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Xue Pan's birthday banquet lasted from morning until 3:00 pm, and then everyone dispersed.
Not to mention how others were doing, Jia Baoyu was still feeling a bit unhappy when he returned home. Unfortunately, Qingwen came up to change clothes and accidentally dropped the fan to the ground, causing the jade fan bone to break.
Baoyu casually sighed, "Fool, fool! In the future, you will be the master of your own family. Are you also so concerned about the past and disregarding the future?”
But Qingwen also had a restriction in her heart because she didn't like Mrs. Wang. Upon hearing this, she felt even more aggrieved and sneered, "I don't even know how many glass jars and agate bowls were damaged at first, and I haven't seen you angry with anyone. Now, with just a fan, you are cursing me.”
As she spoke, she twisted her slender waist and turned her back to Baoyu, saying, "If you don't like me anymore, why don't you just send me away? We can both break up peacefully.”
She thought Baoyu was about to jump after hearing this, but after waiting for a while, she didn't hear any words coming from him.
Qingwen herself made a murmur first, and when she looked back, she saw Baoyu sitting on the bed with straight eyes, as if he had lost his soul!
Qingwen immediately ignored her anger and waved two long fingernails dyed with gold in front of Baoyu. Seeing that he still didn't respond at all, she cried out hurriedly, "Come on, the Second Master seems to have committed another idiocy!"
Xiren was originally outside, but she faintly heard some movement. Now, hearing the word ”idiot,” she quickly picked up her skirt and went over quickly.
Seeing Baoyu's appearance, she said in a panic, "Hasn't he been well for a long time? How did you provoke him?”
As she spoke, she stayed up to check on the condition of Baoyu.
Unexpectedly, Jia Baoyu regained consciousness at this moment, lifted his arm to block Xiren's hands, shook his head, and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine.”
As he spoke, he told Qingwen again, "You think more clearly than I do. It's better to break off peacefully than to get tired of each other. Besides, people are not objects, and it's not always easy to be confined to them all.”
Originally, when she heard him saying, ”It's okay,” Qingwen breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he repeated the same thing. She thought he was talking about her, so she stomped her foot and said, “Fine, okay, so you're tired of me! If I had known that, when the Madam wanted to give me to Lord Sun, I wouldn't have...”
“Qingwen!”
As soon as Xiren heard her say this, she quickly rushed up and covered her mouth.
But Jia Baoyu had already heard it all over his ears, and the little "epiphany" had just turned into nothing. He suddenly jumped up from the bed and angrily said, “Is there such a thing?! Why didn't you tell me earlier?!”
Although Xiangyun and Baochai were close to him, they were not his personal belongings.
But Qingwen was different. As a close maid, Baoyu had long regarded her as the flesh of his heart. Even if he got married to Lin Daiyu in the future, he might not be willing to give up on her. How could he tolerate being stolen by others?!
Seeing Baoyu's angry expression, Xiren was afraid that he might act on impulse. She quickly explained the reasons and consequences and then emphasized, "Lord Sun rejected on the spot and said, ”A gentleman doesn't take advantage of others.” It shows that he is a straightforward gentleman. Second Master, don't wrongly treat a good person.”
After hearing this, Jia Baoyu remained silent for a while and suddenly slapped himself in the face, angrily cursing, "I’m a dirty-hearted and gutless person who can't even believe his lifesaver.”
This ”self-deprecating and self-cursing” was so overwhelming that Xiren whether to cry or laugh. Just as she was about to examine the palm print with heartache, she saw Jia Baoyu reach out and hold onto Qingwen, saying softly, “Good sister, you are so secretive and don't want to tell me clearly, but how will I know your daily suffering?”
Qingwen was the one who ate soft instead of hard. She used to be stubborn and tense, but upon hearing this, her tears immediately broke. However, she still refused to accept his words and said, "This is all I asked for. What's the point of not suffering? I can just ask Second Master not to act recklessly for no reason, and we lowly people will be grateful.”
She said ”lowly people,” but her neck was straighter than anyone else's.
Jia Baoyu smiled at her, but then his face became serious. He first pulled Qingwen to sit by the bedside and then pressed Xiren to sit by the bedside. In the inexplicable gaze of the two maids, he said sternly, "The reason for the scolding just now was unfounded, but there was some reason behind it.”
“What is the reason?”
Qingwen asked angrily, "I just accidentally dropped the fan. I even dropped the glass jar and agate bowl before.”
“Look, that's the reason I’m talking about.”
Jia Baoyu spoke and paced back and forth a few steps before suddenly sighing again. "Do you still remember the situation when I checked my accounts last year?”
How could the two of them forget about this?
At that time, due to being implicated by their families, they were almost thrown out of Rongguo Mansion!
Not to mention the temporary power leaning Lai Da; he also lost his life in this storm.
Baoyu waved his hand and then extended three fingers with a tone of expression, asking, "Do you know how much the broken utensils and items have been valued in the past two or three years?”
The two exchanged glances and shook their heads together.
“You don't know, but Lai Da's account clearly stated that for the two years and five months since I lived alone, our yard has wasted items priced at 3700 taels of silver.”
“What?!"
“How could there be so much?”
Although Qingwen and Xiren had guessed that the number wouldn’t be too small, they didn't expect it to be so huge!
During this time, if a person saved this amount of money, it would be enough for a normal household to live freely for two and a half years!
Such a large amount of silver has been wasted in a confused way, only to receive a few sighs and a few light reminders.
After a while, Xiren took a long breath and trembled, saying, "It's all my fault. It's just some plaything, and I don't pay attention to it. How could I have created such a big karma?”
“No.”
As soon as Qingwen bit her silver teeth, she bent her knees and knelt on the ground. She looked up and said, "I love to abuse things the most in the past. If you want to punish me, punish me! Only by punishing me heavily can the monkey spirits below also learn from the lesson.”
When Xiren saw this, she wanted to kneel and speak too but was picked up by Jia Baoyu with one hand and shook his head with a smirk, saying, "Look at you. I'm not saying this to dig up old accounts, but to be careful and not mess around with things anymore. After all, the mansion is now only outwardly prosperous but secretly owes a lot.”
After a pause, he said decisively, "This money, others are not prepared to repay it, but I will definitely repay it in the future.”
Seeing Qingwen still blaming herself, he curled his lips and said, "Moreover, what you have trampled on, can it be more than me? If I punish you severely, what about me?”
Qingwen stopped speaking when she heard this.
The three of them had faced each other, feeling closer to each other.
Especially when it came to Xiren, she always hoped that Baoyu could make progress. Now that he has said these words, her heart feels proud. If it weren't for Qingwen, who was also by her side, she would have pulled Baoyu to bed and put on many tricks that he wouldn't like to do daily, wrapping him up for a better life.
Eh…
At this moment, Qiuwen suddenly came in from outside and said strangely, "What's wrong with you guys?”
“It’s nothing.”
The three of them finally let go of each other and asked in unison, "It's you who rushed in here. Is there something wrong?”
"Ah, I almost forgot the main thing.”
Qiuwen patted her forehead and said urgently, "Lady Shi is here. She is talking to the Old Lady now. The Old Lady knows that you haven't seen each other for a long time, so she sent someone to call for the Second Master over.”
“Is Sister Shi here?”
Jia Baoyu was overjoyed when he heard the news and immediately left the room excitedly. But after running a few steps, he suddenly got entangled in the "Qilin Should he mention it to Shi Xiangyun?