Chapter 1654 - 1696: White Jade Ring

Right now, what she relies on is only the fact that Mrs. Li sees her as a daughter. But if someone were to replace her in front of Mrs. Li, she would be swept out the door at any moment.

Grace Yowell broke out in a cold sweat, her heart sinking to the bottom, unable to maintain the facade of calm on her face.

"You... you’re... committing a crime, this is... deception!" She stuttered with difficulty and blurted out.

Kyle Kinston looked at her with even more mockery, "What crime? What deception? Wasn’t it you who impersonated the identity from the beginning? So you can replace someone else’s identity, but others can’t replace yours?"

Grace was speechless. If there really was a crime and deception, it should be her.

Meanwhile, in the conservatory, Mabel Quinn was beside Mrs. Li, quietly gazing at her mother’s face. This was her mother, whose youthful face she had only seen in photos before, and now her mother was alive in front of her.

But to her mother, the daughter was not her.

Mabel’s gaze fell to her mother’s hand, where the White Jade Ring was worn on her finger. Mabel looked at this ring, feeling thousands of emotions. Initially, when she picked up the ring, it was her mother’s ring; had she met her mother then, perhaps so many twists and turns wouldn’t have happened.

"You seem to wear this White Jade Ring often," Mabel remarked.

Mrs. Li gently caressed the ring, "I always feel like there’s a connection between me and this ring. I liked it from the first glance, and if I don’t wear it for a day, my heart feels blocked."

Mabel pursed her lips slightly and said, "I... also have a similar one." With that, she took the necklace off her neck, and the pendant slowly emerged from within her clothes; it turned out to be a White Jade Ring.

When Mabel placed the ring in front of Mrs. Li, she was also surprised, "It looks alike."

Indeed, when placed together, the two rings seemed to be made from the same mold.

"This is the ring my father originally gave to my mother," Mabel murmured. "Because of a misunderstanding, my mother returned the ring to my father and then disappeared. So this ring remained with my father until later, he gave it to me."

Mrs. Li sat quietly, like the best listener.

Mabel continued, "My father said the thing he regrets most in life is misunderstanding my mother. At that time, he was young and impulsive, loved too deeply, and only believed what his eyes saw. Jealousy overwhelmed him for a moment. Over the years, he has been penitent and searching for my mother, never truly happy, always self-condemning."

Mrs. Li’s expression seemed sorrowful, as if these words stirred some indescribable emotions within her heart.

"Madam, do you think my father will find my mother?" Mabel inquired.

Mrs. Li shook her head, saying, "I don’t know, but... your parents are both pitiable." As she spoke, her fingers gently caressed Mabel’s White Jade Ring, bewildered by the inexplicable sadness she felt when she saw this ring.