Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 4 Taozhi Yaoyao
Lin Daiyu felt dizzy and had no idea what was going on. Her face immediately turned red.

He was about to sit up, but after thinking it over carefully, he lay back down and closed his eyes.

"Damn you Xueyan, why did you bring me into the room? I was only wearing a thin layer of gauze!"

With a grown man lying next to her, Lin Daiyu could not remain calm even with a quilt covering her. She felt like there was a deer in her chest, jumping non-stop.

Squinting his eyes, he looked at the couch beside him. Xueyan was sleeping soundly, with the quilt kicked up at her feet, revealing her white belly. She looked very bad when sleeping.

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but complain, "She said she would take care of me, but even if I was kidnapped, she wouldn't be able to find out."

Now, the best way Lin Daiyu could think of was to wait quietly for the two to wake up, and for Xueyan to ask Yue Ling to leave before she could open her eyes again to avoid embarrassment.

But time passed very slowly. Lin Daiyu finally understood today what it felt like to live day by day like a year as described in books.

She was sweating more and more, and even if she moved a little, the smell of sweat would dissipate.

If Yue Ling heard this, she would be too ashamed to live.

Therefore, Lin Daiyu did not dare to move and could only wait for time to pass by, until her hands and legs became slightly numb.

"You stupid girl, why aren't you awake yet? Just sleep till you die!"

After an unknown amount of time, Xueyan still hadn't woken up, but Yue Ling, who was lying on the edge of the couch, woke up first.

Yue Ling stood up, relaxed his shoulders, and glanced at the couch. He saw that Lin Daiyu had not woken up yet, and her complexion did not improve, but became even redder. He also felt puzzled.

"That shouldn't be the case. Could it be that the fever hasn't subsided yet?"

Yue Ling tentatively placed the back of his hand against Lin Daiyu and gently stroked her forehead. He heaved a sigh of relief when he noticed that the temperature was no longer hot.

However, Lin Daiyu, who had no idea what was going on under the brocade quilt, suddenly felt the touch and her body trembled. She forced herself not to open her eyes and even used her toes to dig into the mattress.

"She should need a few more days to recover. After all, she is Lin Daiyu, and her illness won't heal that quickly."

Muttering something softly, Yue Ling took out the silk scarf that had fallen around Lin Daiyu's neck, then went out to change the water, washed the silk scarf, and then applied ice to her.

Hearing the door open and close, Lin Daiyu suddenly opened her eyes, looked around, sat up from the bed, and exhaled heavily.

"It was a close call. I almost couldn't help it."

Lin Daiyu patted her chest lightly. "It turned out that they were just checking whether I had a fever. I was scared to death."

Xueyan was still snoring beside her. Lin Daiyu couldn't bear it anymore, so she picked up her pillow and threw it at Xueyan.

"You still can't get up?"

Although the pillow hit Xueyan, the sleeping Xueyan showed no intention of waking up. Instead, she casually pushed the pillow to the ground.

He was still muttering, "Stop making trouble."

Lin Daiyu could not bear it any longer, so she climbed up from the bed, stepped on her embroidered shoes, jumped onto Xueyan's bed, grabbed Xueyan's ears, and shouted inside: "Hurry up and get up!"

Xueyan was frightened and sat up quickly, but bumped into Lin Daiyu.

The two of them touched their foreheads and grimaced in pain.

At this moment, Yue Ling pushed the door open and saw Lin Daiyu and Xueyan sitting on the same bed, entangled together. He couldn't help but smile and remind them: "No matter how close your relationship is, you still have to be careful. Wear neat clothes before playing around, so as not to catch a cold again."

Putting the basin on the table, Yue Ling went out again, "The water is here, wash your face and have some food." Lin Daiyu kept her head down, too embarrassed to look at Yue Ling. Only after Yue Ling left did she move her feet, return to her couch, cover herself tightly, face the wall, and lie down again without saying a word.

"Miss, you have to thank General Yue. He went to the shore alone yesterday to find medicine for you, and he personally prepared the medicine when he brought it back. Otherwise, how could you be so energetic today?"

Xueyan, who was awakened by the knock, sat next to Lin Daiyu. She did not admit her own faults, but instead started to criticize Lin Daiyu.

This made Lin Daiyu even more angry.

But Lin Daiyu really didn't want to pay attention to her. She was seen being so unmannered, and she didn't know how others would laugh at her for being uncultured behind her back.

Lin Daiyu was so ashamed that she wished she could find a crack in the wall to crawl into.

But Xueyan had no idea what she was thinking and continued chattering, "General Yue took care of the girl the whole day last night. He is so responsible. No wonder the master entrusted the girl to General Yue's care. I found it hard to understand at first, but now I understand it completely."

Lin Daiyu couldn't stand it anymore, so she turned over and sat up, tapping Xueyan's forehead, "I understand!"

"Can you at least put on a few more clothes for me? If someone sees me like this, how can I face people in the future?"

Xueyan was not convinced and said anxiously: "What's this? There's more..."

As soon as he opened his mouth and realized something was wrong, he immediately shut up.

Lin Daiyu rubbed her face and asked, "What else?"

Xueyan explained hurriedly, "It's nothing. The master has already said that the girl only treats General Yue as her uncle. What's the big deal?"

Lin Daiyu curled her lips, "He's not really my uncle. Now I owe him a big favor again. Tell me how to repay him."

"What's there to pay back? Miss, just say thank you. Anyway, he promised the master, and the favor he owes should be repaid by the master."

Lin Daiyu was even more helpless, "That's not the case. If we just treat it as normal, people will inevitably think too much."

Looking up and down at Xueyan's body, which was quite developed, Lin Daiyu smiled coldly, "I think you are quite good. After two years, you can become General Yue's concubine, which will be considered as paying back the favor."

Xueyan stopped laughing and said with a bitter face: "Ah, girl, I am only worth a dose of medicine..."

……

After a few days, the merchant ship had passed through Shandong and entered Zhili Province, and it would not take much time to reach Beijing.

I thought that after the last babysitting experience, the two sides would be closer, but I didn't expect that they would become even colder than at the beginning.

Now when he went to the next room to ask, Lin Daiyu no longer said anything, only Xueyan answered in the room.

We don't know how long we will have to live together in the future, this is really not a good sign.

But Yue Ling really didn't know how to deal with such an extremely sensitive little girl.

Today, February 22,
Yue Ling greeted her outside the door as usual, waiting for Xueyan's response from the dazed look in the room.

Unexpectedly, the door opened directly. Lin Daiyu, wearing a pure white crane cloak and plain clothes, looked up at Yue Ling and said hesitantly, "I have been stuck in the room for too long. General Yue, can I go out for a walk?"

Yue Ling thought for a moment, and seeing that Lin Daiyu was ready to go, he said, "Well, come with me."

(End of this chapter)