The Real Young Master Was Sold as a Slave, The Obsessive Crown Prince's Forced Love - Chapter 60

Chapter 60: Jade Pendant

Song Yu’s head popped out from under the quilt. His round eyes looked at Grand Tutor Song.

Grand Tutor Song’s old eyes were filled with tears. His heart ached and felt constricted as he looked at Song Yu, “Do you still remember your childhood?”

Countless times in the dead of night, when he was isolated and helpless, when life was too hard to bear, Song Yu had wondered what his father and mother were like, where they were, whether they would look for him again, and if they did find him, would they love him very much…

Later, he was taken home by the Earl of Anping’s residence.

He thought those were his real father and mother…

Clutching the bedsheet, Song Yu tightly pressed his lips together, “I was picked up by a hunter at the foot of Lengyun Mountain in Qinghe County, but I don’t remember much myself. I remember when I was very small, but as I grew up, I slowly forgot. He told me that when he picked me up, I was three years old.”

Tears welled up in Grand Tutor Song’s eyes. His breathing was slightly hurried.

Three years old.

The age matches.

“Then… did he say what you were wearing? Or… was there…” Grand Tutor Song felt his mind was a little chaotic. His heart was tightening. Why ask these things? What use is what he was wearing? The age matches, the birthmark matches, and the appearance…

This child looks so much like his late wife!

Especially the eyes and eyebrows.

Amidst Grand Tutor Song’s blurry vision, Song Yu said, “My adoptive father said I was only wearing an undershirt. It was spring, and I was frozen all over and crying continuously.”

Qi Wang frowned, “When he picked you up, didn’t he ask where your home was? Did he not think of sending you home?”

[Qi Wang asked exactly what I wanted to ask.]

[A three-year-old should be able to speak clearly. If his father is a Grand Tutor, even at three, he would know his father is a high official and that he lived in the capital, and he would have an accent.]

[Not necessarily. Many three-year-olds don’t speak fluently yet. As for an accent, unless it’s from the south, a northern accent might not be very clear.]

[They are in ancient times. Ancient people didn’t speak Mandarin. The capital spoke the official language. Xiao Yu grew up in the capital until age three, so he also learned the official language.]

[Makes sense.]

These words floated by, line by line.

Song Yu had never thought about this issue before.

Now, thinking carefully, he truly couldn’t recall things from when he was very young. He only said, “My adoptive father said that after he took me back, I fell seriously ill. It was over a month later when I recovered.

“As for whether he asked where I was from, I don’t remember.”

He was too young when he was adopted.

“But I had a jade pendant on me!” Song Yu suddenly remembered this and immediately looked at Grand Tutor Song, “I had a jade pendant. My adoptive father said I was wearing it around my neck when I was taken back.

“It was on a black knotted cord. The pendant was made of mutton-fat jade. The front was a small gourd, and the back was a small peanut.”

Bang!

Grand Tutor Song staggered, nearly falling sideways, and bumped into the teacup on the small table by the bed.

He grabbed the small table to steady himself, his heart pounding wildly.

He had only just been thinking that even if Song Yu couldn’t remember, he had the birthmark, the age matched, and his appearance was somewhat similar…

He was prepared to simply accept this child as his son.

He never expected Song Yu to mention the jade pendant.

That jade pendant was newly bought on the day his young son went missing.

It was a new style from the jade shop. He bought it and hung it around his son’s neck for him to play with because the small gourd looked like the birthmark on his son.

He bought the jade pendant one moment and went to buy a sugar figurine the next, and the child was gone.

Grand Tutor Song had regretted countless times whether the jade pendant was inauspicious. Otherwise, why would his perfectly fine child go missing right after buying a jade pendant!

This jade pendant…

His deceased wife hadn’t seen it, Jiao’er hadn’t seen it. Only he knew about it.

This… he must be his son!

He is my son!

“Could you let me see the jade pendant?” Grand Tutor Song asked.

Song Yu shook his head, “My adoptive father had a son named Su Yunhe. When my adoptive father passed away three years ago, Su Yunhe took my jade pendant with him when he left home. I asked him for it at the hunting ground, and he said it was kept in his cubicle at the Imperial Academy of Medicine.”

Qi Wang glanced at Song Yu.

He didn’t know about the jade pendant.

“Su Yunhe?” Grand Tutor Song frowned, turning to Qi Wang, “Isn’t that the one who took Consort Li’s routine pulse check some time ago?”

Qi Wang nodded.

A look of confusion crossed Grand Tutor Song’s face, “Because he checked Consort Li’s pulse, I did look into his background, but I found that he was also an orphan without parents, who claimed to have been adopted by a hunter as a child…”

His voice trailed off. Grand Tutor Song looked at Song Yu.

The past he found about Su Yunhe was almost identical to the past Song Yu had just recounted about himself.

Grand Tutor Song didn’t think Song Yu would lie. The birthmark was genuinely there, and Song Yu’s appearance…

Su Yunhe was clearly different in appearance from his family.

Qi Wang glanced at Song Yu and asked Grand Tutor Song, “If Su Yunhe brought that jade pendant to you, would you accept him as your son?”

[Qi Wang is so sharp-tongued!]

[Direct question!]

[I actually truly feel that Su Yunhe wanted to replace Xiao Yu in some way!]

[But he’s clearly the male protagonist submissive…]

[Don’t say ‘clearly.’ When he was the male protagonist submissive, these things wouldn’t have been exposed. Even if they were exposed, at most, it would just show he was cunning and capable, a ruthless protagonist… Too bad Xiao Yu didn’t die, so he’s destined not to be a replacement!]

Grand Tutor Song was momentarily stunned by Qi Wang’s question, then immediately shook his head, “I’m not that kind of fool who would accept someone based on just a piece of jade pendant. My son has a birthmark, and his appearance… If he’s too ugly… he can’t be my family, right?”

[The old man is a lookist!]

[Su Yunhe isn’t ugly, is he…]

[But he’s definitely not as good-looking as Xiao Yu! I didn’t think so before, but now I see that Xiao Yu and Song Jiao’s eyes and eyebrows are almost identical.]

[Suddenly thought of a meme, hahaha.]

[I know, I know—Prince: Does the Princess Consort know her mistake? Guard: My Lord, the Princess Consort couldn’t withstand the flogging and died. This jade pendant fell from her. It’s the one you’ve been looking for…]

[Hahahahahahahaha!]