Chapter 390: The Necklace is Fake Right

Zhou Zining harbored no suspicion as she glanced down at herself, “The previous set got a bit dirty, so I changed.”

“Oh?” Bo Qingshan’s lips curled into a smirk, his face as innocent as that of a child, “I thought perhaps Xiao Ba had dirtied Fourth Aunt’s clothes.

Since you adore Xiao Ba so much, you surely wouldn’t mind him, right?”

Zhou Zining stiffened all over, even her smile faltering for a moment.

“Not at all, how could I mind Xiao Ba?

I fell and scuffed my clothes with some dirt.

I couldn’t possibly come to see Grandma dressed in dirty clothes.”

Bo Qingshan was still smiling, a seemingly naive smile, but Zhou Zining couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.

Old Lady gently coughed, “You don’t need to be so formal at home, you can be more relaxed in front of me.”

“That’s right, knowing that Grandma loves me, next time I fall, I definitely won’t wipe it off or change my clothes.

I’ll come to you to act spoiled first.”

Zhou Zining took the tray from Auntie Wu’s hands and placed several pastries on the coffee table, then winked at the Old Lady.

The Old Lady poked her on the forehead, “You’re slick with your words.”

“As long as it makes you happy, it doesn’t matter if I’m a bit slick.”

Zhou Zining managed to coax the Old Lady into smiling broadly with just a few words.

Suddenly, she noticed the object Qianqian was fiddling with in her hands and quickly moved over, prying her fingers open to snatch it away.

It was a necklace, with a pendant shaped like a crystal gourd made of glass, containing several small pink diamonds that were well-cut.

She gasped in amazement, her eyes lighting up as she turned to Bo Yanching, “Third Brother, this is too precious.

Qianqian is still so young, she can’t wear this.”

Zhou Zining, who dealt with jewelry year-round and hardly went without a few pieces on her neck or wrists, had nonetheless never seen so many pink diamonds used for decoration.

She subconsciously assumed it was a gift from Bo Yanching.

Yet Bo Yanching’s next words quenched the delight in her heart.

“It’s a gift from Jiaojiao for meeting the child,” said Bo Yanching, nodding towards Nan Jiaojiao, “in exchange for a piece of candy.”

Zhou Zining ground her teeth, giving Nan Jiaojiao a subtle glare.

It was so discreet that when others’ gazes turned towards her, she promptly half-hid it behind her eyes.

“Oh, so it was Miss Nan who gave it.”

Her tone cooled, just as she noticed the logo on the necklace, “E.Y’s?”

Nan Jiaojiao replied, “Just a small gift.”

“Quite small indeed.

I have every new release from E.Y.

The one you have isn’t E.Y, yet it bears E.Y’s logo.

There have been many imitations of E.Y over the years, Miss Nan surely wasn’t tricked, was she?”

Zhou Zining turned the pendant over to examine it and became more convinced that the pink diamonds inside were fake.

She huffed lightly, “I have some knowledge about jewelry myself.

From looking at the quality, this must be fake, right?”

The implication being, it takes audacity to gift such a knock-off to a child, an item not fit to be seen in public.

Nan Jiaojiao, however, was not annoyed, nor did she turn red with urgency to defend herself.

It was just a necklace, she had plenty of them.

To her, Zhou Zining’s serious criticism looked rather amusing.

Out of respect for the Old Lady’s presence, Nan Jiaojiao had to give some face.

She said, “The necklace is real.

Miss Zhou, feel free to have it checked.

It’s just a small gift.

If you think it’s inappropriate, you can keep it for now.

Next time I’ll bring some snacks, Qianqian would probably prefer them.”

Zhou Zining’s expression grew tense.

Was her point not clear enough?

Her scrutinizing gaze swept over Nan Jiaojiao from top to bottom.

The clothes on this woman weren’t from any recognizable brand, she wondered from which street stall they had been scavenged.

Yet that composure, neither angry nor disturbed, made her quite uneasy.