Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The old man on the cart finally reached Tai City at noon.
Whilst on road, he asked around about something, then headed straight to the most luxurious, most lively area in Tai City and found a brothel with five floors called “Merry”.
He parked the cart by the roadside, then carried a disheveled Chu Qingchuan into the brothel.
Inside, the boss lady of Merry had a fat, round face and a slight smirk on her lips that made her look sharp-tongues and mean. She wore pink, beaded flowers in her hair which held tassels made of pink pearls. She wore a pink dress and stood suggestively with an extremely obvious, protruding belly.
She was in the middle of welcoming guests when she saw the old man walk in and immediately walked over to block his path. She took a glance at Chu Qingchuan and smirked. “Damn old man, did you come here to sell someone to me?”
The old man immediately smiled and nodded. “Boss lady, take a look at this young lady. How much would you pay for her?” He asked with a cheerful look upon his skinny, dark face.
The boss lady swept a glance at the disheveled Chu Qingchuan. Although she looked deathly white, she had extremely beautiful facial features, naturally arched eyebrows and a skinny, sharp face shape. Besides the several minor scrapes, there were no other flaws. The boss lady’s gaze fell upon her incredibly fair neck, her decent-sized bosoms, and her flat stomach. She had no flab, her height wasn’t too bad. She would be considered top quality.
Just then, she reached her hand out to grab one of Chu Qingchuan’s limp hands to take a look. The boss lady’s facial expression suddenly fell. This young lady’s hands were unbelievably soft and silky. She had no calluses. Also, she could tell with just one glance that her fingernails were recently cared for, as they were neither long nor short.
After she examined them, her eyes shot up at the old man and scoffed. “Damn old man, we don’t accept girls from unknown backgrounds. Don’t you tell me that she’s your daughter. Nobody in hell would believe that!”
The old man knew that this might happen, and so he wore a kind smile and calm look on his face. Then, he told the story that he whipped up whilst on road. “This girl’s name is Huangyue. She’s my younger brother’s daughter. My brother’s business in Tai City used to be very good, but some things happened and he was sent to prison. My brother didn’t stay in prison for more than two years when he passed away from illness. My sister-in-law cried every day, and after my brother died, she passed away not too long after and this little baby was left all alone. However, Huangyue lived a lavish lifestyle, and so she didn’t know how to do anything when she came to the countryside. She didn’t even know how to hold up a hose. She’s really useless. Seeing as Huangyue doesn’t look back, I figured that I couldn’t fetch a few taels for her to head back and raise my hopeless sons.”
In his mind, the old man said, “His younger brother and sister-in-law are actually dead, and they did have a daughter. However, their daughter is about fifty years old now.”
However, he asked around about her a while ago. Merry was very strict about ***. No matter who the girl was, once they joined Merry, they could forget about ever taking a step outside unless someone wanted to buy them. For this reason, very few girls were willing to be sold to Merry. But because Merry paid very well, quite a few girls were sold off there.
The boss lady understood the old man’s story but still didn’t believe him. With that old man’s looks, how could he possibly have such a pretty niece?
The boss lady glanced at the old man in annoyance, and stared at Chu Qingchuan for a moment. In the end, she couldn’t fight the temptation of money. After some thought, she decided to buy Chu Qingchuan.
Whatever. Riches never come easily. Even if this girl were a princess, she had to buy her. Worse comes to worst, she would watch over her more strictly and not let her show her face. She believed that Chu Qingchuan could seduce a bunch of men with just half her face revealed.
With that thought, the boss lady smirked sinisterly and said, “Xiao Lu, take this girl to Madam Wang to take a look at.”
“Yess, mama,” said the revealing maid behind the boss lady, politely and with a smile.
Just then, two girls with heavy, colorful make up supported Chu Qingchuan over to the rear courtyard of Merry for a routine inspection.