NOVPUBChapter 376: 362, Who do you say she is (2)_1
Chapter 376: 362, Who do you say she is (2)_1
He lowered his gaze to the man in front of him, meeting those icy eyes. He felt a mix of emotions.
“That pocket watch isn’t Yun Xi’s,” he explained in a soft voice.
“Please let me see it,” she asked.
Mo Xiao’s thin lips tightened, and he finally agreed.
He reached into his coat pocket, making a fist to pull the object out.
Jian Qing watched his every move closely.
He opened his hand, revealing a silver pocket watch in everyone’s sight.
The exquisite pocket watch caught her eye, shattering the calm on Jian Qing’s face. Her clear eyes tightened abruptly, and a tidal wave of emotions surged in her chest.
The crowd noticed her change in emotions and began to look more curiously at the pocket watch.
Could this be the pocket watch she mentioned??
In the blink of an eye, she lunged for the pocket watch.
However, that pocket watch was Mo Xiao’s most cherished possession. How could he let her take it away easily?
He quickly withdrew his hand, hiding the pocket watch in the center of his palm.
“You’re lying!”
Jian Qing’s icy gaze shot towards Mo Xiao, she gritted her teeth.
The emblem on that pocket watch is clearly from the Jian family. Only members of the Jian family and their close guards could recognize this emblem. Even people from the Jian family’s headquarters wouldn’t recognize this emblem.
The old Master An walked over, trying to mediate, “Miss Qing, calm down. There must be some misunderstanding. Let’s listen to Azhe’s explanation first.”
Ning Feng also never expected his suspicion to be so accurate; the pocket watch that his master wore was indeed the one Jian Qing sought.
Xing Sen saw Jian Qing misunderstanding Mo Xiao. Protectively, he quickly said, “Miss Jian, could you be mistaken? There are many similar pocket watches in the world. How do you know the one in my master’s hand is the one you’re looking for?”
Was she mistaken? As the main authority of the Jian family, would she be unable to identify their exclusive emblem?
Jian Qing ignored them, her cold eyes rested on Mo Xiao, “Give me the pocket watch.”
“Impossible.” Mo Xiao frowned.
This was the only thing Weiwei left for him. Even if Jian Qing were his daughter, he could not give it to her.
Jian Qing’s aura shifted again, becoming severe and icy cold.
Without doubt, if Mo Xiao refused, she would fight for it.
“Miss Jian Qing, please calm down,” Ning Feng carefully suggested.
At this moment, Quan Jingwu approached, extended his strong arm and held her inside his embrace.
He softly stroked her head, uttering soothingly, “Baby, don’t be angry. Whatever you want, I’ll get it for you.”
He felt that ever since yesterday, she had appeared calm on the outside but was evidently emotionally unstable.
As if it was a metaphor, the fierceness around Jian Qing began to slowly fade away.
Ning Feng and Xing Sen breathed out in relief at the same moment. For the first time, the old Master An thought that having Quan Jingwu here was a good thing.
She gently exhaled and stepped away from him.
Then, she looked at Mo Xiao with steady eyes, and calmly said, “This pocket watch indeed belonged to my mother. I don’t know how you acquired it, but I ask you to return it to me.”
Seizing upon her key point, Mo Xiao asked, “You only took a glance, how can you be sure it was your mother’s pocket watch? And this pocket watch was given to me by someone I love dearly. I wore it long before I met Yun Xi.”
At his words, everyone’s gazes shifted between Jian Qing and Mo Xiao.
The story seemed to be getting more and more confusing.
Jian Qing hooked her lips in disdain, “The emblem on the pocket watch is exclusive to our Jian family. It cannot possibly be forged by outsiders.”
“You’re saying this emblem belongs to the Jian family?” Mo Xiao’s handsome face changed. He #asked eagerly.
All these years he had wanted to use the pocket watch to find his love, but no one recognized the emblem on it, nor was there any clue to follow.
Ning Feng and another person watched Jian Qing closely, feeling that the truth was about to come out.
Jian Qing looked at Mo Xiao’s hand clutching the pocket watch, she said calmly, “Indeed, the pocket watch was a birthday gift from my grandmother to my mother. Do you think I could be mistaken about our Jian family’s emblem?”
Mo Xiao took a step forward, grabbed her arm, his eyes shimmered with excitement, “Did your mother have any sisters?”
Perhaps his beloved Weiwei and Yun Xi were sisters. Otherwise, why did Jian Qing and her brother have such similar eyes to Weiwei’s?
“No.” Jian Qing didn’t understand why he was so excited, she responded indifferently.
At her reply, the hand Mo Xiao used to hold Jian Qing slowly slipped down. A hint of disappointment flashed across his face.
Was he overthinking again?
However, he refused to believe it.
“Wait here, I’m going to get something.”
He refused to believe such a coincidence could exist in the world; that Jian Qing and her brother would happen to have eyes that resemble Weiwei’s.
Before anyone could react, Mo Xiao was already out the door.
The study room fell into silence. Soon, the sound of hurried footsteps echoed in the hallway.
Mo Xiao rushed back, completely unlike his usual calm and composed self.
He ran towards Jian Qing, stopped abruptly, then held up a photo in his hand.
“Do you recognize the woman in this picture?”
Jian Qing lifted her head to look at the picture. A couple nestled sweetly together in the photo, the woman bore the exact same gaze as herself.
Her eyes abruptly darkened, she took the photo and closely examined the details.
After a moment, she looked up at Mo Xiao, her eyes carrying an array of emotions. She asked carefully, “What is your relationship with my mother?”
Her words exploded in everyone’s ears.
Especially for An Chong and old Master An, whose faces contorted with shock. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓾𝒷.𝒸ℴ𝓂
They had all met Yun Xi, and the woman in this picture shared the same eyes but bore a completely different face. How could they possibly be the same person?
“Who did you say she is?” Mo Xiao, for once appearing stunned.
Jian Qing held the picture between her fingertips. “The woman in this photo is my mother.”
Her words instantly left everyone speechless.
After all, calling someone mother isn’t a matter to joke about.
Quan Jingwu caught a glimpse of the yellowed photo in her hands. His eyes settled on the woman within An Zhe’s embrace.
The pair of eyes indeed resembled his darling’s.
The same person bore different appearances.
There was only one possibility. She either had her face changed through disguise, or through surgery.
“Impossible!” An Chong yelled in disbelief, “The woman in the picture looks completely different from Yun Xi. How could she be your mother, Jian Qing? Your mother is Yun Xi. Please be clear about that.”
Jian Qing gave him a sideway look and retorted coldly, “Well, I don’t need you to tell me what my mother looks like.”
By this time Mo Xiao had also recovered, grabbing Jian Qing’s arm. “You’re saying she’s your mother? Then what about Yun Xi? Who is she?”
Jian Qing’s brows furrowed slightly, she counter-questioned, “First tell me, what’s your relationship with the person in this photo?”
