TFWYH – Chapter 179  Recovering the Jade Pendant

Tang Wan stepped forward cautiously, her voice small: “Husband, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to!”

“Hm!” Ling Meiren nodded slightly. “You did it on purpose.”

Tang Wan looked pitiful and quickly shook her head: “Absolutely not! I promise there won’t be a next time.”

Ling Meiren snorted lightly and said slowly, “If you want me not to be angry, there’s a condition.”

Good!

I still have a chance to make amends!

Tang Wan hurriedly said, “You say it, I’ll go through fire and water without hesitation.”

“That won’t be necessary!” Ling Meiren smirked slightly. “Just use the techniques you learned at the brothel. Let me see what you’ve got.”

“…” Are you serious? Tang Wan hesitated for a moment: “Really?”

Ling Meiren nodded: “Yes, start your performance!”

“Oh!” Tang Wan didn’t hesitate, jumped onto the bed, and went to take off his pants.

Ling Meiren froze for a moment, then his eyes twitched sharply as he realized what she was doing. He quickly grabbed her hands and ground his teeth: “What are you doing?!”

Tang Wan looked at him curiously and replied, “Wasn’t it you who wanted to see? Although I don’t have experience, I know the theory—how to make you feel amazing.”

Ling Meiren: …

I really have to thank you!

“Out!” Ling Meiren took a deep breath and forced a smile.

Tang Wan frowned: “But…”

“Out, okay? Don’t make me angry!” Ling Yu ground his teeth.

Is this even a woman?

Seriously, how can she say everything so openly?

Sometimes Ling Yu really wanted to pry open Tang Wan’s head and see what on earth was inside!

Even as a grown man, listening to her words made him blush. Did this woman even know what shame was?

Tang Wan cast a reluctant glance at the little Ling Yu’s room, then slowly got off the bed: “So… you’re not angry anymore?”

“Not angry. Go out!” Ling Yu waved weakly.

“Oh!” Tang Wan lowered her little head in disappointment and left.

She felt so wronged!

She’s supposed to be teaching me a lesson, but it’s me who’s not learning anything.

What exactly are you trying to do?!

—

After leaving, Tang Wan went to Tang Hongba and laid out the seven or eight jade pendants she had stolen in front of him.

Fortunately, his jade pendant was among them.

Tang Hongba picked up one of the fine, white mutton-fat jade pieces engraved with the character “Hua,” and let out a deep sigh of relief: “This is it. This was left to you by your mother!”

Tang Wan was puzzled: “Hua? Mother’s name?”

In her memory, the mother of this body had died in childbirth. Most things about her mother had been told to the original owner by Tang Hongba and her two older brothers.

Tang Hongba nodded, his eyes a little moist: “Your mother… was the best woman in the world. When she was giving birth to you, she had complications. They could have saved herself instead of you, but she insisted on giving birth… But I know, she didn’t want to live anymore, that’s why…”

By the end, this simple, earnest man’s eyes welled up with tears.

Tang Hongba wiped them away, took a few deep breaths, and handed the jade pendant to Tang Wan: “Your mother said this pendant is for you. Take it, but you must promise me—don’t let anyone else see it.”

Tang Wan frowned: “This is Mother’s. You should keep it!”

“Your mother left me other things, but this one was specifically for you. Before, I kept it because I didn’t think you were responsible. But now you’ve grown up, you’re married, and it’s time it goes to its rightful owner.” Tang Hongba said, placing the pendant firmly into Tang Wan’s hands.

Tang Wan: …

Suddenly, the pendant felt like it weighed a thousand pounds, heavy enough to make her heart ache.