Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 421 The Marquis is a scumbag!
A girl's blush speaks louder than any love words.

Lin Daiyu's rosy cheeks made Yue Ling's heart flutter, and he became more determined to tease her.

After removing Lin Daiyu's hand, Yue Ling leaned closer, looked up at the girls watching the excitement from a distance, and deliberately asked loudly: "You just said that words can't prove your feelings, do you want me to kiss you again?"

Lin Daiyu had greatly underestimated Yue Ling's thick skin. When this teasing remark came out, she could not resist it. She stepped back and dodged, pulled open the handkerchief to cover her face, and murmured softly: "Okay, okay, I was wrong, isn't it? I believed everything Brother Yue said, so please forgive me, the sisters are still watching."

Yue Ling pressed on, and asked, "Are you serious? If Miss Lin thinks that what I say in my own mansion is not true, you can just shout it around the street."

Lin Daiyu was embarrassed and annoyed. When she realized that Yue Ling had deliberately embarrassed her in front of her sisters, she raised her head with a red face and in an instant stuffed the handkerchief in her hand into Yue Ling's mouth.

"Pah, pah, pah, you are not ashamed! If you really do this, don't come to see me again!"

Having said that, Lin Daiyu lifted up her skirt and fled in panic.

The girls watched with great interest and couldn't help laughing and clapping their hands in applause.

After Lin Daiyu ran away, Yue Ling smiled and looked at the girls beside him, "Okay, stop hanging around here and go back to your rooms, okay?"

"My Lord is so evil!"

"My Lord, shame on you!"

When the little girls passed in front of Yue Ling, they couldn't help but make faces to provoke him.

"Master, Miss Lin doesn't want you to kiss her, so kiss me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure rushed out from the crowd and tried to crash into Yue Ling's arms.

Fortunately, Yue Ling didn't drink today, so he reacted much faster. He dodged to the side and caught the person with one hand, helping her to steady herself so that she wouldn't fall under the railing.

"Stop messing around and get back to work."

Qin Keqing curled her lips and said with a hint of unfulfilled desire, "Master, how long have you not touched me? Sister Lin won't be intimate with you, so let me do it. I'll wear the bellybands you designed, okay?"

She leaned sideways against Yue Ling, her delicate hands drew circles on Yue Ling's chest, twisted her waist seductively, and blew into his ear, saying in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Even if you want me to pretend to be Sister Lin and call you Brother Yue, that's fine."

Yue Ling quickly pushed Qin Keqing out and straightened his clothes.

He was a serious man who was just playing a prank on Lin Daiyu on a whim, but he didn't expect to get himself into trouble.

Yue Ling noticed that the maids who had been dispersing had come back again when they saw the new excitement. He could not help but frown and whispered, "Didn't Sister Lin say that she had three rules with you?"

Qin Keqing's breath was as fragrant as orchids, and she was still that charming and captivating. "Sister Lin only said that we can't go to the master's room to make trouble, but she didn't say that we can't go to the courtyard in the back mountain... There are clumps of flowers blooming in the back mountain. Are you interested in going with me to have a look?"

Yue Ling was embarrassed and had no choice but to slip away.

"You go and have a look. I'm not interested in that right now. See you later."

Qin Keqing was left in the corridor, unable to catch Yue Ling, so she could only stamp her feet in anger, "Really, the master doesn't even satisfy my little wish, he is so stingy!"

Seeing the little maidservant beside her burst into laughter, Qin Keqing glared at her and said with her hands on her hips, "What are you all watching? If you keep watching, I will give you that embarrassing bellyband next time and let you try it on first!"

The maids all blushed and scattered...

……

In the room,

A young girl in a gauze dress was leaning against the table, holding her head, lost in thought.

It was summer and the weather was getting hotter and hotter, making her more restless and anxious.

Ever since she showed up in Fengxue Pavilion, Xue Baochai has been locking herself in her room and not seeing anyone for several days.

She really didn't know how to get along with her sisters, tell Lin Daiyu about her grievances, and she didn't know how to face Yue Ling.

A woman's reputation is more important than anything else, and she has become famous thanks to Yue Ling.

When Xue Baochai thought of the ladies praising her for her skill in sex and her deep understanding of sexual pleasure, she felt as if bugs were crawling on her body.

Thinking again, this undergarment is now very popular, and her reputation will spread everywhere, and Xue Baochai will be too ashamed to face anyone.

After doing the math again, he found that business was indeed getting more and more prosperous, with no signs of declining. However, Xue Baochai's will was almost fading.

"Girl, you didn't go out today."

