The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 717 Daiyu Acts Coquettishly

Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Jia Lian seldom comes in the morning.

The scenery of Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the morning was even more secluded. The sound of the zither came from the cool air, making Jia Lian seem to see that delicate figure from a distance.

I walked to the familiar bamboo corridor, and deliberately lowered my footsteps so as not to disturb the person playing the piano under the west window.

The intermittent sound of the piano shows that the person playing it is not serious.

With a sigh, Jia Lian, who had been standing at the door for a long time, couldn't help but laugh.

His laughter broke through the faint sadness in the room and also made the little figure sitting quietly under the west window look up.

When she saw it was him, a hint of embarrassment suddenly appeared on her pretty little face.

The figure moved, as if trying to escape from something, but in the end did not move, and scolded Jia Lian: "What are you doing standing there? You are sneaky and only know how to scare people."

"I am standing here to appreciate the beautiful music of Sister Lin."

Daiyu's face turned red. She had been distracted just now and didn't even know what she had played.

When Jia Lian said "beautiful", she felt that he was mocking him.

When faced with ridicule, Lin Daiyu always takes revenge in a timely manner.

"Hmph. What's so interesting about my piano playing? I'm not very knowledgeable. If you have the time, why don't you go find your 'beauties' and listen to them play some elegant music for you? Wouldn't that be more interesting?"

"That's different."

Jia Lian walked to Daiyu's piano table, sat down cross-legged, and looked at her with a smile.

Ever since he tricked her that day, the girl has been deliberately avoiding him these days.

I feel better today.

While secretly sighing that this girl was too shy, Jia Lian couldn't help but imagine what the situation would be like after he married this girl.

Daiyu was naturally very shy when facing Jia Lian, but she also thought, she couldn't just avoid him forever, right?

Therefore, he forced himself to sit still, not daring to look Jia Lian in the eye.

Jia Lian smiled even more. "When I was somewhere else, I heard the sound of the zither, but here with Sister Lin..."

Daiyu, who was very familiar with Jia Lian, realized immediately when she heard Jia Lian's tone that Jia Lian might say something that would make her blush and her heart beat fast.

But the curiosity and excitement in her heart forced her to fiddle with the corner of her clothes while weakly cooperating: "How about here..."

"With Sister Lin, I listen to the voice of the heart."

Although she knew that this was Jia Lian's usual routine of sweet talk to make her happy, when Daiyu heard the word "voice of the heart", she still felt her heartbeat slow down a few beats, making it difficult for her to breathe and her panting became much more obvious.

She sat quietly for two seconds, then suddenly stood up and glared at Jia Lian, saying, "Bah, sweet talk..."

After saying this, she turned around, covered her heart with one hand and ran away, determined not to let Jia Lian see her embarrassment.

But it was obviously in vain.

As soon as she stood up, Jia Lian clearly saw the red spots behind her ears and on her neck.

Jia Lian guessed that Lin Daiyu's body temperature was definitely several degrees higher at this time.

He shook his head and sighed that this girl was really not easy to tease.

Daiyu hid behind her dressing table, covering her little face and trying to calm herself down.

After a while, she found that Jia Lian had not caught up with her. She took a peek and saw that Jia Lian was sitting in the position she had just sat in, raising his hands to pluck the strings of her zither.

She was just about to mock Jia Lian for not being able to play the piano, but she broke it.

After thinking about it, he held back and instead stood up and walked to the outer room to pour Jia Lian a cup of tea.

"Here." Daiyu held the teacup in both hands and walked in front of Jia Lian.

Jia Lian raised his head to glance at Daiyu, who was trying hard to maintain a hint of pride, and then looked at the two little arms that were sticking out of her sleeves.

Indeed, Jia Lian just felt that Daiyu's arms were too white and too thin, as if they could be broken with a slight flick.

  But Daiyu thought he was looking at her hand, and Jia Lian's look of pity, to Daiyu, who was possessed by a demon at the time, seemed to be... with ulterior motives!

Unable to bear such a look, Daiyu instinctively wanted to retract her hands and hide.

