Chapter 48: Chapter 48: Return to the Rightful Owner@@@@

    Yue Qingqing nodded, her eyes unblinking as she stared at the bottom of the pond.

    Last time she came with Yue Qingqing, she was left aside and hadn’t discovered anything.

    But now, being held by Yue Jiandong and overlooking the entire fish pond, she noticed a shimmering luster at the very bottom.

    It flickered slightly in the ripples, but Yue Qingqing couldn’t make out what it was.

    Ordinary families wouldn’t pay it any mind.

    The Yue Family, although not as blindly convinced of Yue Qingqing’s fortune as Lin Chunju was, still privately believed that this little girl was a lucky star reborn.

    Without giving it much thought, Yue Jiandong took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers, and jumped into the pond.

    Yue Qingqing gestured clumsily with her hands from the side as if to direct him.

    A baby directing a grown man would certainly seem absurd to anyone else, but these two seemed completely natural.

    “Aw, aw!”

    Seeing Yue Jiandong’s palm press down on the glowing spot, Yue Qingqing became so anxious she nearly leapt out of her stroller.

    Yue Jiandong understood and groped around in the mud until he found an odd, hard lump.

    Ele pulled out the mud-covered lump, and after rinsing it in the water, its warm luster became even more apparent.

    “Jade!”

    Yue Jiandong exclaimed, still wet from the climb he took no time to dry his trouser legs, spreading the item on his palm for a closer look.

    Yue Jiandong pulled out the mutton-fat jade from his chest pocket, and Lin Chunju glanced over nonchalantly, then suddenly froze.

    “This... this is my jade.”

    “Yes, just now Qingqing kept pointing at the bottom of the pond. I jumped down and found it,” he said.

    Lin Chunju didn’t hear what her son was saying, reaching out mechanically to take the jade from Yue Jiandong’s palm.

    Even without understanding the value, Zhang Ying and Wang Xiaoni could tell that this pure white jade, free from any impurities, was something special.

    The jade was circular and evenly thick, with only a character carved in the center.

    The extending cloud-like patterns wrapped around the character, giving the central “Lin” a lifelike, animated quality.

    Ignoring the material of the jade, the craftsmanship alone would qualify it as a work of art.

    Lin Chunju gently caressed the carved character with her fingertip, her eyes full of nostalgia.

    “Ah, I never thought it would be found again.”

    That year when they were robbed, the family lost many things, but Lin Chunju cared most for this piece of jade.

    It wasn’t just because it was valuable; it was almost her only link to her previous life.

    But who could have imagined such a coincidence would occur?

    The Yue Family had contracted that fish pond, and this piece of jade was just at the bottom of it.

    All these days the two brothers cleaned it out with an iron shovel, and yet this small item wasn’t disposed of with the rest of the trash; it had been just pressed under the mud that was left behind.

    Could this be the legendary return of lost property to its rightful owner?