A Dream of Red Mansions: Affectionate Beauty

When Daiyu woke up, it was time to light the lamp.Zijuan has already had dinner and is watching her in a daze.Seeing her open her eyes suddenly, she leaned over and asked, "Girl, are you feeling better? Get up and eat!"

As soon as Daiyu woke up, the matter of Ning Rong Mansion being raided flooded her mind again, and she couldn't help but get red circles again.Seeing that she was going to be sad again, Zijuan hurriedly brought a bowl of pear and white fungus porridge to her and said: "This is the pear and white fungus porridge specially ordered by Mr. Yan to make for the girl. It is best for nourishing the lungs and relieving cough. You should drink it while it is hot. Don't disappoint others' good intentions."

Daiyu couldn't drink anymore, she waved her hand to put her on the table, and stood up with support.Zijuan hurriedly supported her and asked: "It's getting late, girl, let's rest, we'll talk about it tomorrow if we have something to do."

Daiyu shook her head and said, "Just now I only cared about being sad, and I haven't asked him about many things. Now I have to ask him what I say, otherwise I won't feel at ease."

Zijuan probably guessed what she wanted to ask, so she didn't stop her, helped her up and tidied up briefly, and said: "The girl is waiting here, I will go to the front yard to invite Mr. Yan."

Daiyu hurriedly said: "No, since we are living under the fence, we always trouble others to run around. Let's go there in person." After that, he helped Zicuckoo and went out slowly without turning on the lamp. According to the light from inside the house, he fumbled towards the front yard.

In Yan Li's second-entry courtyard, the main courtyard is in the front, and as soon as you enter the courtyard, you will find the main courtyard. There are three main rooms in the middle on the north side, and two side rooms on the left and right. The east side room has a door leading to the rear room.The rest are east and west wing rooms, each with two ear rooms.

Because of the small number of people in the courtyard, he made an exception and let Uncle Li and Aunt Li live in the east wing, except for the three main rooms where Yan Li himself lived, and because there was only Qing'er as a maid, he was afraid that she would live alone in the back room, so he didn't like it. Let her live in the west wing of the front yard, the kitchen is located in the south wing of the west wing, and other unused rooms are filled with sundries.

At this moment, Yan Li was reading a book in his own room, when he suddenly heard a noise outside the door, when he looked up, Zijuan had already slammed the door of his room.Yan Li hurriedly opened the door, seeing Daiyu and the two, couldn't help but frowned and blamed: "Your body is not in good condition, why are you running around now that it's late? It's really worrying!"

After hearing this, Zicuckoo blushed.Although Daiyu was also slightly embarrassed, but because she was anxious to ask him something, she didn't care about being shy, and went into the room without waiting for his permission.Yan Li just wanted to invite Qing'er to serve tea, but Dai Yu shook her head and said: "I just ask a few words and leave, don't bother!"

After finishing speaking, he didn't sit down, so he looked up into his eyes and asked, "Mr. Yan, you knew the identity of me and Zijuan from the very beginning, right?"

Yan Li blinked, expecting that she had become suspicious, so he didn't nod or shake his head, it was a tacit agreement.

Seeing that he had acquiesced, Daiyu felt even more angry, and said with a sneer, "In that case, please give us a reason, sir!"

"Reason?" Yan Li raised his eyebrows, "What reason do you need?"

Daiyu frowned and said: "My lord, don't ask me knowingly. It's natural to ask why you brought me and Zijuan to your house from the road of escape! My lord, don't say it was a mistake, and a three-year-old child won't." believable."

Yan Li hesitated for a while, and instead of answering Daiyu's question directly, he asked her rather meaningfully: "Miss Lin, if I tell you that you took four girls in one car and ran away desperately in the middle of the night. The goal is really too big, especially when the two prefectures are on the cusp of the storm, you will be wiped out sooner or later if you escape like this, so I split your road into two, and brought the two of you to my house, which not only saves your life You also saved them. Do you believe such a reason?"

"You...you lied!" Daiyu frowned, and said, "You and I are not related, so how could you be so kind to save us?"

"Yes, we are not relatives for no reason!" Yan Li looked a little lonely, walked to the table with his hands behind his back, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, and said quietly, "Although we are not relatives for no reason, but in the face of a few weak people who are desperate Girl, which man can harden his heart and just ignore it? What's more, you are not a stranger in my heart, but... but an old acquaintance!"

"Old acquaintance?!" Daiyu was taken aback, then raised her eyebrows and sneered, "You're lying again! I've always lived reclusively in my uncle's house, don't say you're a strange man, even my own men in that house rarely see each other. How can you and I be old acquaintances? It can be seen that this statement is not true!"

Yan Li chuckled, looked back into her eyes, and said slowly: "You forgot? Yes, how could you remember that you set sail from Yangzhou on the boat of Rongguo Mansion and headed north to your heart?" Like an arrow, it must be that you don’t even have time to take a closer look at the ships and characters that pass you by along the way?”

"What do you mean?" Daiyu took two steps back in surprise, then stood up and said, "You mean...you saw me on my way back to Beijing? But...but I don't know I have no impression!"

The corner of Yan Li's mouth involuntarily evoked a self-deprecating wry smile, and he said with a bit of resentment: "How could you care about those insignificant people? After all, there is a man in Shenjing who is eagerly looking forward to your return, and you must also do the same." He is the same, except for him, all the men in the world are just dust, they don't even bother to look at them!"

