【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Episode 324 Time is just paused and no trace of time can be seen

The bamboos in the courtyard are slender and upright, and each bamboo is green and dripping, just like Lin Pin'er's slender and graceful figure. The bamboo shape is "dense phoenix tail", and the bamboo leaves stretch like a phoenix tail; the bamboo sound is "soft dragon roar", and the breeze blows, and the bamboo leaves rustle, just like a dragon roar. The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the bamboo forest, forming "uneven" bamboo shadows on the ground, which contrast with the "thick and light moss marks". The courtyard is quiet, deep, well-maintained, and the room is spotless. Everything is the same as when she left, as if time has just been paused, and there is no trace of time when looking around.

The two of them sat down in the Qushui Liushang Pavilion, with a cup of hot tea at hand, and had a detailed conversation, like a chat between elders and juniors, or a conversation between a teacher and a friend.

They didn't know when they finished talking about the business, and it was getting dark. Li Hanlan talked to her about what happened in the old house of the Li family. Li Hanlan always knew how to control the rhythm of the conversation. Before she knew it, Lin Pin'er was led by him and was willing to confide in him.

"So, are you jealous?" Li Hanlan asked with a smile. It was rare for him to smile.

"In fact, I think you should have confidence in yourself. You are different from her. To be more precise, you are different from many girls. Take her for example. She seems to have completed all the credits and excelled in all the subjects. But she does all these because she is not confident. She really wants to attract other people's attention and will focus on others. The fact that she is good at pleasing others shows that she is not very likable. She has to take the initiative to socialize, and even the friends she makes may not be the ones she really likes. You are the opposite. You seem to be aloof and don't get close to others. But you just need to sit quietly, and people who like you will naturally approach you. At least this is the case with me, and so is my grandmother. She liked you the first time she saw you."

Lin Pin'er knew that there was some bias in these words, but she was willing to accept them all, because Li Hanlan was showing his kindness to her. Suddenly, when Madam Li was mentioned, she remembered what Madam Li had asked her to do, and then she took out the letter from the small bag she carried with her.

"This is a letter that Jiang Yuhan gave me today. It was written to me by my grandmother." Lin Pin'er pushed the envelope towards Li Hanlan.

Unfolding the letter, Li Hanlan read the contents of the letter carefully, and after thinking for a moment, he replied: "No problem, I can let you raise the child. But Li Haoze and I must have other agreements, which is a necessary condition for bringing grandma back. You don't have to worry about these things. If you have any difficulties, you can bring them up."

Lin Pin'er was a little conflicted; she was still a child herself and had never taken care of a baby.

"I want to ask Xiangling's opinion. After all, she is the child's mother."

Li Hanlan nodded and said, "Yes, I think the same as you. But after I took them back, I also asked her, but she said that she didn't have any feelings for the children. She was detached from them from the beginning. She thought the two children were Li Haoze's, and she had never established a parent-child relationship with the children, so you can rest assured that I can also put her by your side. If she wants, she can watch the children at any time and can also take on the role of taking care of the children."

Lin Pin'er didn't expect things to go so smoothly. She was worried when she first saw the letter. How could her brother agree to her request? Now it seems that he might have agreed because of Madam Li's request.

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Li Shuirong was trapped in the study room, and he didn't like this feeling. He had always had a hard time in this life, either being controlled by his eldest brother or squeezed by his second brother, and now he was threatened by this woman.

The woman opposite was holding a deck of cards in her hand. She placed the cards on the desk, changing the combinations at random, muttering to herself.

"You don't want me to sit here and watch you play cards all night, do you?" Li Shuirong asked impatiently.

The woman rubbed the rosary on her wrist without looking up, concentrating on the deck of cards in front of her.

"Please bear with it for a while. I need to inspire her now."

Li Shuirong sat up again: "What are you trying to inspire? She is tired enough. She has made several new songs this time. It is time for her to take a break. She is not your wife, so you should not feel bad for her. I wonder if she has eaten yet, and where she will stay at night."

The woman opposite reshuffled the cards and continued to arrange them on the desk.

"You don't understand. She has had it so easy that she naturally can't write such a sad tune. This isn't just to make up the numbers. If my sister isn't satisfied, then I won't be able to complete the task. If I can't complete the task, how can I fulfill my promise to you?"

Li Shuirong understood the meaning of her words and adopted a negotiating tone: "That's not what we discussed at the beginning. I only agreed to help her compose twelve pieces of music about the New Dream of Red Mansions for Fairy Jinghuan, but I didn't say she wanted any sad music. She hates sadness the most in this life, and you still want to recruit her."

The woman opposite had transformed into Keqing, who had just used Xue Baochai's appearance to piss off Lin Pin'er. Now that there was no one around, there was no need to pretend, so she simply used her own illusion.

"I think this is a good idea. Who's love life is always smooth sailing? Let her get jealous, maybe she'll love you even more. What's more, if she gets inspired and writes a song with you as the theme, wouldn't you be so happy?"

Li Shuirong was very pleased to hear this and leaned back in his chair, relaxing.

"What you said does make sense. I really liked the song 'Waiting for You' that she made for me last time."

Seeing how proud he was, Keqing had an idea that was very clever and strange.

"But it's boring to make her jealous all the time. Next time I'll arrange some peach blossoms for her so you can be jealous too. How about that?"

Li Shuirong's expression changed immediately: "No, I was jealous of the foreigner she met in New York before. Besides, I still haven't digested the story of Jia Baoyu and her in the past life. If I wasn't afraid of her getting angry and dared not mention it, I would have been jealous to death!"

Keqing shuffled the cards again, with a smile on her face. She actually didn't dare to provoke the man in front of her. Now he was under her control, so she could still be unruly. But in the future... there was no guarantee that he wouldn't come to complain about her. The man in front of her seemed to be trapped in the mundane world, but in fact he was cunning. It was only because of fate that he was oppressed. Once he was freed from the predicament, it would be troublesome!

Just watching her shuffle, arrange and combine the cards in such a boring way... When Li Shuirong was about to fall asleep, Li Hanlan's call finally came to rescue him.

"I've sent Pin'er to the Guan Garden. She and Yin Yue are tired after a day and are ready to rest. Don't disturb her today. Come to my place tomorrow to pick up the two children. That will give you a chance to coax her."

"Okay, thank you, brother." Li Shuirong replied immediately.

Keqing laughed at him secretly and prepared to pack up and go home.