Chapter 41: Chimeric Jade
I don't know any martial arts at all.
Otherwise, he would not have been beaten half to death by a cook who was roasting lamb.
So without waiting for his answer, Wen Wan shook her head and said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible."
Seeing her talking to herself, Wen En's eyes became more gentle. He raised his arms and said softly, "I have the strength."
"Yes, you are strong. You can knock down a house with your brute force. You are the best."
She muttered with a slightly sour tone, "You are so powerful, why didn't you resist in the roast lamb shop?"
Wen En's eyes darkened and he lowered his head. After a long pause, he whispered three words.
"I don't want to live."
He was disappointed with the whole world and everyone, so death was never something he feared.
He said it lightly, without even a flicker of expression.
Wenwan's heart shuddered violently.
"Forget about the past, but now I've finally saved you, so I can't let my efforts go to waste. You have to live well, the two of us together, just think of you accompanying me, okay?"
The boy smiled and nodded, "Okay."
*
As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the streets become increasingly bustling, with vendors shouting and various acrobatic performances.
Wen Wan called Chen Zhou and the three of them walked on the street together.
After buying cakes with the two teenagers, she told Chen Zhou, "Take Wen En back first. I have something to do."
Chen Zhou didn't object and was about to leave holding Wen En's arm.
But Winn stood still, staring at her.
"Together."
He meant to go back together.
Wen Wan coughed guiltily, "I can't be together. I have private matters to attend to. It's a girl's business, so you boys shouldn't interfere."
She suddenly realized the difficulties faced by mothers with children. No matter where they went, they always had their little followers with them and had no private life of their own.
Chen Zhou nodded repeatedly, "Let's go back. We are all adults now. We can't always pester Sister Xiaowan. You are older than me, why are you so ignorant?"
Wen Wan gave Chen Zhou a thumbs up and said, "Well said."
Chen Zhou smiled triumphantly and pulled the reluctant Wen En away.
When Winn left, he kept looking back, and his eyes clearly showed his unhappiness.
"Oh." Wen Wan couldn't help but sigh, "Taking care of a child is really not easy."
Too clingy.
*
At the end of the busy East Street, there is a jewelry store. She has asked around and found out that this store is the largest jewelry store in the border town and the masters in the store are first-class in skills.
The last few times she went shopping, she pretended to want to buy mosaic jade and asked several shops, but only the people in this shop had heard of it.
The person who answered her at that time was a young clerk. The clerk said that the master in the shop once had the honor of opening one, and he also learned a lot from it.
But unfortunately, the master went to a shop in another city to handle business and will not be back until the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is just a few days away, and since Wen Wan is out, she might as well try her luck in the store.
The clerk in the shop actually recognized her and came to greet her from a distance.
"Girl, you're finally here. My master has been back for several days. I heard someone brought the Chimeric Jade here to untie it, and my master is waiting for him."
How many times in a lifetime can you see something of the level of chimeric jade?
No wonder the guys in the store are so attentive.
Wen Wan stopped and said, "Although it is a rare and good thing, but... there are still rules to follow."
The shop assistant nodded quickly. "I know. I didn't tell anyone except me and my master. I just saw you were too excited. Don't worry, we still know the rules."
"That's good."
Wen Wan then followed him to the backyard of the shop.
She didn't know what was inside the mosaic jade. If it was something that couldn't be shown to others, it would bring her trouble if it was seen by the light.
The old master, who was over fifty years old, was sitting at a table by the window with a hunched back, polishing a red hairpin.
The young man happily opened the curtain and went in, "Master, the girl I told you about last time is here."
Upon hearing this, the old master immediately stood up and walked quickly to Wen Wan.
He bowed and saluted before asking, "Does the young lady really have a mosaic jade?"
Wen Wan: "Yes. But..."
The old master, who was more experienced than the young man, immediately understood her concerns. "Don't worry, young lady. We craftsmen are only interested in the mosaic jade itself. As for the things inside, we will never give it a second glance."
He turned around and picked up a black cloth on the table, explaining, "I'll cover my eyes when I open the jade pendant, and I'll remove the black cloth after you take the item. We just hope that after you get the item, you'll give us the jade pendant to play with. As for the cost of opening the jade pendant, we won't charge a penny. What do you think?"
This old master is indeed a good businessman. No wonder he can make his shop the largest in the border town.
Wen Wan naturally agreed.
She took out the jade pendant from her arms. The master asked the boy to go out and guard the door, then he blindfolded himself, sat back at the table and started working.
Wen Wan stood beside him, watching her master's movements carefully.
As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Even with his eyes blindfolded, the master craftsman can still hold various tools skillfully and complete a series of complex movements just by groping.
Time passes by every second.
After a full half hour, the chimeric jade finally made a very slight "click" sound.
"It's done." The old master growled in surprise.
Wen Wan took the jade pendant. At this time, the jade pendant had been divided into two parts. It was not hollow in the middle, but two embedded rings. There was a tiny space in the groove between the rings.
She carefully picked up an iron needle on the table and took out the thing in the groove.
It turned out to be a key the size of a grain of rice.
Wen Wan: “…”
Is this small key meant to open the treasure box in the Lilliput world?
Weird things.
Even she, who was well-informed, didn't know what the key was used for, but anything that could be placed so carefully into the mosaic jade must be extraordinary.
She hesitated for a moment, then took off the necklace from her neck, put the small key on it, and put the necklace back on her neck.
Clothes in ancient times were very conservative, and if you didn't lift up the collar, you could basically not see this small key.
She patted her chest and said to the master, "Master, you can take off the black scarf covering your eyes."
The old master responded, took off the cloth, and took the empty chimeric jade from Wen Wan's hand.
Wen Wan kept her promise, "I'll leave the jade pendant with you. I'll come back to get it tomorrow, okay?"
"Then I would like to thank you very much, young lady." The old master said with a smile.
Wen Wan waved her hand and her eyes fell on a jade ring on the shelf behind her.
"Master, are you selling the things on your shelf?"
The old master followed her gaze and said, "Miss, you really know your stuff. I just made that jade ring from top-grade mutton-fat jade. It's perfect as a gift for your loved one."
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