Tuesday morning at eleven-thirty, Lin Jie finished the congenital esophageal atresia surgery on an infant and returned to his office, only to see Lin Miao, who had returned from Putuo Mountain.
"Why didn't you go straight home to rest? Instead, you came to the hospital?"
"I missed you! Brother, this is the Peace Jade Pendant I requested, blessed by an enlightened master."
Lin Miao pulled out a jade pendant strung on red silk thread from her pocket and tried to put it on Lin Jie.
Lin Jie reached out to stop her and said, "I'd rather do it myself."
"No, I want to put it on you personally!" Lin Miao insisted.
In the midst of this exchange, Lin Jie had already asked Shen Lanruo if she felt any unsettling aura.
After receiving a definite "no," Lin Jie allowed Lin Miao to put it on him, this small jade pendant engraved with cloud patterns on one side and the word 'Peace' on the other.
While admiring the jade pendant, Lin Jie quietly asked, "Sister Lanruo, do you feel anything?"
