The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Xiangyun, who had let go of her worries, returned to her former innocent self. After releasing Baochai's arm, she snorted at Jia Lian, "Second Brother Lian, don't try to change the subject! You shouldn't be the one asking me questions today; we should be the ones asking you.

Tell me, how did you manage to get our sister Bao without saying a word? "

Xiangyun's bold and direct words made Yingchun and others laugh.

They had been chasing after Baochai almost the entire day today, and had teased her countless times, either directly or implicitly.

But they were somewhat hesitant to make fun of Jia Lian directly like Xiangyun did.

Even if they knew, Jia Lian might not care about them.

Jia Lian really didn't seem to mind Xiangyun's offense, and even glanced at Baochai with a smile. This glance made Baochai, who was already a little embarrassed, lower her head even more.

"It's not impossible to talk about it."

Jia Lian withdrew his gaze, looked at the little girl Xiangyun who had not yet fully grown up, and said with a smile: "Telling you my method in advance can also be regarded as providing you with experience, so that when you meet that young man in the future, you will not be so easily deceived by him."

When Jia Lian said this, Xiangyun, who had originally stood with her hands on her hips and chest puffed out, looking like she was interrogating someone, suddenly broke down.

Her round face turned red in an instant, her little mouth slightly opened, and she stared at Jia Lian with both shyness and anger, but in the end she couldn't say a word.

The others burst out laughing when they saw this, thinking that Yun girl was not only bold but also overestimating her own abilities.

He actually tried to make fun of Second Brother Lian, so it was reasonable and expected that he would fight back.

Seeing that Xiangyun was speechless, Tanchun said, "Second brother, stop laughing and answer Xiangyun's question."

As she spoke, Tanchun pretended to smile coquettishly and said, "I've noticed that something is wrong between you and Sister Bao a long time ago. It's a pity that you both refused to admit it and kept it a secret from us!"

With Xiangyun and Tanchun taking the lead, everyone else looked at Jia Lian with curiosity and anticipation, including the maids in the corner.

Facing the looks of the maids, Jia Lian remained calm. He even keenly noticed that Daiyu's face was about to be embarrassed, so he quietly raised his left hand to the table and quietly took Daiyu's hand that was resting on it.

“There’s nothing to say actually.

Everyone loves beauty, and I am no exception.

Of course I can see that your sister Bao is so beautiful, well-educated and sensible.

But I was too busy, and your sister Bao was a cold beauty who didn't easily get close to others, so in the two years since she came to our house, I rarely had the opportunity to talk to her, let alone coax her."

Seeing that Jia Lian was really willing to humble himself and chat with these sisters about his "experience in picking up girls", Yingchun and others all sat down on their benches and waited to watch.

Of course, many people noticed Jia Lian's action of secretly holding Daiyu's hand, but they pretended not to see it and did not dare to show anything strange.

Everyone knows that Daiyu is thin-skinned. If she leaves in anger, wouldn't it be a disappointment?

Only Tanchun did not seem to be afraid of offending Daiyu. She stared at Jia Lian's big hand that was tightly holding Daiyu's small hand, and felt that Jia Lian's five fingers were so slender, white, well-proportioned and strong.

So he added fuel to the fire and laughed, "Sister Lin is still here. Second brother is praising Sister Bao like this. Aren't you afraid that Sister Lin will get jealous?"

Just as Tanchun saw, Daiyu had already become jealous when everyone was making fun of Jia Lian and Baochai.

Before Jia Lian was not around, everyone was making fun of Baochai, and she felt relieved and secretly happy. But now that Jia Lian was around, she felt uncomfortable whenever she saw Jia Lian looking at Baochai with the same look he gave her.

She wanted to get up and leave several times, but she had some concerns. She was afraid that after she left, people would talk about her, saying that she was "really stingy" and "not as sensible as Sister Bao" and so on.

Then she found that her little hand was held down by Jia Lian.

Looking back, she found that although Jia Lian was talking to everyone, he was holding her hand tightly.

She suddenly felt better, thinking that Jia Lian was still paying attention to her even in such a situation.

Although it was not the first time that Jia Lian expressed his affection and love for her in public, out of shyness as a girl, she still symbolically withdrew her hand.

Unexpectedly, the damn third girl suddenly turned her anger on her.

Seeing everyone's eyes turn to Tanchun's words, Daiyu took back her hand with all her strength. Thinking that in the past year or so, Tanchun was the most cunning and liked to lead the way in making fun of her, so she stared at Tanchun for two seconds and suddenly said:

"Why should I be jealous? Sister Bao is prettier than me, and more educated and well-mannered than me, but there are many people in this world who are prettier than me, and more educated and well-mannered than me, so I don't need to be jealous of every one of them.

On the contrary, you are probably dissatisfied with him finding you another sister-in-law, thinking that she will not love you as much as before, so you are acting out of character today and joining Yun Yatou and the others in finding ways to make things difficult for Bao Jiejie."

Uh……

Everyone was speechless, because Daiyu's sudden "outburst" was beyond their expectations.

