Lin Daiyu's Rebirth

When Yuanyang heard Xueyan say that she wanted to keep vigil for Daiyu, she was determined not to go to Baoyu.

Just as she was about to say something, the little maid from Jia's mother's side came to her anxiously: "Sister Yuanyang, the old lady asked you to go back quickly. There are many things waiting for you to arrange."

Yuanyang had no choice but to pull Zijuan along, smiling and saying to her, "Good sister, persuade Xueyan. Come and pick her up to go to Baoyu's place in the evening."

After saying this, Yuanyang left in a hurry.

Daiyu's soul floated around, following the Ox-Head and Horse-Face and was about to leave.

She stumbled to Mengpo Bridge. Mengpo shouted to the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Guards, "What's going on? Why is this person here when his life span hasn't ended yet?"

The Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Demons had no choice but to let Daiyu go. Daiyu didn't want to leave, so they had to kick her.

This kick made Daiyu suddenly open her eyes.

She watched Zijuan and Xueyan crying as they changed her into funeral clothes. For a moment, she didn't know whether she was a human or a ghost.

First, Zijuan watched Daiyu open her eyes, and then quickly touched Daiyu with her hand.

She gradually regained a pulse and her breathing began to return to normal.

Zijuan shouted in surprise, "Xueyan, come here quickly, the girl is breathing! Come and take a look!"

Xueyan hurried over and looked at Daiyu.

Daiyu looked around and saw that she was wearing funeral clothes, so she thought she had passed away.

When she saw Zijuan and Xueyan, she thought: Could it be that they both committed suicide together for me?

Are all three of us dead?

Daiyu looked at them in confusion and asked loudly, "Am I not dead? Am I a human or a ghost?"

Xueyan didn't believe it, so she went to feel Daiyu's pulse and breathing.

Hey, everything is back to normal, and his complexion is gradually returning to its rosy color.

Daiyu suddenly remembered what the gorgeous lady had said, asking her to go back, and remembered that Meng Po had asked the Ox-Head and Horse-Face to release her, saying that her life span was not yet over.

Daiyu still remembers seeing Baoyu lifting the veil for someone else, and the prince in gorgeous clothes.

She thought it was a dream, but she didn't expect to see all this by accident.

Daiyu knew that she was reborn and she wanted to live for herself in this life.

She was thankful for her illness, which allowed her to see clearly everyone around her. In the end, only two maidens were with her.

"My soul will follow the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Demons.

But Meng Po said that my life span had not yet ended, and she let me go back. Daiyu calmed down and said to them, "I am alive, I have been reborn."

Zijuan and Xueyan pinched their arms quickly and said happily, "This is not a dream, it's real, the girl is really alive!"

"But today is Baoyu's wedding day, and they asked me to go and accompany Miss Bao on her wedding day in place of Ying'er.

"Let me come back when it's time for the bridal chamber, and Ying'er will wait on us." Xueyan said helplessly to Daiyu.

Then Xueyan said with a look of grievance: "How can I watch the man the girl loves marry someone else?"

"Just go if I tell you to. Remember not to show that I'm still alive and let everyone think I'm dead." Daiyu told Xueyan with a serious face.

Zijuan and Xueyan looked at Daiyu in confusion, not knowing what her intention was.

"I was thinking of taking advantage of my fake death to borrow the coffin and return to Gusu.

If you two are willing, come back to my hometown with me.

Although my family is not as prosperous as the Jia family, the three of us live comfortably.

If you don’t want to, you can stay in the Jia Mansion.” Daiyu said to them.

Zijuan and Xueyan nodded desperately, indicating that they wanted to follow Daiyu.

"You two should split up and plan how to get back to Gusu when it's late at night and everyone is asleep.

I continued to lie there and pretended to be dead."

Daiyu turned around and told Zijuan, "Zijuan, go tell Grandmother to stay with Lan and not come over to accompany the spirit.

Just tell me what the old lady meant, that the body should be kept for a few days and the funeral will be held after Baoyu's wedding.

