Before dinner begins, there is the opening of gifts.
Jasmine quickly put Lao Luo's princess dress back into the gift box, fearing that others would take a closer look, and then piled up large and small gift boxes.
"Then let me dismantle this first."
Jasmine shook the smallest box on top. It was also the only box without outer packaging, and it even looked a bit crude.
Jasmine grabbed the lid of the box and opened it neatly.
Inside the box, there are two ocean balls, one blue and one white.
Jasmine shivered all over.
"It's me..." Wen Ling quietly raised his hand.
"I'm sorry, Jasmine," Xiaolan said on behalf of Wenling, "It happened suddenly, and Wenling has no other gifts to give you... Maybe you want to see her do magic?"
"No... no need," Jasmine refused simply. She raised her head and smiled at Wen Ling, "Thank you Wen Ling, I'm very happy to see you."
Jasmine put the ocean ball box next to her pink skirt and sighed quietly.
What a memorable eighteenth birthday gift.
"The next one is..."
She picked up another gift box, which was a small and exquisite box wrapped in golden wrapping paper.
"This is mine!" Qin Yin shouted, "Open it quickly and take a look!"
Jasmine smiled and opened the box.
Inside the box, lies a snow-white music box.
"Wow..." Jasmine exclaimed as she carefully took the music box out of the box, "It's so beautiful..."
Not only Jasmine, but others also expressed heartfelt sighs.
Where did Qin Yin get this beautiful thing?
The music box was made of some kind of unique white rock, with a texture like flowing clouds on the surface. The moment the box was opened, a faint breath emerged from it. The smell was very similar to the salty sea breeze in my memory, and also like
Dried salt grains on rocks near the sea.
"Where did you get it?" the fool couldn't help but ask.
"Hmph, I'm envious..." Qin Yin pointed to the music box proudly, "Moli, please open the lid of the music box again and take a look."
Jasmine nodded and followed the instructions. She held the bottom of the music box with her right hand. The moment the fingertips of her left hand touched the lid, she heard a "click" sound and the lid opened automatically.
Melodious music began to flow in the air.
This is music that Xiaolan has never heard before.
Judging from the expressions of others, it should be the same. The melody and timbre of this tune are all so strange that they seem to come from another world.
The notes floating out of the music box seemed to have entities, and everyone followed the melody, breathing, and being silent...
"I have never heard such music before," Lao Luo looked at the beautiful Qin music in surprise, "It's so beautiful... What kind of musical instrument is this music played on?"
Qin Yin shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know... I didn't do this."
"It sounds really good..." Jasmine's eyes widened, as if she had lost the ability to speak, and she could only say "it sounds good".
"That's not the point," Qin Yin came closer with a smile, "Jasmine, look at the little man in the music box."
After everyone heard this, they came together to take a look.
In the music box, a small porcelain figure as tall as a pinky finger is jumping on the stage to the rhythm of the music. Although the facial features of the little porcelain figure are unclear, it is wearing an iconic baseball uniform and has a cross in its hands.
The two short sticks indicate the identity of this image.
"It's Jasmine!" Luo Jiutian called out.
It's unimaginable that Qin Yin could give such an exquisite and wonderful gift.
"Oh my God...Sister Xiaoyin..." Jasmine was speechless, "I don't know what to..."
"Hey, no need to thank me, no need to thank me," Qin Yin waved her hand, "As long as you like it, open the next one quickly, otherwise the food will get cold later."
Jasmine nodded fiercely, put the music box back into the box, turned around, and put the gift she liked on the other side away from the skirt and the ocean ball.
Baomu's gift was a bottle of perfume. Baomu was indeed an advanced user of the nasal cavity. As soon as the smell of the perfume spread, everyone immediately confirmed that this was Jasmine's destined perfume. Everyone, including Jasmine, was shocked.
Because the smell matched well with Jasmine, Jasmine happily sprayed it a few times and continued to open the next gift.
A gift from a fool, if nothing else, first of all looks expensive.
It was a life-size ceramic statue of a poodle.
Jasmine took a long time to open the packaging box, looked at the statue, and was silent for a few seconds.
"What's wrong?" The fool touched the statue's head with satisfaction, "Don't you like it?"
"No, no... of course I like it," Jasmine forced a smile and patted the sculptured dog's neck, "How beautiful... this is a dog, right? Hey, idiot brother, why did you think of giving me this..."
"This is the most expensive sculpture in that store. The owner said that girls will definitely like it," the fool said. "I think so too. Don't girls all like furry animals?"
Girls like furry animals because they are furry.
Not only is it furry, it's also warm and soft, but this thing seems...
Even the wealthy Jasmine felt a little sorry for the fool who squandered the money, but she quickly adjusted her state and anxiously picked up Luo Jiutian's gift.
When Jasmine held the thick brown box on her lap, the box actually moved on its own.
"What," Qin Yin said, "Why did it move? Did Jiutian send a living creature?"
Looking at Jasmine's questioning eyes, Luo Jiutian smiled mysteriously and said, "Open it."
The lid is open.
Inside, is a gray and white dove.
"Pigeon?" Jasmine looked at the pigeon and rubbed it on her finger obediently, and asked in surprise, "Did you buy me a pigeon?"
"I didn't buy it, I raised it," Luo Jiutian said with some pride, "It is a homing pigeon. Although I usually keep it as a pet, its business ability is actually very strong."
"Homing Pigeon..."
Jasmine lowered her head thoughtfully. The homing pigeon had jumped out of the box and was standing on Jasmine's legs, preening its feathers.
"When you return to Jiutan, you can use it to notify us if there is an emergency." Luo Jiutian explained.
"But...don't you have a phone?" the fool asked in confusion, "When the carrier pigeon arrives, the matter will probably be settled."
"The carrier pigeon...the carrier pigeon can be used as a backup method. What if all the signal base stations explode one day?"
Jasmine smiled softly, she understood what Luo Jiutian meant.
The carrier pigeon is a symbol.
It is a beautiful symbol.
"Okay, okay, all that's left is my gift," Xiaolan nervously pushed her gift box in front of Jasmine, "Open it and take a look."