The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 90: Recognize the Sense of Propriety, and Temporarily Avoid the Case of Lovesickness

Chapter 90: Recognize the Sense of Propriety, and Temporarily Avoid the Case of Lovesickness

Having something hidden in his heart, he felt more and more slack during the practice.

However, Sun Shaozong was initially not very serious, and the room was full of half-grown children, so no one could see any flaws.

When the practice had finally come to an end, he called Jia Lan over as if nothing had happened. He said in a pun, "Lan’er, go back and tell your mother that I appreciate her kindness, but don't send ant snacks in the future, so as not to waste her effort and feelings."

Sun Shaozong was proud to learn that a beautiful widow of noble status had a secret love for him. But he was not lecherously reincarnated. How could he have lost his mind for the sake of mere beauty?

If she’s a pretty widow from a small family, it's all right. If both parties have grown feelings for each other, he can take her into his mansion as a concubine. It's just nice that his elder brother has been urging him to take concubines recently. Even Ruan Rong has mentioned it twice.

But what was Liwan's identity?

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion!

If he wanted to take her home, she must be his legal wife!

If he had a secret affair with her, once the matter was found out by others, he would be an enemy of the Jia family, fighting to the death!

Sun Shaozong never thought of marrying a widow as his legal wife, nor did he think of fighting with the Jia family to the end for a woman with whom he didn't even have more than a few words!

So he did not hesitate to decline.

Jia Lan looked at the Ruyi cake left in the box and thought he understood Sun Shaozong's meaning. He said in a crisp voice, "So Master didn't like to eat this. I'll tell my mother when I go back and ask her not to send this kind of cake next time."

"That's not what I mean."

Sun Shaozong would like to say more in detail, but it's not easy for Sun Shaozong to say to a 17-year-old child, "Your mother wants to seduce me, but I don't want to."

"In short, you can copy what I said just now to your mother."

Jia Lan responded cleverly and then came out of the martial arts hall with the food box.

Three young men were waiting outside, both in coir raincoats and umbrellas.

Wang Xifeng was leaning on the soft couch and pounding her back. Hearing this, she sat up straight. Her eyes were locked on Ping'er's face. She sneered, "How can it be? You wrote him some sour love poems, and you have sent your heart over too?!"

If it was another servant, she’s afraid that they would have been scared out of their wits.

But Ping'er had been with Wang Xifeng for so many years, and she could see at a glance that she was playing a trick on people. So she pursed her small mouth, twisted her waist, turned her back to Wang Xifeng, stomped her feet, and said, "Madam is joking with me again! If you really don't like Ping'er, you might as well send me to Shuiyue Nunnery to be a nun!"

"Even if I wanted it, I'm afraid our Second Master Lian won't allow it."

Wang Xifeng made another sour remark and then came back to the main point. He said with disdain, "What kind of gentleman? Spit! There isn’t anyone who doesn’t have affairs. He refused to come here just because he was afraid of getting into trouble. If it was a pretty widow from a small family, he would have enjoyed being in bed early!"

"Besides, I don't expect to get him in at once. The days ahead are long, and I'm not afraid he won't take the bait!"

She then explained, "Take twenty taels of silver to Zhou Ren and tell him that anyone who dares to gossip will be skinned alive!"

Not to mention how Zhou Ren took the silver and swore to heaven in front of Ping'er.

—Dividing Line—

Sun Shaozong waited for the other boys to leave, wrapped the paper in stone, and threw it into the well at the base of the west wall to destroy the evidence. Only then did he come out of the "martial arts hall.”

He originally wanted to go to Jia Lian's yard to talk to him. He asked Bao Er, who was in charge of the reception, and found out that Jia Lian had been invited by Xue Pan to listen to music in Yiran House.

When he arrived at Yiran House, he heard the 4-stringed Chinese lute clanking in the yard, mixed with the sound of rain. It didn't seem messy at all but added some lingering meaning.

This music professionalism...

Sun Shaozong looked in and found that the one playing the 4-stringed Chinese lute in the pavilion was indeed Yun'er from the Jinxiang Courtyard. Besides her, Jia Lian, Xue Pan, Feng Ziying, and another handsome young man he didn't know were sitting there.

Unwilling to stir the song, Sun Shaozong waited outside the courtyard for a while. After the song was finished, he laughed and went into the courtyard, "You guys are enjoying. It's a gloomy rainy day..."

But before he could finish, the Young Master's face suddenly changed color, and he slammed the wine cup in his hand on the table. He said agitatedly, "So you invited him too! If I had known this, I would never have come to ruin my mood. Farewell!"

As he said this, he got up and walked out. As he walked, he still clenched his teeth and glared at Sun Shaozong angrily.