【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Qin Ke'er walked over, picked up a papaya, put it under her nose and smelled it. It was fresh, so it seemed that it was not an illusion.

Suddenly, a chill came over her and Qin Ke'er shivered. She wrapped her knitted cardigan tightly around her and felt dizzy. She felt that the atmosphere around her had become strange.

There are many rooms in this old building. She counted them once and found that there are 49 rooms in total.

Qin Ke'er has a room to herself, You Shuying has a room to herself, You Qianning has a room to herself, You Kunling has a room to herself, Jia Zhen has a room to himself, Jia Rong has a room to himself... There are also many other rooms: cloakroom, utility room, storeroom, study, tea room, servants' room, etc...

After Jia Zhen left, You Shuying returned to her room. The whole old building became unusually quiet. The two sisters of the You family were usually not at home except when they were sleeping, and Jia Rong did not seem to be living at home recently. Since Qin Ke'er took over the management job last year, Jia Rong moved out after a big fight with Jia Zhen. Except for coming back once during the Chinese New Year, he was rarely seen.

Qin Ke'er stepped onto the floor, then sat on the edge of the bed. After thinking for a while, she felt that she might not have slept well, so she crawled back into the quilt and lay down.

She lay there for a while, tossing and turning but couldn't fall asleep. Her mind was full of all kinds of things, and she felt like her head was going to explode from thinking so much.

He stood up and leaned on the edge of the bed for a while. Then he stood up again and walked out of the suite. He looked at the corridor on the second floor. Although the corridor lights were on, it was still a little dim. The whole building was so quiet that there was not even the sound of the servants' footsteps.

Qin Ke'er retreated back into the suite, walked to the big red sofa, stopped in front of the record player, selected a record to play, and as the guqin music sounded, she felt a trace of life.

She slowly walked out of the suite again, leaving the door open so that the corridor was not as quiet as before.

She walked down the stairs slowly and began calling out to the maids as she walked.

"Ruizhu, help me cut some fruit and send it up."

"Baozhu, bring up a red wine glass."

She turned around and went to the wine room, picked up a bottle of white wine, the heavy bottle weighed down her arm, causing her right shoulder to lower and lower. She reluctantly put the bottle on the island counter, and instructed Baozhu: "Bring this up for me too, and get me something to eat, something sweeter. Make me an orange cake! And get me a few bottles of chocolate milk." After giving the instructions, she went upstairs with light steps.

She decided to go crazy today. Since you are all crazy and want to drive her crazy, why don't you all go crazy together? Who doesn't know how to act crazy?

"Ruizhu, go get some more ice."

Qin Ke'er lay down on the red sofa and watched them busy setting the table full of food.

After everything was set up, he waved his hand and said, "You guys can go down, but don't stay in the room. Get busy in the hall, clean it up, do something, make some noise."

"Yes!" Ruizhu and Baozhu looked at each other, wondering what was wrong with President Qin. Usually, she loved them the most and liked quietness, but today, she seemed like a different person.

Qin Ke'er filled the red wine glass with ice cubes, poured in white wine, and drank it in one gulp. It tasted sweet and mellow.

"Well, I think I know how to deal with a hangover. Not only do I need to drink some alcohol to sober myself up, but I also need to go a little crazy to let out the grievances in my heart. Otherwise, the alcohol will accumulate in my body, and it's easiest to get drunk and not wake up."

She started talking to herself, then stood up and danced in circles to the music, then sat down to taste the food, eating for a while and drinking for a while.

When he was tired of drinking, he called Ruizhu again, "Come up and grind ink for me."

Then he wrote two lines of poetry:

"The tender chill locks the dream because of the cold spring, and the fragrant air is the aroma of wine"

After finishing writing, he ordered Ruizhu and Baozhu to take the rice paper with the poem on it to the floor of the bedroom to dry, and then told them to tidy up the storeroom, saying that he would not stop until all the calligraphy and paintings and antiques were classified and arranged.

Jia Zhen came back near lunchtime and found the living room clean and the stairs spotless. Music came from Qin Ke'er's room upstairs, and he didn't think much about it. He changed his shoes and went upstairs.

As soon as he entered Qin Ke'er's room, he saw two white wine bottles placed upside down on the coffee table, and only one wine glass. The fruits on the table were hardly touched, and the cake was only half eaten. It didn't look like there were any guests, so he stepped into her bedroom.

Unexpectedly, the bedroom was empty, but there were two pieces of rice paper on the floor with two lines of poetry written on them.

Without taking a closer look, he walked out of Qin Ke'er's bedroom.

Listening to the noise again, it seemed like there was a voice in the warehouse. He walked over and saw Qin Ke'er directing the maids to clean up.

"Is there no one to cook?" Jia Zhen asked, standing at the door.

Qin Ke'er said without even turning her head: "We must find that painting today. No one will be allowed to eat until we find it."

"No need to look for it, let's all go downstairs! Hurry and prepare lunch!"

"You are not allowed to go. Stay here and look for calligraphy and paintings." Qin Ke'er said coldly without looking back.

"Come out with me." Jia Zhen took Qin Ke'er to the study with an angry look on his face. Unexpectedly, there were also two people rummaging around in the study, making it a mess.

"You, you, come here." Jia Zhen shouted to one of them.

"Leave two people to clean up, and the rest of you go downstairs and prepare lunch." After saying that, he took Qin Ke'er downstairs and went straight to the tea room.

"What on earth do you want to do?"

Qin Ke'er looked drunk and walked like a floating fairy. Her hair was slightly messy and her face was red from drinking. She seemed more charming and lovely than usual.

"I was just helping my father find calligraphy and paintings. Was there anything wrong with me?" Tears immediately welled up in his eyes as he said this.

Jia Zhen was about to get angry, but was stunned by her expression.

"How much alcohol have you drunk?" His tone softened.

"I just can't understand why I can't find the calligraphy and paintings that I clearly put in the warehouse?" After Qin Ke'er said this, it was as if a switch was turned on somewhere, and she burst into tears in an instant.

"Woo~wu~wu~"

"Okay, okay! I found the calligraphy and painting later. Stop howling!" The first few sentences were in a coaxing tone, but the last sentence turned into a roar. The rapid change was unexpected.

Qin Ke'er was frightened by his roar, and then said aggrievedly:

"Then why are you saying that I'm in a bad state recently? I was just wondering what's wrong with me? Did I do something wrong?" Qin Ke'er complained while crying.

"Alright, alright! Stop crying."

……

After a long time, the two of them walked out of the tea room. Qin Ke'er was helped upstairs to sleep. Jia Zhen ordered someone to bring the food to You Shuying in the room. He ate a few bites at random, feeling very bored.

Qin Ke'er slept until midnight. If her cell phone hadn't rang, she would have slept until the end of time.