"..." Shaochen raised his gaze, his expression darkening again, "Have him wait for me in the drawing room."
"Okay." The secretary gently closed the door and exited.
Shaochen stretched out his hand, pulled open the drawer, and took out a brocade box, which he opened.
Inside the brocade box lay a black diamond-colored, heart-shaped pendant.
He reached out, held the heart-shaped pendant in the palm of his hand, and gently caressed it.
Due to years of touching, the black diamond-colored heart-shaped pendant had been polished exceptionally smooth.
Shaochen half-closed his eyes, as if he could see the childhood calamity.
Back then, when he and his younger brother were being chased, just when they were about to be caught, a little girl in a sky-blue princess dress pulled them to a corner of a low wall, where the three small children huddled together.
