You Know Too Much
And so the four cousins sat together, chatting and laughing. The atmosphere was quite warm and harmonious.
"..."
As they were talking, Baoyu suddenly fell silent. He stared straight at Daiyu, his expression growing more and more puzzled.
He tilted his head and studied Daiyu carefully for quite a while. Only when everyone began to look confused did he suddenly mutter with a strange expression:
"How odd!"
"Why do I keep feeling like Cousin Lin is a little dazed and silly today?"
"She doesn't usually seem like this."
At his words, the atmosphere in the pavilion abruptly fell silent.
"..."
Daiyu said nothing. She merely raised her eyes slowly and gazed calmly at Baoyu with those eyes that seemed both joyful and sorrowful, full of feeling. Her expression barely changed; even her lashes did not flutter. She simply looked at him as if he were someone with no connection to her at all.
"..."
Tanchun's smile stiffened slightly, but she quickly recovered.
Just as she was about to smooth things over, Baochai spoke first with a smile:
"Baoyu, there you go talking nonsense again!"
Then, in an affectionate tone, she teased him with a hint of reproach:
"What's silly about Cousin Lin?"
"If you ask me, she's probably just tired from the martial trial at the Immortal Selection a few days ago."
As she spoke, her gaze shifted to Daiyu, full of sincere admiration and respect.
"You have no idea. Cousin Lin broke the Heavenly Court's Celestial Star Array with a single sword strike!"
"That array is the very foundation of the Heavenly Court!"
"I heard the whole Heavenly Court has been in an uproar these past few days. Those immortal officials have been working themselves ragged, studying day and night how to repair the array's