The proprietress nodded. "You're right, you're right. Fuliu is so thoughtful. With someone protecting you, I feel much more at ease."
"Alright, alright, I'm going back to rest."
Su Fuliu shrugged; all this back and forth was exhausting.
Back in his room, he lay down again and ate the grapes he hadn't finished.
Qin Shi stood to the side, his arms crossed in front of his chest, looking down at the carefree man, "You're having a pretty good time as the top courtesan."
He spat out a few grape seeds and said, "Of course, you don't have to think about anything, just chat with the guests and have some fun."
Qin Shi frowned. "Have some fun?"
"Well, the guests come here to have fun, so naturally I have to make them happy. When the guests are happy, the money will flow in like water."
Qin Shi's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. "You have to have sex with every guest who comes?"
"Cough!" Su Fuliu almost choked to death on the grapes.
He spat out the grape, sat up straight, and glared at Qin Shi. "What do you take me for?!"
"Top star".
"..." Su Fuliu choked for a moment, then said, "Yes, that's right, I'm the top courtesan. And it's precisely because I'm the top courtesan that I'm different from the other courtesans in our Forget-Worry Pavilion. I have principles!"
Qin Shi suddenly lowered his hand and leaned close to him...
Chapter 7 The Rock
Su Fuliu stared wide-eyed at Qin Shi, who was almost pressed against her face, and couldn't help but swallow hard.
Qin Shi said, "Your principles? Since you don't know how to serve those women, do you perhaps prefer serving men?"
Su Fuliu leaned back to keep her distance from him, "You, if you want to say something, just say it. Why are you standing so close!"
"Heh." Qin Shi chuckled, then stood up. "You blush like a girl!"
"You!" Su Fuliu pointed at him, so angry that she couldn't speak for a long time.
Qin Shi, however, acted as if nothing had happened, and once again crossed his arms in front of his chest and stood to the side.
After a while, the proprietress came again. "Oh my, Fu Liu, a big customer has arrived. He specifically asked for you to keep him company!"
Su Fuliu calmed down and smiled at the proprietress, "Really? Then please ask that big customer to wait a moment, I'll tidy it up and be right back."
"Okay, sure."
Su Fuliu got up and walked to the prism mirror, turned her head left and right, and glanced at herself. Then she looked at her clothes, which were still neat.
"Well, I'm going to see my rich patron now, so you don't need to come with me." He said this to Qin Shi and then turned and left.
But if Su Fuliu says he can't go, does that mean Qin Shi won't go? He's the dignified Pavilion Master of Xuanyuan Pavilion; when has anyone ever been able to restrict him?
Su Fuliu swayed as she entered a private room, where she saw a fat, greasy woman eating meat and drinking wine in large gulps.
He was stunned for a moment, and then he saw the woman swallow the meat in her mouth, then her eyes flashed with golden light, and she casually wiped her greasy mouth. "Young Master Su is here. Come, come, come and sit down here."
The woman patted the cushion next to her, gesturing for Su Fuliu to sit down beside her.
Su Fuliu swallowed hard, inwardly lamenting what kind of big customer the landlady had found for him!
"No, no need." Su Fuliu was really afraid that if he sat down, that woman would swallow him whole.
So he sat down opposite her and asked, "I wonder if this young lady has chosen Fu Liu to sing you a song or play a piece on the zither?"
The woman was very proactive; if Su Fuliu didn't sit down, she would sit down herself.
"Tonight, I don't want you to sing or play the zither, I just want you to keep me company." The woman pounced on me like a bear.
In the past, Su Fuliu had been teased by dishonest women, but he had never seen a woman as reckless as the one he saw today.
Moreover, this woman was as heavy as a bear; after she pounced on him, she clung to him and refused to get off.
He tried to push her, but he couldn't budge her. The woman was like a boulder pressing down on him, almost crushing him.
The woman stared at him with her mouth slightly agape, as if she were looking at a delicious meal, then gave a silly smile, "Young Master Su, you are truly handsome. I have never seen such a handsome man before."
"My father is a nouveau riche with plenty of money. Why don't you come with me, Young Master Su? I'll help you redeem yourself and let you reform."
Su Fuliu almost spat out a mouthful of blood. "This, this young lady, please come down first."
He simply couldn't bear the weight.
Unexpectedly, the woman twisted her body and began to whine, "I don't want to! I want to lie on top of you like this, and then... hehehe..."
When Su Fuliu heard those "hehehe" sounds, his mind went blank. What was going on? After working in this industry for so long, he had finally run into a woman who was trying to force herself on him?
No!
He tried again, wanting to push the woman down, but she remained as still as a rock.
The woman blushed. "Is Young Master Su already in such a hurry?"
After hearing this, Su Fuliu was so frightened that she quickly withdrew her hand and dared not push the woman anymore.
Is he in a hurry?!
"Young Master Su~" The woman suddenly closed her eyes, pouted her greasy lips, and kissed him...
