Hu Ke glared at him, while Leng Chuchen simply snorted.
"They headed south, and so did we."
"But young master, are we not going to look for that young lady anymore?"
"I'll look for someone else when I have time. Right now, I already have someone I'd rather find."
After saying this, he prepared to ride away, but Xie Jiaxun called him back as if he had suddenly thought of something.
"Oh, by the way, Yiming asked me to pass on a message to you."
As he said this, Xie Jiaxun scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.
"However, don't take a child's words seriously. Your Highness, may you have a safe journey."
Leng Chuchen seemed to care a lot about Yiming's words. He immediately dismounted and went to Xie Jiaxun again.
"What did Yiming say?"
Xie Jiaxun hesitated for a moment, then slowly said:
"He said he owes you a secret..."
Hearing him say this, Leng Chuchen thought of what Yiming had said to him before leaving the capital. He said he had a secret to tell him, but before he could say it, Zhiwan called him away.
He looked at Xie Jiaxun with great curiosity and anxiety.
What did he say?
Xie Jiaxun never expected that Leng Chuchen would take a child's words so seriously.
He thought for a moment and said directly:
He said that you seem to have some kind of jade pendant, and his mother also has one. He also said that it's at the Liu family pawnshop. Anyway, that's roughly the gist of it.
Xie Jiaxun no longer remembered Yiming's original words; he only remembered the two key points: the jade pendant and Liu's pawnshop.
Leng Chuchen was completely confused, but he still followed Xie Jiaxun's instructions, mounted his horse again, and headed straight for Liu's pawnshop.
As soon as he entered, the waiter greeted him with a smile.
"Young master, are you pawning something?"
After scanning the pawnshop, he frowned and asked:
"Two months ago, did anyone come here to pawn a jade pendant?"
The waiter was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head.
"Our pawnshop is busy with customers, I don't remember, just bring the pawnshop!"
"Check the accounts from two months ago."
The waiter shook his head dismissively again.
"We can't check it; the ledger is with the manager."
Seeing that the waiter refused him again, he suddenly took two steps forward in a fit of rage, grabbed the waiter by the collar, and glared at him through gritted teeth.
"Didn't you understand that I told you to check the accounts from two months ago?"
The waiter was startled by his actions and nodded hastily.
"Okay, okay, I'll go check. Young master, please let go."
Seeing him nod in agreement, Leng Chuchen snorted coldly and then released her grip on his collar.
After regaining his freedom, Xiao Er hurriedly ran to the counter and began searching through the account books.
In a short while, he brought the account book to Leng Chuchen.
"Young master, two months ago, five people came to pawn their jade pendants. May I ask which one you are looking for?"
"Give me your name?"
After the waiter nodded, he began to mutter.
"Huang Damei, Li Yunhai, Liu Fengzhu, Luo Zhiwan, Jiang..."
"etc……"
When he heard Luo Zhiwan's name, his heart jumped into his throat.
"Luo Zhiwan, take out the jade pendant she pawned and let me see it."
The waiter looked at him with some embarrassment.
“Young master, how could we dare to show you these guest’s things so casually? Please don’t make things difficult for us.”
Leng Chuchen had no intention of talking to him. He gestured directly to Hu Ke, who then waved a silver ingot in front of him.
The allure of this silver was indeed great; the waiter's eyes immediately lit up as he took the silver, nodding eagerly.
"Alright, please wait a moment, young master, I'll go look for it."
After saying this, he took the silver from Hu Ke's hand, stuffed it into his pocket, and went back behind the counter.
At this moment, Li Ping stepped forward and cautiously inquired.
"Young master, could this Miss Luo be the same girl from back then?"
This time, Li Ping's words finally resonated with Leng Chuchen.
But he wasn't sure, so he got frustrated.
"Get out of here."
He dared not say much before things were certain, fearing that he would be disappointed if he placed too much hope in them.
A moment later, the waiter appeared before Leng Chuchen with a jade pendant.
“Young master, the girl named Luo Zhiwan is the one who pawned this jade pendant.”
When Leng Chuchen saw the jade pendant in the younger brother's hand, her eyes widened in disbelief.
He couldn't wait to snatch the jade pendant, his hands trembling as he examined it.
Li Ping also pointed to the jade pendant with delight.
"Young master, this...this really is a pair with your jade pendant...and that girl really is Miss Luo? My God!"
Hu Ke's lips trembled, but he nodded with delight.
"Yes, yes, this is truly... truly a great joy."
Li Ping suddenly covered her mouth and gasped as if she had just realized something.
"Could it be that Yiming is... is Young Master's child? Is that so? Young Master, is that so?"
At this moment, Leng Chuchen was so excited that she didn't know what to say.
Although he had some doubts when Yiming called him "father," he didn't dare to think that way. In addition, Luo Zhiwan said that Yiming's father had died long ago, so he gave up his seemingly unrealistic idea.
At this moment, the waiter's voice pulled the three people back from their fantasy world.
"Young master, now that you've examined it, will you give me this jade pendant?"
Leng Chuchen asked impatiently:
"How much silver did she pawn? For how long?"
"One thousand taels, for a term of three years."
Three years?
She pawned this jade pendant for three years.
Yiming had seen the jade pendant, and so had she. Did she already know about their relationship and deliberately keep the date hanging for so long?
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