Passionate Devotion

Chapter 3

Fighting for a Jade Pendant With a Rich and Beautiful Woman

In the night, a petite figure walked out of the hotel with a briefcase of cash and rushed straight to the hospital.

This money would be used to save her maternal grandmother’s life. In exchange for this cash, she had to stay single in mourning of a dead husband for the rest of her life. Tong Lu refused to think about whether or not it was worth it.

A fleet of cars drove past her at lightning speed. All of them were Rolls Royce Phantoms. In one of the cars, a man was sitting quietly on the couch in an arrogant manner. He was having a video conference with Professor Shuo, who was commenting about Tong Lu.

“Jin, I’ve done my investigations. Tong Lu is an innocent young woman, and she is kind and loving. I only have a daughter, and I would be able to leave this world in peace if I knew that Tong Lu would be taking care of Shanshan. So, please hurry up and put down your signature. I’ll ask them to wheel me into the operating theater immediately after you sign the marriage registration form.

Innocent and kind?

A woman who was willing to marry a patient suffering from terminal cancer must be either crazy or a golddigger. No matter what her reason was, she was certainly not a likable person. But he had no choice. He stared at the marriage registration form. “Why are you in a rush? I’ve already agreed to it. Do you think that I would go back on my word?”

He placed the form on his lap and put down his signature beside the name “Tong Lu”. His strokes were forceful as he wrote down his name: “Leng Yejin”.

Even his handwriting was majestic, with thick and forceful strokes.

At the other end of the line, Professor Shao breathed a sigh of relief. “Jin, don’t blame me for using not receiving surgery as a leverage to force you to get married. You’re in the middle of a vicious power struggle right now, and we don’t know how things will turn out. I don’t want Shanshan and me to be your weaknesses. Go ahead and leave. There’s no need for you to come to the hospital and wait to see how my surgery turns out. Just pretend that you don’t know that you have a twin brother in this world and go back to your world. Go ahead and conquer the world, and one day, when you emerge victorious, don’t forget to bring the woman and Shanshan home. Make Shanshan your adoptive daughter and spend the rest of your life with them.”

Leng Yejin snorted softly. “Only if that woman takes good care of Shanshan for real.”

As he spoke, the fleet of cars drove off into the night and disappeared into the horizon, as if they had never existed.

…..

The seasons came and went. In the blink of an eye, four years had gone by.

Tong Lu stood in an elevator in the Imperial Hotel and stared at the floor in a daze. Four years ago, she had gotten married to Professor Shuo, who had suffered from terminal cancer, on the top floor of this hotel. After that, in the span of a few days, she became a widow with a child to take care of.

She was very busy at that time as her maternal grandmother was receiving surgery. Professor Shuo’s surgery did not go well. She did not even get to see him a second time, and all she was left with was an urn filled with his ashes.

The elevator dinged, and the doors slid open, revealing the second floor.

Tong Lu walked out of the elevator. She was not here to reminisce about the past. Instead, she was here to attend a charity auction that was only attended by members of rich and powerful families. She did not harbor much hope that she would be able to find what she was looking for, but she did not want to miss out on a single opportunity.

She had lost her jade pendant a few years ago, and throughout these four years, she would try her luck in every single auction. The jade pendant was the only thing her deceased mother had left for her, and it served as her emotional support. She used to hold the jade pendant in her palm every time she felt sad, and she would be able to feel her mother’s endless love surging into her body through the skin of her palm.

She had lost more than a jade pendant. She had lost her mother’s love.

Unexpectedly, the jade pendant appeared mid-way through the auction.

“Two hundred thousand!” The moment the emcee took out the jade pendant, she immediately placed a bid. However, the emcee chuckled. “Young lady, please don’t be in such a hurry. The base price is one million RMB. All of you can start placing bids now.”

The venue of the auction was quiet, but some people started chuckling when they witnessed the incident.

Someone covered her mouth with her hand and mocked her. “Young lady, you have never seen the world, have you?”

Tong Lu felt a little embarrassed. She was just too emotional. ‘But why is the base price so high?’

Tong Lu quietly did the math. Professor Shuo owned a lot of stocks and gold, and he had left her with a handsome sum of inheritance when he passed away. She had about ten million RMB left right now, and even if she had to spend every cent of her money, she would get her hands on this jade pendant. Tong Lu was confident that the price of the jade pendant her mother had left for her would not go up to ten million RMB. ‘Only a crazy person would pay this much for a jade pendant!’