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Chapter 133 - 133 132 The Turning Point is Today_1

133: Chapter 132: The Turning Point is Today_1 133: Chapter 132: The Turning Point is Today_1 Lu Chuan froze for a moment, then said with an embarrassed face, “Abbess, this seems a bit inappropriate…”

Abbess Yanyue stared at Lu Chuan and asked, “What’s inappropriate?”

Lu Chuan retorted, “Isn’t the abbess intending to entrust her daughter to me?”

Abbess Yanyue swept her whisk towards him, sending Lu Chuan flying four or five meters away.

“The Lu family members really are all full of filthy thoughts.

My daughter is already in her forties, married, and her daughter is even twenty years old.

Do you also want her?”

Lu Chuan, bearing the pain, climbed up from the ground and looked at Abbess Yanyue with an embarrassed face, saying, “Sorry, I misunderstood, Abbess.

Then what would you like me to do?”

Abbess Yanyue let out a cold snort, reining in her anger, and said, “My daughter is Madam Tang Shouli of the Tang family in Qingyang City, Jiangnan Province.

Their family has made a fortune from real estate and now can be considered the leading family in Qingyang City.

I have recently divined that their family has encountered some trouble.

If you help them resolve this trouble, I will return Benefactor Gu’s lifespan.”

Lu Chuan asked in confusion, “Abbess, with your vast Divine Skills, why don’t you go help them resolve the trouble yourself?”

Abbess Yanyue said indifferently, “I haven’t meddled in worldly affairs for many years, and I’ve also lost contact with this daughter long ago.

Asking you to help them is nothing more than settling a bit of my own concern.”

Lu Chuan thought to himself that the way she had just threatened to kill his grandfather didn’t look at all like she was uninvolved with worldly affairs—it was as if she was completely entangled in them and couldn’t extricate herself.

He didn’t dare say much and quickly agreed, “Alright, I’ll head to Qingyang City right away.”

Abbess Yanyue glared at him and said, “Don’t think I’m creating trouble for you.

Helping my daughter resolve her trouble is also an opportunity for you.

You’re on the verge of a breakthrough, and everything you need can be found in Qingyang City.”

Lu Chuan’s eyes lit up, and he quickly bowed, “Thank you, Abbess!”

Abbess Yanyue scoffed and said, “Don’t thank me.

Any benefit comes with a price.”

As soon as the words left her mouth, a Jade Talisman shot towards Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan quickly reached out to catch it, feeling a unique power on the Jade Talisman, which was extraordinary.

“Keep this Jade Talisman safe.

When you find your grandfather in the future, crush it in front of him.

No matter where you are at that time, I will be able to sense it.

This is the second requirement if you want Benefactor Gu to regain her lifespan.”

The excitement on Lu Chuan’s face suddenly extinguished, and the Jade Talisman in his hand felt hot to the touch.

But for Gu Hongzhuang’s sake, he had no choice but to dupe his own grandfather.

“Okay, when I find my grandfather, I will do as requested.”

Abbess Yanyue nodded, “Benefactor Gu will stay here with me for the time being.

You may leave now.”

Lu Chuan turned his head to glance at the room where Sister Hong was staying, and called out seriously, “Sister Hong, trust me, I will restore you to your original self soon!”

Afterwards, he looked at Abbess Yanyue and asked, “May I know what trouble your daughter has encountered?”

Abbess Yanyue said, “You will know once you get there.”

Lu Chuan stopped talking, bowed to Abbess Yanyue, grabbed the wheelchair and personal belongings he had brought with him, and started walking down the mountain.

On the road, Lu Chuan toyed with a bank card, muttering to himself, “Luckily, I’ve always kept this bank card on me.

It didn’t get lost when I fell into the water, so I don’t have to worry too much about money.

Otherwise, I’d even have to borrow the travel expenses to Qingyang City from Brother Zhang.”

“Zhang Youde and his family are life-savers for Sister Hong and me.

Now that I am leaving, I should give them some compensation.

Time is limited, so I’ll withdraw some money for them.”

