Too Conspicuous

Pei Ziheng was also slightly horrified and looked at her probingly. "What is the keepsake you are talking about?"

"An amulet." Xia Yu said lightly. "It has a red silk thread. Ye Xingling put it around her wrist and looked very lovingly at it. Red thread… Hasn't that always been a keepsake between lovers? That's why I thought Brother Ziheng gave it to her." She seemed to hesitate. "Brother Ziheng, I didn't see any diamond bracelet. Perhaps… I was too far away and saw wrongly?"

It was absurd for her to mistake a diamond bracelet for an amulet wrapped in red thread.

Pei Ziheng was silent for a moment before waving his hand.

"I'm still busy," he said. "I accept your apology. Please leave first."

Xia Yu knew that her plan was successful, so she smiled silently and left.

At night, Pei Ziheng went home as usual. When he ate with Xia Ling, he saw that her wrist was bare.

"Where's the bracelet?"