【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

"I like black, or yellow and blue." Shui Rong suggested wildly.

When Pin'er heard this, she immediately laughed: "I didn't say I would knit you a hat, but you said so now. I feel embarrassed for you too."

"Ah? It's not knitted for me? Then I'm so excited for nothing." Shui Rong deliberately emphasized the word "excited".

Although Pin'er was harsh in her words, she held balls of yarn in her hands and pointed them at Shuirong's head, with one hand holding a light yellow and bright blue ball, and the other holding a black ball.

"Black looks better, blue is also okay. Let's knit a black one first." Shui Rong felt very happy when she said that.

"Not angry anymore?" Shui Rong moved closer and gently hugged her from behind.

"I wasn't angry at first." Pin'er said lightly.

"Then why did you hang up on me?" Shui Rong asked closer.

Pin'er pushed him: "Oh, you are so domineering! You are not allowed to hang up the phone after you have finished what you want to say?"

Shui Rong changed his expression again and started to act pitiful. His acting skills were comparable to those of students in the acting department of the film academy: "When you hung up on me, my heart was broken. I couldn't care about my brother anymore. I didn't care about the work he assigned me. I hurried over to coax you. Don't ignore me in the future, okay?"

"You haven't finished your work yet? Then you should go back soon." Pin'er became serious as soon as she talked about business.

Well, she totally didn’t accept the performance just now.

"No rush, my brother asked me to go back before eight o'clock." Shui Rong said seriously.

Pin'er nodded after listening to this, then remembered something and stood up to ask Zijuan for a tape measure. When he came back, Shuirong had already taken out a vinyl record and was looking at it carefully.

Pin'er turned his head towards her and took out a tape measure to measure the circumference of his head. Shui Rong immediately stopped moving obediently.

"You were really great today. You went out by yourself and found the place. What method did you use? Did you locate it or ask for directions?"

On the way here, he had searched on Baidu on how to praise people in a natural way, which was that one should not only praise practical points, but also ask some questions, so that it would be more genuine.

After putting down the tape measure, Pin'er said, "I used Amap and took the subway there myself. And the store wanted to help me find an out-of-print vinyl record, so they needed my phone number. I suddenly had an idea and left Zijuan's phone number. I'm smart, right?"

"Smart. But if you're looking for any out-of-print records, tell me. I'll help you find them."

"But I want to help you find it. Now I can do these things without any problem." Pin'er said absent-mindedly as she flipped through the instructions of the hat-knitting tool.

"Okay, you find it. I'll leave this kind of small matter to you in the future." Shui Rong agreed with her and said, it's almost eight o'clock, don't provoke her again, otherwise you won't be able to leave again.

Pin'er suddenly remembered something and asked again: "What are you doing at your eldest brother's place? Do you need my help? You can also arrange something for me that I can do."

Shui Rong thought for a moment and said, "There are indeed things you can do, but you have to wait until after the unified examination. There are some things related to art, and some things related to aesthetics. They all require your help. Let me discuss it with my eldest brother today."

"Then go ahead and I'll knit you a hat later."

"Okay, I'll call you goodnight when I get home in the evening." After saying that, Shui Rong stood up, picked up his coat, changed his shoes and went out.

Pin'er also put on her clothes and walked him out of the yard before reluctantly going back into the house.

*

Li Hanlan looked at his watch. Shui Rong had already returned before eight o'clock. He was punctual as expected.

What they were going to discuss today was the acquisition of the largest live house near the Drum Tower. The acquisition and renovation were all handled by the company registered by Li Shuirong. In addition, Shuirong had previously proposed opening a few cultural and creative stores around schools. Li Hanlan had already picked out the locations, but it still needed to be studied whether to create their own brand or to represent the products.

The reason why the two brothers worked overtime to study these things was because Li Haoze had made new moves recently.

Li Haoze recently acquired several clubs and established an entertainment company for Jiang Yuhan, showing an intention to expand his territory.

In the future, the only person who can restrain Li Haoze is Li Shuirong. Li Hanlan never said these things. Originally, Li Shuirong should have started his career after returning from studying abroad, but now the plan has changed and only Li Hanlan can speed up Li Shuirong's career.

