Seeing the pretty little girl behind Xue Pan, Jiao Shun couldn't help but shout in his heart: The TV series mistaken me!

In fact, it is fair to say that although Xue Baoqin's facial features are more delicate than Chai Dai's alone, judging from his more mature aesthetics, the little girl whose figure has not yet fully grown at this time is still slightly inferior to Bao Chai on the whole.

One-of-a-kind.

But Xue Baoqin has a different kind of quality that makes people yearn for him as soon as he sees him.

Hmm~

How to describe this feeling?

Probably like a dog lover who likes morning exercise and is obsessed with pandas, he suddenly sees a Chow Chow painted in contrasting black and white colors and has just been treated with the highest-grade softener. The fluffy hair is shaking and stepping on it.

The first ray of sunshine at dawn came towards me.

Two words: I want to masturbate!

And the people who find it most difficult to resist this trait are undoubtedly the elderly like Jia Mu.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the old lady held Baoqin and refused to let go. She was so considerate and caring that even Baoyu, who was usually her favorite, was temporarily put aside.

Baoyu was not jealous at all. He was smiling with his ears pricked up, listening more seriously than anyone else, and his twinkling eyes never left Baoqin's side.

When Jia Tanchun saw this, he couldn't help but sigh to everyone: "I just said that when my cousin Sister Bao comes, she will compete with all of us. Unexpectedly, my words have become a prophecy."

"The third sister is so complimentary, how can she deserve such words?"

Baochai smiled and resigned for Baoqin, but she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. It would be fine if her marriage to Baoyu hadn't been finalized yet. Now they had agreed to get engaged in the autumn and get married after the year, but Baoyu still didn't do it in front of Baoyu.

It's really unreasonable for me to show such an attitude.

But Sister Bao is not as straightforward as Sister Lin. If she has any dissatisfaction, she will express it immediately, regardless of whether it will offend others.

After thinking about it for a while, she came up with a more tactful and safe way to resolve it.

I saw Baochai leading the neglected Xue Biao to Baoyu, and introduced: "Brother Bao, this is my cousin Xue Biao, Xue Biao, come and meet him. You will have to take care of him in the capital from now on."

"I've met Brother Jia Shi."

Xue Biao bowed respectfully.

Jia Baoyu then began to look at Xue Biao, and saw that he had red lips, white teeth, and a handsome demeanor, vaguely similar to Jiang Yuhan's, so he unconsciously got close to him, thinking who knew that Sister Bao's brother was like that, and his uncle and brother described his behavior

The other thing is the same, he seems to be sister Bao's brother.

So he took Xue Biao's hand and said enthusiastically: "Please get up quickly, please get up quickly, why do our family need these clichés?"

On the other hand, she curiously asked Baochai: "Sister Bao, but you don't know who is younger than me or Brother Xue?"

"He is the same age as me, but his birthday is a little younger."

[PS: Let me reiterate again, in order not to give Jiao Tailang a chance to commit a crime, this book sets Baoyu to be only one year younger than Baochai, instead of being two years younger than in the original work. Baoyu and below are also one year older.

Anyway, the ages in the Red Mansion are confusing. For example, Baoyu calls Xing Xiuyan Sister Xing, but Xing Xiuyan calls Sister Tanchun Third Sister (see chapter 57). There is no need to be too serious about this.】

As soon as Baochai finished speaking, Xue Biao was the first to laugh and said: "I'm afraid it may not be accurate to talk about elders based on their age. It's more appropriate to call her elder sister."

With that said, he broke free from Baoyu's hand without leaving any trace.

Baoyu was still a little confused after hearing this, but Baochai understood that he was implying that she would marry Baoyu soon. By then, even though Xue Biao was older than Baoyu, he would only consider himself his brother-in-law.

She felt ashamed, fearing that someone would break this point, so she quickly interrupted: "It's the old lady's birthday today, and all the relatives at home are here. I would like to ask Brother Bao to take him to visit him, so as not to meet him outside in the future.

Even my relatives and family friends don’t recognize him.”

Baoyu glanced at Baoqin reluctantly, suddenly rolled her eyes, turned around and whispered into Jia Mu's ear.

Jia Mu laughed loudly after hearing this, rubbed his head and said, "If you don't tell me, I will keep him."

After saying that, he turned to Aunt Xue and said, "Your niece doesn't need to go home. Let's stay in the garden for a few days and take a look around. No matter how anxious the Mei family is, they still have to allow someone to rest for a few days."

Baoyu saw that he had succeeded, and regardless of whether Aunt Xue agreed or not, he cheered, jumped up and pulled Xue Biao and said: "Come on, I will take you to recognize your relatives!"

Xue Biao was caught off guard and was pulled by him and staggered a few steps. Coupled with Baoyu's various previous performances, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly. He thought, why did my cousin marry such a reckless young man?

Could it be that among the relatives and friends in Beijing, there is no more suitable candidate than this Second Master Bao?

The two arrived at the male guests' table. Since Jia She, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen were not present, Jia Baoyu was the first to introduce Jia Lian, and then it was Jiao Shun's turn.

"This is Brother Jiao Changqing, he..."

"But Chief Jiao from the Ministry of Industry?!"

