Lian Erye in the Red Mansion

Chapter 536 Sister You

After leaving the room, Sister You went around to the back door and peeked from behind the curtain.

When she saw her sister and Jia Lian finally get together, hugging and kissing, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

He was laughing for a while, but then suddenly felt a loss of interest and quietly withdrew. He lingered on the outer veranda for a while, then suddenly picked up his feet and headed towards the front yard.

Walking through the main hall and around the corridor, from a distance, I saw Jia Lian's personal guards chatting and joking in the side courtyard in front of the stable.

He tiptoed around and tried several different, more secluded spots, but still couldn't spot the person he longed to see, leaving him feeling a deep sense of loss.

She wanted to go over and ask where that person was, but she knew that doing so would surely arouse suspicion and ridicule, and even expose her girlish feelings to the world, so she dared not go over.

After hesitating for a long time, he dejectedly walked back.

She happened to run into Jia Lian on the road, and immediately put on a seductive demeanor, went up to him, and circled around him, sizing him up.

What are you doing here?

"I'm not doing anything. I'm just wandering around to give someone time to bully my sister."

Jia Lian gave a noncommittal snort and ignored her.

For the sake of Lady You and Second Sister You, Jia Lian treated her as just a mischievous and somewhat eccentric sister-in-law, and therefore wouldn't hold it against her too much.

Unless she really goes too far one day, she will still have to be punished by kneeling or spanked.

"Wait a minute!" Seeing Jia Lian about to leave, You Sanjie suddenly called out to him.

Jia Lian turned around and was surprised to find that the girl's expression was somewhat hesitant and complicated.

"What is it?"

You Sanjie looked around, then walked up to Jia Lian and asked casually, "I heard from my eldest sister that you have a personal guard named Liu Xianglian... I heard that he likes to perform on stage, especially in romantic plays..."

You Sanjie was still trying her best to appear calm, but she didn't see Jia Lian's suddenly interested look.

"Yes, there is such a person. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing... it's just that I find it funny that an opera singer can become your bodyguard."

You Sanjie let out an awkward laugh, then noticed Jia Lian's strange expression and quickly stopped laughing.

To everyone's surprise, Jia Lian composed himself and shook his head, saying, "What's so funny? Performing in plays is just his hobby. Although his family has declined, they still own dozens of acres of land and two or three houses. Plus, he's young and handsome. I've heard that he casually indulges in pleasures with prostitutes, and they don't charge him. In fact, quite a few even pay him extra. He also loves to travel, so at only eighteen or nineteen years old, he has already seen all the famous sights and experienced the pleasures of the world. Even ordinary nobles don't live as freely and unrestrainedly as he does."

If it weren't for a stroke of luck, how could he have been forced to serve under me? What, you little girl, you look down on him? With his qualities, the women in the capital who want to marry him could probably stretch from the west city to the east city…”

"I was just asking a casual question, why do you have to say so much? Whether he's good or bad is none of my business, and nobody wants to hear about it."

You Sanjie stamped her foot slightly, but she remembered everything Jia Lian said.

At the same time, she couldn't help but feel strange. She was very sure that she hadn't even told her closest sister about her feelings, so why did Jia Lian's tone reveal a strange feeling that he could see through her thoughts?

If that's true, then Jia Lian is far too shrewd, isn't he?

Yes, she had feelings for Liu Xianglian. This was a secret she kept from her youthful days!

Before coming to the Jia family mansion, she had only met Liu Xianglian once, or rather, she could not say they met, because she was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, and she was sitting in the stands while Liu Xianglian was on the stage, focused on acting.

Perhaps Liu Xianglian didn't even know she existed.

However, she, who was just beginning to experience the stirrings of youth, was immediately struck by Liu Xianglian.

She had almost forgotten about it, but after her second visit to the Jia family mansion, she unexpectedly received news about Liu Xianglian.

Moreover, he served as a personal guard under Jia Lian.

This second encounter made her feel that it was God's arrangement, and thus she couldn't help but yearn for the return of the phoenix.

