Chapter 3949: (_)The Great-Faced Baoyu Really Had a Big Face (2)
Just then, Tanchun, seated not far away, suddenly chimed in with a laugh:
"Second Brother, you guessed wrong this time!"
"That esteemed guest—"
"Is neither an immortal elder from outside nor the female relative of some nobleman from an Immortal Prince's residence. As for who she is, well, she has quite a close connection with your new younger cousin Lin!"
She had just caught on to Grandmother Jia's teasing, so there was a hint of mischief in her voice as she deliberately kept them in suspense, helping Grandmother Jia give Baoyu a good-natured ribbing.
"Oh?"
Baoyu was taken aback. His brow furrowed as he thought quickly, then he shook his head in dismay.
"Third Sister, you're trying to fool me again!"
"Isn't the only member of Younger Cousin Lin's family her father, Uncle Lin, who's a hundred thousand li away in Yangzhou, serving as the Salt Inspector Immortal Envoy, overseeing the collection of salt taxes and monitoring the Huai River's spiritual vein?"
"Uncle Lin is far away in Yangzhou, busy with immortal and mortal affairs. He doesn't even have time to look after Younger Cousin Lin, so how could he come to our Jia Residence in the Divine Capital?"
"If he could really come, Second Brother Lian wouldn't have had to make the long journey to bring Younger Cousin Lin here in the first place."
He laid out his reasoning in detail, convinced that his logic was sound and that Tanchun couldn't possibly fool him.
"Hee!"
Seeing that he hadn't taken the bait, Tanchun pressed her lips together and smiled, then pointed at Grandmother Jia.
"I'm not fooling you."
"If Second Brother doesn't believe me, just ask Grandmother!"
After all, Grandmother Jia had planned to tease Baoyu, so Tanchun