Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 13: Building a Doghouse

No matter what he didn't like to hear, the little girl insisted on saying something. With the call of "uncle", Yue Ling's anger disappeared, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows a few more times.

In front of everyone in the lobby, Yue Ling had no choice but to agree and nodded to Lin Daiyu.

But to Jia Baoyu's ears, this sounded like a act of coquettishness, which broke his heart.

Looking down at Lin Daiyu, I saw her standing up and looking at Yue Ling in the field.

That look was like admiring the moon during the Lantern Festival, with happy eyebrows and eyes full of longing.

This made Baoyu even more unbearable.

He had made careful preparations for his appearance, everyone in the house doted on him, and he had indeed demonstrated his influence, but he didn't expect that his sister would run away, and with a man outside her.

Moreover, it was obvious that my sister liked this rough and rude warrior more than him.

"Am I worse than a filthy person who only knows how to wield swords and sticks? It seems that my cousin's taste is not that good. She is too vulgar and not worthy of playing with me."

Baoyu could only force a smile and hint in his heart that he was trying to save face.

Seeing Yue Ling taking Lin Daiyu away, he had no way to do anything and didn't even dare to cry anymore, because his usually strict father was still smiling apologetically in the hall.

When he could no longer see Lin Daiyu, Baoyu also lost interest. He curled his lips and whispered to Jia Mu: "Grandma, I'm done eating. I'm going to rest first."

Jia's mother knew Baoyu's thoughts, so she coaxed him, "Yu'er has only left the house, not the city. You can visit her more often in the capital, or wait for her to come back. Yu'er calls him uncle and only treats him as an elder. If you want to find a playmate, you brothers and sisters are indispensable."

"I'm afraid she'll get bored and come to visit."

These words touched Baoyu's heart, and he immediately smiled. "Grandma is right. I will go find the maids and bring some luggage for my sister!"

Now that the main character is gone, the original banquet could not go on.

The women of the two mansions were very tactful and said goodbye to Grandmother Jia one by one. After the banquet was cleared away, only Grandmother Jia, Jia Zheng and his mother, and some maids were left in the hall.

Having suffered a loss, Jia's mother's face naturally turned bad. There was no one else here, so she stopped hiding and said angrily, "He is just a personal guard, but he dared to come to the gate of Rongguo Mansion. It must be that your father is not at the mansion, otherwise how could he run wild in the mansion?"

"You two brothers are not even one tenth as capable as the master. Now you can't even guard the house. Who can you rely on in the future?"

Jia Zheng looked ashamed and tried to comfort his mother, saying, "It was my son who failed to handle the situation well. Yue Ling is not a good person to deal with. The Qin Palace sent reinforcements to support father. We still owe him a big favor. How can we go against the Qin Palace's wishes?"

"Isn't it Prince Kang who led the troops to the battle? I think your majesty is intentionally trying to establish the prestige of Prince Kang's palace this time."

There was some truth in what Grandmother Jia said, but Jia Zheng sighed again, "Not long ago, Dad sent a letter home saying that the situation at the border was not favorable. I'm afraid prestige is not that easy to establish. After all, Prince Kang has not led many troops."

Grandmother Jia curled her lips and said, "With your father in charge, what are you afraid of? Your father crawled out of a pile of dead bodies. You don't understand how difficult it is. There has been peace for a long time, and you are all used to comfort. You are not good at studying, and you are lazy and playful. This is really not a good sign."

"Go ahead. I'm tired too. I waited so long for Yu'er to come back, but she flew away after just one meeting. This is really outrageous. The King of Qin can even separate family members. He is not as merciful as the King of Kang."

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Following Yue Ling, Lin Daiyu was in a good mood. She looked around and took in the scenery that she had not noticed when she entered the mansion. "It is worthy of being the Duke's Mansion. It is much larger than the garden of the Lin Mansion."

Yue Ling thought about his own residence and said with a curled lip: "My home is much smaller than this."

Lin Daiyu didn't care at all, "That's better than here."

Xueyan nodded in approval, "It's almost dark, I thought you wouldn't come, General Yue. If you don't come, I'll be in trouble."

Yue Ling looked back at the pitiful appearance of the two little girls, smiled and shook his head, apologetically saying: "I was delayed in the palace for a while, it's my fault."

It was then that Yue Ling realized there was a maid behind the two of them. She looked unfamiliar, so he asked, "Who are you?"

Xueyan introduced her casually, "This sister's name is Yingger, and she is a maid assigned to the young lady by the old lady in the mansion. The old lady thought I was too young and couldn't take care of others."

As she spoke, Xueyan pouted her lips unconsciously.

Yue Ling wanted to say that Jia's mother still knows how to judge people, but he didn't want to annoy Xueyan, so he didn't respond and said to Yinger, "In the future, Daiyu will come to my house. If the old Lord of Rongguo Mansion agrees to your coming, you can come to the mansion again. It's better to go back and ask now."

Parrot agreed with great trepidation and turned back to Rongqing Hall.

Lin Daiyu was slightly surprised, "Uncle Yue, do you agree to let her come?"

Yue Ling frowned unnaturally again, but Lin Daiyu smiled knowingly.

The reason for agreeing to let Parrot take care of Lin Daiyu was, firstly, that Yue Ling's mansion was indeed short of maids. Secondly, according to the original novel, Parrot was the later Zijuan. Even though she was Lady Jia's man, she was loyal to Daiyu and always put Daiyu first in everything. She was obviously a useful person.

"It's not a bad thing to have one more person to take care of you. It can also help share some of Xueyan's burden."

Xueyan was very happy, "General Yue is really thoughtful!"

Walking along the corridor, they arrived at the Chuihua Gate, where a carriage was already waiting, and a pile of silk bed curtains were piled up, which were obviously gifts for Lin Daiyu.

There was a young man standing in front of him, and that was Jia Baoyu.

"Sister Lin, these are all what I asked our ancestors to prepare for you. You can take them with you. They are all new and convenient to use."

Lin Daiyu felt as if she had seen the plague god when she saw Jia Baoyu. Her relaxed mood suddenly tensed up again. She quickly hid behind Yue Ling, only poking her head out, and politely declined, "No need. Please, brother, thank my grandmother for me."

"Sister, I asked someone to carefully select these. If you don't take them, you will be letting others down..."

Baoyu was entangled, and Yue Ling suddenly said: "Forget it, take them all. Maybe you can raise a puppy to keep you company in the future. These things can also be used to build a doghouse."

"Building a doghouse? Build a doghouse with such good material?" Baoyu's face suddenly changed, but he didn't dare to get angry with Yue Ling.

Lin Daiyu burst out laughing, looked up at Yue Ling, and said sweetly: "Okay, I'll listen to Uncle Yue."

Yue Ling frowned and thought, "This girl seems to be addicted to it. I must have a good talk with her when I get back!"

(End of this chapter)