Chapter 23 The Gift Is a Fake?

It was Dale's car! It didn't occur to Abe that Dale would come to Xie's house so early. He even had the thought of just turning around and leaving, but when he thought about how he had been a yes-man for so many years, and many people in the Xie family looked down on him, he suddenly looked down on himself as well. However, he was no longer the original cowardly matrilocal husband, and he didn't have to suffer from those grievances anymore! Being silent, Abe slowly went upstairs to the door of Xie's house. Standing in front of the door, Abe could clearly hear the laughter coming from the house. "Knock, knock..." Abe knocked on the door. After he took a few breaths, the door was opened. Helen looked Abe at in surprise. It didn't occur to her that Abe would come. Abe caught sight of the surprise in her eyes, and felt a little sad. This was once his home, but at the time, Helen was surprised because he came back. "Helen, who is it?" Mrs. Chou's voice came from inside. "Come in." Helen said softly. Abe endured his heartache and walked into the house with heavy steps. "It's you? Abe, what are you doing here?" Seeing that it was Abe, Mrs. Chou's voice suddenly raised, and she looked at Abe with surprise and disgust. "Yo, isn't this Abe? It's your mother-in-law's birthday. Why are you so late?" "Could it be that you are not doing good, so you don’t have the nerve to come? Ha-ha." "Dale is better, young and handsome. And has a successful career. Why did Helen have to marry Abe back then?" ... At the moment, there were seven or eight relatives of the Xie family in the house. When they saw Abe, they sneered at him and all looked at him scornfully. And the one who was surrounded by them was Dale. At this time, Dale looked at him with a gloomy face, and a trace of ghastliness flashed across his eyes. Then he immediately stood up, smiled at Abe and said, "Abe, I thought you were not at home." Abe looked at Dale's hypocritical face, and felt nauseous. "Abe, weren't you very proud? Weren't you going to divorce Helen? Then why are you back?" Mrs. Xie was very irritated, and her tone was harsh when she saw Abe. "Could it be that you found out that after leaving our Xie family, you've accomplished nothing, and you couldn't even support yourself and your sick mother?" "Tell you what. Even if you don't want to get a divorce, Helen will definitely divorce you. Don't ever think about taking money from our Xie family again!" Mrs. Xie's attitude was very tough, and she didn't even give Abe a chance to speak at all. She was sitting on the sofa, and crossing her arms before her chest with an arrogant posture. Abe took a deep breath and held back his anger. Originally, he had a glimmer of hope about Mrs. Xie, thinking that she would be able to calm down and change her attitude during these few days. But from the current situation, he knew that Mrs. Xie would never do that. "Don't worry. I won't rely on your Xie family for anything anymore, and I'm not here to ask for money." "It's just that my mother knew that today is your birthday, so she asked me to come and celebrate the birthday for you." "Since I'm so unwelcome, I don't need to be here and try to please you. This is a gift for you, and I will not come again in the future." Abe said coldly, placing the gift box with the jade bracelet in front of Mrs. Xie. And the other gift box with "Purple Heart " was placed in front of Helen by him. "Helen, this is a gift for you. We have been married for so long, but I haven't given you anything. Consider this as my compensation for you." "Humph! Come and celebrate my birthday? So, the gift is the trash from you? Abe, I warn you, don't approach Helen again! Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude!" Mrs. Xie simply didn't care about the gift Abe gave. "Mrs. Xie, don't be angry. I don't think Abe meant to do that." Dale said with a chuckle, but the irony in his words was obvious. "I also have a gift to give to you, and I hope you'll like it." Dale squinted at Abe. His heart was filled with anger and proud. Even if he knew that Abe was already a shareholder of Mingyang Corp., he would not say it, nor would Helen say it with her character. In that case, Mrs. Xie would never know about it. Moreover, Dale believed that Abe was just lucky and happened to make a small fortune. It was simply impossible for Abe to compare himself with him. "Dale, you are so considerate." "Yeah, open it up and see what's inside?" Seeing the gift from Dale, the several members of the Xie family immediately looked envy and couldn't wait to urge Mrs. Xie to open the gift box. Mrs. Xie smiled and opened the gift box. "Wow!" It's beautiful!" "Yes, this jade bracelet is probably very valuable." "Look, this is the bracelet of Jade Pavilion. It is at least worth 100,000 dollars. Dale is really filial, much