The scumbags all want to turn back

Just as Ning Yuanchen walked into the suspension car, Gu Zhaoting, who was sitting on the sofa, immediately took a step forward, stretched out his hand to hold his hand, pulled him to sit beside him, and looked at his face carefully, He said distressedly: "I heard that the military training in the first month of the Imperial Military University was very hard. You have suffered."

"It's okay." Ning Yuanchen let him touch his hand back and forth, pretending not to notice that his arm behind him was wrapped around his shoulder, which was regarded as a reward for his work for him "This amount of training is nothing to me. I am not a pampered lady. If I take two extra steps, I will die."

"I know, Yuan Chen is the most powerful." Gu Zhaoting bowed his head and pressed a kiss on the back of his hand, "But I'm still worried."

Looking at Gu Zhaoting's well-behaved appearance, Ning Yuanchen felt as if he had raised a beautiful puppet cat. He rubbed his chin with his fingers as a reward. The young crown prince's eyes lit up immediately, and he quietly tightened his arms. Afraid of being discovered by Ning Yuanchen, he quickly talked about the gossip that happened in the upper class during this period to divert Ning Yuanchen's attention.

Because he didn't want to attract the attention of others, Gu Zhaoting invited the gem-cutting craftsman to Central Star and arranged him in a hotel under his name.Although Gu Zhaoting is the crown prince, the title and inheritance he inherited from his biological parents are still there. Therefore, there are one or two properties in the central star that the royal family cannot interfere with.

The master craftsman, surnamed Morton, is a skinny old man in his seventies, but he is upright and full of energy. His silver hair is combed meticulously. Although his hands are thin and skinny, they are slender and soft. The feeling of holding them is at least To be 30 years younger.

"Although mechanization and artificial intelligence have penetrated into every corner of our lives, there are always some things that cannot be replaced by machines, right?" Master Morton's eyes flashed a sly gleam, "Artificial There will always be a slight difference between the gems and jades cut and polished by machines, and those cut and polished by machines.”

Gu Zhaoting asked Ning Yuanchen to take out the ring and hand it to Mr. Morton: "Do you have any impression of this gemstone?"

The master craftsman took the ring, put on glasses and a small flashlight specially used to firm gemstones, observed carefully for a few seconds, and sighed: "Ah, the hand-cut and polished Tossan stone. It's really nostalgic. Back then I thought I met When it comes to the opportunity to become famous in the empire, who knew that this opportunity would disappear so quickly?"

"Then do you remember whether you have carved this gem?"

Master Morton once again put the face of the ring in front of the glasses, illuminated it with a flashlight, and observed the gem bit by bit.

Ning Yuanchen raised his heart high, as if it was a gift box he received on his birthday when he was a child, and he worked so hard to unpack it. What was inside was a long-awaited surprise, but a routine disappointment. As long as he opened the box, he would be able to see the outcome, but when he put his hand on the lid of the box, he felt timid and didn't want to open it for a moment, afraid that what he saw would be another disappointment.

Mr. Morton put the ring back on the velvet cushion on the tea table between the three of them, took off his glasses, and shook his head: "I'm sorry, but I didn't cut this gem."

Ning Yuanchen held his breath, trying not to overwhelm himself with disappointment, he let out a breath slowly, forced a smile, and said: "Then can you deduce whose work it is by cutting it?" ?"

Mr. Morton said: "If it is a large and complicated handicraft, we can also infer from the details. This kind of gem cutting technique and craftsmanship are all ready-made, without personal labels, and at most it is just the depth of proficiency. .”

"Thank you." Ning Yuanchen reached for his ring, "I really bothered you too much this time, and for such a small matter, I would like to trouble you to make a trip."

"It's okay, I'm retired anyway, and I have a lot of free time every day." Mr. Morton looked at Ning Yuanchen kindly.

Gu Zhaoting put his hand on his back and patted him lightly, saying: "It's okay, there are not many masters who can cut tosang stones, we can always find them by visiting one by one."

"I'm afraid this gem was not cut by a professional craftsman." Mr. Morton said suddenly.

Ning Yuanchen put away the ring for a moment, then asked excitedly: "What do you mean?"

"The cutting technique of this gemstone is very rough. The cut surface and the edges and corners are large and small, and a small piece is broken here." Mr. Morton pointed out to Ning Yuanchen that the broken part was hidden on the ring setting, and Ning Yuanchen always thought that it was a special cutting method, "Although tossanite was extremely difficult to cut and expensive at that time, it does not mean that the nobles who bought it could accept such crude cutting methods. The ones that were thrown away, since they can afford tossan stone, it is impossible for them to wrong themselves to use such a poor waste product.”

Ning Yuanchen thought for a long time. He looked at the poorly cut sapphire ring, and thought of the naive and strange design of the ring. Ten minutes later, he had a sudden realization expression on his face, and slowly said: "Is it possible to do this?" I understand that the owner of this ring is also the person who cut this gemstone. He bought this expensive gemstone at that time, cut it into a suitable ring face himself, and designed the style of the ring himself. It is even possible , the ring is also made by himself."