The teacup fell over, and the tea instantly spilled all over Jia Lian's expensive robe, startling Daiyu.

He didn't care about the falling teacup and wanted to take out his handkerchief to wipe Jia Lian.

His hand was grabbed by a strong force. He looked up and saw Jia Lian with a panicked look on his face. He sat up and asked hurriedly, "How is it? Is it burned?"

Daiyu was so lazy that she didn't make tea for Jia Lian. She just poured warm tea from the teapot, so she wouldn't get burned.

But the concern that Jia Lian showed for her at this moment suddenly moved her.

Second Brother Lian didn't worry about burning himself at first, nor did he blame himself for spilling it all over him, but he was worried about whether he was hurt.

Daiyu is a very emotional person. The concern that Jia Lian showed in such a panic, which was not fake, made her feel loved and happy again.

Jia Lian was indeed a little anxious at the first moment.

Daiyu is a fairy who is not concerned with worldly matters. Even when she looks in the mirror, she can still admire herself more than the peach blossoms. This shows how much she cares about her appearance.

Jia Lian didn't know how sad she would be if her white, tender and flawless little hands, which had never been touched by women, were burned.

Even Jia Lian couldn't accept it, so he was so nervous.

As the tea soaked into his robe, Jia Lian naturally felt the temperature of the tea and put his worries aside.

Looking up at Daiyu who was silent and staring at him blankly, Jia Lian's heart moved. He realized that he might have inadvertently won Daiyu's favor again, and he couldn't help feeling a little proud.

But she didn't show it on her face. Instead, she continued to pretend to be concerned. While she continued to touch Daiyu's little hand, she started to blame: "Why are you so careless? What if you get burned? What will happen?"

Sure enough, at this time Daiyu didn't mind at all being held by his hand and caressed. Instead, tears welled up in her eyes, and then with a "bang", the baby swallow fell into his arms.

Holding Daiyu's petite and soft body, Jia Lian finally revealed an evil smile on his face.

He patted Daiyu's back gently, but his words were extremely serious: "Okay, okay, just be careful next time. I don't really blame you, why are you still crying?"

Daiyu had no idea that she had been completely controlled by Jia Lian. Listening to Jia Lian's words, each one more doting than the last, she felt extremely warm in her heart.

She hid in Jia Lian's arms and wiped her tears, then she managed to get out, took out her small embroidered handkerchief, squatted down and wiped Jia Lian's robe.

But the tea had already soaked it, so there was no way she could wipe it clean.

She blamed herself a little: "I'm sorry, second brother, I got your robe wet..." Jia Lian touched her head and comforted her: "It's okay, the weather is hot now anyway... Don't mention it, it feels quite cool."

Daiyu blushed and felt that Jia Lian's joke was not very funny.

She didn't say anything else, but lowered her head and carefully used the embroidered handkerchief to iron the wet spots on her robe, hoping to absorb some of the tea.

But after a few strokes, her movements slowed down.

This scene right now...

Who is Jia Lian?

As soon as he saw Daiyu's movements, he guessed that she was probably recalling the scene in her boudoir that day.

To prevent Daiyu from running away in shame, Jia Lian took the initiative to hold Daiyu's shoulders and looked at her eagerly: "Sister Lin..."

Daiyu trembled, and meeting Jia Lian's gaze, she seemed to really want to escape.

But of course she couldn't stand up with her weak strength.

He almost lost all his strength and sat on the ground, staring at Jia Lian with watery eyes: "You, you only know how to bully me..."

Jia Lian naturally couldn't bear to bully Daiyu.

If Daiyu was really shy, or insisted on allowing him to do anything excessive only after marriage, he would naturally not force her.

But at this moment, Daiyu's slight panting and lustful eyes clearly showed that her refusal was not firm.

In this way, Jia Lian's mind naturally became active.

After staring at Daiyu for three seconds, he immediately bent down, picked her up, and turned to go to her boudoir.

He knew that Daiyu would never allow him to cross the line in the outside world. Only in her boudoir could she feel a little safe.

Daiyu has been bullied by Jia Lian countless times, so how could she not understand Jia Lian's thoughts?

