Juniper exclaimed in an exaggerated tone, "Are you kidding me? This thing is supposed to be Tian Shan Snow Lotus? Then the radish in my bowl must be a millennium ginseng!"
"Hayley, we all know you don't have any pocket money and can't afford expensive gifts, but you don't have to use this kind of thing to fool grandma, do you? And what about you, Second Sister-in-law? What difference does it make if you advance some pocket money to Hayley? Does grandma mean nothing to you?"
Madam Collins's face darkened, feeling embarrassed. She lowered her voice and questioned Hayley, "What about the tea set I prepared for you?"
She didn't expect Hayley to cause such a mess, even though she had prepared a tea set for her. Although the tea set was not particularly valuable, it was appropriate for this occasion and would not be criticized by others. However, Hayley took it upon herself to use some broken flowers she picked from somewhere and shamelessly claimed it was Tian Shan Snow Lotus.
"Why give a tea set when there are better gifts?" Hayley retorted.
Madam Collins was so angry that she wanted to hit someone, but she didn't want to lose face in front of everyone. At that moment, Madam Collins was on the verge of having a stroke.
Old Madam Collins couldn't help but feel a twinge of disappointment as she saw the situation unfold. "Hayley, I would have liked whatever you gave me, but remember, honesty is important in life. You can't deceive people," she said. She had hoped that Hayley, who had just been released.
from the juvenile detention center, would have learned something positive from her experience. But to her surprise, Hayley had not only failed to improve, but had also resorted to lying.
Hayley looked at the old lady and said, "I didn't lie to you."
"Slap!"
Old Madam Collins slapped the armrest of her chair, and her once kind voice suddenly turned cold. "Even if you had given me a flower, I wouldn't have blamed you. But now you're lying to me that this is Tian Shan Snow Lotus. Do you think I'm a fool?"
"Second sister-in-law, how did you teach your daughter? I feel embarrassed for you!" Juniper spoke up, fearing that the situation would get worse.
Other relatives also showed mocking looks upon hearing this.
"Tian Shan Snow Lotus? That's worth millions of dollars, and it's so rare that even if you have the money, you can't buy it. How could a little girl who just got out of the juvenile detention center get her hands on it?"
"A child who lies for the sake of face at such a young age will only become a swindler when she grows up."
"We can't raise a child like this. She'll only be a money-burning machine when she grows up!"
Madam Collins suppressed her anger. "Hayley, apologize to grandma quickly!"
"I didn't do anything wrong, why should I apologize?" Hayley was now feeling a bit exasperated.
The Collins Family was considered a middle-class family, and she never imagined that such a big family would not even know someone who knew Tian Shan Xuelian.
It seemed that the gap between the families in Pearl City and the families in the capital was even greater than she had imagined.
"Are you trying to make me angry?" Madam Collins regretted bringing Hayley here, knowing that she would embarrass her like this.
Old Madam Collins sighed, "Hayley, how did you become like this?"
After speaking, she turned her head away, obviously not wanting to see Hayley anymore.
"Today is Grandma's birthday, apologize quickly and don't make her unhappy!"
"That's right! How can you be so unreasonable?"
All the relatives around them turned their attention to Hayley, forcing her to apologize and admit her mistake.
"Sister, you were in the wrong, just apologize first..."
Bailey came over pretending to be a good younger sister.
Looking at the self-righteous faces in front of her, Hayley's eyes flashed with a cold chill. She picked up the box from the table and ate the Tian Shan Xuelian in front of everyone.
This thing is good for removing toxins from her body. Of course, it would have a greater effect if the old lady took it. But since the old lady doesn't know its value, there's no need to insist on giving her the gift.
"Hayley! What's with your attitude?" Madam Collins continued to scold Hayley, but suddenly heard someone next to her say, "Huh?"
"The box in Hayley's hand, isn't that the Fortune Group's logo?"
"What? Fortune Group?"
Suddenly, everyone's attention turned to the box.
"It really is the Fortune Group's logo..."
Juniper thought of something and suddenly took a deep breath.
"I remember reading the news that the Fortune Group bought a Tian Shan Snow Lotus worth 50 million yuan at an auction in the capital!"
"Yes! I saw that news too!"
"It was even on the trending list this morning!"
"Then..."
At this moment, everyone suddenly realized a fact that they couldn't believe.
Perhaps, the plant they thought was just a wildflower could actually be a Tian Shan Snow Lotus!
Juniper quickly took out her phone, opened Weibo, and found the picture from The trending list. The Tian Shan Snow Lotus in the picture was exactly the same as the "flower" that Hayley had just eaten.
"How could you waste such a precious treasure?" Juniper exclaimed in anguish at Hayley.
Indeed!
In her eyes, giving this thing to Hayley to eat was just a waste of it.
"A treasure?" Hayley sneered.
"Didn't you just say it was worthless?"
"We didn't know it belonged to the Fortune Group!"
"If you had told us it belonged to the Fortune Group, would we have doubted it?"
Juniper rationalized and pushed all the responsibility onto Hayley.
At the same time, everyone present was shocked to hear about the real Tian Shan Snow Lotus that Hayley had brought.
Especially Old Madam Collins and Madam Collins, who had regretful expressions upon seeing the crushed Tian Shan Snow Lotus.
"Hayley, tell me the truth, where did you get this treasure?" Madam Collins naturally didn't believe that Hayley had the ability to obtain such a precious thing.
Bailey frowned and suddenly remembered something, her eyes flashing with a hint of unwillingness.
She remembered that this was the thing President Perez had given Hayley at the scene of the accident!
Why is Hayley so lucky?
If she had arrived a few minutes earlier, pretending to help President Perez's son stop bleeding, she would have been the one to get the Tian Shan Snow Lotus.
Unfortunately!
This waste Hayley got lucky!
Hayley looked at Madam Collins and said lightly, "On the way here, I met Wyatt after getting off the car and helped him out. This is his thank you gift to me."
The more casually Hayley spoke, the more resentful Bailey became.
All of this should have been hers!
She should have been the one to help President Perez and get the Tian Shan Snow Lotus!
Hayley took everything that belonged to her, damn it!
Madam Collins didn't notice the gloom on Bailey's face. She looked at Hayley suspiciously, as if trying to find a flaw in her lie.
"Is that so? The Perez Family is not to be trifled with. Don't let me catch you lying."