[Dream of the Red Chamber] Claiming the Cool, Collected Heroine as My Own

[Sunny social butterfly puppy x seductive, proud, cool beauty]

[Xiangyun x Daiyu]

[Help] I was going to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to act all aloof, but Lin Meimei pinned me to the couch and kissed me. Should I pretend to faint or take the initiative? Waiting online, this is urgent!

[Main story]

Besties, can you believe this~!

I'm Shi Xiangyun, a young lady from a noble family.

I'm the bold, free-spirited poet of our poetry club, with a persona of roaming the world with a sword and living life to the fullest...

Then it snowed early one morning, and I lost my mind.

Baochai poked half her face out of the covers. “Which outfit are you wearing?”

“The black one! Cool Girl vibes!”

“Who are you seeing?”

“Not telling!”

“Oh, so you're going to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. You'll be in black and she'll be in red. Perfect match.”

...Sister Bao is a terrifying woman. How does she know everything?

[Comments]

Baochai:

I told you this morning.

That little human space heater shot out of bed at six and wouldn't stop grinning, but you all refused to believe me.

Tanchun:

Wait, let me get the timeline straight.

1. Up at six. 2. Straight to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. 3. Had a breakfast of bird's nest porridge so suggestive it was practically bubbling.

4. Admired plum blossoms together. 5. Miaoyu called them out to their faces...

And then what???

Miaoyu:

Then they took the plum branch I gave them back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Wang Xifeng: That's it?

Miaoyu:

I didn't follow them. I'm a recluse beyond the threshold, keeping myself pure, not some random paparazzo.

Xichun:

But I saw them walking back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion while I was painting.

Xiangyun's hand seemed to brush Daiyu's. I painted it.

Wang Xifeng:

Where's the picture? Where is it???

Xichun:

[Orange-flavored hand-holding.jpg]

It's an impressionistic ink painting. You'll have to make do.

Tanchun:

...Fourth Sister, using your artistic talent for this is such a waste.

Want to take commissions for some orange-flavored stories from the Hehuan Sect?

Miaoyu:

What are these lesbian romance stories?

Zijuan suddenly came online:

Besties, I have one thing to say. After they came back, they put the plum blossoms in a vase inside the room.

Then my young lady told me to leave. She said, “There's no need to attend to me.”

Wang Xifeng: No need to attend to you???!!!

Zijuan: Yeah. The door closed. I stood outside for a quarter of an hour. It was completely quiet inside.

Xue Baochai: Quiet? That can't be right. When is Yun ever quiet?

Zijuan: Exactly. So when I went in to bring them tea...

Wang Xifeng: When you went in???? Type faster! Or use voice input! Hurry, hurry, hurry!

Zijuan: The two of them were standing in front of the plum blossom vase, their faces as red as the red plum branch in it.

Zijuan: And on Miss Xiangyun's lips...

Zijuan: Never mind. My young lady is staring at me.

[Zijuan has gone offline]

Wang Xifeng: Zijuan!!! Come back!!! Finish what you were saying!!!

Miaoyu: Amitabha. There's no need to say more.

Miaoyu: [Withdrew an image]

Miaoyu: I have an illustrated book that may answer your questions. Message me privately.

Wang Xifeng: Miaoyu, I've seen that book of yours. It's a bit much. @Ping'er, don't you agree?

Tanchun: Wait... what were you and Ping'er doing behind the rockery that day?

Wang Xifeng: Discussing work.

Xue Baoqin:

??? I've only been at the Jia residence for three days. Could one of you besties give me a relationship chart?

Also known as:

“Wang Xifeng's Coffee Empire (with plenty of lesbian gossip)”

“Miaoyu's Artisanal Winter Specials”

“Cool Beauty Secretly Reads Hehuan Sect Romance Stories, Yet Is a Master Matchmaker”

Told in first-person forum-post format.

Wei Ruolan is a girl in this story.

A sweet, orange-flavored treat with a happy ending.

Currently serialized in the author's column: [Dream of the Red Chamber] The Female Imperial Son-in-Law

[A heroic, magnanimous, cheerful little sunshine x a cool, mature beauty, a stunningly beautiful princess]

Xiangyun x the princess, happy ending.

Theme: Women's strength, sisterhood, and love can overcome mountains and seas.