Unfortunately, the Jia family was large and powerful, with a clear distinction between internal and external affairs. Even though she knew he was so close, she had only seen him from afar two or three times in the past few months, and had never had the chance to speak a single word to him.

It's always on my mind.

Of course, she hadn't completely ignored Jia Lian's advances. After all, they'd teased and flirted with each other more than once. Moreover, Jia Lian's status and position were beyond the reach of ordinary people.

However, Jia Lian had far too many women; she knew of at least several, and even her eldest sister and her sister's daughter-in-law were likely Jia Lian's women. If this was all she knew, who knew how many more were secretly involved!

Jia Lian gave her the impression of being an extremely dangerous person. Dealing with him always felt like dealing with a tiger for its skin, and she was very unsure of herself.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Liu Xianglian's first love, the actress, is naturally the better choice, because she has already found out that Liu Xianglian is not yet married.

That's why she went to the outer courtyard earlier—she wanted to see if Liu Xianglian had come with Jia Lian.

You Sanjie's girlish thoughts, which she tried to hide, were naturally exposed in front of Jia Lian.

He had long known that this young girl might have feelings for Liu Xianglian, so it wasn't surprising. He had seen Liu Xianglian's image on the stage before; he could even make a man like Xue Pan lose his mind, let alone some young girls with budding romantic feelings.

However, human emotions are complex, and people as pure in their feelings as Daiyu are extremely rare.

Although there were objective reasons for You Sanjie's entanglements with Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, and others, such as the decline of the You family and the economic dependence of the mother and her two daughters on Jia Zhen, if You Sanjie had truly been deeply in love with Liu Xianglian, things might not have turned out the way they did!

After she saw through Jia Zhen and the others' true colors, she only wanted to cause trouble and make a scene. Jia Zhen and Jia Lian were just as helpless against her, and could only decide to marry her off with tears in their eyes. Because, although Jia Zhen and the others were lustful, they were not thugs after all. As respectable people, they still had some dignity, and at least they would not use violence against their wives' sisters.

It was just that You Sanjie was young and inexperienced, and had encountered dissolute men like Jia Zhen, so she inevitably acted impulsively and with the intention of playing with each other. Only when she saw through the illusion and no longer wanted to pretend with Jia Zhen and the others did she remember her life's most important matter.

At that time, Liu Xianglian was probably her only hope to escape the mire and move towards a new life.

Fortunately, she was not a vulgar woman. She possessed a strong and unyielding nature. When Liu Xianglian rejected her marriage proposal, she had the courage to draw her sword and commit suicide in front of him to prove her chastity.

It can be described as:

The yellow flowers are crushed and scattered all over the ground; the Jade Mountain has collapsed and can no longer be propped up!

Thinking of this, Jia Lian shook his head and sighed. After all, these things only existed in his mind; they could never happen again in this lifetime.

If this young girl truly has a deep and unwavering love for Liu Xianglian, and Liu Xianglian reciprocates her feelings, Jia Lian will naturally be generous in granting her wish.

We can't refuse, this girl is no pushover. In the original story, her second sister married Jia Lian as his second wife and suffered torment and bullying from Feng Jie. In a dream, the sisters met and she even advised her sister to confront Feng Jie head-on—rather than sitting and waiting to die, it would be better to kill Feng Jie first and then commit suicide, so it wouldn't be a loss!

It's easy to imagine that if a girl with such a fiery temper doesn't truly settle down, it's best not to bring her home.

Otherwise, if she suffers a grievance one day, or if she thinks of her first love again and does something illogical, it won't be very comforting.

This is also why Jia Lian never took her seriously, even though she was always trying to seduce him and dared to sit in his lap and act coquettishly after only meeting him two or three times.

So Jia Lian smiled and said to You Sanjie, "Oh, is that so? In that case, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

"etc."

You Sanjie tugged at Jia Lian's sleeve again and asked, "I heard that you built a martial arts training ground in your mansion, where you practice martial arts and archery with your personal guards every day?"

"That's true..."

"Then, could you let me go over and take a look?"

