Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 25 Something strange
  Jia Cong received a large sum of money to replenish his blood, and his heart surged with great pride again. Sure enough, my talents are destined to be useful, and I will come back after all the money has been spent, hahaha.

When I came to Lixiangyuan, I saw that Aunt Xue's house hadn't set up any food yet, so I could just grab some food.

"Hey, brother Cong is here, come in quickly. Tongxi brings some tea and brings today's fresh yam cake with jujube paste filling and sweet-scented osmanthus red bean cake for brother Cong to try." Aunt Xue said with a smile. He looked around at Jia Cong's hand and said repeatedly: "I haven't seen you for two months. I have grown taller and stronger, and my spirit is getting better and better. I heard that you have learned skills from a teacher. Today Why do you have time to come here?"

"Thank you for your love, Auntie. I miss you so much because I haven't come to say hello to my aunt for two months. Today, I asked the teacher for a half-day leave specifically to see my aunt." Jia Cong said with a smile, and he kept telling lies. This half-day holiday is everything.

"It's hard for you to care about me." Aunt Xue was also an expert at this. She took Jia Cong to sit down and talked about the family's shortcomings.

Jia Cong didn't have the patience to listen to what she said, so he quickly interrupted: "Why haven't you seen Sister Bao?"

I knew you were a weasel giving New Year greetings to the chicken. Aunt Xue smiled slightly and said, "She's been feeling a little uncomfortable these past two days. She's been kept inside and can't walk around."

"Huh? What's wrong with Sister Bao?"

"It's not a serious illness. It's an old problem. Just take some medicine and it'll be fine."

Jia Cong nodded, looking at Aunt Xue as if she didn't want me to get close to Sister Bao. He was just thinking about finding an excuse to go in, when he suddenly heard Baochai's voice coming from inside.

"Is this Brother Cong? Come in and talk." When she heard Jia Cong's arrival earlier, she felt like a deer had hit her. After struggling for a long time, she still couldn't help but call him.

Jia Cong was overjoyed and said, "Here we are." Without waiting for Aunt Xue to speak, she got in with a whoosh.

"This child." Aunt Xue smiled bitterly and shook her head.

Jia Cong went into the inner room and saw Baochai lying on the kang table drawing patterns, wearing a golden coat with five blessings from the calendar and five blessings, and a pomegranate red pleated silk skirt. She has a flying fairy bun on her head, tied with a white jade gourd hairpin, and a jade bracelet full of green ice on her white and fat wrist. Her appearance is elegant and unparalleled.

Jia Cong finally understood why Jia Baoyu stared at Xue Baochai's wrist in a daze, because he was also dazed.

This bracelet must be very expensive, Jia Cong secretly guessed.

"What are you doing stupidly?" Seeing him like this, Xue Baochai hurriedly pulled down his cuffs to cover his wrists and said softly.

"Uh, do you want to tell the truth?"

"Are you still telling lies?"

"My little brother was taken by Sister Bao's peerless beauty, so he fell into a daze." Jia Cong said with a smile.

"Bah, you're glib." Baochai blushed and looked away. She had never heard such a direct compliment. But this is a common thing for Jia Cong.

"Sister Bao, are you feeling better?"

"It's an old problem. It's just a bit of wheezing and coughing. Just take some medicine and it will be fine." Xue Baochai said.

Jia Cong sat opposite Baochai, smelled her orchid breath, and his heart moved, "Lengxiang Pills?"

"Brother Cong, how do you know?" Xue Baochai asked curiously. She remembered that she had never told anyone in Rong Mansion about this.

Jia Cong smiled and said, "If I say that my grandfather told me in a dream, would you believe it?"

"Bah, stop lying about Duke Xianrong. Look carefully and you will see the gods." Xue Baochai rolled her eyes at him.

"I am the general appointed by the great master, and the great master will only bless me."

Baochai saw him looking like a villain and was both angry and amused. Suddenly he thought of his mother's words and his expression darkened. He reluctantly said: "Brother Cong, now that you have become a famous teacher, you should be a good student and work hard. Don't... Don't let this little thing of mine delay your efforts."

Jia Cong frowned, feeling something was wrong. Sister Bao's attitude towards him suddenly became cold.

"Sister Bao seems to have something in her words, please make it clear." Jia Cong looked outside and whispered.

Baochai bit her lip, shook her head, not daring to look at him, and just said quietly: "I just hope that you will get ahead as soon as possible and settle down and establish a career. That way I...I will feel relieved." After saying that, he picked up the tea bowl, This is the meaning of seeing off guests.

The more Jia Cong listened, the more wrong he became. There was a sense of farewell in these words. He just stared at Baochai and looked carefully until he saw that Baochai became angry with shame. He could no longer pretend and said angrily: "Brother Cong, You are so rude, why are you staring at me?"

