After the Elder finished speaking, he returned the ring to Ye Wanwan.
As for the material and craftsmanship, Ye Wanwan was completely clueless and couldn’t make sense of it at all. However, after the Elder’s explanation, she carefully examined the patterns behind the ring and indeed discovered a few subtle, indistinct patterns. When she compared the two rings side by side, she could indeed see slight differences.
“If… my guess is correct, this should be a set of mother-child rings,” the Elder spoke up.
“Mother-child rings? Like the letters ABCD?” Bei Dou looked confused.
The Elder didn’t even glance at Bei Dou and continued to explain to Ye Wanwan, “The so-called mother-child rings come in a pair, with the mother ring as the main one and the child ring as the auxiliary one… Let me give you an example. If the highest symbol of the Indomitable Alliance is a ring, then your ring as the alliance leader would be the mother ring, representing the supreme position. And as the Grand Elder, if the alliance leader favors me, I would be bestowed with a child ring, which means that within the entire Indomitable Alliance, apart from the alliance leader, my status would be the highest. It’s probably something like that.”
“Holy crap… Elder, you’re being shameless here, blatantly implying… oh no, explicitly stating it!” Bei Dou exclaimed.
“The power… the ring… mother-child rings…” Ye Wanwan furrowed her brows deeply. If what the Elder said was true, then… these two rings contained an enormous amount of information. What did the mother-child rings really represent?
“Alliance leader, I’m not saying that this ring represents any particular power. I was just using it as an example,” the Elder explained.
“Are you sure we stole this from the Nie family?” Ye Wanwan was doubtful.
Why would they steal… no, why would the Nie family have such a ring?
“I’m sure,” the Elder nodded. “Because we only stole from the Nie family… everything in this cabinet is stolen from the Nie family…”
“Okay, it’s fine.”
Ye Wanwan waved her hand and left the library immediately.
Hardly a moment of leisure passed before Ye Wanwan called Nie Wuming and asked him to meet at a nearby café.
About two hours later, Nie Wuming arrived at the café in a rush, and Ye Wanwan was sitting at her usual spot.
“Haha, little sister… Are you planning to buy the antidote? I’ve told you, life is the most precious thing. Don’t worry… I won’t charge you a high price since we’re family… But since your life is so valuable, if I ask for too little, it would be an insult to you, slapping your face… Just give me a casual one or two billion…” Nie Wuming sat across from Ye Wanwan, his face filled with anticipation.
Ye Wanwan: “…Are you crazy? Why don’t you just go rob a bank? One or two billion… I’d rather let the Love Gu poison kill me!”
“It’s not about the Love Gu or the antidote.” Ye Wanwan stared at Nie Wuming. “Are you hiding something from me?”
Upon hearing Ye Wanwan’s words, Nie Wuming blinked in surprise and looked bewildered. “How did you know…?”
“As I suspected…” Ye Wanwan narrowed her eyes slightly.
“I did accept some betrothal gifts from Young Master Shen… but I did it for your own good, little sister. Damn it, you rejected Young Master Shen, but you want to ascend to the heavens?” Nie Wuming was excited.
“You accepted betrothal gifts behind my back?!” Ye Wanwan glared at
him. “At most, give me a portion… 70% for you, 30% for me…”
“Don’t waste your breath. That’s not what I’m talking about… I’m asking you, do you recognize this ring or not?” Ye Wanwan clenched her right hand, gritting her teeth.