As You Sanjie hesitated before speaking, noticing a strange look in Jia Lian's eyes, she quickly explained, "I've been interested in martial arts since I was little, and I even begged my mother to hire a martial arts teacher for me! Unfortunately, our family later fell on hard times, and we couldn't afford to hire a teacher anymore... It's all true, you can ask my second sister if you don't believe me!"

"You've also practiced martial arts?"

"Of course. I'm not only good at handling guns and sticks, but I can also ride horses and shoot arrows."

If you don't believe me, you can let me go to your training ground and see for myself. Then you'll know I wasn't lying.

As Sister You spoke, she deliberately struck a pose as if she were riding a horse, drawing her bow and nocking an arrow, and it actually looked quite convincing.

But Jia Lian still refused.

"No way. Our area is full of men, what would a little girl like you do there! No way..."

Jia Lian knew, of course, that this girl probably had ulterior motives. Since she wasn't being honest, Jia Lian wouldn't let her achieve her goal so easily.

"Oh, I'm really just curious about how you guys usually practice martial arts, and how it differs from what my teacher taught me... If it really doesn't work out, I'll just watch from the sidelines, please let me go, okay, brother-in-law~~"

A drawn-out "Brother-in-law" in a fatherly tone, coupled with You Sanjie's old trick of grabbing Jia Lian's arm and shaking it, created a double attack that almost made Jia Lian lose his composure on the spot.

He ruthlessly pulled his arm away, but due to excessive force, it slashed across the girl's heart, creating a spark that left both of them stunned.

Sister You felt a sharp pain in both sides of her heart, almost letting out a soft moan. She immediately took two steps back, clutching her chest, her face flushed, and glared at Jia Lian. "You must have done this on purpose!"

"no."

"You did! You hurt them!"

Okay, whatever you say.

Jia Lian, unconcerned, shrugged and said, "It's not that I can't take you there to have a look, but we're not related, so I can't just take you there for nothing..."

"What do you mean by 'not related by blood'? You dare say you don't like my second sister? You don't want to marry her as your second wife?"

"Things that haven't been accomplished yet naturally don't count."

"Hmph, then tell me, what will it take for you to take me there?"

Jia Lian didn't waste any words, pointing with his chin: "Let me touch that."

Meeting Jia Lian's gaze, You Sanjie felt both embarrassed and angry. She covered her chest with her hands and spat, "Bah! You call yourself a marquis? How can you say such things!"

"Hmph... Last time, in my older sister's room, didn't you already touch her?"

Ever since the three women, mother and daughters, were first brought to Ningguo Mansion by Lady You, she did everything she could to bring them together, seeing that the elder sister had fallen in love with Jia Lian at first sight.

She even went so far as to personally demonstrate and teach her sister how to seduce Jia Lian.

As the saying goes, if you walk by the river long enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet. Jia Lian was no pushover, and he had long coveted her pair of rare treasures. How could he not seize the opportunity to try his luck?

This is why she could rub against Jia Lian's arm without any restraint; after all, she had already been taken advantage of.

Jia Lian added, "Or the kind that's done through clothing."

"you…!"

Sister You walked over and kicked him.

"Fine, if you won't let me touch you, I'm leaving."

With Jia Lian being so swift and prepared, it was naturally impossible for You Xiaosan to kick him.

"return!"

Jia Lian had only taken two steps when he turned around and saw You Sanjie walking quickly towards him with a gloomy face, grabbing his clothes.

Seeing Jia Lian staring at her, she said irritably, "You don't expect me to touch you here, do you?"

After saying that, she seemed quite angry and pulled Jia Lian up, then walked into the alley on the left.

Jia Lian touched his nose, realizing that this Third Sister You was indeed no ordinary person. He had only made a tentative remark, but he hadn't expected her to be so generous—truly remarkable!

Sister You dragged Jia Lian for a long time until they finally found a secluded dead-end alley and threw Jia Lian in.

"I can agree to that, but to be fair, you have to let me touch you too!"

Caught off guard by You Sanjie's words, Jia Lian asked in a daze, "What do you want to touch?"

