Indeed, this place was located on the hillside at the suburban area of J City. The air was chilly and the view was beautiful.
The only disadvantage was that it was really far from downtown J City.
It took about two hours to get to the downtown area.
"Right.
Well, Angelina, do you remember that you had a jade pendant when you were young? It's dark green, water-drop-shaped. Mom and Dad gave each of us one when you were three years old."
Angelina was puzzled, "Jade pendant?"
"Yes," said Jeremy.
"I don't know... I think I have some sort of vague recollection but I can't remember that much," Angelina mused.
"It's okay. Never mind, if you don't remember," Jeremy said.
"Is that jade pendant important?" asked Angelina, with hesitation.
"No, don't worry. It's not very important. I'll give you a new one next time," said Jeremy, trying to dispel her doubt.
How could the jade pendant not be important?
It was a tailor-made pendant ordered by their parents when Camelia was three years old and Jeremy six years old.
Their names were engraved on each of the jade pendants. It meant a lot to them.
However, it was good enough for him that he was able to find his sister. If the pendant was lost, it wasn't an issue.
Angelina felt her heart beating fast.
The only reason was that as much as she tried to rack her brain to find any memory of that pendant, she couldn't.
She saw the look on Jeremy's face and she could tell it was something meaningful.
How could she not have any memory of the pendant, if it was so important?
However, she just couldn't remember it.
There were only two possibilities.
One was that she had never seen that jade pendant. It had never existed in her life.
The other possibility was because she had been very sick when she was a child, she must have completely lost her memory of it.
But for reasons she didn't know, she felt that the first one was more likely.
This made her panic.
She had taken a nap in the car before she came to see them, so she wasn't sleepy now. She was very bothered.
Every now and then, they would chat a bit. After a while, Jeremy noticed that she was feeling down. He asked, worried, "What's wrong, Angelina? Are you feeling all right?"
Angelina had to snap herself out of her reverie and shook her head at him. "I'm okay."
"If you aren't feeling well, you have to tell me," Jeremy said.
"Okay."
Then the car slowly stopped at the gate of what looked like a residential area. Angelina unbuckled her seat belt and said, "Jeremy, this is my stop. Drive safely back."
"Okay, you take care too," Jeremy said, smiling back.
She waved goodbye to him and waited until the car left before walking to her house.
She didn't notice that a young boy of about 17 or 18 had followed her.
He watched as Angelina walked away and as the car sped off. He placed his hand on his chin thoughtfully.
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