"You’re the esteed guest? Bullshit. I don’t recognize you. How could you possibly be an esteed guest?" Soone there doubted him.
Su Yang snickered and said, "Do you know everybody in the Four Divine Heavens? If so, that’s very impressive. Not even the Heavenly Emperor would dare to claim that he knows everyone in the Four Divine Heavens."
"You little bastard think you’re smart, huh?" The man frowned upon hearing his response.
"Hey, Manager Shen! How much did he pay you? I will pay twice the amount!" Another person there suddenly said.
The tall middle-aged man turned to look at the man that just spoke and said with a bittersweet smile on his face, "He paid 2 dium-grade spirit stones."
"T-Two dium-grade spirit stones?!"
The crowd were shocked to hear this. How could anyone be this wasteful with their money? A single dium-grade spirit stone could easily buy the won working in the brothel, yet soone had actually spent that much just to rent one for a week?
Although i Ying is the best worker the brothel has, even she wasn’t worth that much money!
"Why do you all look so surprised? It’s only 2 dium-grade spirit stones. Well? Are you going to pay 4 dium-grade spirit stones now?" Su Yang asked the person that just spoke, but that person imdiately lowered his head to stare at the floor in silence and embarrassnt.
"What? You can’t afford it? Then keep your mouth shut." Su Yang suddenly changed his attitude, turning cold, and he narrowed his eyes on them.
"If you still have sothing else to say, you can tell at the Heavenly Massage a few streets down tomorrow; it’s where I work."
After saying these words, Su Yang walked upstairs, but nobody there dared to stop him.
"W-Wait... Did he just say the Heavenly Massage? That imnsely popular place that popped out of nowhere just recently? He works there?"
"If I recall correctly, there’s only a single masseur managing that place, and he charges an exorbitant price of 5 dium-grade spirit stones for a single 30-minute session, yet custors line up in front of his store like a group of ants!"
"What? 5 dium-grade spirit stones for a 30-minute massage? No wonder why he can throw money away in such a manner! That man is loaded with money!"
"Fuck! How lucky! I can only see the high-end brothels in the Red Light District earning so much money!"
The crowd outside the brothel eventually left the place after they realized who they were up against.
In their minds, they only needed to wait a week before seeing i Ying again, and it wasn’t worth offending soone like Su Yang for a woman in the City of Pleasure.
anwhile, Su Yang carried i Xing on his back as he slowly climbed the staircase.
Once he reached the third floor, he knocked on the door.
"Who’s there? I already have a custor." i Ying’s voice resounded from inside.
"It’s ." Su Yang said.
"M-Manager?" i Ying was definitely surprised to hear Su Yang’s voice so quickly again.
"Please, co inside," she then said.
Su Yang opened the door and entered the room with i Xing.
When i Ying saw i Xing unconscious on his back, she began panicking.
"D-Did sothing happen to i Xing?!" She cried out loud in a terrified voice.
"Calm down, she’s just sleeping." Su Yang said.
"She didn’t sleep last night, right? Although she managed to work the whole day without falling asleep, she was on the verge of falling asleep at the end of the day, so I offered to carry her back, and she fell asleep while I carried her here."
Su Yang explained the situation to her.
Once i Ying realized that i Xing wasn’t hard, she imdiately released a sigh of relief.
"Good heavens... You scared by carrying her back in that condition. I’m sorry for the inconvenience, Manager." i Ying bowed to him.
"I don’t mind it. She did a great job at work today, too." Su Yang smiled.
After putting i Ying on the bed beside her mother, Su Yang prepared to leave.
However, i Ying stopped him and said, "Please wait a mont, Manager."
"What is it?" Su Yang stopped walking and turned around.
"I have been thinking about what you said yesterday ever since I woke up..."
i Ying looked him in the eyes and continued, "Do you... Do you really think I have a chance of surviving outside the City of Pleasure?"
Su Yang then said, "What do you think the world outside the City of Pleasure is like? It’s not like you cannot continue to work in your profession outside the City of Pleasure. In fact, although the City of Pleasure is one of the most popular places in the Four Divine Heavens when it cos to these kinds of stuff, it’s not the only place in the world that has such an environnt."
"The City of Pleasure is definitely the most popular and populated, but there are places out there that are far superior when it cos to the quality of workers and the overall cleanliness of the place."
"And with your appearance, I’m sure you can earn money no matter where you go."
i Ying sighed and said, "Although I may be good at acting, and my body is only good for pleasing others, I actually want to quit this job. I have hated this job ever since I first started, but because I had no money and nowhere to go after my parents dumped in this place when they could no longer support , I had no choice but to survive with this job."
Su Yang raised his eyebrows after hearing that she’d been abandoned by her parents. Is this why she didn’t give up on i Xing despite knowing very well that she won’t be able to support both of them at once?
"Then what do you want to do?" Su Yang asked her a mont later.
"I... I had dreams of becoming a perforr before... I an I am technically a perforr right now, but this is not what I had in mind. I wanted to be on a large stage, but I am limited to this small bed for almost the entire day every day. I wanted to act and perform in front of a large audience, not for a single individual."
"However, these dreams are only the dreams I had as a child. Now that I am an adult, I no longer have such passion. Furthermore, as a mother, I desire nothing but the best for i Xing. I don’t care what I have to do— even if I have to continue working as an escort, I want i Xing to live a good life."
i Ying suddenly got out of bed and approached Su Yang with unstable movents.
Once she was standing before him, she lowered her body until she was kneeling on the floor.
She then bent her body and kissed the floor with her forehead.
"Manager, I want to leave the City of Pleasure with i Xing, but I do not have the capability to do so in my current state. Therefore, I can only shalessly ask you for help."
"I thought that it would be for the best for the both of us if I’d died, but after hearing your words yesterday and witnessing i Xing’s dedication for a better future, I realize that I had made a grave mistake. I don’t want to die prematurely... I don’t want to continue living every day wondering if my next custor will kill ... I want to live... with i Xing..."
A gentle smile appeared on Su Yang’s face, and he spoke in a calm voice, "I have asked you this yesterday, but I will ask you again... Do you want to work for ? Although I won’t be in the City of Pleasure forever, I can guarantee you that you will earn more than enough to live comfortably for the rest of your life with i Xing by the ti I leave."
"It would be my pleasure." i Ying imdiately responded.
After thinking about everything for the entire day, i Ying has already decided to try her best to leave the City of Pleasure with i Xing— alive.
Su Yang nodded, "Great. Then you can start working tomorrow morning with i Xing. However, I don’t really have any job for you at the mont, and you still need to rest, so your job for the next few days is to rest."
"As for your current workplace, since you will no longer be working here, you will need new living quarters. Until you find a more permanent place, you can stay in a hotel in the anti. You also don’t have to worry about paying for it since I will take care of everything."
"I really cannot thank you enough, Manager..." i Ying sighed, feeling a little guilty for receiving so much help from Su Yang without doing any in return for him.
"You don’t have to thank . I am doing this on my own accord— because I want to."
"Go rest. I will return early tomorrow morning to pick you two up." Su Yang said to her before leaving the building shortly after.
Once Su Yang left the place, i Ying went to retrieve the pill Su Yang gave her yesterday and swallowed it without hesitation.
After drinking so water, i Ying returned under the blankets and hugged i Xing’s small figure until she fell asleep a few minutes later with a blissful smile on her face.
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