20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 681 Secret
"I'm not going home!"

Jiang Ya was still being upset. She only glanced at Uncle Dong quickly, then turned around immediately, bent down to pick up the "Kunlun Magic Stick", and scratched it back and forth on the ground while muttering softly, "I want to play here for a while."

"It's already past noon, and your family is waiting for you to go back for dinner!" Zhang Zhengdong patiently advised, "Be obedient and come back with me!"

"I'll eat here!" Jiang Ya had someone to lean on, so she was no longer nervous. She turned around and asked, "Sixth Master, can you treat me to a meal?"

Guan Wei was of course eager for his granddaughter to stay for dinner, so he said with a smile: "Dongfeng, it's time for dinner here, and the stove is already on. If you have nothing else, just finish the meal before leaving. I'll let Cui'er report home later..."

"No need!" Zhang Zhengdong flatly refused, "Let's go now!"

There was no other way. By allowing Jiang Ya to enter the house and recognize her as the Sixth Master, Dongfeng had already taken a huge risk. If he stayed for dinner, the situation would change completely.

If the situation continues to escalate, he will not be able to go back and report.

After all, not allowing children to recognize their parents was a rule set by Jiang Lianheng himself, and it is impossible to change.

Guan Wei understood Dongfeng's difficulties, so he stopped trying to persuade her to stay and instead persuaded her: "Granddaughter, it is said that since we are meeting for the first time, we must prepare two hard dishes, but you came too suddenly today, and Sixth Master didn't prepare anything. How about this, I will owe you this meal first, and when you come again tomorrow, we can have a good meal together?"

"Then I won't go with him either." Jiang Ya said angrily, "Let my third uncle come pick me up."

"Your second uncle and third uncle are accompanying your father out to do some business, how could they come to pick you up?" Zhang Zhengdong was quite helpless.

"Then let my fourth uncle come!"

"Your fourth uncle has been studying at the Military Academy every day recently. You know that."

Jiang Ya stamped her feet, turned around and pointed at Uncle Dong, and said angrily: "You! Can't you just apologize to me?"

The girl got angry, and the originally serious atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle.

Everyone almost couldn't hold back their laughter. They wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. They had to hold it back and comfort the little girl with kind words.

After all, she is a young lady who lives a life of luxury. Although she is young, she knows how to find a way out and take advantage of the situation.

No matter how wealthy the Jiang family is, they cannot change the most basic fact - the Jiang family is a nouveau riche at heart, with no foundation, let alone family tradition. Although their children are blessed with a wealthy family and a good life, they are still far from being the real upper class or the chess players. It even takes the efforts of several generations. As long as one generation is bad, all the efforts will be in vain.

Jiang Ya certainly has a lovely side, but she also has a spoiled and overbearing side.

Apart from her parents, it is difficult to make her bow her head and submit.

However, if she was really a gentle and quiet girl who only knew how to put on makeup in front of the mirror, she would probably seem a little coarse.

There are both advantages and disadvantages, and it is still unknown whether it is good or bad.

Just like the "magic stick" in her hand, it takes three thousand years to mature into material, and once it is chopped off, it can only be used to the thickness of a wrist, so it will inevitably be cut with an axe.

Zhang Zhengdong followed Jiang Ya's temper and apologized immediately: "Okay, okay, I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing just now. If you have any dissatisfaction, let's talk about it when we get home!"

Seeing this, Guan Wei and Xiao Cui also hurriedly tried to persuade him softly.

For a moment, the three adults said all the nice things they could, and coaxed the girl for a long time before she changed her mind.

However, Jiang Ya still ignored Uncle Dong, but walked silently to Guan Wei, returned the Kunlun "magic stick" and said, "Sixth Master, I'm going home now. I'll come back to see you perform magic tricks for me when I have time."

"Okay!" Guan Wei said with a smile, "You can come whenever you want. I, your Sixth Master, haven't used my best skills yet!"

"You really don't want to visit my house?" Jiang Ya asked, "My family is the eldest, you can live in my house in the future!"

"This……"

Guan Wei had to admit that for a moment, he did have a glimmer of hope in his heart.

However, when he looked up and saw Dongfeng's determined eyes, he immediately shrank back like a deflated ball and just shook his head slightly.

"No!" he said, "Sixth Master chooses his bed, and it's comfortable to stay here. Anyway, I'm back now, and we're not far away. You can just come and see me occasionally."

Jiang Ya didn't think much about it and replied readily: "Okay then, next time you perform another trick for me, don't forget it!"

Having said that, he walked through the courtyard gate, turned around and waved to Master Liu and Xiao Cui'er, "Bye!"

