The Red Chamber: Starting from Saving Xue Baochai

Chapter 9 Jiang Fan wins the title of Wu Jieyuan

When Shen Yuan learned that he had slept through the Autumn Examination, he was depressed for only a moment but quickly regained his composure. He was not as sad as Jiang Qiuer had imagined.

Because he still has a trump card, which is the "time cage".

This golden finger can allow him to go back to the beginning of the morning hour today and wake up immediately at that moment.

The autumn examination began at 3:30 pm, so there was 3:30 pm left, which was enough time for him to get to the examination room.

In the eyes of Jia Yucun and others, they would only think that the waiter failed to succeed.

Thinking of this, Shen Yuan no longer thought about it and whispered: "Time cage!"

"exist!"

Shen Yuan: “.”

The response words are different every time? He remembered that when he was called up last time, a lot of nonsense sounded in his mind.

Putting aside his doubts, he asked, "Confirm the unlocking conditions?"

To be on the safe side, he confirmed it again in case the conditions changed and he was tricked by this thing. He didn't want to be trapped again on the same day and unable to get out.

Soon, a ethereal sound rang in my mind.

"The condition to unlock this time cage is: kiss Xue Baochai."

Fortunately, the conditions have not changed, and it is now much easier to complete this condition than before.

On the one hand, his relationship with Xue Baochai not only eased, but also became closer.

Secondly, he asked Baochai to fulfill a request for this moment when he was at Taiping Lake.
"Are you sure you want to turn it on?"

"Turn on."

"There are risks in opening it, please use it with caution! Confirm again whether to open it?"

Not bad, it's quite user-friendly, with a second confirmation to prevent him from making a slip of the tongue.
"Turn on."

"Received! The time cage has been opened, and we look forward to your successful unlocking."

Shen Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. This golden finger didn't cause him any trouble.

Although it was still early, he didn't want to do anything at the moment and just waited for midnight to arrive.

Because no matter what he did today, it would be useless and everything would be restored on 'the next day', so he was too lazy to bother with it.

Time passed little by little, and soon it was the afternoon.

Shen Yuan was stretching his muscles in the room when he suddenly heard a burst of noise coming from the street.

He walked to the window, pushed it open, and saw a yamen runner riding a horse walking slowly on the street.

The horse was moving very slowly, and the yamen runner was holding a gong in his hand. He was riding the horse while beating the gong and singing along.

"In this autumn martial arts examination, Jiang Fan took the top spot and won the title of Jinling's martial arts champion."

Shen Yuan was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

He knew that the autumn military examination would only last one day, but he didn't expect it to be over so quickly.

Unlike the civil service examination, which requires multiple examiners to cross-mark the papers, and there are also some subjective judgments by the examiners, the examination time and marking time are longer.

The martial arts examination is much more objective, and the judging criteria are clear. It is rare for the examiners to come forward to evaluate themselves, and the results can be announced on the same day.

"Jiang Fan?"

Shen Yuan was not too surprised by this result. He knew Jiang Fan's strength. Although he didn't know the level of others, he thought that there would not be many who could compare with him.

Special yamen runners were sent to ride on tall horses to publicize along the streets, so that the whole city would know about it.

I wonder if this is the treatment because he won the championship, or if it is because Jiang Fan has a special status?
"If the result 'tomorrow' is rewritten by him."

I wonder if this is fair to Jiang Fan?
But when I thought about it again, I felt relieved.

Given Jiang Fan's upright and generous character, it might be a pity that he was unable to compete with Shen Yuan in the examination room today.

As men, we should be open-minded and decide victory or defeat based on our strength, so that we can live up to the title of leader.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

While Shen Yuan was thinking, there was a knock on the door.

Who will come over at this time?

Shen Yuan was curious and walked over to open the door.

"Jiang Qiu."

"What? You don't welcome me anymore?"

"Come in." Seeing Jiang Qiu coming, Shen Yuan felt a little warm in his heart, knowing that he really cared about him from the bottom of his heart.

Jiang Qiuer smiled and walked into the room carrying a bottle of wine.

Shen Yuan closed the door and they sat down at the table.

"Congratulations, Brother Jiang Fan." Shen Yuan looked calm.

