Who Moved My Mountain Chapter 18 part3

   Lu He Nian bent down and with a single hand lifted his niece and carried her. He walked inside and asked: "What's going on?" There must have been a reason for Lu Hua Nian to take away Yuan Yuan's things.

   He saw that Master Zhang was also there and slightly nodded, then respectfully greeted: "Master Zhang."

   "He Nian, you have returned, your complexion looks pretty good." Master Zhang walked towards Lu He Nian's side, and carefully looked at his whole body. He nodded his head with satisfaction when he didn't detect any inauspicious aura.

   "This, have to thank Master Zhang for improving the suppressing charm inside the jade pendant. The inauspicious aura hasn't affected the people around me." Lu He Nian carried Yuan Yuan and walked to the sofa to sit.

   "You must not ask uncle to hold you, Yuan Yuan. Mama will nicely talk to you, today you must tell mama. Where did this jade come from?" Lu Hua Nian walked to the sofa and sat beside her, then solemnly looked at Yuan Yuan. 

   When Yuan Yuan heard Lu Hua Nian's voice, at once she buried her face on Lu He Nian's neck. Her plump bottoms were sticking out behind her. Her appearance was just like a big quail1 trying to escape reality.

   Her appearance of deceiving others and deceiving herself2 fell on everyone's sight and everybody couldn't help but smile. In a short while, the atmosphere eased down. Jiang Shu Hua spoke to her daughter in a soft voice: "Right now Yuan Yuan is not willing to say. You shouldn't ask her anymore. Wait for her not to be so conflicted then ask again."

   With no other choice but to do this, Lu Hua Nian glanced at the lush green jade on her hand and asked: "Master Zhang, I noticed that you seem to care a lot about this piece of jade. Is there anything that is special about it?"

   Lu Nan Xian and Jiang Shu Hua reacted to this. If only looking at the value of the piece of jade, Master Zhang would not directly approach and examine it. Although this piece of jade was priceless, Master Zhang was from the xuanmen3 and had come in contact with many different precious stones and jades. What kind of good jade had he not seen, afraid he still might have a lot in his home.  

   Judging from the surprised and pleasant expression he exposed just now, could it be there was something special about this piece of jade?

   Master Zhang also did not intend to conceal anything and told the truth: "This piece of jade's biggest value does not lie on its color or it's quality, but lies on the abundant spiritual aura. I have never seen a piece of jade with so much spiritual aura."

   Lu He Nian who originally was not paying any attention to the piece of jade also moved his sight to Lu Hua Nian's hand. Pursing the corner of his lips, he then said: "Master Zhang, before you mentioned that to make a safety and peaceful jade, you require jade with spiritual influence. Then isn't this piece of jade the same as the pieces of jade from before?" 

   "Not the same. He Nian, if we use this piece of jade to make your safety and peaceful jade pendant, there is no need for replacement for half a year." Master Zhang replied. Then he continued: "The reason why you needed to replace your jade pendant every month is precisely because the spiritual aura inside the pendants becomes exhausted."

   When Master Zhang had finished speaking, every member of the Lu family looked at the piece of jade that was the size of a chicken's egg with fervent gazes. It should be known that the jade pieces that Master Zhang normally used to make the pendants were all selected very carefully. Casually picking a piece from the selection would have a market price of several millions. Despite that, the ones that could be used were only a few. And those that could be used only lasted one or two months before they were eroded by the inauspicious aura and could no longer be worn. 

   If they made a jade pendant out of this jade, wouldn't it be the first time that it could last for half a year? For a moment, everybody's mind became excited. Jiang Shu Hua was the most excited person there. For so many years, the body of her youngest son had been cause for her heart disease. She immediately turned her head to look at Yuan Yuan who was carried on Lu He Nian's arms. In a slow tone she spoke: "Yuan Yuan, tell grandmother. Where did you get this jade from? This is very important for your uncle!"

   If they knew whose jade this was, the Lu family would buy it no matter how much it cost. Perhaps, they would even be able to learn where it came from and He Nian would no longer need to worry when he needed to use the jade. This was the idea that formed inside the Lu family's mind.

   "Ma, don't be like this, you will scare Yuan Yuan." Lu He Nian opened his mouth to block  her words when he felt the little ball in his embrace trying even harder to shrink herself. 

   "What do you mean by ‘don't be like this'. This child doesn't understand and you are also not being sensible. This kind of jade contains many benefits for your body." Lu Hua Nian looked directly at Lu He Nian. This little brother of her looked cold and stern, but in actuality he was the most unprincipled person. As long as Yuan Yuan softly called out "uncle", he would promise everything to her. But now dealing with this kind of thing still needed to reason with a child.

   She then turned her head towards Yuan Yuan: "Yuan Yuan, do you like uncle?"

   Gu Yuan Yuan lifted her head and blankly looked at her mother while thinking, does this need to be asked? Yuan Yuan loves uncle the most la. Subconsciously, she nodded her head and replied: "Like, I like him the most."

   "Then does Yuan Yuan wish to spend time with uncle on his birthday every year? Lu Hua Nian continued to ask.

   Lu He Nian's birthday fell in August. But since his inauspicious aura grew the strongest around his birthday, he always had to go to Master Zhang's house three days before his birthday to live in seclusion and could only return home three days after his birthday. That's why ever since she could remember, Gu Yuan Yuan, this child, had never accompanied her uncle on his birthday, very different from hers or her mother's birthdays.

   Hearing the way his sister asked, Lu He Nian tightened his hug on Gu Yuan Yuan. A trace of expectation was also raised on his heart. 

   Gu Yuan Yuan looked at Lu He Nian then looked at her mother. Her heart became even more confused. Of course she wanted to spend time with uncle on his birthday, but she did not want to go back on the promise with Yun Rong jie jie. In the end, what should she do then?

1: A quail trying to evade reality just like this. Is she cute or is she cute?

2: she thought by hiding she could get away.

3: 玄门 (xuán mén) –  xuan means black, mysterious; men means gate; door; division . If you read martial arts novels, you'll find a lot of this as the Taoist sect. I'm not sure how best to translate this. They deal with supernatural things.  

By the time this is posted, my plane will be landing and I'll need to hurry to get the keys to my new room or else… who knows where I'll spend the weekend :s please don't let there be any delays with the flight, please let everything go smoothly! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 starting a new phase of my life, I'm so nervous!

Edit: my flight has been cancelled, fml T^T stuck in a superqueue waiting to see if they can find me another flight that doesnt land me hundreds of miles away from my destination…

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