I couldn't take it anymore; when I went home for Chinese New Year, the family genealogy book ha

"Oh dear! My grandson! What's wrong?"

Upon hearing her grandson's cries, Li Guilan threw down the melon seeds in her hand and her expression immediately changed.

She rushed over in three steps, her face full of heartache, and was about to pick up the little baby who was rolling on the ground.

"Don't cry, don't cry, Grandma's here! Who bullied you?"

Xiao Bao cried as he pointed at Jiang Chen, unable to speak clearly.

"He! He won't give it to me! I want Iron Man!"

Li Guilan hugged her grandson, turned her head, and the smile on her face instantly turned pale.

She looked at Jiang Chen, her tone filled with blame and displeasure.

"Oh dear, Chen'er, what are you doing?"

"How old are you? Why are you arguing with a child?"

"It's just a toy. If the kid likes it, let him play with it. Why are you being so stingy?"

The moment she said those words, the atmosphere in the room became even more awkward.

Wang Xiuying stood to the side, unsure whether to leave or stay, her face burning with embarrassment.

She wanted to say a few words in support of her son, but the other party was, after all, an elder, and on New Year's Eve, she didn't want to make things too awkward.

"Aunt Guilan, that thing..."

"What are you talking about, this thing and that thing!"

Li Guilan interrupted Wang Xiuying and began to morally blackmail Jiang Chen.

Her voice was high-pitched and shrill, like she was arguing with someone in a market.

"It's just a broken plastic doll, isn't it? Judging by its appearance, it's worth at most a few dozen yuan!"

"You're a big boss now, driving home in a luxury Audi! Why are you fighting with a kid over a toy?"

"What's wrong with giving it to your brother? If you give him a toy, he'll remember your kindness for a lifetime! Why are you so inconsiderate, child?"

Wang Xiuying, who was listening nearby, was both angry and anxious. She tugged at Jiang Chen's sleeve, trying to smooth things over.

"Chen'er, how about..."

She thought she should let him play with it for a while, and then pay for it if it broke.

But she hadn't finished speaking.

Jiang Chen interrupted her directly.

"Mom, don't worry about it."

There was no sign of anger on his face; instead, he smiled and looked at Li Guilan, who was still chattering on and on.

"Aunt, you can't say that."

"Mine isn't some cheap plastic that costs only a few dozen yuan."

Jiang Chen calmly took out his iPhone 15, unlocked the screen in front of everyone, and skillfully opened a shopping app.

Then, he walked over to the Iron Man figurine and pointed his phone camera at a barcode on the side of the figurine's packaging box.

A soft "beep" sounded.

The software's image recognition function instantly brought up the product page for this figurine.

Jiang Chen didn't even bother to read out the price. He simply strode up to Li Guilan and shoved his phone screen right in front of her eyes.

"Aunt, please make sure you see it clearly yourself."

Li Guilan squinted and looked at the screen with disdain.

On the screen, below the image of the Iron Man figurine that was exactly the same as the one on the TV cabinet, a line of bold red numbers stung her eyes.

【HotToys MMS528D30 Die-cast Avengers: Endgame Iron Man MK85 Battle-Damaged 1/6 Scale Action Figure】

[Ready stock, ships immediately, official authentic product, triple refund for fakes]

Price: ¥5880.00

Five thousand eight hundred and eighty yuan!

Li Guilan stared at the number, her eyes practically popping out of their sockets!

She rubbed her eyes and looked at them again more closely.

That's right, it's 5880!

Not a single zero, not a single zero!

The expression on her face changed from disdain to shock, then to disbelief, and finally to a look of embarrassment and anger.

"You...who are you trying to fool!"

Li Guilan shoved Jiang Chen's phone away and started acting like a liar.

"The prices of these things online are all fake! They can be listed for ten thousand! Do you think I've never been online and don't know that?"

"I don't believe it! This piece of junk can't possibly be worth over five thousand yuan! Do you think your money grows on trees to buy something like this!"

The baby in her arms was still crying.

Just when everyone's attention was focused on Li Guilan and Jiang Chen.

The little one who was just crying and wailing had somehow managed to break free from his grandmother's arms.

Like a cunning little mouse, he slipped silently to the coffee table next to him.

On the coffee table, for decoration, there was also a Gundam model that Jiang Chen had assembled in his spare time, which was also quite valuable.

"If you don't give me that, I'll smash this!"

Xiao Bao let out a malicious scream, grabbed the unstable Gundam model, raised it high, and was about to slam it hard onto the hard tile floor!

"You dare!"

Jiang Chen's expression instantly turned cold!

He didn't give anyone time to react!

With a flash, just before the Gundam model slipped from his grasp, he caught it steadily with one hand, while his other hand, like an iron clamp, firmly gripped Xiao Bao's wicked wrist!

Jiang Chen controlled his strength with extreme precision.

It's just the right amount of force to immobilize that brat, making him wince in pain, but without breaking his bones.

"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts! Grandma! He hit me!"

Xiao Bao didn't expect Jiang Chen to be so fast. The force from his wrist made his cries change into a different tone.

The air in the entire main room fell silent at that moment.