Jiang Qiuer paused for a moment after hearing this, and then said softly, "Brother was planning to come over to drink with you right away, but was stopped by a few uncles."

"It's okay, you can drink tomorrow."

Jiang Qiuer felt relieved when she saw that Shen Yuan was not depressed. She put on a smile on her pretty face and said, "No, we have to drink today too. I'll accompany you."

"Then drink."

Shen Yuan was not pretentious and did not let the other party down.

Unexpectedly, after just a few drinks, Jiang Qiuer's face turned red, as if she couldn't handle the alcohol.

"Uh." Shen Yuan came closer and said with a smile, "You can only drink so little, how dare you bring wine to comfort others?"

Jiang Qiuer smiled, stood up, and pretended to stretch: "What's wrong with not being able to drink well? Is there anyone else who can comfort you?"

Shen Yuan also stood up and grabbed Jiang Qiuer's shoulders in a somewhat arrogant manner: "As a man, you should say whatever you want. Why be so hypocritical and act like a woman?"

Jiang Qiuer didn't react in time and didn't have time to dodge, so she was hugged tightly and froze there for a moment.

"Tsk, you're so skinny." Shen Yuan pinched her shoulders with his big hands: "Eat more every day to make your body fuller."

Jiang Qiuer reacted and was about to dodge, but she saw Shen Yuan's hand leave her shoulder. She finally breathed a sigh of relief and her little face turned even redder.

Huh. Just hugged like that?

Shen Yuan should just treat her as a friend or a brother, right?
Is it normal for brothers to be close to each other?
But Jiang Qiuer felt numb and dazed, her mind was empty, as if there was an electric current running through her body.

Not long after, he came to his senses, found an excuse and left in a hurry.

Shen Yuan looked at Jiang Qiu's frightened expression and found it a little funny.

Of course he did that on purpose!
I always felt that Jiang Qiu was abnormally effeminate, like a woman dressed as a man, so I took the opportunity to confirm it.

The shoulders of men and women have different degrees of softness. The result proves that Jiang Qiu is indeed a woman.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Not long after Jiang Qiuer left, there was another knock on the door.

Shen Yuan guessed who was coming, opened the door and saw a woman in a dark red cloak, followed by Ying'er.

Needless to say, the woman in the cloak is naturally Xue Baochai.

"Shen Yuan."

"Come in and talk."

Shen Yuan led the master and servant into the room and closed the door.

"Shen Yuan." Baochai said softly, "There are still many opportunities, just do your best."

Shen Yuan smiled when he heard this. He was very happy to see the girl coming to comfort him.

Unlike Jiang Qiu, he treated the person in front of him as his future wife.

Shen Yuan did not hide it and said honestly: "I overslept today and was unable to catch up with the autumn examination."

Baochai and Ying'er were both stunned when they heard this.

They had been paying attention to the announcement of the results of the martial arts examination today. They did not see Shen Yuan's name on the list and thought that the boy had failed. They never thought that the reason was... he had overslept.
Baochai didn't know how to comfort her for a moment, but she heard Ying'er muttering, "Young Master, you are really something. You even slept through such an important day. I thought you were smart, but you are not as smart as Ying'er."

"Ying'er!" Baochai interrupted, "Shen Yuan, he's not feeling well either."

"I am fine."

Shen Yuan didn't know how to explain it. Whatever they said today, they had forgotten it 'the next day'. Moreover, the matter of the time cage could not be explained either.

However, he didn't want to see the two girls worrying about him, so he smiled and joked, "It's nothing else, it's just a pity that I can't ask Miss Xue for anything more."

Baochai laughed when she heard this, her face bright and beautiful, "Anyway, you only care about this."

Seeing Shen Yuan let go of his worries, the girl felt relieved. She pursed her red lips and said in a clear voice, "If it's not a particularly excessive request, it's not impossible to consider it."

Shen Yuan smiled and said, "Forget it. A gentleman should keep his word. I will ask Miss Xue about it after I become the first emperor."

He suddenly had a question. According to the rules of the time cage, he wondered if today counted. If he kissed Baochai now, what would be the result?

In this case, I wonder if the time will be reset after midnight?

Of course, he didn't want to try it at the moment, in case something unexpected happened.
(End of this chapter)