Chapter 2756 — The Jade Pendant Swapped?
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In other words, the master might have spoken offhandedly. If he could predict that eighteen years later Wei Zhao would appear and happen to absorb Wang Xinyan's fragrance, then his prophetic ability would be a little too terrifying, wouldn't it?
"Another solution?" Wang Xuben sighed. "What other solution is there? We tried everything back then... And besides, if even you have no solution, what solution could there be? I've heard of your medical skill from others, Aunt Xiao and I—it ranks among the finest of our time..."
"For instance, did the master ever say what that prescription was, or the name of that miraculous medicine?" Wei Zhao asked.
"No. The medicine was brewed by the master, and the miraculous ingredient was fetched by his friend. We never knew what it was called..." Wang Xuben shook his head with a bitter smile. "If I knew the name of that medicine and the contents of the prescription, I wouldn't be sighing like this. Even if I had to sell everything I own, I would gather the ingredients and buy that medicine!"
"Then... did the master leave nothing else behind?" Wei Zhao asked, still unwilling to give up.
"Leave behind... That's it!" Wang Xuben suddenly stood up and turned to look at Wang Xinyan. "Xinyan, where's that jade pendant of yours? You haven't taken it off, have you? You've been wearing it all this time?"
"No..." Wang Xinyan gave Wang Xuben a puzzled look and drew the pendant out from inside her collar. "I've worn this jade since I was little. After all these years I'm used to it—it hasn't left my body even when I bathe or sleep... Huh?"
As she said this, Wang Xinyan suddenly gave a cry of surprise! And when Wang Xuben and Xiao Qinlin saw the pendant at that moment, they cried out as well, their eyes filled with deep shock and dread!
"What is it?" Wei Zhao, at a loss, looked in puzzlement at the whole Wang family, who had suddenly been so shaken.
"Xinyan, why has your jade pendant changed appearance?" Wang Xuben said in horror.
"I think so too—the color seems to have faded a lot?" Wang Xinyan had not reacted as strongly as Wang Xuben before; after all, she saw the pendant often, so she had no particular sense of the change. Only today, seeing it under the lamplight, did she too feel that the color seemed to have grown lighter.
"That's right, Xinyan. Your pendant used to be emerald green—how has it turned this dim, pale green now?" Xiao Qinlin said in astonishment as well. "Could the jade pendant have been swapped for a fake?"