The Red Mansion Big Liar

She couldn't bear the accusation of meeting him in the dead of night and accusing her own sister. She was already thinking of backing out and hurriedly walked towards the door.

Anyway, she had said what she needed to say. If she wasn't caught in the act, she could still stick to her story. But if she was seen by someone else, she would be doomed.

Unexpectedly, just as he reached the door, Zhang Yunyi suddenly opened his eyes and said, "I'm not mistaken! Third sister is really smart and clever, and makes men like me ashamed!"

Hearing his praise and seeing his burning gaze so close to her, Tanchun's heart trembled and she couldn't help but stop.

Hesitantly said: "Yi...Brother Yi..."

It’s not that she didn’t understand the meaning of Zhang Yunyi’s words, but with the previous experience, she couldn’t help but be more cautious.

"It's easy to get money, but it's hard to find a true friend. Third sister really knows my heart!"

He walked forward quickly and grabbed Tanchun's hand, but then he said hesitantly, "Please forgive me for being rude, Third Sister. I really can't help myself!"

Although he kept saying that he was rude, he had no intention of giving up.

Suddenly her hands were held, and Tanchun felt her heart fluttering. She wanted to break free but was afraid of ruining the atmosphere, so she just stood there stiffly.

Is there anything more difficult to part with than to regain something you have lost?

Zhang Yun逸 grasped this mentality and deliberately spoke at this time.

However, he had no intention of pressing further and just held Tanchun's hand, remaining in a stalemate for a long while.

Tanchun was obviously a little bit exhausted, so she slightly retracted her hand and said to ease the embarrassment, "I hope Brother Yi doesn't blame me for being too talkative!"

However, how could Zhang Yunyi let her break free so easily? He held her tightly and said, "You said what I was thinking. How can I blame you?"

At this point, he changed the subject: "It's just that, you know, since my uncle and cousin passed away, I have been left alone. It's rare that the old lady and the ladies treat me as one of their own. Some things are really difficult!"

He shook his head and looked at Tanchun with eager but conflicted eyes, acting out his dilemma to the fullest.

Seeing him like this, Tanchun didn't care about her tender hands being held tighter and tighter by him, and hurriedly advised: "Brother Yi, you should think more about yourself."

Zhang Yunyi shook his head and said, "To be honest with you, Third Sister, I can see what the old lady is thinking, but if I refuse, the old lady will inevitably think that I am too picky and look down on the mansion. If so, I am afraid that the old lady may not welcome me to come and visit often."

As he spoke, he not only stared at Tanchun closely, but also rubbed his hands constantly and said something meaningful, which made Tanchun, who was already flustered, even more confused.

In addition, his considerations were not unreasonable, so Tanchun felt a little at a loss: "Then... what should I do?"

"Although it's difficult to have the best of both worlds, there is still a chance... Third sister, don't you see my feelings yet?"

When Tanchun heard this, she felt her cheeks burning. She tried hard to think, but she just couldn't concentrate.

Zhang Yunyi didn't seem to count on her. He rubbed the back of her hand and said with a smile, "It was not easy to tell you directly, Third Sister. Now that I have revealed my true feelings to you, there is no need to hide it from you anymore."

Having said that, he pulled the still dazed Tanchun into his arms.

Before she could struggle, he said lovingly, "If we can use this opportunity of presenting gifts on the Emperor's birthday to please him, and mention that the eldest girl can help, there may be room for the eldest girl's marriage. If so, we can propose it to the old lady, and it will surely come to fruition..."

After hearing these words, Tanchun felt confused. Even though she knew it was inappropriate for him to hold her in his arms, she was not willing to struggle.

She raised her shy and trembling eyes, looked at him, and murmured in a mosquito-like voice: "Yi...Brother Yi..."

Zhang Yunyi was not a good person at all. Before she could finish her words, her cherry-like mouth was blocked tightly.

Tanchun only hesitated symbolically for a few times, then gave up struggling and stretched out her arms, tightly holding his shoulder blades.

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 339 Emotional Value

For a long time, the lips are divided.

No one spoke in the dim thatched cottage, only the heavy breathing sound that continued for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, Tanchun panted and said, "Don't worry, Brother Yi! I will definitely polish this play for you..."

Zhang Yunyi stretched out his finger, pressed it on Tanchun's lips, and interrupted, "It's not for me! It's for us, to work together..."

Tanchun is not Yingchun. To her, those sweet words are far less emotionally valuable than the four words "work together".

As expected, Tanchun said in high spirits: "I am so lucky to be able to encourage each other with Brother Yi..."

Feeling her surging heart, Zhang Yunyi's hand on his lips slid down, and his arms once again wrapped around Tanchun's back. His big hands restlessly rubbed her pink back all the way down.

