Chapter 101

In the private dining room of the hotel, the atmosphere was warm and inviting.

As soon as Adrian entered, his curiosity was piqued by the spirited and kind-faced elderly woman seated at the table.

This must be the great-aunt Mom told me about, he thought.

Adrian was not shy by nature. Despite having never met Jade before, he sweetly greeted her, "Hello, Great-Aunt."

"Oh, hello, hello," Jade responded, her eyes crinkling with delight.

She rose from her seat, intending to embrace Adrian. However, age had taken its toll, and at seven years old, the boy was too heavy for her to lift.

Adrian, ever the quick thinker, playfully threw himself into Jade's arms, showering her with affectionate sweetness.

Jade looked down at the little one cuddled against her, studying him with growing fondness. Despite his eyes resembling his father's fox-like gaze, his features were delicately handsome, echoing his mother's.

Her heart swelled with joy, and she produced a gift she had prepared in advance —a meticulously crafted locket of white jade, adorned with a translucent emerald bead.

of the highest quality, its sheen

St. Clair Family jewelers to carve it. Afterwards, she had it blessed by

her great-grandnephew, keeping him safe and prosperous throughout his

to place the locket around Adrian's neck, but he instinctively

he already wore a jade pendant from his grandmother, an amulet

remove.

couldn't possibly wear two

having just met Jade, he felt a stronger connection to

gift.

pang of disappointment, her hand awkwardly suspended mid-air with

a jade pendant when he was little, and it's been blessed. She specifically asked that he never take it off. It's not that he

blessed items carried certain traditional significance, yet

that his family would have already prepared something special. I'll think of something

smile, clasped Jade's aged, delicate hand. "No, Great-Aunt, I love anything you give me. This isn't heavy at all-I can wear

took the locket

instructions: whatever Great-Aunt gave him, he was to accept with gratitude. If he

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