【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-March. Li Shuirong’s birthday had just passed, and in two days it would be Lin Piner’s birthday.

Before, she looked at the calendar and said dissatisfiedly: "Why is it that Shuirong's birthday is always on the weekend, but I have to go to school on my birthday..."

They went to the Central Conservatory of Music again that day. Li Shuirong came early in the morning to pick up Lin Pin'er. The two did not ride bicycles today, so Shifan sent them to school.

Lin Pin'er guessed that Li Shuirong was secretly preparing a surprise for her, so she had to follow his arrangements. After lunch, she didn't see Li Shuirong anymore. At noon, Lin Pin'er received a birthday gift from Professor Yue, which was an electric guqin.

After two classes in the afternoon, she couldn't wait to go to the small auditorium with a few classmates to test the sound, tune the strings and play. It was indeed different from ordinary guqin. While playing the special electronic music effects, a classmate outside called Lin Pin'er and said someone was looking for her.

Lin Pin'er walked out of the auditorium and met Jia Yucun beside the gate.

"Teacher, are you looking for me?"

"Yes, Shui Rong arranged for me to pick you up." He spoke in a friendly tone and called Li Shui Rong Shui Rong. It seemed that they had a good relationship.

"Why didn't he tell me?" Lin Pin'er was a little suspicious.

"We have a venue to set up at the state banquet table this afternoon, and he was too busy to leave. We often meet each other, so he asked me to pick you up."

Lin Pin'er thought: Yes, the last time I saw the teacher was at the State Banquet Hall. He should be working there so he is familiar with Shui Rong.

"Then please wait for me for a moment. I need to get my piano."

"Okay, okay, I'll wait for you here." Jia Yucun rubbed his hands anxiously.

Lin Pin'er turned and went into the small auditorium, said something to her classmates, and then came out carrying her electronic guqin.

"Let me help you carry it?" Jia Yucun said as he was about to pull the violin strap.

"No, it's very light. I always carry it myself."

Jia Yucun then gave up and led Lin Pin'er out of the auditorium. In the distance, there was a Red Flag car parked on the side of the road on the campus. Jia Yucun walked quickly forward, opened the back door, and then let Lin Pin'er get in.

The two of them didn't speak along the way, and soon they arrived at a dining courtyard. The decorations in the courtyard were all antique.

When the car stopped, Lin Pin'er got out. On the steps to the entrance stood a lady in a business suit, holding a bunch of red roses. Strangely, Jia Yucun took the flowers and presented them to Lin Pin'er.

At this time, Lin Pin'er began to wonder, and then she was even more confused because they actually sat in the hall. Lin Pin'er remembered that Li Shuirong had said that their future dating standards would be to clear the venue, and that at the very least they would have to sit in a private room.

There were already a few tables of people sitting in the hall. Lin Pin'er looked very eye-catching with a large bunch of red roses in her hand. After she finally sat down, Jia Yucun actually sat down opposite her at the table.

At this moment, Lin Pin'er seriously suspected what Jia Yucun was going to do. She hurriedly called Shui Rong, but found that her phone had no signal at all.

"No need to call, he will be here soon. He asked me to take you to order food first, and he has prepared a surprise for you."

Lin Pin'er noticed that the table was indeed carefully decorated, and the table flowers were more gorgeous than those on other tables.

*

An hour ago, Li Haoze was anxiously waiting for a result.

It turned out that after the Chinese New Year, he received a piece of news: Old Madam Li decided to give 10% of the shares of the aircraft manufacturing base to Lin Pin'er, on the condition that she married into the Li family.

Originally 10% is not a lot, but if this happens, the combined shares of her and Li Shuirong will be more than those held by Li Haoze, which means that his control over the aircraft manufacturing base will be affected in the future.

So he arranged some things, and early this morning Ye Shuyan came to see Madam Li with a stack of information.

It turned out that after the Chinese New Year, An Su made a special trip back to Jiangdu because he had sent others to inquire about Lin Pin'er's situation, but found nothing.

There was no evidence that she had learned the guqin, nor that she had not learned it. In the end, it was Ye Shuyan who reminded her that An Su had obtained a workbook from Lin Pin'er when she was in school from someone else, which could only prove that her handwriting was different from that of her previous school days.

Madam Li just wanted to be quiet at this moment. She looked at the information in front of her and understood the situation of her grandson Li Hanlan. She also understood that there was something behind this. There were other factors behind Ye Shuyan that influenced her. It was just that she favored Lin Pin'er a little bit, but she caused her so much trouble.

*

Lin Pin'er was also smart. She took the opportunity to go to the bathroom to ask the waiter for the Wi-Fi password and connected to the hotel network. However, Li Shuirong still did not answer her voice call.

She had no choice but to go back to the table and prepare to act accordingly.

Soon, the table was filled with various appetizers. Lin Pin'er had no appetite at all, so she gently asked Jia Yucun: "Teacher, why don't you contact Shui Rong? Why hasn't he come yet?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shuirong and Shi Fan appeared in time.

Lin Pin'er seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw. She hurriedly stood up and walked to Li Shuirong.

"Why didn't you answer my call?"

Li Shuirong squeezed her hand and whispered in her ear, "I'll explain it to you later."

When Jia Yucun saw Li Shuirong, he did not stand up, but his face changed, and he did not say a word for a long time. Li Shuirong glanced at the table, and then said to Lin Pin'er: "I will take you away."

Jia Yucun finally spoke: "You can't leave now. I have two pieces of news to be sent and waiting for instructions." After that, he opened the screen of his mobile phone to show Li Shuirong.

When Shui Rong looked at it, it turned out to be two emails to be sent to the media. One said that Lin Pin'er was an imposter and her identity was in doubt. The other was a photo of Jia Yucun giving her roses when she entered the door just now. The content said that Lin Pin'er and Jia Yucun had a love affair between people of different ages, or a teacher-student love affair.

Li Shuirong was so angry after reading this that he laughed: "Who gave you the confidence? Don't you see how old you are? Don't you have money to hire actors?"

Jia Yucun didn't care about his ridicule. He was just a machine to complete the task. He didn't get angry either. He just waited to receive the next task.

Just as they were at a standstill, Li Haoze came over. He had changed his casual and unruly look today and was wearing a formal suit. He walked over to Jia Yucun and sat down, with a serious look in his eyes that was different from usual.

Lin Pin'er always felt like she was looking at a different person when she looked at him. The first time she met him in the bar, it was as if there was a child living inside him, and the maturity on his face was all fake.

The last two times I saw him, he was very much in line with his age and experience. He was occasionally humorous and still acted more like a brother. But now, he seems like a more mature man than Jia Yucun.