【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Li Shuirong was the first netizen that Lin Pin'er met. Those people before were all the original owner's friends. The feeling of being with Li Shuirong was very subtle. She didn't know what he looked like, but his voice was very nice. After meeting him, the mechanical stall setting up every day was no longer boring.

Every day when he woke up, Li Shuirong would send her a message, saying that he was waiting for her in the voice chat room, playing songs for her, and introducing her to Jay Chou, JJ Lin... and many other singing stars.

Sometimes Lin Pin'er would do housework while listening to the songs he played. The boring housework was completed quickly. Occasionally, Li Shuirong would hum a few lines. Lin Pin'er also slowly learned to sing these songs.

The game opened a new area these days, and Lin Pin'er took on a few orders for leveling in the new area. Li Shuirong accompanied her to the new area to level up. When he was busy, he would open a small account to serve as a corpse for her. The two of them hung up at the scorpion group point in the Snake and Scorpion Valley.

Lin Pin'er put up a few newly captured bear pets in the store, and Li Shuirong suddenly asked her:

"You are so keen on making money, how much money have you saved?"

"I won't tell you, it's private." Lin Pin'er just learned this word recently.

"Okay, then if you have money, what would you like to do? This is an ideal, not a private matter."

"I want to be free and unconstrained. I want to buy a good guqin to cultivate my temperament."

Rong: "Qin means ban. The ancients created it to regulate the body."

Pin: "If you want to play the zither, you must choose a quiet room or a high room, or on top of a building, in the woods and rocks, or on the top of a mountain, or on the edge of a river. When the world is peaceful and the wind is clear and the moon is bright, burn incense and sit quietly, without thinking about anything else, and your qi and blood are in harmony, then you can be in harmony with the spirit and the Tao."

Rong: "That's why the ancients said, 'It's hard to find a soulmate.' If there is no soulmate, I'd rather play the zither alone, facing the clear wind and bright moon, the lush pines and strange rocks, the wild monkeys and old cranes, to express my interest, so as not to let this zither down."

Pin: "There is another level. The fingering must be good and the sound must be good. If you must play the zither, you must first dress neatly, either in a crane cloak or a deep robe. You must look like the ancients, only then can it be called a sage's instrument."

The two of them were talking back and forth, and although it was a long discussion, you knew what I was talking about and I understood what you meant. Pin'er couldn't help but sigh that he was a bosom friend.

"You also like guqin." Lin Pin'er said softly.

"I can't play the piano, but I'd like to be someone who understands me. Would you be willing to play the piano for me?"

Li Shuirong's words were sincere, which shocked Lin Pin'er. Although the world is not like the feudal system now, she has never thought about expressing her true feelings to anyone again. So she stopped talking.

Li Shuirong was secretly concerned about this.

"What do you have for lunch?"

"My roommate and I will cook together."

"Roommate? A female one?"

Lin Pin'er was slightly angry:

"Of course I'm a woman. I'm not as frivolous as you think."

"I said something wrong. I was just too concerned. How about you send me the address and I'll treat you guys to lunch to make amends?"

"How can I invite you? You don't even know where I am. Maybe we are thousands of miles apart!"

"I'm in the capital, how about you?"

"I'm in Jiangdu."

Li Shuirong pondered secretly.

"How about this, you send me the address. I'll order takeout for you and treat you to milk tea. I don't mean anything else, just consider it as an apology for offending you just now, okay?"

Seeing that he was sincere in every word, Lin Pin'er asked Wu Qing for her address and sent it to him. Li Shuirong secretly saved her number. The two felt much closer than before.

Since that time, Li Shuirong started his feeding plan: he would send snacks and drinks to Lin Pin'er from time to time, and also send her some small things from the capital, including sugar figurines, candied fruits, and cakes.

Lin Pin'er is not someone who only accepts gifts. She can't give much, but she has also silently prepared her thoughts.

That night, Li Shuirong ordered takeout and milk tea for them early in the evening. Lin Pin'er went to tell Wu Qing that she didn't need to cook.

"Pin'er, you are such a generous friend." Wu Qing praised.

"I told him not to order takeout, but he refused to listen. He also said: It's not good for girls to stay in the kitchen all the time, the fumes are bad for the skin, and washing dishes will damage your hands and you can't play the piano. He also said that the weather is hot now and he has no appetite, so just treat us as eating with him, then he will have the motivation to eat."

"Hey, do you know how old he is? Is he handsome?"

"I never asked, I just know he is from Beijing."

"It would be nice if I could meet someone like this, so I wouldn't be helpless." After saying this, Wu Qing had tears in her eyes.

"Why don't you play games with me? Everyone I meet is very nice." Lin Pin'er knew why Wu Qing was crying, so she could empathize with her.

"I can't play games. I get dizzy when I play your games. I'd better focus on designing clothes."

Lin Pin'er suddenly thought of the time when Li Shuirong asked her about her ideal.

“Is this your ideal?”

"Yeah, I want to be a fashion designer. So what's your ideal?" Wu Qing asked Lin Pin'er.

“I don’t know what my ideal is.”

Lin Pin'er had never thought about this question before, she needed to think about it carefully.

The next morning, Lin Pin'er received a courier. When she went downstairs to pick it up, she was shocked to see what a huge box it was. She called Wu Qing, and they carried it upstairs. When they opened it, they found that it was actually a fine guqin.

The body of the instrument is made in banana leaf style and comes with a nice-looking instrument bag. Lin Pin'er hurriedly contacted Li Shuirong:

"Is this the piano you sent?"

"Well, do you like it?"

"It must be very expensive, right? I can't accept it."

"Although the zither has a price, friendship is priceless."

"I can't accept it if you say that. I can't repay you for this favor. I owe you too much during this period of time."

"Would you please play the zither for me? Don't let the zither down. Aren't you afraid that it will be sad if you don't want it like this?"

Every word Li Shuirong said touched Lin Pin'er's heart. She was a person who loved and cherished things, so she was speechless.

In the afternoon, Wu Qing helped her find a suitable table and stool, set up the zither, tuned the strings, took a bath, changed clothes, and burned incense. She placed the zither on the table, sat at the fifth fret, facing her heart, and raised her hands calmly. Only then did she feel both physically and mentally right. She started practicing. Her hands were a little unfamiliar, but the previous music scores were all in her mind. It was indeed a good zither with clear and sharp tones.

These past few days, Lin Pin'er had been quietly preparing a gift for Li Shuirong. Unexpectedly, Li Shuirong called her to play games at night and showed her his home.

Although the home was a mansion, it only had some furniture and looked like no one had taken care of it. There was a cherry tree in the yard. The two stood in the yard, and Li Shuirong typed silently in the team channel:

Rong: "After spending a few days together, what do you think of me?"

Innocent: “You’re good.”

Rong: "What I said the other day, help me take care of the home. Have you thought about it?"

Tian Zhen: "I have been preparing materials recently. I need something to increase the population and wealth."