The Second Master of the Red Chamber

After a while, Baochai came back after bathing and changing her clothes.

The one who arrived earlier than her was Xiangyun.

Jia Lian looked at the suddenly noisy house and suddenly suggested, "Ms. Yun, there are so many pavilions and courtyards in the garden. Do you like any of them?"

"Yes, I really like Sister Lin's Xiaoxiang Pavilion..."

"Except for the land occupied by your sister Lin, Yingchun and others."

Xiangyun frowned and thought about it, and suddenly found that Baochai and Baoqin were looking at her. She realized the problem.

"Second Brother Lian, you don't think I'm getting in your way and Sister Bao's way here, so you want to kick me out, do you?"

Hey, that's pretty smart.

But Jia Lian would not admit it, and laughed, "No way. I saw that your sister Bao and sister Lin each have their own territory, and I thought I couldn't just treat you badly, so I wanted to let you choose a place to live in.

Who knew that you not only failed to understand my sincere love, but also made such assumptions, which is really heartbreaking. "

"Is that so?"

Xiangyun looked at Jia Lian with some suspicion, but Jia Lian's expression was quite serious.

She looked at Baochai again, but unfortunately Baochai didn't show any strange expression either. She even bent down to tidy up Baoqin's hair. Only then did she let down her guard.

After thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "Forget it. I think it's good for me to live with Sister Bao."

"How can I not use it? If you can't choose, I'll choose for you.

Well, how about the Tuobi Villa in the back? It is the highest point in the park and a perfect place to enjoy the moon.

If you live there, the moon you see every day will be rounder than others, wouldn't that be beautiful?"

Jia Lian tried to persuade Xiangyun patiently, but unfortunately Xiangyun didn't buy it.

"Forget it. It's bare up there. At night there's nothing but the moon. It's so lonely. I don't want it."

"Then how about the Aojingxi Pavilion down here? Not only is it located where the streams meet, it is very cool in the summer, and it is also close to your sister Bao.

By the way, when your sister Feng and I move to this garden in the future, you will be our closest neighbor. "

Xiangyun was slightly moved, but finally said: "Aojingxi Pavilion is good, but I heard there are a lot of mosquitoes. Ai Gege, you know me, I hate mosquitoes the most..."

Jia Lian was in a dilemma. Neither of these two places would work. So where should he send this annoying light bulb?
"How about going to the Peony Garden or Luxue Temple? Although the houses in these two places are smaller, the scenery is rare and beautiful.

Needless to say, the peony garden is like being in a sea of ​​flowers in spring and summer. I remember that your favorite flower seems to be peony.

Although there are no flowers in Luxuean, it is rare that there is open space in front and back. After you move there, it will be convenient for you to plant flowers or grass nearby.

What do you think, think about it? "

Jia Lian's repeated recommendations finally aroused Xiangyun's suspicion again.

"Second Brother Lian, you still say you don't dislike me? Why do you insist on making me move out of Sister Bao's place for no reason?"

Before Jia Lian could say anything, Xiangyun asked, "The maid Baoqin also lives here, why don't you let her move out?"

"Well, your sister Baoqin is still young and needs your elder sister to take care of her..."

Xiangyun interrupted bitterly: "Ai brother! I am only one year older than Baoqin!"

Jia Lian was speechless, and finally spread his hands and said, "Okay, I do dislike you. You are a girl who makes a lot of noise all day long, and I am afraid that you will disturb your sister Bao here, so I would like to ask you to move to another place..."

When Jia Lian said this, everyone was surprised.

Xiangyun was even more furious, and glared at Jia Lian and said, "Second Brother Lian, you are too much, to say that."

Jia Lian raised his eyebrows and sat on the chair with an attitude of "what can you do to me?"

Fortunately, everyone knew Jia Lian relatively well, and they all knew that Jia Lian was teasing Xiangyun on purpose.

Moreover, even if Jia Lian really wanted to move Xiangyun out, this half-joking admission did not seem so unacceptable.

Even so, seeing Xiangyun's eyes wide open, Baochai came over, touched her head with a smile, and then said to Jia Lian:

“If she likes, let her live here. I don’t think she’s noisy.

It's a big place like this, and it would be pretty quiet if no one was talking."

Xiangyun's anger suddenly turned into joy, and she hugged Baochai's arm and said coquettishly: "Sister Bao is still the best. Unlike some people, she actually said such irritating words. It's a waste that I like her so much on weekdays."

Realizing that she had said something inappropriate, Xiangyun stopped talking in embarrassment.

Jia Lian's plan failed, and seeing that Baochai had spoken, he didn't know how to continue.

He didn't say anything, and the girls standing in front of him looked bored.

Baoqin glanced at her cousin, then quietly pulled Xiangyun's sleeve.

Xiangyun is just more open-minded and doesn't like to think about anything else. It doesn't mean that she can't understand the expression on his face.

He curled his lips secretly, but followed Baoqin out obediently.

As they left, they took their maids with them, and soon only Jia Lian and Baochai, master and servant, were left in the room.

Seeing Baochai lowering her head shyly, Jia Lian said with a smile, "Why are you standing there like an idiot? Sit down."

"Hmm." With a slight "hmm," Baochai sat down on the small kang next to her.

