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... t become a laughingstock."

Father-in-law Lin Shengxi was also quite annoyed and offered a few words of advice.

Seeing that it was their turn to present the gift, Tang Yu chuckled to himself.

[Here it comes, the classic gift-giving scene begins.]

[The jade Buddha in the box has already been swapped with a purple ginseng.]

[When it's taken out later, no one will believe it, making the Lin Family lose face again.]

[In the end, the purple ginseng wasn' ...

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