Ying'er and Xiangling returned together. They went to the kitchen and brought back some food, which they placed in front of Xue Baochai.

However, Xue Baochai completely ignored the two of them and continued in a daze.

Xiangling was the worst at comforting people, so seeing this situation, she could only look at Ying'er and go outside to tidy up the house.

And Ying'er, the sister who grew up with Xue Baochai since childhood, once again took on the responsibility of comforting Xue Baochai.

Logically speaking, Xue Baochai is well-versed in ancient and modern knowledge and is knowledgeable about human nature, so this kind of situation should not have happened. However, people always get stuck in a rut sometimes.

After being influenced by Xue Baochai for a long time, Ying'er thought that no one else could do this job except her.

She volunteered to come to Xue Baochai's side, and just as she sat down, Xue Baochai asked first, "I've wanted to ask you for a long time, why did Sister Lin ask you to go with them to Miaoyu's teacher to learn scriptures? Xiangling is fine, but why did you?"

"This……"

Xue Baochai's sudden attack caught Ying'er off guard. "I think Miss Lin doesn't want me to be out of the group. It would be so embarrassing to exclude me..."

Xue Baochai turned around and stared at Ying'er, frowning and asking, "Sister Lin is not the kind of person who just gets by. On the contrary, everything Sister Lin does has a reason."

"And logically speaking, you are my personal maid, so you shouldn't join their group. Did you do something behind my back that I don't know about?"

There was a crisis of trust between the master and the servant, and for Ying'er, this was a huge matter.

She raised her hands in panic and swore, "Girl, you know me. I have always been loyal to you. Heaven and earth can bear witness to this. If I have any selfish thoughts, you will definitely call me..."

"Alright, alright!"

Xue Baochai pulled her hand away, interrupting her oath, "You dare not do anything out of line."

Ying'er stuck out her tongue and sat aside obediently.

"Miss, why don't you have some candied fruit? And then we can have dinner in the hall later?"

Xue Baochai had no appetite at all. She sat back at the table, shook her head and said, "You guys go out and play with others. Let me stay in my room and be quiet."

Ying'er, who already felt a little guilty, felt as if she had been pardoned. She pulled Xiangling, who was cleaning nearby, and hurried out the door.

As the sound of the door closing came, Xue Baochai slumped over the table listlessly, completely losing her previous composure.

"What should I do? I thought it was good to have a respectful relationship with the Marquis, but after so many years, I have gradually developed selfish thoughts. Moreover, when we were in Yangzhou, the Marquis hugged me, and I expressed my feelings..."

"My Lord is such a jerk. He deliberately asked me to do such a shameful thing and asked the unreliable Sister Keqing to help. Now my reputation has been affected, and my Lord didn't even come to comfort me..."

"You are really irresponsible." "You really are..."

"Scumbag!"

"What do you mean scumbag?"

"A scumbag is a useless, scumbag man, a heartless man, and a heartless man."

Xue Baochai savored it and nodded, "Well said, the word 'scum' is used very well! The Marquis is a scumbag."

"Yeah, that's right."

Suddenly, Xue Baochai woke up abruptly and glanced sideways consciously, only to find that there was another person sitting next to her without her noticing.

It turned out that what happened just now was not her imagination, but the same thing as Yue Ling. Xue Baochai's cheeks turned red immediately and her mind was no longer clear.

Silently picking up the round fan on the table and covering her face with it, Xue Baochai whispered, "My Lord, my Lord, why are you here?"

Yue Ling smiled and said, "If I hadn't come, I don't know what Miss Xue thinks of me behind my back. It's not in vain that I came here today."

Xue Baochai sat up straight again and said with a wry smile, "I just said that in anger. No... I'm not angry with the Marquis, it's just that I..."

Yue Ling sat a little closer, held Xue Baochai's head, and slowly leaned it against his shoulder.

"It was my fault for not thinking it through. I shouldn't have made it difficult for you to do this."

"No, I have promised the Marquis that I would do anything for him." Xue Baochai responded in a low voice, but her heartbeat became faster and faster, as if she could hear it herself.

Yue Ling shook his head and said, "You always showed me your strong side, so I always thought you were an extraordinary woman who could handle things on your own. I forgot that you were just a little girl and you would also feel wronged."

"It's wrong of me to ask you to pretend to be strong. In front of me, you can take off these disguises and just be yourself."

When these words were spoken, Xue Baochai was stunned for a moment, and then she broke down in tears, and her tears fell like beads from a broken string.

Outside the door, Ying'er and Xiangling were lying on the door, listening. "Xiangling, did you hear anything? What's going on in there?"

