The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 258 Getting to the bottom of things

Jia Huan poured a glass of water and motioned to Mandarin to come over to drink. However, the latter did not understand or was worried, and remained motionless. However, she swallowed again, obviously very thirsty.

Jia Huan ignored her. He poured a cup of herbal tea and drank it slowly. His eyes crossed the window sill and fell on the courtyard outside the window. There was a pomegranate tree in full bloom, with clusters of flowers in full swing. The smoke is like clouds, but under the cold moonlight, the color of the flowers has become a bit colder, and the faint fragrance of flowers slipped into the window on the night breeze.

For some reason, when Jia Huan saw the pomegranate flowers, he couldn't help but think of the vivid scene of Xue Baochai rolling up his sleeves, revealing two white arms, and flapping butterflies with a ball fan. Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the gap has passed by as if it were yesterday. I wonder how Sister Bao is doing now. Has she already moved into the Hengwu Courtyard in the Grand View Garden, where the vines are full of paths and the vines are cold and green?

Jia Huan was lost in thought when he suddenly heard the pattering of footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw the blond Western girl walking hesitantly towards this side, walking in the heavy cowhide boots. Makes a loud sound.

When Mandarin saw Jia Huan looking back, she suddenly stopped in a vigilant and fearful manner, as if a creeping Persian cat was planning to steal the food from the dog's bowl, but the dog turned around and discovered it.

Jia Huan was a little amused and pointed at the cup of tea and said, "Just drink it if you want. Why be so sneaky? Don't worry, it's not medicine. I've already drank two cups."

Although Mandarin couldn't understand Jia Huan's words, she seemed to understand his expression. She bit her lip. She probably was so thirsty that she couldn't stand it any longer, so she boldly walked to Jia Huan, picked up the tea cup and drank it. He drank it all in one gulp and licked his lips.

So Jia Huan poured her another glass, and the latter said something, maybe "thank you" or something. Anyway, Jia Huan didn't understand, but this foreign girl was really tall. Standing in front of her at this moment, she felt It's even more obvious. Sitting Jia Huan seems to be looking up at the mountains. Well, they are mountains, and there are two of them. They are tall and straight, majestic and precipitous. It is really shocking. Looking down the two mountains, the bottom of his flat belly It is the round Ming Yue Mound, and further down, there are two solid long legs that meet the golden ratio. Even if you only use visual inspection, you can feel the amazing elasticity.

Jia Huan couldn't help but secretly sigh, this is the advantage of the race, but with such a well-proportioned and powerful figure, she must have exercised a lot, and this woman always has a straight waist. It's a bit intriguing.

Ever since, Jia Huan subconsciously looked at Mandarin's right hand, and the latter also noticed Jia Huan's strange gaze at this time, and immediately took a step back warily, and her charming blue eyes quickly glanced at Jia Huan's waist. musket.

Jia Huan smiled knowingly, picked up the teapot and said, "Would you like another cup? Don't tell me you haven't drank water all day. Sit down and let's talk!" He pointed to the round stool next to him.

This time Mandarin understood. After hesitating for a moment, she sat down on the stool next to Jia Huan and glanced at the musket on Jia Huan's waist again. Her leg muscles were tense, giving people the feeling that she could be ready at any time. Suddenly it bounced up.

Jia Huan suddenly said in English: "Please, don't do stupid things. If I were you, I wouldn't do this. You only have one life, so you must cherish it. Besides, your face is so beautiful, wouldn't it be a pity if it was broken?"

bang...

The tea cup in Mandarin's hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces. Her whole body seemed to be petrified. She stared at Jia Huan with her mouth dumbfounded and her little mouth opened into an "O" shape.

At this time, the door of the room was pushed open with a bang, and Jinbao rushed in. He probably heard the sound of the tea cup breaking, and was worried that something might happen to Jia Huan, but he saw Jia Huan and Mandarin facing each other. Sitting down, the latter still had his mouth wide open, and there were obvious wet marks (from tea splashing) on ​​his snow-white chest.

"Oh, my subordinates should be damned for disturbing Third Master's good deeds. You guys, go on." Jinbao was also rich in imagination. He saw Jia Huan sitting with his legs spread wide, while the foreign girl opened her small eyes with a dull look on her face. His mouth seemed to be bending down (to pick up a tea cup), and the wet stain on his chest immediately reminded him of a scene inappropriate for children, so he hurriedly scurried out and quickly closed the door.

Jia Huan couldn't help but laugh or cry. He really wanted to pull out the musket from his waist and beat the idiot's brains into paste.

"Do you understand British? Are you British?" Jia Huan stared playfully at Mandarin's beautiful, exotic face and continued to ask in English.

