Xu Jia instinctively stepped back, then asked guiltily, "What jade pendant? How would I know?!"

Xu Qingyun removed the gold hairpin that held her hair up and pressed it against Xu Jia's neck: "Xu Jia, give me back the jade pendant."

"Mom!" Xu Jia exclaimed in surprise. When did Xu Qingyun, that bitch, develop such a strong aura?!

Liang Wanrou also panicked: "Yunyun, what are you doing?! It's just a jade pendant! Do you want to kill your sister?"

"Give me back my jade pendant." Xu Qingyun's expression remained indifferent, but the tip of the hairpin was forcefully poking at Xu Jia's carotid artery.

This hairpin is custom-made and sharper than ordinary hairpins. With enough force, it could easily pierce a carotid artery.

Xu Qingyun has hundreds of hairpins, all of which are specially made. In addition to holding her hair up, she also uses them for self-defense.

Liang Wanrou was also frightened; Xu Qingyun's expression didn't seem like she was joking.

She immediately went upstairs to the safe and took out a jade pendant.

"Here you go! Here you go! A piece of broken jade, look how stingy you are!" Liang Wanrou was very angry and smashed the jade pendant on the ground with a "smack".

Jade is fragile and easily broken, shattering into pieces in an instant.

Xu Qingyun was startled: "You!"

Xu Jia was also shocked. This was a token of their engagement. What if the Ji family didn't acknowledge it?!

"Mom! What are you doing? This jade pendant... this jade pendant is very expensive! Grandpa said it's an antique, a priceless treasure!" Xu Jia dared not mention the engagement.

Liang Wanrou took a deep breath and sneered, "You little bitch, you wanted it ten years ago, didn't you? I smashed it, let's see if you still care! So what if it was priceless? Now it's just a piece of broken jade, worthless! If my daughter can't have it, neither can you!"

Xu Qingyun clenched her fists, a surge of anger rising within her, making her face unusually cold!

"Liang Wanrou, this isn't over!"

Xu Qingyun picked up the broken pieces and left.

Watching Xu Qingyun leave, Liang Wanrou finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that the little brat doesn't know about the engagement yet, which makes things easier."

Xu Jia cried out in distress, "Mom, you broke the jade pendant, how can I marry into the Ji family?"

Liang Wanrou wiped away her tears and scolded her, "Do you think your mother is stupid? You think I would actually break it? I specially had someone make a replica."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jia immediately stopped crying and started laughing: "Mom, you scared me to death."

"By the way, Mom, why hasn't the Ji family sent anyone to discuss the marriage yet?"

Liang Wanrou stroked her daughter's hair: "What's the rush? Didn't the Ji family send someone to inform us to attend a family banquet? You should just prepare to be a wealthy wife."

Xu Jia smiled sweetly: "Mom, I'm so happy."

"Of course, my daughter is so beautiful and has such a good life, she certainly deserves the best."

**

Xu Qingyun came out of the villa and looked down at the broken jade in her hand.

Her grandfather was a jade expert, and she had been exposed to it from a young age, so she could tell the difference.

This piece of jade is top-grade jadeite, and it is very valuable. When Xu Qingyun turned twelve, her grandfather wanted to give it to her as a gift.

Out of jealousy, Xu Jia had a big argument with her grandfather and even pushed him down the stairs, causing him to fall into a coma. Xu Qingyun was also kicked out of the Xu family.

Liang Wanrou, that madwoman, has protected Xu Jia since she was a child. Whenever Xu Hongru gives Xu Qingyun something good that Xu Jia can't have, Liang Wanrou will destroy it.

Such a fine antique has been ruined by Liang Wanrou. What an ignorant woman!

It needs to be fixed.

When Xu Qingyun arrived at the door with a frown, the taxi was already gone.

Just as she was about to call another car, a Bentley pulled up in front of her.

The back window rolled down, and Ji Hanchen said indifferently, "Get in, it's on the way."

"No need." Xu Qingyun didn't want to have any contact with Ji Hanchen; the man was too dangerous.

Ji Hanchen said, "Ji Lun told the old man he was bringing his girlfriend home. Aren't you going to the ancestral home?"

Xu Qingyun was taken aback. Ji Lun was back? He hadn't mentioned it at all.

Ji Lun, really, since you've already informed your family, you should at least tell her, so she won't be impolite.

"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Uncle."

Xu Qingyun opened the door and got into the car.

Ji Hanchen suddenly leaned over, his long arms almost encircling her in his embrace.

Xu Qingyun frowned: "Mr. Ji, since..."

Ji Hanchen pulled the seatbelt across Xu Qingyun's chest, silencing her.

Do you need to wear a seatbelt in the back seat?

Ji Hanchen frowned slightly: "Miss Xu always seems so guarded. Am I really that unreliable?"

"Uncle, I'm sorry," Xu Qingyun said, trying to cover up her embarrassment.

“I am twenty-eight years old this year, but I am six years older than you. It is inappropriate for Miss Xu to use me to pretend to be younger.”

Some men like their girlfriends to call them "Dad," but he doesn't have that kind of low taste.

Xu Qingyun changed her address: "Then I'll still call you Mr. Ji."

Ji Hanchen said in a deep voice, "You can call me by my name, or Yaobao."

“…Ji Hanchen.” Xu Qingyun was getting impatient. Was he crazy? Still calling him Yaobao?

Ji Hanchen gave a faint "hmm" and said nothing more.

Don't go too far, or she'll get annoyed.

**

Xu Jia followed him out and only saw half of a man's face and the expensive Bentley.

She frowned. That bitch's lover is so rich?

Hmph, she was kicked out of her home at the age of twelve and lived a miserable life all alone. If it weren't for a man supporting her, she wouldn't be alive today.

She's been played with and ruined by countless men.

Unlike her, who is pure and innocent, and is about to become the granddaughter-in-law of the Ji family.

My mother said that the eldest son of the Ji family is a handsome and talented man, so the marriage between the Xu family and the Ji family must be with the eldest son of the Ji family.

I can't wait for tonight to come.

**

Xu Qingyun went home and put her things down.

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