What catches the eye... is a ring.
The style is not very conventional, yet it has a feeling of "silently blooming with beauty in the darkness."
With a black gold base, the ruby is the size of a small fingernail and is beautifully faceted, forming a sphere. The design overall resembles a crow perched on a branch, like a queen’s token.
(Ruby ring image)
Such a ring is not something an ordinary girl can pull off.
But coincidentally, Jiang Qingkui’s sometimes glamorous, sometimes sharp personality fits it perfectly.
Jiang Qingkui was deeply captivated, she picked up the ring, gently caressing it in her palm, even feeling an impulse... to have Zhou Wang put it on her personally.
Luckily, she retained some sense of reason, as such an action would clearly bear too heavy a meaning, regardless of Zhou Wang’s response.
So, she put the ring on her index finger herself. It was a bit tight, but that’s a minor issue since the base can be adjusted.
After a while, Jiang Qingkui gently spoke: "Such a beautiful ruby... it must be expensive, right?"
"Qingkui, saying such things is so mundane... It’s alright, just 800,000 Euros."
Zhou Wang said it casually.
800,000 Euros, which converts to 6 million RMB!
Jiang Qingkui, quickly calculating the amount, found herself in a daze.
Even though she realized at first sight that the ring must be extraordinarily expensive, this price far exceeded her expectations...
million!
Even with the high salary Zhou Wang offers her, at her current income, assuming Zhou Wang doesn’t go bankrupt, she would need to save for six years without spending to accumulate such an amount...
Zhou Wang was not surprised at Jiang Qingkui’s reaction. Amongst the many jewels he had purchased, this ring was indeed one of the top-tier luxury jewels.
Most of the words about the gift were lies; only the price was real.
This ruby ring, from Van Cleef & Arpels, was made from the finest quality ruby sourced from Mozambique, weighing nearly 5 carats, and is an untreated ruby of excellent quality.
An untreated ruby means it hasn’t been subjected to any heat treatment, retaining its original natural state, with its color and internal features completely naturally formed. Achieving this pigeon blood red (also known as imperial red) appearance is even rarer.
Ruby is already one of the most precious gemstones in the world. Putting aside other factors, a ruby of this quality and size starts at at least three to four million, and adding the brand effect and processing fees, selling for 6 million isn’t exaggerated.
"Zhou Wang..."
Jiang Qingkui’s expression was extremely complex, wanting to speak yet holding back.
This was a birthday gift Zhou Wang had specially picked for her from abroad, making her unbelievably delighted. Words of rejection, however, simply couldn’t leave her lips.
But...
This is six million!
Presented so abruptly by Zhou Wang, with no mental preparation, nor any signs or ceremony.
She could comfortably take a monthly salary of over tens of thousands because she believed her ability wouldn’t let Zhou Wang down.
She could accept a car worth over a million, a watch worth over two hundred thousand, and clothes costing over tens of thousands because they perfectly met work needs, and she could return them to Zhou Wang at any time, so there wasn’t much psychological burden.
But this, marked with her exclusive label, which offered no way out, costing six million...
How could she repay it?
Yet, it seemed she had no option but to accept it.
"Shush!"
Zhou Wang, understanding her dilemma of being stuck between advancing and retreating, gave her no chance to speak, only smiled softly, saying:
"Sister Qingkui, although a little late, I hope from now on you’ll always be happy, with all things going smoothly... Happy Birthday!"
These ordinary words of blessing, at this moment, utterly broke down Jiang Qingkui’s defenses and shattered her remaining rationality.
She suddenly set aside the gift box, reached out, and wrapped her arms around Zhou Wang’s neck. At 1.77 meters tall, she didn’t need to stand on tiptoe; with just a slight lean forward, she accurately found Zhou Wang’s lips.
With warmth touching warmth, Jiang Qingkui’s passion and entanglement melted Zhou Wang instantly.
The twilight light happened to pass through the office’s French windows, shooting in from two hundred meters up, casting onto the embracing pair, leaving sticky shadows on the white walls...