Granny Lin said, "It really is that piece, no mistake."

Grandpa Dong nodded as well.

Grandma Lin took Lin Qingyan's hand in hers. "Now that you've finally found it, take good care of it."

"I know, Grandma." She put the jade pendant away.

"What was that little incident you mentioned earlier? Tell us about it," Grandma Lin asked.

Lin Qingyan then told the two elders about how Wu Zhigang had snatched the jade pendant from Xu Xinning.

Wu Zhigang is currently dating Xu Xinning, and she has no intention of sowing discord between the two of them and the two elders.

Wu Zhigang is not a good person. He told the two elders to be careful.

She gave a general account of what had happened, excluding the body search.

Grandpa Dong and Granny Lin both frowned upon hearing this. Grandpa Dong said, "This Wu fellow is no good person. From what you've said, he has kung fu skills but deliberately pretends to be inconspicuous. Isn't he almost like a spy?"

Xiao Ning can't date someone like that. No way! We have to stop them, not let them be together. What if that guy is a spy? Xiao Ning's finished.

Grandma Lin said, "How do you know they're still together? Maybe Xinning found out he wasn't a good person and broke up with him."

"I hope so. If they haven't broken up, I absolutely cannot let Xinning continue seeing him."

Lin Qingyan returned to the house and took out her dragon jade pendant to compare it with the phoenix jade pendant.

The two jade pendants are exactly the same size, and when placed together, they form a pattern of dragons and phoenixes symbolizing good fortune.

Beijing City

Dong Wenhua originally wanted to use Xiao Rizi to seek benefits for herself, but she didn't have a way to contact Xiao Rizi, so Xiao Rizi contacted her first.

After confirming that she was sincere in wanting to cooperate with them, the other party gave her a task.

“Your family has a pair of very beautiful dragon and phoenix jade pendants. If you can get your hands on these pendants and give them to us, we can give you whatever you want, and even help you go abroad to our country to live a wealthy and happy life.”

The man told Dong Wenhua how developed their country was and how high the standard of living was for their people, and Dong Wenhua was immediately intrigued.

“The dragon and phoenix jade pendant. My daughter has a phoenix jade pendant. I’ll bring it over and give it to you. In return, you can let me go to your country.”

The man thought for a moment and said, "There's only one piece, so one person can go. If you get both pieces and hand them over to us, you and your daughter can both go. We'll provide you with the best quality of life, making it feel like you're in heaven."

“Okay, I’ll call my daughter when I get back, and then I’ll go over there myself to get the jade pendant.”

"good."

When she got home, neither Dong Bonian nor Lu Ying had come home from get off work, and she was all alone. She immediately called the military hospital.

Xu Xinning was feeling somewhat uncomfortable about giving up the jade pendant today, and was lying alone in her dormitory, feeling sullen.

Suddenly, a colleague called her: "Xinning, Xinning, you have a phone call. It's your mother calling. You should go to the reception desk right away."

"Okay." She quickly got out of bed and hurried to the reception room.

Phone calls were too expensive at that time, and Dong Wenhua had already hung up when she arrived, so she dialed back.

"Hey, Mom. What do you want?"

"Xinning, Mom wants that phoenix jade pendant you have. Mom has something very important to do, something that concerns our future. I want to go to the military region to get that phoenix jade pendant."

Xu Xinning's heart sank.

Because Lin Qingyan had just taken the phoenix jade pendant, if her mother had called earlier, she wouldn't have obediently handed it over to Lin Qingyan.

"Mom, the jade pendant is no longer in my possession; Lin Qingyan took it."

"What?!" Dong Wenhua exclaimed as if she had heard some terrible news. "You actually gave it to that brat? Why did you give it to her?! She's your mortal enemy, your biggest threat in the Dong family. Do you even like her anymore?"

“Mom, I don’t want to give it to her either. But she found out I had the jade pendant and made Grandpa go to me to ask for it back. It originally belonged to her mother, and if I don’t give it to her obediently, Grandpa won’t let me off the hook.”

Dong Wenhua sighed heavily: "You've given away something so important, what am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do?"

"Mom, what's wrong? What happened? That jade pendant isn't of any great value to us, let her take it."

"What do you know!" She then told Xu Xinning about the deal she had made with Xiao Rizi: "Xinning, everyone in the family likes that brat now, and soon there will be no place for us. I did this for the future of my daughter and me. We can have a hundred times better life abroad than here. But such a good opportunity has been lost just like that."

Xu Xinning was initially shocked to hear that Dong Wenhua was colluding with foreigners, but as she listened to Dong Wenhua's analysis of their situation in the Dong family and the beauty of foreign countries, she couldn't help but be tempted.

Instead of feeling stifled and trying to please the Dong family, it would be better to go abroad and live a carefree life.