Ying Lian motioned for the prostitutes next to her to move aside. She gently held onto Qin Shi's arm and walked to the second floor.
Before going upstairs, Qin Shi patted Feng Hen and said, "Wait for me here. Don't run around."
"Big Brother, don't worry. By the way, slow down. There's no need to rush. I have fairy sister here with me. I can't bear to run away." Feng Hen sat among the flowers and did not even look back as she responded vaguely.
Hearing this, Qin Shi gritted his teeth and cursed, "Damn, you're not stupid now. I really wonder if you're here to trick me on purpose!"
Chu Nuan smiled sweetly at the side. "Don't worry, Young Master. Your friend is with me and my sisters downstairs. She will definitely be fine."
"Okay, thank you."
Helpless, Qin Shi and Chu Nuan politely said. Then, they threw out more than a dozen spirit stones before they stepped into the boudoir on the second floor with Ying Lian.
The boudoir was decorated with pale pink walls and looked very warm.
As soon as they entered the room, Ying Lian immediately became vigilant. Then, she looked around and saw that no one followed them. She quickly turned her hand and locked the door. Then, she stared at Qin Shi in disbelief.
The voice transmission that Qin Shi had just given her echoed in her mind. She said in shock, "What did you just say?
You said you are Qiao 'er's brother?
Your name is Qin Shi? "
When his name was called, Qin Shi couldn't help but be stunned. Thinking about it carefully, he had forgotten how long it had been since someone called his real name. He smiled and said, "Haha, you know my name. It seems that Qiao 'er trusts you a lot."
"Phew …"
Ying Lian got a response, and an unconcealable look of shock appeared on her charming face.
She stiffly took a few steps back and sat on the wooden chair in front of the dressing table. After a long silence, she said, "I've often heard Qiao 'er mention it, but now that I've seen it, it's really hard to imagine that the legendary figure who nearly destroyed the strongest sect in the northern region, the Burning Flame Sect, would actually be standing right in front of me."
Shrugging his shoulders, Qin Shi leaned back on the bed and said, "What legend? Everyone has a temper. It's just that he was forced into a corner. Tell me more about Qiao 'er."
Ying Lian frowned and said with an ugly expression, "Qiao'er?
She's not here. She was picked up by the Doorless Auction House three days ago. "
Qin Shi nodded, not surprised. "I know. I'll pick her up in the afternoon. Tell me something else. For example, how did you two meet?
How has she been for the past six months? "
Hearing this, Ying Lian raised her head in shock. Pick her up in the afternoon?
It was really hard to understand how Qin Shi could say such a shocking thing so casually. That was the largest auction house in the Crimson Flame Empire, and there was a mighty figure of the Mystical Palace there.
But she didn't ask any more questions. She just nodded and said, "Qiao'er and I are fated. When I went out to return to my parents' home, I happened to meet her coming from the northern region. So, I kindly took her in at Qinglian Brothel."
"Took her in at Qinglian Brothel?
Kind intention? "
Qin Shi frowned and said with a hint of mockery. He had seen many frivolous places like brothels. Which brothel keeper wasn't a money-grubber?
Would there be any kind intention?
Hearing the sarcasm in his words, Ying Lian also frowned and said, "What are you thinking?
Do you think that all the brothel girls are soulless shells?
Our Qinglian Brothel is not! "
"Although this is a brothel and we are prostitutes, we are also human beings. We also have dignity."
Ying Lian said excitedly, "In the early years, I crossed thousands of mountains to marry into the Gong Family in Qinglian City. I married the eldest son of the Gong Family, Gong Yun. But I didn't expect him to be lazy and addicted to beauty. He lived an extravagant life of debauchery every day. When he got drunk, he came home and beat me up."
"Although women should be virtuous, I really couldn't stand it anymore. Because of this, I took the initiative to leave the Gong Family. Do you know what people said about me in those days?
A prostitute who didn't understand chastity. Hehe, it's funny to think about it now. Do women have to be virtuous and men have to seek pleasure outside? "
Speaking of the sad part, Ying Lian's voice was choked with sobs. Her beautiful eyes were already filled with tears. "After leaving the Gong Family, I had nowhere else to go. So I stayed in this Qinglian Brothel. At that time, this Qinglian Brothel was called Yanzhi Brothel. Every day, I accompanied those dirty men to make a living. Fortunately, I met a benefactor who supported me. After that, I saved some money and bought Yanzhi Brothel. Because I married into Qinglian City, I named it Qinglian Brothel."
"None of the sisters here are willing to be prostitutes. Who doesn't want to live well?
Who doesn't want to live a down-to-earth life?
All of them were abandoned by men and came here because they had nowhere else to go. "
"I never force them. Even if they don't sell their skills or their bodies, I can still support them. But many of them see that I'm working too hard, so they come out to sell their skills or even their bodies. Some of them have given up on themselves after their hearts were broken, but I know that they're not bad people. They're just driven into a corner by this hateful world!"
"Tell me, we are a group of women. What can we do?
Conquering the world is the business of you men. We women only want a small home. It doesn't need to be big, just warm! "
Hearing these words, Qin Shi's heart trembled. In a trance, he thought of the many female prostitutes in Qinglian Brothel, especially Chu Nuan. They were indeed extraordinary.
For this, he blamed himself. "I'm sorry, I … didn't know!"
