Chapter 313: Three hundred twelve, gift Chapter 313: Three hundred twelve, gift Song Yan Ning left her cultivation state, performed a “Clear Water Formula” hand-sign, and got up to walk out of the room.
Upon seeing that only Li Meixiang was in the house, she asked, “Grandma, has Grandpa gone out to gather herbs?”
Li Meixiang nodded her head, “Xiang accompanied him.” In recent years, whenever her husband went to gather herbs, Xiang would follow. She knew it was Xiao Ning’s instruction; with Xiang’s impressive kung fu skills, having her company provided a lot of peace of mind. After all, there were too many snakes and pests in the mountains, and it was safer with one more person around.
“Grandma, it’s Ling Yu’s birthday today; we’ve agreed to celebrate together, and I won’t be back for dinner tonight.” Song Yan Ning sat down at the table, took a sip of porridge, and put a piece of fried dough stick into her mouth.
Li Meixiang sat down opposite Song Yan Ning, “I’ll have Xiang pick you up tonight.” Xiao Ning was a girl, and she was worried about her returning late.
Song Yan Ning swallowed the fried dough stick, “No need, I can manage by myself.”
“Listen to your grandma. I just saw the news that several girls have come across bad people at night recently. They were all killed by these criminals, and the police station is currently investigating. I definitely won’t be at ease if you are out alone at night,” Li Meixiang said, her mind racing back to the news she had just seen, feeling scared. However, knowing that Xiao Ning and Ling Yu were really good friends, she didn’t stop Xiao Ning from going out. Having Xiang pick Xiao Ning up at night meant Xiao Ning wouldn’t be in danger.
“Okay,” Song Yan Ning nodded in agreement. If this could make her grandmother feel at ease, she would go along with it.
Song Yan Ning arrived at the restaurant she had arranged to meet Ling Yu and saw him standing at the entrance waiting for her; she walked over with a smile.
“Boss!” Ling Yu exclaimed with joy upon seeing Song Yan Ning. He was genuinely worried that the Boss wouldn’t have time to come today.
“Are we waiting for anyone else?” Song Yan Ning asked with a smile.
“No more waiting, let’s go in.” Only the Boss was worth his wait; no one else had such an honor.
“Boss, it’s this room.” Ling Yu pushed the door open, letting Song Yan Ning into the private room.
As Song Yan Ning entered the room, she saw a group of several men and women, with the exception of Guo Kai, none of whom she recognized.
Guo Kai, engaged in conversation with a delicately pretty girl, greeted Song Yan Ning with a smile, “Boss.”
Song Yan Ning smiled and nodded in response.
Ling Yu clapped his hands to get everyone’s attention, “Let me introduce you all; this is Song Yan Ning, she’s my Boss.”
“So, you’re the Boss that Ling Yu always talks about! Nice to meet you! My name is Qian Xiaobin.”
“Indeed, hearing about someone is not as good as seeing them in person.”
“Boss, I’m Yang Junjun.” The girl who had been talking to Guo Kai stood up and smiled at Song Yan Ning.
Song Yan Ning smiled and nodded to everyone, then sat down next to Guo Kai and Yang Junjun with Ling Yu.
“Boss, this juice is freshly squeezed.” Guo Kai poured a glass of juice and handed it to Song Yan Ning.
“Thank you!” Song Yan Ning took the juice.
Ling Yu stood up, brought over a plate of fruit from the nearby fridge, and placed it in front of Song Yan Ning, “Boss, try this fruit. It has just been air-freighted over.”
Seeing Ling Yu and Guo Kai being so attentive to Song Yan Ning, Yang Junjun felt a bit uncomfortable and said jokingly, “Ling Yu, that’s not fair. The Boss is your friend, and so are we; why the favoritism?”
Ling Yu laughed, “The Boss is different in my heart.” The Boss was the person he admired most, and she was also his employer.
Everyone laughed upon hearing this. They were all Ling Yu’s best friends and naturally knew the status that Song Yan Ning held in Ling Yu’s heart.
Yang Junjun forced a smile, “Could it be that you have a crush on the Boss?”
Ling Yu glanced at Song Yan Ning, “With someone as outstanding as the Boss, it’d be hard not to like her.”
Yang Junjun chuckled and turned to Song Yan Ning, “Boss, what does your family do?” Those who enter the Emperor Realm either come from influential families or are exceptionally talented themselves. Take Ling Yu, for example; he’s an elite among Black Hats.
Song Yan Ning shook her head, “My grandparents are retired doctors.”
Yang Junjun nodded in understanding, making sense of why Song Yan Ning was known as ‘Doctor’ in the Emperor Realm, “Right, what gift did you bring for Ling Yu today? I just gave him a computer.” She saw Song Yan Ning arrived empty-handed, presumably without a present.
“The Boss doesn’t need to bring any gifts. I’m just happy she came,” Ling Yu said with slight displeasure, glancing at Yang Junjun. They only completed missions together in the Emperor Realm, so he didn’t really understand Yang Junjun as a person. Now that he interacted with her, he felt that they weren’t suited to be friends. He even regretted agreeing to let Yang Junjun attend his birthday party.
Yang Junjun knew she had upset Ling Yu, but she felt she had done nothing wrong. It was customary to bring gifts for someone’s birthday.
Song Yan Ning smiled and pulled a small box out of her bag, handing it over to Ling Yu, “Happy Birthday!”
“Boss, I really don’t want any birthday gifts. I’m happy enough that you came,” Ling Yu refused the present from Song Yan Ning. What the Boss had given him was far beyond what anyone present could imagine; without the Boss, there wouldn’t be the person he was today.
“Birthday gifts are necessary to accept, this is my blessing for you,” Song Yan Ning said with a smile, placing the small box in Ling Yu’s hand.
“Thank you, Boss!” Ling Yu’s face lit up with a happy smile.
“Ling Yu, hurry up and see what the Boss got you,” Guo Kai said enviously. A gift from the Boss was sure to be extraordinary.
Yang Junjun had also been curious about the gift, but upon hearing Guo Kai speak up first, she just smiled to herself. Although Song Yan Ning’s strength was not bad in the Emperor Realm, her family background was just average, so the gift certainly wouldn’t be very extraordinary.
Ling Yu nodded and opened the small box in his hand, revealing a pair of wireless earphones. He looked at Song Yan Ning with surprise, “These are the limited edition WEN20 earphones, the latest from Z company. I’ve been wanting them for so long, thank you, Boss!”
“Ling Yu, can I take a look? I heard those earphones are so rare you can’t even buy them with money,” Qian Xiaobin stood up and moved next to Ling Yu, enviously eyeing the earphones in his hands.
“I heard there are only ten pairs of these earphones worldwide. Boss, how did you manage to buy them?” Guo Kai asked Song Yan Ning. He had also been asking around to buy a pair, but they were already sold out.
“A friend bought them for me,” Song Yan Ning replied with a smile.
“Boss, you didn’t end up buying a knockoff, did you? There are many fakes out there nowadays. One of my friends asked someone to buy a Chanel bag in R country recently, and it turned out to be a fake when she had it authenticated,” Yang Junjun said with a laugh. Considering there are only ten pairs of these earphones worldwide, how could Song Yan Ning possibly have gotten one?