This time, Lin Yuzhen didn't dare to take the risk of finding green leaves to match Lu Yun's red flower. Everyone else also knew better and quietly watched Lu Yun write and paint. Lu Yun mustered up her spirit and determined to turn things around, on the spot painting a plum blossom in ink and even composing a four-character poem herself.

  Judging from her age, she's not bad at all. It can be seen that she has put in a lot of hard work and also has a bit of flair. So everyone doubled their praise for her, and Lin Yuzhen finally had a genuine smile on her face as she warmly invited everyone to continue drinking tea and listening to the poem recital.

  Taking advantage of the commotion, Lin Wuban walked over with a serious face and said to Lin Jianrong: "Fourth sister, come here, I have something to tell you."

  Lin Jianrong saw Lin Wu's expression and was slightly surprised.

  Lin Wuyi was filled with indignation, his face full of injustice. Lin Jinyong had completely lost the favor of both Lin Yuzhen and Lu Yun. She should have been happy, but that was when it didn't affect her personally. At this moment, the person she hated the most was Lin Jinyong.

  Lin Wu likes Lu Xian to the point of being willing to come and be a thug for Lu Yun? Lin Jianrong was surprised at first, but then found it somewhat amusing: "What's wrong, Fifth Sister?"

  Lin Wu said with a huff: "I have something to ask you, are you coming or not? If you don't come, then don't ask me for help in the future."

  Litchi was extremely angry when she heard this. These five girls really thought they were something! It seemed like she had helped Lin Jinrong a lot, and she wanted to protect Lin Jinrong, but unfortunately, her status was lowly and the situation was special. If she had really opened her mouth, it would have been laughable for people to look at Lin Jinrong, so she could only stick tightly to Lin Jinrong and stare at Lin Wu tensely.

  The twins sat on the side cracking melon seeds, their eyes shining with amusement, waiting for a good show.

  Yang Man glanced at Lin Wu Yi, her eyes revealing a few points of understanding and ridicule. She gently pulled on Lin Zhen Rong's sleeve and whispered: "Your eyes are red, don't bother with her!"

  Lin Jinyong lowered his eyelids, remained silent for a moment, raised his eyes and looked at Lin Wu with a faint smile: "Good." Then he silently patted Yang Mo's shoulder and led the way out.

  Out of the Listening Snow Pavilion, Lin Wu tied his cloak and pointed to the wax plum forest ahead: "We're going there." He then turned coldly to Lüzhi, Xiner, and others who followed up: "You all stay here, don't follow us." Then he rode forward, leading the way.

  Lin Wu was ill-intentioned and very angry, and both lychee and longan could see that the two were worried and asked Lin Jianrong's meaning: "Miss?"

  Lin Jinyong smiled indifferently at them: "You wait here, nothing's wrong." After speaking, he also tightened his own silver-blue cloak and followed silently.

  The snow had already gotten smaller, the plum blossom forest was quiet and still, the branches of the plum blossoms were fragrant, and the snow on the ground was like shattered jade. The snow was about two inches deep, and when stepped on, it made a crunching sound.

  Lin Wu walked forward with his head down, huffing and puffing, while Lin Jianrong lifted her skirt and walked on tiptoes, her little deerskin boots leaving a long, seamless line in the snow. When she turned back to look, it was as if someone had embroidered a border of black silk thread on the snowy ground, and she couldn't help but smile slightly.

  Lin Wu Xing stopped under a plum tree deep in the forest, took a deep breath, turned around and said sternly: "Fourth sister! You're being too unreasonable!" Before he finished speaking, he saw Lin Jin Rong's actions clearly. Her pink face turned from red to white, becoming even angrier, her voice also rising: "Fourth sister, look at your appearance!"

  Lin Jinyong stood still, raised his eyes and looked at Lin Wu with a smile that was not quite a smile: "What's wrong with my appearance? Where did I offend you, Fifth Sister? Why are you so angry?"

  Her dark eyes reflected the snow light on the ground, slightly blue, with a coldness like ice, her pale pink lips were slightly raised, with a hint of knowing and mocking everything.

  Such a stern-looking Lin Jinrong, unfamiliar and one that Lin Wu had never seen before, left her somewhat perplexed and subconsciously fearful. However, her long-standing good self-awareness allowed her to say what she wanted to say without hesitation: "Of course, you haven't offended me. But you've done something wrong, have you forgotten the words our grandmother told us before we went out? Look at yourself, where is even a bit of the demeanor of a young lady from a good family?"

  "Grandma said that we should remember to be humble and courteous, right?" Lin Jinrong plucked a half-open plum blossom from the branch closest to her, gently playing with it on her fingertips. "So, I'm not being humble and courteous? What's wrong with me that makes me unlike other girls? Although you're my younger sister, as long as you can give me a good reason, I'll listen to you as your older sister. Just speak up, Fifth Sister."

  Lin Wu felt a bit annoyed, not knowing whether to hate Lin Jian Rong's attitude of taking her lightly and not putting her in his eyes, or to hate Lin Jian Rong for mocking her as a younger sister who didn't understand the rules and teaching her elder sister. She couldn't help but say: "You clearly know that today this brazier was specially prepared by Auntie for Yun Tang Mei, you didn't even lend a hand, why did you still jump out to cause trouble? You've made a big show of yourself, but ended up making Auntie angry and Yun Tang Mei sad. Auntie and Yun Tang Mei are magnanimous and won't hold it against you, but you don't know how to apologize, yet you're sitting there chatting and laughing with others, self-satisfied and pleased with yourself, it's really too much!"

