The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 711 Daiyu Washes the Handkerchief

Zijuan is a smart girl.

Whenever Jia Lian came to see Daiyu, she would consciously wait outside, firstly so that she could be summoned when her master needed her, and secondly to prevent ignorant little maids from barging in.

She could roughly guess what Daiyu meant by playing the piano in the room. Later, the sound of the piano stopped. Zijuan thought that Jia Lian had woken up, and she guessed that Jia Lian would come out soon.

Mr. Lian usually doesn't stay in the girl's room for a long time.

But today seems a little different.

While Zijuan was feeding the birds on the corridor, she was trying hard to listen to the noises in the room. But after she had fed all the birds, she realized that the room was still eerily quiet.

The more suspicious she became, the more she decided to take a sneak peek at the situation in the house.

I peeked inside from the open window. No one was on the couch, at the desk, or next to the guqin...

With a bad feeling in her heart, Zijuan quickly went back into the house. As expected, there was no one in the outer room. Her eyes were almost instantly fixed on the tightly closed inner door.

It goes without saying that Master Lian and the young lady must be in the inner room!

What are they doing in the inner room...

Zijuan walked around the room quietly, making sure that the two masters had definitely gone into the inner room and probably locked the door.

She didn't dare to push the door because she wasn't sure what Jia Lian and Daiyu were doing inside. If they were disturbed as she suspected, it would not be good for her.

I stood three steps away from the inner room door and listened for a while. What was reassuring was that I didn't hear any sounds that shouldn't have happened...

Zijuan blushed a little. In fact, she didn't know what kind of sound would be made if Mr. Lian and the girl were really doing that.

After hesitating for a long time and having a lot of ideological struggles in her heart, Zijuan finally decided to quietly withdraw and keep watch outside for her girl.

"Rhododendron."

The sudden voice brought Zijuan back to her senses. When she saw the person coming, she was startled at first, then relieved, and hurriedly greeted, "Mother Wang..."

Nanny Wang glanced at Zijuan, then glanced at Daiyu's room and asked, "Is the young lady in the room?"

"They are here...Mr. Lian is here to see the girl, they are all inside..."

"The Marquis is here too. Steward Lin just happened to tell me something about a few properties in Suzhou. I was just trying to make up my mind..."

As Nanny Wang said this, she was about to go in and find Jia Lian and Daiyu to return the message.

As Daiyu's wet nurse, Nanny Wang can be considered Daiyu's elder.

Although Lin Ruhai asked Jia Lian to manage the Lin family's inheritance, Jia Lian did not have that much energy, so the actual managers of the Lin family's inheritance have always been the family of Lin Zhong, the old steward of the Lin family.

Of course, most of the most important property deeds, such as land deeds, which were valuable and portable, were brought back to the Jia family by Daiyu, who gave them to Nanny Wang for safekeeping.

After all, Lin Zhong was a stranger, and Daiyu didn't like to deal with mundane affairs, so most small matters were discussed and resolved by Lin Zhong and Nanny Wang.

Nanny Wang was also an honest person. Although she noticed that Zijuan was not in a good mental state, she did not think too much about it. After all, it was normal for Jia Lian to come and talk to Daiyu.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she moved her feet, Zijuan stopped her in front of her, with a sad look on her face: "Well, if mom has something to say, let's talk about it later... Second Master and Miss are talking about important things, no, it's inconvenient to disturb..."

It was difficult for Zijuan. First, Nanny Wang was Daiyu's close friend, so it was inconvenient to deceive her. Second, everyone in Xiaoxiang Pavilion knew that Jia Lian had come to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, so it was impossible to hide it. Finally, from Nanny Wang's point of view, Zijuan felt that even if she knew something, she would not say it carelessly.

As expected, no matter how dull Nanny Wang was, she was an experienced person after all. After hearing what Zijuan said and looking at her expression, it was clear that she could guess something.

She stopped in her tracks, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes. She glanced at the room and Zijuan, nodded silently, and turned to go to her room.

Unlike Zijuan, who paid attention to the movements in the room from beginning to end, she did not think too much about it and just thought that Jia Lian and Daiyu were doing something intimate in the room.

  This is perfectly normal. Young men and women are engaged, so what does it matter as long as others don't say anything?

However, Xiao Yu'er lost her mother when she was young, and no one taught her, so she probably didn't understand the relationship between men and women. If she angered the Marquis because of her ignorance, it would be detrimental to her future position.

I think the responsibility of teaching should naturally fall on me, the wet nurse.

I had originally thought that I would teach my son a lesson after they were done with the mourning period and were actually getting married. But now it seems that I should consider this matter sooner rather than later.

At the door, Zijuan felt relieved when she saw Nanny Wang leave without saying a word. She also cheered up.

  It would be fine if the Second Master and the girl didn't do anything out of line, but if they did, and someone saw them, it would be a disaster. So, you must keep an eye on the door and don't be distracted!

……

Daiyu's fragrant room seemed a little dim at this time.

Jia Lian stood bent over beside the bed, looking at Daiyu who was wrapped tightly in a quilt on the bed, with a heartwarming smile on his face.

"Sister Lin, what's wrong with you?"

"..."

"Sister Lin?" "Go away..."