Tanchun was obviously feeling uncomfortable. She twisted her hips uneasily but did not struggle. Instead, her eyes fluttered as if she had tasted the sweetness of the treat and she was ready to be killed.

Zhang Yunyi naturally would not miss such a natural opportunity, and he bent down and kissed her passionately.

If the previous time was just a brief attempt, this time it was full of vigor and vitality, and the same was true for the hands.

Tanchun was not a person who would accept things passively. Although she was still very unfamiliar with the situation, she responded very enthusiastically.

It was not until Zhang Yunyi kissed her snow-white neck all the way down that she realized something was wrong and found that her clothes were half open. She quickly used all her strength to cross her arms in front of her body with difficulty, and trembled as she pushed Zhang Yunyi away a little.

She hid her arms in front of her body, her face full of shyness, and said in a trembling voice: "Yi...Brother Yi, no!"

Zhang Yunyi secretly regretted not being able to go any further, but said in annoyance: "It's all my fault that I couldn't help myself and lost my mind for a moment, and offended my sister!"

"Don't blame Brother Yi, I feel the same way..."

Tanchun raised her arm and gently pushed his chest, reluctantly saying, "It's getting late. If I don't go back, I'm afraid people will get suspicious!"

Zhang Yunyi estimated that the time was almost up, so he said, "Then let the third sister go first. I will wait until my sister is far away before leaving, so as not to be seen."

Tanchun's face froze, she covered her chest and said shyly, "Brother Yi, please go first! I still need to... still need to pack up."

Her clothes were already in a mess. How could she have the nerve to tidy them up in front of Zhang Yunyi?

Zhang Yunyi did not insist. Before opening the door, he suddenly turned around and said, "Although I am not 100% sure about this matter, there is still a glimmer of hope. You know the old lady's temper better than me. Can you tell her directly, so that I don't have to use filial piety as an excuse to shirk responsibility."

Naturally, he couldn't say anything about Yuanchun's marriage.

Anyway, neither Rongfu nor Tanchun could know whether he had told the emperor or not.

But having said that, the result is there after all.

Tanchun is not Yingchun. Although he took the initiative today and made her let down her guard, she might still become suspicious as time goes on.

His move was purely a retreat to advance, which further dispelled Tanchun's doubts. Some things would be difficult to shirk responsibility once the other party opened their mouth.

Instead, it is better to bring it up first. Even if Tanchun intends to go with the flow, she can be guided by using words.

"Don't!" Tanchun said hurriedly, "The old lady loves my eldest sister the most. If she knew, even if she wouldn't urge Brother Yi to express his position, she would probably deliberately prevent me from meeting Brother Yi..."

As if she felt a little embarrassed, she added: "If it affects the rehearsal of the Longevity Festival, it will not be worth it."

Zhang Yunyi nodded and sighed, "Forget it! Anyway, the mourning period is after the Wanshou Festival, so there is no need to worry about having an excuse."

After saying that, he didn't linger any longer and pushed the door open and walked out.

He closed the door, came to the courtyard, and nodded to the shivering maid, saying, "Thank you for your hard work. Remember to take good care of your young lady. Although it hasn't snowed in the past few days, the road is now icy. Don't let her fall."

Inside the house, Tanchun, who was tidying up her clothes, froze when she heard the conversation outside.

Her mind was in a state of confusion, her delicate hands tightly grasped the collar of her clothes and pressed against her chest, and she did not move for a long time.

Until the somewhat panicked voice of the servant came from outside: "Miss...Miss!~"

Tanchun came to her senses after hearing this and said hurriedly, "Wait! He'll be out soon."

He hurriedly buttoned up his clothes, smoothed out the wrinkles in front and back, took a deep breath, then opened the door and walked out of the room.

"Miss, how is it?" The secretary hurried forward to ask, "Master Yi has been out for a while, why did Miss stay in there for so long?"

Tanchun blushed and answered irrelevantly: "I was overthinking...Brother Yi already has a plan!"

"Then...what did Master Yi say?" Shi Shu's thoughts were disrupted by her, and she hurriedly asked, "Master Yi didn't blame Miss..."

Although it can be seen from Zhang Yun逸's instructions that he is still a little worried.

Tanchun pursed her lips, raised a curve at the corner of her mouth, and said: "Although it is a bit unnecessary, but being able to understand Brother Yi's intentions is worth my painstaking efforts!"

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"It would be worthwhile for me to go to the trouble of staying in the mansion temporarily if I could see my sister-in-law and relieve my longing for her!"

In the large flower hall, two figures like conjoined twins were tightly wrapped together, breathing heavily and groping each other.

It was Zhang Yunyi, who had just come out of Qingtang thatched cottage and seamlessly came to meet Li Wan.