Seeing this, he was very anxious: "Don't! Yuhuan, sister Yuhuan is coming back..."

Jia Lian paused.

He almost forgot.

Last time, it was because Zhen Yuhuan was sensible and knew that he came to look for Daiyu, so she stayed outside on purpose, giving him the opportunity to deceive Daiyu.

Daiyu was so smart that when she saw Jia Lian was really worried, she immediately added, "The Zhen family has sent someone to take her back. She has gone to say goodbye to the old lady and her aunt, and may come back to pack her clothes at any time.

If she saw me, I would die..."

Zhen Yuhuan was sent to the Jia Mansion as a guest because Zhen's wife also had to accompany the emperor to the imperial mausoleum and was afraid that she would be lonely.

Now that Mrs. Zhen has returned to Beijing, it is only natural to send someone to pick her up.

This was also the main reason for Daiyu's previous sadness.

Although Daiyu is not used to getting along with others, for example, when she lived with Xiangyun before, the two sisters often quarreled.

But Zhen Yuhuan has a good personality and likes Daiyu, a sister who looks exactly like her, very much.

In addition, because of Jia Lian's training over the years, Daiyu is not as sensitive as she used to be.

In short, she and the Zhen Yuhuan sister get along pretty well.

She is also a person who is easily sad about the passing of time.

Now that spring is about to pass and it is time to say goodbye, she is naturally sad.

Although Jia Lian really wanted to bully Daiyu, he didn't want to be caught by others and put pressure on Daiyu.

But he felt it was a pity to let go of such a great opportunity.

So he lowered his head and looked at Daiyu affectionately, and said softly: "But, my sister Lin is so beautiful and charming, I really want to get close to her..."

"Pervert..."

Although Daiyu appeared annoyed at Jia Lian's blatant praise, she was actually very happy in her heart.

Because she was thinking about how to make Jia Lian stop, she unexpectedly hugged Jia Lian's neck with both hands and coaxed him affectionately: "My dear brother, you love me the most. If she really caught me, how can I face people in the future? Please forgive me, my dear brother~"

Oh~!

Jia Lian took a deep breath and contributed to the premature warming of the earth.

  As expected, a rare beauty like Daiyu, if she doesn’t act coquettishly, it’s fine. But once she does, she will really destroy everyone!

For a moment, Jia Lian wanted to disregard everything and eat up this beautiful girl in his arms completely.

After all, he was not completely controlled by his lower body. With his powerful will, Jia Lian looked at Daiyu with complicated eyes, and said quietly after a while: "Then, after she leaves, you can't refuse me anymore!"

Daiyu naturally didn't know that her actions to dispel Jia Lian's idea almost attracted a prehistoric beast.

But she was smart enough to detect a hint of danger from Jia Lian's brief but ever-changing expression.

Not daring to bargain with Jia Lian anymore, she nodded shyly.

In her opinion, even if Jia Lian wanted to do something to her again, that would be the limit.

Although she was extremely embarrassed the first time, after so many days of digestion, if Jia Lian really liked it, it seemed that it was not completely unacceptable...

Daiyu's character is guaranteed. She will not go back on her promise unless it is necessary.

  Jia Lian had a plan in mind and was thinking about what he could do to make it easier for him to make further progress next time, when he heard the maid's panting voice coming from outside:

"Second Master, the maid from the East Cross Courtyard came in and said that there is a young man named Xiao who wants to see you."

Jia Lian frowned.

His surname was Xiao, and he knew to look for him in the East Courtyard, so Jia Lian easily guessed who it was.

He subconsciously put Daiyu down.

As soon as Daiyu was free, she immediately stepped back several steps and looked at Jia Lian with a wary look on her face.

Seeing Jia Lian looking over, she hurriedly said, "Someone is looking for you. It might be something very important. Why don't you go and take a look?"

Daiyu was so clever and tactful that her clever look really made Jia Lian squint his eyes.

He pretended to take two steps forward to scare her, then said with a smile: "I have something else to do today, so I'll let you go for now. If you dare to refuse next time, I'll show you how I'll deal with you."

Daiyu pouted, but was smart enough not to talk back at this time.