【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

After a long time, he sent another message: "I don't know about their affairs. I will ask Wei Ruolan tomorrow. Please don't let them affect us."

《It won't affect us, don't worry. Good night! 》

"Good night!"

Shui Rong stared at the chat screen on his phone in a daze. Why did he feel that Pin'er was angry? Why did he feel that the meaning of her words was wrong? Why did Xiao Wei break up with her during the holidays? It made him lose sleep.

That night, Ye Shuyan also suffered from insomnia. Before the Ye family dinner was over, she unexpectedly received a call from Li Hanlan, who said that it was a rare day off today and wanted to take her out for a walk.

It was the first time that Li Hanlan took the initiative to ask her out after more than a month. After dinner at Li's house last time, she also took the initiative to ask Li Hanlan out, but he always turned her down with the excuse of being busy with work.

After dressing up with excitement, Ye Shuyan sat in Li Hanlan's car. Her palms were slightly sweaty, and she took the initiative to find a topic:

"Where are we going?"

"Is there anywhere you want to go? I'm sorry, I don't know what kind of date girls like." Li Hanlan drove steadily, his voice much softer, but he still didn't look at her.

"Why don't we go for a walk in a park somewhere?" Ye Shuyan knew that with his status, it was inconvenient for him to go to some public places.

Li Hanlan continued driving and made a phone call:

"Check which parks within the Third Ring Road have lanterns to view, and send me the location."

As soon as he hung up the phone, raindrops began to drip onto the car window. Li Hanlan turned on the wipers and confirmed that it was raining.

"It seems that the weather is not good and we may not be able to see the lanterns." Li Hanlan said slowly.

Mobile phone information comes in in time:

Jia Yuanchun: "It's raining today so it's not suitable to watch lanterns, so I've arranged a small play, Zhengyi Temple Theater: the address is at the back..."

Li Hanlan immediately transferred to that address.

The theater had been cleared and the play was suitable for the occasion. Li Hanlan was relieved to watch the play, and Ye Shuyan beside him was also very quiet.

After returning home, Ye Shuyan washed up and lay on the bed tossing and turning. He began to go over what happened that night in his mind, examining whether he had done anything wrong.

Li Hanlan is the marriage partner arranged by my second uncle. We haven't had much contact since the last meeting, and I thought there was no follow-up. But today he asked me out again, also for a date, so it looks like there might be something going on.

Li Hanlan's appearance is beyond words. His calm personality and family background are also very attractive. But he never expressed his love for me when he was with me, and he never even looked at me straight in the eye. What does that mean? The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't sleep, so I had to get up and read.

Ye Shuyan worked as a translator, and he usually read books in English. The more he read, the more awake he became. He simply went to the study to read and annotate the books. He didn't go back to bed until around 4 a.m.

The next morning, while Xiangyun and Pin'er were still asleep, Baoyu came to visit with Xichun. Xichun was wandering around the yard observing plants. Baoyu ignored her and went straight up to the second floor, first to Lin Daiyu's bedroom, but there was no one there.

When I went to Xiangyun's room, I saw the two girls were still sleeping soundly on the bed. Pin'er was covered tightly with a thin quilt, but Xiangyun kicked off the quilt in a very dishonest manner.

Baoyu sighed, "You're still so restless when you sleep. When the wind blows, you complain of pain in your shoulder socket." As he spoke, he pulled out the quilt from under her body and covered her with it.

Pin'er was awakened by the noise. She saw that it was Baoyu, and then she looked at her own quilt, which was well covered. Then she said:

"Why are you here? Go out first and wait for us to get up."

After hearing this, Baoyu turned around and went outside, and Pin'er then woke up Xiangyun.

He stood up and came out first to ask Baoyu, "Why are you here so early?"

"It's still early. I've already had breakfast. Sister Xichun came to see you and asked you for a few bamboos for landscape use. She's shy, so I came with her."

When Pin'er heard that Xichun had come, she felt it was not right to neglect her, so she pushed Baoyu downstairs:

"You go down first and walk around with her. If she likes a branch, ask her to cut it. I'll change my clothes and come down."

When Pin'er came down, Baoyu and Xichun were playing with the big parrot. Pin'er came out, took Xichun's hand and led her into the house:

"Come in and sit down. I've been busy recently and haven't had time to invite you over to play. Since you're here to see me today, you must stay for a while."

