"Mint, I suddenly remembered something!" Jing Tian'er looked at her with a smile.
"Um?"
"I suddenly remembered that when we first met, I sent you home. Didn't your home live behind the dark alley that Ling Yuan just mentioned?"
"Ah?" Mint was stunned for a moment and pursed his lips, "Yes, I live behind that dark alley."
"Have you ever met Ling Yuan when you were a child?"
Mint was also very sensitive. She realized that Jing Tian'er might have noticed something. She lowered her head and stirred her soup with a spoon, "I don't remember."
"Oh!" It's been such a long time, and it's normal to not remember someone you've only met once. "Then have you seen this ancient jade?"
She forced the ancient jade into Mint's hand again.
Mint wanted to return it to her right away. She rubbed Gu Yu unconsciously with her fingers for a while, then made up her mind and put Gu Yu into Jing Tianer's hand, "No."
Jing Tian'er frowned slightly, but the corners of her lips curled into a smile, "Mint, didn't the teacher teach us? Those who lie are not good students, why are you lying!"
Mint lowered her head and stirred the spoon without saying anything.
It's not that she doesn't want to tell the truth, it's that she can't tell the truth.
If she tells the truth, there is no guarantee that others will not think that she is lying and taking the opportunity to get close to Ling Yuan.
"Mint," Ling Yuan also noticed something and called her name gently, "Aren't we friends? Friends should be aboveboard, right? If you have ever seen this ancient jade, or seen its...
Master, could you please tell me? The owner of this ancient jade is really important to me!"
Mint thought for a while, then finally raised her head and faced him, "Young Master Yuan, I am only responsible for telling the truth. You can choose not to believe it, I won't mind!"
Ling Yuan smiled and said, "We are friends! We will naturally believe what you say."
"But... it's such a coincidence that even I can't believe it myself," her voice was low, but her eyes were dark and clear, and she looked at Ling Yuan calmly, "This ancient jade... is mine!"
"...Huh?" Ling Yuan was stunned.
"This ancient jade is the only thing my parents left me. It was passed down from my ancestors," Mint looked into his eyes and said slowly, "I remember it was an autumn evening, and the dark alley was covered with withered yellow
Falling leaves, I went home from the dark alley as usual. I saw many fierce-looking people surrounding a young man. I was very scared, but when I saw the young man alone and surrounded by so many people, I felt very pitiful for him.
, I asked him if he needed my help. I thought those bad guys would be scared when they saw someone appearing and let the boy go. But I didn’t know they were even more vicious than I thought. Not only did they not let the boy go, they even threatened him.
I, even I took care of it, but the boy was very anxious and loudly ordered me to leave quickly. I ran a few steps and felt something was wrong..."
A smile slowly appeared on her lips, "The boy was covered in blood at that time and the situation was very dangerous. He was worried about my safety and asked me to run away. How could I abandon him?"
"So I ran back and asked those people how to let him go. Those people probably believed that I, a young female student, couldn't afford that much money, so they offered to exchange money for him. Of course I didn't have that much money.
, but I always carry the ancient jade that was passed down from my family close to me. To be honest, I was struggling at the time whether I should use the only relic left by my parents to exchange for the safety of the boy. Later I figured it out..."
