The building was crowded, with only an empty seat in the farthest corner. She quickly walked to the table, ordered a pot of tea, and prepared to enjoy the show.
It was the first time in many years she had come to this place to enjoy singing and dancing, and she felt it was worth the trip.
Singing, dancing, guzheng, pipa – all sorts of performances were available, truly living up to its reputation as the most popular brothel in Qimu Town.
She also saw Zisu's performance. He was performing a dance, and at this moment, he was like a different person compared to when he was at the medical clinic. As expected of the top performer, not only was his dance beautiful, but he also hid his emotions extremely well.
When it was all over, she hadn't seen Muxiang. Gu Yitong stood up in confusion. The crowd had dispersed, and most people had already left.
Zisu saw Gu Yitong still there and walked over through the crowd.
"Didn't Muxiang perform here?" Gu Yitong asked, confused.
"Muxiang? He finished his performance a while ago, right when you were taking me back."
"Did he have no other performances after that? Just this one?"
"Of course not. We only get one chance to showcase ourselves per performance. Do you need something from Muxiang? Shall I call him out?"
Gu Yitong was stunned, then shook her head. "No need. It wasn't anything important. I'm leaving, and you should go back too."
"Oh, right, don't forget to come to our clinic in seven days to change your father's dressing," she said, returning to the doorway to remind him again, unable to rest easy.
She and Doctor Lu were truly good people.
"Zisu, Muxiang?" They were both names of medicinal ingredients. Could it be that all the men in their establishment were named in order of medicinal herbs? It was indeed strange, as it was rare for men in a brothel to have such names.
Especially the one named Muxiang, why had he lied to her? She wouldn't pester him like those other women.
When she was young, she had a poor stomach and had taken many remedies like "Ginger Muxiang Decoction" and "Muxiang Regulating Pills." She never expected to be able to save Muxiang today. Could it be that she and the name Muxiang were destined to be so connected in this life?
She would definitely ask him properly when she saw him again, why he had lied to her today.
As for how he knew her name, well, that was also a question.
The next morning, as soon as Lu Yu arrived at the clinic, she saw Gu Yitong sitting at the table, staring into the distance.
She waved her hand in front of Gu Yitong's face. Hmm... it didn't work.
"What are you thinking about?" Kànshū Lè.
"When did you get here? You startled me." Gu Yitong patted her chest to calm herself and glared at Lu Yu.
"I've been here for a while. When I arrived, I saw you spacing out. More people have arrived outside, let them in."
Today, more people had come than yesterday's remaining customers. Perhaps word had spread from yesterday, but they had arrived quite early today. By noon, most of them had been seen.
"Someone! Smash this shop for me!"
As the two were chatting inside, they suddenly heard a loud shout from outside the clinic. Gu Yitong's heart sank, and her expression changed. She was too familiar with this voice; it was the town mayor's daughter from last night. She suspected her lie from yesterday had been discovered.
Lu Yu saw Gu Yitong's changed expression and realized something was wrong. The people were likely targeting them. She leaned closer to Gu Yitong and asked, "Did you provoke them?"
"It was last night. Sigh, it's hard to explain in a moment. Hurry up and go see!"
The few steps from the room to the hall were enough for the tables and chairs in the hall to be overturned. Seeing them about to scatter the medicinal herbs, Gu Yitong quickly ran to stop them. "No, no, no! Miss Sun, let's talk properly. I still rely on this small clinic to make a living. Please don't smash it. Let's talk, talk properly."
"You dare to trick me, Miss? Do you think I wouldn't dare to smash your clinic?"
"You dare! Of course, you dare. If you really did it, we would be helpless, wouldn't we?" Lu Yu chimed in, giving Gu Yitong a look. Gu Yitong understood and rushed out the door, crying out to the passersby outside.
"We just opened this clinic two days ago, and the free services for these two days were to thank everyone for their support. But today, someone wants to ruin our business!"
Many people in town had received treatment from Lu Yu in the past two days. Someone stepped forward to speak up for them.
"Even if I don't know the town mayor, your actions today will spread throughout the town within half a day. Do you really intend to do this?" Gu Yitong turned back, regaining her usual calm demeanor, and spoke slowly, fanning herself.
"If someone with ulterior motives seizes this opportunity, even if your mother can maintain her official position, she will be accused of poor discipline and her daughter committing violence," Lu Yu added, following Gu Yitong's lead.
Sun Fan saw that the crowd outside was growing and began to waver, but she couldn't swallow her pride. She glared fiercely at Gu Yitong.
Her mother had been managing her more and more strictly these days, saying that some subordinates wanted to harm her and replace her. But she couldn't see it. She was always suspicious and jumpy, not at all like a town mayor. Her own daughter also had no special privileges and had to be afraid of everything.
Sun Fan's anger intensified. "Smash all of this!"
"Miss, perhaps we should go back." Her subordinates also dared not continue smashing. They usually did bad deeds under the cover of night. Doing something so openly, in front of so many people, they truly dared not act. If it weren't for the young lady forcing them, they wouldn't have come.
With so many people outside, the town mayor would surely not forgive them.
"You useless wretches!" Seeing that they had no intention of continuing, Sun Fan kicked one of her subordinates to the ground.
"You wait for me!" She left in a huff, casting a harsh threat. She vowed to get revenge one day.
Lu Yu was tidying up the tables and chairs nearby and asked curiously, "How did you provoke her?"
"Yesterday, when I was taking Zisu back, I happened to save a man she was bullying. So, today she came back for revenge."
Fortunately, these medicinal herbs were not ruined, otherwise, it would have cost a lot more money.
"Hey, I'll take you to Yuman Tower to broaden your horizons on your day off. The singing and dancing, the postures, they are simply indescribable."
"I'm not going. I'm married, and my husband would get jealous if I went to a place like that." Lu Yu didn't want to go and used Shen Xuan as a shield.
"This is a brothel, not a brothel of that kind. We're just going to enjoy singing and dancing. Brother-in-law shouldn't be angry, right? Hmm? Sister..." Gu Yitong winked at her, leaning against her as if intimately.
The way she said "sister" had several inflections, and her tone was so seductive that it gave goosebumps.
"Hiss!" Lu Yu shivered and quickly retreated. "Speak properly." WΑp.kanshu伍.net
"If it's really not possible, I'll keep it a secret from your brother-in-law for you, and we'll go secretly."
"No, no, no, you go ahead. I'm not interested in this kind of thing." It was a joke. With this time, she'd rather spend it making money and improving her relationship with her husband. Where would she have time to enjoy singing and dancing?