Chapter 263 Returning to Jade Mountain on a Snowy Night
Chapter 263 Returning to Jade Mountain on a Snowy Night
The assistant greeted him at the door and, seeing Lu Xinjun about to leave, quickly opened the door for him.
"I'm going back to Yushan. Call me if you need anything."
"It's snowing outside, please drive carefully."
The assistant knew that Dean Lu's father was in Yushan, and that he must have something urgent to do at this time. He gave him a few words of advice as he watched his retreating figure.
"It's okay, you can go home too."
After leaving those words, Lu Xinjun entered the elevator.
When Lu Xinjun drove to Sunshine Community, he called Yun Miao from downstairs.
"Hey! Brother Xinjun, what's up?" Yunmiao answered quickly when she saw that it was Lu Xinjun's number.
“Xiao Xuan told me you were worried about my dad and wanted to go back to Yushan. I’ll go with you.”
Over the years, his own son has not been as filial as Lu Wenguang's apprentice, which makes Lu Xinjun feel very guilty.
"Okay! I'll change my clothes and come down right away."
In previous years, every winter, whenever it snowed, Yunmiao would clean the yard spotlessly, leaving not a single snowflake at the front gate, for fear that her master might slip and fall.
As Lu Wenguang grew older, she was worried about leaving him alone on the mountain in this heavy snow. When she learned that Lu Xinjun was going back, Yunmiao rushed to the window and saw that there was indeed a car parked downstairs.
The car lights were on, and Lu Xinjun was standing next to the car door.
Under the lights, he wore a black woolen overcoat, snowflakes falling on his hair and upright figure, making him appear very resolute.
This reminded Miao Yun of him when he was young. Before he left to study abroad, he told her, "Yun Miao, I'm leaving now. I'm entrusting my father to you."
Later, he returned to China to get married, and then he went home less often.
With that thought in mind, Yunmiao grabbed her coat and phone and walked out of the room.
When they arrived downstairs, before Yunmiao had even come down the stairs, Lu Xinjun saw her and opened the car door: "Yunmiao, get in the car quickly."
"Okay! Brother Xinjun, let's go."
Instead of worrying about it here, I should go back to see my master and discuss with him about his coming to Jiangcheng for the children's wedding.
Lu Xinjun got into the car and glanced back at Yun Miao: "Yun Miao, thank you for fulfilling your filial duties for me all these years."
“Brother Xinjun, this is what I should do. My master treats me like a father, so it is only right that I respect him.”
Lu Xinjun glanced at the mirror in front of him: "Compared to others, my son is not filial at all. Also, I apologize on her behalf for what Qiao Hongwei said to you a few days ago: I'm sorry!"
“Brother Xinjun, the ones who should apologize are Qiao Hongwei and her mother. She used her family’s power to secretly take my son away, and she hasn’t even said sorry. If it weren’t for Master’s sake, I really wouldn’t forgive them.”
"Yunmiao, I'm sorry, I really didn't know that Xiaoxuan was someone else's child that Wang Hehua stole. I always thought that Qiao Hongwei had a son back then."
"This isn't your fault!"
Yunmiao believed what Lu Xinjun said. He had been kept in the dark about what happened back then. It was said that he was abroad when Song Qiao gave birth to her child.
The car slowly drove out of the Sunshine Community and onto the highway in the snow.
The only sound on the silent highway was the falling snowflakes.
Because of the snow, Lu Xinjun drove slowly. On the way, Lu Xinjun wanted to tell Yun Miao about Lu Mingxuan's injury, but he didn't because he was afraid she would worry.
"Yunmiao, Xiaoxuan's father has been gone for so many years, haven't you ever thought about finding someone else?"
Yun Miao looked up at Lu Xinjun and said, "I'm not looking anymore. I have a son and a master now, and I'm already very content."
After saying this, Yunmiao looked out the car window at the swirling snowflakes, her mind drifting back to thirty years ago.
"When he left thirty years ago, didn't he leave a single word? Even a letter would have been fine."
Lu Xinjun broke the silence in the car.
“He left me a letter saying that he didn’t want me to suffer for the rest of my life and that he was going to do business in the south. But later I heard from a fellow villager that he had died of illness. I went to look for him, but I couldn’t find him. Later, because I was looking for my son, I came back here.”
Upon hearing Yun Miao's description, Lu Xinjun looked at the road under the car headlights and said, "Which city in the south is he in? Should I ask a friend to find out what happened back then?"
"No need to look anymore. He's cancelled his household registration here, so we have nothing to do with each other anymore."
Lu Xinjun glanced back at Yun Miao, still feeling that Xie Dan was alive.
He often goes to Jiangnan, but he doesn't know which city Xie Dan lives in, and he has never met him in person. If Yun Miao had a picture of him, that would be great.
The car was driving slowly on the highway, and the sound of the wheels pressing on the snow was crisp and relaxing.
The snow seemed to cover the distant Jade Mountain. Yun Miao looked at the trees by the roadside and reminded Lu Xinjun, "We're almost there, slow down."
"This speed wasn't fast to begin with, don't worry."
As the car drove along the mountain road, the outline of the villa at the foot of Jade Mountain finally came into view.
“The mountain is most beautiful during the snow season every year. Brother Xinjun, do you want to stay tomorrow and see the snow scene when you get up tomorrow morning? It’s like a scene from a painting.”
Having lived in Yushan for thirty years, Yunmiao has developed a deep affection for this mountain. She cherishes the snow-capped peaks in winter and the lush greenery in summer.
“Yunmiao, since you like Yushan so much, you can move back after Xiaoxuan and Song Qiao get married.”
Lu Xinjun parked the car in front of the villa, glanced back at Yun Miao, and said.
“I’m also conflicted. I want to spend time with Xiao Xuan, but I’m worried about Master. Brother Xinjun, I want to bring Master to Jiangcheng. Please try to persuade Master when you come back this time.”
Lu Xinjun opened the car door and got out. He looked at Yun Miao getting out of the car and said, "You know my dad's temper. Once he's made up his mind, no one can persuade him. Besides, my mom is still on the back mountain. When we built this house, he said he wanted to stay by my mom's side."
When the topic of her master's wife came up, Yunmiao had a lingering question: "That day, Hongwei said that his master's wife wanted her to have a grandson. Is that true?"
Lu Xinjun shook his head: "My mother is a modern woman. When she went to Southern Women's University, she was the only one in the whole Jiangcheng. With such progressive ideas, how could she have the idea of favoring boys over girls? It was all Qiao Hongwei and her mother who made their own decisions, secretly hugged Xiao Xuan, and left Qiao Wei with her aunt. She has let down both children."
Yunmiao also felt that Lu Xinjun's words were right. When she first came to Lu Wenguang and his wife's side, she could hardly read. It was her master's wife who taught her to read, and that's how she gained the ability to identify medicinal herbs.
“If my master’s wife were still alive after that illness, Brother Xinjun, the anniversary of her death is coming soon. I want to go to the back mountain to see her.”
Lu Xinjun immediately agreed: "Okay! We'll go together then."
After the two agreed, Lu Xinjun went over and opened the gate with his fingerprint. Both inside and outside the gate were decorated with snow and were very clean. The small vegetable garden in the yard was gone, and everything was white.
Who's here?
A calm voice came from inside the room.
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