On one hand, she called Zijuan to pour tea, and on the other hand, she called Xueyan to bring some delicious snacks.

Xichun knew that Pin'er was treating her like a child again, but knowing that she meant well, she followed her in and sat down in the tea room.

"I think your bamboo is good. I have some plant drawing homework recently, so I came here to ask for a few branches to plant and use for drawing."

"Ask Zijuan to cut off any branch you like."

"No, I usually don't use branches and leaves that are growing well. It happened to rain yesterday so I came here. Usually I pick up some that have fallen or have been broken by wind and rain."

Xichun's words were very much in line with Pin'er's personality, as she was also a person who loved and cherished things. The two of them immediately got along well and started chatting.

When Zijuan came over to pour tea, there was a small bowl of mixed grain porridge on the tray.

"Ms. Lin, please accompany the guests for breakfast today. It's your fault for getting up late."

Lin Pin'er lowered her head shyly, then explained: "Last night, because of the festival, Xiangyun and I drank a little. So we went to bed late."

"It's okay, just eat quickly." Xichun said.

Baoyu's focus was not on breakfast: "Why didn't you call me when you were drinking last night? I should have come to see you yesterday. Xiren was sick yesterday and I was bored all night."

Pin'er drank her porridge slowly without answering him.

"Why is Xiren sick?" it was Xichun who asked him.

Baoyu then realized that he had let the cat out of the bag: "It's okay, I just have a stomachache." After saying that, he thought to himself: I can't let them know that Xiren is pregnant.

In fact, Xiren's menstrual period was delayed. At first, she suspected that she was pregnant and wanted to test Baoyu's attitude. As a result, she realized that she had no status in Baoyu's heart. What he said when he was drunk that day was all lies. But she had to play the whole play, so she had to take a break during the busy festival. She lied to Baoyu and said that she had an abortion, so she told others that she was sick. Yesterday, she coaxed Baoyu not to go out to play and took care of her at home all night.

After a while, Xiangyun came downstairs rubbing her eyes, still wearing pajamas.

"Why are you here so early in the morning? I want to sleep a little longer!" Xiangyun said in a hoarse voice.

Baoyu laughed at her: "If you don't get up soon, it's time for lunch. We are guests, so why don't you, the host, get up and entertain us?"

Xiangyun snorted lightly: "I am also a guest, Pin'er is the host. Besides, I'm still a baby, how can I entertain people." After that, she walked towards the kitchen with squinted eyes like a sleepwalking doll.

Zijuan was about to serve her porridge, but she took a look at the porridge in the pot and saw that it was quite sticky and she had no appetite at all.

"Sister Zijuan, please cook me some instant noodles. I want to drink some hot and sour soup."

Zijuan was in a dilemma, as she never allowed Miss Lin to eat unhealthy food. So there was no such thing as instant noodles in this family.

"Ms. Shi, there are no instant noodles at home." Zijuan replied.

"Ah, there's not even any instant noodles! It seems I have to go to the supermarket to buy some supplies today." Xiangyun complained while opening the refrigerator to see if there were any cold drinks.

Zijuan chuckled: "You drank some wine yesterday, some porridge is good for your stomach."

Xiangyun was disgusted, but she had no choice: "Then give me half a bowl less and add some water. I like porridge, not congee."

After that, she wanted to make a glass of ice water herself. Zijuan had to coax her, saying that ice water was not good, and immediately made her some honey water.

Xiangyun then walked towards the tea room in a daze. She wanted to sit there with Pin'er to have breakfast. She planned to stick to her all day long.

Although the Mid-Autumn Festival was over, there was still an abundance of fruits and vegetables at home. Zijuan quickly prepared the fruit platter and served them one plate after another. Even the sunflower seeds were fresh, and there was a beautiful little sunflower on top as decoration.

After drinking the porridge, Pin'er immediately felt full of energy. Everyone chatted happily, ate and drank, and it was very lively. Only Xiangyun was still hungover. She drank half a bowl of porridge and went back upstairs to take a nap.

When she woke up, it was already time for lunch. In order to coax her, Pin'er placed a bunch of cute school bag pendants on her bedside table. They were all Pin'er's collection, and Xiangyun had also praised them for being pretty.