These two days, some friends said that the chapters are repeated. I think it's because last Sunday night when I uploaded the draft, I mistakenly clicked to publish all the chapters for a week. After that, although I immediately dragged them back into the recycle bin, some of you might have seen them already. Since there were seven chapters at once, friends who saw the repeated chapters will probably see the updated ones on Monday.

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  Madam Ren, since you were able to ask about the jade being lost in the Xie household and personally brought Ren Yun over, and especially waited until after Xie Qi's birthday to come, isn't it that you don't approve of this marriage?

  No matter what, the jade was lost in the Xie household, and it's impossible for the Ren family to rely on the Xie family for a piece of jade. However, no matter how you look at it, with Mrs. Ren coming over to demand its return, it will inevitably cause some embarrassment for both families. If Mrs. Ren had agreed to improve relations between the two families, she wouldn't have come over and insisted on retrieving the jade right away, but rather would have tried to gauge Mr. Xie's attitude first.

  Now that the jade is lost and retrieved, although it saved Xie Qi's face, it also clearly shows that the Ren family does not think highly of Xie Qi as their daughter-in-law.

  In the past, Wang thought that Ruan wanted to marry Xie Qi off to the Ren family was a bit far-fetched, so she had been ignoring Ruan's various hints. But now that she thought this jade might have been given to Xie Qi by Ren Yun himself, she didn't think that way anymore.

  If they both have feelings for each other, why bother stopping them?

  Xie Rong returned to the mansion and explicitly stated that there was no need to be overly close to the Ren family. Everyone knew that Xie Hong was Wang Shi's most beloved eldest son, so now that Madame Ren looked down on Xie Qi, wasn't she also slapping Wang Shi in the face?

  As she thought of this, the enthusiasm in her heart did not diminish in the slightest, and even the smile when greeting each other seemed a bit forced. If it weren't for the decades-long friendship between the two families, they might not have been able to hold back from revealing their true feelings on their faces.

  Mrs. Ren didn't know that she had already thought so much in her heart, and still thought that she had come to trouble others, feeling very apologetic, and her words became even more humble.

  After about half a watch, the Zhou family returned and said: "Madam, all the servants in the mansion have been asked, no one has seen Master Ren's jade. Even if they saw it, they wouldn't dare not report."

  Wang said with a hum, "Alright, go and call all the brothers and sisters over to talk."

  Madam Ren heard this and couldn't help but glance over at Wang's wife, but saw that her expression was unchanged, and nothing could be discerned from it, so she had to swallow the words on the tip of her tongue.

  "Has Mrs. Ren come looking for Jade?"

  Xie Wan was in the house listening to Yu Xue and Yu Fang talk about what had just happened at Zhou's house, when she suddenly felt a shock in her heart. In an instant, she remembered how Xie Qi had forcibly taken the jade pendant from Ren Yun's waist in the snowy grounds of Wu Tou Village.

  Xie Qi's willfulness that day indeed caused trouble. Yu was so fastidious, no wonder Ruan Yun had been worried sick at the time.

  She knew that little thought of hers all along, but since it had nothing to do with Xie Wan, she didn't bother to pay attention. Now even if Mrs. Ren came knocking on her door, she wouldn't lift a finger. As the saying goes, "Heavenly retribution is still survivable, but self-inflicted retribution is not." Someone who doesn't know what's important should be taught a lesson about what can and cannot be done.

  It happened that someone from Zhengyuan came to invite her to go and talk, she hesitated for a moment, then changed her clothes and went out.

  Mrs. Ren wasn't visiting for the first time, and in a year she might not come more than five or six times, so why make such a fuss and have everyone go to greet her? Probably it was because the Zhous had asked around everywhere without success, and Madame Wang had summoned these people over to ask them questions.

  At the gate, she happened to meet Xie Wei who was passing by. Xie Wei pulled her and asked, "Do you know why Madame Ren suddenly came over?" It seemed that she also sensed something strange about Madame Ren's sudden arrival with Ren Yun at the manor.

  However, Xie Wan did not think that she would not find out from the maid that Madame Ren was here for a piece of jade. Since she pretended to be ignorant, then she would pretend too. She spread her hands, indicating that she knew nothing.

  Xie Wei pursed her lips and thought for a moment before entering the door with her.

  Xie Qi and the others had all arrived, even Xie Hua and Xie Lian who were on standby were invited over. Xie Qi's expression was slightly flustered, he sat down beside Xie Tong with his head bowed, where was his usual spoiled demeanor?

  Ren Shuai sat under Madame Ren's seat, saw Xie Wan enter, and his eyes lit up for a moment before dimming again.

  Xie Wan saw him like this and couldn't help but laugh even harder. This person usually isn't like Xie Yun, who can't stay still for more than two hours out of the twelve hours in a day. Now he's so sluggish, it's really rare to see.

  After everyone had paid their respects to Madame Ren, Wang Shi got straight to the point and said: "When Rui Ge came back to our house last time, a piece of jade was lost. Has anyone among you seen it? This jade was given to Rui Ge by Old Lady Ren when she was still alive. Rui Ge is very close to all of you, if it accidentally fell off while playing together on ordinary days, please return it to him."

  Everyone started discussing and speculating. Only Xie Qi's face turned pale, then he looked away and pretended to pour tea.

  Xie Lang was the first to stand up and say: "I don't know what kind of jade Brother Yun lost? I haven't seen any jade falling in Yifengyuan."

  Wang said to Madame Ren: "This is the second house's Lang Ge."

  Mrs. Ren smiled and nodded: "The second young master is busy with his studies every day, I suppose he doesn't have much time to hang out with Jun'er, it's normal that they haven't met before."