"It's okay. It's all in the past."
Ying Lian wiped the corner of her eyes and immediately smiled. "It's all my fault for wasting so much time talking to you. Let's talk about Qiao Er. At first, she was quite autistic. She locked herself in her room every day and talked about Brother Stone. Later, after I and the sisters in Qinglian Brothel persuaded her with kind words, especially Chu Nuan, they got along very well. Gradually, she walked out of the shadow and began to talk about you to me and Chu Nuan."
Listening to his sister's behavior in the past six months, Qin Shi felt a sharp pain in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said, "What happened after that?
What's the matter with that powerful figure of the Mysterious Palace? "
"Alas, at that time, she stayed in her room every day and only occasionally went to the market with me and Chu Nuan. Chu Nuan was afraid that she would get sick from being alone, so she taught her how to sing and dance. You also know that she is cold, so every time she performs, she always wears a veil. That's how the name of the Veiled Fairy in Qinglian Brothel came into being."
"Isn't the Doorless Auction coming soon?
I heard that this time, there is a Lower Grade Seventh Level Martial Art. The Mysterious Palace and the Four Great Families, excluding the Shangguan Family, are all attracted. "
"Martial Art of the Seventh Level?"
Qin Shi's black eyes lit up. This level of martial arts was extremely rare in the entire Scarlet Flame Empire. It was hard to find even one in a thousand miles. It was known that only the Imperial Family had three of them. As for the rest, he had never heard of any forces possessing it. Even the Burning Sky Sect was no exception. No wonder it would alarm the people from the Xuan Palace.
With a shout, Ying Lian continued, "Well, at that time, an elder of the Mysterious Palace called Li Bufan came. He is at the Middle Stage of the Mysterious Spirit Realm and has a lot of power in the Mysterious Palace."
"When he came to Qinglian City, he learned about the Veiled Fairy from somewhere, so he came to watch Qiao'er's singing and dancing. Unexpectedly, he wanted to sleep with Qiao'er by force. Qiao'er naturally wouldn't agree. As a result, that person was so angry that he made a scene in Qinglian Brothel and seriously injured Qiao'er with a palm strike!"
"What?
Qiao'er was injured? "
Hearing this, Qin Shi's black eyes opened like a sharp sword. An invisible but real cold current spread in the boudoir, causing the remaining wine on the table to shake slightly.
Bang!
It was this seemingly gentle and light ripple that contained a terrifying force. In an instant, it formed a whirlpool, and the wine cup was directly disintegrated from the inside, causing water droplets to shoot out in all directions like a myriad of arrows that had been shot at the same time.
In panic, Ying Lian's beautiful eyes were tense. She quickly spread out a light green barrier. When the barrier came into contact with the water droplets, she felt a piercing pressure in her heart, as if a corpse was being gnawed on by insects.
"So strong …"
She took a few steps back, her heart beating violently.
She was at the peak of the King Spirit Realm, and with the treasures given to her by the officials and nobles, even some ordinary Mysterious Spirit Realm cultivators would have a hard time hurting her. But just now, just the residual power of Qin Shi's anger was enough to push her back?
Moreover, the latter had deliberately suppressed it, otherwise she would have been seriously injured.
What kind of terrifying existence was this?
In shock, the way she looked at Qin Shi changed slightly. She thought to herself, "No wonder the Burning Sky Sect suffered a loss at his hands. If it's him, he might really be able to save Qiao'er!"
Noticing the blood at the corner of Ying Lian's mouth, Qin Shi hurriedly waved his sleeve, dispelling the residual power, and said apologetically, "Sister Lian, I'm sorry, I was a bit emotional. I hope I didn't hurt you?"
After dispelling the barrier, Ying Lian waved her hand, "I can understand your worry. After all, you love your sister very much, and I'm also very worried about her. To be honest, sending her to the Doorless Auction House was only a temporary measure. I really can't protect her if she stays here.
If it weren't for the fact that I have some connections in Green Lotus City, this place would have long been in ruins. But we haven't given up on her. My sisters and I have already discussed it. We'll gather all the spirit stones we have, and we're even going to sell the Green Lotus House. We should be able to gather several tens of thousands of spirit stones. Then, we'll take Qiao'er back this afternoon, and we'll leave together. "
Qin Shi frowned again when he heard the news. Then, he couldn't help but laugh when he heard about the several tens of thousands of spirit stones. Tens of thousands of spirit stones might be a fortune that ordinary people would never be able to find in their lifetime, but in an auction house, it was really a drop in the bucket.
But no matter what, this was the kind intentions of Ying Lian and the others. They were all ordinary women, and it wasn't easy for them to hide to this extent for Qiao'er.
Because of this, Qin Shi threw a grateful look at Ying Lian and said, "With me here, there's no need to sell the Green Lotus House!"
After saying this, he flipped his hand, and a box of ten thousand high-grade spirit stones appeared out of thin air in the room. The strong and abundant spirit energy refracted a pale pink brilliance on the wall, dazzling and enchanting.
Ying Lian opened her mouth in shock under the flickering light, but just as she was about to speak, Qin Shi had already turned into a black shadow and disappeared from the room, leaving only a reverberating sound.
"Sister Lian, thank you for taking care of your sister for the past six months. This is just a small token of my appreciation. In the afternoon, I'll bring Qiao'er back to Sister Lian, and then we'll meet again!"