Yun Wanrou's fingers tightened around the jade pendant at her waist before she even realized it.
The smooth, cool surface of the jade pressed against her palm, and her expression turned complicated for a brief moment.
This pendant was no ordinary trinket. It was a personal gift from the eldest princess. The jade itself was rare, but what truly mattered was the meaning behind it. The princess had given it to her when she left the capital, telling her that it would protect her in distant places.
Yun Wanrou had worn it every single day since then.
If anyone in the capital dared to even glance at this pendant with greed, they would be dragged out and beaten into a cripple before nightfall.
She had not expected Bai Lingling to open her mouth and ask for it so calmly.
Her scarred cousin, who was supposed to be timid and useless, had actually dared to say, "If I win, give me that pendant."
Yun Wanrou's gaze grew colder.
For a second, she even had an illusion.
