Then, Sikong Mo placed the jade pendant back into Ye Jiu’s hands again, "Don’t be upset, if you like it, it’s yours."
"Really?" Ye Jiu still couldn’t believe it, that someone could be so generous.
Not knowing that it was his own item was one thing, but knowing that he had almost owned it, only to have it intercepted by himself, didn’t he feel any disappointment and longing?
After all, had the jade pendant not fallen to him, and if Sikong Mo had managed to open the Plane Space first, perhaps all that followed would never have happened.
However, Sikong Mo said, "This jade pendant was in my possession for several years, yet I never discovered it had such a feature until it fell to you and this place was activated, which means, it was still my lack of opportunity, so I owned the treasure without even knowing it."
"Well then... I’ll take it without being polite then, haha!" Ye Jiu immediately smiled broadly.
Although the Plane Space had already detached from the jade pendant, the pendant had once served as its carrier, so, to prevent any accidents in the future, of course, keeping it with himself was the safest option.
Although this was somewhat unfair to Sikong Mo, Ye Jiu thought, at the end of the day, he could just compensate him more later.
He was going off to war, right? She could provide him with supplies for free. That way, she would have justified it to him!
Unfortunately, while imagination was beautiful, reality was cruel.
Just as Ye Jiu had this thought, he heard Sikong Mo say, "This jade pendant is actually a heirloom of our Sikong Royal Residence, traditionally passing only from father to son."
Upon hearing this, Ye Jiu suddenly felt uneasy, "You just said it was mine!"
"I didn’t say I wanted it back," Sikong Mo said with a teasing smile.
"But then, what do you mean by saying all this now?" Clearly indicating he wanted to take it back, yet still denying it, was he playing with her?
Ye Jiu wasn’t foolish; how could she not hear the implication in his words?
"What I mean is, this jade pendant is my family heirloom, and eventually... it should be passed on to my son; although I don’t have one yet, letting the mother of my future child keep it isn’t a bad idea either," Sikong Mo said, smiling at Ye Jiu, his lips curving upwards.
Ye Jiu’s face instantly turned as red as a cooked shrimp, as she stared at him with her big, round eyes, accusing him of being improper.
Blinking, Ye Jiu abruptly turned around, holding the jade pendant in her hand, feeling as though it was burning her.
Now she was in a dilemma, not knowing whether to return it or keep it.
Sikong Mo was indeed too cunning, quietly presenting her with a difficult problem.
Either return the jade pendant to him or become the mother of his future child.
The more she thought about it, the redder Ye Jiu’s face became.
Yet, what was even more embarrassing was that when Sikong Mo spoke those words, her first reaction wasn’t to return the jade pendant.
Instead, to the phrase about letting "his child’s mother keep it," she felt surprisingly undisturbed.
Ye Jiu: Could it be that she had fallen so low as to sell herself for a "Golden Finger"?
Moreover, the Golden Finger had already bound itself to her, so even if he could take the carrier away, he might not be able to take her Plane Space away!
Sikong Mo had no intention of forcing Ye Jiu to agree right away; he was just testing the waters a bit.
As long as she didn’t dislike him, Sikong Mo was confident he could gradually make his way into her heart, slowly but surely taking ground.
After all, she was still young, and he could wait.