"You need to reserve funds in your own vault now so that you will have the ammunition to compete with others in the future." This is a sentence that Li Hanlan often says recently.

Li Hanlan couldn't say too much, as he had to control the pace, but he couldn't push Li Shuirong too hard. Judging from his current appearance, he didn't focus on his career, so he could only start with his hobbies.

Li Shuirong nodded: "After watching Shi Xiangyun's band rehearsal, Pin'er also became interested in the band. It just so happens that she also lacks experience in performing on stage. It would be a good thing for her to gain some experience in her own place."

Li Hanlan suddenly asked him: "You don't seem to have any desires of your own. Are all arrangements made for Lin Pin'er?"

"She is my desire. No, she is my mission. I just want to do something for her."

Li Hanlan smiled: "Then what do you want to do?"

"Wait until she grows up, and then marry her. Grandma said she likes children. She hopes we can have children of our own." Li Shuirong answered casually.

Li Hanlan frowned: "You reminded me that Li Haoze seems to be looking for a surrogate mother recently. He should also be after the aircraft manufacturing base in grandma's hands."

After saying that, he picked up the phone and dialed it, then got up and went out to make a call.

At this time, Shui Rong's back was already covered with a layer of fine sweat. Every time he was with Li Hanlan, he had to be careful with his words and actions.

I have to act like I have no desires and I can't appear too stupid. If my brother thinks I'm stupid, he'll kick me out. Now I have to be a chess piece in his game, trying to be a chess piece that knows nothing.

Li Shuirong knew that his elder brother and second brother were fighting, but his elder brother had found him to form an alliance. And now he really had to rely on his power to slowly build up his wings. It was just that it was easy to enter the game now, but it would be difficult to get out one day.

*

A month passed in a blink of an eye. On a winter afternoon, Lin Pin'er curled up on the sofa by the window and read a book. The room was equipped with a water-soluble fresh air system, which made the temperature inside the house very comfortable.

Even if there is sunshine in winter, Pin'er doesn't want to go out. She is most afraid of cold. So she is lazy.

As if by telepathy, when I looked up again, I saw Shui Rong walking from the outside of the yard into the yard. He was wearing a beige tweed coat and a black knitted hat knitted by Pin'er. He smiled at Pin'er as he walked.

Pin'er immediately put down the book and ran to the door barefoot. A gust of cold air rushed in from outside. Shui Rong quickly closed the door, and in an instant a soft and warm body fell into his arms.

"I feel cold." Shui Rong opened his arms but didn't dare to hug her.

"Don't be afraid." Pin'er very cleverly put her hand into his coat and hugged him.

"I bought you some hot chestnuts." Shui Rong shook the bag in his hand.

Only then did Pin'er let go of him and took the paper bag from his hand.

Shui Rong grumbled as he changed his shoes: "Why aren't you wearing socks?"

"It's not cold in the room." Pin'er rummaged through the paper bag for a yellow chestnut sheller.

"Don't go out today. It's very cold and windy outside."

In the winter in Beijing, the cold wind feels like sandpaper on the skin, so Pin'er likes to be fully armed with a hat, mask and scarf when going out.

"Yeah, I really want to hibernate. I was so sleepy from reading just now."

"Then I'll take you to the south to spend the winter during the holidays?" Shui Rong suggested, taking off his hat and coat and hanging them up.

"Aren't I supposed to learn how to drive during the holidays? I can't wait for the holidays. Besides, the New Year is almost here, so I probably won't be able to go anywhere." Pin'er muttered as she sat down on the sofa.

Shui Rong squatted down and put her feet into the white furry slippers, then said, "If you want to go, I'll make arrangements. We'll leave after the fifth day of the New Year. How about going to Hong Kong Disneyland?"

"Okay, I've wanted to go to Disney for a long time." There was a gleam in Pin'er's little deer eyes.

Shui Rong stood up and walked inside. When he came out after washing his hands, he paused in front of the record player. This place has expanded a lot now, with a high shelf specially for records. There is another cabinet next to it, which contains many of Pin'er's trophies and certificates.

Not long ago, Li Hanlan gave her a lot of information about guqin and vocal competitions in Beijing. Pin'er really signed up for all of them.