Chapter 417 - Talk People into Partnership
Chapter 417 Talk People into Partnership
After exchanging glances, Lin Mengya and Hongyu saw the doubts from each other’s eyes.
“It’s impossible. I clearly saw that they were transported here at night. Miss Moqin, have you got it wrong?”
Seeing it with her eyes, Lin Mengya would never get it wrong.
However, Moqin didn’t seem to be lying. After careful consideration, she shook her head.
“There are no newcomers in the house today. Moreover, the two virgin prostitutes, who are to be auctioned tonight, are raised in the house. They are orphans without parents, and have no opportunity to get acquainted with outsiders.”
Moqin’s decisive answer made Lin Mengya and Hongyu fall into silence for a while.
They both got the definite news before coming here.
But now, they got the authoritative answer that the people they were looking for were not there, so you could imagine how anxious they were.
The two of them fell into silence. All three of them were telling the truth, but what they said was very different.
Lin Mengya had no idea what to do next for a moment.
“Miss Moqin, do you know about everything in this Huichun House, if I may be so bold to inquire?”
Moqin just wanted to answer, but suddenly thought of something.
“I do have a rough idea about the affairs in this Huichun House. Nevertheless, I’m not the owner after all. If there were some secret business, someone like me would have no chance to know it. If your friend gets involved in this, I advise you to give up early.”
Moqin was not making an alarmist statement.
The tender arms and red lips of the ladies in the Huichun House were not the only things making the Huichun House the only brothel in Square Town.
Apart from anything else, Square Town was not only the border between the two countries with countless merchants coming and going.
Good and bad people were mixed up here, and various people could show up here.
Nevertheless, if the ladies in the Huichun House said that they didn’t want to receive guests, no one would dare to force them.
Moqin was quite clear about it. The last man, who had a liking for her and forced her to accompany him, was whipped violently by her three times.
If a lady in other brothels beat her guest, the lady must be flayed by the procuress.
However, one had to keep his grievances to himself in the Huichun House unless he was a kinsman of the emperor.
If this were the case, the friend this girl was looking for might not be that simple.
“I know that you may have a profound friendship with your friend, but you can’t afford to get involved in the affairs here. If you don’t get your friend and yourself killed, leave here quickly!”
Thinking of a possibility, Moqin suddenly said with a stern countenance.
There were too many atrocious things happening in the Huichun House. Even Moqin became pale at the thought of it.
Weighing her words and watching her expression, Lin Mengya naturally knew that this matter could not be easily settled.
It seemed that Hongyu’s plan might not come in handy.
“Miss Moqin, if I leave at this time, I’m afraid that you will get involved in it later. Ziyun has seen me, and I can’t guarantee whether I will meet her in the future. But if it’s learned by her unfortunately, you will be implicated.”
Lin Mengya now had no way to back down.
They didn’t know where Xiu and Hongyu’s sister were imprisoned. Besides, she had messed with Ziyun just now. If Hongyu didn’t leave, she would probably be excluded by Ziyun in the future.
This was not the most horrible point. A flower crown like Ziyun had the most powerful connections.
She still had to pass Square Town on her way back. Moreover, she could be considered known to everyone in the caravan. If someone revealed her original identity as a girl, Moqin, who had let them go, would be considered an accomplice.
Although it was uncool to do that, now it was the fact in front of them.
“Little girl, how dare you threaten me!”
Moqin shouted coldly with a little impatience and rage on her pretty face. She obviously didn’t expect that she would be threatened by a little girl.
“I’m not threatening you, but stating the fact. Miss Moqin, the reason you defended me and Hongyu is that you still have righteous ardor in your heart. Now you can hand me over without saying anything. If you can harden your heart to do that, at least I won’t be able to negotiate with you here at this moment.”
Lin Mengya had gradually taken the situation under control.
She left Moqin no room for retreat. Moqin raised her whip irritably, but didn’t crack it.
Lin Mengya knew in her heart that her words did not mean nothing.
“We just want to rescue our friends. Regarding the Huichun House, don’t you think it better for you if we destroy it?”
Lin Mengya had always been good at giving systematic guidance and swaying others.
Moqin seemed to be in a fierce ideological struggle. Finally, she heaved a deep sigh.
