Yan Xianjue opened the outermost paper box and found another small wooden box inside, carved with decorative patterns.
After fiddling with it a few times, Yan Xianjue undid the clasp at the edge of the wooden box, revealing what was inside.
Yan Ci was the first to make a disdainful sound. "Tsk, such a scheming little couple."
Mother Yan praised it. "It's so cute. It looks exactly like Xianjue."
Yan Xianjue: "..."
Yan Xianjue said incredulously, "Mom, are you serious?"
Inside the wooden box was, surprisingly, a little ceramic girl holding a fit, muscular leopard in her arms.
How did that look anything like him?!
Yan Wan tried to comfort him. "Look at this little leopard. It's so lifelike."
She guessed, "Shen Fangli probably got the inspiration from your brooch."
Yan Xianjue said coolly, "That doesn't change the fact that it's a leopard."
And this little girl—how should he put it? She was clearly a scaled-down version of Shen Fangli!
Yan Yi'an felt that the expression on the ceramic leopard looked very familiar.
Then, when he noticed Yan Ci snickering at the side, he suddenly remembered Yan Xianjue's performance during the first episode of the variety show.
He had no idea whether Lei Xuan had given him that script or whether Yan Xianjue had simply gotten carried away and added his own scene, but when Yan Xianjue had said, "Stupid biped," he had seemed exactly like the little leopard in front of him.
Thinking of it that way, Yan Yi'an said, "...At least it's not a cat."
Yan Xianjue said, "If you don't know how to comfort people, Big Brother, then keep quiet."
Yan Xianjue felt cheated. How was this something she had merely bought because it seemed suitable?
Wasn't it obviously custom-made?!
Yan Yi'an shrugged. It seemed Yan Xianjue