Who allows the two to combine and beat Zheng Lingbo.
Liu Chengwang finally managed to stand up with Xinniang's support, but his gaze at Zheng Lingbo was filled with disbelief. In his daze, he remembered her coldness that day by Xuanming Lake. At such an occasion, Liu Chengwang didn't know what to think, and as if possessed by an evil spirit, he suddenly fixed his eyes on Zheng Lingbo and blurted out, "You have changed..."
Xinniang: ...
Zheng Lingbo was slightly startled, and a inexplicable bitterness welled up in her heart.
How could it not change?
Having witnessed the General's Mansion reduced to ashes and experiencing the breakdown of her family and the loss of her loved ones firsthand, how could she possibly remain as innocent and carefree as before?
Zheng Lingbo subconsciously pulled at the corner of her mouth, looked deeply at Liu Chengwang, and suddenly said: "If you have time in a few days, please have a chat at the Moon Pavilion."
Liu Chengwang was caught off guard: "What?"
Zheng Lingbo faintly smiled and said: "Our affairs between us until now have not been put to rest. It's better to do it in person than wait for another day. Please come to the Moon Pavilion two days later."
Her words mean it clearly.
Liu Chengwang, upon hearing this, couldn't help but change his expression slightly.
Zheng Lingbo, however, remained composed in front of him: "The warm jade carving with my name on it, please return to me then."
She unconsciously lowered her eyelids, her long eyelashes sweeping out a shadow in the mild autumn sun, and her face showing some overly light-hearted smiles:
"That is a relic left by my mother, and it's not good to entrust it to a stranger for safekeeping."
Liu Chengwang was genuinely surprised this time.
The warm jade that Zheng Lingbo mentioned can be considered a token of their engagement.
In addition to the lifesaving favor from when she was ten years old, their families had casually made a betrothal agreement between them. The two families had a bit of an intention, but it was not fully disclosed.
However, in reality, when Zheng Lingbo was thirteen years old, Liu Chengwang, by accident, heard about the Zheng family's engagement from someone else and mistook it for Zheng Lingbo. So he spent all his savings at the time to buy a jade pendant, and took it to block Zheng Jinluo's way out and spoke eloquently to propose marrying Zheng Lingbo.
Zheng Lingbo immediately liked this distant cousin, and she was both shy and delighted. She didn't even pay attention to Zheng Jinluo's reaction and ran off to find a warm jade with her name carved on it, which she exchanged with Liu Chengwang for the jade pendant.
That warm jade was left by Zheng Lingbo's mother, Yang Yufeng, when she was young. It was about the size of a hand and had a temperature that was pleasant to touch. It could be considered an invaluable treasure.
Zheng Lingbo usually treasures it very much. At that time, however, she willingly exchanged it with Liu Chengwang for an ordinary jade pendant.
Not for any treasure, but for the meaning behind Liu Chengwang's willingness to spend all his savings to make her happy at the time.
When Liu Chengwang heard this, he was overjoyed and sincerely promised that he would treat Zheng Lingbo well for the rest of his life.
Who would have thought that? It's only been a few years, but things have changed dramatically.
Recalling the promises of their youth, Liu Chengwang felt a moment of distraction in his heart.
He used to very much like this little sister of his when they were young, but he doesn't know when it started. From then on, he only felt annoyance towards Zheng Lingbo.
Liu Chengwang couldn't understand, but he felt very uncomfortable in his heart. He was in a dilemma when he suddenly saw Zheng Lingbo fake a smile and say in an obviously feigned surprised tone, "Mr. Liu San doesn't speak. Is he not going to return my things?"
She, of course, asked that deliberately.
Because Zheng Lingbo clearly remembers that the biggest argument she ever had with Xinniang in her previous life was when she accidentally saw the warm jade that used to belong to her at Xinniang's place.
——The name was ground down, and the pattern was changed.
Zheng Lingbo had not recognized it at first; it was Xinniang who deliberately showed off how precious the warm jade was to her, explaining that it was originally an jade ruyi, but since she liked lotus flowers, Liu Chengwang had it remade into a lotus shape.
She realized that Liu Chengwang had even given her the warm jade she had given him back then to Xinniang.
Zheng Lingbo's eyes immediately turned red at the moment, wanting to snatch back that warm jade, pushing and arguing. It was then that she accidentally slapped Xinniang a slap.
Usually, when she and Xinniang had disputes, it was always Zheng Lingbo who was wronged.
This time she accidentally slapped Xinniang, and the latter held a grudge. The next day, during a hunt, she deliberately conspired with assassins to try to harm Zheng Lingbo...
If it wasn't for the incident at the hunt, her brother Zheng Jinluo wouldn't have killed Xinniang to avenge her, Liu Chengwang wouldn't have harbored resentment towards Xinniang and acted insincerely, and she herself wouldn't have been so determined to marry Liu Chengwang...
Zheng Lingbo sometimes thinks that fate is a terrible circle, but since she has been lucky enough to live another life, she has to break out of this circle no matter how terrifying it is.
The past flowed in her mind. Zheng Lingbo noticed that after she said that on purpose, there was a fleeting guilt and anger on Liu Chengwang's face. She felt her heart sink and feared that he had already engraved the jade pendant again and given it to Xinniang. She couldn't help but continue to mock: "Seeing Mr. Liu San's expression, is he still clinging to my things?
Liu Chengwang still remained silent.
Zheng Lingbo could see the guilt and anger in Liu Chengwang's eyes. She realized that he had actually been thinking about breaking that warm jade and giving her a new one, with a large piece to be made into a pendant for her mother, and the rest being used as a necklace for Xinniang.
Even without reusing it, this warm jade is rare. It's a valuable piece in any house, and it has been in his hand for a few years. Suddenly asked to give it back, Liu Chengwang was really reluctant to let go.
He was still pondering how to get through this awkward situation when Xinniang, hearing something about clinging to things, immediately changed color, moved closer to Liu Chengwang, and her beautiful eyes filled with tears in an instant. She softly called out, "Brother Chengwang."
Liu Chengwang came back to reality and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
Xinniang hesitated and her tears welled up at the corners of her eyes, hanging but not falling: "Does Brother Chengwang really not want to let go of Zheng sister?"
Liu Chengwang: ...
Indeed, he can't let it go.
It's the warm jade that he doesn't want to give up, and it has nothing to do with the person.
Liu Chengwang remained silent.
Xinniang, on the other hand, became worried.
She thought she had already managed to get this Mr. Liu San on her side, but it turned out that he had hit her instead. His attitude suddenly changed, which made Xinniang subconsciously wonder if there was some kind of special hobby of Mr. Liu Chengwang's.
Otherwise, things were fine before. He would always be all worked up whenever he saw Zheng Lingbo, but today, after being kicked by her and barely able to stand, he suddenly started to feel nostalgic?
Xinniang was at a loss, but she was determined not to let anything happen to her marriage to the Li family. So, when she opened her eyes slightly, tears streamed down her cheeks instantly.
"Brother Chengwang, you..."
