3367 Gilded Outside

Is this Mu Rouxuan crazy?

She used to seem well-read, gentle, and refined, like a proper young lady from a good family, appearing quite agreeable in every way.

But today, she was utterly repulsive and neurotic.

Why was she inexplicably unboxing his gift? What did it have to do with her?

Mu Jinglao's face was ashen as he tried to rush forward and drive away the servants, but Mu Rouxuan blocked him.

"Sixth Uncle, don't rush, it'll be quick!" Mu Rouxuan said calmly.

Mu Jinglao was furious. Who was talking about quick or slow?

He absolutely didn't want anyone touching his gift box, okay?

The more he looked, the more she seemed like someone with a screw loose. Mu Jinglao forcefully pushed Mu Rouxuan, angrily saying, "Get out of my way."

Mu Rouxuan eyed him coldly, steadfastly blocking him and not moving. Meanwhile, the nimble servants had already opened Mu Jinglao's large box!

Everyone expected to see some peerless treasure, but... inside was another box.

Mu Jinglao's expression became slightly unnatural, though others didn't notice.

They just thought this Sixth Master Mu was truly thoughtful, with such good packaging, even making a double-layered box.

Everyone's previously craning necks moved slightly, and they all settled back into their seats.

The servants unboxing the gift were also stunned, then turned to look at their Young Miss.

Mu Rouxuan nodded to them again, and the servants swiftly began to unbox again.

"Mu Rouxuan, don't go too far!" Mu Jinglao glared at her with an angry expression, his heart secretly growing anxious.

In the past, the Old Master would simply order gifts to be locked away in the storeroom. He never expected such a scene today.

The disciples from the collateral branches also exchanged slightly panicked glances, secretly blaming Mu Rouxuan, this willful young lady, for causing trouble.

Why did she choose to make them open their gift boxes in front of all the guests?

Although everyone always put in great effort to prepare gifts for the Old Master's birthday each year to please him, the collateral branches naturally lacked the financial resources of the main lineage.

Everyone was well aware of these things; the gesture was enough.

In the past, most gifts were placed in boxes and never publicly unboxed. This had given most of the financially strained collateral disciples, who still wanted to keep up appearances, a good idea.

Spend a small amount of money to buy a very exquisite-looking box, and the gift inside could be anything, since the Old Master lacked nothing anyway.

If the presentation looked good, everything would be put into the storeroom, and the Old Master probably wouldn't even unbox it.

This had been the custom for so many years, always working!

Besides, the Old Master's birthday banquet was once a year. If they had to spend a lot of money on gifts every time, they would get poorer year by year...

Mu Jinglao's face became unsightly. He angrily shouted, "Mu Rouxuan, get out of my way!"

He now felt an urge to kill Mu Rouxuan. This woman was so meddlesome. The Old Master hadn't even said he wanted gifts opened in front of everyone, but she was yelling about it!

Now, she had everyone sweating and in an awkward position. Was she happy? Satisfied?

Mu Jinglao wanted to slap the woman, to wake her up!

Just now, the Fifth Family made a fool of themselves, and now it was his turn!

Did she think it looked good for the Mu family to be shamed?

Mu Jinglao's face instantly turned dark and foul. He tugged at Mu Rouxuan twice, but couldn't pull her away.