【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

After an unknown amount of time, the hair was finally dried. Shui Rong put down the hair dryer, gently combed Pin'er's smooth long hair with his fingers, and whispered in her ear: "So beautiful."

Pin'er's cheeks flushed. She turned around and met Shui Rong's eyes. Shui Rong's eyes were full of love.

"Look at my hands, why are they wrinkled?" Pin'er said, breaking the ambiguous atmosphere. Then she turned her palm upwards to show him her thumb, which was indeed wrinkled and very cute.

Shui Rong was so angry that she laughed: "These are not wrinkles, they will be gone in a while. Our skin has been soaked in water for too long, and the cells absorb water, expand and deform. They will recover after the water dries up." Shui Rong patiently explained to her.

Pin'er then stood up and went to look for something. She found a big flower hairband from her toiletries bag and prepared to use it to tie her hair while eating. After hearing his explanation, she turned around and praised him:

"How do you know everything? You are so knowledgeable, it's like my own Baidu Encyclopedia."

Shui Rong gritted his teeth secretly: "...That's fine, at least it's exclusive." Then he took her to the restaurant upstairs to eat.

Today, they were the only two people eating lunch at noon, and they went to the small restaurant at home. It was the small square room with green as the main color that they passed by that day, and there was a small round table inside.

The lunches on the table all looked delicious. Shui Rong arranged a chef who knew how to cook Japanese food to make tempura, miso soup, cheese lobster, and sushi for Pin'er. The table was full of food, including French fries and squid rings.

Maybe because of excessive exercise in the morning, the little girl ate a lot at lunch.

After eating, Shui Rong took her to his bedroom, thinking of letting her take a nap. But Pin'er said she was used to her bed and refused to sleep.

"I'm not sleepy. I haven't felt sleepy at noon since I went to school. Why don't we play a game? I haven't played that game for a long time."

Shui Rong knew she was talking about the game they had just started playing, so she called Shi Fan to get his laptop, and then gave the computer on the desk to Pin'er. The two sat side by side at the large desk and entered the game together.

Lai An came in next, followed by two young waiters: one of them was carrying a set of pink crystal teapots and tea sets, and a small alcohol stove, while the other was carrying a large purple mother-of-pearl fruit plate filled with peeled mangosteen pulp.

Place it on the small coffee table next to the sofa in the study, light the small alcohol stove, and place the pink crystal teapot on the open flame.

Rose, kumquat, prickly pear and lotus leaf were placed in it. Spring water was added and boiled over a slow fire, and gradually the whole house was filled with fragrance.

When the tea was ready, Lai An poured it into crystal glasses for the two of them and left it to cool before leaving.

While playing the game, Pin'er asked Shui Rong:

"I noticed last time I came here that you only have male waiters. I didn't see any maids."

Shui Rong was checking their homes, and after hearing her question, he replied:

"Yes, it seems that's the family motto. Because probably since my great-grandfather's generation, they didn't allow maids in the family, for fear that the man in the family would go astray. They also didn't allow concubines, and they didn't allow them to develop feelings for the people who took care of them. Most importantly, they didn't allow illegitimate children. So they practiced monogamy very early on."

After hearing what he said, Pin'er asked in confusion: "The world today is monogamous."

"That's where you can see. There are many things you can't imagine in places you can't see." After saying that, Shui Rong regretted it again. His girl was just beginning to understand the world, and he shouldn't tell her about these things in the dark corners.

While sorting out the home warehouse, Pin'er continued to ask, "You mean that many people now pretend to be monogamous and have concubines and illegitimate children outside?"

Shui Rong immediately expressed his opinion: "It's just a small group of people. I see all living things as grass and trees, but I see you as a green mountain. I won't have anyone else, and I will only have you as my wife in the future."

Pin'er didn't respond to his statement and continued, "Yes, it's easy for people to develop feelings for those who take care of them. For example, Zijuan was very good to me in my previous life. She wasn't someone I brought from home. She had only been with me for a few years, but she was as close to me as a sister."

Shui Rong finally breathed a sigh of relief. His girl was indeed the purest soul and could purify all the negative information by herself.

"So is Zijuan today reborn?" Shui Rong continued her topic.

Pin'er sighed, "According to my observation, that's not the case. She doesn't remember me at all. But it doesn't stop her from being nice to me. She's still very considerate. It's just that we're not as close as in the last life. After all, being in the Jia family is just her job now. If Zijuan had followed me in the last life, she could have followed me for the rest of her life."

Shui Rong was surprised: "You mean: if you got married in your previous life, you should bring Zijuan with you?"

"That should be the case. If she wants, we can't be separated for a moment then." Pin'er said thoughtfully.

Shui Rong continued to express his thoughts:

"I like this world very much. At least everyone is equal and free. Even Zijuan and Shifan. They only take care of us because of work. If they are unhappy in the future, they can leave at any time. They don't have to waste their whole lives for us."

Pin'er agreed immediately: "Yes, that's what Wu Qing thinks. In the last life, she took care of Baoyu. When I met her in this life, her biggest wish was not to be someone else's maid. She pursues the kind of freedom you mentioned, and she also refuses to get involved with the people and things in the last life. This shows that she likes this world very much!"

Shui Rong asked her affectionately: "Do you like this world?"

Pin'er stopped playing the game, thought for a moment and then answered, "I like it, I like it very much. This world is my ideal world. I like the feeling that I can change my fate through hard work. At least I am a useful person, and I don't want to be a parasite. What I like most is that people in this world can express their feelings directly, just like Yun'er often said: This is not a feudal society. Although I haven't fully adapted to it yet, I really like it."

"So, I like you, do you like me?"

"I like you. How can I not like you? You are good in everything, including to me. I just hope I can be worthy of you soon." After saying this, Pin'er went back to concentrating on the game.

Shui Rong felt sweet in his heart. He felt relieved after hearing her words. He stood up and brought the fruit tea for the two of them. He gently tested the temperature with his lips and found that it was not too hot. Then he gave it to Pin'er.

"Drink some. You need to drink more water after swimming."

Pin'er suddenly remembered the joke on the Internet and teased him:

"No, I drank enough in the pool this morning!"