Chapter 22 Past

The next day, Qi Sui had a worried look on her face. She was absent-minded when feeding Changsheng with fodder, and Changsheng didn't get to eat it several times. After hearing it moo a few times, Qi Sui came back to her senses and found that the grass was scattered all over the ground. She squatted down, picked it up, shook it a few times, and continued to feed hum: "Don't despise it, it's still edible."

Changsheng couldn't speak, so the system said it for him: "Okay, okay, let's do it this way, okay?"

Qi Sui curled her lips: "Then I'll give it to you?"

System: "I won't eat it, give it to Changsheng."

Changsheng mooed a few more times, but still ate it obediently.

System: "Host, you are a little strange today."

Qi Sui did not deny it and said, "I was wondering why Miss Yun agreed to me again yesterday?"

"Isn't that just what you want?"

"That being said, I am worried that she'll do something that's not good for her."

The system said sarcastically: "Are you distressed?"

Qi Sui said: "She has no choice, I am just worried. Besides, Qi Cheng is not dangerous, just a few words of coaxing will can make him fall."

According to the original owner's memory, she bullied Qi Cheng a lot when she was a child, and just a few words would make him cry and complain to others.

"But I always feel uneasy. Is it because things are going too smoothly?" Qi Sui clapped her hands and looked into the distance. After Changsheng had eaten his fill, he followed her to Yanchunlou. The madam looked at the cart full of vegetables and fresh fruits and said with a smile, "Young lady, you are so thoughtful. The guests are really enjoying the food now."

Qi Sui accepted the heavy Silver, thinking that it's worthy of being a brothel, they were generous with their money.

She asked again, "Is Miss Yun feeling better?"

"She has taken a few bowls of medicine and her complexion is much better. The cooks also cooked porridge for her according to your instructions. She eats a lot, so she will get better quickly." The madam gave her a bowl of Tea and continued: "She can receive guests tonight."

Qi Sui felt surprised, "How could madam be willing to let her suffer?"

The madam wfelt stunned and said: "It wasn't me, she brought it up herself."

Qi Sui understood seven or eight things in her heart. After putting down the bowl, she said to the madam, "Please tell Miss Yun that she should put herself first and not be stubborn."

The madam looked at her suspiciously, then seemed to understand something, "Young lady, You are very attentive to my Yunchan."

Qi Sui didn't dare to say more, just said that she would come back another day, and left in a hurry.

After hearing what the madam said, Yun Chan slightly bent her slender eyebrows and asked softly, "Did she really say that?"

The madam gently brushed her face, "Of course, why would I coax you?"

She raised her head, hiding the emotion in her eyes, and said, "Madam, if I want to leave one day, will you let me go?"

The madam felt stunned, "Silly girl, if you want to leave, can I still tie you up?"

Only then did she realize that Yun Chan was already twenty years old. Even the most beautiful flowers will wither one day, and Yun Chan should have left long ago. It was just because the top prostitute in the building was redeemed by a nobleman a few years ago so the madam was afraid that business would become difficult, so she pushed her to the top prostitute position.

She touched Yunchan's face and recalled the past, "When you were six years old, you came to the building alone and begged me to give you food. More than ten years have passed. I treat you as my daughter from the bottom of my heart." Looking at her eyebrows , and then said: "I have found several girls in the past few years. Now the business in the building is still going well. You don't have to force it."

Yunchan suppressed the sourness in her nose and said in a muffled voice: "Thank you, mother, for taking me in." She was originally born in a stable family. When she was six years old, there was a famine in the village. Many families sold their children for food. Because she was beautiful, a rich family wanted to buy her as a child bride. Her father was desperate and her mother couldn't protect her, so she could only let her escape.

She would stop to rest when she was tired. At that time, she was so hungry that she was exhausted and her face was dirty, so she could only collapse at the door of the brothel. The madam was startled when she opened the door, so she woke her up and gave her some hot food.

"Child, why are you here? Where is your home? I'll ask someone to take you back." The madam washed her face with hot water. Yunchan wolfed down the food, but she did not forget to answer: "There is no food at home, and I am the only one left." The madam looked at her with pity, her thin body seemed to be blown away by the wind, and asked her: " What are you going to do in the future?"