Before Baoyu could finish his words, Xue Biao burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm and rushed to give him a deep salute and said: "Young man, I have heard your name for a long time like thunder. I didn't expect to be able to meet you today!"

Due to the implementation of the New Deal, Jiao Shun had a small reputation as a businessman outside the capital, and Xue Biao gained a lot from his cousin. Jiao Shun's "real knowledge and insights" on industry and commerce, so this statement

Although the words were meant as compliments, they were mostly sincere.

Baoyu didn't expect that Xue Biao would look at Jiao Shun so differently, but in his opinion, Jiao Shun was half of his own family, so he corrected Yourongyan: "Brother, I don't know. Brother Jiao has now been promoted to the fifth rank of the Engineering Academy."

."

"Gongxuejiu?"

Xue Tao was even more amazed after hearing this.

Baoyu had been accustomed to hearing about these official positions since he was a child, but he never delved into the meaning contained in them. Therefore, he did not know the weight of the word "offering wine". However, Xue Biao had spent a lot of time on his official career, so he naturally understood the meaning of "offering wine".

The gold content of the word "wine".

Although Xue Biao vaguely heard that Master Jiao was favored by the Holy Spirit as early as when he was in Jiangnan, it was not until this moment that he deeply realized what it means to be simple in the emperor's heart!

Especially according to what he learned, Jiao Shun is only twenty years old this year...

If he were replaced by a serious scholar, he would basically be recommended to the cabinet in the future!

Xue Biao couldn't help but bowed again and said solemnly: "I have never heard of this. I made a slip of the tongue. Please forgive Jiao Jijiu."

Jiao Shun laughed and stretched out his hand to help him up: "From now on, Xue Erlang will be my brother. Xue Erlang doesn't have to stick to vulgar etiquette. Besides, I am also the head of the Department of Administration now, so there is no talk of a slip of the tongue?"

Still continuing to serve as the steward of the Ministry of Industry?

Isn’t this a grab for power and reputation?

Xue Biao was extremely shocked, and then continued to follow Jia Baoyu to identify people, but still focused most of his attention on Jiao Shun.

After he had seen everyone he needed to see, he immediately returned to talk to Jiao Shun.

Because he lost his father when he was young, he had to do his best to support the family business. After several years of hard work, he was regarded as a well-informed, mature and prudent model among young people.

But compared with Jiao Shun, who has lived two generations, he is obviously still much more immature.

In particular, Jiao Shun's business knowledge, which he had been in the business world for many years in his previous life, although his main method was drinking wine with his clients, was far beyond what Xue Biao could compare with.

A few words of experience say that this young man is so familiar with the road that he just needs to move a small horse to take notes.

Jia Baoyu listened indifferently, thinking that Xue Erlang was obviously a suave man, but he was interested in these trivial matters of official career and economy. It was really a waste.

So he simply left Xue Ta's soles to rub oil and slipped back to Jia's mother.

Just as he was about to get close to Jia Mu so that he could be with Bao Qin, Xue Baochai quickly stopped him with quick eyesight and quick hands, and asked half-seriously: "Where is Xue Biao? I handed him over to you, but how did you get him?"

Lost it?"

"Sister, I don't know something."

Jia Baoyu spread his hands and vomited his bitterness: "When Brother Xue saw Brother Jiao, he stuck to him like candy and asked questions. It was really boring for me to listen on the sidelines, so I had to come back first."

Hearing that whether intentionally or not, he still chose to call Xue Biao "second brother", Baochai felt a little unhappy at first.

Then he saw him walking around her, squeezing his body into Jia Mu's arms, and fixing his eyes on Baoqin's face. He was even more angry at Baoqin for not fighting and for his misbehavior.

At this time, Baoqin happened to be talking about poetry, and even Daiyu, Xiangyun, and Tanchun gathered around. After listening to some of Baoqin's old poems, everyone was full of praise.

Baoyu said to Tanchun: "Sure enough, my sister's words turned out to be a prophecy. You know I am a frog in the well. The Chengri family only said that you two are unique. Today, you have learned a lot. Oh my God.

!How much essence and wisdom you have to give birth to such a superior person!"

Hearing what he said was exaggerated, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Daiyu sneered at the side: "I'm afraid I remember it wrong, haven't you seen this sister before?"

Jia Baoyu was stunned at first, and then remembered that these were the words he said when he first met Daiyu [I have seen this sister before]. Thinking that the two childhood sweethearts had ended up in this situation, it felt like cold water poured over his heart.

All gone, there is no longer any interest in commenting on Baoqin.

"Sister Lin's mouth can really talk people to death!"

I can’t get used to it for a while.”

Jia's mother took Bao Qin and said, "I really like this child, but it's a pity that I promised him a long time ago. Otherwise..."

Although she didn't say anything clearly, her eyes fell on Baoyu beside her.

This made Baochai feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Jia Mu quickly changed the subject: "By the way, where are you going to place this girl?"

"this……"

Xue Baochai hesitated for a moment, and Tan Chun continued beside her: "Why don't you come with me? I can also listen to her talk about allusions about the world, and it will open my eyes."

But Jia Mu shook her head repeatedly: "You don't even have a door there, and the three rooms are connected like a common room. It's convenient for you, but how do others live in it?"
To be continued...