…

Evening.

In Zhang Youde’s home.

Zhang Youde and his wife were calculating this month’s income.

Zhang Youde frowned as he worked through the numbers, “Our expenses were a bit high this month.

Considering the money spent on Lu Chuan’s medicine, we haven’t saved a penny, and we still need to return the wheelchair to Brother Wang’s family.

Looks like we’ll have to tighten our belts again next month, sigh…”

Zhang Youde’s wife, looking helpless, said, “Money isn’t the big issue; the key concern is that Hongzhuang and Lu Chuan have been up the mountain for four days without sending any word back.

If something happened to them, how could we live with ourselves?”

Zhang Youde suddenly became furious, “It’s all Huahua’s fault for bringing up that nunnery.

Now look what’s happened; Lu Chuan must have been harmed by that wicked nun!”

Zhang Youde’s wife replied, “Enough, Huahua meant well.

These past few days, her eyes have swollen from crying.

She even wanted to go up the mountain to look for Hongzhuang and Lu Chuan.

If I hadn’t stopped her, you’d have lost your daughter too.

You should say less.”

Zhang Youde let out a sigh and fell silent.

His wife took out a needle and thread to mend a piece of clothing belonging to Zhang Huahua.

“It’s been three years since we last bought new clothes for Huahua.

Who knows when these days of poverty will end.”

Zhang Huahua stood outside the door, her face filled with guilt as she overheard the conversation inside.

Tearfully, she walked outside, wanting to clear her mind in the courtyard.

“Sister Gu, Big Brother Lu Chuan, it’s all my fault; I’ve caused harm to you.”

Zhang Huahua, full of self-reproach, made her way into the courtyard.

As soon as she turned on the courtyard light, she froze in shock.

She saw the wheelchair that Gu Hongzhuang had taken, now quietly stationed in the center of the courtyard.

On the wheelchair were stacked several black plastic bags, and atop the highest one was a piece of paper.

Thinking she was seeing things, Zhang Huahua quickly rubbed her eyes.

Once she confirmed that it was indeed the wheelchair Gu Hongzhuang had taken, she hurried over.

“Sister Gu, Big Brother Lu Chuan, is it you who have come back?”

Zhang Huahua called out a few times but received no response.

She took the paper from the black plastic bag and read the numerous words written on it.

“Big Brother Zhang, sister-in-law, Huahua, thank you for saving me and Hongzhuang.

The abbess on the mountain is very powerful and has healed my wounds.

You no longer have to worry about the two of us.

As I still have very important matters to attend to, I could not say goodbye in person, so please accept this five million in cash as my gratitude to your family.

May we meet again if fate allows it!”

The note was signed with Lu Chuan’s name.

After reading it, Zhang Huahua opened one of the black plastic bags and was stunned at the sight of stack upon stack of bright red banknotes.

“Dad!

Mom!

Come quickly!”

Hearing her cries, Zhang Youde and his wife came out to the courtyard.

“What is it, girl?” Zhang Youde asked.

Zhang Huahua handed the piece of paper to Zhang Youde and his wife.

The husband and wife both looked shocked after reading the letter.

Zhang Youde had originally been skeptical, but upon seeing the wheelchair loaded with bag after bag of cash, he was too excited to speak.

“Dad, Mom, Sister Gu and Big Brother Lu Chuan are safe, that’s really great…”

The family of three hugged each other and all started to cry with excitement.

…

Qingyang City.

Tang Residence.

In a spacious bedroom.

The Tang Family Patriarch, Tang Shouli, currently lay on the bed, his breath weak.

His eyes were black, his lips pale, and his complexion sallow.

If he weren’t still breathing, anyone would mistake him for a dead man.

Many people were standing by the bed, all high-ranking members of the Tang family, among them two extraordinarily beautiful women, one older and one younger, who drew the most attention.

Tang Shouli weakly lifted his hand and pointed to the older of the two women, radiant and maturely charming, and asked, “Yundie, how are things at Cloud Mists Villa?”

