Chapter 1,209: Something to Ask For

But Zhou Dong also has all these things, and he doesn't lack anything at all. The reason why he took so much effort to cure him is just because he wants something very special from the old man.

"Haha, old man, you actually misunderstood. The reason why I cured your illness is not because you want to repay me, but I do have something to ask for, which is not as noble as you think."

The old man did not have any doubts about Zhou Dong's words, but he liked his straightforward character very much.

"Haha, young man, I like your straightforward character. If you have anything to say, just say it directly. I also like to deal with such people, but you tell me, what do you want?"

The old man stared at Zhou Dong with a kind face, as if he had regarded him as an old friend.

Zhou Dong's eyes were already fixed on the old man's neck, and he had a strong interest in the jade.

"Old uncle, actually I did this for the jade on your neck."

Hearing Zhou Dong's words, the old man had already lowered his head to look at his treasure.

There was a crystal clear jade hanging around his neck, which looked very pleasing to the eye, but there was a crack in the middle.

As soon as his eyes touched this thing, the old man's thoughts had drifted back to the distance, as if he had remembered many stories, and seemed to be very nostalgic for this thing.

In short, Zhou Dong read a trace of complex emotions from his eyes, and secretly thought in his heart that this thing must be very important to the old man, and it might take some effort to take it down.

Sure enough, the old man looked at the jade on his neck, gently reached out and cut it off, held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, and his face became heavy.

Zhou Dong also knew that this thing was very important to the old man, so he let him look at it quietly for a long time, and did not rush to disturb him.

The room suddenly became quiet, an old man looked at the jade in his hand, and a young man stood beside him looking at the old man. The scene seemed very strange.

If someone who didn't know the truth saw it, he would be very surprised and wondered what the old and the young were doing.

But only the two parties could understand the mood at this moment.

After a long silence, the old man finally spoke in a deep voice.

"I have always carried this thing with me as a treasure. It was left to me by my mother a long time ago, and I have been carrying it since I was a child. When I was a child, my mother told me that this jade was blessed and could help me resist major disasters."

As the old man talked about the past, he began to sigh, looking at a place on the window, and his thoughts seemed to have returned to a distant place.

He remembered that afternoon when he was a child, his mother took out a very beautiful thing and put it on his neck, and said something to him.

"I still can't forget the scene when my mother gave me the jade that day. Although she has left me for dozens of years now, every time I see this thing, I feel as if she is still by my side, which makes me feel very at ease."

Zhou Dong listened, and felt a sense of emotion in his heart, thinking to himself, this may be the power of maternal love.

"Grandpa, are there any interesting stories between this jade and you? If you have time, you might as well tell me all of them. I am also very interested."

Zhou Dong saw that the old man's thoughts had fallen into memories. He didn't want to break such a beautiful atmosphere, so he deliberately said this to let him vent his inner feelings.

The old man seemed to understand Zhou Dong's meaning, turned his head and looked at him with a grateful look, and then continued to talk.

"You're right. This jade did save my life. That incident happened too suddenly. I survived the disaster. Everyone thought it was a miracle. Only my mother thought that it was the jade on my body that worked, so she has regarded it as more important since then."

"And since that incident, my mother has always asked me to carry this thing with me and never take it off. I have to keep it with me all the time. She asked me to take care of it, saying that we are now dependent on each other. It can protect my safety, and I can also protect it."

The old man's story was very exciting, and Zhou Dong couldn't help but listen to it in a trance. He stared at the old man with his big eyes, and his emotions were already immersed in the story.

"Old man, then you must have had some special and wonderful experiences with this jade?" Zhou Dong asked again at a very timely moment.

"Yes," the old man nodded again and continued, "That time I went out to play with a few friends. Who knew that when we were having fun, a big truck suddenly rushed out from behind."

"Because we were too young, we didn't realize the danger at all, and because we were having too much fun, we didn't notice that the big truck rushed over and swept my friends in. When I came to my senses, my friends were gone."

The old man's face showed a very sad look, and Zhou Dong's mood also dimmed.

It sounds like this is not a very pleasant story. Zhou Dong also felt sorry for those children and sighed deeply.

"Finally, the big truck rushed over, and I saw several bloody bodies on the ground. They had been crushed by the big truck and were almost unrecognizable. At that time, I suddenly froze there, and I was completely stunned!"

"After a long time, several adults rushed out crying and took away the bodies of my friends, but my spirit was strongly stimulated, and the tragic scenes kept appearing in my mind. My mother was afraid that something would happen to me, so she kept holding me tightly in her arms."

"It's strange to say that when we were playing that time, I was standing at the outermost place. If it were normal, the truck should have rolled me in, but I miraculously survived. I couldn't figure it out, and finally I could only think it was the magic of jade."

After the old man finished speaking, he fell into deep contemplation again. He wanted to recall the things that happened in the past, which touched his emotions again, and made him fall into a period of sadness and nostalgia.

Zhou Dong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the room fell into a period of silence again.

The two did not speak for a long time, but Zhou Dong finally spoke first.