"Shut up!" Daiyu suddenly heard him talking about Baoyu, she was annoyed, she gritted her teeth and shouted angrily, "You are so boring, guessing other people's thoughts out of thin air, making rumors out of nothing, and slandering other people's reputation, What good will this do for you?" After drinking, he turned to Zijuan and said, "This man is very boring, let's go!" After finishing speaking, he didn't help Zijuan, and went out the door in a huff, stumbling in the dark Flee to the backyard.Zijuan was so frightened that she didn't have time to say hello to Yan Li, so she hurriedly followed.

Yan Li in the room didn't intend to stay at all, but his calm and handsome face was filled with sorrow, he closed his eyes tightly for a moment, and then opened them again, the corners of his eyes were radiant.After a moment of silence, Fang walked to the window and opened a window. Mochizuki said to himself: "Did I say something wrong? You don't want to admit it!" After speaking, he sighed softly and laughed at himself, " Yan Li, in fact, you are as stupid as she is. You are so stupid that you follow her boat all the way down the north, and you are so stupid that you ask people to inquire about her. You only know that she is such a high-ranking young lady. Her wishful thinking. It can be seen that you are a hundred times and a thousand times more stupid than her!" After finishing speaking, I still felt depressed in my heart, so I went back to the table and wrote two lines of poems written by my predecessors: "Luohua I intend to follow the flowing water, and the flowing water has no intention of falling in love with the flowers." After writing, he tossed the pen and went back to the bedroom to rest.

In the backyard, as soon as Daiyu entered the house, she sat down on the couch, her hands touching her chest, panting.Zijuan hurriedly poured hot tea, Daiyu took a sip and said: "Zijuan, you heard clearly just now, that person...that person...that person is really rude and boring!"

Zijuan thought for a while and said: "Yes, Mr. Yan is indeed a bit abrupt, but...that's right!"

"You... you little hoof, why do you always speak for an outsider, but you steal his benefits?" Daiyu asked angrily, staring at her.

Zijuan laughed out of anger and said: "Miss is joking again. I am your maid, how dare I take advantage of him? Besides, you have gold and silver here, why should I care about him?" After finishing speaking, she pursed her lips again. Smiling, he came over and pushed her, and persuaded, "Okay, don't be angry, I heard Mr. Yan didn't mean anything malicious, but he just spoke straight, which made people feel embarrassed. But I think he is In fact, it’s better not to beat around the bush and talk sweet words..."

"Well, you little hoof that eats inside and out, you are still angry at me here, you should leave me soon, and go to the front yard to be a girl for others, I dare not want you anymore." Daiyu angrily moved Twist inside, not to look at Zicuckoo.

Zijuan saw that she looked really angry, so she didn't dare to say any more, and hurriedly brought the bowl of porridge to the kitchen to heat it up and brought it in again.Daiyu made a fuss for a while, but now she really felt that her stomach was empty, so she didn't refuse anymore, and drank carefully before resting.

There was nothing to say all night, and it was only four o'clock the next day, when Daiyu heard the sound of horseshoes in the front yard, she expected that Yan Li was going out early.Sure enough, someone opened the door after a while, and then the sound of horseshoes became farther and farther away, and soon there was no sound.

Daiyu didn't feel sleepy anymore, she simply sat up, leaning on the pillow and pondering for a while.Zijuan woke up when she heard the movement, and turned to her and asked, "Miss is not sleeping, what are you thinking about?"

Daiyu stared at the roof of the tent in the night, and said: "Thinking about what happened in the past few days, I always feel like a dream, too unreal! But looking around, it is a real existence."

Zijuan said with a smile: "Don't think about it, you are not well yet, you should go to bed quickly!"

Although Daiyu promised, she couldn't fall asleep anyway, and couldn't help asking her: "If I go back to Gusu, would you like to come with me?"

Zijuan was taken aback, got up quickly and asked her: "Why is the girl thinking about it again? Didn't we discuss it before, it's really inconvenient for us two weak girls to travel long distances, why don't we stay here for a while and do it again?" Plan, why girl..."

"Yes, that's what I thought before, but what Mr. Yan said last night really made me uneasy. The more I thought about it, the more uneasy I became. If you want to leave here quickly, so as not to leave future troubles." Daiyu said.

Zijuan thought for a while, and felt that Daiyu's words were not completely unreasonable, so she nodded and said: "Young lady insists on leaving, and I won't stop her, but it's really outrageous for us to escape secretly like this. How can we have the face in the future?" Facing Mr. Yan?"

Daiyu smiled wryly and said: "Of course we can't run away, otherwise people will think we are who we are." Actually, I have already thought about it. When Mr. Yan comes back, I will go to Gusu with him. An honest gentleman will definitely not be very obstructive. At that time, I will ask him to hire a car for us and take us to Gusu in one go. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds if someone had an explanation?"

After hearing this, Zijuan nodded frequently and said: "This is a good idea, I will follow the girl. But the girl has to think about it, once we arrive in Gusu, we will have no way out. By then, I am afraid there will be no second choice." Mr. Yan is willing to help."

Daiyu nodded silently, although she was not very sure in her heart, but now there is no other way to go, so she has to bite the bullet and move forward.