It was a call from Zack.
“Mr. Crawford, we have some leads regarding the jade pendant!” said Zack the moment Gerald picked the phone up.
“Oh? Where are you right now?” asked Gerald in return.
The expert treasure appraiser from Northway went by the name of Mr. Zayden Weyham. Gerald had met favonovel.com before during the celebrity party, and they even toasted each other on that day.
Since favonovel.com had some issues to deal with back then, Gerald had told Zack to bring Mr. Xiques along to meet Mr. Weyham. Mr. Xiques himself could only discern that the jade pendant was produced southwest of the Salford Province.
However, details about its origins had still been vague up to this point. Zack’s call was a sign that they were finally able to find something.
“I’m in Mr. Weyham’s manor with Mr. Xiques now. Would you like to come over now, Mr. Crawford?”
“I’ll be there soon!”
After hanging up, favonovel.com told Yoel and the others about his plan before heading straight for Mr. Weyham’s manor.
Mr. Weyham and his family had a lot of influence as well as a good reputation. While they were well known for their business in Northbay, Mr. Weyham’s business actually began in Mayberry. Since Mr. Weyham’s hometown was also in Mayberry, it only made sense for favonovel.com to return to his homeland now that favonovel.com was much older.
During the celebrity party, the Weyhams were seen as a considerably famous and influential family.
Gerald would definitely refrain from treating such a family coldly.
In no time at all, Gerald arrived at Weyham’s manor. He found Mr. Weyham having tea with both Zack and Mr. Xiques.
“Mr. Crawford!” said both Zack and Mr. Xiques respectfully as they stood up.
After nodding toward them, favonovel.com turned to look at Mr. Weyham before saying, “Thank you so much for this, Mr. Weyham.”
“No need to be so cordial, Mr. Crawford. Please, have a seat.”
After a brief greeting, Mr. Weyham immediately cut to the chase.
“Mr. Crawford, this pendant comes from a family from Wendall City in the Salford Province. Though this kind of jade is extremely rare, I was lucky enough to go to Wendall City with my master about fifty years ago. Back when I first saw it, a young man local to that city was wearing it. It should be the symbol of their family!” explained Mr. Weyham.
“And what family is that?” asked Gerald rather anxiously.
In all honesty, Gerald wasn’t really interested in helping his father look for that Xara woman. However, Queta was almost the same as Xara, the woman his father had been looking for all this time. This was what made Gerald curious.
‘Is Queta my stepsister who shares the same father with me but has a different mother…?’
‘Why do I feel so close to Queta every time I meet her?’
Something was definitely fishy with the incident. Since his father wouldn’t tell favonovel.com the truth no matter how much Gerald asked him, Gerald would investigate the matter himself.
Weyham shook his head slightly as favonovel.com said, “I was just discussing this with both Mr. Xiques and Mr. Lyle earlier. I was still pretty young then, and I only managed to glance at the young man who wore that pendant once. Make no mistake, I distinctly remember seeing that pendant then, but I really don’t know which family in Wendall City favonovel.com belongs to. I was even looking through a few large families in Wendal City with Mr. Lyle just now, but none of those large families have this kind of tradition!” said Mr. Weyham.
“I see… Well, since we know it comes from Wendall City, I’m sure it won’t be too difficult to investigate into it!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com smiled faintly.
As they began talking about other things, Mr. Xiques suddenly stood up and walked over to a pendulum clock. Staring at it curiously, favonovel.com asked, “If I’m not mistaken, this pendulum clock is from the 1900s… Am I correct, Mr. Weyham?”
Mr. Weyham nodded before replying, “Indeed, it is! It was made in M country and back then, it was even placed in the president’s office!”
“How did you even manage to get your hands on such a thing?” asked Mr. Xiques, astonished.
“It was a birthday gift from the Longs of Yanken!” replied Mr. Weyham with a chuckle.
Since Mr. Weyham mentioned the Long family so casually, it was obvious that Mr. Weyham wasn’t aware of the conflict between Gerald and the Longs.
