Hearing him say that, Nanny Zhao was also stunned.
The finger guard was clearly a fine item, and amongst the family, it seemed that no one aside from Elder Master Jin was fond of collecting jade.
So Nanny Zhao had assumed it belonged to the Elder Master.
Elder Master Jin waved his hand dismissively, "Never mind, never mind, when those kids come back, you ask them whose it is. Come on, old chap, I’ll take you to taste some good stuff my grandson’s wife made."
While speaking, Elder Master Jin was about to come over and pull Xu Wentian, but Xu Wentian shook off his hand, "At my age, stop with all the pulling and dragging, making a scene for others to laugh at. Where are the goodies, I can walk over by myself."
"Hey, you grumpy old geezer, still so fastidious, it’s not like I’m holding hands with you. What’s wrong with pulling your arm a bit? Who said old people can’t pull and drag?"
"I said so," Xu Wentian replied, "People at my age should not be pulled and dragged."
Elder Master Jin couldn’t be bothered to continue arguing about this with him.
He asked Nanny Zhao, "Where did you put the Liuyue Su I asked you to buy?"
Nanny Zhao placed the flowers onto the coffee table, then smiled and said, "I’ve put it in your study room."
With a grand gesture of his hand, Elder Master Jin commanded, "Let’s go."
Xu Wentian knew where Elder Master Jin’s study was and didn’t wait for him to lead the way. He stepped forward and walked ahead toward the study.
Seeing this, Elder Master Jin found it amusing and shouted, "If you’re so capable, then don’t be so eager."
The box containing the Liuyue Su was on the desk, and Xu Wentian headed straight there.
Just as he was about to open the box.
Suddenly, a jade finger ring next to the box caught his attention.
Xu Wentian stared at the jade finger guard, his gaze flickering incessantly.
Tears welled up in his eyes almost instantaneously, and Xu Wentian’s hands trembled as he reached for the jade finger ring.
Several attempts failed to secure it. Although the jade finger ring was sizable and just on the desk,
Xu Wentian struggled to grasp it several times, hands quivering incessantly.
Tears blurred his vision, and Xu Wentian’s breath briefly stalled.
Finding his behavior odd, Elder Master Jin asked, "Old fellow, what’s the matter with you?"
But Xu Wentian did not respond, and he persisted in trying to pick up the jade finger ring.
His hands kept shaking, and Elder Master Jin, watching him fail several times to seize it,
Realized he wanted to take that finger ring. Elder Master Jin grabbed it himself and pressed it into Xu Wentian’s palm, asking, "Is this thing yours?"
Finally holding the jade finger ring, Xu Wentian raised it with trembling hands.
The tears obscured his vision, making it difficult to see the finger guard clearly. He rubbed his wrinkled hand back across his eyes, but the more he wiped, the more tears came.
It seemed they wouldn’t stop. As soon as he wiped the tears from his eyes, his eyes filled up again the next second.
Familiar patterns, a familiar style.
Xu Wentian’s lips quivered as he tried to dry his tears, longing to see clearly whether the inside of the jade finger ring bore the inscription he had once etched.
But his tears would not stop flowing, as if endless, leaving him frustrated and annoyed.
This was the first time Elder Master Jin had ever seen Xu Wentian .
Worried something was seriously wrong, he urgently seized Xu Wentian’s arm, "Old man, what on earth is the matter? Speak up, don’t scare me, my old heart can’t take such frights from you."
Xu Wentian’s vision was tearful and blurry, unable to clear his eyes. He slipped his finger into the finger guard, feeling its surrounding grooves.
It had taken quite an effort to engrave words into this jade finger guard back in the day.
Worried the foolish and hot-tempered woman wouldn’t notice, he had deliberately made the texture very distinct.
So the moment Xu Wentian slipped his finger in, he felt the uneven grooves inside the finger guard.
Instantaneously, Xu Wentian’s eyes filled with even more tears.
Yes, it was that jade finger ring.
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How could this finger ring be here?
Xu Wentian urgently grabbed Elder Master Jin’s hand, "Dongyang, tell me quickly, where did you find this finger guard?"
Elder Master Jin had no familiarity with this finger ring.
He had never even seen it.
Hearing Xu Wentian ask , Elder Master Jin replied cluelessly, "I don’t know either, it must be someone in the family who dropped it. Nanny Zhao said she found it in the house. Don’t panic just yet, once everyone’s back home, I will ask them—"
How could he not panic? This item was a gift to his wife.
If he knew where the finger ring came from, he could find his wife.
Xu Wentian had been searching for decades, and now that he had a glimmer of hope, how could he not be anxious?
He was practically frantic now.
"Quick, get your family together, and ask them where this finger guard came from."
Xu Wentian was so anxious that his complexion changed.
Elder Master Jin, realizing that something was amiss with Xu Wentian, decided not to argue with him at this time.
He hurriedly called Nanny Zhao over, "Hurry, go and gather everyone in the house, tell them I have something to ask."
Nanny Zhao, not understanding what had happened, but seeing Elder Master Jin this anxious, could only go to summon the others.
With a large family, it wasn’t possible to bring everyone back at once; it took time.
Worried about Xu Wentian’s emotional state, Elder Master Jin quickly helped him downstairs.
Knowing that something capable of stirring such passion in Xu Wentian could only be about his lost wife,