In the past, Daiyu was often teased by Tanchun and others like this, but every time, Daiyu either walked away in shame or pretended to be angry and ignored them.

Has it ever been like this, eye to eye, nose to nose, fighting back?

Tanchun was also confused and blushed for a moment, hesitatingly saying, "No, I didn't..."

"No? Then why did you bully Sister Bao today?"

Daiyu opened her eyes wide in confusion. She even held Baochai's arm affectionately, as if to say, it's okay that you bullied me before, but now you want to bully such a good person like Bao-sister, what kind of people are you?

Everyone was speechless, and couldn't help but reflect on whether they had gone too far in making fun of Baochai before.

Baochai, whose arm was held by Daiyu, also turned around and looked at her, with a hint of surprise in her bright eyes.

Jia Lian, who was standing aside, was smiling and did not interrupt the maids when they were talking.

He was even very pleased when he saw that Daiyu was in complete control of the situation and had left Tanchun and others speechless.

My girl has really grown up and now knows how to deal with these difficult sisters-in-law.

We cannot let Daiyu's west wind completely overwhelm the east wind, so when the situation calmed down a little, Jia Lian continued:

"I am your brother and I am smart. I thought your sister Bao was hard to approach, so I decided to start with your aunt.

My aunt and her family have moved to Beijing, and they are unfamiliar with the place, so I can help them in many ways.

As a result of my earnest flattery, my aunt's affection for me grew greatly, and she often summoned me to her house for drinks.

After a few interactions, I felt the time was right, so I implicitly expressed my feelings for Sister Baochai to my aunt.

Naturally, my aunt was reluctant at first, but later, perhaps moved by my sincerity, she actually agreed.

You all should know that your sister Bao is a filial daughter. Since her aunt has agreed, she can only accept her fate.

But my aunt also warned me that she only had this one precious daughter and treated her like a sweetheart at home, and told me to be good to her in the future, otherwise she would never forgive me. "

Although Jia Lian's words were casual, everyone still listened to every word he said.

For Yingchun, such scenes of "deliberately scheming" to pursue beautiful women are not uncommon in operas, but when such things happen around them, especially when they happen to Jia Lian, they still find it fresh and exciting.

I didn't expect that Brother Lian was such a person. Sister Bao was the cousin of Sister Lian's wife, but he had been coveting her for a long time.

Not only did he covet her in his heart, but after realizing that Sister Bao was not easy to trick, he actually used a roundabout tactic and dealt with his aunt first.

It's hard for him to dare to say it.

However, such words can only deceive naive people like Xichun and Yingchun. Those who really have some plans in mind feel that things are not that simple.

The man with a clear mind, when he heard Jia Lian say that he had helped the Xue family a lot, he remembered the incident at the beginning of the year when the fool Xue beat to death the son of Captain Qiu. At that time, even the old lady and others were at a loss. Later, Jia Lian made a special trip back from Tianjin to settle the matter.

I'm afraid that from that time on, the matter between Sister Bao and Brother Lian was settled. Others had their own guesses, but Baochai was somewhat moved.

In fact, when she saw that Jia Lian was actually going to explain the whole story to Tanchun and others, she was a little worried.

Because she knew very well that the matter between her and Jia Lian was not simple at all. In many ways, it was inseparable from the exchange of interests.

Once it is made public, people will inevitably feel that the Xue family is currying favor with the powerful.

Unexpectedly, Jia Lian's words and deeds did not belittle the Xue family at all, nor did he look down on Xue Baochai. In order to save the Xue family and Xue Baochai's face, he even deliberately misinterpreted the matter, making her mother's act of selling her daughter to save her son into a plot for him to be attracted by her beauty and deliberately pursue her.

She was moved and once again realized that Jia Lian was a great man.

To be fair, from Jia Lian's point of view, she didn't know what capital she, Xue Baochai, had that made him consider her so much.

Jia Lian didn't even know that a simple detail of his made Baochai so emotional, and he wasn't actually lying.

He really had been thinking from the beginning about how to get Baochai, who was "heartless but still charming", into his pocket. However, he was very shrewd and calculated everything carefully before taking action. He did not easily reveal his thoughts before he had a plan, so he did not get the reputation of having ulterior motives.

As for helping the Xue family to beautify themselves, it was naturally for Baochai's sake. Anyway, this era is too tolerant of men, especially a man like him who has achieved success and fame. After the success, he will not be looked down upon if he tells about his past illegal plots. Instead, people will think that he is open-minded and a real man.

Being able to win the heart of a beautiful woman also depends on your ability.

After Jia Lian finished his explanation, although the maids still had many doubts, or some wanted to make fun of the matter, they were too embarrassed to speak out because they were worried about what Daiyu had said before.

Tanchun opened her mouth several times, and finally said, "So, Yun girl said this morning that you only took Sister Lin and Sister Bao out of the city to play, and didn't take her at all, is it true?"

When Xiangyun heard Tanchun talk about this, there was still resentment on her face.

