"Mmmm..."
i Ying slowly opened her eyes, feeling a little drowsy from sleeping more than she normally got to sleep.
The first thing she noticed when she woke up was that i Xing had disappeared from her side.
i Ying thought that i Xing had already gone to work, but then she noticed the small figure sitting by the window.
Once her vision cleared, to her surprise, it was i Xing, and she appeared to be fully indulged with the scroll in her hands.
"i Xing...?" i Ying subconsciously called out to her.
However, i Xing didn’t respond, almost as though she didn’t hear her na being called at all.
i Ying then slowly got out of the bed and walked to stand behind her.
’Is that the cultivation technique she got from the Manager? How long has she been studying it?’ i Ying wondered to herself.
This is the first ti that she has seen i Xing being so absorbed in sothing before.
’She really wants to beco a cultivator, huh?’
i Ying then recalled what Su Yang told her yesterday.
"Haaa..." She couldn’t help but release a stressed sigh after rembering everything.
"Hm? Mother? Good morning."
i Xing finally noticed her mother’s presence, and she stopped reading the cultivating technique.
"i Xing, how long have you been studying that cultivation technique?" i Ying decided to ask her.
"Ever since you went to sleep," she responded honestly.
"W-What? You stayed up all night?" i Ying stared at her daughter with wide eyes.
This is also i Xing’s first ti experiencing a sleepless night, as she would normally fall asleep before her mother due to her work.
"Yes."
"Are you going to be okay for the rest of the day like that? Won’t you be tired?"
"I will be fine, mother." i Xing said with a confident look on her face.
"You say that now... But once the fatigue starts to kick in, you will regret staying up all night."
"I will keep that in mind." i Xing nodded.
Soti later, i Xing left the building and made her way to the massage parlor for another day at work.
"Good morning, Manager!" i Xing greeted him, feeling a little different than usual when she saw him today.
Perhaps it was due to him visiting her mother yesterday, but i Xing felt very close to Su Yang for so reason, and she wondered if this is what it would feel like if she had a father.
"Morning." Su Yang greeted her back.
A few minutes later, they opened the massage parlor, and i Xing began greeting the custors.
"Welco to Heavenly Massage!"
Everything went well for the first few hours, but i Xing was beginning to feel drowsy when fatigue from missing last night’s sleep started affecting her body and mind.
Unlike a cultivator that can operate without any sleep as long as they cultivated, i Xing was a mortal, and a child at that, so missing sleep really ssed with her.
However, i Xing sohow managed to make it to the end of the day without falling asleep through sheer determination and willpower.
"Are you okay? You look like you are about to fall asleep at any second now." Su Yang said to her with a smile on his face.
"Yes... I just stayed up all night yesterday studying the cultivation technique..." She said in a low voice, her body swaying slightly, clearly struggling to stay awake.
Su Yang chuckled and said, "Let take you back ho."
"I apologize for the inconvenience, Manager..." She said to him.
"Don’t worry about it."
Su Yang then carried i Xing on his back.
The mont i Xing felt his back, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Soti later, Su Yang carried i Xing back to the hotel, and to his surprise, there was a crowd of people standing outside the place, and all of them were n.
"What’s the aning of this?! You told yesterday that she will be available today, but now you’re telling that she won’t be available for another week? What kind of fucking bullshit is this?! I paid in advance, you know!"
"Right?! I didn’t pay you to keep telling that she’s not available! Why are you keeping her from us?!"
The tall middle-aged man showed a bittersweet smile on his face, and he said, "How many tis do I have to apologize? It’s not that I am keeping her away from you guys... It’s just that she’s been reserved by an esteed guest... I have already offered to refund your money, but with none of you willing to accept the refund, there’s nothing I can do..."
"You know what you can do?! You can let us see i Ying!" Another person there shouted.
Obviously, these people gathered outside i Ying’s brothel were her custors— people that were supposed to see her yesterday and today, but because of Su Yang’s actions, they were forced to wait an entire week.
"I’m afraid I cannot do that since the esteed guest—"
"Esteed guest my ass! You keep talking about this ’esteed guest’ but you have yet to give us a na! Who’s this esteed guest?! We’ll decide if he’s really an esteed guest or not!"
The middle-aged man felt cornered, but as though the heavens had answered his call for help, he noticed Su Yang approaching them.
"E-Esteed guest!" The man imdiately called out to Su Yang.
When the others heard this, they all turned to look at Su Yang.
"He’s the esteed guest that reserved i Ying for an entire week? If you’re going to fart, at least make it less obvious! How can soone like him be an esteed guest?! He looks just like the rest of us!" The people there imdiately doubted that Su Yang was the esteed guest because of his ordinary appearance that had nothing ’esteem’ about it.
However, Su Yang ignored the rowdy crowd and approached the building.
"Hey! Where do you think you’re going?!" One of them called out to him.
Su Yang turned to look at him and spoke in a calm voice, "Where? I’m going to see the woman I paid good money for, obviously."
His words imdiately left the crowd speechless.
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