Yun Chan knelt on the ground, raised her head, and said, "Please have mercy on me and give me some food."

The madam was shocked and said, "Silly child, do you think this is Anjifang?"

Yun Chan looked at the crowd watching from upstairs. The girls were all beautiful and not like those from ordinary families, but she still insisted: "I am willing to serve like the sisters, please take me in."

Just when the madam was in a dilemma, the top prostitute leaned against the railing with a distracted look, "I'm short of a maid to serve tea and water here, madam, please agree"

Yunchan and the top Prostetute exchanged glances, but the top performer only glanced at her and left. So the madam kept her, and at the age of fourteen, she became the new top prostitute in Yanchunlou, with the name Yunchan.

Qi Cheng lost money again. Moreover, Qi Changsheng sent people to follow him secretly every day since he knew that he was hanging around in the gambling house. He wanted to see Yun Chan again, but the timing was wrong, so he had to stay in the academy.

"I heard that Miss Yun from Yanchun Tower will pick a guest tonight and play the guzheng for him alone."

"She is the top star. I'm afraid that the people who go to see her are not as good as you and me. it's better to study with peace of mind."

"This is wrong, Miss yun is untainted by the mud and regards money as something outside of her body. i once.." The person who was speaking suddenly stopped, with an intriguing look on his face. The people around him started to make a noise and asked him to speak quickly.

Qi Cheng stood up angrily and glared at him: "You are dreaming. How could Miss Yun have anything to do with you?"

The man felt dissatisfied: "Could it be that she likes you?"

"better than you." Qi Cheng snorted coldly.

Because most of the students in the academy had been bribed by him, they did not dare to join in at this moment.

At night, Qi Cheng asked the servant to cover for him while he secretly went out through the back door. There was a lively scene in Yanchun Tower. The madam was greeting guests everywhere, fearing that she would neglect the guests. They all came for Yunchan and were extremely generous in her treatment.

"Madam, why is Miss Yun keeping this secret?" the drinkers shouted to the madam.

The guests around also asked, and the madam covered her mouth and laughed: "How can I keep it a secret? I'm just playing around. Gentlemen, just take it as a joke."

A group of old men stared at the madam's waist with greasy eyes, holding their wine glasses. "That's right, Miss Yun is twenty this year, it's time to find someone to redeem her as soon as possible, so that the madam won't worry."

The madam didn't show any emotion, coaxed them to finish drinking, turned around with a slightly cold face, and spat in a low voice.

In the private room on the second floor, Ying'er was helping Yunchan with her makeup. She looked lonely in the bronze mirror .

Yunchan looked at her face and said, "Ying'er, do you think I look down on myself?"

Ying'er looked at her in surprise: "No, how could I..."

Yunchan held her hand and smiled: "That means you think I'm bewildered."

Ying'er said nothing, but gently put the pearl hairpin on her.

"You think Qi Cheng is not good?"

Ying'er said disdainfully, "How can he be worthy of you? I really don't understand why Sister Yun wants him?"

Today, Yunchan asked the madam to spread the news that she would reserve a guest tonight and play the guzheng for him. and this news was to attract Qi Chen. When Ying'er got to know about it, she was puzzled.

"He is very important." Yunchan said this simply. Ying'er paused and felt a little sad in the corner of her eyes. "Sister Yun, how can you believe his sweet words?"

Yunchan saw that she was about to cry, so she didn't tease her anymore, she coaxed her softly, "I was just joking with you, why are you feeling aggrieved?"

Ying'er ignored her and just put a flower ornament on her forehead. After putting on makeup, Yunchan looked even more charming. The servant outside the house said, "Miss Yun, madam said that the person have arrived."

When Qi Cheng just arrived at Yanchun Tower, the madam passed the lottery box to him, with a smile on her face, "The master came late, and there is only one stick left" then she said in a voice that they could only hear, "Yunchan has been waiting for you for a long time."

Qi Cheng immediately understood and turned over the bamboo stick. There was a message on it, "heaven will not let down lovers." He said to the madam, then took out a silver ingot from his purse, the madam took it and said with a smile, "take this gentleman to the second floor."

Yunchan sent Ying'er away and replaced the incense in the incense burner with orchid fragrance. Wisps of white smoke rose up and she blew gently, and it disappeared in an instant.

At this time the door opened.