Chapter 31
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“Master, don’t be mad,” 666 sensed Jian Xingzhi’s rising anger and hurriedly placated, “Although the process wasn’t pleasant, you still got to enter the Fengya Pavilion and took your first step on completing the task. This is a good thing ah!”
“You speak as if I want to enter the Fengya Pavilion.” Jian Xingzhi was blinded by anger, “Those 500 points be damned, I won’t do this task!”
“Master,” 666 mustered a smile, “Whether you want to do it or not, it’s not up to you. So, just take it easy.”
666 persuaded Jian Xingzhi while he was hauled to the Fengya Pavilion. As soon as he was carried in, many young men gathered to take a look at him, curious about the newcomer.
Qingzhu drove these people away and instructed someone to call a doctor. While waiting for the doctor he brought water to wipe Jian Xingzhi’s face.
Jian Xingzhi’s clean face was revealed and the crowd held their breath. Qingzhu clapped his hand in delight, “What a peerless beauty, befitted to be the most popular courtesan!”
The other men glanced at each other. You look at me, I look at you. But, in the end, none spoke a word. If Jian Xingzhi was just a mere beauty, they would still have something to badmouth him. However, his appearance was simply unparalleled, just like an Immortal descending from the sky. They couldn’t nitpick anything from him
“Take good care of him,” Qingzhu was keen, “Tell the doctor not to worry about the money, use whatever medicine is good. Tomorrow night is the Queen of Flower Selection[1] and he must attend. With his appearance,” Qingzhu happily wiped his face, “the win is in our hands.”
Qingzhu walked out and instructed a young man wearing peach-colored clothes by the door, “Huanxi, take good care of your Gege. We are all familiar with all the things in the pavilion, it is rare to find a man with a chaste and undefiled appearance like him.”
“I understand.”
Huanxi bowed his head in response, seeming to be reluctant.
When Qingzhu was out of sight, Huanxi’s expression distorted. He sat next to Jian Xingzhi and stared at his face. After a while, he snorted, “You hoped to be the most popular courtesan in this building just by relying on a pretty face? In this place, face is not all that matters.”
Jian Xingzhi didn’t bother to understand the other party’s underlying meaning, he indifferently averted his eyes and scanned the surrounding, and worked on his mind method.
Huanxi saw Jian Xingzhi ignoring him and looked down at him with a mocking smile, “You don’t look up at me, and I don’t look up at you. At least I’m a clean waiter, while you are going to be sent to the Queen of Flower Selection tomorrow. Your future is horrible. Perhaps you will be played to death overnight. Your life will be adequate, but your body will be dirty. Who will buy you at a good price when that time comes?”
“You are noisy.”
Jian Xingzhi eventually spoke up. Huanxi widened his eyes, tailed with an angry outburst, “Little wench, you dare to be so lawless because of your nice appearance? This Young Master will teach you…”
Huanxi didn’t get to finish his words when the door was opened. Qingzhu led the doctor in and Huanxi swiftly changed his expression to one filled with respect, “Daddy.”
Everyone in the Fengya Pavilion referred to Qingzhu as ‘Daddy’.
Qingzhu gave a nod to Huanxi and took the doctor to Jian Xingzhi with worry on his face, “Doctor Zhang, this is my little sweetheart, he must be well before tomorrow night. I have been preparing for this Queen of Flower Selection for a long time, and even Cuilu-daren from the City Lord’s Mansion will come. I must maintain Fengya Pavilion’s reputation.”
“Don’t worry, Qingzhu-daren,” the doctor said calmly.” I will do my best.”
As he spoke, the doctor reached Jian Xingzhi’s side. He extended his hand and handled Jian Xingzhi’s body. The doctor then furrowed his brow, “All the bones in his body are broken, how can someone do such a cruel thing?
Jian Xingzhi stared at the doctor with no expression, feeling that this doctor was a con doctor.
“Is he going to be okay?” Qingzhu asked the most important question.
The doctor smiled, “They are all ordinary injuries and nothing caused by spells. I’ll prepare a prescription and he should be okay by tomorrow evening.”
“Thank you very much, doctor”
Qingzhu sent the doctor away and ordered someone to prepare the medicine. Soon, the medicine was brought up by Huanxi and fed to Jian Xingzhi.
Jian Xingzhi body was still weak at the moment, and cold sweat scrolled past his pale face. He closed his eyes and sported a somewhat frail posture, appearing extremely uncomfortable.
