"...No need." Uesugi Sakura said, taking off the Hook Jade pendant from his chest, "Master, do you recognize this?"
"What?"
Sakihara Yishin caught the pendant handed to him with one hand, took off his sunglasses, and examined it closely.
"Where did you get this?"
"My grandmother gave it to me."
"Your grandmother?" Sakihara Yishin suddenly seemed like a different person, sitting up from his chair to look at him.
"Is there something wrong with this Hook Jade?" Uesugi Sakura noticed a bit of doubt in his eyes.
"There's nothing wrong with the Hook Jade..." Sakihara Yishin held the Hook Jade in his palm, carefully examined Uesugi's face, then put on his slippers and said, "I need to check something to confirm, come find me tomorrow."
His hurried back disappeared along the path in the courtyard.
Uesugi Sakura glanced at the task.
Not completed.
Could it be that the cheap master ran off with his Hook Jade?
After all, that thing is worth a few hundred thousand yen.
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