Chapter 33: Wenji's Resentment
"That's right, actually many people are not scammers themselves. But people often have lazy and lucky psychology, if her life can turn around from now on, it's fine, but if her life is still so difficult, then the sentence 'I will definitely pay back' she said at that time would make us never see her again in our lifetime. In this way, it's not a good thing for everyone." Guo Jia continued to explain.
Guo Jia thought he would receive a worshipful gaze from Ming'er, but instead heard the soft muttering of a little maid saying,
"Young master, you're so sinister. It's just a few pieces of silver, yet you've calculated so much."
"Hey, actually this is just an excuse I came up with. Believe me, I simply wanted her to help me pick flowers. Listen to me, I really didn't have any ulterior motives..."
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Tsai's residence
Cai Yong looked at Guo Jia below and was filled with a headache.
It is undeniable that Guo Jia was very talented, otherwise the earliest excerpt of "Loshenfu" would not have moved Cai Yong.
Later, Cai Yong gradually discovered that Guo Jia was a person who didn't understand what he should have understood, but understood many things he shouldn't have. Moreover, he always loved to pick faults and bring up some inexplicable or absurd things, yet somehow the words that came out of his mouth seemed to make sense. From time to time, it even left Cai Yong himself speechless.
What can be done to teach such a person? If it were someone else, it would be fine, they would come to listen to the teachings only after a long time. But this Guo Jia is extremely thick-skinned and refuses to leave Cai's residence.
Every day looking up without seeing, looking down and seeing, Cai Yong can't just ignore Guo Jia.
So afterwards, Cai Yong also came up with a solution, which was to have Guo Jia practice calligraphy. This way, no matter what Guo Jia had in his heart, he couldn't say anything, as long as he kept writing with his head down.
Moreover, if written poorly, Cai Yong could also reprimand Guo Jia with a clear conscience and punish him by making him copy more books!
In short, Cai Yong was both delighted and annoyed with this student Guo Jia.
Even Cai Yong sometimes thought that Sima Hui and those people, would they just be unable to deal with Guo Jia, so they threw such a big burden on him. How stupid he was at the time, how did he accept it...
Not mentioning Guo Jia, who is working as a photocopying machine that never changes on this side, on the other side, in the inner courtyard of the Cai residence, in Miss's room, Ming Er is together with the legendary Cai Wenji.
"Hehe, your young master is really childish. But in the end, he was indeed right, I guess he must have seen something!" Cai Yan covered her mouth and chuckled softly, as a well-known lady of the house, she had never been seen laughing like this before.
Only in this small room, when talking about Guo Jia's affairs, can the beautiful smile that has not been revealed for many years be seen on Cai Yan's face.
"It's not like that, I think the young master just happened to guess correctly." Ming Er said with a pout, apparently the two were discussing Guo Jia's "trial" this morning.
"What's next?" Cai Yan asked with interest.
"Then... Tomorrow, her eyes sparkled and she hesitated a little."
Cai Yan's smile on her face instantly disappeared, and she became melancholy, saying in a low voice,
"Off to the Situ Mansion again?!"
"Mm." Ming Er nodded lightly.
Cai Yan walked to the window, pushed open the wooden window and looked at the bleak scenery outside with a sigh.
"That Miss Diao Chan is really enviable..."
"But today the young master still didn't see anyone." Ming Er hastily said.
"It doesn't matter if we don't see each other today, we'll meet sooner or later anyway. If he continues like this, I believe no woman can resist him." Cai Yan shook her head.
"The green robe is long, my heart is distant. Even if I don't go, will you not respond to my voice?" A flash of tears, "Was it really me who was being overly sentimental all along?" Cai Yan said with a hint of resentment.
"Not at all!" Ming Er suddenly exclaimed, "A young lady like Miss who is knowledgeable and refined, skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, Young Master will surely not dislike her!"
Cai Yan turned her head and asked, "Then what reason are you talking about?"
"Tomorrow... " He buried his head and said in a low voice, "Tomorrow has never been able to understand the thoughts in Master's mind."
Cai Yan let out a bitter laugh.
"So he's actually still concerned about it. What he said that day was just to comfort me. He's also afraid that if we're together, I'll overpower him."
"Could Young Master ask such a question again!" Ming Er couldn't help but raise her head and say, as soon as the words fell, the two girls' faces suddenly turned red.
Speaking of the past, Guo Jia's actions were absolutely "unscrupulous", but he himself didn't have a clue.
From the first day he moved into the Cai Mansion, Guo Jia had been inquiring about Cai Wenji. Since he was asking around from the lower-ranking servants of the Cai Mansion, this matter naturally immediately reached Cai Wenji herself.
As a result, Guo Jia was soon labeled as an admirer of Cai Wenji! As for this matter, Guo Jia didn't mind at all, after all he had indeed gone there with the intention of pursuing Cai Wenji.
Here is the translation:
Speaking of which, it's necessary to mention the background. Cai Yan is two years older than Guo Jia. Although she can't be considered a leftover woman, she is a divorced "young lady" who has been married before. Two years ago, Cai Yan married Wei Zhongdao from the prominent family of Hedong, but soon after the marriage, Wei Zhongdao died. Since then, Cai Yan has carried the name of being a widow.
Thus, Cai Yan stayed in the Wei family for about a year as an unmarried woman, but eventually could not bear the disdain and cold shoulders of the Wei family members. Despite her father Cai Yong's opposition, she angrily returned home.
Thus, Cai Yan, as a famous talented woman, not only knew books and was reasonable, but also excelled in piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, yet fell into an embarrassing situation of being unable to get married.
In feudal society, these things were taboo, and apart from foreigners who did not believe in them (such as the Xiongnu), even the lowest people did not want to take this risk, let alone those with status and no worries about marriage.
Cai Yan returned home only to find that not just the Wei family, but the entire world had changed. Previously, she was surrounded by suitors everywhere, now she could only stay alone in her boudoir, lamenting and sighing to herself.
Until Guo Jia's arrival, this was the first and only "admirer" in more than a year!
So when Guo Jiaxing sent Bo Bo to inquire about Cai Wenji's news everywhere, the people in the Cai Mansion were actually more excited than him, and almost immediately there was news that reached Cai Wenji's ears.
Guo Jia comes from a prestigious family, has knowledge, has fame, is handsome and young, with unlimited potential in the future. Such a good match, usually can't even find someone to play lanterns with (Guo Jia: Hey, I'm not Judge Bao), didn't expect him to take the initiative to come knocking on my door!
Even if they hadn't seen Guo Jia in person, just hearing the maidservants discussing him was enough. Just that one passage of his - "His form is like a startled swan, gentle as a swimming dragon, glorious as an autumn chrysanthemum, flourishing as a spring pine. Like a light cloud veiling the moon, like a flowing breeze returning snow" - had already stirred Cai Wenji's heart.
Although she was reserved as a young girl, Cai Yan did not show anything, but for those few days, her heart was sweet like honey every day.
Then, by "chance", Guo Jia skipped class and followed the sound of the guqin into the inner courtyard, where he finally met his long-time online friend.
"This melody should only exist in heaven, how many times can it be heard in the mortal world?"