The beautiful woman known as Yundie sighed and answered, “There are all sorts of rumors outside saying Cloud Mists Villa is haunted, that it has bad feng shui.

Even those who paid a deposit are now coming back to ask for refunds.”

“We invested a huge amount in this project, and with this kind of disturbance, I’m afraid the project will hardly be able to continue.

Our Tang family’s financial chain will soon run into issues.

If this goes on for too long, I’m afraid…”

The senior members of the Tang family all looked dejected.

Although the Tang family could be said to call the wind and summon the rain in Qingyang City, precisely because of that, countless eyes were watching them like tigers stalking their prey.

Now that such a serious problem had arisen with the Cloud Mists Villa project, those who had long been dissatisfied with the Tang family might very well add fuel to the fire from behind the scenes.

One misstep, and the Tang family could fall from grace and never recover.

Upon hearing this, Tang Shouli’s face grew even grimmer as he lamented, “Could it be that the Tang family will really be ruined under my watch?”

At that moment, a girl much younger than Yundie, who looked rather fragile and carried an air of literary grace, stood up and addressed Yundie, “Mom, didn’t Grandma leave you two life-saving brocades when she passed away?

Now that our family is facing such a calamity, aren’t you willing to take them out and see?”

She was Tang Shouli and Yundie’s daughter, Tang Yurou.

Upon hearing this, Yundie’s eyebrows immediately knitted tightly together, obviously reluctant to take out those two brocades.

Then Tang Shouli said, “Yundie, I know you hold a lot of resentment toward your mother, but the survival of the Tang family is at stake.

Just take out those two brocades.”

With a sigh, Yundie replied, “Alright, I’ll get the brocades.”

Shortly, Yundie brought back two brocades.

Everyone gathered around, expectantly waiting for Yundie to find a way to save the Tang family from the brocades.

Yundie opened the first brocade and took out a piece of paper.

The message on it read, “The turning point is today.”

Everyone’s brows furrowed at once.

“The turning point is today?

What does that mean?

Does it mean that if we had opened this brocade earlier, the Tang family could have welcomed their turning point earlier?” one person quipped.

Yundie herself frowned and mumbled, “Could she be playing a joke on me?”

Tang Shouli, lying on the bed, however, was visibly pleased and said, “The turning point is today, doesn’t that mean that my Tang family will welcome a turning point today?”

Everyone was speechless, feeling that Tang Shouli was being foolish.

Yundie rolled her eyes at Tang Shouli and said, “Only you would completely trust her words.”

Tang Shouli responded, “Your mother was a person of Divine Skills, of course, I believe her words.”

Without a word, Yundie opened the second brocade.

It read: “Let Yurou ＃＃ a man with the surname Lu.”

Because the paper was so old, the two characters in the middle were blurred and unreadable.

“What does this mean?” Yundie was completely puzzled.

The surrounding people were also bewildered.

After reading it herself, Tang Yurou said, “Let me what a man with the surname Lu?

Was this brocade left especially for me?”

Stretching out his hand, Tang Shouli said, “Let me have a look.”

Yundie passed the paper over.

After looking at it for a long time, Tang Shouli suddenly shouted, “I’ve got it!”

Everyone turned their eyes towards him.

Yundie quickly asked, “What do you know?

Speak quickly.”

With a smile, Tang Shouli said, “The message on this paper must only be ‘Let Yurou marry a man with the surname Lu!'”

Tang Yurou was immediately taken aback, “Marry a man with the surname Lu?

Why?”

Tang Shouli said, “Your grandmother had Divine Skills.

If she said this, she must have had her reasons.”

Yundie muttered to herself, “But I seem to remember her having a strong dislike for people with the surname Lu.

Could I be remembering wrong?”

As they were discussing the meaning of the two brocades, a servant ran in.

“Master, Mistress, there is a man named Lu Chuan at the door asking to see you.”

All present were taken aback.

Excitement spread across Tang Shouli’s face.

“The turning point is today, my mother-in-law really never lied!”

“Hurry and invite him in!”