"It''s gone now."


    Sophie thought for a moment before saying, "So, you gave me this ring because Mrs. Costello once wore a simr one?"


    "It''s a Costello family heirloom. My father gave it to my mother. I haven''t found that exact ring yet, but I did find a gemstone just like it. In my heart, you deserve the best." Colby took Sophie''s hand.


    Sophie wrapped her arms around Colby''s neck and said, "I know. I must be the most important person in your heart."


    Upstairs, Adler and Jenna had someone bring down the testing equipment. Jenna said, "Let me handle this! I''m the jewelry expert here!"


    She ced the jewelry on the testing machine, and soon the machine provided the data.


    The purity, quality, andposition of the three gemstones were essentially the same!


    The data showed they were cut from the same gemstone.


    "It''s really cut from the same gemstone! Damn, this is more unbelievable than a TV drama!" Adler eximed, as if he''d just discovered a new continent. Sophie and Jenna also gathered around to look, and indeed, all the values matched up.


    Jenna said, "This is so bizarre. How could such a coincidence happen?"


    Just then, Gordon stepped out of the elevator.


    Jenna asked, puzzled, "Mr. Gordon, what brings you here?"


    "Let me see it."


    Gordon stretched out his hand, and Sophie ced the three gemstones in his palm.


    Jenna exined, "Mr. Gordon, these three rings were all cut from the same stone. And this one was given to Sophie by Harold."


    "I know."


    Gordon examined the gemstones in his hand, then gave them back to Sophie, saying, "The first one was ring Colby auctioned from overseas, the second is a Burke family ring, and the third, I gave to Harold as an Aldridge family heirloom."


    Hearing this, Jenna and Adler exchanged nces.


    "Mr. Gordon, since these gemstones are so precious, I can''t ept them," Sophie said, about to hand the gemstones back to Gordon.


    Gordon stopped her, saying, "I''ve


    already given the gemstone to


    Harold Whom he gives it to is not my concern. Ms. Sophie, since you''ve epted this gemstone,


    please take good care of it."


    "Keep it."


    Colby took Sophie''s hand again and said, "These gemstones, along with the lost heirloom ring of the Costello family, make up four."


    "You mean each of the four major


    families has one?" Jenna thought forExclusive content ? by N?(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.


    a moment, puzzled. "Wait, the.


    Russell family doesn''t have this


    gemstone, and neither does the


    Tredgold family."


    Jenna nudged Adler and asked, "Does your family have the gemstone, and your dad just hasn''t passed it on to you yet?"


    "How would I know! My mom handles his finances!" Adler wondered. "They''re still in good health; maybe he hasn''t passed it on to me yet?"


    Jenna pondered, "Right, the Burke family also has this ring, and the Burke family is outside the four major families!"


    Colby said calmly, "That''s simple. Just ask the old folks who are still alive, and everything will be clear."


    Adler scratched his head, asking, "The old folks who are still alive? Who?"


    "You mean... Lennon?"


    Among the older generation in these four major families, Lennon was the only one still alive!


    "Then there''s no time to lose! Let''s go now!"