Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

Chapter 504 Jade Pendant

"No... No, you misunderstood."

Seeing the surprise in Xu Changping's eyes that was hard to conceal, Yang Xiaoyue's heart panicked. Her face flushed slightly, her eyes flickered, and she waved her hands to explain, somewhat at a loss.

Seeing Yang Xiaoyue denying so eagerly, the surprised expression on Xu Changping's face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a calm look.

He raised his eyebrows slightly and asked calmly, "Is that so? Where did you see this picture?"

Although deep down he was full of curiosity and desire for the treasure that the map pointed to, in fact, what really fascinated him was the ups and downs and exciting process of searching for the treasure.

Yang Xiaoyue frowned and fell into deep thought. After a long while, she raised her head as if waking up from a dream and slowly said:

"It should be in my father's study. Once, when my father was not at home, I sneaked into the study to play and accidentally found this picture on the desk. The pattern on it is very unique. I thought it was interesting, so I couldn't help but take a few more glances."

"Your father's study?" Xu Changping's mind quickly emerged with the place where Yang Xiaoyue and her sister had lived before, but he could not figure out how the place looked like a study.

Yang Xiaoyue noticed Xu Changping's doubts and quickly explained, "Oh, I'm not talking about the compound in Jiangjun Hutong where I lived before. I didn't live here when I was a child. At that time, my family lived in Haicheng.

I still remember that we had a very big house with a beautiful garden behind it. Every spring, the flowers in the garden were in full bloom and exuded charming fragrance. My father's study was in that big house.

All of this was what she had glimpsed from her original body's memories.

In those memories, she clearly witnessed the painful scene when her original mother died of childbirth complications, as well as the mental journey of her original father gradually falling into a state of decadence.

Time flies. For unknown reasons, one day, the original body's father seemed to have made a sudden decision. He resolutely took the original body and her sister away from their hometown, traveled a long distance to the prosperous and bustling Sijiu City, and finally settled in a large courtyard in Jiangjun Hutong.

"So that's how it is!" Xu Changping nodded thoughtfully, with a look of sudden enlightenment on his face, but he did not continue to ask about the real reason behind Yang Xiaoyue's family coming to Sijiu City.

He changed the subject and focused his attention on the map on the coffee table, asking, "Regarding this map, can you still remember the pattern of the missing place on it?"

Yang Xiaoyue's eyes fell on the map in front of her, and she began to search carefully in the ocean of memories deep in her mind.

Not long after, she stretched out her finger and pointed accurately to an empty spot on the map, and said in a firm tone:

"I remember that there should be a three-finger-pointing mountain shape here, and next to it there is a pattern that looks like a winding river. The river is very special, with nine bends and eighteen turns on a flat land."

Hearing this, Xu Changping narrowed his eyes slightly in the direction Yang Xiaoyue pointed: "Isn't there any specific landmark information such as representative places or iconic buildings clearly marked on this map?"

Facing the question raised by Xu Changping, Yang Xiaoyue pondered for a moment, then shook her head gently to express her denial: "I really don't have that."

Xu Changping frowned slightly, and after a moment of deep thought, he slowly said, "According to what you said, if we just restore the original map, I'm afraid we still can't determine the exact location. After all, without a clear location guide, it's as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack."

"Forget it if we can't find it. Even if we find it, we won't be able to use it anyway." Yang Xiaoyue seemed quite indifferent and detached, as if she didn't care much about these so-called material possessions. She shrugged lightly, with a light smile on her face.

Just when Xu Changping was about to say something else, the system's clear and pleasant voice suddenly came from his mind: "Host, the task you entrusted has been completed. I have already asked someone to carve the jade pendant."

Upon hearing this news, Xu Changping's face lit up with joy, and he immediately changed the subject and said, "Oh, I almost forgot. I have already asked someone to help me make a fake of the jade pendant you gave me today."

As he was speaking, Xu Changping quickly stood up and walked hurriedly towards where the shoulder bag was hanging.

He seemed to be casually reaching into the bag to take something, but in fact, he used the bag's cover to stealthily take out two identical jade pendants from the system space.

"So fast?" Yang Xiaoyue's face was full of surprise. She quickly stretched out her hands and carefully took the two jade pendants handed over by Xu Changping.

She held it in her palm, turning it over and over and examining it carefully for a long time, but for a moment she could not tell which one was the jade pendant she originally owned.

"It just so happened that the sculptor had a jade pendant that was very similar to yours. He simply made some minor changes to the original jade pendant and it was done in a short time."

Xu Changping made up these lies without blinking an eye, and his expression and heart rate remained calm as he spoke.

"It's such a coincidence? But this person's craftsmanship is really good! I carefully distinguished them for a long time, but I still couldn't figure out which one is my original jade pendant!"

Yang Xiaoyue's face was full of surprise, and she lowered her head again to look at it carefully.

After a long while, she hesitantly picked out one of the two jade pendants and gently placed it on the coffee table in front of her.

"Didn't you successfully identify it?" Xu Changping raised the corners of his mouth slightly, looked at the jade pendant tightly held in her hand with a smile, and said jokingly.

"I can recognize it because I left my own unique aura on this jade pendant. It's not as easy to distinguish as you said!" Yang Xiaoyue glanced at Xu Changping coquettishly and retorted unhappily.