Ch. 32 - Secretly Being Brokenhearted, Pin’er is Sneering at Baoyu
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After Baoyu said these words, the atmosphere in the room suddenly stopped. Everyone stared at him in astonishment. The effect was even better than when Jia Lian was telling the story of the homicide case!
At first, everyone thought it was absolutely absurd, but when they thought of Baoyu's behavior, they thought it was not abrupt anymore. In their first encounter, he persuaded people to abandon fame and wealth for the sake of women. They were afraid only a fool like him could say it!
After a moment, Li Wan reacted and said with a strong smile, "Brother Bao is being mischievous again. If the Old Master hears such jokes, what will you do?”
It seemed as if they had just woken up. They were all busy talking about ”jokes” in an attempt to block Baoyu's words.
Seeing that even Jia's mother, who loved him the most, was full of “clean and mischief” expressions, Jia Baoyu could not help but flinch. He was hesitating about whether he should follow their words or let the matter pass. Hearing Sun Shaozong clear his throat, he asked solemnly, "Brother Bao, do you really think it's good that I quit my job and directly marry Rong'er?"
Baoyu was also stunned when he was asked. Seeing Sun Shaozong staring at him like an eagle, he was afraid again.
But when he thought of Ruan Rong as a beauty, he was very unhappy because of this. It also indirectly brought a lot of tears to Sister Lin, so he gritted his teeth, summoned up his remaining courage, and said, "Of course, what Sister Rong wanted was to stay with you forever!"
"Haha... Brother Bao is really simple in nature."
Sun Shaozong shook his head with a smile and said, "It is certainly a matter for two people to fall in love, but if it comes to the point of marriage, how can we not take other factors into account?"
"If I resign from my official post, the outside rumors might not be big, but what will my big brother think of Rong'er? How will I deal with Rong'er when I am caught in the middle? Am I going to cut ties with my brother for the sake of Rong’er, or dismiss Rong’er for the sake of my big brother?"
After a pause, he added, "Even if I am willing to cut ties with my big brother for Rong'er's sake, in spite of more than ten years of upbringing, I’m afraid that Rong'er will live in self-reproach and anxiety in the future and face the criticism and difficulties of others. Do you really think such a long-term relationship will be the result she wants?"
Jia Baoyu was speechless at these words. He was a descendant of the nobility who spent all day in a honey jar. How could he ever have thought of so many things so far ahead?
"Haha..."
Jia Lian laughed, patted Baoyu on the shoulder, and said, "How you've suffered a setback! Although Erlang is a rough-looking man, even a small fur on him is actually smarter than you. With your skill, you still want to see his joke?"
The crowd laughed again, and then they tacitly exposed the incident to each other, sharing only miscellaneous gossip. Not to mention Jia Baoyu got rebuffed in the first encounter, and he was depressed in Jia's mother's arms.
Sun Shaozong was able to cope with the crowd simply by having a basic conversation, but he also had some regrets in his heart. Although there was some truth in what he said just now, if he really wanted to ask himself, it was just the word ”unwilling” to cause trouble.
In the end, it was only because his feelings for Ruan Rong were still not strong enough to put everything aside.
—Dividing Line—
They talked and laughed, and they chatted for about a quarter of an hour. Seeing that Jia's mother looked tired, Jia Lian took Sun Shaozong to leave, and they went back to the back garden in the east wing to drink for fun.
Li Wan and Jia Baoyu also returned to the warm pavilion behind them.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw that Lin Daiyu was crying. On the contrary, Ruan Rong held her in her arms and comforted her carefully.
Jia Baoyu felt puzzled and said, "Pin’er, isn't Sister Rong here to talk to you today? Why are you crying?"
Daiyu immediately tilted her head and turned her back to him, accusing him, "You still have the face to tell me?! Who told you to force Brother Sun to make a statement in front of others? That's good. If today's news spreads, Sister Rong's marriage will be hopeless!"
Although Baoyu felt wronged, he was used to being soft toward girls, so he didn't dare to respond angrily. He just kept making amends to admit his mistake.
Who knew today's Daiyu was like an ice-carved iron sculpture. No matter how sweet he talked, it was only returned with sarcastic comments. Baoyu was even more flustered.
Li Wan looked around for a while, but gradually she saw some clues. She knew that apart from defending her god-sister against injustice, Lin Daiyu was mostly being considerate of others in her own place because she thought about her relationship with Jia Baoyu.
Both of them were only twelve or thirteen years old, but girls were usually precocious, and others always teased her and Jia Baoyu for being together. Lin Daiyu inevitably had some longing for this.
She saw the example of Ruan Rong and Sun Shaozong, and today she heard the sentence, “Falling in love is a matter for two people, but if it comes to marriage, how can we not consider other factors?”
With Lin Daiyu's wisdom, how could she not have some thoughts in her heart?
At the thought of this, Li Wan could not help but feel that others might not be able to see it clearly, but how could she not know that Lin Daiyu, who had been here, did not actually meet the criteria for the Jia family to choose her as the daughter-in-law?
Her parents were both dead, so she had fewer people to rely on behind her back. This slender and weak figure alone has made it almost impossible!
How many daughters-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion have a physique that was not easy to give birth to?
At the thought of this, Li Wan subconsciously glanced at Ruan Rong and saw that although her hips were not as exaggerated as her own, they were also very warped among young ladies. She secretly said that the ”rough man” really liked this kind of style. No wonder his furious eyes were looking straight at...
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"Sister-in-law? Sister-in-law!"
When her mind was in the clouds, there were plenty of impure and dirty thoughts in her mind, but it was interrupted by Lin Daiyu's shout. Li Wan immediately blushed with shame. She secretly said that she was evil today. How could she think of all these annoying, dirty things?
Barely concealing her shame, she said with a smile, "What’s wrong? I was a little distracted just now, so I didn't hear what you said."
When Lin Daiyu saw that her face was flushed with beauty, she felt puzzled and could not ask what she was thinking. She then said, "The men in this family are usually weaker than the women. Even the Old Lady Feng complained! So I asked Baoyu to ask Brother Sun to learn some martial arts, riding, and shooting skills, so as not to embarrass his ancestors, but he just refused to do it. Sister-in-law, help me talk to him about it!"
Daiyu added, "If we can get Brother Sun's approval, sister-in-law might as well ask Lan'er to follow along. He doesn't need to achieve anything as long as he can strengthen his body."
Li Wan smiled at this. The girl was like an enemy earlier, but now she thought about Baoyu again.
However, the latter sentence was really on Li Wan's mind, and he thought that if Jia Lan could have the strength of Sun Shaozong, he would not die as early as his dead father.
It was just that…
"I heard it's hard to learn the skills of martial arts. How can Lan'er and Baoyu stand it?"
"That's why I asked Baoyu to ask Brother Sun!" Lin Daiyu added, "Sister-in-law also saw him just now. He is a man with a great sense of propriety. He has his own business to do at ordinary times. He will never drill them hard."
Li Wan was 80% persuaded.
However, Jia Baoyu suddenly became angry. He sat down on the stool angrily and muttered, "I thought Sister Lin was different from others. Unexpectedly, you also tell me this kind of impudent remark about bringing glory to one's ancestors!"
Lin Daiyu was never afraid of him, but she sneered, "Who expects you to bring honor to your family? I just hope that when you meet a strong man outside, you can run fast even if you can't defeat hundreds as Brother Sun did. Don't become a burden to your girls!"
Jia Baoyu suddenly withered again. Although he despised such mundane things as “official career and economy,” he liked to show off in front of his girls. How could he be willing to be called a ”burden?”
He has no choice but to learn martial arts.