"Granddaughter—" Guan Wei suddenly called her, "You haven't taken away the things I gave you just now!"

Jiang Ya stopped, shook her pigtails, and asked in confusion, "What is that?"

Guan Wei was very secretive. He suddenly stretched out his right hand, pinched the air above his head, and threw it towards his granddaughter in a serious manner. He laughed and said, "This time, look at what's in your left pocket?"

Jiang Ya responded by rummaging through her pockets. She felt a hard texture with fine lines on her fingertips. She took it out and saw that it was indeed the Dragon Silver Dollar from the Guangxu period.

Strange, strange!

I just searched Zhou's body from top to bottom but couldn't find it. How come he suddenly comes back now?
Jiang Ya stood there in a daze, her eyes dark and dark, and after a long pause, she screamed and asked, "How did you change? You clearly didn't change just now!"

"Granddaughter, do you want to learn?" Guan Wei couldn't help but hide his selfish thoughts, "If you want to learn, wait until you come next time and Master Liu will teach you!"

"Keep your word?"

"Children are innocent."

"Then I'll come tomorrow!" Jiang Ya couldn't wait and made a promise immediately, "Wait for me here, don't go anywhere else!"

"Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. I'll wait for you here." Guan Wei waved at her.

Zhang Zhengdong put his hand on Jiang Ya's shoulder, pushed her forward, and reminded her: "Niece, don't make blind promises. Let's talk about tomorrow."

Jiang Ya ignored her. Tomorrow was Saturday anyway and she had nothing to do, so why couldn't she come?

Besides, it can only be considered a reconciliation now, and I haven’t calmed down yet!

The girl promised loudly without hesitation, and then walked towards the entrance of the alley, looking back every three steps, and slowly said goodbye to Sixth Master.

Guan Wei was still a little reluctant after all, so he sat sideways on the bench, leaned forward to wave, and said goodbye carefully until Jiang Ya's figure disappeared around the corner of the alley.

A ripple appeared in the stagnant water - from now on, Sixth Master's life had hope.

…………

It was just past noon and the sunlight was blazingly hot.

The autumn heat is so fierce that it seems to have "eaten" all the people on the streets. Even the sparrows on the tree branches are wilting due to the heat.

The uncle and nephew returned along the same route and headed towards the East City Girls' Primary School.

They had just said goodbye to Master Liu and had walked for six or seven minutes. Jiang Ya still refused to speak, which made Dong Feng feel a little uncomfortable. "Are you still angry, niece?" Zhang Zhengdong asked. "Don't be angry anymore. Tell me, what do you want Uncle Dong to do so that you can calm down?"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Ya said: "I'm not angry, what happened just now is over, I won't bother with you."

"Then why don't you speak?"

"Hey, I'm thinking about something, don't disturb me."

Zhang Zhengdong couldn't help but be stunned. Oh no, the girl has grown up and started to have worries. Maybe he shouldn't have given her the chance to recognize his sixth uncle.

After thinking for a while, Dongfeng couldn't help but ask tentatively: "Uh...niece, I don't mean to bother you, but can you tell me what you are thinking about? Is it about Master Liu?"

Jiang Ya looked a little dazed. She reached her left hand into her pocket and gently stroked the dragon silver dollar.

After a long while, she finally asked, "Uncle Dong, how did he change just now?"

"You mean, how did he put Long Yang in your pocket?" Zhang Zhengdong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Not only that, he just made the money disappear!" Jiang Ya recalled carefully, "It was clearly in my pocket, but it suddenly disappeared. I couldn't find it no matter how hard I looked. Then, before we left, the money suddenly returned!"

Zhang Zhengdong smiled and asked, "What did your Sixth Master tell you?"

"He said it was 'telekinesis', but I didn't believe him. He must be kidding me, but the money is in my pocket..."

"Maybe there really is a telekinesis in this world?"

"You're lying, do you think I'm a child?"

"Aren't you?"

"Tsk, I'm not going to talk to you anymore, don't bother me!"

Jiang Ya didn't seem to intend to get an answer from Uncle Dong. She just secretly and carefully went over all the situations that had just happened in her mind, trying to find a flaw in it, but she couldn't get the point.

Could it be that the "magic stick" has some mechanism?
She secretly made up her mind: I must check the stick carefully next time!
Just as she was thinking, Uncle Dong interrupted her tactlessly, "Niece, don't talk about what you saw Master Liu today when you get home."

"Why?" Jiang Ya raised her head. "Sixth Master is back. Aren't you going to have dinner at home?"

"If you don't want to eat, you can't tell me. If you tell me, I will have to leave."

"Where are you going?"

