Lin Jue looked around the hall and found that the layout here was like a small stage. Seven or eight square tables were placed in the hall. The curtain on the east side was lightly rolled, a small table was placed on the ground, and several futons were scattered around.
The Yaoqin is played, and musical instruments such as pipa, sheng, and Xiao are hung on the wall next to the curtain. A small area of the ground is also covered with a red blanket, which should be a place for singing and dancing performances to please the guests.
There were footsteps on the stairs. Lin Jue turned around and saw a disheveled woman with fluffy hair and yawning with a tired face walking down from the second floor. The woman was filled with excitement when she saw someone sitting downstairs.
There was a surprised expression on her face. But when she saw that it was a handsome young man, a bright smile suddenly appeared on the woman's face.
"Oh, there are actually guests. Why don't you say hello, mother? It's really rude to let this young master sit here alone. Young master, come quickly, come and sit in the slave's room. I'll talk to you."
The woman twisted her waist and walked over quickly, her red lips twitching, her smile full of enthusiasm.
Lan Niang, who was making tea, happened to come over with a tea cup. When she saw this scene, she quickly put down the tea cup and scolded: "Hongxiu, don't disturb Young Master Lin. Young Master Lin is Yingying's distinguished guest."
The face of the woman named Hong Xiu changed and she said: "Why? Why can we only be Yingying's guests? Do you want us to drink the northwest wind? She is the only one who does everything, she is the number one in the building, but if it weren't for her
You willful, how come Wangyue Tower is in the state it is today? Now Tiantianmen is so empty, will we all starve to death?"
Lan Niang crossed her arms and scolded: "What are you yelling at me? I have nothing to say to you."
Hong Xiu snorted coldly, and suddenly raised her voice and shouted upstairs: "Sisters, there are guests coming, whoever rushes first will be judged. Come quickly."
After this voice, the second floor instantly became lively. The stairs creaked, and more than a dozen women, some with disheveled hair, some wearing only pajamas, and some with bare feet, rushed down the stairs in a swarm. A moment later.
There were endless sounds of orioles and swallows cooing. Lin Jue was instantly surrounded by seven or eight hands holding his arms.
"Young master, go sit in my room. I am Gu Zhenzhen. I will keep it to make you happy."
"It's better to go to my room. I'm Liu Aiai. I'm only sixteen."
"I am Lianlian..."
"I am Fangfang..."
"I am……"
Lin Jue was pulled from side to side by them, and his clothes were about to be torn. He could only smile bitterly and said: "Sisters, don't do this. Don't do this."
Lu Wu's face was red with anger, and she used her hands to peel off the women's hands on Lin Jue's body. However, after peeling off one hand, the other one was grabbed, but it had no effect.
"Stop it! Do you still have any rules?" An angry shout came from the stairs.
After the noise subsided, everyone turned around and saw Xie Danhong standing there on the stairs with an angry face. Behind her, stood a woman in green. The woman had picturesque features, a well-proportioned figure, and was very healthy.
Beautiful. Lin Jue recognized the woman at a glance as the woman who had sunk into the water that night, Xie Yingying, the top star of Wangyue Tower.
"Are there any more rules? What are you doing? This Mr. Lin is a distinguished guest of Yingying. What are you causing a fuss about?" Xie Danhong scolded angrily as she slowly walked down the stairs.
Some of the women in the group lowered their heads and let go of their hands. Xie Danhong was the madam in the building, their mother, how could they dare to offend her.
"Why don't you go back to your room?" Xie Danhong shouted.
The women lowered their heads and left silently. However, the woman named Hongxiu suddenly raised her chest and said: "Mom, you usually prefer Yingying, so that's okay. The brothel industry is basically a new generation replacing the old. We are so old.
Now that we are older, it doesn’t matter if our customers don’t like us anymore. Yingying is still young, full of skills and beautiful, so we have no objection at all to becoming Wangyue Tower’s top star. However, our Wangyue Tower’s business is now bleak, and there are no more customers. It’s easy.
When a guest comes, of course the sisters will come and rob him. Otherwise, can the sisters rest on their laurels every day and take advantage of the northwest wind?"
Xie Danhong approached slowly, stared at Hongxiu and said, "I knew you were the one who took the lead."
Hong Xiu sneered and said: "Yes, I was the one who took the lead. I just wanted to have a bite of food. Obviously my business in Wangyue Tower is very good, but some people are just pretentious and make everyone have no food to eat. We will miss our old friendship."
, it is not easy to find another way out. However, if this continues, everyone will starve to death. Mother should not think about us, but should also think about Wangyue Tower. If someone does whatever they want, the sign of Wangyue Tower will fall sooner or later.
Mom always has to give us an explanation. We can’t afford it, and it’s okay just for the past few years. If we don’t save some money when we are old, we will have to beg on the streets for the rest of our lives.”
Xie Danhong bit her lip and looked very ugly. There was silence all around, and all the women looked at Xie Danhong silently, with sad expressions on their faces.
"Hey!" Xie Danhong sighed softly and said in a deep voice: "Hongxiu, you are also an old man in the building, so what you said naturally has your reason. The slave family is not pretending to be confused about this matter. Let's talk about it later.
After discussion, this Mr. Lin is Yingying’s savior. Some of you were present at what happened on the red boat in West Lake that day. In front of Mr. Lin, we cannot be rude. He is not here to play. We just met him on the street.
, invited by me."
Several women who were on the boat that day had time to look at Lin Jue carefully and recognized that it was indeed the young man who saved people that day. Everyone was in a panic that day, and the young man who saved people had his hair in a messy bun and was in a mess.
Can be recognized.
Lin Jue straightened out his rumpled clothes and said, "Lin Jue, ladies and gentlemen, please be polite. Please be polite."