Huanxi fed him the medicine by hand, perhaps because Jian Xingzhi was too good-looking, seeing him close his eyes and not speak, Huanxi felt a little pity. He muffledly said, “Just forget what I said before, don’t be too sad. You have come here, at least you can survive. We are all brothers in this building, and we will be by each other’s side. Don’t feel like your life is meaningless. Tomorrow, let’s check first if it’s a male or female guest if it’s a male guest……”
“Are you all voluntary?”
Jian Xingzhi couldn’t continue listening and interrupted his rambling.
Huanxi was cut off and froze. He recovered after a while with a tinge of sadness on his face, “How could we be voluntary? We are either sold or robbed over. Daddy has profound skill in spells, so don’t think about something you shouldn’t think about.”
Jian Xingzhi didn’t answer and made a judgment in his heart.
A person who caused harm to many people deserves to be killed.
He shut his eyes again and let the medicine soak into his bone. He operated the mind method and sensed his bones gradually solidified.
Huanxi gave him medicine and covered him with a blanket. Seeing that Jian Xingzhi wasn’t interested in talking, Huanxi walked outside the room and stood guard there.
Shortly after entering the night, Jian Xingzhi’s broken bones were slowly fixed. As he approached the critical juncture, he heard a ‘creak‘ from the door.
He opened his eyes and saw Qingzhu walk in. As he strode, his hips swayed in a lascivious way.
Jian Xingzhi pretended to see no evil and closed his eyes again.
He sensed that Qingzhu walked to his side. After a moment, Qingzhu placed his hand on Jian Xingzhi’s calf. Jian Xingzhi was startled by this action and opened his eyes. His brows were knitted, “What are you doing?!”
Qingzhu was silent. He gave Jian Xingzhi a smile.
Qingzhu held a wooden box in one hand and landed the other hand on Jian Xingzhi’s calf. His fingers slid from his calf to his thigh, then he patted Jian Xingzhi’s buttocks and sighed, “Good legs, good cheeks, good figure.”
“I advise you to stop courting death.”
Jian Xingzhi’s finger curled into a fist. He had reached the last juncture when his bones had congealed and he dared not move. Although Qingzhu was a Golden Core cultivator, his cultivation was clearly from pills and not pure cultivation. Jian Xingzhi’s cultivation level was obviously higher than his because Qingzhu couldn’t notice Jian Xingzhi’s Spiritual Aura at all and he considered Jian Xingzhi as an ordinary person.
“Don’t be angry.”
Qingzhu cast a seductive glance at Jian Xingzhi, “In the future, I will be your Daddy. I will take good care of you and make you wear gold and silver in Fengya Pavilion, guiding you to be the spring dream of the men and women in this Guicheng. I know it’s still difficult for you to accept now, but it’s okay,” Qingzhu opened the wooden box and said, “Daddy will teach you how to be a man.”
“What is that?” Jian Xingzhi stared at Qingzhu. With a quiet blow of Qingzhu, Jian Xingzhi sensed an itch in his neck and something burrowed into his body.
Jian Xingzhi glared at Qingzhu, and Qingzhu presented gently, “This is a Charm Gu. Those who have been infected by a Charm Gu will carry a peculiar fragrance all over their bodies. Taste the pleasure once and the enjoyment will be something one can never give up for a lifetime. As long as someone feeds you blood once…”
Before he could finish speaking, a lean but powerful hand pinched his neck and banged him to the ground. The sound of his spine cracking sounded in the room. Qingzhu’s pupil rounded. Jian Xingzhi, who had just been lying on the bed, knelt on one knee and pressed Qingzhu’s neck with one hand, and spat in a chilling voice, “‘As long as someone feeds you blood once,’ then what?”
Qingzhu trembled all over, and he curled up in pain. The feeling of death surged into his heart, and he struggled to survive. His lips flapped but no sounds could be made. A mouthful of blood gushed out from his mouth and his eyes rolled up.
“Master!!!” 666 screamed, “You killed him!”
Jian Xingzhi was taken aback and he reacted a second later, “So weak? Didn’t he claim to be a Golden Core cultivator….”
“Master, this is not the right time to talk about it. Hurry up and find a way to fix this!”
666 reminded him, “He is an important plot point in the plot. Without him, the Queen of Flower Selection cannot be held. And if there is no Queen of Flower Selection, you can’t be favored by the City Lord’s envoy. You can’t enter the City Lord’s mansion and the Female Lead can’t come to your rescue……”
“So what now?” Jian Xingzhi understood its reminder, “The person is already dead ah.”
