Red Mansion: Holding Space and Marrying Like the Sea

Lin Ruhai felt very annoyed when he saw Lin Daiyu crying. He frowned and asked impatiently, "Stop crying and tell me what happened."

Lin Daiyu shrank back in fear, and replied timidly, "I was just worried that Grandmother would be too tired, so I suggested that my mother come back to help take care of Wang. After all, my mother is the principal wife... But Grandmother called me a jerk. Then I said my mother would be arriving in Suzhou tomorrow, and Grandmother suddenly fainted."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai immediately realized that Lin Daiyu had not told the whole truth, but the most important thing now was to take good care of Mrs. Lin's health, so he said to Lin Daiyu: "Okay, you can go back first."

After carefully diagnosing the pulse, the doctor respectfully reported to Lin Ruhai: "Sir Lin, Madam Lin is not seriously injured. She just fainted due to anger. After I give her acupuncture, she will wake up soon." After that, the doctor began to give her acupuncture.

After a while, Mrs. Lin slowly opened her eyes. Her first reaction upon waking was to slap Lin Ruhai hard and angrily curse, "You unfilial son, you gave birth to such a wicked daughter who makes me so angry! She actually dared to threaten me, saying that she would bring back her thief mother in a sedan chair. Who does she think she is?" Mrs. Lin became more and more angry as she thought about it, glaring at Lin Ruhai with vicious eyes. "Lin Ruhai, if you do something stupid again, I will not live anymore. You will never be able to hold your head up high."

Lin Ruhai knelt beside the bed, head bowed, and remained silent. He knew his mother was furious, and that nothing he said would be of any use.

The next morning, Jia Min brought the Jia family's servants to the gate of the Lin Mansion and asked them to open the main door to welcome her in. When the gatekeeper saw that it was Jia Min and her group, he slammed the door shut again. The gatekeeper had been informed that he did not need to open the door as long as the guests were from the Jia family.

The servant immediately ran to find the head steward, Lin Zhongji, and said, "Head steward, Miss Jia Min of the Jia family is at the door, calling for the main gate to be opened to welcome her. I saw it was a member of the Jia family, so I closed the door and came to see you." Head steward Lin said, "Well done, take this money and drink."

The gatekeeper said, "It's hard for me to accept this."

The housekeeper said, "Just keep it if I give it to you. Go back. I'll go to the old lady."

The servant took the silver and left happily.

Butler Lin came to the old lady's room.

"Madam, Miss Jia Min brought people to our house and said that we should welcome her at the main gate." said the housekeeper Lin.

The old lady frowned, "Why is Jia Min so arrogant?"

"I don't know either. I just followed the master's instructions and didn't open the door for them." Butler Lin replied.

"Humph, she's really getting more and more outrageous." The old lady slammed the table angrily, "Ignore her, let her wait outside."

"Yes, I understand." Butler Lin nodded in response.

After a while, the housekeeper Lin came back to report, "Old Madam, Miss Jia Min is still making a scene outside the door. She says we don't give her face and she's even cursing at us."

The old lady was so angry that her face turned blue. "This Jia Min is simply too much!"

"I didn't expect her to be like this. Do you want someone to drive her away?" asked Butler Lin.

"Let's wait and see what she wants to do." The old lady said after thinking for a moment.

After a while, the housekeeper Lin came in again and reported, "Madam, Miss Jia Min said that if you don't open the door, she will go to the master to reason."

The old lady sneered, "Does she think the master will listen to her? Tell her that the master is not at home, and if there is anything, wait until the master comes back to discuss it."

"Yes, I understand." Butler Lin turned around and went out to convey the old lady's words.

When Jia Min heard this, she stomped her feet in anger, but there was nothing she could do but continue waiting at the door.