The enticing fragrance of grapes filled Xie Tangning’s nose, and she could not resist popping them into her mouth as she ate and sighed with satisfaction.
“Second Brother, look! These grapes are so pretty. They look just like emeralds!”
“Surrounded by all these gemstones, even a poor person like me looks like I’m dripping with wealth!”
Xie Changyu’s mouth was full of sweet grapes, but he still made time to answer, “Do you really need to put on a show?”
“Did Big Brother and Mom and Dad not raise you well enough? Are you not already dripping with wealth?!”
Xie Tangning rolled her eyes with complete justification. “Can’t you tell I’m hinting at you?”
“For my end-of-show gift, I want an emerald. Recording this program with you counts as my first job in life.”
“You can’t refuse to give me a gift at such an important closing moment!”
The little girl asked for what she wanted without the slightest bit of coyness. If you expressed yourself openly and generously, you would get what you wanted!
Xie Changyu was generous too, agreeing immediately. “Once we finish recording, I’ll give you an entire truckload of gemstones! I’ll find you all the prettiest ones!”
Seeing Xie Tangning’s eyes light up, he quickly added before she could say anything, “A truckload from a toy truck!”
He was worried she might think he meant a real truck!
If he actually gave her a whole truckload of emeralds, who knew how long it would take him to find them all?
Xie Tangning immediately started pushing her luck. The moment the gift she wanted was approved, she turned on him.
“So stingy! You won’t even give me a few lousy gemstones. What kind of brother are you?”
Xie Changyu was so exasperated that he nearly laughed. He casually gave her a light smack on the back of the head.
“You’re always pushing your luck. Who raised you to have such a rotten temper?”
“Hehe~” After being scolded, Xie Tangning immediately put on a conciliatory smile. “All of you spoiled me into it!”
“As the saying goes, if you’re going to send someone to the temple, you have to send them all the way there. If you spoil a child, you have to spoil them to the end!”
“Just hunt down a few more for me! I’ll use them to decorate the little castle in my garden. Wouldn’t green, sparkly gemstones look pretty?”
Xie Changyu did not say no. He merely complained that her taste was questionable.
Monkey Bro and Little Fatty had been listening to their extravagant gift-giving conversation from behind. They exchanged a glance, then shamelessly edged over.
Wu Dacheng grinned. “Bro! Brother Xie! We’ve recorded a show together and suffered losing streaks in games together. If you round that up, we’re basically family!”
Liang Zhou put on a cutesy voice. “Since we’re all family, you can’t play favorites with the gifts, can you~?”
The two of them sang together, “We want some too~”
Xie Changyu: “…”
This was the first time he had met people even more shameless than himself!
No wonder they were Xie Tangning’s veteran patients!
Before he could say anything, Wu Weixiang suddenly came over too. “I heard that. If you round it up, I’m family too!”
“You usually call me Uncle, so you understand what I mean, don’t you, great-nephew?”
Shen Hao, always happy to watch the chaos unfold, rested an arm on Xie Changyu’s shoulder and began coaxing him as though he were an idiot.
“Little Uncle Xie, as a ‘junior,’ your Big Nephew Shen naturally deserves an end-of-show gift, right?”
“The whole country is watching! If you refuse to give me one, wouldn’t that make you a rather failed ‘elder’? You agree, don’t you?”
“I’m not greedy. One emerald will do! Though I wouldn’t mind two.”
The many times the siblings had cheekily called him Big Nephew Shen had finally come back to haunt them.
Xie Wanwan and Su Xiaoye said nothing, but they both turned their eyes toward Xie Changyu.
They were not asking for gifts. They were simply thrilled to watch the spectacle.
Xie Changyu was not embarrassed in the slightest at being treated like entertainment. Instead, he proudly stuck out his chest.
“Don’t worry, everyone gets an end-of-show gift!”
“But emeralds are off-limits! Those are for my little sister. Pick another color of gemstone!”
Xie Tangning loved green, and glittering green gemstones were especially dear to her heart. That was why emeralds were not up for grabs!
[Ahhh, why are you still subjecting me to this kind of emotional damage now that the show is ending? Can’t this world have just one more rich person?]
[Dog Xie may love bickering with his little sister, but he really does spoil her, huh?]
[I’m going to fight all you rich people! What kind of normal person gives gemstones as gifts?!]
The audience was not the only ones shocked. The guests on-site were also left with a strange sense of heartache and silence.
Wu Weixiang’s eyes widened, and he asked with an exaggerated expression, “You’re that generous? You just give gemstones away like that?!”
“Are you people short on someone to spend money for you? I can do it. No charge!”
Xie Tangning’s eyes lit up as she gave him a thumbs-up. “As expected of an artist from the older generation. Your mastery of language is extraordinary!”
“I could spend a lifetime learning from just those two sentences!”
Xie Wanwan needed only 0.01 seconds to expose her. “Don’t sell yourself short. With your shamelessness, you’d graduate in three seconds!”
Xie Tangning: “…”
This was what it meant to teach your apprentice until they surpassed you and left you starving. How long had little cousin Xie Wanwan even been learning from her?
She had already mastered the art of launching a verbal attack without warning. What a brilliant student!
Xie Changyu seemed rather surprised by his little cousin’s behavior. He asked, “Did you learn this habit of spraying venom from your brother?”
Xie Wanwan nodded instinctively. “Yep! It’s perfectly normal for a younger sister to take her brother as a role model, isn’t it?”
“My brother’s mouth is really good at spewing poison. I had to learn from him!”
Liang Zhou let out an obnoxious little “Oh?” “Does your brother know you’re ruining his reputation out here?”
“Aren’t you afraid he’ll cut your allowance, just like Xie Tangning’s brother does?”
Xie Wanwan waved her little hand dismissively. “Doesn’t matter. My brother is basically a corporate wage slave right now. He doesn’t have time to watch the show!”
“Now that’s gutsy. This little brother salutes you!” Liang Zhou clasped his hands and made a worshipful gesture.
Meanwhile, Xie Shen, who was busy working like a dog in M Country, suddenly sneezed several times.
For a while, he wondered whether staying up late for several nights in a row had weakened his immune system and made him sick.
For some reason, when Xie Tangning suddenly saw Xie Wanwan casually dragging her brother’s reputation through the mud, she inexplicably felt a little guilty.
This had nothing to do with her, right?
That was right. Xie Wanwan had taught herself. It definitely was not a case of being influenced by the people around her!
Shen Hao suddenly thought of something. With his hand still resting on Xie Changyu’s shoulder, he asked, “Wait, that doesn’t add up! Didn’t you donate all the money you made during your two years since debut?”
“How can you be so generous all of a sudden? You’re showing off even more than I do!”
Xie Changyu thought the question was rather baffling and rolled his eyes at him. “You’re not the only one who knows how to persuade your parents to loosen their purse strings, you know.”
“In this area, I’m the founding expert. You should be calling me Senior!”
Shen Hao’s eyes immediately lit up, and he began dragging Xie Changyu into a discussion about mooching off one’s parents.
“Oho~ Share some of your wisdom with me, will you? How do I get money out of my Little Uncle’s hands?”
“You have no idea how stingy Shen Lin is. He dragged me onto the show as his advisor and didn’t pay me a cent!”
Xie Tangning and Xie Changyu looked as though they had just learned a shocking secret.
“So Shen Lin is that kind of person?!”
Shen Hao nodded heavily. “Of course! Don’t let his polished appearance fool you. In private, he’s incredibly miserly and tight-fisted!”
Xie Tangning and Xie Changyu: “Wow~ You really can’t tell!”