"It seems, it seems, that the Marquis made the girl cry."

"Ah? How could this happen? Didn't the Marquis come here to comfort the girl? Why did he make her cry?"

Xiangling shook her head. "I don't know about that."

"Could it be that the Marquis doesn't like the girl? No way, if the Marquis is lustful, how could he not like my girl?"

Ying'er looked Xiangling up and down. "The Marquis wants you, how can my girl not be as good as you?"

Xiangling smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to respond.

Ying Er frowned and said, "No, there must be an explanation today. I have to go in and help the girl."

Inside the house, Xue Baochai cried for a few times and then wiped her tears away by herself.

After taking a few deep breaths, my mood gradually calmed down.

She was already very content to be comforted by Yue Ling for her momentary willfulness.

After all, she is just a latecomer, what else can she ask for.

Slowly removing her head from Yue Ling's shoulder, Xue Baochai looked at Yue Ling with tearful eyes and murmured, "My Lord, can you forgive me for being so willful just once?"

"Ok?"

Before Yue Ling could react, Xue Baochai had already raised her body and moved her lips closer to Yue Ling's cheek.

When it was just a matter of millimeters, the door was suddenly broken.

Ying'er rushed in quickly and called out loudly, "My Lord, my daughter loves you wholeheartedly. Even if you don't count my daughter's contributions, you should at least count her hard work."

"My daughter has been busy with all these foreign affairs. Your Excellency, how could you not know how many sleepless nights my daughter has spent just for those accounts..."

Ying'er closed her eyes and spoke out all her words at once, like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

But when Xiangling patted her shoulder in horror and opened her eyes, she found that it was her own girl who was lying on Yue Ling and asking for a kiss.

Ying'er's legs immediately went weak and she fell to the ground.

"Girl, do you believe me when I say I didn't mean it?"

Xue Baochai was both embarrassed and annoyed. She pointed outside the moon-shaped window and angrily shouted, "Get out!"

……

Dinner, in the main hall of Duke Dingguo's mansion,

Xue Baochai, who had not been seen for a long time, finally showed up. But tonight, she, who never wore makeup, looked as beautiful as if her cheeks were painted with rouge.

Moreover, Xue Baochai and Ying'er, who have always been as close as sisters, are now like strangers. Not only are they very far apart, but they have not even been seen speaking a word to each other since entering the hall. Xiangling is the one who serves them in everything.

Ying'er sat beside Xueyan looking aggrieved, with her head hung pitifully, as if she had done something terribly wrong.

Lin Daiyu blinked, observing the actions of the scene, and could not help but secretly pinch Yue Ling's waist, and said in a low and cold voice: "Brother Yue, maybe you went to Sister Bao's room to sell your body. I didn't let you kiss her, but you went and kissed Sister Bao, so you were coaxed so quickly?"

Yue Ling smiled awkwardly, touched the tip of his nose, and said, "I swear to God, this is not true."

Lin Daiyu squinted her eyes, believed Yue Ling's words, and was sure that Yue Ling would not lie to her about such a thing.

Besides, if there is, there is, and if there is not, there is not. Xue Baochai has contributed a lot to this family. It is better to let her sisters benefit from it than to let outsiders benefit from it.

"Sister Lin, have some tea." Xue Baochai picked up the teacup and brought it to Lin Daiyu. "It's windy and dry at night. Have some tea before dinner."

Lin Daiyu felt very unfamiliar with the inexplicable hospitality, but it was not easy for her to refuse in public, so she took it and took a sip.

Qin Keqing, who was watching the fun from the side, clapped her hands in amazement, "No, Sister Bao has this skill too? I have to learn from her from now on. I can't let her outshine me all the time!"

"It seems that Sister Bao has also fallen. I said it was only a matter of time."

Just as they were about to start eating, the felt curtain outside the door rolled up, and Ni Ni hurried to the front of the hall and said, "Master, young ladies, there is an invitation from the Rongguo Mansion. Steward Lin, who came to deliver the letter, said that the mansion's guest house is about to be completed, and the first and second wives of the mansion invited the young ladies to go to the garden early to enjoy the flowers, and apologize for their neglect last time."

Lin Daiyu took the invitation and read it carefully. It was indeed as Ni Ni said.

Yue Ling was watching from behind Lin Daiyu and blinked, wondering what was going on in the Rongguo Mansion.

"Brother Yue, should we go?"

"Let's go. They chant sutras and practice all day long. It's a good thing for them to go out and play for a day to relax..."

(End of this chapter)