The silence hung between them for a while. 666 heaved out, “Master, quickly usurp the Fengya Pavilion.”
“Ah?”
Jian Xingzhi blanked and 666 conveyed calmly, “You go out now and beat them into submission. From now on, be Jian Xingzhi, the new owner of the Fengya Pavilion. At least, until the Queen of Flower Selection is held.”
Jian Xingzhi: “……”
666 pushed the current and nudged, “Master! Hurry up!”
Jian Xingzhi took a deep breath. He crossed his legs on the ground and focused his mind.
He stood up again after he suppressed the Gu inside his body and stood up.
He chopped off Qingzhu’s head and carried it by his hair with one hand. He kicked the door open and strolled out.
Huanxi was originally guarding the door. He was alarmed by the loud ‘bang’. He spun around and saw Jian Xingzhi dressed in white, with blood on his face and Qingzhu’s head in his hand. And, Jian Xingzhi’s cold gaze penetrated deep into his bones.
Huanxi froze, then screamed out, scrambling downstairs.
Jian Xingzhi watched apathetically as Huanxi fumbled. He waved his hand and a spell fell on Huanxi. Huanxi felt something pierce his mind, and he turned back in panic.
He saw Jian Xingzhi standing up above without any warmth, “Go and notify everyone in the Fengya Pavilion to gather in the backyard. Those who don’t come, die.”
Jian Xingzhi then flung the head down the stairs.
Huanxi stumbled and ran out.
Most of them were mortals, if there were cultivators, at most they were only at Foundation Establishment. In the past, Qingzhu accumulated prestige and were feared, hence they obeyed Qingzhu. Now Qingzhu died in the hands of Jian Xingzhi, none of them could muster the intention to escape.
Huanxi herded the rest of them and they all huddled together in the backyard, standing in front of Jian Xingzhi.
Jian Xingzhi frowned as he looked at the crowd fancily dressed in colorful clothes and scented powder.
But, recalling 666’s words, in order to avoid unnecessary electric shocks, he endured the discomfort. “Qingzhu is dead. From now on, I will take over the Fengya Pavilion. Whoever dares to disobey will be killed.”
Upon hearing this, all the young men knelt down together, sniveling and crying, “Daddy, have mercy on us.”
Jian Xingzhi shivered when he heard the call ‘Daddy’ and yelled, “Don’t call me Daddy!”
The young men blankly gazed at him with teary eyes. Jian Xingzhi paused and mandated, “Call me Master.”
“Wuwu, Master, spare our life…”
The group of young men continued their cries and Jian Xingzhi banged his fist on the table, “Cry one more time and I will kill you!”
The situation was shortly under control, and everyone stifled their tears, kneeling on the ground and bowing their heads.
Jian Xingzhi opened his mouth and simply put forward all his demands, “Go back and change to plain clothes, preferably black, no makeup or powder, no twisting your hips when walking, stand straight and sit straight, even when you kneel, straighten your spine. Don’t pinch your voice when speaking, speak a little louder. You call me Master, and as a subordinate, don’t make your Master lose face! Act like a man!”
The young men dared not rebuke a word. Huanxi couldn’t hold on and his tears rained down.
Jian Xingzhi swept a cold glance at them and they all knelt much straighter.
Jian Xingzhi finished dealing with them and glanced at the door. 666 was fast to provide another reminder, “Your status as the Procurer is stable, now deliver a message to Qin Wan and let her come to your rescue. Don’t go out by yourself. This plot point can’t be messed up1”
Turning a blind eye to the current plot that had been messed up, 666 was still trying hard to muddle through.
Upon hearing the name ‘Qin Wan’, Jian Xingzhi remained expressionless, “Will she even come to save me? She is the one who sold me out.’
“Of course, she…..”
“And this is not the first time.”
The first time, she sold him to be a miner. And this time, she sold him to be a courtesan.
The only improvement was, last time, she gave out money, and this time, she made some money.
Jian Xingzhi’s comment made 666’s voice smaller, “All in all, she is your disciple ah….. The reason for selling you must be because she trusts you too much and believes that you can solve this problem by yourself. She couldn’t beat Qingzhu, so she could only minimize the loss……”
666 uttered the lies that she herself couldn’t believe without blinking, “She must be worried to death about you now. If you deliver a message to her, she will undoubtedly come to your rescue! Just tell her that she must come to save you at the Queen of Flower Selection tomorrow night. As long as she makes a big fuss, you will be taken into the City Lord’s mansion by Cuilu. Then, Qin Wan will be arrested when trying to rescue you. In this way, the task will be completed.”