Then we can just come together."

After Zijuan left, Grandmother Jia sent a little maid to take Xueyan away.

Daiyu continued to lie on the couch, her heart full of wounds.

After so many years, the affection between me and Baoyu just disappeared.

She wants to live for herself in this life.

Seeing that no one came in, Daiyu got down from the couch and burned all the poems she had written and the handkerchief Baoyu had given her.

Only the hairpin was left in the brocade box, and Daiyu put it in a cabinet in the corner.

Looking at the snacks that Zijuan prepared for her on the table, she ate the snacks and fell asleep.

Zijuan and Xueyan were overjoyed to see that Daiyu was alive again.

After they finished their work, they hurried back to Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Late at night, everything was quiet and all the maids and servants were asleep.

Daiyu looked at Zijuan and Xueyan and asked them to close the door.

Then he went to the inner room, where was the wooden box that Daiyu brought back from home when her father passed away.

Back then, Daiyu distributed all the specialties she brought from home to everyone, but this wooden box was the only one that had never been opened.

Lin Daiyu gently opened the lid of the antique box, and a stale smell came to her face.

Zijuan and Xueyan, who were standing nearby, widened their eyes.

He stared closely at the contents of the box—he saw several land deeds and banknotes neatly arranged inside.

Zijuan and Xueyan looked at each other. They never knew that Master Lin had already considered a way out for his daughters.

Lin Daiyu stood quietly beside the box.

She seemed to see her father looking at these banknotes under the dim light, and then putting them in the box.

"These land deeds and banknotes should be enough to support our future lives.

But for now I need to continue pretending to be dead.

After the coffin arrives, the three of us can set off." Daiyu whispered her plan.

"Zijuan, please go to the pharmacy outside the city tomorrow and buy me some pills.

This drug can put a person into a state of suspended animation.

This way we can hide it from everyone in the Jia Mansion and help us escape smoothly." She continued to give instructions.

At this moment, they unexpectedly saw a letter in the compartment of the wooden box.

Daiyu opened the letter and read softly:

"Yu'er, when you read this letter, your father will no longer be alive.

Life has passed in a hurry for decades, and you are the only one that your father worries about.

When your mother passed away, your grandmother loved you and took you into the Jia family.

As a father, I am very reluctant to let you go, but unfortunately our Lin family has limited branches and a small population.

My father was old, so he had no choice but to let my child live in the house.

My bet is that Yu'er will never see this letter.

If my son were lucky enough to see it, he would definitely encounter difficulties.

If I am in trouble and can no longer live in the Jia family, remember to come back.

My father has prepared enough money for my son. Although my grandmother is good, she is too old to take care of things.

If you cannot marry Baoyu, your father hopes that you will go to see Master Liaofan in the temple outside Yangzhou City. He will protect you.

I hope my son is safe. Money is only external to the body. I hope my son can meet the lover who is in tune with him.

If my son is safe and sound, I will be grateful to my father in heaven.

Liao sent a letter home to Master Fan.

Ru Hai sends a long letter to Yu Er wishing her a safe life, written by Ru Hai himself.

After reading it, Daiyu couldn't help but burst into tears. Her father had already considered a way out for her.

Daiyu packed all the land deeds, silver bills and the letter in a bundle and gave it to Zijuan, asking her to go outside the city and give them to a reliable person.

Now she is just waiting for Baoyu's marriage to be over, and for everyone in the Jia family to come and see her, and then she will pretend to be dead and be buried.

Daiyu realized that she had no way out.

She must forget the feelings of her previous life without hesitation and bid farewell to the past completely in order to be reborn.

Grandma, Baoyu, goodbye!

Grandma, thank you for your love and care for Yu'er over the years.

Yu'er grew up with you and thought she would follow you for the rest of her life and watch you grow old.

Goodbye, grandma!

Baoyu, it’s a pity that you keep saying your sister is older than you and younger than you, and in the blink of an eye you marry someone else!

When Daiyu thought of Baoyu, tears began to flow uncontrollably.