, isn’t she?”.

Lisa blushed. She nodded her head and awkwardly hid the gifts in her hands behind her.

She was really embarrassing Nora!

In front of all the other people’s expensive gifts, her Lego sets weren’t really presentable.

However, the more she hid, the more Mrs. Livingstone asked, “What gifts did you bring for the three children?”

Lisa: “…”

She stepped back in silence.

However, Mrs. Livingstone had already seen the Lego sets behind her. After all, the Lego boxes were too big. It was hard for people to miss them.

She immediately smiled and exclaimed, “Wow, those are Lego sets!”.

Then he took another look and said, “How much are they? Why do they look fake to me…”.

Lisa immediately panicked. “No way! These are authentic products from the official store. They cost over $300.”

Mrs. Livingstone smiled, “Oh, they cost over $300? Then they must be authentic, after all. They’re very expensive.”

As soon as she said that, Lisa realized she had been fooled. She immediately blushed with embarrassment.

Everyone around her was looking at her and watching her.

Lisa was completely lost.

At that moment, Louis suddenly appeared behind Lisa and put his arm around her shoulders, his blindingly blonde hair terribly blinding. He smiled and said, “Lisa, did you buy the gifts I asked for on my behalf?”.

Then he looked at the Lego sets in Lisa’s hands. “Hey, that’s the one! Cherry and Pete like that one the best! They asked me to buy them for them! They’re just so reliable!”

She bent down, picked up the Lego sets and handed them to Cherry and Pete. “Happy birthday, little ones!”

Cherry looked up quickly and said, “Thank you, Uncle Louis!”

Louis said, “Tsk, Uncle Louis has a lot of money, why do you have to insist on something like that? I don’t even have anywhere to spend all that money now.”

His words were a slap in Mrs. Livingstone’s face.

If it was Lisa giving them a gift worth three hundred dollars, maybe it was really because she was poor. But if it was Louis… Being a Smith, how could he be poor!

Everyone knew he had made millions of dollars recently!

Mrs. Livingstone frowned and clenched her fists. Then she scoffed, “Good acting, Mr. Smith!”.

Then, she asked cheerfully, “So, what’s Miss Black giving them, surely she didn’t come empty-handed, did she?”.

Louis panicked upon hearing this.

Given his miserly nature, how was he going to buy them presents? He had planned to give the children his stray dogs and cats as gifts.

But he couldn’t bring out the dogs and cats now to say they were Lisa’s, could he?

He had wanted to give dogs and cats because the kids liked animals.

But if they were Lisa’s, then he would again emphasize that Nora lived with a poor family. Louis was furious. Had he known, he would have spent a few hundred thousand dollars and bought them an expensive gift. So he could only smile sheepishly and say, “Why does he have to get them gifts? She’s younger than Nora, and she’s still studying at the moment – is there a younger sister who gives gifts to her older sister’s children while they’re still studying?”

While that was certainly true, in this situation, Mrs. Livingstone, unfortunately, prevailed at once. She said, “So, the family Miss Smith was living with didn’t really give them any gifts, did they?”

Everyone began to speculate: did Miss Smith really live in bad conditions at that time?

Mrs. Livingstone continued to discredit Nora. “I heard that her stepfather treated her very badly in the past. When she was a child, she didn’t even go to school….. I heard all her clothes were junk too. It’s understandable that a family like that wouldn’t come to bring gifts.”

Almost as soon as he said that, someone suddenly came through the door.

It was the butler. He was leading a distinguished man dressed in a black suit into the living room. The man was very tall and looked quite elderly, but he was still very gentlemanly. He looked directly at Cherry and said with a smile, “Cherry, I’ve come to give you your birthday present.”

Cherry’s eyes lit up when she saw him. “Grandpa John! Couldn’t my Great Aunt come? What a pity!”

John, a butler, smiled and replied, “Yes, unfortunately, she couldn’t come! However, she won’t stint on gifts. I have brought them here.”

On hearing this, Mrs. Livingstone immediately curved her lips in disdain.

It was only natural that they should have relatives abroad.

However, this so-called ‘Grandpa John’ did not sound like someone from a large conglomerate. At best, he was just a butler. I would never have thought he was actually right.

Mrs. Livingstone immediately smiled and said, “Your Great Aunt? Cherry, do you have a Great Aunt abroad? What does she do? Quick, open the present and let us have a look.”

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