"Oh, this thumb ring? Not all that long. Someone pawned it here outright two years ago. Later, I took a liking to it and kept wearing it," Jiang Ying said with a smile. "Why, do you know something about thumb rings?"
"I... I used to have a jade thumb ring passed down in my family. It was identical to yours, senior-no, very similar. But someone took it from me two years ago. Seeing your ring stirred me up, and I lost my composure. Please forgive me, senior," Huang Xiao said. After his initial excitement, he had calmed down. The ring looked exactly like his, but it was not necessarily the same one.
"Something like that happened? Tell me, did your jade thumb ring have any distinguishing features?" Jiang Ying asked.
Huang Xiao thought for a moment, then said, "Actually, its appearance was almost exactly the same as yours, senior."
"Then this ring should be yours," Jiang Ying said.
"No, no, senior. This jade thumb ring isn't unique. It wouldn't be strange for another identical one to exist," Huang Xiao said, shaking his head. He dearly hoped this was his ring, but he could not be certain.
"Didn't it have any other distinctive marks?" Jiang Ying asked with a frown.
Huang Xiao pondered for a moment, then said, "Right, there was one. There was a character carved on the inside of my jade thumb ring."
"'Huang'?" Jiang Ying asked.
"Huh? Senior, how did you know?" Huang Xiao asked in surprise.
"Hahaha! Do you even need to ask?" Laughing heartily, Jiang Ying removed the jade ring from his thumb and placed it in Huang Xiao's hand.
Huang Xiao trembled slightly. He had already guessed, yet he still turned the jade thumb ring over with excited care and looked inside. Sure enough, the