  Then Xie Huai and Xie Tong stood up: "We haven't seen it either, I don't know if Jun brother still remembers where he lost it?"

  Ren Youlan glanced at Xie Qi, her face turned bright red, and she lowered her head, stuttering: "I... I don't remember."

  Mrs. Ren glared into his eyes, a hint of resentment flashing across her face.

  At this time, Xie Wei, who had been silent all along, suddenly stood up and said, "Is it a piece of green jade in the shape of auspicious cloud?"

  Mrs. Ren looked at her with appreciation: "Exactly. Haven't you seen Miss Mo?"

  Xie Wei said: "I remember that when Ren San Ge passed by the house that day, he was wearing a piece of jade like this on his body. I think it should be this one. Speaking of which, I saw it that day when we went to Wu Tou Village."

  Madam Ren's eyes lit up: "Not bad! Does that big girl still remember when she stopped seeing him as a match?"

  As long as the exact time and place are asked, the scope of the search will be greatly reduced.

  Xie Wan saw Mrs. Ren being so thoughtful and deliberately directing the target at Xie Qi's body, it was simply as if she wanted to force Xie Qi to reveal his true form, and couldn't help but feel somewhat disapproving.

  The Ren family and the Xie family seem to be on good terms, but from the fact that Mrs. Ren personally came to ask for the jade back, it can be seen that they are giving face to the Xie family, not to Xie Hong's branch. It is likely that she is a woman with many thoughts in private.

  She couldn't help but think that it was lucky she didn't marry into the family as her daughter-in-law, otherwise with her personality of not giving people any leeway, how could she have had a good life?

  My heart felt relieved and the corners of my mouth curved upwards involuntarily.

  She had been sizing her up all along, thinking that she was being ridiculed by her, and a handsome face couldn't help but turn even redder.

  Xie Wei thought for a moment, then smiled apologetically: "To be honest, I don't remember clearly. I only recall that it was still there when I left. Since the thing was on Ren San Ge's body, he should know better than me."

  As she spoke, she glanced at Ren Yun's seat, and then her gaze swept over Xie Qi with a mixture of intention and unintention.

  Xie Wan looked at her like this, and suddenly had a movement in her heart - could it be that Xie Wei also knew that Yu Pei was taken away by Xie Qi?

  She recalled the night when Xie Qi took away Rèn Yuàn's jade pendant, and Rèn Yuàn sneaked into the inner courtyard to look for Xie Qi. After being caught by Xie Wei, she clearly said "what person", which means she also saw someone breaking in, but why did she say it was just a stray cat? Did she recognize that person as Rèn Yuàn?

  But why did she want to cover up for him? Was it like Xie Wan who didn't want to get involved, or was there another reason?

  The next day she returned from Yellowstone Town. Ren Yun spoke to her under the outer corridor, why did Xie Wei hide behind the hall to eavesdrop on their conversation?

  That night when Xie Wan helped Ren Shuai hide, did Xie Wei know?

  Xie Wan thought of these things and suddenly felt that she might have neglected something.

  Mrs. Ren looked at Ren Yun involuntarily after hearing Xie Wei's words.

  Wang said: "Since it was last seen behind Wutou Village, it's likely to have fallen into the village. Otherwise, I'll let someone go and call back the person in charge of Wutou Village to ask."

  For a piece of jade, they had to make a scene at the Tians' mansion, which made the Ren family seem somewhat unaware of their weight. Although Mrs. Wang's words were polite, she meant to put the Ren family on a pedestal from which they could not descend.

  "It's not necessary." Madam Ren didn't know if she had heard or not, and shook her head to stop her. "Madam doesn't have to make a big fuss, I came today not necessarily to retrieve it. After all, so much time has passed, even if it was lost outside, it's likely that someone would have picked it up already. It's just that if someone in the household happens to see it, it would be good to take it back."

  "Our old lady loved Yu'erge like her own heart, and this jade was originally said by our old lady to be left for the future daughter-in-law as a gift. However, she didn't wait until Yu'erge grew up, so she handed it over to him before her death. We have been telling him to take good care of it, lest he disappoints the old lady's intention. Now that it's lost, I'm afraid it's also fate. In the future, when Yu'erge talks about marriage again, we'll have to choose another one."

  Does this mean that no matter who has the jade, it can no longer be used as a basis for children's marriage from now on?

  Xie Wan finally understood that Mrs. Ren came to find Yu was secondary, mainly to cut off some people's thoughts by doing so.

  After she said this, who would still think it's interesting to receive it?

  Xie Qi's face turned alternately pale and red, a look of embarrassment.

  Wang's eyes flashed at her, his eyes filled with anger.

  The Ren family had made up their minds not to form an alliance with the Shuai family's main branch. Although she also felt uncomfortable in her heart, the other family was a high-ranking and prestigious household, and it was normal for the third young master, who was a legitimate heir, to look down on Xie Qi.

  She had just let people call all the brothers and sisters over, just wanting to take advantage of the crowd to give Xie Qi a step down, but now Xie Qi was holding onto that jade and wouldn't take it out, making her look down on him for nothing. Did he really think that by holding onto someone else's things, he could force people to agree to this relationship?

  Wang was secretly scolding Xie Qi for being a stubborn and unyielding fool, but on the surface, he had to put on a smile.

  "She said: 'I didn't know there was this meaning behind it. Then we can't be careless anymore. Don't worry, madam, even if you return to the mansion, I'll take charge and have someone find it and send it back. After all, Old Lady is still a relative of our mansion, how can we let her rest in peace? Let's stay here today and have a good chat.'"