The Decision to Retreat

Xia Wan pretended to be deep in thought. "A ring? Grandma, are you talking about the marriage token that Grandpa mentioned before?"

Li Jin nodded. "Yes, that ring. Where's the ring? Where is he?"

"I lost it," Xia Wan confessed directly.

"What? Lost? How could you lose such an important token?" Li Jin shouted, about to pick a fight with Xia Wan.

"To be exact, it disappeared when I fell into the water," Xia Wan said.

Li Jin was a little stunned. "Fell into the water? When was it?"

"The last time I was pushed into the river, my two cousins saw it, but no one came to save me. It was a ring left behind by Grandfather. I treasure it a lot, so I used a string to make a necklace and wore it on my body at all times. But that time, I fell into the river and couldn't swim at all, so it drifted away with the water.