Jian Xingzhi didn’t agree immediately and 666 tried to convince him, “Hurry up ah. By now, she is probably worried about you and feels very guilty.”
Jian Xingzhi considered 666’s words. In case Qin Wan was really worried about him, there was no harm in passing a message over to her.
He weighed it a bit and pointed his finger to Huanxi, “You. Go to the city and find the girl who sold me today. Tell her that her Shifu is tortured and will be sold to someone else tomorrow. And give emphasis on coming to the Queen of Flower Selection tomorrow to save me.”
Huanxi was dumbfounded when he heard the order. He couldn’t find any reason why the man in front of him, who had just become a new procurer, needed any saving.
But, he didn’t dare to ask any questions. He nodded swiftly and retreated.
Qin Wanwan was not hard to find. After all, the matter of today was quite big, and Qin Wanwan was born good-looking, even if she was disheveled and unkempt, someone could easily recognize her.
Huanxi went all the way to the location where Jian Xingzhi was sold and found clues about Qin Wanwan’s whereabouts.
After Qin Wanwan took the spirit stones, she went to buy clothes and opened a first-class room at the Inn.
When she was taking a bath, Qin Wanwan rubbed her body with soap with utmost seriousness and 38 sent out some advice, “Master, spare some time and go back to save Jian Zhiyan.”
“Save him? Me?” Qin Wanwan judged that 38 was out of his mind, “Rather than saving him, isn’t it the Fengya Pavilion that needs to be saved from him?”
“His bones are all broken, after all.”
“So what if his bones are all broken, doesn’t he still have his Iron Head kung fu?” Qin Wanwan gestured, “Have you forgotten how he bashed his head on my head when he was splayed on the ground? Anyway, it’s already this late, he should be able to move by now.”
Qin Wanwan cleansed the mud on her skin and thought of a thing. Before 38 could persuade her again, she already waved her hand, “Don’t bother, I will go to look for him later. In the previous life, Jian Zhiyan was fine, and he was a mortal. So Jian Xingzhi, a cultivator, won’t meet any mishaps. Moreover, that place is a brothel, they will at least wait for his bones to set before attempting anything. And when his bones are all good, believe me or not, he surely will demolish that place. So just chill out, he must be safe now.”
As Qin Wanwan spoke, she heard a knock on the door. She got dressed and opened the door. A young man in black was standing at the door.
Qin Wanwan was stunned and asked, “You are…?”
The young man was dazed at Qin Wanwan’s appearance. She had just taken a shower and her countenance was completely distant from the disheveled appearance during the day. The young man was shocked out of words.
Qin Wanwan coughed softly, “Gongzi…?”
“Ah, I’m here to deliver a message!” The young man recovered from his stupor and remembered the order given to him. He lowered his gaze and didn’t dare to take another look at Qin Wanwan, “I’m from Fengya Pavilion. Your Shifu has been tortured badly and he will be sold to someone tomorrow. He asked me to tell you that tomorrow night, the Queen of Flower Selection will be held and you must come to save him at that time.”
Qin Wanwan was doubtful, “My Shifu is tortured badly?”
“Yes,” the young man nodded and obeyed Jian Xingzhi’s instruction, “He is very miserable now.”
“What’s happened to him?” Qin Wanwan fished for more detail. The young man froze and frantically thought of the proper reason. Qin Wanwan continued to pursue the question, “He has broken bones all over his body. how else can he be tortured?”
“That’s… ” The young man sweated anxiously, “Regardless, he’s very miserable now and his chastity will be gone tomorrow! Please hurry up and save him!”
The young man didn’t say much. He turned around and escaped.
Qin Wanwan watched as the young man disappeared from her sight.
The system urged her, “Hurry up and save him! In this situation, the great Female Lead cannot retreat! Retreating will deduct your character points! In contrast, if you go to save him, you can earn points!”
“Hold up…” Qin Wanwan was not easily swayed, “Think again, if something really happens to Jian Xingzhi, with his temper, no one would be willing to tip the news for his sake.”
38：“……”
You really have a great understanding of him.
“Someone came to give me the news, so the odds are he is safe, the question is, why did he not come to me himself?”
