Xiao Zhiren waited for her reply while Ru's eyes lingered on the one thing that connected her to her clan; The Xia Clan of Shadowwick State. The pendant could be said to be an identity token that proved who she was. She never had the heart to part with it but she did.
There were two reasons why Ru left it behind when she left the hospital without informing him. First, she wanted to give him something as reassurance that he'd pay this life-debt. The second was the most important one because of which she never even asked him who he was back then. She had given herself a goal at that time; She'd not look for this pendant until she had found the people who left her at her last breath.
