"Don't scare me," Su Mingyu complained. Then she sat down on a stool beside her, poured herself a cup of water, and said, "I seemed quite rude yesterday. Later, I heard from Zhizhu that it was you, the King of Yu, who sent me back?"
Watching her licking her lips, the King of Yu felt his own mouth go dry.
His Adam's apple bobbed. The King of Yu's eyes darkened as he said, "Yes. I didn't expect Miss Su to have such a poor tolerance for alcohol. If I had known, I wouldn't have let Miss Su drink so much."
Su Mingyu pursed her lips. "Alas, it's my own fault. But I still have to thank you. If it weren't for what happened yesterday, Gu Ruobai wouldn't have come to pick me up early this morning."
"It seems I gave you a helping hand?" The King of Yu wore a smile on his lips, but it didn't reach his eyes.
Su Mingyu picked up the cup on the table and respectfully presented it to the King of Yu with both hands. "I have no other way to show my gratitude, so I'll use this tea in place of wine."
The King of Yu squinted at the tea in her hand.
Seeing that he didn't take it, Su Mingyu raised an eyebrow and understood. "Is the King of Yu worried there's something in the water?"
After saying that, Su Mingyu tilted her head back and emptied the cup.
"How could I suspect Miss Su? I just think that since this is something from a brothel, Miss Su should be more careful."
Although he said so, the King of Yu still took the cup of tea that Su Mingyu had just poured. "Then I won't decline."
Su Mingyu forced a smile. "Since the King of Yu has drunk my tea, you must remember to keep the content of our conversation yesterday a secret."
"Miss Su remembers?" The King of Yu slightly narrowed his eyes.
Su Mingyu quickly shook her head. "No. I just vaguely remember complaining about Gu Ruobai... If he knew about this, it might not be appropriate..."
Just as the King of Yu was about to say something, he saw Su Mingyu in front of him sway. By the time he reacted and tried to reach out for her, Su Mingyu had already collapsed to the ground.
His heart sank. Just as the King of Yu was about to walk out, he felt weak in his hands and feet. Then his vision went black, and he completely lost consciousness.
As he fell, Su Mingyu, who was lying on the table, slowly opened her eyes.
Without even looking at the King of Yu on the ground, Su Mingyu stepped over him.
By the time Su Mingyu reappeared on the second - floor viewing stand, the show was almost over. After the girl on stage finished her performance, it would be the last show.
Feeling Su Mingyu's gaze, Gu Ruobai looked up at her.
Su Mingyu nodded imperceptibly at him, then disappeared from the second floor again.
About the time it takes to drink two cups of tea passed, and the hunchbacked man walked up again. "All the girls have finished their performances by now. But don't worry, we still have a grand finale."
"This performance cost the madam a fortune. It's quite special, so you must keep your eyes wide open!"
The hunchbacked man grinned and walked down from the stage.
After he fiddled with something beside the stage, the whole stage began to vibrate.
Soon, the wooden boards on the stage slowly sank to both sides. Then there was another huge vibration and a rumbling sound. A mosquito - net - like thing covered with thin gauze gradually emerged.
As the thin gauze rose higher and higher, everyone's curious gazes were drawn to it.
Just then, a gentle breeze blew from nowhere and lifted the thin gauze, revealing everything inside.
When everyone saw what was inside, they were all too shocked to know how to react.
Inside the thin gauze, a man in only his inner robe and a naked woman were passionately entangled on a thick cotton quilt.
The fair skin and the strange atmosphere in the air made it obvious to anyone who wasn't inexperienced what was going on.
But what shocked everyone even more was that the man on the cotton quilt was clearly the King of Yu.
He was on the second - floor viewing stand just now. How did he suddenly end up on the stage in such a situation?
At this time, someone in the crowd shouted, "Isn't that Miss Su Yueyue, the second daughter of the Su family?"
As soon as he said this, everyone turned their eyes to the blushing woman.
"It really is."
A man's surprised voice rang out, causing quite a stir.
"I heard before that Miss Su Yueyue had a special relationship with the King of Yu. I didn't expect..."
"But... they shouldn't be doing this here. It's so immoral!"
"Hey, he's the King of Yu. He can do whatever he wants wherever he wants."
The words "King of Yu" seemed to arouse the King of Yu's rationality inside the thin gauze.
He tried hard to regain his senses, but no matter how he struggled, he could only sink deeper into this tenderness.
Just when the situation became extremely tense, Gu Ruobai, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up. "Is this the show you prepared at the No.1 Fragrance?"
The hunchbacked man turned pale with fright. "No, no. This... I, I don't know what's going on either..."
"Lower the stage right away!" Gu Ruobai's face was as gloomy as water.
The hunchbacked man quickly rushed over, fiddled with something, and lowered the stage.
But no matter how wonderful the following shows were, the audience had lost interest.
The only thing in their minds was that exciting scene just now. For a moment, the whole brothel was eerily quiet.
Seeing this, the hunchbacked man knew that today's competition couldn't continue.
So he took the opportunity to go find the madam.
The madam had rushed over as soon as she heard the news, but she didn't see that lewd scene with her own eyes.
So when the hunchbacked man asked her what to do, the madam's face turned as black as coal. "Are you stupid? This incident has caused such a big stir today. Of course, we'll end it after the performance!"
"But..." The hunchbacked man was a little scared. "That's the King of Yu!"
The King of Yu was the most powerful person in the capital after the emperor. It would be all too easy for him to silence them.
The madam slapped him hard on the head. "We can't explain this kind of thing. We can only pretend we don't know. You go up later and tell everyone to have a good time. Say that the madam will pay for all the drinks today."
"This..." Originally, they still wanted to make some money in the last round. "Aren't we going to make any money?"
The madam's face turned livid. "Still collect money! Do you want to die?"
"You just say that due to an unexpected situation, the competition is terminated, but the previous tickets are still valid. The results will be announced after the statistics are completed tomorrow."
Watching the hunchbacked man's timid figure, the madam gritted her teeth secretly. Damn it! Why did this kind of thing happen to them?
The King of Yu was hard to deal with, and so were all the powerful and wealthy people in the audience.