Mandarin also recovered from the shock at this time, shook her head blankly, and then spoke a long list of languages ​​​​that Jia Huan could not understand.

Jia Huan couldn't help but frowned. The language spoken by this woman seemed a bit like French, but it seemed to be different. He didn't know which language it was from, but it was certain that this woman could understand English, at least. She understood what she just said, otherwise she wouldn't have reacted so strongly.

At this time, Mandarin also felt a wave of panic in her heart, thinking: "Oh my God, this Easterner can actually know British and speak it fluently. It's amazing. It's really unbelievable. If I ask him Let me go. I wonder if he will agree. No, men are all virtuous. He will never let me go. He is just afraid that he will violate me later, and if the other party knows my identity, he will definitely be even more unhappy. Will let me go.

Although this guy looks so young, handsome, and gentle, he is actually a greedy and cunning guy. The capitalist Rolle is already greedy and cunning enough, but he also suffered a big loss at the hands of this oriental boy. It can be seen that this guy in front of me is even more greedy and cunning than Rolle. No, I must not let him know my identity, otherwise this guy will definitely take it. I used it as a bargaining chip to squeeze out more benefits, just like I squeezed out Rolle's benefits. "

If Jia Huan knew at this moment that Mandarin had defined a "greedy and cunning" label for herself in her heart, she would definitely express strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition. Brother, this is not called greedy and cunning, but wise and wise, okay? To borrow a sentence from Uncle Lei Feng, you should treat your enemies as coldly as the autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves, but treat your own people as warmly as spring!

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the room. It turned out to be Mu Ye, who had returned with some bath water. He asked coquettishly through the door: "Third Master, are you done? Do you want your subordinate to bring the water in?" , how about you take a mandarin duck bath or something?"

"Get out!" Jia Huan couldn't help crying and shouted angrily.

Mu Ye stuck out his tongue outside. It seemed that he came early and disturbed the third master's enjoyment. He said sarcastically: "Third master, don't be angry. The subordinate will come back later." After saying that, he walked away with the bucket. .

That guy Jinbao gloated and whispered: "Look, they say that the third master is making that foreign girl talk...hehe, you are asking for trouble."

Mu Ye rolled his eyes and murmured in a low voice: "I just wanted to help Third Master, but who knew that my flattery would end up on the horse's leg? What a bad luck!"

In the room at this time, Jia Huan continued to ask in English: "What country are you from? Is Mandarin your real name? How did you fall into Luo Er's hands?"

Mandarin shook her head repeatedly, indicating that she did not understand. Jia Huan asked several more questions, but she also just shook her head and did not answer.

Jia Huan couldn't help but frowned. He stood up and turned around and walked to the window. Mandarin stared at his back nervously, thinking to herself: "Is this guy angry? Hey, why is he closing the window? Is he going to invade me? ?"

Seeing Jia Huan closing the window and taking off the short gun from her waist, Mandarin suddenly became more nervous and folded her arms warily, not knowing that her actions were more likely to arouse the evil fire in the man. Jia Huan closed the window and walked back to Mandarin. He glanced at the two mountains that were deformed under the cover of the latter's hands, and said calmly: "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. Anyway, we have a long time to go. I'll take a shower first." , you can go for a walk in the yard outside, or you can continue to stay here if you don’t mind.”

Mandarin looked at Jia Huan in confusion, as if she didn't understand what Jia Huan said. Jia Huan ignored her and opened the door to let Mu Ye come in with water.

Mu Ye quickly moved a large bathtub in, quickly filled the bathtub with hot water, then quickly slipped out, and thoughtfully closed the door.

Jia Huan glanced at Mandarin who was still sitting there and said in English: "Do you really want to watch me take a shower, or do you want to take a shower together?"

Mandarin's face suddenly turned red and she turned away from looking over. Upon seeing this, Jia Huan was even more sure that this woman understood English. However, the other party was very wary and refused to confess to her, but this was not the case. It was normal. After all, they were not familiar with each other. It was normal for the other party to be on guard against him, just as he was on guard against her.

But Jia Huan is not in a hurry. Under slow fire, even if this foreign girl is wearing a hard shell, she believes that she will be able to survive sooner or later.

Jia Huan opened a folding screen and blocked it in front of the tub, then took off his clothes and soaked in calmly. When Mandarin heard the sound of water, she finally couldn't help but take a peek with her peripheral vision. When she saw that there was a screen between them, she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, she was secretly surprised because Jia Huan's double-barreled musket was hanging on the wall. In front of the screen.

"What a strange guy. Isn't he worried that I will be harmful to him?" Mandarin thought to herself, and a thought came to her mind: "This guy seems to have a lot of status. If I kidnap him, maybe I can ask the governor to let me go, but... I have only one person and can't sail the boat, what should I do?"

