"No." Mo Hanqing refused without even thinking.
Ye Qiqi stared at him and said angrily: "I want my own things back, what right do you have to refuse me!?"
"There's no reason to get something back if you give it to someone else." Mo Hanqing lowered his dark and deep eyes slightly, looked at Ye Qiqi standing in front of him, and said in a calm voice: "If I give you a gift, You have eaten the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and if I ask you for it back again, what will you give me back?"
"Food is food. At worst, I will buy you another one." Ye Qiqi said unhappily: "But the longevity lock jade is something I have worn on my body since I was a child. It is of no use to you now. Why don’t you give it back to me?”
Mo Hanqing frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly took out a jade pendant from his sleeve robe, stuffed it into Ye Qiqi's hand and said: "I have worn this jade pendant since I was a child. Anyone who sees this jade pendant will It's like seeing me in person, but all my subordinates must obey the orders of the person holding this jade pendant."
Ye Qiqi was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and looked at the jade pendant that still had a touch of warmth in his palm.
I saw that the jade pendant was warm in color and engraved with auspicious clouds and coiling dragons. At a glance, I knew that this was a jade pendant unique to the royal family.
"Why did you give this to me?" Ye Qiqi raised her head and looked at him with doubts.
"Your longevity lock jade, it... uh... is broken." Mo Hanqing paused and said to her in a calm voice.
"broken?"
"Well, I sent it to be repaired." Mo Hanqing nodded, and continued towards her without changing his expression or heart: "When it is repaired, I will return it to you. Before that, I will pledge my jade pendant." How about staying here with you? This jade pendant symbolizes the royal status and is a very important thing to me."
“…”
Ye Qiqi looked at him with a speechless expression. Finally, she held the jade pendant in her hand and nodded helplessly: "Okay then, I will accept your jade pendant first and wait for you to repair my long-life lock jade." Now, let’s change it back.”
"Okay." Mo Hanqing curled her lips and agreed readily.
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Early in the morning of the next day, the man with the mustache knocked on their door and said that he was leaving for Yama Hall.
Ye Qiqi's mind, which was still in a daze, suddenly woke up when he heard these words.
She turned her head and glanced at Mo Hanqing, then quickly packed her things and followed the man with the mustache on the road.
It would take about a whole day to drive from this courtyard to the location of Yama Hall.
Fortunately, there was a carriage parked at the entrance of the courtyard. But after getting on the carriage, the man with the mustache took out two black strips of cloth from his pocket, handed them to Ye Qiqi and Mo Hanqing's hands and said, "Bring them to me." Blindfolded.”
"Ah?" Ye Qiqi held the black piece of cloth in her hand and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"The location of Yama Temple is a secret and cannot be told to anyone. Just in case, you must cover your eyes." The man with the mustache glanced at the two of them through his swollen eyes and said, "Passed You two are the only ones taking part in the third test. Hurry up, cover your eyes, and we'll set off."
"Oh." Ye Qiqi responded, sitting in the carriage of the carriage, covering his eyes with the black cloth.