Upon hearing this, You Sanjie, who was feigning a gloomy expression but whose cheeks were actually flushed, immediately glanced at the center of Jia Lian's robe hem.

Jia Lian gasped, "Was it that intense?"

It turned out Jia Lian was overthinking things. You Sanjie's gaze immediately shifted upwards, and she finally said, "Since it's fair, naturally I'll touch you here too!"

You Sanjie's heart raced a little. She knew that Jia Lian had practiced martial arts all year round and was physically strong. She had experienced this before when she sat in his lap, but she had never seen it with her own eyes. She was curious after all.

If we could take the opportunity to see or touch it, that would be quite nice. After all, in terms of beauty, Jia Lian is in no way inferior to Liu Xianglian.

"Deal." Jia Lian readily agreed to the other party's offer, then looked at You Sanjie with ill intent.

He wanted to see if this girl was really as bold and unrestrained as she appeared!

"I'll go first!"

Faced with Jia Lian's wolfish gaze, how could You Sanjie not feel a pang of regret? But since things had come to this, she could only try her best to appear carefree and open-minded.

He stepped forward, stood in front of Jia Lian, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly reached out and placed his hand on Jia Lian's chest.

It really felt solid to the touch; the muscles were bulging and hard, giving off a kind of intoxicating feeling.

"I can……"

"Can."

Just as You Sanjie raised her head to speak, Jia Lian interrupted her with a reply. Seeing the smugness and mockery in Jia Lian's eyes, she knew perfectly well that he had seen right through her.

Since he was going to pay the price anyway, he wasn't getting away with it for nothing, so he didn't hold back and immediately put his hands on Jia Lian's belt and unbuttoned Jia Lian's upper garment in order.

Then, when she actually saw Jia Lian's bare chest, the inexperienced You Sanjie couldn't help but be stunned.

Her face was flushed as she stared at Jia Lian's strong body, speechless for a long time.

"If you don't make a move soon, it'll be my turn," Jia Lian said lazily, leaning against the wall.

His tone was undoubtedly smug and proud.

His body, through years of deliberate training, had become remarkably well-developed. At the very least, it was more than capable of making a young girl's heart flutter.

You Sanjie snapped out of her daze and, somewhat blankly, raised her hand and placed it on Jia Lian's chest.

Her small hands were slightly cool, but Jia Lian's chest was very warm. This comfortable touch and wonderful visual experience, which she had never felt before, made her limbs feel weak. So, she gently pressed her face against his chest, feeling Jia Lian's unique and deep heartbeat.

His eyes narrowed slightly. At this moment, Liu Xianglian and the naivety of a young girl seemed to mean nothing.

"My eldest sister must have been defeated by this body!" Sister You thought to herself.

Her reactions were all under Jia Lian's watchful eye. Although he was quite satisfied with her performance, seeing her constantly pressing her face against his chest to listen to his heartbeat, switching between her left and right ears, seemingly without end, Jia Lian couldn't help but nudge her gently. "Alright, it's my turn now."

"Um……"

You Sanjie nodded, took one last moment to feel Jia Lian's body temperature, then lowered her head and took three steps back.

Just as Jia Lian was finding the girl's shy demeanor rather cute, he finally saw You Sanjie's face raised, and then Jia Lian knew something was wrong.

Sure enough, at this moment, there was no shyness in You Sanjie's eyes at all, but rather a playful and mischievous smile.

She merely glanced at Jia Lian, said nothing, turned and ran away as fast as she could, leaving Jia Lian standing upright with his hands against the wall, his clothes disheveled, staring blankly as she fled.

After a short while, Jia Lian shook his head and smiled, saying, "He who hunts geese all day long ends up getting pecked in the eye by one himself; it's all just like that."

Judging from how fast she ran, she must have never had her feet bound.

Master Lian, who was able to take things in stride, didn't complain too much. He slunk away, dressed himself, and went back home.

But I always held a grudge against this girl for breaking her promise, and sooner or later I would make her taste the consequences.