After becoming rich overnight, I handed over the system.

Chapter 277 Finding the Treasure Jade

Meanwhile, Daiyu felt a bit better after ending her video call with Lin Liuyi and Monkey King.

Then they heard a commotion in the garden, so they sent Zijuan to see what was going on. It turned out that Baoyu's magical jade had been lost.

Tan Chun ordered the garden gate to be closed, and first sent an old woman with two maids to search everywhere; at the same time, she told everyone: whoever finds it will be richly rewarded.

The first group wanted to clear themselves of any involvement, while the second group, upon hearing of the large reward, searched frantically, even finding the suspect in the outhouse.

To everyone's surprise, the jade was like a needle in a haystack; they searched for it all day without any success.

Everyone was extremely anxious, but Baoyu himself was not worried at all.

When Daiyu found out, she sighed.

She had read the original storybook; the loss of Baoyu's magical jade was a significant turning point.

After Baoyu lost his jade, he gradually went mad. Then, Yuanchun, his sister, fell ill and died. The Jia family declined further and further. Not long after, she too passed away.

After the Jia family was raided and their property confiscated, her sisters also suffered the same fate.

In the end, Baoyu became a monk. If you ask her, what's the point of being a monk? Those hypocritical monks are better off not being one.

Baochai lived a life of loneliness and regret, while Daiyu had tried her best to bring the two together. It remains to be seen whether the ending will change.

Not long after Yingchun got married, she was abused to death. That damned Sun Shaozu! Daiyu wanted Monkey King to beat him up!

Tan Chun married far away from home, leaving her with no one from her family. Daiyu could imagine how difficult Tan Chun's future would be.

Xichun has entered a nunnery to become a nun. Daiyu had always known that her older sister was somewhat aloof, but life is indeed hard for a woman who becomes a nun!

After the house was ransacked, Fengjie also fell ill and died. Thinking of that bright and cheerful woman, Daiyu also had a headache. She had advised the woman not to lend money at exorbitant interest rates, but she didn't know if Fengjie had listened.

It seems that Qiaojie eventually married Granny Liu's grandson and is now enjoying a peaceful life, so Daiyu doesn't need to worry about her for the time being.

It seems Xiangyun's ending wasn't good either; her husband died suddenly from an illness, leaving her a widow.

Daiyu felt increasingly troubled. This world was too unfriendly to women, and she had to do something to help her sisters.

Just as Lin Daiyu was pondering how to save everyone, good news came that Baoyu's jade would not be lost.

The girls were overjoyed. Lin Zhixiao came back after interpreting the characters and said that the jade would not be lost and that someone would return it to them in the future.

Everyone listened with skepticism, except for Xiren and Sheyue, who were extremely pleased.

Tan Chun then asked, "What character was being tested?"

Lin Zhixiao's wife said, "He talks too much, even I can't keep up with his words. I remember he used the word 'reward' in the context of giving something as a reward. Liu Tiezui didn't even ask, and just said, 'You lost something, didn't you?'"

Li Wan said, "That's good."

Lin Zhixiao's wife said, "He also said that the character '赏' has the character '小' on top and the character '口' on the bottom, so this thing is very likely to be put in the mouth, and must be a pearl or gemstone."

Upon hearing this, everyone exclaimed, "Truly divine! What's next?"

Lin Zhixiao's wife said, "He said that the bottom character '贝' (bei) cannot be separated into the character '见' (jian), so it means 'not seen'. Because the top character '当' (dang) is removed, he told us to hurry to the pawnshop to look for it. The character '赏' (shang) plus the character '人' (ren) is the character '偿' (chang), which means 'to repay'. As long as you find the pawnshop, there will be someone there. Once you have someone there, you can redeem it. Isn't that repayment?"

The group said, "In that case, let's start by searching the surrounding area. We've already searched all the pawnshops, so we're bound to find it eventually. Once we have the item, it will be easier to ask people for help."

Pawnshop? Did Daiyu know that after the jade disappeared, it never came back, and the one the pawnshop brought back was fake?

Daiyu saw later accounts, some saying that the jade was taken away by a monk, and others saying that the jade went to Jiangnan to find the real precious jade.

Regardless of the reason, it is true that Baoyu became mentally unstable after losing the jade.

At this point, Daiyu felt that her maternal grandmother had really spoiled Baoyu. You should know that Baoyu later passed the imperial examination and ranked seventh, while Jia Lan only ranked one hundred and thirtieth. It can be seen that Baoyu had some talent.

As expected, Baoyu became more and more listless each day. He didn't have a fever or feel any pain, but he didn't eat or sleep properly, and even his speech was incoherent.

Daiyu's heart stirred, and she decided to go and investigate herself first.

She led Zijuan out of the garden and headed straight for several nearby pawnshops.

She knew that the magical jade was exceptionally spiritual and would not be easily hidden by mortals.

Upon entering the pawnshop, Daiyu carefully examined each item to be redeemed, but found nothing.

Daiyu was somewhat disappointed. Sure enough, this magical jade contained something. Since she couldn't find it, she decided to let it go.

Daiyu gave up on finding the magical jade and returned to Grandmother Jia's place. She saw that Baoyu didn't say anything, but just smiled foolishly.

She went up and slapped him, making Baoyu cover his face and stare at her in disbelief.

"Miss Lin!" Xi Ren was terrified.

She had assumed that Miss Lin was there to visit Master Bao, but to her surprise, the usually delicate Miss Lin slapped Master Bao.

Seeing Baoyu's shocked expression, Daiyu thought that the magical jade didn't seem so important after all. Hadn't she just slapped him back?

Daiyu no longer cared about ruining her image. Since the slap had worked, she immediately stepped forward.

Now it was Xiren's turn to panic. "Miss Lin, this is Master Bao!"

Lin Daiyu pushed Xiren away, helped Baoyu up, and stuffed a pill directly into his mouth.

Hmph, you really got a good deal on my Great Sage's elixir!

If it weren't for the fact that after the Jia family's decline, the men of the Jia family were only able to rely on Jia Baoyu, Daiyu would never have been willing to give him the elixir.

Thinking of the fates of so many sisters, if Jia Baoyu could stand up for himself, the other sisters' fates wouldn't be so tragic.

"Miss Lin, what did you feed Second Master?"

Before Xiren could even wonder how the usually delicate Lin Daiyu could have such strength to push her away, she saw the other person stuff something into Baoyu's mouth.

"Ginseng Nourishing Pills, perhaps!" Daiyu made up a random answer.

"This, this, you can't just give Second Master pills like that!" Xiren protested.

"What a joke! I take this Ginseng Nourishing Pill, so why can't Baoyu take it too!"

Daiyu was already annoyed because she had lost a pill, and then Xiren just kept walking into the line of fire.

Xiren wanted to argue further, but Baoyu stopped her.

"Xiren, that's enough, stop talking!"

"Second Master, you're all better! That's wonderful!" Xi Ren was overjoyed when Bao Yu regained consciousness. These past few days, she had been afraid that Madam Wang would sell them, the maids, because of this incident.

Daiyu was not surprised at all. What a joke! That was the elixir that the Great Sage had found for her. It would be strange if it couldn't cure a madman like Jia Baoyu!

When Jia Baoyu woke up, everyone else in the Jia family breathed a sigh of relief.