Seeing that she was back to normal, Jia Cong decided to go straight to the point and said softly: "Sister Bao, I like you."

Baochai trembled, and the tea bowl in her hand fell to the table. The tea soup flowed across the table and soaked her clothes.

Ouch, Baochai couldn't help but exclaimed. Aunt Xue hurriedly walked in and saw that the tea bowl had been overturned. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't be careful, Ying'er will clean it up soon."

After Ying'er cleaned up, Baochai went to change clothes and came back. He saw Jia Cong still sitting on the kang, looking at him as if nothing happened, and spat: "Brother Cong, what are you talking about?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Sister Bao obviously heard what I said clearly, but she came to ask me again."

"You, scoundrel." Baochai was a little angry in a rare moment, but her heart was pounding. She never dreamed that someone would confess to him like this in person, and she didn't hate this person. To be precise, she kind of liked him.

Jia Cong took advantage of her unpreparedness, reached over, held her soft and boneless hand, looked directly at her, and said slowly: "Sister Bao, do you like me? I know that I was useless and unlovable before. But now I am completely different from before, haven’t you noticed?”

Ying'er, who was waiting on the side, was dumbfounded. Brother Cong was about to go to heaven. Is this the beginning? He actually did what Baoyu didn't dare to do, and he did it so confidently.

"You, let go." Baochai's face turned red and she struggled to get out. She was afraid of disturbing Aunt Xue, so she could only whisper: "If you have something to say, tell me what you will become like..."

"I..." Jia Cong was about to say more when he suddenly heard a voice coming from the door.

"Ouch, I came at an unlucky time."

Baochai withdrew his hand as if he was electrocuted. Jia Cong sat up straight. Looking back, he saw Lin Daiyu standing at the door, looking at the two of them with a half-smile.

At this time, another person walked in, it was Jia Baoyu, "I heard that Sister Bao is a little unwell, but she is feeling better."

Xue Baochai hurriedly stood up to greet him, his face returned to normal, "Brother Bao, Ying'er, why are you here? Sit down quickly. Ying'er hasn't gone to pour tea yet."

"Oh." Ying'er passed by Jia Cong, glared at him, and went out.

"Sister Lin, what did you say was a coincidence just now?" Jia Baoyu said with a smile.

"You have to ask Sister Bao about this, hehe." Lin Daiyu looked playful.

"You girl is talking nonsense again, what a coincidence." Baochai sent them to sit down and quietly gave Lin Daiyu a careful look.

Lin Daiyu gave her a "you will be caught by me too" look, only Jia Baoyu was kept in the dark and confused.

Baochai was so angry that she turned around and gave Jia Cong a hard look. Jia Cong just shrugged and lowered his hand, so what? You won't get pregnant by holding hands.

Seeing Lin Daiyu looking over, Jia Baoyu laughed dryly, stood up and bowed to Jia Cong, "Brother Cong, I was reckless last time and made you wronged. I apologize to you. The sisters have been talking about me a lot these days."

Jia Cong waved his hand. For Jia Zheng's sake, it was hard to argue with him. Besides, he always knew Jia Baoyu's temperament. "Why bring up the past? I don't take it to heart."

Jia Baoyu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Daiyu. When he saw that she was silent, he sat down again.

"We are all sisters and brothers. If you have something on your mind that you can't let go of, don't mention it anymore, otherwise it will make people laugh. Brother Bao, Zhuo'er, why are you here in my little temple today?" Xue Baochai has returned to his usual dignified and generous appearance, smiling. road.

Jia Cong didn't care about all this and said angrily: "Sister Bao seems to be talking about me in the first half of her sentence."

Pfft, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but laugh, and Jia Baoyu, the second monk, was confused, where was the point of laughter?

Baochai couldn't help but blushed, glared at Daiyu, gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Cong, please stop thinking so wildly, I have nothing to say to you. Girl, you are causing trouble again, be careful whether I will spare you or not." .”

Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "What I'm laughing at is that I happened to bump into Brother Cong today and was determined to beg for a nice drink at my aunt's house, but Sister Bao is so stingy."

Jia Cong knew that there was no chance today, so he stood up glumly, glanced at Lin Daiyu angrily, and said, "You are lucky, I am not lucky at all. You can eat, I'm leaving."

Jia Baoyu was confused from beginning to end. When he saw Jia Cong was about to leave, he quickly advised him, "Brother Cong, go after dinner."

Baochai said hurriedly: "Brother Bao, Brother Cong has something to do, so we'll keep you here for a while. Let's invite him another day."

"Oh, that's fine."

When Jia Cong heard what Baochai said, he could only shake his head. He wanted to look at her again to see what she meant, but he saw Baochai turned away with a cold face and did not look at him. He was really like a mountain man. Gao Shi looked so crystal clear that he had no choice but to go out in frustration.

Did you get the wrong script? Why did Sister Bao suddenly ignore me?

(End of this chapter)