Li Wan had been away from home for a long time and was already eager to get married, while Zhang Yunyi had already laid the groundwork in Qingtang's thatched cottage and was ready to go.

In a short while, the two of them had their clothes half-open and were almost frank with each other.

Zhang Yunyi promptly held down Li Wan's groping hand and said gently, "It's freezing cold, sister-in-law, you'd better put on some clothes to avoid getting cold!"

When Li Wan heard this, a blush suddenly appeared on her face, and she turned around in his arms without saying a word.

Then, he leaned over and lay on the railing at the edge of the stage.

Compared to Tanchun, who needs intimate conversation and all kinds of preparation, a mature woman like Li Wan naturally does not need to be so complicated and it is better to get straight to the point.

The two were evenly matched, and although the battle was intense, they still had energy left to talk.

Li Wan couldn't wait to report the good news: "From now on, it won't be so far away anymore. After the New Year, I will move into the garden!"

"Oh? What's going on?"

"Madam...Madam came to me today and asked me to move to the garden after the New Year."

Zhang Yunyi frowned slightly and asked calmly, "Why is she so kind?"

"Zijuan gossiped in front of Baoyu a while ago and almost went crazy again..."

Li Wan told the story of Zijuan in a disjointed manner, and at the end she added, "Madam is probably worried that he will always go to Miss Lin's place, and if anything goes wrong, she asked me to keep an eye on him..."

It couldn't be blamed on Li Wan for misjudging Mrs. Wang's intention. After all, in her opinion, no matter from which perspective, Yuanchun's marriage to Zhang Yunyi was the best choice, and Mrs. Wang had no reason to obstruct it.

But she used Baoyu as a cover-up, which made Li Wan misunderstand her.

Zhang Yunyi did not doubt Mrs. Wang's intentions. He knew that Mrs. Wang was interested in a perfect match, so he had a preconceived idea. So he smiled and said, "Then you have to keep a close eye on me, don't let me down!"

Although he said this, he was actually thinking about how to destroy this golden marriage.

Although Mrs. Wang had a lot of plans, she didn't intend to miss out on either Chai or Dai.

He didn't know that Zijuan had changed her mind, and he was thinking about using Lin Daiyu's force to his advantage, but he would need to use some tricks on Xue Baochai's side.

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 340: Fighting for the Secret

Because she had hope for the future and was worried about being caught, and because the weather was freezing cold, Li Wan was no longer as demanding as she was last time in the Grand Flower Hall, where she had no food to eat and was insatiable.

However, even so, she still caught a slight cold.

The next morning, Suyun was asked to ask for leave from Lady Jia.

No one else took it seriously, except Wang Xifeng, who was wary of it.

She had originally planned to eat alone, but she didn't see Zhang Yunyi show up last night, and then she heard that Li Wan had caught a cold, so she couldn't help but speculate.

After lunch, she came to Li Wan's room under the pretext of visiting the patient.

As soon as she entered the room, she pointed at Suyun and asked, "Sister-in-law was fine yesterday, why did she catch a cold today? Did you sleep too much last night and didn't take good care of her?"

Li Wan heard something wrong and quickly interrupted the conversation, saying, "It's not Suyun's fault. I felt the fire in the house was too strong yesterday and I felt suffocated. I went to the yard to get some fresh air and caught a cold."

How could Wang Xifeng believe it so easily? She laughed and said, "My dear sister-in-law, you are too careless. If you feel stuffy in the room, you can just open the window. Why do you want to go outside and freeze?"

She turned to glare at Su Yun, who looked aggrieved, and scolded, "Why don't you know how to stop them?"

Li Wan took over the conversation again and explained, "I asked her to watch Lan Er reading. She was not there at that time, so it's not her fault."

Wang Xifeng immediately noticed the loophole in his words and asked suspiciously, "Why didn't the eldest sister-in-law accompany Lan Xiaozi herself, but asked her to watch over him instead?"

"This……"

Wang Xifeng pressed on step by step, and Li Wan was only concerned with defending Suyun. She inevitably lost sight of the whole situation and forgot about herself for a moment.

Seeing that Wang Xifeng had already become suspicious, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "My wife asked me to come over yesterday, saying that after the New Year, I should move to the garden to help supervise the girls' needlework. Lan'er still has to focus on her studies, so I'm afraid she can only go to the garden every few days. I was feeling depressed for the time being, so I took some time out to take a breath..."

"Is there still this?"

Li Wan has always had only Jia Lan in her heart. Suddenly she was arranged to live in the garden, and the mother and son were separated, which was explainable.

Wang Xifeng stopped nagging her, glanced at Li Wan, and said with a smile, "I see that although the elder sister-in-law has caught a cold, her complexion is better than usual. I think it's nothing serious."