HBWnovel Chapter 345 Birthday Party
Chapter 345 Birthday Party
For her birthday this year, Bai Li doesn't plan to have a big celebration; she just wants to spend it quietly at home.
She was an orphan and had no idea when she was born.
Her birthday is the day she entered the orphanage.
In the past, no one remembered her birthday, let alone celebrated it—an activity that only healthy families would do.
Shirari has no habit of celebrating her birthday.
However, various forces still managed to find out her birthday through various channels and tried their best to send her some gifts.
Bai Li heard about this from Jing Ye and her secretary, thought about it, and then let them be.
At the very least, it is a means of business dealings and consolidating relationships.
Later, upon hearing that the number of gifts was enormous, Bai Li simply assigned a team to receive and register the gifts, their origins and values, so that she could reciprocate in kind later. After that, she stopped asking about them.
After having a professional team, Bai Li stopped interfering.
As a result, on her birthday, Shirai was completely shocked by the number of gifts.
The physical gifts filled ten trucks.
Luxury goods are just the basic items; the majority are collectibles of immeasurable value.
Perhaps it was her impressive performance at Christie's auction six months ago that gave the outside world the illusion that she was an antique collector, leading many to "cater to her tastes" and send her antique collectibles.
It can only be described as a beautiful misunderstanding.
She wasn't an antique collector herself; the Christie's auction was just a setup by Zhou Chengjing. But Bai Li couldn't explain the truth, so she had no choice but to accept it all.
Bai Li's house is very large, but the collection and preservation of antiques requires specific storage conditions, and her small temple cannot accommodate so many collections at the moment.
Fortunately, Wu Hai's home was right next door.
Bai Li decisively transferred some of the burden to him.
Wu Hai expressed his strong disapproval, shaking his head and pointing with disapproval:
"Tsk, isn't this a porcelain flower plate from a folk kiln in the late Qing Dynasty? The craftsmanship is mediocre and the glaze is vulgar. It's lucky that it's worth a million."
"And this painting, the original artistic conception is acceptable, but the words inscribed on it... which pretentious fool did this? It has reduced its value by half."
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Bai Li could tell that Wu Hai was complaining.
Indeed, each of these items is a rare and precious treasure.
But to the head of the Wu family, who was immersed in top-tier collections for many years, these were nothing more than ordinary things.
These items, displayed in his collection room, definitely lowered the room's overall quality.
Wuhai, which is somewhat "obsessive-compulsive" in this regard, naturally found it difficult to tolerate.
He only agreed because it was Bai Li; if it were anyone else, he wouldn't have agreed.
Bai Li patted his chin to comfort him: "Okay, I'm building a special storage room. I'll move them out in a few days. They're just here with you for a few days."
Wu Hai pouted and leaned closer: "Not enough, I want more."
Bai Li gave him a loud kiss, then rubbed his exquisitely handsome cheek: "Good boy."
No matter how large or how amazing the collection is in Wuhai's collection room, the most beautiful and most collectible rare treasures must be those belonging to Wuhai himself.
Bai Li left in a hurry, as she had to go back to prepare for the birthday party that evening. Before leaving, she casually asked, "Are you coming tonight?"
Although we don't plan to hold a big event.
But it's still possible to have a cozy family dinner at home.
Wu Hai's expression darkened as if he had just realized something: "Are they all here?"
The "they" that Wu Hai mentioned were, of course, Bai Li's other "male confidants".
Bai Li nodded, knowing that Wu Hai probably wouldn't like this kind of occasion.
As expected, Wu Hai turned his head away, his face displeased: "I'm not going."
I'm definitely not happy.
Bai Li knew perfectly well what was going on.
Asking makes them unhappy, but if you don't even ask, this proud person will only get angrier.
"I'll have someone cut the first piece of cake for you tonight, okay? Don't be upset."
Wu Hai was unhappy, and was unusually clingy and difficult to coax; it wouldn't be easy to soothe him in a short time.
Normally, Bai Li would "cozy up" him and coax him, but unfortunately, she was too busy at the moment.
She could only give him a big kiss at the end before hurriedly leaving.
Leaving the gloomy atmosphere of Wu Hai's house and crossing two courtyard gates to return to my own home, the atmosphere was completely refreshed.
The NPCs are setting up things for the evening in the courtyard. Gifts are being carried into the house, stacked, and arranged neatly. The kitchen is also bustling with activity in preparation for the evening's family dinner.
Bai Li used to wonder: some wealthy people in TV dramas have a row of servants in their homes, which looks spectacular, but do they really need so many people?
Now that she has experienced it firsthand, she understands all too well that it requires so many people.
The bigger the family, the more trivial things there are. Without a support team of ten or twenty people, it simply cannot function properly.
To her surprise, the uninvited guests were also busy setting things up.
One is already top-notch, let alone several top-notch pieces with different styles gathered together, the scene is even more pleasing to the eye.
She had expected a chaotic scene today and hadn't invited them, but they all showed up together with remarkable tacit understanding.
Normally, they're like kings who never meet, but now it's like Mars colliding with Earth.
One of them, and Bai Li would be ashamed.
Just now, she had been thinking of hiding away for a while, which is why she went to Wu Hai's house for some fresh air.
Now it seems that things are actually quite harmonious?
Bai Li glanced at it a few times, felt a little relieved, and then took a few steps closer.
Jingye was the first to see her, put down the exquisite candlestick she was adjusting, and bowed slightly: "Miss, everything is almost ready."