Shengjing Noble

Chapter 443: Sticking to the rules

Xing Yue sighed helplessly, "This is not the first time he has bullied men and women. Before, I was in a brothel and the man behind me was the prince, so he naturally didn't dare to touch me. Later, I don't know why, the brothel declined, so he sold me to Fengyue Tower."

"People like us are like duckweed. We will land wherever we drift to. We will never have a real place to stay."

When she talked about her sadness, she couldn't help wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but she pretended to be strong and forced a smile.

"I made you laugh."

Su Lanyin comforted him, "How could we laugh at you? Don't be sad. Since you have nowhere to go now, why not stay here? With my third brother here, I guarantee that no one can take you away by force."

"How can I do this?" Xing Yue quickly shook her head, "I am a hot potato now. Staying here will only cause trouble for you."

"What do you mean by implicate or not? I was the one who insisted on rescuing you. Since I'm in charge, I have to do it to the end. How can I throw you out halfway?"

"Miss Su, Xingyue is grateful for your life-saving grace, but the Fifth Prince is a man who will do anything to achieve his goals. If I harm you in the future, I will not be able to escape this guilt even if I die. Please let me go. As for what I will do next, I will leave it to fate."

Having said that, Xingyue turned around and was about to walk out.

Su Lanyin knew that she was not just leaving everything to fate, she was just going out to die.

She beat up Fu Mingli's people today, and with that kid's vengeful character, he will definitely not let it go.

But the Lu family behind her is exactly the help that the emperor values, and her two brothers are the top scholars in both civil and military affairs.

Fu Mingli didn't dare to cause trouble for her at this time, so he would put all the hatred on Xingyue.

By then, I'm afraid she will be tortured even more severely.

Thinking of this, Su Lanyin strode forward and blocked the door.

"Sister Xingyue, if you go out now, you will be sending yourself to death."

Xing Yue smiled calmly and said, "I am not afraid of death, because there is no one in this world that I care about. I am alive only because I don't have the courage to die. I am afraid that I will not be able to face my parents after I die, and I am afraid that they will blame me for not living a good life. So, please let me die on my own."

"Don't think like that. Since your parents want you to live well, you must fulfill their wishes. If you die like this, wouldn't that make the bad guys happy?"

"But I have no other choice..."

"Yes, I have a way!"

Hearing her say this, Xingyue's eyes sparkled and she asked curiously, "What do you have in mind?"

"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I'll make sure nothing happens to you."

After saying that, Su Lanyin took her back to Zuixianlou.

Su Shengming placed the tea on the table and consoled her: "Drink some water first. Miss Xingyue, don't worry. My sister is very smart and will definitely help you solve the problem."

"But, will it be too much trouble for you?"

Xingyue doesn't want to owe anyone anything, and is even more afraid of causing harm to others, so she is very cautious.

Su Lanyin took a sip of water and continued, "Since you find it troublesome, why don't you do me a favor? How about we exchange values?"

"How do you exchange?"

"I will redeem you, and you can perform on stage in my Zuixianlou. What do you think?"

"This... this is what I want, but... but my worth..."

Xingyue looked worried. After all, she had always been the most famous singer in Shengjing, so her value was the highest among all the girls.

This is also the reason why she has not been able to redeem herself for so many years.

I originally thought that by relying on my talent to climb to the top, I would make a lot of money, redeem myself as soon as possible, and find a place to live in seclusion.

However, she didn't expect that the proprietress of the flower boat was a heartless and unscrupulous businessman. Not only did she raise the price of redemption, she also added interest to it and required her to pay the interest every month, otherwise the interest would be compounded.

Over the years, her savings were almost completely embezzled by the owner of the brothel, who then sold her to Fengyue Tower for another fortune.

The owner of Fengyue Tower spent thousands of taels of silver to get her indenture. If Su Lanyin wanted to redeem her, he would have to pay at least three times the amount according to the rules.

"Your worth is not a problem, don't worry, I will take care of this matter."

"But... according to the rules, you have to pay at least three times the price. I'm not worthy of you doing that, and I can't afford to pay you back..." Xingyue felt very ashamed. How could she let her benefactor spend more money on her?

She was just a lowly actress who didn't deserve to live. Why should Su Lanyin be so nice to her?

Su Shengming frowned and said, "Miss Xingyue, the thing our family has the most is money. What's more, my sister Ayin has never been a person who sticks to the rules."

"This..." Xingyue looked at Su Lanyin, but saw her smiling and nodding.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this matter. Just stay here and compose a few new songs in advance so that we can wow everyone when we reopen Zuixianlou."

"Reopen?" Su Shengming looked surprised.

"correct."

“When was the decision made?”

"just."

"what?"

Su Lanyin smiled and said, "Since Chunfenglou next door wants to fight us to the end, then I will naturally accompany them. Aren't they opening a new store? Then we will reopen it."

"How do you open?"

"I don't want to move other places for now, but the stage must be bigger and brighter, so that it is worthy of our world's number one singer."

"That makes sense. When does it start? I can contact the workers."

"today!"

Su Lanyin turned to the waiters and said, "Close the door. We will not receive any guests for this month. Boss, write a sign and hang it on the door in large font."

Shopkeeper Qian asked in confusion: "Miss, what should we write?"

"Just write..." Su Lanyin touched her chin and thought for a while, then said, "Zuixianlou has been completely upgraded, so stay tuned!"

In her previous life, when Su Lanxin was decorating Zuixianlou, she wrote these words at the door, which really whetted everyone's appetite.

No one is not curious about what this Zuixianlou can be upgraded to.

……

Fengyue Tower.

In the evening, Su Lanyin came to Fengyue Tower again, still dressed as she did during the day. When the guys saw her, they avoided her as if she were the plague god.

Su Lanyin grabbed a waiter and asked, "Where is your boss?"

The young man kept shaking his head and refused to speak.

She didn't get angry, she took out a thick stack of banknotes from her bosom, and said with a smile: "Tell him I'm here to give him money."

The young man hesitated for a moment, but as money was his nature, he could not resist the temptation of money, so he immediately turned around and went to find the shopkeeper.

Shopkeeper Li is the operator of Fengyue Tower, but the real owner is someone else.

In the room, Butler Li bowed and said, "I wonder why you are here, young master?"

Su Lanyin got straight to the point: "I want Miss Xingyue's indenture contract."