"Don't ask. Anyway, you can't tell anyone." Zhang Zhengdong thought about it and confirmed again, "Your second uncle, third uncle, fourth uncle, eldest aunt, godmother...you can't tell anyone. When you go home, just pretend that this incident never happened. Let's go find your mother first. You can tell her, but don't tell anyone else."

Jiang Ya was puzzled and asked hurriedly: "But...but you have to tell me a reason, right?"

"No reason," Zhang Zhengdong said, "This is a secret between us. Can you keep it?"

"Can I come again in the future?" Jiang Ya was more concerned about this matter.

Zhang Zhengdong patted her shoulder and said, "If you can keep the secret, you may have a chance to come again in the future, but... you have to go home and listen to your mother's arrangements. Okay, stop talking." He pointed forward and reminded in a low voice, "Chengye and the others are here."

As they were talking, the two of them had already returned to the vicinity of Chengdong Girls' Primary School.

From a distance, Jiang Chengye was standing beside the Jiang family car, at a loss, under the protection of a bodyguard.

Picking up and dropping off the young masters and young ladies from school is a family responsibility. If they are late on weekdays, arrangements will naturally be made in advance.

Dongfeng had instructed that if the bodyguards failed to pick up Jiang Chengye in time, they would need to take the young master to the girls' school. If there was any emergency, the peddler selling combs at the door would give instructions. If there were no instructions, they would just have to wait for a while. After the specified time, they could go home first.

The uncle and nephew came back on time. Seeing this, the bodyguard immediately pulled Jiang Chengye over and asked, "Brother Dong, is everything okay?"

"No." Zhang Zhengdong pointed at Jiang Ya and said calmly, "The lady is in a bad mood today, I will accompany her to go shopping over there."

The bodyguard was skeptical.

Just strolling around - this is really not Dong Ge's style.

"Alright!" Zhang Zhengdong opened the car door and urged the two children, "Hurry up and get in the car!"

Jiang Ya and Jiang Chengye got into the car and asked each other about the school sports meet. Jiang Ya calmed down a little when she heard that Chengye only came in fifth.

The bodyguard completed his mission and waved goodbye to the three people.

The engine roared, and the car finally drove slowly towards the mansion in the north of the city.

Along the way, Zhang Zhengdong was nervous and looked at Jiang Ya in the rearview mirror from time to time, for fear that the girl would accidentally tell her brother what she saw and heard today.

Fortunately, Jiang Ya did not turn a deaf ear to Uncle Dong's advice. She kept her mouth shut and never mentioned Sixth Master. She just kept asking her brother if he had ever seen a magic trick called "telekinesis", and she exaggerated it to be magical.

Soon, the car drove into the Jiang family mansion.

Although he did not return on time today, he only went to school for half a day and had a sports meeting as a pretext. Although there were some worried voices in the courtyard, it did not cause much panic. Yuan Xinfa and others opened the door as usual and just asked one more question, "Is everything okay?"

As the old saying goes: The emperor is not anxious, but the eunuchs are.

Hu Xiaoyan was able to keep her composure out of trust in Dongfeng, but Song Ma and the others were restless and eager to show off. They all said they wanted to go to the school to take a look. The prepared food was already cold, and no one dared to start eating. In the end, it was Hu Xiaoyan who gave the order and asked Sister Hua and Xu Ruqing to cook a special meal, so that they could finally have a few bites of food.

The car stopped and the two children ran out.

Zhang Zhengdong followed closely behind, grabbed Jiang Ya and reminded her, "Don't forget what I told you just now. Come upstairs with me to find your mother first."

"Oh, I won't tell you!"

Jiang Ya was extremely impatient, but was still forcibly taken to the second floor by Uncle Dong.

Pushing open the door of the study, Hu Xiaoyan was looking through a telegram at the desk. Everything seemed normal. She was not as anxious and confused as others because her daughter came home two hours late.

Without waiting for the uncle and nephew to speak, Hu Xiaoyan raised her head and said first: "Dongfeng, you are back just in time. Your brother has driven the car away. Guoyan will be back tonight and will arrive at the station at 4:30. You can take a rest and get ready to pick them up."

"The two of them?" Jiang Ya immediately understood what was going on. "My dad and the others are back too?"

"Xiaoya, I'll tell you later." Hu Xiaoyan shook her head helplessly, and then looked at Dongfeng again, "Go downstairs to have a meal, pack up quickly, and go there early. After all, he is your brother's godson. If you neglect him, we will be the ones who will be laughed at."

Jiang Ya was quite excited and asked quickly, "Whose son is this? I have a little brother again?"

Hu Xiaoyan frowned and rubbed her forehead, but said, "Silly child, what can I say to you?"

(End of this chapter)