As the car pulled closer, the surrounding crowd snapped back to attention, making way.
Though they were all from well-off families, enough to send their children to the same kindergarten, this car was beyond the means of most present.
"Is that a new Rolls-Royce?"
"Whoa, it's the latest model released this year! It's worth over forty million!"
"It's a limited edition, and its value has already appreciated. It must be fifty million by now!"
"This is my dream car, but it's just too expensive, I can't afford it at all!"
"Could this luxury car actually belong to Tang Ru?"
"Are the executives at Jishi Group really this wealthy?"
Whispers and murmurs erupted from the crowd.
All eyes shifted from Tang Ru to Ling Feng.
It was clear this man had something special to possess a beauty like Tang Ru. He was incredibly rich!
Song Qingzhou's face flushed crimson. He had never dreamed Ling Feng would own such a car.
"Impossible! In the entire capital, only a handful of people can afford cars like this. Are you one of the few directors of Jishi Group?"
Song Qingzhou's voice rose, his body trembling with agitation. He simply couldn't accept this reality.
Tang Ru, sensing the reactions of those around her, grew anxious. She immediately reached out to stop Ling Feng and said coldly to Song Qingzhou, "This is our company's car!"
Her words stunned everyone.
Song Qingzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
Ling Feng frowned slightly, glancing at Tang Ru's hand on his arm. He quickly understood her intention. Tang Ru didn't want their identities at Jishi Group to be revealed, nor did she want these people to be overly suspicious. While this felt a bit stifling for Ling Feng, he chose to respect Tang Ru's decision.
He opened the car's trunk and took out the clothes he had bought.
The crowd gathered around. Despite their envy of the car, they looked upon Ling Feng with disdain. They thought he was showing off, bringing such an expensive company car to a classmate's birthday party. What if it got scratched or damaged? Was he worthy of it?
"Heh, this is the first time I've seen someone so eager to show off. I never knew, Mr. Ling, that you were the driver for the boss of Jishi Group! Impressive!"
Song Qingzhou gave Ling Feng a thumbs-up, his words dripping with sarcasm.
Ling Feng ignored him.
Tang Ru, however, couldn't help but retort, "Who said my husband is a driver?"
"Oh? Not a driver, then how can you drive the boss's car? Haha!" Song Qingzhou's mockery became even more unrestrained.
This infuriated Tang Ru. She didn't want her identity or Ling Feng's to be exposed. All of this was for her daughter to play happily with other children at kindergarten. Otherwise, everyone would look at her daughter with prejudice. Moreover, these people might easily exploit her identity and connections to cause trouble for Jishi Group. Tang Ru had some experience with such matters. That's why she had instinctively stopped Ling Feng earlier.
However, this did not mean Tang Ru would allow Song Qingzhou to look down on Ling Feng even more. Song Qingzhou was truly detestable, deserving of punishment!
"Hanhan, do you like this gift?"
Ling Feng smiled and handed the gift over, then had the car return to its parking spot by itself.
Everyone looked.
"Wow, it's so pretty! It's a princess dress!"
Li Xuehan was instantly captivated by the gift. Niannian, who also had a new dress, took Li Xuehan's hand. "Hanhan, let's change into them together. Then we'll both be princesses!"
"Mhm, Niannian, thank you. You're always my good friend. Uncle Ling Feng, thank you!"
Li Shihan, though very happy and even excited, was still very polite. She turned to Ling Feng with gratitude and then leaned in to kiss him on the cheek!
This simple, pure expression of affection from a child made Ling Feng beam, instantly improving his mood. Even Song Qingzhou seemed a little more endearing. Of course, he would be even more endearing if he stopped talking.
"Heh, what kind of gift is this? Just some cheap stuff to fool a child?!"
As soon as Song Qingzhou spoke, he completely ruined the atmosphere. A group of sycophants echoed his sentiments.
"Heh, it looks like decent quality, but how much can a piece of clothing be worth?"
"Heh, with that, I can finally present my gift. Our child prepared the latest learning machine package for little Hanhan. It's not expensive, just eight or nine thousand!"
As other voices chimed in, some people felt a sense of superiority and presented their gifts. Song Qingzhou was even more smug.
Suddenly, a refined, intellectual beauty in elegant attire walked out.
"Hanhan's dress is not simple. I've seen this brand online. It seems to be worth over one hundred and fifty thousand!"
"What? A dress for one hundred and fifty thousand?"
Gasps erupted from the crowd, clearly disbelieving that the dress could be so expensive. Many of them were worth tens of millions, yet they wouldn't spend over a hundred thousand on a dress, only renting expensive attire for special occasions to maintain appearances.
"One hundred and fifty thousand? Heh, are you joking?"
Song Qingzhou's mouth twitched. He recognized the intellectual beauty. She seemed to be a clothing business owner with several factories. However, she wasn't to his taste, and he knew she was not to be trifled with, so Song Qingzhou maintained a cordial attitude towards her.
"Heh, President Song, are you questioning my professionalism? There's a QR code on the dress. We can scan it and find out!"
The intellectual beauty smiled faintly and scanned the code on the dress. Many people crowded around. Then, someone exclaimed, "It's actually one hundred and eighty-eight thousand?"
"It's really one hundred and eighty-eight thousand! I scanned it too. The dress has a serial number, so it can't be fake!"
"This, this gift is too extravagant! Heh, the gifts I brought earlier seem so shabby!"
Those who had previously thought Ling Feng's gift would be the worst were now looking embarrassed. And the person with the most displeased expression was Song Qingzhou.
"How is this possible? Spending one hundred and eighty thousand on a gift for a child? That's a small car! Is it necessary?"