Chapter 134 Provoking Lin Daiyu

"Sister Yuan, you're keeping your good ideas to yourself now. Luckily, there are still a few days until the big day, otherwise I'd be the laughingstock of the whole capital if things got so chaotic." Wang Xifeng said reproachfully.

"I think you did a great job, very well. I don't have any good ideas, I'm just too lazy to rush things, so I split one day's work into two days." Yuan Hongqu didn't really understand this aspect, but she could still understand how to coordinate things.

Wang Xifeng's original approach was fine if there were few guests, but it would definitely cause chaos if there were many guests.

Guests who can attend the Rongguo Mansion charity auction are all wealthy and noble, and if something goes wrong, it will be difficult to handle.

Having acquired several antiques from Grandmother Jia and received Yuan Hongqu's suggestion, Wang Xifeng felt somewhat at ease, thinking that the charity auction in a few days might be a resounding success.

At this moment, she pulled Yuan Hongqu to her house. The two hadn't seen each other for several days, and Wang Xifeng felt as if she had lost her backbone. She could only feel at ease after listening to a few words from Yuan Hongqu.

"Sister, this is the first time I've done something like this, and I'm so nervous. I'm so glad you came today, otherwise I would have come looking for you right away."

She was, after all, a time-traveling woman, but she never did anything outrageous. She always adhered to the style of the original Wang Xifeng, at most being a little kinder. She never did things like killing or taking on too much responsibility. Unlike other time-traveling women in the book who thrived in ancient times, she never did any of those things.

This charity auction was something she had thought of after witnessing the horrific scenes she had seen during her several trips to the West City with Jia Lian these past few days.

Unexpectedly, Jia Lian praised her idea highly and was very supportive, helping her find a suitable place and set up the venue—all of which he did.

Wang Xifeng was initially hesitant, but seeing Jia Lian's enthusiasm, she put all her brain cells to work, recalling the procedures of the charity auctions she had attended in her previous life.

Of course, given her status in her past life, she would have worked as a hostess at the event.

Now that things have come to this point, she has no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

Yuan Hongqu accompanied her again, going through the entire charity auction process, listing out the precautions one by one, and discussing the solutions several times before finally finalizing them.

"Sister, why don't you come with me that day?" Wang Xifeng pleaded again. "I'm still a little worried that I won't do a good job."

Yuan Hongqu sighed helplessly, disappointed that her son was not living up to his potential.

"You're Wang Xifeng, the Second Mistress of Lian. If you're going to show off your power, what can't you do? If you bring this up again, don't even think about asking me for anything next time!"

Seeing Yuan Hongqu's serious expression, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but smile.

"Sister Yuan, you really look like a teacher."

“I am a teacher by nature, why do I need to imitate?” Yuan Hongqu couldn’t help but laugh.

After they laughed, they both felt much more relaxed.

"Sister Yuan, please save some of your Shine Muscat grapes for me to use at my banquet that day. It's not for nothing; your income is also donated to Xicheng. We'll contribute whatever amount others offer."

"You don't need to pay anything. Consider it my sponsorship. Is 100 jin enough?"

"That's enough, thank you, sister."

After the two finished their discussion, they were about to go to Grandmother Jia's side when a little maidservant ran over to Daiyu.

"Granny Yuan, the young lady just went to visit Master Bao with the three young ladies of the Jia family and saw some unpleasant things. The young lady needs to come to you quickly so we can go home."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Hongqu quickened her pace.

"Do you know what the young lady saw?"

"The young lady refused to speak, and Master Bao kept apologizing to her, but she told him to stay away and wouldn't even look at him."

Yuan Hongqu glanced thoughtfully at Wang Xifeng, who had followed her.

"Didn't Master Bao say he was recuperating indoors and couldn't go out?"

“Who knows? These days, the old lady manages most of Baoyu’s affairs, and the second wife manages the rest. I’ve been busy lately and haven’t been to see him. I don’t know what kind of trouble he’s up to now,” Wang Xifeng said.

She felt that the second master had been keeping a closer eye on her a few months ago, and Baoyu had been working very hard to show off his knowledge in front of Daiyu.

These past few days, with its wind and snow, classes at the school have been suspended early. Baoyu even fell into the snow and fell ill. I'm afraid he's already neglected his studies, and hasn't reviewed what he's learned; he's probably forgotten it all long ago.

When Yuan Hongqu and Baoyu arrived at Rongqing Hall, they saw Daiyu sitting sideways on the first chair below Grandmother Jia, while Baoyu sat diagonally to the side, looking sullen.

"Granny, let's go home." As soon as Yuan Hongqu walked to Daiyu's side, Daiyu immediately grabbed her hand.

"What's wrong with Lin Daiyu? She's come all this way, and she's leaving before noon. Won't this upset the old lady?" Wang Xifeng hurriedly came over to comfort her.

"It's my fault for being so rude to you, sister. Why don't you hit me a few times or scold me a few times, just so you won't get angry and hurt yourself, then my sins will be even greater." Baoyu carefully apologized again and again, but Daiyu turned her head to the side and ignored him, only pestering Yuan Hongqu to say that she wanted to go home.

Grandmother Jia was at a loss, but Baoyu, that little devil, just wouldn't say what had happened, and Daiyu, apart from saying she wanted to go home, wouldn't say another word.

“Sister, it’s really just a misunderstanding. I haven’t done such things for a long time. Please believe me,” Baoyu pleaded.

"Whether you do it or not is none of my business, and you don't need to explain to me," Daiyu said coldly, then turned to Grandmother Jia.

“Grandmother, Daiyu came to see that you are in good health and is relieved. I will take my leave now and come to visit you another day.”

"Yu'er, why are you in such a hurry? Can't you even have a meal with this old woman?"

"Grandmother, I'd better go back first!" Daiyu shook her head. She couldn't bear to see Baoyu. As soon as she saw him, she would remember what she had just witnessed and feel nauseous.

"Baoyu, what did you do to make Lin Daiyu so angry?" Wang Xifeng asked anxiously.

Upon hearing this, Jia Baoyu's handsome face immediately turned as red as if covered with a red cloth, and he became even more hesitant and dared not speak.

"Second brother was in the room embracing a girl and eating the rouge off her lips."

The three sisters went with Daiyu and all saw what happened in the room. It was Xichun, who was always straightforward, who spoke up.