Qin Wanwan analyzed, and 38 couldn’t follow her line of thoughts. Qin Wanwan lightly tapped the table with her finger, “There are only two possible situations. One, he is really safe, but due to certain reasons, he needs to take me over there, so this is likely related to his task. According to his System’s past habits, it basically wants him to cause trouble and let me solve it.”
Qin Wanwan pondered over the pattern of their interactions since they met and resumed, “This time, I guess he got into another trouble and they hope I can wipe his ass again. No. I won’t go!”
“Then…” 38 was curious, “What about the second situation?”
“Two, something really happened to him……”
Qin Wanwan muttered, then a hint of shock flashed on her face, “It… it’s unlikely, right?”
“But, what if?”
38 insisted on Qin Wanwan rescuing Jian Xingzhi, “What if something really happened to him? What would you do?”
“If something happened to Jian Xingzhi…” Qin Wanwan was afraid to think of that outcome, but still forced herself to imagine the situation. She came to the conclusion—
“It’s impossible for me to come to save him,” Qin Wanwan turned around and directly packed her things, “I’m way weaker than him, if he has an accident, going there to save him will be no different from offering myself in a silver platter for them to devour! Let’s hurry and escape from Guicheng overnight, maybe there’s another way for us to survive……”
“Isn’t this… not right?” 38 reacted, “Hold up! We still have a task here!”
“Preserving one’s life is above anything else. Let’s go out of the city first. If he is truly okay, he will contact us when his task is nearing the deadline. If he is not okay, we will escape as fast as we can.”
“But…” 38 hesitated, “What if Jian Xingzhi has one breath left, waiting for you to save him?”
Qin Wanwan’s movement froze.
“Let me think… ” Qin Wanwan put down the thing she was holding and slowly sat down, “You let me think about it first…”
And her thinking lasted for a day.
Jian Xingzhi closed the Fengya Pavilion. He couldn’t stand the demeanor of the people there. And, taking advantage of the Fengya Pavilion’s closure, he spent the morning gathering these people for training. By the afternoon, when the Fengya Pavilion reopened, it was already an utterly different style from before.
The young men were all straight in stature, with swords on their waists. Their hair was tied up with cloth straps, and their faces were not painted with makeup. Except for their red eyes, everything else looked like a typical martial arts school.
The young men of Fengya Pavilion never expected that after so many years of being gentle and soft, one day, they would suddenly have to pick up their swords and become wild men.
Even if the atmosphere of Fengya Pavilion changed, the Queen of Flower Selection should still be well prepared,
The Queen of Flower Selection was originally planned by Qingzhu, and Huanxi was the one responsible for managing everything. Now that Qingzhu was six feet under, Jian Xingzhi handed everything over to Huanxi and announced to the public that Qingzhu was ill.
The venue for the selection had been built, and as the afternoon sun began to set, guests arrived one after another. Huanxi was in charge of hospitality and Jian Xingzhi, as a contestant, was preparing for the competition in his room.
As he waited, he sent someone to investigate Qin Wanwan’s whereabouts.
On the matter of saving him or not, Qin Wanwan wasted a day.
On one hand, she felt that Jian Xingzhi deserved it. He wanted to practice his skills, so he destroyed her Ji Shan. He wanted to return to the Immortal Realm, so he forced her to cultivate. She was living a miserable life because of him. And even if all these things weren’t deliberate on his side, she didn’t have the obligation to go through life and death for him.
On the other hand, she remembered him and the way he cheerfully laughed. She knew he had a screw loose in his brain and never had any ill intention in his actions. His wrongdoing wasn’t enough for her to leave him to die.
Various contradictions converged in her heart, and she pondered over and over again. When night fell, her steps still took her to the Fengya Pavilion and she wandered around.
In fact, her reason was clear, in both cases, whether Jian Xingzhi controlled the Fengya Pavilion or Jian Xingzhi was tortured by the people of Fengya Pavilion, she shouldn’t have come here.
And even if the probability of Jian Xingzhi controlling the Fengya Pavilion was high, deep inside, she always had a vague unease in her heart. She was afraid that Jian Xingzhi might be really in trouble and hoped for her to rescue him. She dared not leave him behind.
But, for this “one breath left” of his, Qin Wanwan gambled on her own safety, and she discerned her decision this time was irrational and inappropriate.
So, here she was, standing at the entrance of Pavilion and circling around, unable to come up with a final decision.