For a while, Mandarin struggled repeatedly in her heart. She stood up and sat down, sat down and stood up again. Finally, she gritted her teeth and walked cautiously towards the screen, staring closely at the double hanging on the screen. Tube musket.

Getting closer and closer, Mandarin was so nervous that her heart seemed to jump out of her throat. Finally, her hand touched the metal handle of the short gun, but suddenly she retracted it like an electric shock. After hesitating for a long time, she tiptoed again. He stepped back and sat down.

After about a stick of incense, Jia Huan finally finished washing, put on a set of clean clothes, and walked out of the screen easily. He went straight to Mandarin and sat down in front of her. He threw a towel to her and said: " Dry my hair for me."

Mandarin hesitated for a moment, but finally picked up a handkerchief to dry Jia Huan's hair, thinking angrily: "Damn it, this guy really treats me as a slave girl, so let's just endure it for a while and wait for an opportunity to escape." .”

Jia Huan smiled and said in English: "Don't think about looking for opportunities to escape. You can't escape. Your appearance is too special. People will recognize you as soon as you hit the street. Even disguise will not work unless you can change your eyes." s color."

Mandarin was slightly shocked: "Oh my god, can this guy read minds? Why does he know what I am thinking? Also, he has been talking to me in British, so he must have known that I understand it."

Jia Huan ignored Mandarin and tied up her hair directly. He was already handsome, and after a new bath, his lips were red, his teeth were white, and his eyebrows were delicate. Mandarin's face felt a little hot when she looked at it, and she thought: "This guy He’s quite good-looking.”

Recalling that Rohr wanted to dedicate herself to the scrawny old man at the beginning, Mandarin was a little lucky. Although the guy in front of her was greedy and cunning, he was still young and handsome. If he was destined to be unable to escape the fate of being violated, this guy was obviously more attractive. Good choice.

At this time, Jia Huan pointed to the low couch in the corner of the room and said, "You sleep here tonight." After that, he went to bed.

Mandarin looked at Jia Huan, who was lying down in his clothes, with some disbelief. After a while, a slight snoring came from the bed, and he actually fell asleep.

Mandarin was surprised and sat there for another half an hour. She found that Jia Huan was still motionless and seemed to have really fallen asleep. She couldn't help being surprised and happy. She thought to herself, this guy is really a weirdo and he didn't violate her.

Mandarin stood up and walked to the bed, waved her hand in front of Jia Huan, and then boldly stretched out a finger to touch the tip of the latter's nose. As a result, Jia Huan still had no reaction and slept like a dead pig. generally.

After seeing this, Mandarin felt a little disappointed. She had always been quite confident about her appearance and figure, but Jia Huan's performance made her have self-doubt. This woman is indeed a complex creature, no matter what skin color she is!

Mandarin did not dare to blow out the candles. The unfamiliar environment made her feel very insecure. She walked to the couch and lay down with her clothes undressed. She could not fall asleep for a long time, but Jia Huan on the bed was still snoring slightly and sleeping very sweetly.

"Damn it, why does this guy sleep so peacefully? Aren't he afraid that I will be bad for him?" Mandarin was very unhappy in her heart. This guy obviously looked short and fragile, much weaker than herself. If they were to fight one on one, I can definitely defeat him, so why should he be so confident?

The angrier Mandarin became, the more she couldn't sleep. She thought about how she was living alone in a foreign country, and maybe she would never be able to return to her homeland again. She was immediately heartbroken, and it became even more difficult to fall asleep. Suddenly she caught a glimpse of Jia Huan's double-barreled short gun. It was still hanging on the screen, and I couldn't help but feel moved, so I stood up and walked over, carefully taking it into my hand. When I checked, I found that there was no ammunition inside, and the small wrench used to wind the steel wheel was missing.

Mandarin couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, and said to herself: "Damn it, I knew this cunning guy couldn't be so careless. Fortunately, I didn't do anything when he was taking a shower just now."

Mandarin quickly hung up the musket, but when she turned around, she saw that Jia Huan had sat up from the bed at some point and was looking at her with a half-smile.

Mandarin was so frightened that she fell to the ground and turned pale. Just when he thought Jia Huan would punish him, the latter yawned, lay down again nonchalantly and said: "Go to bed quickly, it's not early." ”

After a while, slight snoring sounded again. After recovering from the shock, Mandarin's face turned red. She was ashamed and annoyed. After a long time, she stood up and patted her round buttocks. Then she lay down on the small couch and tossed and turned. She didn't fall asleep until almost dawn.

(End of this chapter)