Baoyu is addicted to the West Chamber and the Peony Pavilion. Apart from that "really good article", more importantly, because The West Chamber and The Peony Pavilion were banned at that time, Baoyu had to hide. This is the so-called "forbidden fruit effect" The more forbidden things are, the more people will pay attention to them and the more attractive they will be. "Forbidden fruit" refers to apples in the Garden of Eden. Why does Adam want to eat apples? Humor writer Mark Twain said, "If God forbids snakes, then Adam may want to eat them." What really attracts people is not Apple or The West Chamber, but the word "Forbidden". If The Doctrine of the Mean and The University are banned, Jia Baoyu may be eager to read The Doctrine of the Mean and The University instead of The West Chamber and The Peony Pavilion.
God forbids Adam to eat apples, teachers forbid students to read forbidden books, and parents forbid teenagers to fall in love, which often backfires. In addition to shaking your head and sighing, you should know that all this actually comes from your "cultivation"-because of your strict prohibition, things that were originally nothing are "value for money" and have special appeal. You can't blame your child for being "young and inexperienced", but you should blame yourself for being "old and inexperienced".