After comforting the frightened Jia Baoyu, Grandmother Jia said to Chen Ajiao, "Thank you for reminding me, Madam Lin. If it weren't for you, the Rongguo Mansion would have suffered even more."
Shen Ajiao grinned, but her smile was forced. "As long as the old lady is satisfied."
The conspicuous bag was still whimpering when it suddenly remembered something. "Mrs. Lin, didn't Lin's younger sister come today?"
"We're here, but it's inconvenient to be outside."
"Then I'll go out and find my sister." She said, trying to get up, but she didn't get up because she was in so much pain. Grandmother Jia was horrified and heartbroken.
"Mrs. Lin, please don't make things difficult for Baoyu. Why don't you let Yu'er come in and see her brother?"
Chen Ajiao looked completely bewildered.
What did she miss?
How did she become the vicious stepmother that Grandmother Jia described as preventing her brother and sister from seeing each other?
"What are you saying, old lady?"
When Jia Baoyu saw that Shen Ajiao was pretending to be deaf and dumb and even preventing Lin Daiyu from entering, he could not suppress his anger. "Madam Lin, the old ancestor is also Lin Daiyu's old ancestor. Your obstruction is really not the demeanor of a mistress of a wealthy family."
"If Uncle Lin knew that Sister Lin was treated like this, would Mrs. Lin still be able to remain calm?"
Oh, despite his questionable character, Zhao Guanbao does have some social skills; he's just not selfish.
[He uses the good things to his advantage, but he only talks the talk—"Ancestors, save me!"]
"What are you talking about?" Shen Ajiao put down her teacup and looked at Grandmother Jia and Jia Baoyu with some confusion.
"This is the Rongguo Duke's mansion, not a tavern where people can solicit customers. Baoyu, you are a normal man, not a male prostitute in a tavern."
"You may not care about your reputation or your shame, but the Lin family certainly does."
Grandmother Jia was taken aback and suddenly realized what she had just done. She quickly slapped Baoyu and said, "Nonsense! I know you miss your Lin sister, but if you do this, she will be heartbroken."
"She came, but she was afraid you would feel bad if you saw her, so she's sitting outside."
[Pah! Who would be sad if they saw him? Shameless.]
[Intentionally damaging Lin Baobao's reputation.]
"Mrs. Lin, please don't take it to heart. The child is young and acts on impulse. Don't worry about it."
Shen Ajiao nodded with a forced smile.
Who's going to argue with you?
Whoever does that is a fool.
"Yu'er has been here for quite some time, I'll go see her." Saying this, he got up to go outside to see Lin Daiyu.
Baoyu was reluctant to leave, but Grandmother Jia still insisted on going to see him. After comforting Baoyu for a few moments, she got up to visit Daiyu.
As Chen Ajiao watched Grandmother Jia leave, she rose and slowly walked towards the conspicuous bag.
The conspicuous bag was startled and stammered, "What...what are you going to do?"
"Of course, we'll strike while the iron is hot and take your life!"
Shen Ajiao approached Xian Guanbao's ear like a ghost, "Your pig squeal was really something."
"You...you..."
"What do you mean, 'you'? Have you no manners?"
"If you continue to be impolite and unruly, it won't just be a matter of getting beaten up."
He glanced casually at the conspicuous bag and said, "If I ever see you bullying young girls under the guise of being nice to them again, I'll beat you up every time I see you."
"I'll spare your life this time, but who knows what will happen next time, hehehe."
"Ahhh!~"
What are you yelling about?
Shen Ajiao raised her hand to her neck, which frightened Xianyanbao into screaming again. Grandmother Jia rushed in impatiently.
"My darling, what's wrong? It hurts so much!"
My darling, tsk tsk!
"She...she..."
The conspicuous woman glanced at Shen Ajiao and was immediately speechless. Grandmother Jia looked at Shen Ajiao, who innocently clasped her hands together and murmured, "Amitabha."
Let's talk about the Hall of Mental Cultivation first...
"Waaah, I'm sleepy, I want to go to sleep."
Grandmother Jia hugged the conspicuous bag and patted it like a child, saying, "Go to sleep, go to sleep. Your grandmother is here; no one will bully you."
Shen Ajiao pouted. Who cares?
When they came out, Xue Baochai was still outside, sitting separately from Lin Daiyu, and the two still seemed unfamiliar with each other.
When Lin Daiyu saw Shen Ajiao come out, she stood up and asked, "How is it?"
"That's good, let's go."
After saying this, he nodded to Xue Baochai and left with Lin Daiyu.
[This Xue Baochai, sigh... how could she have taken a liking to such an eye-catching bag? And why hasn't she left after all this time?]
[A flashy bag is really that good? You might as well marry into the family, continue to expand and strengthen the family business, and with money, everything will fall into place, right?]
Xue Baochai: What Mrs. Lin said is very true.
"Madam, that Miss Xue is no ordinary person."
Shen Ajiao looked at Lin Daiyu with a puzzled expression, "How is it not simple?"
"I only exchanged a few words with her. I'm very smooth in my dealings with people, but I'm not sincere enough."
[You're her imagined rival, so why would she be sincere with you? She's already showing mercy by not crushing you.]
Lin Daiyu: Am I that bad?
Chen Ajiao: It's not that you're bad, it's that your opponents are too strong.
"Yes, don't look at what she says, look at what she does."
"good."
As she spoke, Lin Daiyu laughed, "Madam, this is the first time I've met my two uncles."
Shen Ajiao...
I forgot; I've been firing at them too much lately and forgotten about them.
"But what could you say?"
A hint of melancholy flashed in Lin Daiyu's eyes. Her eldest uncle glanced at her, but her second uncle didn't even look at her.
If it weren't for Miss Xue's reminder, even if she met them face to face, she wouldn't have recognized them as her two uncles.
[Pah, they're not even human. All they want is money; they can't even put on a show of politeness.]
[It's hilarious! None of her own nieces have mentioned wanting to see her since they arrived, not even Grandmother Jia.]
[All they care about is her useless, attention-grabbing bag; they're a bunch of hypocritical good-for-nothings. We're better off without this uncle!]
Lin Daiyu took a deep breath. So what if she didn't know him? What else could she do?
Now that the Rongguo Duke's mansion is in this state, she can't say much. Oh well, let it be a matter of fate.
No sooner had Shen Ajiao and Lin Daiyu returned than they received an invitation from Xue Baochai of the Xue family, who wanted to invite Miss Lin to her home for her birthday in a few days.
Lin Daiyu's first thought was not to go. Why didn't she mention it when they were sitting together today? She only remembered her after she got home. What does that mean?
Shen Ajiao glanced at it and said, "Isn't the Xue family living in the Rongguo Duke's Mansion?"
"They said they only stayed for two or three days before moving out to live alone. It's close by, just one street from the Jia family's residence," Lin Daiyu repeated to Shen Ajiao, recalling what Xue Baochai had told her that day.
"Let's go have some fun then."
Lin Daiyu?
"Did you fail to finish the assignments given by Zhang Shaofu again?"
Shen Ajiao rubbed her hands, looking up at the sky, then at the ground, then at the house. Lin Daiyu snorted coldly, "Madam is either on her way to gossip or gossiping all day long."
"If you put half of your effort into your studies, why worry that Junior Tutor Zhang won't praise you?"
"Madam, put down the melon seeds you're holding...come with me to do your homework."
"Hehehe..."
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