After a moment, she suddenly spoke, "Then do you know about his situation over these years?"
Bai Zhi pondered for a while and then said, "I know some."
"He grew up in the slums of Qingshan City, a lower-tier city. His father died early, and it was his mother who raised him with great difficulty."
"As a child, he was naughty by nature, always bullying the girls in the neighborhood. As he grew up and after his mother passed away, he joined a mysterious organization that opposed the federation."
"Later, due to injuries sustained during an organization operation, he was captured by us."
"During the case investigation, I thought he was smart and his crimes were not serious. So I recruited him into the Security Bureau."
Hearing Bai Zhi's words, Lady Jin's eyes flickered, as if pondering the intelligence Bai Zhi had revealed.
After a moment, she came to a realization and then couldn't help muttering, "No wonder... everything makes sense."
Hearing her aunt's words, Bai Zhi couldn't help but ask curiously, "Lady Jin, what are you talking about?"
Lady Jin came back to her senses but did not explain. She looked at Bai Zhi and then said, "I remember you told me before that he liked you very much and gave you many gifts, right?"
Upon hearing Lady Jin talk about this topic, Bai Zhi, who had always been calm, couldn't help but blush a bit.
Then she said, "Something like that..."
Lady Jin, however, did not pay attention to Bai Zhi's girlish demeanor and swiftly said, "I remember the day he argued with me, he said the things he gave you were worth far more than the Superior Grade defensive artifact and the Deep Red Pendant, right?"
As soon as Bai Zhi heard this, thinking Lady Jin was going to ridicule Fang Ze again, she quickly said, "What he meant was the emotional value of the gifts he gave was greater than me, not their monetary value."
Hearing Bai Zhi's explanation, Lady Jin gave her a look that said "don't try to fool me."
Then she continued looking at Bai Zhi and said, "That day, although you showed me many precious Transcendent artifacts he had given you, their combined value was far less than the Superior Grade defensive artifact plus the Deep Red Pendant."
"So... think carefully, is there anything else he gave you that you forgot to tell me about?"
Seeing Lady Jin so serious, Bai Zhi found it difficult to change the subject and could only begin to ponder with her head bowed.
After a moment, she looked up, bewildered, and then said, "There's nothing else... Those are all he gave me."
But seeing Lady Jin's expression that clearly indicated "you must have forgotten something," she could only continue to think hard.
After a moment, she suddenly paused, then looked up and said with a smile, "Right. There is actually one more thing. But it's... virtually worthless."
On hearing Bai Zhi's words, Lady Jin showed an eager expression and said, "No matter its value. Let me see it first. Do you have it with you?"
Bai Zhi said, "I do."
As she spoke, she undid her coat and took out an amulet from a crooked pocket sewn into the inside of her coat and handed it to Lady Jin.
While passing it to Lady Jin, she also said, "This is just a common amulet. You can find them everywhere. Fang Ze also bought many."
"Besides giving one to me, he also gave one to Bai Ling."
Taking the amulet from her, Lady Jin inspected it closely while asking, "When he gave it to you, didn't he say anything strange, or something different from what he said when he gave one to Bai Ling?"
After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi said, "He did mention something... he said that his mother gave him the amulet, that he had worn it for many years."
"He also urged me to never lose it. Because it was very important to him."
Just as Bai Zhi said this, Lady Jin seemed to feel something. She looked at the raised part of the amulet and abruptly ripped open a thread.
Seeing this, Bai Zhi became flustered, trying to stop her, but her reaction was too slow.
By the time she reached out her hand, Lady Jin had already shaken the amulet, and suddenly, a pink crystal fell out from inside it.
Seeing the crystal, Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, halting in her tracks. She evidently hadn't expected such an ordinary amulet to conceal something inside.
Lady Jin, on the other hand, studied the pink crystal with a solemn expression, turning on the light, examining it for a while.
After a moment, her face was filled with shock!
She couldn't help but mutter to herself, "It's actually real!"
"I knew I was right!"
"I said there was something off!"
Seeing Lady Jin's almost crazed behavior, Bai Zhi carefully asked, "Lady Jin... are you alright?"
Hearing Bai Zhi's words, Lady Jin looked up, her gaze tenderly falling on Bai Zhi. She let out a sigh and then asked melancholically, "Zhi... do you like him?"
Caught off guard by Lady Jin's blunt question, Bai Zhi became a bit flustered, stuttering, "We, we are just ordinary friends."
Although she said this, Lady Jin, who had watched Bai Zhi grow up, understood everything.
Lady Jin looked at her and, while placing the pink crystal back inside the amulet, said gravely, "Prepare yourself for what I'm about to say."
Seeing Lady Jin's seriousness, Bai Zhi immediately sat up straight.
Lady Jin declared, "I suspect Fang Ze's identity is not simple. He's very likely a descendant of the Si Family."
On hearing Lady Jin's words, Bai Zhi was dumbfounded and was just about to object.
But Lady Jin held up a hand to stop her and said, "I know you're thinking his upbringing has been investigated by you. You also understand his Awakening Ability, which is not 'Darkness'."