Cong Rong was so frightened by Fang Lihui that she involuntarily shrank back, and her back hit the back of the chair. She couldn't help but let out a soft cry in pain.
"I've seen a lot of women like you. I thought I was pretty, so I dreamed of flying up a branch and becoming a phoenix." Fang Lihui sneered, the look of contempt in his eyes clearly visible.
He lifted Cong Rong's chin frivolously with his fan and said in a cold voice: "Since you are beautiful, what else can you learn? You have to learn that unattractive hooking trick to seduce men with your skin. Do you think you can do this with your skin?" How good is it?”
"I didn't! I didn't seduce Fang Yuhan!" Cong Rong retorted, her voice timid but not hesitant, "As you said, I have some beauty, but this beauty is not only useless, but also made me almost She was forcibly taken as a concubine by Zhuangtou. You said that I seduced Fang Yuhan, but it is better to say that he and Zhuangtou were in an affair. I thought he saved me from being drugged by Zhuangtou, but I didn’t know that all this was planned long ago, and I had nowhere to go. escape."
When Fang Zilan heard this, she already had some thoughts in her heart. She raised her head and looked at Fang Lihui, "I admit that Mr. Fang is right. A woman with beauty can always find a way out if she learns something. However, Miss Cong was born in a village. I'm afraid I can't learn anything except working every day. What's more, even if Miss Cong learns something, she probably won't be able to change today's situation."
Fang Lihui put away his folding fan and turned to look at Fang Zilan. Her eyes were filled with perseverance and loneliness, shining brightly.
Just listen to her serious words: "A person's destiny cannot be changed just by learning something. If you compare destiny to an opponent, you must keep moving forward step by step. The further you go, the more opportunities you have to compete with it. It’s good to learn whatever you want, but it only increases your chances of winning and cannot completely determine the final result.”
She sighed suddenly as she spoke, "The world is not easy, and Miss Cong's situation has already determined her status as a weakling. Under this status, her beauty is no longer an asset, but has become a reason to be fought over. I don’t think an ordinary man is innocent, but he is guilty of carrying a jade. I don’t think Mr. Fang doesn’t know this truth.”
Fang Lihui was slightly stunned, "Master Fang, are you speaking for her?"
"I'm not speaking for her." Fang Zilan put her hand on Cong Rong's shoulder and said firmly: "I just believe her."
Cong Rong turned her head in disbelief and stared at the person in front of her, her eyes full of surprise, "Master Fang, are you willing to believe me?"
Fang Zilan nodded, "However, it is one thing for me to believe you. It is another thing for you to have evidence to prove that what you are carrying in your belly is indeed Fang Yuhan's flesh and blood. Without evidence, I can't help you."
"Master Fang!" Fang Lihui's voice was full of suppressed anger. Fang Zilan stood up and looked directly into his eyes, and asked coldly: "Master Fang doesn't want to face the truth?"
"Even if what she said is true, let alone Mrs. Yuhan, the daughter of the Wang family is about to give birth. How will she react if she knows this. Let's just say that her father, the new Duke of Beiguo, and her uncle, who is an official in Beijing, will let her Is the Fang family better off?" Fang Lihui held the folding fan tightly in his palm, and there was an imperceptible tremor in his knuckled hands, "Master Fang, no matter what the truth is, I cannot give her this fairness, let alone give it to her."
"I will not let Mr. Fang trade the entire Fang family for this fairness." Fang Zilan's expression was very calm, but the look in his eyes was indescribable, "But if the truth is like this, then no one can erase it."
Fang Lihui lowered his head and remained silent. Fang Zilan looked at Cong Rong and said, "Do you have any evidence?"
"Yes." Cong Rong nodded hurriedly, and then carefully took out a jade pendant from her arms, "This was given to me by Fang Yuhan."
Fang Zilan took the jade pendant and felt it looked familiar. After looking over it over and over, Fang Lihui whispered: "It's Yuhan's jade pendant. He actually gave it to you, the jade pendant that symbolizes the status of the Fang family. It's really nice." .”
Hearing this, Fang Zilan suddenly understood where her familiarity came from. She also had a similar jade pendant. The carving pattern on it was almost the same as this jade pendant, but the word "LAN" was also engraved on it.
Thinking of this, she lifted up the jade pendant and looked at it towards the light. Sure enough, she saw the word "Han" under the pattern.
After a while, Fang Zilan spoke again: "Now that the matter has come to this, how do you plan to deal with it, Young Master Fang?"
Fang Lihui turned away, thought for a long time, and finally looked at Cong Rong and said: "Miss Cong, Yu Han is at fault in this matter, and the Fang family is ashamed of you. Now I will give you two choices: One, after you give birth, I will let Yu Han Han will accept you as my concubine; secondly, if the girl is willing, she can go to Wanhua Tower, where no one will dare to embarrass you."
Awan, who had been silent until now, couldn't help but say, "Mr. Fang, you actually asked Miss Cong to go to Wanhua Tower?"
Fang Lihui looked at Awan and said amusedly: "Little girl, at your young age, do you know what Wanhua Building does?"
A Wan looked disgusted and said: "Of course I know, isn't it a brothel?"
Fang Lihui raised the corners of his lips and smiled helplessly, "The girls in Wanhua Building are all prostitutes but not their bodies. If you want to leave one day, as long as the reason is innocent, the management in the building will not embarrass you."
"What?" Awan's eyes widened and she asked in disbelief: "You don't sell yourself by performing arts, so you don't have to redeem yourself?"
"Yes." Fang Lihui nodded, "Most of the girls in Wanhua Tower are like Miss Cong. Their beauty has become a burden for various reasons. Wanhua Tower is the best place for them."
Fang Zilan suddenly remembered the two girls that Fang Ziqin threatened to send to Wanhua Tower at Prince Xiang's Mansion, and couldn't help but ask: "Where are the other girls?"
"There are also maids and servants from wealthy families who made mistakes and sold them in. If it's not a big mistake, just give them a lesson and scare them." Fang Lihui said, changing the topic, "If you make a big mistake, you won't be able to enter Wanhua Tower. She has been sent to the real brothel in Liuxiang, Huajie a long time ago."
"Really?" Fang Zilan raised her eyebrows, looked at Fang Lihui and said, "I can't see that Mr. Fang is doing a good deed by opening Wanhua Tower."
Her tepid tone didn't sound like sarcasm, but it didn't sound like praise either.
Fang Lihui waved his hands hurriedly and said with shame: "It's just to make up for the foolish things he did when he was young and frivolous. It can't be called a good deed."
Fang Zilan did not comment, turned to Cong Rong and said: "Miss Cong, which one do you want to choose?"
"I..." Cong Rong said calmly: "Fang Yuhan is unkind and unrighteous. I don't want to marry him as a concubine. As for Wanhua Tower..."
She didn't say anything further, and Fang Lihui said, "You don't believe what I say?"
"I don't know." Cong Rong shook her head violently, murmuring and repeating, "I don't know..."