A sound like a mosquito came out. Even through the quilt, Jia Lian could imagine how embarrassed the little girl's face was at this moment.

"Didn't you say before that you had prepared a birthday present for me? How can I leave if you don't give it to me?"

There was no response. Jia Lian was not annoyed at all. Instead, he sat down on the bed and talked to himself: "Okay, I understand. Just now, I will regard what happened as Sister Lin's birthday gift to me. Hehe, I like Sister Lin's little hand very much..."

It was not known whether Jia Lian's words triggered some incredible mechanism, but a delicate cry of "Ah" was heard, and then the quilt suddenly "stood up" and hit Jia Lian's body repeatedly. Faintly, some angry words such as "Don't say it" and "Go away" could be heard from inside.

Jia Lian was forced to leave the bed. Looking at the "Daiyu stuffed quilt bag" whose appearance could not be seen even after she sat up, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

He had originally carried Daiyu into the inner room, just to see if he could do something more intimate with her. Unexpectedly, Daiyu seemed unapproachable, but in fact, she was so easy to coax.

Under his emotional and logical persuasion, and his coaxing and deception, Daiyu actually agreed to his "compromise" reluctantly.

Daiyu has a pair of slender, small, beautiful and flawless hands, which Jia Lian likes very much. Whenever he has the chance, he always likes to hold them in his hands and play with them.

But Daiyu was shy, and even such opportunities were rare.

  Therefore, he could hardly imagine Daiyu serving him as obediently as Qingwen. He even dared not even mention it before, because he was afraid that Daiyu would regard him as a pervert, a pervert, or a hooligan, and would beat him out and not see him for a month!

He had just woken up from a sleep and saw Daiyu sitting by the window playing the piano with her ten tender jade fingers dancing gracefully. He couldn't help but feel strange thoughts in his heart.

It was just a thought at first, but Daiyu's reaction after he caressed her made him feel that there was a slight chance that his dream would come true.

So, he took great pains to find an opportunity to take Daiyu to her most private and safest boudoir...

It actually worked! Although Daiyu's technique was completely incomparable to Qingwen's, Daiyu even tilted her head and closed her eyes almost the entire time.

However, just looking at the fairy-like Lin Daiyu, who seemed to be out of touch with the world, kneeling beside the couch with a shy face, clearly extremely ashamed, but still serving him obediently as promised, the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction was not enough to be described in words.

I know that Daiyu is extremely embarrassed. If I stay to tease her, I'm afraid she will suffocate herself in the quilt.

Therefore, Jia Lian gave her one final instruction, asking her not to forget to come to his courtyard for a drink in the evening, and then he left this paradise-like place with an extremely smug smile.

Today, Daiyu has made a huge breakthrough. Is it not long before she unlocks more skills in the future?

When he walked outside, he saw Zijuan, the gatekeeper, staring at him with a scrutinizing look. Jia Lian didn't bother with her. He just gave her an indescribable smile and walked away.

Zijuan originally wanted to ask Jia Lian if he had bullied them, but facing Jia Lian's "dangerous" smile, she couldn't utter a single word.

Seeing Jia Lian walking away in a leisurely manner, she didn't care about anything else and rushed into the house immediately.

When he came to the inner room, he immediately heard Daiyu's delicate voice: "Why don't you leave? If you don't leave, I will ask Zijuan to chase you away!"

Zijuan looked at the "quilt" that suddenly stood up from the bed like a Buddha statue, and asked blankly: "Girl?"

Silence. After a while, the Buddha statue's cloak opened, revealing Daiyu's dishevelled hair, which was messy but did not affect her beauty at all.

"he's gone?"

"Ah."

Silence to each other.

"girl……"

"Go out first and leave me alone for a while!"

Zijuan was disobedient: "Girl, you and the Second Master...?"

It's no wonder Zijuan thought too much. Looking at Daiyu, who looked like she had been humiliated and was sitting on the bed in a daze, combined with the way Jia Lian looked when he left, it seemed like it had definitely happened.

How could Daiyu not understand Zijuan's little thoughts? She said angrily, "You don't even listen to me now? You don't want to go out, right? Then just stay here!"

After saying that, Daiyu just lay down with the quilt, ignoring everyone.

Zijuan stood there awkwardly. Actually, it was her inexperience. If it were Nanny Wang, she would have seen Daiyu's spirit and energy at the moment and would have immediately known that nothing had happened.

After all, considering Daiyu's age and physique, if she really got sick, she would be so fragile and weak that the maid would be too weak to help her up.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Daiyu really ignored her, Zijuan had no choice but to go out with a heavy heart.

Zijuan didn't know that not long after she left the house, a small figure also slipped out of the room.

However, she did not follow Zijuan through the front door, but instead sneaked through the back door to the back, where the maids usually washed clothes.

She looked around to make sure there was no one around, then she blushed and took out a crumpled handkerchief from her bosom. The handkerchief was obviously well-made, and you could vaguely see the pattern of white hibiscus embroidered on it.

Moreover, this handkerchief seemed to have some magical power. Jiaoren only took a look at it and felt like she couldn't even stand steadily. She hurriedly held onto the beam next to her to stabilize her body. Then she took a deep breath, tightly grasped the handkerchief in her little hand, took it to the sink, and quietly washed it...