Passersby were unsure what to do; it was rather pitiful that this elderly woman, at her advanced age, was still thinking about her granddaughter.
When Grandmother Jia saw that someone was speaking up for her, she cried even more pitifully, and kept muttering about Lin Daiyu.
Just when Grandmother Jia thought she could go in immediately, someone said, "Isn't this the old lady of Rongguo Mansion?"
How dare you show your face here?
Didn't your family and the Lin family sign a letter of severance?
Everyone was stunned and asked in unison, "Really?"
"Is this for real? My cousin's wife, who lives next door to my aunt's daughter, works here. I heard that the Lin family had some trouble recently, so she wanted to go back to her maternal grandparents' house for help. She wanted to see if they could lend a hand, but she went for three days and came back with nothing. She even signed a document severing ties with them."
"You have no idea, the Lin family's daughter cried for three days and three nights after she came back, and her eyes were almost blinded. Then, the Lin family's patriarch was injured and carried back, which almost cost the young lady her life."
"How pitiful!"
"Who can argue with that?"
"You heartless bastard, how dare you come looking for your granddaughter? You're just trying to curry favor with her because you saw her father come back and get promoted and made a fortune."
"Exactly, they have a right not to let you in, but you're turning around and blaming them!"
"Pooh!"
...
Curses came from all directions, and Grandmother Jia was so humiliated that she couldn't lift her head. She hurriedly tried to explain, "I didn't know! Poor me, I was deceived by the servants!"
"That's my granddaughter, a piece of my daughter's flesh. How could I not feel pain? I was sick a few days ago and just recovered. Oh, oh..."
"You didn't know about something this big?"
"Oh dear, I'm so old, and I'm sick every few days. How would I know so much? They're all servants, sob sob sob... I've come today to clear up the misunderstanding." Grandmother Jia beat her chest and stamped her feet, crying incessantly.
Some in the crowd were hesitant, thinking, "Maybe it's something done by the people below."
"That's right, that's right."
Grandmother Jia thought to herself, "Yes, yes, that's it! Quickly call me in. Once I get the dissolution document, this matter will be over."
But some people are different. "Servant? Or someone below? Make it clear."
"Servant, who gave you the audacity to sever ties with your master's relatives?"
"If this is someone from below? Could it be the wife?"
"This daughter-in-law is really bold, severing ties for someone else? Would she dare to do that without the old lady's permission?"
"What a joke, aren't you afraid of your tongue getting rotten from saying such things?"
...
The crowd was then reminded that, "Yes, the old lady of the Rongguo Mansion doesn't know?"
Would my daughter-in-law dare to do this without her consent?
The initial doubts and uncertainties in everyone's eyes immediately turned into disgust.
"Pah! What a bad habit!"
"It's still the old lady's child, her own daughter's child!"
"They run away faster than rabbits when they see someone in trouble, but come looking for them when they're successful. What a shameless thing to do!"
"Exactly, exactly, shameless!"
...
Baoyu was caught in a dilemma: to speak or not to speak. If he defended the matriarch, he would be taking the blame for Lady Wang; if he didn't, the matriarch would be at fault!
He was so anxious that he paced back and forth, his mouth was like a knotted rope, and he couldn't utter a single word, only making muffled noises.
Grandmother Jia panicked, too ashamed to lift her head after being scolded by those around her.
"You...you...get out!"
"I'm going to sue you for defaming the imperial edict!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately dispersed.
"She's panicking! Hahaha."
"Yeah, hahaha, let's go, let's go, it's their own family matter, hahaha! How embarrassing!"
...
Grandmother Jia clutched her chest, gasping for breath, her vision blurring.
"Ancestor! Ancestor!"
Grandmother Jia was heartbroken. In her dazed state, she saw Jia Min pointing at her and cursing, but she couldn't hear a word. Then, the world spun around her, and she fainted.
Baoyu was extremely anxious and rushed to the gate of the Lin Mansion, shouting, "Open the door! Open the door quickly! The Old Ancestor has fainted!"
"Quickly, get a doctor!"
The gatekeepers looked at each other, unmoved. "Master Bao, please go back. Our young lady doesn't know any medicine."
"How come you recognize me now?"
concierge……
"How...how can you be so heartless? Does Lin Daiyu know this?"
"If anything happens to our ancestor, I will hold you responsible!"
Gatekeeper?
What does this have to do with them?
"Get out of the way and let me in!"
"Master Bao, hurry and go fetch a doctor for your old lady. She's getting old and can't afford to be delayed."
"Then why haven't you called me in yet? Get out of here! Lin Daiyu, Lin Daiyu, even the old lady fainted because of you!"
"How can you bear to see her so heartbroken? Don't you really care about your ancestors anymore?"
"Your ancestor is still your ancestor! He did all that for your sake, how can you not be understanding of him! How can you be so unfilial!"
"No, no... that's not true, Lin Daiyu isn't like that!"
"Lin Daiyu isn't such a heartless person, no, no, Lin Daiyu, come out, come out quickly! I know you're inside..."
...
"Please return home, Master Bao. Our young lady is not at home."
Baoyu's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like he had gone mad. "No, no, Lin sister, come out quickly, it's me, Baoyu!"
She noticed the jade pendant she was wearing around her neck for no apparent reason. "It's all your fault!"
"I don't want you anymore, you're such a troublemaker!"
As he spoke, he took off the jade pendant from his neck and slammed it hard against the stone lion at the entrance.
The servants of the Jia family were too slow to stop them and rushed to find the jade. However, the jade, which had never been broken no matter how it was thrown, shattered into pieces when it hit the stone lion!
The servants of the Jia family were alarmed. Some searched for the jade fragments, while others tried to comfort Baoyu. But Baoyu seemed to have lost his soul, standing there blankly, lost in thought.
The doorman was dumbfounded. What kind of operation was this?
Smashing jade in front of his house?
And you even said it wouldn't break if it were dropped?
What a joke! What kind of jade can't be broken?
As we all know, jade is fragile!
Honestly, I hope they don't break their stone lions, that would cost a lot of money!
The gatekeeper saw the Jia family members screaming and leaving, so he went into the mansion to report.
"You said that Second Master's jade smashed against the stone lion at our gate?" Shen Ajiao looked incredulous. Didn't you say it wouldn't break?
It just broke like that today?
That's incredible!
Hurry up and go check out the big stone lions at the entrance.
But the stone lions are completely intact. There isn't a single dent or crack, let alone any damage. They look brand new.
How strange! How strange!
Zhou Shun, standing to the side, looked confused and said, "It's normal. Jade is so fragile. It will break even if you just drop it from your hand, let alone smash it."
"Besides, I heard that his jade was born while he was holding it in his mouth. That jade must have been small and thin, so it's normal for it to break!" Holding it in one's mouth is considered unlucky, so if it breaks, it breaks.
Shen Ajiao pouted. "The child doesn't understand. I'm afraid those six brothers from the Jia family will steal my stone lion in the middle of the night."
Lin Daiyu immediately ordered someone to replace the stone lion with a new one and moved the smashed stone lion into the storeroom. This was a treasure, after all, a jade that could break precious jade!
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