Dream of the Red Chamber: Lin Daiyu Slaughters Her Way Through the Grand View Garden

> The night blood stained the bamboo shadows at Xiaoxiang Hall, Lin Daiyu tore her tear-soaked handkerchief to shreds.

> "From this day on, my name is Jiangzhu." She licked the blood from the corner of her mouth and drew a pair of double-edged blades from a dusty wooden chest.

> When Wang Shanbao's wife called her a "little vixen," the blade had already swept across the old hag's throat.

> Blood dripped onto the Xiangfei bamboo couch, spreading like the red plum blossoms she had embroidered.

> When Baoyu rushed toward her, she held the blade's tip to his throat. "Second Master Bao, didn't you say, 'Women are pure and men are filthy'?"

> "Now I'll clean all the 'filth' out of this courtyard for you."

> As Grandmother Jia's prayer beads scattered across the floor, she tilted her head and smiled innocently. "Grandmother, this