Chapter 63

Liu Yàn stood up reluctantly and left with Huang Xiaojuan. Looking at the backs of the two of them out, Niu Ben breathed a long sigh and returned to the bedroom. He took off his clothes and lay in the quilt. He stretched his body for a while. He felt a little sore in his shoulders, his nose was blocked, and his head was dizzy.

At this time, the cell phone next to the pillow rang, which suddenly scared him. He picked it up and saw that it was Sun Jie: Director Niu, are you back?

Niu Ben said: I've been back for a while and just lay down.

Sun Jie said: Is your cold better? Don’t you have a fever?

Niu Ben said: It’s better, I don’t have a fever, thank you for your concern, haven’t you had a rest yet?

Sun Jie said: I just finished writing my diary and just lay on the bed.

Niu Ben said: You still have the habit of writing diaries now, and this habit is very good.

Sun Jie asked: Director Niu, do you usually write a diary?

Niu Ben said: I wrote for a few years when I was in college, and after work, I wrote some intermittently, but unfortunately I didn’t stick to it.

Sun Jie said: I have been persisting for more than 10 years, and I have saved dozens of diary books now.

Niu Ben said: That is a very precious wealth, you should keep it well and don’t lose it like me.

Sun Jie asked: How could you lose your diary?

Niu Ben said: It’s so annoying to say it. I couldn’t put a lot of books at home, so I put the ones I often don’t read in a few cartons and put them in the basement.Before the Spring Festival a year, a thief went into the basement. Seeing that I was poor, there were so many boxes of books, I didn’t run for a while and then moved them all away.

Sun Jie smiled and said: Then you have a huge loss.

Niu Ben said: It's Ah, I would rather give the thief 100 yuan than let him take those books away.

Sun Jie said: If you give the thief 100 yuan, the thief will make a profit, and the books will not be sold so much.

Niu Ben said: No, some of the good books I have accumulated for many years have been washed away.

Sun Jie said happily: Then I want to express condolences for your losses. Director Niu, don’t be sad. I have a lot of books. What do you want to read? I will lend it to you.

Niu Ben said: It depends on what you said, I am not sad yet.

Sun Jie said: I'm teasing you, I really collected a lot of books. When my father was in school, I almost went to buy books, mainly buying some classical literature books.

Niu Ben said: I saw it in your room today. I have a hobby. I love to walk around in other people’s study. Today I also want to see it, but that is your boudoir, and it’s not easy to turn it around. Oh, you seem to be very interested in Dream of the Red Chamber?

Sun Jie said excitedly: Director Niu, why are you so polite? What kind of boudoir is not a boudoir? I am not a noble lady from the old society, so there are not so many taboos.But you are the first gentleman to be brought into my bedroom by me.It's Ah, I like it very much, and now I have collected several versions.

Niu Ben said: I have also collected some, such as the Dream of the Red Mansion, the Dream of the Red Mansion, the Dream of the Red Mansion, the Dream of the Red Mansion, the Dream of the Red Mansion, etc.

Sun Jie said: Director Niu, you can do it. It seems that both of us are fans of the popular movies. I would like to ask you a question, do you like the girl in Dream of the Red Chamber?

Niu Ben thought for a while and said: I am a little interested in Qingwen, what about you?

Sun Jie smiled and said: It seems that Director Niu needs some things like Qingwen every day.Qingwen is beautiful, has a straightforward personality, doesn't rub sand in her eyes, and doesn't forgive her mouth. She is a very good person, but the ending is not good.Oh, what do you think of Shi Xiangyun?

Niu Ben said: Shi Xiangyun is also a lively and beautiful girl. Her background is the same as Lin Daiyu, but she is not as depressed as Lin Daiyu. She talks and laughs every day, bringing together the advantages of Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu, but her ending is not good.

Sun Jie said: Director Niu, you are a major in classical literature. I will discuss with you a question. If you write the 40 chapters after the Dream of the Red Chamber, how do you plan to end it?

Niu Ben said: Cao Xueqin has already given the result in the judgment, which is a tragic ending.

Sun Jie said: If there is a comedy-like happy ending, how do you plan to arrange the relationship between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai?

Niu Ben thought for a while and said: This is hard to say. When I was a teenager who first read Dream of Red Mansions, I thought that Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu were born together. From the perspective of love, they were inevitable couples. After years of hardship in life, their views have changed.

Sun Jie said: Then how did you change? You won’t be able to match Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai into a pair, right?

Niu Ben said: That's not to mention that I have some insights into the affairs between them now. If I had arranged this, I would have chosen Xue Baochai as my wife and Lin Daiyu as my concubine.

Sun Jie asked: This view is a bit special, but why?

Niu Ben said: It is true that Jia Baoyu likes Lin Daiyu, but the social ideology at that time determined that Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu were in a good match. The decision makers would arrange this in Baoyu's marriage. Moreover, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue would definitely try every means to match such a marriage. It is almost impossible for Lin Daiyu to become a wife. Instead of fighting for the so-called position of a wife, it is better to arrange Lin Daiyu as a concubine and a love-loving combination with Baoyu is better than a nominal couple.

Sun Jie said: Director Niu, I have not considered your point of view. I just arranged one of them for Baoyu. I have imagined that Shi Xiangyun was given to Baoyu as his wife. Didn’t they say that they had a marriage between Qilin?

Niu Ben said: Your opinion is also good, but does Baoyu like this arrangement?Without Lin Daiyu, would Jia Baoyu live a happy life?

Sun Jie said: According to what you said, according to the description in Dream of Red Mansions, there are many girls. What will happen to the arrangements?For example, Xiren, Zijuan, Ying'er, Musk Yue, Yuanyang and others.

Niu Ben said: You have a lot of thoughts. According to the habit of accompanying the maids at that time, these maids were all given to Jia Baoyu. Except for the Yuanyang you mentioned, the rest of the people will be Baoyu's concubines in the future.It is difficult to arrange the girl Yuanyang, and it seems that she can only become a monk like Miaoyu.

Sun Jie said: So many girls give Baoyu, can Baoyu's life be calm?

Niu Ben said: There is no way to be uneasy. Who makes Baoyu so outstanding and so status, like a hot commodity, she takes you.

Sun Jie paused for a moment and said quietly: Director Niu, do you feel that you are almost the same as Baoyu now. Like the hot commodity you mentioned, many people are snatching it.

Niu Ben said: Xiao Sun, you have praised me. I was abandoned repeatedly like garbage by others. I was so lucky.

Sun Jie said: Director Niu, you are not sincere now. You should think about it slowly. These days, are there many girls in our bureau so excited to see you? Even some girls with partners are weird to see you.It's very late, I won't bother you. You can rest early, good night.