, wonderful and free of pop-ups! Yang Ruoqing came to Yun Niang's house and happened to meet Xiao Yaxue coming out with a tray in her hand.
There are two bowls on the tray, one bowl of rice and one bowl of vegetables.
The food was not touched at all.
"Why, Yun Niang still doesn't eat?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
Xiao Yaxue shook her head: "I kept wiping tears, worrying that the sisters in Xiangyulou have not eaten two meals."
Yang Ruoqing frowned slightly.
"Let me come." She took the tray from Xiao Yaxue and came to Yun Niang's bed inside.
"You fell into the water, your body was severely injured, and you haven't really recovered yet."
Yang Ruoqing came to the bed and looked at Yun Niang who was sitting on the bed with a haggard expression and her eyes were swollen from crying, and said.
Yun Niang raised her red and swollen eyes and looked at Yang Ruoqing: "I'm really worried about Sister Hua and the others..."
"They were all framed. Now that they are in jail, they must suffer a lot."
"Sister Hua treats me like her own sister. She was imprisoned because of me. I couldn't help her. I'm guilty..."
"Yunniang!"
Yang Ruoqing interrupted Yun Niang.
"I understand how you feel."
"But, things have already happened. No matter how much you blame yourself or how anxious you are, you won't be able to solve the problem."
"Listen to me, wipe away your tears, and then eat."
"Leave the rest to me. Your mission is to take good care of yourself and help me make a comeback in the future!"
Yang Ruoqing handed the food to Yun Niang again.
Yun Niang must have listened to her words.
She raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face and reached out to take the tray.
Then, he started eating in small bites.
Yang Ruoqing also sat down on a stool beside the bed.
"I heard you keep mentioning that Sister Hua and you two sisters, so you must have known each other for a long time, right?" Yang Ruoqing inquired.
Aren’t there usually conflicts of interest between women in the entertainment scene?
She was afraid that the other party would steal her favor, so why did Yun Niang and Sister Hua have such a good relationship?
Hearing Yang Ruoqing's question, Yun Niang seemed to have guessed what Yang Ruoqing was thinking.
She put down the chopsticks in her hand for a moment and said softly: "Women in the entertainment scene are often deceitful, but they also have true feelings."
"Just like me and Sister Hua, we have a life-long friendship..."
"Oh? Then tell me." Yang Ruoqing said. Anyway, I have some free time now, and I like to listen to other people's stories.
A bitter smile appeared on Yun Niang's face, and her whole body began to be immersed in memories...
"I didn't have a father when I was a child. My mother raised me and my brother up."
"Later, my brother married an evil sister-in-law who was a well-known shrew in our street. Within two months of my sister-in-law marrying me, she pissed my mother off to death."
"My brother is incompetent and has a gambling habit. When he loses money, he doesn't dare to tell my sister-in-law."
"Later, creditors came to my door. They couldn't do anything, so they used me to pay off their debts."
"The creditor's family had a stupid son who hadn't gotten married at the age of twenty-five, so they made me a child bride for that stupid son. I was only ten years old that year."
"Originally, it was said that when I turn fourteen and become an adult, we would consummate the marriage."
"But one night, my father-in-law came into my house and wanted..."
Yun Niang couldn’t continue talking about what happened next.
A pair of shoulders trembled slightly, maybe because of anger, maybe because of fear.
Yang Ruoqing said: "I understand, I understand, please continue."
Yun Niang took a deep breath and temporarily stabilized her emotions.
"I happen to be doing needlework during the day, and I put the sewing basket in the bed."
"I touched a pair of scissors inside and stabbed my father-in-law."
"I escaped from that home. It was a winter night. I ran, ran, ran as hard as I could."
"Most of the dogs in the village came out to chase me. I ran as hard as I could and didn't dare to look back."
"Just like that, I ran out. At dawn, I came to a small town. I was really hungry."
"At this time, a woman came over. She talked to me. She was so kind and gave me a bun."
"After eating that bun, I fell asleep. When I woke up, I was in the capital and locked up in the backyard of a brothel."
"Later I found out that the woman who gave me the buns was a bastard."
"She sold me to a brothel in the capital for eight taels of silver. The owner of the brothel saw that I looked pretty good, so he kept me."
"On the one hand, the brothel boss arranged for a master to teach me how to play, play, and sing. The boss didn't want to live in vain, so he also sent me to serve a girl who was popular in the brothel at that time."
"That girl is Sister Hua."
"When I met Sister Hua, I was ten years old and she was fifteen. It was the time when she was in her prime. Half of the customers who came to the brothel came because of Sister Hua's name."
"I feel very uneasy when I see other little maids who do odd jobs like me being beaten and punished by the girls."
"However, Sister Hua treats me very well and never beats or scolds me."
"If she had anything good to eat, she secretly saved it for me to eat. She didn't scold me if I did something wrong. She also taught me a lot about how to behave in a brothel."
"It's not so much that I served her, but that she took care of me for four years. She treated me like a sister."
"Sister Hua knows the boss's plan. When I reach adulthood at the age of fourteen, the boss will ask me to accept customers."
"Sister Hua didn't want me to get more and more involved in the entertainment scene like her, so she was cautious when picking up guests."
“I secretly kept a little more from the tips given by the guests.”
"She said she would help me save money so that I could redeem myself. I am really grateful to her."
"But things didn't go as planned. Before I could save enough money to redeem myself, Sister Hua's affairs were discovered by other people in the brothel."
"Those women added insult to injury and told the boss about it. The boss was very angry and sent someone to take Sister Hua to the backyard woodshed and give her a lesson."
"The turtle slave who taught Sister Hua a lesson was bribed by a woman in the building."
"That woman is jealous of Sister Hua's appearance because she is always outclassed by Sister Hua."
"So, she bribed the turtle slave, and they gave Sister Hua a medicine."
"I don't know what kind of medicine it was. Anyway, after Sister Hua was released, she started to feel unwell."
"The skin is often itchy and no longer as smooth as jade."
"She is the money-spinner of the brothel. The boss was so anxious that he saw many doctors and took many medicines, but nothing worked."
"In the end, Sister Hua's body was damaged by those medicines. Her whole body was swollen like a steamed bun thrown into the water..."
"She could no longer receive patrons and was reduced to a servant sweeping the floor in the brothel. Everyone bullied her."
"And I couldn't escape the bad luck. I was forced by the boss to pick up customers."
"I never thought about making a name for myself in the entertainment industry, but God is so weird."
