Liu Yansong paused for a moment, then shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Mine, mine, that's mine! Make her give it back to me! You're mine, ahhhhh..."
The sharp voice made Zhenzhu frown involuntarily, but thinking that the child was young, she didn't argue with him and reached out to help him take the jade pendant.
As a result, Zhu Qinghao held on too tightly, and even an adult like her couldn't pull it out. Several times when she almost got it, Zhu Qinghao started to cry and make a fuss.
Knowing that Zhu Qinghao was not in good health and could not cry loudly, Zhenzhu gave up and reluctantly took some candy to coax the little boy, planning to coax the jade pendant back to him when Zhu Qinghao woke up.
As soon as she finished checking on Zhu Qinghao's condition and turned around, Liu Yansong had already disappeared with the fruit platter containing candy.
After Zhu Qinghao woke up, she still held onto the jade pendant and refused to let go, and kept crying out that she wanted to find her little brother.
Since they had already met Liu Yansong, they naturally assumed that the "little brother" Zhu Qinghao was referring to was the little boy playing in the mud.
At that time, none of them doubted how Liu Yansong, who was covered in mud, managed to bring Zhu Qinghao back when she was clean and Liu Yansong was covered in mud.
Afterwards, they immediately mobilized manpower to look for Liu Yansong. Strangely enough, after Liu Yansong was found at the Zhu family, Zhu Qinghao really stopped clamoring to find her little brother. Later, the jade pendant also disappeared.
And so, Liu Yansong frequently visited the Zhu family and played with Zhu Qinghao.
Whether it was because she suddenly had a playmate or something else, Zhu Qinghao's health actually improved day by day, and then the two of them got engaged...
Listening to Grandpa Zhu's recollections, Sheng Yi was filled with remorse.
Good heavens, it turns out that the fiancée who was supposed to be his since childhood was someone else's!
Zhu Yanzhi also saw Sheng Yi's frustrated expression and immediately guessed that his family had probably mistaken his partner before.
"Xiao Yi, do you remember what happened that day? How did your jade pendant end up in Hao Hao's hands?"
Sheng Yi did have a memory of that time. Grandpa Zhu had already been taken to the army, and he was taken back to Beijing by his uncle to visit his maternal grandparents.
After lunch that day, he slipped out of his grandmother's house, intending to find Zhu Qing to play with.
Before they even reached the Zhu family home, they found Zhu Qinghao lying unwell on the street. Fortunately, they were able to wake her up, so they quickly carried her on their backs and took her back to the Zhu family home.
However, it's possible that the route he took was different from the route the Zhu family took when they went out to look for Zhu Qinghao. Not only did he not run into her on the way, but he also couldn't get her to open the door when he went back.
So he had no choice but to hold Zhu Qinghao and sit at the door waiting.
Before long, a little boy came up to them while sucking his thumb, staring at them expectantly.
Sheng Yi thought he wanted to play with them, so he said to him:
"Shh, your little sister isn't feeling well and needs to rest. You play by yourself. She'll go to sleep after the adults come home."
So the little boy obediently played in the mud nearby and didn't come any closer to Zhu Qinghao.
As they waited for the adults to return, Sheng Yi heard his uncle shouting, and he knew that he had been discovered for sneaking out.
His uncle was always extremely strict with him, often beating and scolding him, even depriving him of food and not letting him sleep at night... So he didn't dare let his uncle find out he was there and wanted to leave immediately.
Before leaving, he remembered something and quickly took off the jade pendant from his neck and put it into Zhu Qinghao's hand.
"Little sister, wear this jade pendant and it will protect you from getting sick. You must get better soon, and your brother will come to play with you again. Wait for me!"
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