Chapter 220 Gu Jinzhou's Thoughts (1/2)

Shen Yishan hadn't found the medicine bottle yet and was already angry. When she was suddenly bumped and stumbled, her anger flared up instantly.

She was about to curse when she saw that the person was Jin Yuhong. Her face immediately fell, and she felt disgusted.

What bad luck!

But Jin Yuhong's blunt remark left her speechless and stunned.

"Shen Yishan, did you lose your jade pendant too?!"

Shen Yishan's heart skipped a beat.

How could Jin Yuhong know that she had taken the jade pendant to the countryside?

That thing was given to her by her maternal grandfather before she went to the countryside. Apart from her own elders, no outsiders would have any idea that she took it with her to the countryside!

Shen Yishan's jade pendant...it's not really lost.

She herself agreed to exchange it for "good stuff" with Sister Jia.

Thinking of that bottle of medicine, Shen Yishan felt as if her heart had been pricked by a needle.

Yes, where's the medicine?

She had originally planned to find an excuse to drug Gu Jinzhou during the Chinese New Year holidays, and once the deed was done, she would see how he could still act so arrogantly.

But a couple of days ago, when she went to look for that small white porcelain bottle again, she turned the box upside down, but couldn't find a trace of the bottle!

That bottle of medicine seemed to have grown legs and run away on its own.

She assumed she had just tossed it aside and didn't know where it had fallen.

Now, after being asked this question by Jin Yuhong, a thought that made her hands and feet go cold popped into her head.

That Jia Ximei... was she playing her from beginning to end?

First, he used a worthless check to steal his family heirloom, and then secretly stole the empty bottle back as well.

Isn't this just getting something for nothing?

This thought made Shen Yishan feel both ashamed and angry, and her cheeks instantly turned bright red.

She had no time to argue with that crazy woman Jin Yuhong. The most important thing right now was to find out who Jia Ximei really was!

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Shen Yishan abruptly shook off Jin Yuhong's hand, her voice shrill and off-key, revealing a bluffing air of having her secret exposed. "I don't understand what you're talking about, jade pendant! I think you've gone crazy from losing things, biting anyone who comes your way!"

Without even glancing at Jin Yuhong's pale face, she forcefully shoved her aside and ran towards her own courtyard.

Jin Yuhong was swayed by the push and stood blankly in the wind and snow, watching Shen Yishan's flustered figure, muttering absentmindedly, "Impossible...her jade pendant is clearly missing..."

Braving the wind and snow, Shen Yishan ran back, her steps uneven.

The snowflakes scraped her face like knives, but the fire in her heart burned even brighter.

That damned Jia Ximei! And that damned Jin Yuhong!

She rushed into the small courtyard she and Lin Xiangnan had bought together, pushed open the gate, and went straight to Gu Jinzhou's room next door.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" She pounded on the door repeatedly.

The door opened quickly, revealing Gu Jinzhou's unchanging cold face.

"What is it?" he asked, his voice as flat as a bowl of water.

"Gu Jinzhou!" Shen Yishan, ignoring his cold attitude, leaned against the door frame, panting heavily, "Something's happened! My jade pendant is missing!"

To save time, she simply said "drop" instead of "exchange".

She stared intently at Gu Jinzhou's face, and seeing that he had no expression, she hurriedly added, "I just ran into Jin Yuhong, and she said her jade pendant was also lost! Quickly check if yours is still there!"

The Jin family, the Gu family, and her maternal grandfather's family (the Shen family) all originated from the late Qing Dynasty.

The jade pendant is a token, a secret kept among these families.

According to legend, there are five such jade pendants in total.

Now, both her and Jin Yuhong's jade pendants have malfunctioned, and this is definitely not a coincidence!

She looked at Gu Jinzhou expectantly, eagerly wanting to hear a reassuring word from him.