Her appearance was too eye-catching, so she used Qianmian Mirror[2] to slightly tweak her face and uglify her appearance to only one-tenth of her appearance.
Despite that, she was still a beauty. Everyone couldn’t help but sneak a glance at her. Shortly after another circle, a waiter in black came up and spoke coldly, “Guniang, don’t circle around, go in,”
“I… I’m not circling around.” Qin Wanwan was like a thief caught by the police. Her nervousness peaked and she quickly explained, “I am just here to take a look, not because of anything else. I don’t even know the price you set, I’m afraid it’s too expensive for me.”
Qin Wanwan found a reasonable explanation for her behavior of circling the building: “Yes, I want to go in, but I’m afraid it’s too expensive. How much do you charge for the entrance fee?”
“10… 5 spirit stones.” The speaker changed his words mid-way when he recalled something and lowered the original price of 10 spirit stones by half. “It’s not expensive, so go in.”
“5 spirit stones, ” Qin Wanwan pretended to be calm.” It’s a bit expensive. I’ll think about it again. Don’t worry about me, Just leave me alone as I think about it again.”
Qin Wanwan waved her hand and walked away, her heart pounding with panic.
Does she really want to take a look inside? After she went inside, then what? Is it worth losing her life for Jian Xingzhi?
Qin Wanwan wavered at the door, meanwhile, Jian Xingzhi was in his room, letting the waiter dress him up. He listened coldly as the waiter reported, “Master, I have sent someone to inquire. The girl said the admission fee is a bit expensive so she will think about it again.”
The admission fee is a bit expensive.
Jian Xingzhi took a deep breath and forbore, “Find a reason and give her a free pass!”
The waiter hurriedly went to execute Jian Xingzhi’s command.
Qin Wanwan was still circling around when someone out of nowhere stuffed a piece of paper into her hand.
“Guniang,” The waiter who shoved the paper said with a straight face, “Tonight, we are holding an event at the Fengya Pavilion. You won a coupon and you can enter the building for free tonight.”
“Ah?”
Qin Wanwan held the coupon in her hand with a dumbfounded face, “Free of charge[3]?”
“That’s right,” The young man nodded, “The opportunity is not to be missed. So hurry up and go in.”
Once Qin Wanwan heard that, she raised her head and looked straight at Fengya Pavilion.
After a second, she quickly refused and stepped back, “No need, thank you, and goodbye.”
The waiter was left stupefied.
Qin Wanwan walked slowly at first, but soon sprinted directly into the alley and vanished in a blink of an eye!
Qin Wanwan runs extremely fast as if a serial killer was chasing after her. 38 asked out loud, “Host, it’s a free pass! What are you running for!”
“A pie does not fall from the sky! The entrance fee suddenly became free, it must be a scam!”
Qin Wanwan ran into the alley, “I have figured it out. There are indeed only two situations now. The first one is that the waiter was sent by Jian Xingzhi, so Jian Xingzhi must be intact and safe. And today, he wants to pit me again! The second one is that Jian Xingzhi was dealt with and they searched for me. They must have led me over here to deceive me. I can’t be fooled by this scheme. I will go out of the city and seek shelter now. I will prepare a memorial tablet for Jian Xingzhi when I come back, and give him good incense[4].”
When Qin Wanwan ran away, the waiter was perplexed. He went back to the backyard of Fengya Pavilion and anxiously reported to Jian Xingzhi, “Master, this is bad. She ran away!”
Jian Xingzhi’s breath became unsteady the moment the report fell.
“You said, all in all, she is my disciple. She will be worried and guilty in her heart for leaving me behind.”
Jian Xingzhi ground his teeth, extremely dissatisfied with her rebellious behavior.
666 lowered her head in shame, “I’m sorry, this Female Lead is a bit… beyond my imagination.”
“I see. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.”
Jian Xingzhi clenched his palm.
He slapped a bunch of talismans on the table and instructed Huanxi next to him, “Take this talisman and send everyone from the Fengya Pavilion to capture Gu Beicheng. Tonight, make sure she comes to this place.”
He couldn’t use spells on Qin Wanwan, but there was no written rule that his talisman couldn’t be used by others.
The young men instantly knelt down on one knee and shouted in response, “Understood, Master!”
Soon, the entire Fengya Pavilion took action and started chasing after Qin Wanwan with Jian Xingzhi’s talisman.
A group of young men, accompanied by guards, rode out on spirit beasts as if some killer organization had set their target.
