klisemfg Chapter 263 You? Are you a man?
Chapter 263 You? Are you a man?
When Jiang Tunan rushed to the dining room, the food was already neatly placed on the table.
"Did we discuss it?"
Xiao Mingxu saw Jiang Tunan at the door and asked softly, while Xiao Mingrui silently pulled the chair beside him away.
"It's not a big deal, actually. I thought something big had happened because of Sister Qiu Niang's tone."
Jiang Tunan sat next to Xiao Mingrui, with Ji Lingyue on the other side and Xiao Mingxu sitting opposite Jiang Tunan.
"That's what Qiu Niang is like."
Xiao Mingxu couldn't help but complain, but Xiao Mingrui suddenly said,
"You seem to be very familiar with her?"
Xiao Mingxu:!!!
Jiang Tunan looked like he was enjoying a good show, while Xiao Mingxu pretended to be calm and said,
"I come here often, so I'm familiar with it."
Xiao Mingrui nodded to show that he understood, and Xiao Mingxu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had gotten away with it.
"Sister Xiaonan, this place seems a little different from what I thought."
On one side of the private room where Jiang Tunan and his companions were, there was a balcony-like structure, and below it was the main hall of Nazhe Garden. Normally, there would be people performing down there, but at this moment, not even a candle was lit, and the entire hall was dark.
"Well, it's probably because it's not business hours yet."
“It’s because I don’t have money.”
Qiu Niang appeared in the room at some point. She was holding a handful of melon seeds and eating them while saying with disdain,
"Our boss is so stubborn that he insisted on opening a proper music venue. Do you think that the customers who come here at night come just to listen to music?"
"How can it be impossible?"
Xiao Mingxu had a stubborn look on his face. Qiu Niang turned around and came to Xiao Mingxu's side.
"You don't understand men as well as I do."
Xiao Mingxu straightened his back and said,
"Why don't I understand? I'm a man, and I just want to listen to the music every time."
Qiu Niang glanced at Xiao Mingxu from head to toe with a hint of disdain in her tone.
"You? Are you a man? You are just a little kid at best."
Jiang Tunan choked on the soup. This, this, this Qiu Niang was too direct. Ji Lingyue's face was already a little red. She only blamed herself for understanding it in seconds. Xiao Mingrui held his forehead and looked into the distance, pretending that he hadn't heard anything just now.
Xiao Mingxu:?
"I'm twenty!"
Xiao Mingxu's face flushed red. He wanted to use his age to tell Qiu Niang that he was not a little kid, but unexpectedly, Qiu Niang smiled even more happily.
"You're already twenty and you still...?"
Qiu Niang spread her hands and left the listeners to imagine what she would say next.
Jiang Tunan wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and felt uncomfortable. Xiao Mingxu became even more annoyed when he saw this, so he simply pushed Qiu Niang away.
"Sister Qiu Niang is really...eclectic!"
Jiang Tunan expressed his affirmation of Qiu Niang, and while the other two were laughing, he secretly asked Xiao Mingxu,
"Where did you find this person from?"
Xiao Mingxu's face turned pale, and he answered with gritted teeth,
"That guy Hao Youcai picked it up."
Jiang Tunan grasped the key words.
"You found it?"
Before Xiao Mingxu could answer, Xiao Mingrui spoke first.
"This food will get cold if you don't eat it now."
"Eat, eat."
Xiao Mingxu no longer had the heart to discuss with Jiang Tunan, so Jiang Tunan returned to his seat.
Everyone began to enjoy lunch quietly. Ji Lingyue whispered to Jiang Tunan,
"Didn't you say you were here to listen to music? Is there any music to listen to now?"
Jiang Tunan shook his head.
"It's better to keep quiet for now. Saving your life is more important."
Ji Lingyue agreed, and the two of them tacitly lowered their heads and concentrated on eating.
"Is there no one here?"
A familiar voice came from the hall downstairs, and Qiu Niang fired into the center of the hall like a cannonball.
"Welcome, sir~"
Jiang Tunan's understanding of Qiu Niang's movement speed has reached a new level.
"When did she put on full makeup? Wasn't she bare-faced just now?"