  "It turned out that Wu Mei was angry about this." Lin Jin Rong's eyelids didn't move, and he said in a low voice: "If it's about today's matter, I wasn't being intentional. You know the process better than anyone, and neither Aunt nor Yun Tang Mei blamed me, yet you're blaming me. If you say I'm self-satisfied, that's your own imagination."

  Lin Wu stamped his foot and said, "How dare you say it wasn't intentional? Even if participating in the tea fight wasn't your intention at first, why did you deliberately create that plum blossom later to bully Yun's sister? It can be seen that you are indeed intentional! You have an ulterior motive! You just want to show off!"

  Earlier, Lin Yuzhen handed over to her when she did this today, holding her hand and praising her as a sensible good child, saying that she liked her the most. Now it's okay, not only has she not achieved anything, but she also made mistakes. Thinking of Lin Yuzhen possibly blaming her afterwards - knowing that Lin Jirong's tea art is strong but not mentioning it in advance... Moreover, someone who is usually inferior to her in everything suddenly surpasses her by a lot, how can she calmly accept it? Lin Wu felt inexplicably flustered and angry.

  "Wu Mei." Lin Jin Rong naturally wouldn't admit that she did it on purpose, and only sighed: "You're misunderstanding me. I have no grudges against Yun Biao Mei, why would I bully her? And this crime of having an ulterior motive is even more serious, what benefits would I gain from offending Auntie and Biao Mei? You also know that I'm a bit stupid, when I do things, it's just one track-minded, focusing only on doing well, without thinking about anything else. At the time, I didn't think about anything, it happened naturally, actually, I also regret and fear, but it was too late, so I said don't want those prizes anymore, it's also a kind of luck, but the mistake has already been made, Auntie insisted on giving them to me, I had no choice, can't offend Auntie's face again."

  Lin Jianrong originally seemed a bit silly, but the things she did at Old Lady Lin's birthday banquet last time even made her own mother say that she was cunning. It can't be unintentional, it must have been planned for a long time. Lin Wu hated: "I don't care what you are like, you must go and apologize to Auntie and Yun Biao Mei. Otherwise, I'll tell Grandma when I get back, and from now on, don't let you come out as a guest! You've made Auntie dislike us too." As she spoke, her eyes turned red and her voice choked up.

  "Don't cry, if others see it, I'll be even more unable to explain." Lin Jingrong crushed the withered plum blossom in his hand and threw it on the snowy ground: "I'm going to apologize to Aunt and Yun's sister right now. Tell them that this matter has nothing to do with you at all." After speaking, he turned around and left immediately.

  "Stop right there! I didn't tell you to go now. Are you not satisfied with the trouble you've already caused? If she goes now, isn't that equivalent to slapping Lin Yuzhen and Lu Yun in public? And if Lin Jianrong says again in public that he was the one who told her to go, then he's completely finished!"

  Lin Jiran stopped in his tracks, furrowed his brow and looked at Lin Wu with a faint gaze: "This won't do, that won't do, what exactly do you want me to do? Fifth sister, I usually give in to you, but you can't take advantage of people too much."

  "Hey, I didn't know that gentle and elegant Fifth Sister could be so fierce! She's even scolding and bullying Fourth Sister now." The twins giggled as they walked up from behind, following the footprints of the two, and stood behind Lin Jian. Lin Liu still only smiled without saying a word, while Lin Qi casually said: "Fourth Sister, you don't know why she's so angry, do you? Let me tell you. There are some people who won't do good things, but instead want to be sycophants. When they can't even do that well, they turn around and bite the person who said they didn't do a good job as a sycophant..."

  "Clang!" A sound of boots trampling on the snowy ground came from not far away. A footprint stretched from afar to behind a nearby boulder, only the incoming track was visible, but not the outgoing one, indicating that someone was still there. Lin Jingrou furrowed her brow and turned around to leave: "Let's all say two fewer sentences. Today I did something wrong, I'll go to my grandmother's place to receive punishment. Those who want to follow me to suffer punishment together can continue arguing."

  Lin Liu's eyes rolled around and she grabbed Lin Qi, who was about to continue speaking, and smiled sweetly at Lin Wu: "Fifth sister, just now Auntie sent someone to look for you everywhere."

  Lin Wu didn't quite believe it, but he also didn't dare not to go, so he had no choice but to tighten his scarf a few times, biting his lip and glaring at several people with hatred in his eyes, before quickly rushing towards the forest.

  Lin Liu quickly caught up with Lin Jianrong, laughing and saying: "Fourth sister, when did you become so fierce? You can actually make a plum blossom appear, it's really amazing! We didn't know about this before. But you're just too silly, I bet on you losing, but you insisted on winning. Now, Aunt and Cloud will definitely not like you."

  "I'm stupid and didn't think of that." Lin Jiner said very seriously, "But I actually figured it out a long time ago, just didn't have the chance to let you guys know."

  "This matter, although you are unintentional, will not be settled so easily." Lin Liu said with good intentions: "Aunt and Cloud sister are both understanding people, they won't blame you. But there is one person who will definitely speak ill of you, pushing all the mistakes onto your shoulders, you must be careful. Look, someone has come to find you." After saying that, he pointed ahead and pulled Lin Qi towards the front, not forgetting to add: "Good sister, I am standing on your side, remember my kindness today."

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  Cough... up to here, coincidentally the end of 2011 is approaching, and we are about to enter 2012. I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year, good health to you and your family, and may all your wishes come true! In a more mundane way, may wealth roll in abundantly... haha, I also want wealth to roll in abundantly... *covers face*

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