All the women gathered their skirts and returned the courtesy. Hongxiu quickly went upstairs without saying a word, and the group of women also left one after another. In a moment, everyone walked away cleanly, the footsteps on the stairs disappeared, and everything became quiet again.
Xie Danhong stepped forward and saluted Lin Jue, and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry. The sisters in the building disturbed Mr. Lin."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "It's nothing. They didn't do anything to me."
While they were talking, the woman in green clothes, Xie Yingying, came to the front. Yingying kowtowed to Lin Jue and said in a clear voice: "Thank you, Master Lin, for saving your life. My benefactor, please bow to me."
Lin Jue hurriedly returned the courtesy and said: "There is no need to be polite. Please get up, miss. I'll give you a break."
Xie Yingying kowtowed before getting up. Xie Danhong smiled and said: "My Yingying has been saying thank you to her benefactor every day for saving her life, and today she finally got her wish. Yingying, you talk to Mr. Lin while I go upstairs to talk to you."
Red sleeves let’s have a heart-to-heart talk. Lan Niang, please greet me and put out some snacks to entertain Mr. Lin.”
Lan Niang agreed, Xie Danhong thanked Lin Jue and turned to go upstairs.
Under the guidance of Xie Yingying, Lin Jue sat in the screen next to the small stage. It faced the long window in the back and could see the entire stage. It was an elegant seat in the hall.
Tea was brought, snacks were placed, and the two of them sat down.
"Master Lin, please have some tea." Xie Yingying urged her diligently. "If I hadn't saved you that day, Yingying would have died. After she recovered, Yingying begged her mother to find out the identity of my benefactor so she could thank her benefactor. But it was more than half a year old.
I haven't found it yet. But I didn't expect that I would meet my benefactor by chance today. It's really God's will."
"It's easy, why bother talking about it? Am I still waiting for death without saving anything? No need to mention it again," Lin Jue said with a smile.
Xie Yingying sighed and said: "For the young master, it is a simple task, but for the slave family, it is a matter of life and death."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Yes, the situation was indeed urgent that day. The girl had already held her breath, and one foot had actually stepped into the gate of hell. I had to use the method of breathing through the chest to save you. Speaking of... that... I have to talk to you
Please apologize. After all...that approach is indeed misleading."
Xie Yingying's face turned red. She also heard about it afterwards. The man who saved her blew air into her mouth, and even used his hands to rub and press her private parts on her chest. The situation was really indecent and unavoidable.
There was some grudge in her heart. However, when she saw Lin Jue for the first time, Xie Yingying felt much better. He was a handsome young man, not an ugly and wretched man from the street. Otherwise, this psychological shadow would probably never go away.
.
"Young master...it was to save people. What's there to apologize for? This is the first time I've heard of this kind of saving people." Xie Yingying said in a low voice.
Lin Jue was also a little embarrassed. Why did he mention this matter and make the other party blush and feel uncomfortable himself.
"That's... it's a method for people to recover their breathing. People who are pretending to be dead and holding their breath must recover their breathing and heartbeat, otherwise they will really die. That's why it is necessary to cross the breath and suppress the heart. Hmm... I don't know the specifics at the moment
can not say it clearly."
"Oh..." Xie Yingying really didn't understand, so she could only reply with an oh.
Lin Jue and Xie Yingying were actually just two strangers, and they actually had nothing to talk about. After chatting for a few words, the atmosphere suddenly fell into an awkward silence, and there was nothing to talk about. Lin Jue took a cup of tea and drank it.
, in fact, he was not thirsty. He just wanted to drink this cup of tea and then get up and say goodbye. Although he saved this woman's life, he did not expect anything in return.
"Mr. Lin." Xie Yingying took the initiative to speak: "Mr. Lin, do you know that I actually jumped into the lake by myself that day..."
Lin Jue was stunned and looked up at the beautiful woman sitting opposite.
"What do you mean, girl, I shouldn't save you?" Lin Jue said.
"That's not true. I regretted it when I jumped. I'm quite happy to have survived. And I cherish life even more now."
Lin Jue nodded and smiled: "That's good. You only have one life, and it is the most precious thing in the world. How can you give up so easily. But I don't know why the girl jumped into the lake and committed suicide that day? Is there anything that can't be overcome?"
Xie Yingying sighed softly and said, "I don't know how to tell the young master."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Don't pay attention to me, I just asked casually. I have no interest in other people's privacy."
Lin Jue lowered his head to drink tea, secretly blaming himself for talking too much.
"The young master is the savior of the slave family. Is there anything that the slave family can't say? I'm just afraid of disturbing the master's mood. If there are no troubles that are difficult to solve, who would be willing to seek death?" Xie Yingying said quietly while looking at the flowers and trees outside the window.
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "There is no obstacle in the world that cannot be overcome. If you seek death when you encounter troubles, nine out of ten people in the world will die. There is hope if you are alive."
"There is hope when you are alive..." Xie Yingying murmured and repeated, and suddenly looked at Lin Jue and said: "But... what if it is difficult to stay alive? What should we do?"
Lin Jue frowned.
"My benefactor, if you don't mind my verbosity, I will tell you the whole story. My master may be able to point out a clear way for me."
Lin Jue blurted out and wanted to refuse, but he took back his refusal. In the last life, he lived according to the principle of doing more things than doing less, but so what? That life was a mess with no bright spots. In this life, he wants both
To make a difference, why not do less rather than do more, and do the opposite. If you fall into timid and fearful thinking again, you may make the same mistakes again. Because this world does not allow you to stay away from right and wrong, and you will pursue right and wrong.
Running after you.
"I'm all ears. I may not be able to give you any advice, but if you are worried, speaking out will at least make you feel better," Lin Jue said.