"That's right. I couldn't figure it out until I heard about you and Sister Bao. Then I knew, hum..."

Xiangyun deliberately glared at Jia Lian angrily, and her expression seemed to say: Brother Lian, you are such a man who values ​​women over your sister!

Jia Lian waved to her, and when she came closer, he touched her head and said with a smile: "It's not that I don't want to take you out of the city to play, but I took them out of the city today with the intention of confessing the matter about your sister Bao to your sister Lin.

You should know that even though I have found such an excellent woman like your Sister Bao, my feelings for your Sister Lin will never change.

How can I distract myself and take you with me before I know whether your sister Lin is willing to forgive me?"

It was Jia Lian who said this. If it was someone else, the girls present would definitely spit at him.

What are the scumbag quotes?

Xiangyun was a little embarrassed to be touched on the head by Jia Lian in public, but not too much. She was always carefree and rarely took the love of her children to heart, so she asked innocently: "What about now, has Sister Lin forgiven you?"

Almost everyone was defeated by Xiangyun's innocence.

Didn't you see Miss Lin was sitting there peacefully? Did you forgive her? Haven't you seen what Miss Lin looks like when she's angry?

Jia Lian glanced at Daiyu with a smile and said, "I think it's about right. After all, I said a lot of good things in front of her."

Everyone laughed again, thinking that Jia Lian was too disrespectful in front of Daiyu and felt so humble.

But after laughing, she was also full of envy. Second Brother Lian had always doted on Sister Lin, and this time he had spent a lot of effort to make Sister Lin accept Sister Bao.

Just by looking at how Sister Lin, such a willful person, is willing to sit with Sister Bao like this, you can guess something.

Seeing that the topic was about to turn to herself again, Daiyu felt that she had given Jia Lian enough face by sitting for such a long time, so she stood up and said, "Are you going to leave or not? If you don't leave, I will."

Seeing this, most of the others stood up.

The tight defense line had loopholes as the guards stood up, and Daiyu took advantage of these loopholes to escape.

Zhen Yuhuan, who had been eating melons quietly the whole time and following Daiyu like a little tail, turned back every few steps and suddenly turned to Jia Lian who was standing up to see him off and said, "Brother, do you have anything to do tomorrow?"

"Not yet."

"Then can you spare some time tomorrow... Before I return to Nanjing, I want to organize another poetry club with all of you..."

Everyone stopped when they heard this.

Yes, because Jia Lian and Baochai’s melons were so big and fragrant that they forgot that the protagonist of the night should be Zhen Yuhuan.

She is leaving tomorrow.

She is about to go back to the south, and we will be thousands of miles apart from each other. I don’t know when we will meet again!

Yingchun said with some sadness: "Speaking of which, Sister Yuhuan is still one of the official members of Haitang Society. If she leaves, our Haitang Society will be one less person."

Others felt the same way, and their eyes were filled with reluctance when they looked at Zhen Yuhuan.

"Sister Zhen, please don't leave. I really don't want to leave you."

All the sisters gathered around Zhen Yuhuan, holding hands and expressing their reluctance to leave each other.

Tanchun walked up to Jia Lian and suggested, "Since Second Brother has no plans for tomorrow, and Sister Zhen wants to organize a poetry club, why don't we hold another one tomorrow as a farewell to Sister Zhen."

Jia Lian nodded, then suddenly reached out and knocked Xiangyun on the head, saying, "Didn't you spread rumors that I was biased today? I'll be fair this time.

Go back and get ready. I will take all of you out of town for an outing tomorrow."

After a moment of pause, the girls suddenly burst into great joy.

"Going out of town for an outing? Great, great, I love outings the most!"

"But the weather is hot now. Will we get tanned if we go out for an outing?"

"Just tell me whether you're going or not?"

"go with!"

For these young ladies who usually stay at home, going out for a stroll is a rare luxury, let alone going out for an outing.

No one was unhappy.

Jia Lian called Tanchun, who was also full of joy, and said, "I have a task for you. Go down and count the number of your entourage tomorrow, what to bring, and how many carriages to use. You decide these by yourselves. I am only responsible for arranging the escort personnel, and I will not be responsible for anything else."

Tanchun, who was originally full of joy, was suddenly dumbfounded and said, "Do we have to decide it ourselves? But I have never done it before, so I don't know how to do it. How about you find someone else, second brother..."

"There's no first time for anything. Don't worry. I'll ask your sister Ping'er to help you later."

Hearing that Ping'er, Fengjie's housekeeper, would help her, Tanchun, who had never taken care of any serious work, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She was a strong person and was not afraid of challenges. After thinking about it, she said, "Thank you for your trust, second brother. I will definitely discuss and arrange it with everyone!"

"Go down and prepare. There's no need to rush. We're going out to have fun, so we'll tentatively set off at noon tomorrow. Before that, you have plenty of time to make arrangements. If you have any difficulties or questions, you can consult your sister Ping'er."

"understood."

...(End of chapter)