Seeing Jia Lian's gaze following her, she turned her head away gently.

After waiting for a long time and finding that Jia Lian still didn't speak, she finally lost her patience and asked in a low voice: "What are you looking at..."

"To see the beauty, of course."

Jia Lian answered seriously. He was not just teasing the beauty, but speaking from the heart. A beauty like Baochai is really pleasing to the eye, and the more you look at her, the happier you become.

After all, Daiyu is still a little young and not fully grown.

Although she had just confirmed her relationship with Jia Lian, Baochai had heard a lot of "sweet words" from Jia Lian and had developed some resistance to him.

Seeing Jia Lian humiliating her again, she stood up and said, "If you do this again, I will leave."

"Okay, I won't say anything."

Baochai had not really intended to leave, but seeing Jia Lian doing this, she sat down again on the stairs.

This time she had made up her mind that if Jia Lian didn't speak again, she would take the initiative to break the awkwardness.

But before she could speak, Jia Lian said, "Let me see it."

"what?"

"That's it. I've often seen you wearing it, but I've never looked at it closely."

Seeing Jia Lian raise his chin and point to his chest, Baochai also reacted and realized that he was talking about the gold locket she was wearing.

After hesitating for a moment, Baochai reached out, untied it and handed it to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian took it and thought that the little necklace was full of pearls and gold. After a closer look, he saw that there were indeed small words engraved on it.

"Never give up..."

Jia Lian read the words aloud unconsciously, then turned the page and took a look.

"Youth will last forever."

After reading it, Jia Lian nodded and said, "It's a good prophecy, and it's appropriate. My Chai'er is a fairy, so she should be young forever. It's a pity that I'm just an ordinary man. If Chai'er stays young forever, I'm afraid I'll be despised when I'm old."

Hearing Jia Lian's joke, Ying'er, who was making tea behind the lattice window, interrupted with a smile: "Second Master, you don't know that these eight words of our girl were given by a bald monk. The monk said that if they were engraved on gold, they would have to be matched with jade in the future."

After Ying'er said this, Baochai became a little nervous.

After all, there were many gossipers in the Rongguo Mansion who spread the story of "a perfect match made in heaven".

Even though Jia Lian had said before that he didn't care, she was afraid that Jia Lian was not being sincere.

Ying'er seemed to know that she had said the wrong thing, and she came over with the tea, feeling a little nervous.

Jia Lian did not seem to notice the change in atmosphere. When Ying'er came over, he smiled and said, "It seems that the monk is quite famous. Doesn't he have a jade to go with him?"

As he spoke, Jia Lian lifted his robe, revealing the various jade pendants tied around his waist.

At a glance, there are no less than five or six pieces, all carved from top-quality materials.

Baochai took a quick glance and then saw the slight smug look on Jia Lian's face, feeling somewhat moved.

She knew that Jia Lian was trying to comfort her again, saying that there were so many jades in the world and Jia Baoyu was not the only one who had jade.

She thought about it and felt that she could not turn a deaf ear to Jia Lian's magnanimity, and she had to eliminate this hidden danger.

The theory of a perfect match between gold and jade was obviously brought up by her mother and Mrs. Wang, but the auspicious prophecy on her gold lock and the words on Jia Baoyu's jade matched each other, which was just a coincidence.

Even though it was a coincidence, she knew that no man would like his woman to carry an object that matched another man.

So when Jia Lian handed the thing back to her, she did not take it back, but placed it on the small table on the kang, and said to Ying'er: "My mother said that wearing this thing can keep people safe and prosperous, so I always carry it with me.

Now, after so many years, I haven't seen any effect from it. Instead, it's heavy and inconvenient to wear at home all day.

From now on, I won't wear this thing anymore.

Tomorrow, have someone take it out and find a blacksmith to melt it down."

Ying'er looked at Baochai, then at Jia Lian, and silently put the golden lock away.

At this time, Jia Lian said, "Rong, there is no need for that. After all, I have been with you for so many years, and the words above are auspicious. It would be nice to keep it as a souvenir."

Although Jia Lian said it frankly, Baochai knew that she did the right thing.

Jia Lian only said that it didn't need to be melted, but didn't tell her that she could continue wearing it.

Ying'er became happy.

She was just thinking about how she would explain to Aunt Xue if she melted the gold lock.

Just as Jia's mother and others valued Jia Baoyu's magical jade, Aunt Xue also valued this golden lock.

After all, the auspicious words from above were bestowed by the "gods" and cannot be violated.

After talking about the golden lock, Baochai took the initiative to change the topic and said, "I heard from Sister Feng that you are going to bring someone in to look at the garden today?"

"Yes. After all, it was once a royal concubine's villa. When your sister Feng and I move in in the future, some places should be modified."

"That's the truth."

Jia Lian enjoyed seeing Baochai responding to every word he said.

You have to know that Daiyu would still give him some courtesy in front of others, but in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, she would ignore him if she wanted to.

If the person you are talking about is interested in you, he will chat with you for a while. If he is not interested, just tilt his head to the side and you can talk on your own.

Unlike Baochai, who is afraid of a dull atmosphere and will take the initiative to find topics.

So he sat up and began to reveal the purpose of his visit today.

"Come on, I'll take you somewhere."

...(End of chapter)