This sentence made everyone laugh.
Nell walked over and looked at Viemond angrily.
"You still dare to call yourself a sweet little boy! No shame. Hurry down now, don't tire your grandaunt."
Little Viemond jumped down from Jean's arms. Jean smiled and said, "It's no big deal. I love my little grandchild.”
The group of them excitedly went over to the dining hall. The Shelby family had also sent over some gifts. After all, it was Nell’s child. Although not her biological child, in terms of seniority, Lizzy had to call Gale Shelby granduncle.
Nell and Gideon also brought gifts. Nell gave her a small skirt that Lizzy had always liked before, while Gideon was much more thoughtless and simple.
It was just a bank card. When Lizzy was old enough, it was her private savings, which she could use at her own discretion.
Nell looked at his thoughtless gift and could not stop laughing and crying.
Fortunately, the grandparents were diligent enough to prepare a handmade snack for her.
Lizzy was so happy that she ate the snacks and opened the gifts at the same time.
When it was Jean's turn, Lizzy tilted her little face upward and asked expectantly, "Grandaunty, what gift did you get me?"
Jean smiled mysteriously and said, "You’re the precious little princess of our Leith family, and what Grandaunty will give you is certainly the best gift."
As she said that, she took out a delicate gift box.
Lizzy's eyes lit up and took it over.
After unwrapping it, she discovered that it was an exquisitely crafted pure jade lotus.
"What a beautiful jade lotus!"
Surprised, Lizzy took the jade lotus out, and Jean smiled.
"How is it? Did you like the gift Grandaunty gave you?"
Lizzy nodded repeatedly and said, "I like it! Thank you, Grandaunty!"
Old Madam Quinton also smiled and said, "Jean has finally been generous this time."
Jean said coquettishly, "Mom, look at what you're saying. When have I ever not been generous to Lizzy?"
The group of them laughed and joked. However, Nell, who was sitting on the side, had a change in expression.
She stared at the piece of jade lotus and could not help but recall some very distant images in her mind. She looked slightly distracted.
Only when someone beside her called out to her did she come back to her senses.
"Nelly, Nelly?"
Nell was stunned and turned to look at Gideon.
"Huh? What's up?"
Gideon's brows were slightly knitted and he was keenly aware that something was wrong with her.
"What's wrong with you?"
Nell pursed her lips and shook her head.
"I'm fine."
As she said this, her eyes fell on the jade pendant in Lizzy’s hands. A touch of suspicion surfaced from the bottom of her eyes.
After the family finished their meal, they chatted with the old couple for a while, and by midnight, the cake was cut on time and the celebration was over.
On the way home, the two little kids were so sleepy that their eyelids were twitching.
Although Lizzy was only 9 years old, she inherited Gideon's genes and was very tall. She was already 1.4 m tall at such a young age.
The little girl cowered on the car seat and slept uneasily.
Nell reached out and touched Lizzy’s hand, then pulled a small blanket over her body. Only then did Lizzy feel at ease.
Lizzy suddenly said, "Mommy, I want to see the gifts from last night."
Nell was stunned. Last night, not only the Leith family sent gifts. The rest of the families, as well as some relatives, also knew that it was the birthday of Little Princess Lizzy and sent gifts over.
Some of them were sent to the Leith Residence, but some of them were far away and did not know that they went to the Leith Residence last night, so the gifts were sent to Fengqiao Villa.
Aunt Joyce thought the boxes were taking up space in the living room, so she piled them up in the storage room before they came back last night.
Nell smiled and said, "Ok, can you get up now?"
"Yes!"
At the mention of unwrapping presents, Lizzy was energized and rolled out of her blanket.
Nell could not help but laugh and had no choice but to help her get dressed.
After getting dressed, she smiled again and said, "I can only stay at home with you for half a day. After we open the presents, I have to go to the office, so you be good at home by yourself and do the homework, okay?"
Lizzy nodded, hugged her neck, and kissed her face.
"Mommy, you're the best!"
Nell shook her head while laughing.
The two of them went to the storage room and saw a mountain of gift boxes of various colors piled up in the middle of the room.
Aunt Joyce came in from outside and smiled awkwardly.
"I'm sorry, Madam, Miss. There were too many of them all at once last night, so I didn't have time to tidy them up, so they’re all piled up here."
Lizzy replied thoughtfully, "It's okay, Aunt Joyce. Wait until I unwrap them before you tidy it up. Otherwise, if you tidy it before I come back to unwrap it, won't it be more troublesome?"
Aunt Joyce smiled dryly. Nell told her to go about her work, then picked up a box, took a look at it, and found that it was from the Garrett family.
She could not help but smile and said, "Here you go, open it yourself."
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