After Gu Lin put the books and pens he had bought back home, he went back to the general's mansion with Rong Xuqing.
"Why is Jingniang's jade pendant...oh? There's no lotus on it?"
When Gu Lin gave the jade pendant to Rong Baichuan, he thought it was Qin Nanjing's. After a closer look, he realized that the carving was different.
Like the Qin family, the Gu family's was only passed down to females and has been passed down for dozens of generations.
Therefore, this originally belonged to Rong Baichuan's mother, Gu Yan, and has been worn by Rong Baichuan since he was born.
When Rong Baichuan was one month old, Gu Lin's father Gu Bei came to attend his full moon banquet.
At that time, Gu Bei was still young. He thought the shape of the jade pendant on the baby's neck was very beautiful, so he took it off and wore it himself for a while.
I ended up forgetting to return it and took it home.
Seeing that the jade pendant was very old and not valuable, I didn't take it seriously, thinking that I would return it to my nephew when I went to visit my sister.
Later, Gu Yan died suddenly and his family suffered another misfortune, so he completely forgot about the matter.
A few days before Gu Lin went to Kyoto, Gu Bei saw this jade pendant when he was sorting out old things at home.
The origin of this object is also known from the diary that records his father.
By Gu Yan's generation, it had been passed down for at least ten generations.
Although he could not see anything special about the jade pendant, it was even so ordinary that he could throw it away as an old item.
But since it was a family heirloom, Gu Bei brought it to Kyoto.
After being robbed by bandits, it was lost here. Unexpectedly, it returned to Rong Baichuan's hands after many twists and turns.
"The Qin and Gu families have no connection whatsoever, but how could such a similar and matching jade pendant be passed down from their ancestors?" Rong Baichuan was also slightly surprised as he looked at the familiar jade pendant in his hand.
"Dad, it's only passed down to girls," Rong Yubai said. "So, the original owners of these two jade pendants might have been one family. Then, after a marriage, they ended up in the hands of two families who didn't know each other."
"Ah, right..." Rong Baichuan said, "So, after a hundred years of twists and turns, the two jade pendants met and became a family again. It seems that Jingniang and I have a deep connection..."
Rong Baichuan touched his chin and smiled with a lustful look on his face.
"Speaking of which, the first time I noticed Jingniang was when I saw her, the daughter of a distinguished Grand Tutor, wearing a shabby jade pendant that wouldn't be found even if thrown on the grass. I became curious about her. Then I was attracted to her and couldn't take my eyes off her..."
"General, what are you talking about in front of the children!" Qin Nanjing came back from the shop. As soon as she entered the door, she heard Rong Baichuan saying this and glared at him in anger.
"Jingniang, hurry, hurry..." Rong Baichuan waved at Qin Nanjing, "Hurry and give me your jade pendant. I found its other half."
"..." Qin Nanjing had just returned and didn't know about the jade pendant. She handed her jade pendant to Rong Baichuan in confusion.
“Rong Baichuan took the jade pendant and put the two together.
Sure enough, it can be completely merged, fitting perfectly, even the scratches on it can be matched.
"Were they originally one?" Rong Baichuan looked at the two connected scratches and said in disbelief, "It's possible that our ancestors were really one family."
"What do you mean by family?" Qin Nanjing saw this and came forward in surprise. "Where did you find this? How come they match so well?"
The two jade pendants appeared to be separate entities, with no signs of separation.
But the scratches on them showed that they were originally embedded together.
"This belongs to my mother, and it's also been passed down in the family..."
Rong Baichuan told Qin Nanjing the story of how the jade pendant appeared.
"Doesn't this prove that we are destined to be together?" He added this at the end.
Qin Nanjing sneered when she heard that.
This time he was not told to be careful with his words in front of the children.
They were destined to be together, and were the parents chosen by heaven for Chaoxi.
She figured this out from the conversations she had heard day and night at the Wanfo Temple.
However, she didn't intend to let Rong Baichuan know.
If he really knew that it was destined by heaven, he would probably be so happy that he would spread it everywhere.
"I didn't know whether to give this to Xuqing or Chaoxi. Now it's okay, I have two." Qin Nanjing put the two jade pendants together. After a few days, she would make new ropes for the jade pendants and then pass them to them.
"Jingniang, let me tell you, my interest in you started with this jade pendant. At that time, I was wondering why you treasured this worn-out jade pendant so much."
"I gradually discovered that this girl, though docile as a sheep on the outside, had actually been suppressing her true nature. She was actually a wild, untamed kitten, and her fur would explode if pushed into a corner."
"You don't know how fierce your mother was back then..."
Rong Baichuan began to talk to himself, completely disregarding his son, daughter, and the presence of his cousin. He continued to talk about the past when he was young and had played a prank on Qin Nanjing.
"Once, she tricked me into falling into a pit, and when I couldn't fight back, she beat me with a bamboo stick."
"The next day, when I went to argue with her despite my injuries, she pretended to have lost her memory. Those who supported her at the time gave me a good scolding. That's when I realized how sharp the tongues of educated people are. They can curse people without even using a single curse word. Especially your mother. When she scolded me, it took me until afterward to come to my senses. It was so mad I couldn't sleep all night."
"The next day, I prepared a bunch of responses... but she changed her tone and I didn't react..."
Listening to Rong Baichuan's funny past, everyone in the room burst into laughter.
"Okay, okay, just say less..." Qin Nanjing tugged at Rong Baichuan's sleeve, her face slightly red.
They were all embarrassing things, but this person could actually tell them so casually.
Rong Baichuan didn't think it was anything to be ashamed of.
These are all the little details of their love.
At this time, no one noticed that the purse on Qin Nanjing's waist was emitting a faint light.
In the purse, the edges of the two jade pendants were merging at an extremely slow speed, slowly extending towards the center.
Rong Yubai and the others had heard some things about Rong Baichuan's youth.
They all just smiled and said nothing, waiting quietly for him to finish speaking.
Gu Lin, the only one in the room who was listening for the first time, would agree from time to time and ask for details when he heard something.
Having found a good listener, Rong Baichuan spoke even more excitedly.
Several people yawned as they listened.
Rong Chaoxi sat on the high armchair, playing with his feet.
"Little sister, do you want to eat some dried fruits developed by Aunt Fu?" Rong Yuanyou was hungry earlier, so he went to the kitchen to find snacks. Now he came in with a basket the size of a palm.
Rong Chaoxi's legs were raised, and when she smelled the aroma of honey, she began to shake them happily, like a puppy wagging its tail.
"Yes...I need to eat it every morning and evening..."
The little guy's eyes curved into crescents as he ate the sweet, crispy and chewy dried bananas.
Suddenly...
Rong Chaoxi smelled a familiar scent.
But when she looked at Qin Nanjing, she didn't see anything special.
She could only attribute this to the aura of love from her father and mother.
After all, the cheap dad now has pink bubbles all over his body.
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