She even made a point of turning to glance at Chu Chen, narrowing her eyes as she said threateningly, "Don't give me any of that empty fluff. I won't accept a gift that's too cheap."
The haters: "??"
Chu Chen: "..."
Suppressing his speechlessness, he glanced at the clock on the wall. "It's about time. Someone should be delivering it shortly."
Seeing her younger brother sitting as steady as a mountain, Chu Yu recalled her earlier guess about the gift and hesitantly raised her eyes. "You didn't really just buy me a bag as a gift, did you?"
Chu Chen gave a muffled grunt. "You're half right."
He had indeed bought Chu Yu bags as a gift, but he hadn't bought just one.
Chapter 9: (Bug fixes)
Because Chu Chen had deliberately kept them guessing, everyone's curiosity was piqued.
Chu Yu wore a strange expression.
Half right?
Had he bought her half a bag?
The more she thought about it, the less sense it made. Chu Yu simply stopped wasting brain cells on it and decided to wait a little longer and see the gift for herself.
While they waited for Chu Chen's gift to arrive, the older sisters began chatting about what to do for dinner that day.
Yesterday had been the first day of filming, so the production team had arranged their entire itinerary and all their meals.
But starting today, the guests would have to prepare every meal themselves.
Wen Zhixin volunteered, "Why don't my brother and I handle lunch today? We usually cook for ourselves at home, so this won't be difficult."
An Ya looked at Chu Yu, who hadn't spoken. "What do you think, Xiao Yu?"
Hearing that someone was willing to take care of dinner, Chu Yu naturally had no objections.
"Sure. Then the three of us can take turns preparing all three meals from now on."
An Ya nodded too. "Okay, I'll prepare tomorrow's three meals, and Xiao Yu can do the day after."
Quite some time had passed by the time the three pairs of sister-and-brother guests finished dividing up their tasks.
Just then, the gift Chu Chen had carefully prepared was finally delivered.
An employee wearing a Hermès uniform walked into the hotel lobby. Upon spotting Chu Chen, the employee promptly smiled. "Mr. Chu, we've now assembled the entire batch of goods you ordered this morning. Our staff are all waiting outside the hotel. Would you like us to bring them straight in, or...?"
This immediately caught Chu Yu's attention. As a loyal Hermès customer, she was naturally very familiar with their employees' uniforms.
With a single glance, Chu Yu could already be certain that the gift Chu Chen had prepared for her was a Hermès bag.
Chu Chen nodded calmly. "Bring everything in first."
The Hermès employee hurriedly turned and went outside the hotel to call the others in to carry the goods.
[Good grief, the other two younger brothers spent ages preparing their gifts. Did he really just buy a bag and call it a day?]
[That's way too thoughtless. Sure, Hermès is expensive, but money isn't the measure of everything!]
[Sorry, but what little goodwill I had toward Chu Chen just vanished too.]
Bullet comments flooded the screen. At the same time, the other two sister-and-brother pairs also looked up.
Everyone's gaze turned toward the lobby entrance, seemingly anticipating the reveal of Chu Chen's gift.
Wen Zhixin maintained her composed appearance, her words carrying an underlying meaning. "Chu Chen must have spent a fortune on a bag for his sister. How enviable."
The kindhearted An Ya missed Wen Zhixin's veiled sarcasm and merely replied with a smile, "I'm guessing it's a limited edition. Otherwise, it wouldn't have warranted all the effort Chu Chen put into preparing it."
Not long after the two finished speaking, the Hermès employee returned with an imposing procession of staff.
At that moment, the entire room fell as silent as a flock of crows and sparrows gone mute.
Everyone looked stunned.
Because the scene before them was utterly different from what they had imagined. It wasn't one bag, but a whole batch of bags...
One employee after another walked in with a friendly smile. Wearing white gloves, they held the expensive bags with thoroughly professional poise.
Soon, dozens of employees had lined up in an orderly row in front of Chu Chen.
Chu Chen tugged at his collar, stood up, and looked at Chu Yu. "I remembered you hadn't bought this season's new bags yet. I happened to see them while browsing earlier, so I bought them all together as your gift."
At that moment, Chu Yu could sense that seemingly every gaze and camera present had focused on her.
Chu Yu had long since grown accustomed to being the focus of everyone's attention. She rose from the sofa with perfect ease, her gaze sweeping over the newly released bags opposite her.
[?? Is the Chu family that rich?]
[They're just a few bags. What's so great about them? I'm not that materialistic, anyway.]
[Exactly! So what if they're rich? Who can't afford a few bags?!]
Some irrational haters were still spewing abuse in the bullet comments, but those netizens who could remain at least somewhat calm searched for the bags' prices online and promptly shut up.
Any one of those bags cost two or three years of their salary!
Who could afford that?!
Meanwhile, Chu Yu finally nodded after inspecting the new bags. "Mm, they're all right."
Any other ordinary girl would have been beaming with delight at the sight of those bags, showering them with praise.
Yet from Chu Yu, they received only an "all right."
The haters in the livestream were sour with envy and jealousy, wishing they could reach straight through the screen and sew Chu Yu's mouth shut.
[Can you please shut up? Who are you trying to infuriate to death here?!]
[So annoying, so annoying. That said, I'm seriously so jealous.]
Meanwhile, the tone of the casual viewers' bullet comments had begun to change.
[Help, is this gift for real? Why don't I have a younger brother like that?!]
Wen Zhixin also clenched her hands at that moment. Looking at her own castle model, which wasn't worth much, and comparing it with Chu Yu's gift, she couldn't help feeling a sense of unfairness.