Dream of the Red Chamber: I can see the hidden labels of the beauties.

Seeing Lin Daiyu's resolute words and heartbreaking tears, Zijuan felt both helpless and distressed. She quickly followed her and gently comforted her.

She had been trying to reconcile the two, but whenever Jia Baoyu was mentioned, Lin Daiyu would immediately burst into tears and scold her, telling her not to mention it again.

Zijuan realized that it was not appropriate to mention Jia Baoyu at this time, so she had to give up the idea of ​​reconciling the two and only comforted Lin Daiyu.

As for Lin Daiyu, after this experience, she finally saw Jia Baoyu clearly. Although he had a unique personality that defied worldly conventions, he was just a careless person who was ignorant of the ways of the world, did not understand the hearts of others, and had no scruples.

He treats others gently when they go along with him, but criticizes and despises them when they go against him. For example, just now, Lin Daiyu clearly said that there was no need to apologize, but he took it all as a waste of his sincerity and did not realize where he went wrong. Instead, he blamed Lin Daiyu.

At first, Lin Daiyu thought that Jia Baoyu only cared about her, but later when Xue Baochai came, she found that Jia Baoyu cared about Xue Baochai as well, as did Shi Xiangyun who often came.

Because of this, Lin Daiyu had often been jealous and sullen. However, being young, she would quickly calm down as long as Jia Baoyu apologized first. She didn't think too much about it or take it to heart.

Qin Zhong's appearance made Lin Daiyu realize that Jia Baoyu cared not only about his sisters, but also about handsome men from outside the family.

Although she didn't know what Jia Baoyu and Qin Zhong were doing together, her sixth sense told her that their relationship was far from simple. Otherwise, they wouldn't be together all the time, which was not the behavior of normal men.

Furthermore, on that day, Jia Baoyu chose Qin Zhong, leaving his sisters behind, which made Lin Daiyu see Jia Baoyu's intentions even more clearly.

What had just happened made Lin Daiyu, who still harbored some lingering affection for Jia Baoyu, instantly decide to sever all ties with him.

That night, Lin Daiyu wept constantly, her tears never stopping. She cried all night and couldn't sleep.

She used to suffer from insomnia and couldn't sleep all night, but this time she cried all night, and her already weak and sickly body immediately became ill.

When Grandmother Jia learned of the situation, she came to visit her personally. She sat by the bedside, feeling sorry for Lin Daiyu, and sternly questioned the head maids, such as Zijuan and Xueyan, about what had happened and why they had not served Lin Daiyu well.

Zijuan dared not hide anything and told the whole story of what happened last night.

Upon hearing this, Grandmother Jia breathed a sigh of relief, assuming that Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu had quarreled again, which had caused her illness. She felt that she had found the root of the problem, so she summoned Jia Baoyu.

He said to Jia Baoyu with a cold face:

"Baoyu, look what you've done! Your sister has been so upset she's fallen ill. Hurry up and apologize to her!"

These words sounded stern, but Grandmother Jia's face was quite kind, showing no sign of instructing her grandson.

After venting his anger last night, Jia Baoyu went back to his room to sleep in a huff. He slept soundly until dawn. Recalling what he had said last night, he felt that something was wrong. He thought about going to find Lin Daiyu, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

At this moment, Grandmother Jia instructed him to apologize, which suited him perfectly. He immediately nodded with a smile and apologized to Lin Daiyu as well.

"Sister Lin, I'm sorry, it was my fault. I deserve to die. I shouldn't have lost my temper with you. You can punish me however you want, just please take care of yourself."

Lying on the bed, Lin Daiyu didn't even glance at him, responding with extreme indifference:

"Brother Bao... what are you saying? My illness has nothing to do with you. It's just that I'm frail and sickly. It's not kind of you to care."

Because she was ill, she spoke weakly, but everyone present could hear the distance in Lin Daiyu's words, as if she were speaking to a stranger.

Upon hearing this, Jia Baoyu's face froze. He stared blankly at Lin Daiyu on the bed, unsure of what to say. His eyes were filled with confusion and astonishment. He couldn't understand why Lin Daiyu had suddenly changed so much towards him.

Grandmother Jia also noticed something was wrong. She frowned, waved for Jia Baoyu and the others to leave first, and then spoke gently to Lin Daiyu:

"Yu'er, you must take good care of yourself. You know Baoyu's temperament. He's always been impulsive. Recently, he's been spending a lot of time with Master Qin and has neglected you. It's his fault."

"I shouldn't have lost my temper with you last night. Don't worry, I'll give him a good scolding later and get revenge for you!"

"Don't take it to heart. I've told him to stay with you for the next few days and not let him go anywhere. You two should talk things out and stop being stubborn. Try to make peace with each other, okay? It's good for your health and for our whole family."

Lin Daiyu felt not warmth but heartache upon hearing this. From what Grandmother Jia said, it seemed that she had acted out of spite and caused unrest among everyone, and that she had to unconditionally accept Jia Baoyu's apology.

At this moment, Lin Daiyu also fully understood that Grandmother Jia's affection for her was conditional on her being obedient and following Grandmother Jia's wishes.

A chill ran through her body and soul, and a torrent of indescribable emotions surged within her. The usually dutiful woman, unusually, defied Grandmother Jia's wishes:

"It's my fault for causing you so much worry. Don't worry, I'll be fine soon. I don't need Bao Erge to come and keep me company; it only makes me more annoyed. I won't be angry with him anymore. From now on, whatever he does is none of my business!"

As she spoke, Lin Daiyu's chest heaved slightly, her already pale face turned even paler, her eyes were red, and tears were already streaming down her face.

At this moment, Lin Daiyu suddenly felt a strong longing for home and her parents. She longed to throw herself into her mother's arms and cry her heart out, expressing her grievances and sorrows.

However, her mother had passed away many years ago, and her father sent her to live in the Rongguo Mansion for her sake.

But at this moment, she felt that even though her mother was gone, her home was definitely much better than the Rongguo Mansion. She had often missed home and her parents before, but she had never wanted to go back as strongly as she did now.

When Grandmother Jia saw that Lin Daiyu dared to contradict her, her expression froze, her eyes filled with surprise, and she was subconsciously displeased. Just as she was about to give her a stern lecture, she noticed that Lin Daiyu's condition was not right, and immediately spoke gently:

"Yu'er, don't get agitated. Just do as you say. Take good care of yourself. We can talk about the rest later."

As she spoke, she took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away Lin Daiyu's tears.

Lin Daiyu closed her eyes and said stiffly:

"Grandmother, I feel really unwell and want to rest by myself for a while. It's kind of you to worry about your granddaughter like this. You should go and rest too."

Upon hearing this, Grandmother Jia could only awkwardly withdraw her hand.

"Okay...okay, you focus on getting better. I'm going back to my room now. If anything seems wrong, tell Zijuan and the others right away. Don't keep it to yourself."

Lin Daiyu simply hummed in response and said nothing more.

Grandmother Jia glanced at her again, then got up and walked outside. Her face gradually turned cold. She vaguely felt that this time, Lin Daiyu's quarrel with Jia Baoyu was not simple and was not like before.

She clearly sensed the coldness and decisiveness in Lin Daiyu's words, and the usually filial and sensible Lin Daiyu actually refuted her this time, which seemed to imply that she was slipping out of her control.