Since her parents disappeared, Hong Jiaxin had not been as cheerful, lively, and active as before.
She preferred to be alone all day, which worried Luo Yang.
You see, if a person keeps to themselves too much, it is easy for something bad to happen.
Although he wanted to take Hong Jiaxin out for a walk, she always found an excuse not to go.
Luo Yang was really troubled by this.
Now, in order to get Hong Jiaxin to go outside, Luo Yang had to use every trick he knew.
Suddenly remembering that the jade pendant he wore was from the Hong family, Luo Yang deliberately picked it up and looked at it first.
Sure enough, it piqued Hong Jiaxin's interest.
"This was originally from our family, and I am giving it to you. Let me have a good look at it," she said wistfully.
Had one not known better, one might think Luo Yang had stolen it from the Hong family.
In fact, it was a gift from Hong Zhong to Luo Yang.
As for whether this jade pendant was the Hong family's heirloom, that remained unknown.
Luo Yang was not the kind of person who liked to take advantage of others; he had not wanted to accept it in the first place.
But since Hong Zhong insisted on giving it to him, he had no choice but to accept it.
The item originally belonged to Hong Jiaxin, and Luo Yang was willing to return it to her.
"Class President, do you want it?" he asked.
As he spoke, he started to take the pendant off.
Returning it to its rightful owner seemed natural.
Luo Yang felt no regret at all.
"Years ago, I saw this jade pendant when my dad said he would give it to me as a birthday present when I graduated from junior high school. Yet he gave it to you. He really thinks highly of you," she murmured while staring at the pendant in her palm.
The tone of her voice carried a hint of missing someone.
If Luo Yang had known this would happen, he wouldn't have let her see the pendant,
It wasn't that Luo Yang didn't want to help Hong Jiaxin find her parents sooner; he simply didn't know much about the clues.
There were still some mysteries that Luo Yang had yet to figure out.
Like the secret of Mu Tan, he was eager to understand it, but there was no one to ask.
Hong Jiaxin was also one of the parties involved, but she knew nothing about Mu Tan.
Answers would only come with the return of the Hong Zhong couple.
The problem was, no one knew when the Hong Zhong couple would return.
What was more worrying was that the Hong Zhong couple might never come back.
This thought was something Luo Yang never dared to share in front of Hong Jiaxin, lest it deepen her sorrow.
Now Hong Jiaxin was almost washing her face with tears every day; further agitation might lead her to do something regrettable.
Seeing Hong Jiaxin's interest in the pendant, Luo Yang compared her and the pendant, feeling that if worn around her neck, it would match her skin tone well.
"Class President, I'm giving it back to you. Wear it on your neck," Luo Yang generously said.
"No. My father gave this family heirloom to you, surely he had his reasons. I think it's not just a simple gift. You keep it. It's of no use to me," she pondered.
The back of the jade pendant was covered with a thin layer of gold, which was blank, and the pendant itself bore no inscriptions.
If you consider its value, it's not necessarily very precious.
Of course, Luo Yang didn't know much about jade, so he couldn't tell if it might be a priceless object.
Jade is even more mysterious than antiques.
Even a small piece could potentially be worth more than many times its weight in gold.
Even if the pendant was valuable, Luo Yang didn't want to take it for himself.
If Hong Jiaxin needed it, he could give it back to her at any time.
Since it was forcefully given to Luo Yang by Hong Zhong, he had no choice but to keep it.
Wearing it around his neck, Luo Yang didn't feel that any good luck had come his way.
Luo Yang said with a smile, "Of course it's not an ordinary gift. This is your family's heirloom, it might be priceless. Your dad probably just wanted me to keep it safe for you; it's still yours. Class President, remember, whenever you want it, just ask me. It's just being kept with me."