Chapter 366: Seeing the jade pendant (3)

Erhu had a relatively gentle temperament, but when his brothers were not around, he took on the responsibility of protecting his mother! 

Su Yuan asked, “Miss Su, what happened?” 

The gaze of the three people of the Old Su family fell on Su Yuan. 

Su Yuan was the legitimate son of the marquis from the capital. No matter how ordinary his attire was, it was made of the finest materials. 

After the Su family became prosperous, they made many friends with wealthy families, which was truly enviable! 

However, those who made friends with the Su family were usually merchants. 

Thinking about this, the people of the Old Su family didn’t really care about Su Yuan. 

Su Xiaoxiao said, “Oh, this group of people wants to steal my family’s jade pendant!” 

Su Erlang said coldly, “Who robbed yours? It’s obvious that you stole ours! Why don’t you hurry up and return the jade pendant!” 

“What jade pendant?” Su Yuan asked. 

Su Xiaoxiao took off the jade pendant from her neck and said, “Oh, it’s this one.” 

Old Mr. Su’s eyes flickered. 

Su Erlang glanced at Old Mr. Su and said with understanding, “My family’s jade pendant is really in your hands! Su Yuniang! You are really ungrateful! You even gave our family’s heirloom as a gift to others! Are you so eager to please the Su family! You are really disappointing!” 

They shamelessly threw blame around without any hesitation. 

Su Yuniang was so angry that she almost went to grab the butcher’s knife from Su Cheng’s hand. 

“Did you just say that this jade pendant belongs to your family?” 

The one who spoke was Su Yuan. 

Su Erlang, who was asked by him, said seriously, “Yes, that’s right! Sir, although I don’t know where you come from or what kind of business you’re discussing with the Su family. And let me give you advice, don’t do business with such unscrupulous people! Otherwise, you will end up losing everything, and by the time you regret it, it will be too late!” 

Su Yuan stared fixedly at the jade pendant, and his reaction fell into Su Erlang’s eyes, becoming a kind of shock and disappointment to the Su family. 

Su Erlang seized the opportunity and pressed further, “You probably don’t know, but this jade pendant was originally part of a pair. Thirty years ago, during a famine in Qingzhou, my great-grandfather sold one of the pendants to buy food for the entire village to survive……” 

Before he could finish, Su Yuniang burst out, “What a load of nonsense! Su Erlang, do you even know anything about jade? Do you have any idea how valuable this jade pendant is? Did the Old Su family’s ancestors serve as generals or prime ministers to own such a family heirloom?” 

Su Erlang pointed at Su Cheng and retorted, “If we couldn’t, then how could he?” 

Su Yuniang was momentarily at a loss for words. 

Su Yuan spoke up, hesitating slightly, “May I…… take a look?” 

Su Xiaoxiao handed the jade pendant to him. 

Just as Su Yuan took the pendant, his hands trembled slightly. 

Su Yuan then turned to the three people of the Old Su family with a cold expression and said, “Where did the jade pendant you sold come from?” 

Su Erlang replied, “I told you it’s passed down from our ancestors!” 

Su Yuan’s voice turned cold, “Utter nonsense!”  

Su Erlang was startled by the sudden burst of authority from Su Yuan. 

He immediately regained his composure and asked with a sneer, “And who are you supposed to be? Another lackey hired by the Su family? This is none of your business! Return the jade pendant to us immediately, or I will make sure you’re dragged to court!” 

“Such audacity!” A voice rang out as Zheng Guang entered the room, “How dare you show disrespect to my Young Lord, you’re really tired of living!”  

Su Can looked confused and asked, “What persimmon?” 

*Young Lord ( 世子) and persimmon (柿子) have the same pronunciation in chinese, (shìzǐ).  

Zheng Guang declared, “Listen carefully! My master is Su Yuan, the heir to the marquis of Zhenbei from the capital!” 

A noble from the capital? 

The expression on Old Mr. Su’s face suddenly changed! 

 

*Author’s note: I have seen many readers leave comments saying that it won’t surface so quickly, as there should be some twists and turns…   I just……  Well……  Have you not gotten used to my pace yet?  It’s always been like a high speed train ah…..