"Beep~
"What are you pressing for? Mourning for your mother..."
Song Lan came out from around the corner aggressively, and froze after just one curse.
The Rolls-Royce driver was equally stunned.
After all, one is a minor official in front of a prime minister. He hadn't been cursed at since he started driving for Zhou Yi.
What's more, it was during the New Year, and Song Lan was cursing so harshly.
The driver immediately rolled down the car window and shouted sternly, "Are you looking for death! Don't you see whose car this is?"
Song Lan's face turned pale.
She carefully examined the body of the Rolls-Royce and the golden goddess emblem on the hood, and knew that the other party was someone she absolutely could not afford to offend.
Just as she was at a loss, Lin Fan looked at the driver and advised, "Forget it, don't be so ill-tempered. It's better to have less trouble."
"Yes, Mr. Lin."
The driver nodded respectfully.
Song Yue then came out from behind Song Lan, and asked curiously, "Who was I just hearing curse someone?"
She took a closer look and immediately exclaimed with joy, "Xiao Fan, you're back."
"Mhm!"
Lin Fan opened the car door and waved to her, "Sister Yueyue, come help me with these things."
Looking at the two cousins standing together, who looked somewhat alike, Lin Fan was momentarily stunned and asked, "Do you two know each other?"
"She is my cousin, Song Lan."
After introducing her, Song Yue happily walked over and asked, "What things do you need help with?"
"I went to pay a New Year's visit, and Sister Zhou gave me a lot of return gifts."
Lin Fan got out of the car and pointed to the exquisite shopping bags inside, "I said I didn't want them, but she said they weren't for me, they were for my sister-in-law, and insisted I bring them back."
"Oh my!"
Song Yue immediately spotted the eye-catching items. They were all designer brands!
Last year, when she and Xia Xue went shopping for building materials in the city, they passed by a luxury store. The long string of zeros on the price tag alone scared them so much that they didn't dare to get close, for fear of accidentally touching anything and not being able to afford to pay.
Unexpectedly, today she saw the car packed full, and didn't know how much it was worth in total.
"There's more in the trunk."
Lin Fan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Can you ask your cousin to move the car? We'll have to make several trips carrying these."
"No need!"
Song Yue bent down and got into the car, carrying several luxury bags with both hands.
"Your sister-in-law will be out soon. The three of us can carry it all in one or two trips."
Song Yue's eyebrows were filled with smugness.
She walked back with the bags. When she passed Song Lan, she deliberately stopped and said proudly, "Cousin, I'm really sorry, that's Sister Xue'er's brother-in-law. He came back in a friend's car, and the driver didn't recognize you."
"Oh~"
Song Lan glanced at Lin Fan, who was carrying a medicine box. Besides being young and strong, he also had a mysterious confidence, a demeanor possessed by successful people.
"I'll move the car aside..."
Song Lan said this and then froze.
Her gaze fixed, her body felt as if it were immobilized.
"You, what are you holding in your hands?"
If she wasn't mistaken, the Gucci shopping bag her cousin was holding was exactly the same as the one she had begged her husband to buy her at the end of the year.
"Oh, Xiao Fan went visiting. They gave him return gifts."
Song Yue pretended to be nonchalant, but she kept turning the pile of luxury bags in her hands, deliberately showing them to Song Lan.
Song Lan's eyes widened, she couldn't quite believe what she was seeing.
"Sister Xue'er, come help Xiao Fan with the things."
Song Yue called out showily, "There's still a lot in the car, the three of us can't carry it all in one go."
"What things?"
Xia Xue asked curiously.
Lin Fan stood not far away and replied, "Sister-in-law, didn't you ask me to bring some things to Sister Zhou this morning? She ended up giving so many gifts in return. I said I didn't want them, but she insisted they were for you and told me to bring them back."
"This..."
Xia Xue was amused and exasperated.
She had only asked Lin Fan to bring some food, which was not even worth as much as one luxury bag, so why would she receive such expensive gifts in return?
But seeing Song Yue already happily carrying the bags back, she felt awkward about calling her back and returning the gifts.
Especially with Song Lan present, she definitely couldn't let Song Yue lose face.
"Sister-in-law, come over and help."
Lin Fan, carrying more than a dozen bags in both hands, looked back and gestured that there were still more in the car.
"Sigh~"
Xia Xue had no choice but to walk over and, together with the driver, took out the items from the trunk.
Song Lan stood there dumbfounded, staring intently at the exquisite packaging bags they were carrying.
Hermès, Prada, Lv...
She recognized some brands, while others she had never even seen before.
She had never seen so many luxury goods in her life.
And these designer luxury goods were being carried into Song Yue's house.
Song Lan hesitated for a long time. If she didn't know her cousin's character, she would have shamelessly begged to stay at Song Yue's house, even if she could just look at them for fun!
During the second trip, Song Yue snatched the remaining items from Lin Fan and carried them herself.
At this point, Lin Fan saw through the trick and knew that Song Yue was deliberately provoking Song Lan.
"Oh my, cousin, didn't you say you were going home to cook? Why haven't you left yet?"
Song Yue, carrying large bags, walked briskly towards Song Lan.
"I..."
Song Lan forced a smile. Driven by her innate female curiosity, she couldn't help but ask, "What are you carrying? Let me see?"
Song Yue, however, ignored her, "These things are so heavy, I'm exhausted. Cousin, take your time. I'm going home."
As she spoke, Song Yue had already left.
Lin Fan watched Song Yue's retreating back and found it amusing.
Look at how smug you are, you're practically flying to the heavens!
After the three of them returned home, the driver glared at Song Lan before driving the Rolls-Royce away.
Song Lan still stood there dumbfounded, her heart filled with a mix of emotions.
Who exactly was this person named "Xiao Fan"?
Why could he ride in such a high-end luxury car?
And where did all the luxury goods in the car come from?
What was his relationship with Song Yue?
The thought of her cousin now picking and choosing among valuable items she wouldn't even dare to dream of made her jealousy burn even hotter.
"Don't let me catch you in any wrongdoing, or I'll make sure you have no face to be a person!"
Song Lan resentfully glared at Song Yue's house, then angrily returned to her car.
Meanwhile, Song Yue, who was making her grit her teeth, was looking at the bags filling the living room, her eyes sparkling with brilliance.
"Xiao Fan, are these all from Boss Zhou?"
"Mhm, who else do you think paid for them?"
Lin Fan sat on a chair, a hint of smugness on his face.
Xia Xue showed no joy, instead looking somewhat troubled.
"Xiao Fan, why did you accept so many things from her? We are just ordinary people, why did you bring back such things?"