better than that man." The several people talked about it and boasted about Dale. As for Abe, he was belittled by them in every way. "By the way, didn't Abe, the wimp, give a gift as well? I'm curious about what he could give. Maybe it was from the stall." "Humph! It may be just a piece of junk. Don't expect it to be good." Mrs. Xie didn't seem to be interested in the gift from Abe at all. "Nah, it must be a piece of worthless junk!" "Don't bet on it. Maybe he made it himself, ha-ha." The crowd scoffed, not even looking at the gift at all. However, when Mrs. Xie opened the gift box indifferently, everyone's eyes, including hers, were all drawn to it. The only thing that was placed in the gift box was a jade bracelet with refreshing turquoise, which was much brighter and deeper in color than the jade bracelet given by Dale. "Huh? Isn't this a bracelet from Jade Pavilion?" "Oh, there is a Jade Pavilion logo on it? Did that guy get rich?" "I have seen this jade bracelet. It is worth at least 600,000 dollars!" Everyone was surprised, but they didn't want to believe it was true. "Abe, what's the point of this? Jade Pavilion’s jewelries have special certificates. If you wanted to fake it, at least you should make it look real." Dale's cheeks trembled slightly, and a hint of gloominess flashed across his eyes. How could he not know that this was a real bracelet of Jade Pavilion? It was even better than the one he gave. "It turned out to be a fake. I knew it. How could he be rich." "Humph! Helen, look at your husband. He even gave a fake to your mom as the birthday present. The gift from Dale is far better than his." The several relatives of Helen looked at the jade bracelet given by Abe and commented with scornful faces. Abe looked at them with a flat expression and didn't mean to explain. From the moment he walked in, Mrs. Xie and these relatives kept mocking him and showed him no good attitude. At this moment, they were treating the jade bracelet he bought as a fake, and even if Abe had a good temper, he didn't want to say a word to these people at this point. "Abe, seriously? You spent my money and lived in my house, now you gave me this junk as a present? It seems I was right to let Helen divorce you." Mrs. Xie sneered and directly stood up, pulling Helen to her side. "Helen, you must divorce this moron today! Does he treat me as his mother-in-law? I can't believe he actually gave this junk to me as the gift! Did he really think I collect scrap?" Mrs. Xie was very angry, and vented all her anger on Abe at the moment. Abe was able to stand here because he was Helen's husband. As long as the two of them divorced, then Abe would vanish from her sight forever! "Helen is such a good girl. She deserves better." Dale said on one side. Abe glanced at him coldly and said, "Who do you think you are? How dare you be so arrogant in front of me only with Junfa Company? Can your entire company be worth more than the project I'm in charge of?" What? After that, including Mrs. Xie, the several relatives of the Xie family looked shocked. They knew that Abe worked in Mingyang Corp., but he was just a small ordinary employee. He didn't earn much money, nor did he have a high position. But this wimp had become the project leader of Mingyang Corp.? That was a position with real power! In a moment, Mrs. Xie's attitude eased a lot, but she looked at Abe in great disbelief. "Dale, is that true? This wimp really became the project leader of Mingyang Corp.?" "Could it be that I heard it wrong? What is this moron capable of? The project leader of Mingyang Corp. should have a lot of power." The several relatives whispered, confirming with Dale. With a cold face, Dale snorted, not daring to answer. "Helen, is that true?" Mrs. Xie immediately looked at Helen and wanted to get an answer. "Yes." Helen was in a complicated mood. She still hadn't sorted out what happened yesterday, and still immersed in shock after knowing Abe's identity greatly changed. Hearing Mrs. Xie's question at this moment, she nodded slightly. "This……" Seeing that Helen also knew about this matter, Mrs. Xie was immediately stunned for a moment. But soon, Mrs. Xie was the first to react, and put on a brilliant smile in an instant. "Oh, why didn't you tell us about it earlier, Abe. If you worked hard early, Helen wouldn't have to carry such a heavy burden, and I wouldn't be angry with you, right?" Mrs. Xie only felt her face burning with embarrassment. She looked at Abe with enthusiastic eyes. If Abe was the person in charge of the project of Mingyang Corp., then the jade bracelet may be really worth 600,000 dollars. Although the bracelet that Dale gave was worth 10.000 dollars, the Xie family could afford it. But this jade bracelet was different. It was worth 600,000 dollars. When the two were compared, this one was naturally superior.