"That's fine, you don't have to be restrained because of him."
Su Yueling was naturally on Baoshu's side.
Yuan Baoshu said: "It's just that our family showed interest in him some time ago..."
Su Yueling gave her some advice, "As a lady, you can't let him follow you around all the time. You should put him in the outer courtyard for some training. After a while, you can just downplay the matter on the grounds of incompatibility of temperament."
"
Yuan Baoshu blinked and expressed an idea that he had been pondering in his mind for the past few days: "Sister-in-law, you said I could cooperate with him, just... let him fake his death and leave the capital, and then I will do another painting because of his death.
And he looked extremely sad.”
"Of course, I'm willing to give him a lot of money."
In this way, as long as someone pursues her, she can look like she can't forget her lover. As long as someone mentions it, she will cry silently. She doesn't believe that there will be tough people who come to her. This method can be said to be a once and for all solution.
Already.
Su Yueling couldn't help but sigh: "Baoshu, you have really grown up."
This is a good idea!
Yuan Baoshu got the approval of her sister-in-law, and her eyes were astonishingly bright.
She decided to tell Shen Jinlan about it the next day. She didn't sleep much all night because of her excitement. Shen Jinlan also didn't have a good rest, but he was simply thinking about how to impress Yuan Baoshu step by step.
When Yuan Baoshu summoned him, Shen Jinlan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief - after only one day, she was willing to see him, which showed that she was not really annoyed with him. Maybe it wasn't that she didn't like him yesterday, but she was just shy.
He walked into the house and his eyes subconsciously fell on Yuan Baoshu's head. Today Yuan Baoshu is wearing a pink gemstone peach blossom step and not the peony jade hairpin he gave yesterday. Yuan Baoshu is not the only one in the room, there are also
Four maids.
"Sit down." Yuan Baoshu said to him kindly.
Shen Jinlan sat down, and there were several colored fruits on the table next to him.
Yuan Baoshu got straight to the point and said, "Shen Jinlan, did you mistake your gratitude for me for love?"
Shen Jinlan glanced at her and lowered his eyelids, but his heart relaxed because of her words, "Did you reject me yesterday because of this idea?"
That's right, young girls like Yuan Baoshu attach great importance to the purity of emotion.
He made his tone sound serious and firm, "Although I have met many bad people in my life, God will never stop me. I have also met many good people who have saved me. I have always been full of gratitude for these good people.
Gratitude. I won’t mistake being moved and grateful for liking.”
He paused and continued: "At first, I thought I was just grateful to you, so I deliberately showed my distance from you. But this made me understand my true feelings."
Shen Jinlan's words also whitewashed his actions in the past few days.
After hearing this, Yuan Baoshu's smile gradually disappeared from her face. She frowned slightly and sighed, "Are you sure?"
Shen Jinlan nodded, "Even if I may be rejected by you, I am not willing to deceive you."
"You are the only person I don't want to deceive."
When he said this, he looked directly at her without wavering at all, as if he wanted to convey his feelings in this way. If it were any other girl, being watched lovingly by such a handsome man, her heart would be filled with emotion.
The deer had already started bumping into each other.
It was the first time for Yuan Baoshu to be confessed so passionately, but she felt so embarrassed that she could dig out a palace with her toes.
"I understand. In this case, the deal we agreed on earlier can only be interrupted."
Yuan Baoshu said seriously: "If you have misunderstood what I have done these days, then I am here to say sorry to you."
"Sorry, I just want to talk about business with you, not feelings."
Shen Jinlan's expression froze, and she couldn't help but wonder if she heard wrongly.
Yuan Baoshu said very sincerely: "It's not that you are not good enough. If you weren't good enough, I wouldn't want to use you to stop those people. It's just that I really don't have this intention."
Shen Jinlan was a little hard to accept, "The way you look at me is very gentle and shy."
Yuan Baoshu said: "I always have to act like I like you in front of others."
"You also gave me fifty taels of gold."
Yuan Baoshu said: "Thanks to you, my ears are much cleaner. That's a bonus."
The maid next to Baoshu said: "My lady has always been very generous in this regard."
Like last year, she followed the young lady everywhere, making people look around. During the Chinese New Year, the young lady also gave her a big red envelope.
Shen Jinlan rarely showed a dull expression, "You didn't refuse the hairpin."
Yuan Baoshu explained with some embarrassment: "I thought you wanted to cooperate with me in acting for outsiders."
Who knew that Shen Jinlan would misunderstand it instead.
She rearranged the box and pushed it in front of him.
Shen Jinlan looked into her clear eyes, and there was no affection for him in them. Only then did he fully realize that he had indeed been amorous during this period.
A few days ago, he would have wished that Yuan Baoshu had no love for him. But now that he was burdened with a mission, he really had to make Yuan Baoshu like him.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and showed a guilty look, "I'm sorry, I have caused you trouble."
Yuan Baoshu breathed a sigh of relief. She was originally worried that he would not be able to think about it. This person didn't look like the kind of person who would be rejected by girls.
She looked at Shen Jinlan and decided to give him some time to adjust his mood. After he recovered, she would ask him if he was willing to pretend to die to cooperate with her. If not...then she would have to find a new shield.
When Shen Jinlan left Yuan Baoshu, his heart was not as peaceful as it looked on the surface.
After walking out of the house, he stretched out his palms expressionlessly. There were blood marks on them from his fingernails, and there were blood drops oozing out from them.
In the next few days, Shen Jinlan did not show any intention of pursuing Yuan Baoshu. He realized that a girl like Yuan Baoshu would not tolerate hard work, so maybe she should try a bitter trick?
On the 16th day of the first lunar month, he went to a jewelry store and brought back the ordered night-bloom jewelry. He also exchanged information with Mr. Zheng and the others. So far, he was only Yuan Baoshu's guard, so he could only give away some insignificant items. news.
After he brought the box containing the jewelry back, he pretended to accidentally drop the box on the ground. The hairpin inside fell out, and the gemstones folded and shone in the sun.
The guard who accidentally bumped into him quickly picked it up for him. After seeing the jewelry, he showed an understanding expression and patted his shoulder to express encouragement.
Wu Shu happened to pass by, and his eyes were attracted by the jewelry, and he couldn't help but condense - the petals of the epiphyllum were woven with gold wire, and the weaving style looked a bit like the style of the Qiang people.