“Alas… you are such a naive girl. If you can easily rescue your friends, it’s not Huichun House. Moreover, even if you manage to rescue your friends, do you think you can get out of this Square Town? Apart from here, where can I go as a prostitute? Little girl, don’t think it in such a simple way. This Huichun House can almost be considered built of walls of bronze.”
Moqin seemed to have compromised a little.
This was a good sign, but what she said was reasonable.
After thinking for a while, Lin Mengya looked at Moqin’s dress and suddenly asked.
“Miss Moqin, can you lend me your clothes?”
Moqin and Hongyu looked towards Lin Mengya at the same time.
Although they had no idea what trick this girl intended to play, they could tell that she seemed to have come forward with a solution from her confident look.
“Okay, but I’m going to dance after a while. Maybe I can take it off and give it to you after finishing dancing. Is it okay?”
Dance? Lin Mengya suddenly recalled that someone was sitting on the first floor.
In order to lose weight, she once learned belly dance for a period in college.
Coupled with sister Moqin’s dress, she should be able to muddle through it.
Humph, Long Tianyu dared to come here to seek pleasures. If later he saw that the lady he wanted to spend the night with turned out to be his princess, would he be scared out of his wits?
With the purpose of fixing him, Lin Mengya persuaded sister Moqin to let her dance with both hard and soft tactics.
Finally Lin Mengya put on Moqin’s dancing outfit, but she cut the piece of cloth around her waist with scissors.
She then found a veil to cover her face. Coupled with the jingling bells on her feet and her eyes and brows with heavy makeup, she looked quite seductive.
In this time, Moqin and Hongyu were dumbfounded.
Speaking of misses from wealthy families, they had seen several of them. But none of them was as bold as the girl in front.
Wriggling her waist and bottom, coupled with the coordination of her eyes, she looked exactly like a dancing lady. Even Moqin couldn’t help giving unceasing praise.
This girl was really a natural beauty.
“Now you can rest assured. Just tell the musicians to drop some fast drumbeats for me later. I promise to work out the task.”
Lin Mengya’s coquettish act eased Moqin and Hongyu’s expressions.
Despite the girl’s rusty dancing skills, her sexy look was extremely seductive to men.
Seeing Moqin’s worried face, Lin Mengya immediately took her hand and comforted her.
“I won’t allow them to take liberties with me. Trust me, the man, who can take liberties with me, hasn’t appeared yet. By the way, Sister Hongyu, when I’m dancing, you and sister Moqin go to check where my friend and your sister are imprisoned.”
As she spoke of this, the smile on Hongyu’s face disappeared.
With a bit of guilt in her eyes, she just stared at Lin Mengya blankly without talking. After a long while, she said in a deep voice.
“Qingge, Moqin, I beg you for a favor.”
Lin Mengya, who was under the pseudonym Qingge, nodded with Moqin, because they were clever enough to figure out what Hongyu meant.
“I was kidnapped and sold by a human trafficker when I was a child. I’ve gone through a lot of hardships before finding the traces of my sister. However, I don’t want her to know that she has a sister working as a prostitute. Qingge happens to be looking for her friend. Please tell my sister… that you rescue her incidentally. I’m too ashamed to meet her. Sisters, please do me this favor.”
Hongyu’s face was full of sorrow, and strings of teardrops slipped down her cheeks.
Perhaps the misfortunes during her teens had brought her indelible shame and low self-esteem.
Lin Mengya looked at Hongyu with distress. She knew about these things better than anyone else. So, in order to protect Hongyu, she would not tell anyone.
Seeing that the two promised her, Hongyu smiled through tears, and knelt on the ground in an attempt to kowtow to them.
“Good sister, why bother doing that? We’ve both grown up in bitterness, so we should help each other. Speaking of this, everyone in this house is laden with painful memories. Since I can help you with this, it could be considered a good deed showing mercy. Rest assured, Miss Qingge and I will keep it a secret.”
Hongyu was very grateful to Moqin and Lin Mengya, but Lin Mengya felt increasing pain in her heart at the sight of them.
They were very miserable and had met with the injustice in the world. Nevertheless, they were braver than anyone else for their family member and the morality in their heart.
She clenched her fist and then loosened it. An idea gradually formed in her heart.
“Two sisters, I admire everything you have done. Leave with me after we handle this. In such a vast world, I can offer you a shelter anyway.”
Lin Mengya said very seriously, and had a preliminary plan in mind.