Qin Wanwan went back to the inn to grab her bag. And the instant she stepped out of the inn, she was chased.
She skilfully fled into the alley while lecturing 38.
“I told you things are not as simple as they look! Look around, aren’t these people from the Fengya Pavilion? What ‘brothel’, they are obviously a killer organization!”
When she peeked back, a talisman hit her straight in the face.
Other talismans fell on her like rain, causing Qin Wanwan to freeze in place.
Huanxi led four young men to jump out of the darkness and bent over towards Qin Wanwan with a smile, saying, “Qin-xiaojie, you must visit Fengya Pavilion tonight.”
How come you people are so insistent on forcing a customer over!
Qin Wanwan wanted to cry out, but her voice had turned into a gibberish “wuwuwuwu”.
Huanxi made a gesture with his hand and the four waiters lifted Qin Wanwan and lifted her out of the valley.
Qin Wanwan was fixed by the talisman and couldn’t move at all. She was carried out in public under the curious eyes of the crowd.
Huanxi ignored their curious stares, and only bowed to the crowd, “Fengya Pavilion is picking up our distinguished guest. Excuse us for the commotion.”
Stop! She doesn’t want the news of her going to a brother to spread everywhere!
Qin Wanwan was brought all the way to the Fengya Pavilion by the waiters, and after being taken to the backyard, Qin Wanwan was made knelt on the ground.
She glanced left and right, but only saw men in black with swords on their waists, looking extremely solemn.
“‘I’m done for.” Qin Wanwan lowered her head in sorrow. “This place must be a killer organization. Jian Xingzhi was taken down by them, what the hell am I doing here?”
The more she thought about it, the more scared she became. She heard footsteps coming from behind and became nervous. Soon, she saw a pair of shoes embroidered with butterflies parked in front of her.
When Qin Wanwan saw these shoes, she raised her line of sight in amazement. And her line of sight crossed with the cold gaze of a man in a light purple, embroidered white orchid, and untied silky hair.
Qin Wanwan was momentarily stunned. She was awakened by Jian Xingzhi’s sneer.
“You sell me for fifty spirit stones. Not only you don’t want to rescue me, but you also want to run away. I thought, with our times together, with the way we experienced life and death together, we should have a deep feeling between master and disciple. I didn’t expect you to be so cold. Gu Beicheng,” Jian Xingzhi spoke through gritted teeth, “You’re so cruel!”
Qin Wanwan: “……”
Look, not long ago, hasn’t she said that this person is fine and doesn’t need her rescue? What he wants is to pit her again and make her wipe his ass.
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【Mini Theater·1】
The Day Before Yesterday: The Male Lead, in order to teach the Female Lead the Mind Method, shattered her ribs.
Yesterday: The Female Lead and the Male Lead begged on the street, and the Male Lead was sold to a brothel by the Female Lead.
Today: The Male Lead became the procurer of the brothel, and the Female Lead was forced to visit him in the brothel.
Summary: Life is never flat.
Some explanation:
The meme “Gu Beicheng, you are ruthless” comes from a sadomasochism literature, where the Male Lead Gu Beicheng is extremely cruel to the Female Lead, and then the Female Lead says “Gu Beicheng, you are so cruel.”
Our Female Lead Qin Wanwan falsely reported her name as “Gu Beicheng” as she is determined to treat Jian Xingzhi cruelly like Gu Beicheng did to his Female Lead!”
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Footnotes
[1] 花魁 – huākuí. The most popular courtesan, (The queen of flowers). ↵
[2] 千面 – previously translated as Thousand Faces. ↵
[3] Og sentence is “Isn’t this 白嫖?” In game circles, 白嫖 is a word for obtaining rare items/props for free (getting things for free). ↵
[4] One way to worship/honor the dead is to burn incense for them. ↵
Lei’s Corner
“Every problem that can be solved with violence is not a problem,” -Jian Xingzhi, probably.
TLDR from my other Notes, last April, my friend got into the ER because of a kidney problem and I honestly couldn’t spare time for other things for a while.
Stay healthy, everyone. Remember to check on a doctor if you feel unwell before something become irreversible.
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Words count (excluding title, footnotes, TL’s corner): 5641
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Thanks for the chapter!!!!!
Welcomeee back!!! Hopefully everything get better with your friend now.
This chapter always funny, can’t wait for the part when everyone think Jian Xingzi is dead hahaha.