Chapter 8 One Life for Another
Su Fuliu was going crazy! What was going on?!
He was filled with deep regret, wishing he hadn't let Qin Shi come along. If Qin Shi had, he could have simply shouted and Qin Shi would have kicked the woman away.
"Qin Shi!" Su Fuliu closed her eyes tightly, turned her head away, and shouted Qin Shi's name with all her might.
Suddenly, he felt a lightness on his body. He quickly opened his eyes and saw a huge creature fly off him and out the window...
Finally, a loud, muffled thud was heard.
He hurriedly got up and ran to the window to look out, only to see that the woman who had tried to take advantage of him was now a pile of minced meat.
Oh no, someone's dead!
He was both anxious and annoyed. How could Qin Shi be so reckless in his attacks!
Just as Su Fuliu was about to turn around and question Qin Shi about what to do, Qin Shi had already walked up behind him without him noticing. When he turned around, he bumped directly into Qin Shi's arms.
And the mouth that was about to curse met Qin Shi's mouth perfectly.
He felt a buzzing in his head, and all his thoughts went blank.
Qin Shi also slightly widened his eyes, and that strange feeling instantly filled his heart.
Su Fuliu tried to retreat in a panic, but Qin Shi stopped her in time.
"Huh!" His eyes widened in disbelief; he simply couldn't believe it!
He said that Qin Shi had ulterior motives. Someone who could be hired for three thousand taels of gold was actually won over with only a hundred taels of gold. He never expected that Qin Shi would be such a lecher!
No, it should be said that he was also a lecherous man with homosexual tendencies!
After a long while, Qin Shi finally released Su Fuliu.
"You, you shameless scoundrel! I don't need your protection anymore! How dare you humiliate me like this! I, Su Fuliu, would rather be killed by those people than have your protection!"
"Really? If it weren't for me just now, you would have lost your innocence."
Su Fuliu's chest heaved violently; she was truly both ashamed and furious.
"How dare you say that? Now that someone has died, you're not saving me, you're killing me! Get out of here, I never want to see you again!"
Su Fuliu pointed to the door; he didn't want to see this man again for even a moment longer.
He never imagined that his first kiss would not be given to the woman he would love later, but to this man in front of him whom he didn't even know what he looked like!
Qin Shi raised an eyebrow but said nothing. After turning around, he truly left.
After Qin Shi left, Su Fuliu collapsed like a deflated balloon. Now that someone has died, will he be imprisoned and then executed at a later date?
Good heavens, no matter how much he ran, he couldn't escape his fate of dying.
The landlady came running over, yelling, "Oh my goodness! I asked you to serve someone, and you ended up killing them! Now we're doomed, completely doomed!"
Su Fuliu was terrified. Although he hadn't killed the woman, she had died because of him. Now that Qin Shi was gone, the only person the officials wanted to arrest was him, Su Fuliu.
What should he do? Flee? Or confess his crimes?
At this moment, a man who looked like a yamen runner arrived. "Someone fell to their death below the Forget-Worry Pavilion. Do you know who the murderer is? I inquired about it when I came. The woman was a patron of Su Fuliu, the top courtesan of the Forget-Worry Pavilion. Where is Su Fuliu?"
Su Fuliu trembled all over, "I'm here."
"It's you. Then come with me back to the yamen."
Su Fuliu bit his lip; it was too late for him to escape now.
He had no choice but to follow the constable out of the Forget-Worry Tower. He glanced at the woman who had fallen and was covered in blood, and his heart trembled. He was afraid that this time he would have to trade his life for hers.
Just as he was feeling disheartened, a familiar voice rang out from the crowd...
Chapter 9 has changed its flavor.
"Who dares to take my people away?" It was Feng Muting, who walked out from the crowd with an imposing air, dressed in a python robe.
Upon seeing Feng Muting, the constable immediately bowed and said, "This humble servant greets Your Highness."
"Hmm, what crime has my man committed that you want to take him back to the yamen?" Feng Muting asked Su Fuliu.
"This man is probably connected to the death of the woman on the ground," the constable said, bowing.
When Su Fuliu saw Feng Muting, it was as if he had seen a savior. He ran over and grabbed Feng Muting's sleeve, "Your Highness, please save me, I'm innocent!"
As long as he could live, Su Fuliu didn't care anymore; after all, he hadn't killed this woman in the first place.
Feng Muting looked at Su Fuliu and said, "I haven't even settled accounts with you for running away from the manor, and you still have the nerve to come to me for help?"
Su Fuliu choked. He, he ran away from the manor because of this!
Seeing that he did not speak, Feng Muting turned to the yamen runner and said, "This Su Fuliu is a person from my manor. My people never do murder or arson. I'm afraid there is someone else involved."
When Feng Muting spoke, the constable naturally dared not refute him. "Yes, yes, the prince's men would not do such a thing. Then I will return this person to the prince and go to search for the suspect again."