"It makes sense." Gu Zhaoting's eyes lit up, "If he cut it himself, he must have failed at least a few times before. If he can spend money to buy so many tossang stones, it seems that no matter how expensive the jewelry is, he only needs to cut it. If you want to buy it, it’s not a problem, it’s better to make one yourself, it’s more meaningful. It seems that you... the owner of this ring is a very romantic nobleman."

However, old Mr. Morton poured a bucket of cold water on the two of them: "His Royal Highness, Mr. Ning, before the invention of new cutting technology, the most expensive thing is the finished Tosang stone, the price of the rough Tossan stone is not That's hard to accept. If the two owners want to use financial resources to find the ring's owner, I'm afraid it won't work."

Ning Yuanchen was taken aback, but still showed a gentle smile, lowered his head, and carefully held the ring in his hand: "It's okay, I still know something very important. Thank you."

Gu Zhaoting and Ning Yuanchen invited Mr. Morton to have a lunch. Ning Yuanchen warmly invited Mr. Morton to stay in Central Star for a few more days. Old Mr. Morton had an afternoon tea.

It is very important for Ning Yuanchen to discover that there is indeed a very deep relationship between his biological father and mother.Although his mother, Madeleine, always said that his father loved them, for Ning Yuanchen, who had seen the rotten side of marriage and love too early, this was very doubtful.

When he was a little older, he began to wonder why no one was looking for his mother, who was imprisoned by Duke Sanchez, and why she didn't try to ask anyone for help.And he thinks the only reasonable explanation is that no one cares about their disappearance, and no one can ask them to ask for help.

The mother may have been abandoned, or driven out of the house.When she gave birth to him, he was only as old as he is now, at the age when girls do stupid things, maybe she was deceived by a married man, fell into an affair, tarnished the family's reputation, so she was Swept away, but that shameless man quickly dumped her who had become a burden.He had heard of many such things. After all, many of the students in the boarding school he attended were illegitimate children who were not welcomed by their families.

However, if the ring treasured by his mother was made by his biological father himself, it shows that his parents at least truly love each other.Because the ring is nothing else, it represents the promise of marriage, and this is not a ring bought with money to send women to ask. Although it looks rough and ugly, it is his father who is full of love and expectations for marriage. Designed and made by himself, he once sincerely longed to become a partner with her, protect her, respect her, and love her.

It's just that the world is always impermanent, and there are too many accidents that cannot be controlled by manpower. Their separation may be an accident, or a conspiracy. The man who is his father may be cowardly and incompetent, unable to protect them, but as long as They are in love, as long as he has such a serious thought, Ning Yuanchen can forgive him for being absent for more than ten years.

Ning Yuanchen put the ring on the ring finger of his left hand. His finger was slightly thicker than his mother's, but he slipped it in smoothly in the end.His hand resembled his mother's, so he looked at his hand and imagined how it would look on his mother's hand.He seemed to see two young lovers hiding in a corner where no one could see, lowering their voices, pouring out loyal love words to each other. Ring, asked tremblingly: "Will you marry me and spend your whole life with me?"

"Yuanchen?" A worried voice came from a distance, Ning Yuanchen followed the voice and raised his head in a daze, and it took a long time to focus on Gu Zhaoting's face who was close at hand, and the latter asked cautiously: "Yuanchen, How are you?"

Ning Yuanchen opened his mouth, only to realize that his throat was blocked, and his face was icy cold. When he was absent-minded just now, he shed so many tears.

He shook his head, stood up covering his eyes, refused Gu Zhaoting's follow, walked to a corner of the suspension car, covered his face and cried silently.

Watching Gu Zhaoting and Ning Yuanchen's suspension car disappear in the dense traffic, Mr. Morton turned back to the room, opened the email in his brain, and found an email address in the address book that he hadn't contacted for more than ten years , sighed, clicked on it, and began to compose an email.

He didn't know if the other party was still using this mailbox. To be on the safe side, he wrote the entire email very implicitly. If he wasn't the person involved, he might not understand what he was talking about.

Although he can also contact the other party directly, but who knows, for this man at the apex of the empire, has the deep love back then become a dark history that he doesn't want to mention anymore? Craftsman, don't want to be retaliated for getting involved in the affairs of the royal family.

After several revisions, Mr. Morton, who finally felt that there was nothing wrong with the whole letter, heaved a sigh of relief and clicked send.He leaned back on the soft cushion of the sofa with a heavy heart, looking at the beautiful city scenery outside the window, filled with emotion in his heart.How could such a sweet and happy couple end up like that in the end?

In the chamber of the palace, Gu Ye watched as several ministers who came to discuss political affairs left.Although under his deliberate actions, the royal family has hardly participated in any management of the country's government affairs, but some things still need to be handled by the emperor himself.

He was leaning on the armrest tiredly, his eyes were on the competing roses in the vase not far away.

At this moment, his brain vibrated twice, indicating that a new email has been sent to the mailbox.