Ji Lingyue shook his head in confusion, while Xiao Mingxu asked in doubt,
"She's wearing makeup?"
The male voice from downstairs continued to come.
"I saw that it says this place is a place for listening to music, why is there no one here?"
The man walked to the center of the hall, and the people upstairs could see his appearance clearly.
"Third Prince?!"
Baili Xuan looked at the people upstairs with some surprise, and suddenly he saw Jiang Tunan among them.
"Heh, you've pursued me to this extent, aren't you being too deliberate in meeting me by chance?"
Baili Xuan held his chin with his left hand, making the gesture of eight, with an expression that said "as expected".
"Ah, I know you're just using a smile to hide the embarrassment of having your thoughts exposed."
Jiang Tunan's face showed three parts of ridicule, three parts of indifference, and four parts of indifference. Baili Xuan's eyebrows twitched and he clenched his fists silently.
Qiu Niang stepped forward, twisting her waist and saying in a tender voice,
"Sir, you are very discerning to come to our Nazhe Garden. We will definitely not let you down."
Baili Xuan blushed and whispered,
"Not really, because I can't get into Changgefang."
Qiu Niang's mouth twitched, but she still kept the standard smile of serving customers on her face.
"It's okay, sisters, come out, there are guests!"
As soon as these words were spoken, footsteps could be heard faintly in the building. Because of the lack of light in the hall, it actually added a sense of mystery.
Speaking of which, in this Nazhe Garden, Jiang Tunan has not met anyone else except Qiu Niang and Kikyo.
"Sister Qiu Niang, there are finally new guests today?"
"Sister, we are here."
"elder sister."
Several women in colorful clothes came down from upstairs, including a little girl who looked about eight or nine years old.
Jiang Tunan couldn't help but wonder why Xiao Mingxu was still recruiting child laborers.
Several women were holding musical instruments, some were Yueqin, some were Ruan, and even Matouqin. The smiles on their faces were obviously forced, and some of them were even shaking slightly while holding their instruments.
"You little bastard, what are you doing here? Go back to your room."
Qiu Niang pushed the little girl aside and used her body to block the little girl.
"Sir, she is just a maid, please ignore her."
Baili Xuan looked at Qiu Niang inexplicably.
"I just came here to listen to some music today, nothing else to do."
At this moment, Xiao Mingxu seemed to have found a confidant and became excited instantly.
"I told you, how come no one comes just to listen to the music!"
Qiu Niang downstairs spoke hesitantly.
"you.."
"Is there no music to listen to today?"
Baili Xuan raised a question, and Qiu Niang shook her head blankly.
“Yes…yes.”
Qiu Niang looked back at everyone.
"Let's start now. Xiaohua, go light some more lights."
The girl, who was about eight or nine years old, immediately jumped up and down to light the lamp after receiving the order.
"No, no, just come to our private room."
Xiao Mingxu didn't know when he came downstairs. He put his hand on Baili Xuan's shoulder.
"You, Third Prince, have a really good eye! High quality! It's absolutely high quality!"
Baili Xuan was a little flattered by Xiao Mingxu's sudden show of goodwill.
"It still has to be me."
Just as Xiao Mingxu was about to take Baili Xuan upstairs, Qiu Niang pulled Xiao Mingxu aside and whispered,
"What are you doing? This is a guest we finally got!"
Qiu Niang cared more about the business of Nazhe Garden than anyone else. She also came from that place of brothels. When she was brought back to Nazhe Garden by Hao Youcai, she felt that the ideas of Hao Youcai and Xiao Mingxu were ridiculous.
But no one expected that the two men would actually do what they said and did not force the girls in Nazhe Garden to sell their bodies. But as a result, there were fewer customers. Without business, the girls in Nazhe Garden had no food to eat, and in the end they still had to sell their bodies.
"Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Xiao Mingxu assured Qiu Niang, then pulled Baili Xun straight upstairs. The two walked arm in arm, as if they were close friends who had known each other for many years.
"Sister Qiu Niang, what about us?"
One of them, a girl wearing a light yellow dress and holding a Ruanqin, asked the question first.
"Let's go together. Judging from the appearance of Third Young Master Xiao, he is of high status. If we can make him happy, we might be able to earn enough money for food for this month."