Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

After seeing the light of day again, the two of them immersed themselves in various kinds of learning, including music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and flowers. Even their private matters had to be explained to them by the nanny face to face.

Yan Tinghe couldn't let go of her status as a lady from a wealthy family and was always beaten and insulted by the old brothel owner, but she still refused to receive customers.

She was beaten and bruised all over, and cried every day. She said she wanted to go home and asked the brothel owner to send her home, saying that she had a lot of money, enough to give her ten Wanhualou.

Unexpectedly, the madam remained unmoved and beat her even harder. Hongying couldn't bear to see the young lady suffer like this, so she took the initiative to take on the responsibility of receiving customers and kept Yan Tinghe firmly behind her.

The peaceful days did not last long. One day when Hongying went to receive a customer, she was tortured to death by the man.

From then on, Yan Tinghe no longer had anyone willing to protect her. She regretted it deeply and hated the scholar and Wang Sheng.

After being beaten so many times, Yan Tinghe wanted to die, but the brothel owner kept her on life suspension while beating her, making her life worse than death.

One day, the madam gave up and agreed to let Yan Tinghe wear a veil and be a prostitute, responsible only for playing and singing.

She agreed, thinking that one day, when she had the chance to go home, she would cut those who hurt her into pieces.

On her first day on stage, the brothel owner equipped her with a Yangzhou Guangling Qin, hoping that she would make a splash. Indeed, she did make a splash. She saw her savior, the young man, in the crowd, and next to him was a woman dressed as a man.

Her tears fell down, and with a sound of her eyes opening, the zither broke.

Her heart died too.

When she was pulled back to the room by the madam, her veil fell off. The young man below saw her face and his expression changed immediately.

The madam returned to the room and arranged for someone to beat Yan Tinghe severely. Yan Tinghe gritted her teeth and endured it. When everyone left, she tore off the bed curtain and hanged herself in the room...

Before she died, she missed her father, her grandmother, and her good friend Cui Caiyun. The moment she closed her eyes, she seemed to have returned to the moment when the man took off her shoes and socks and sucked out the snake venom.

Little did she know that after five hasty separations, her savior had already left Jiangnan and returned to the Northwest. Although that Wang Sheng really existed, he was not the Wang Sheng she thought he was.

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After accepting the memory, Ting He choked up with tears:

"This is too tragic. There is no beginning or end. Just because of five meetings, I was kept in suspense for half a year through letters. The key is that they even met in person. Meeting in person is fine, but why did she even end up in a brothel? There is no beginning or end. The whole process was full of romance, but it was so plain and pitiful. She said nothing, but she said everything. Wow, this is too tragic."

The system also wiped its tearful eyes and said:

"Hongying's wish is to find Qingning and sell her to Wanhua Tower, so that she can experience the pain of the young lady. Find the culprit who plotted against the young lady and save her from the sea of ​​suffering. If you are able, help the young lady ask the scholar what his name is, and if he has feelings for the young lady, defeat the aunt and reunite the young lady with the master's family."

Listen to He's praise with tears in her eyes:

"This maid is good. She really helps when something happens. Although she has a bit of a scene like Calabash Brothers saving his grandfather, Hongying is dedicated to protecting her master. She is a good person. She didn't make any wishes for herself. She just wants to protect her mistress. She is really a conscientious role model among the maids."

After that, Ting He asked again:

"Where is the plot now?"

The system says:

"Didn't you just break someone's piano when you first performed on stage? The madam will come over and beat you to death soon."

Ting He then remembered that the current situation was not very friendly to her, but suddenly she asked again:

"The original body was also playing the zither when she saw the scholar and the woman dressed as a man. She was so shocked that she cut the strings of the zither. Later, she was dragged away by the madam. Her veil fell off and was seen by the scholar below. So when she came back, she was beaten and hanged herself."

Ting He began to summarize again:

"Well, to put it simply, the plot is so simple that it seems nonexistent, and it can be summed up in just a few sentences."

"The original owner's father was tricked into becoming the old lady's concubine by the maidservant. The original owner ran away from home in anger and was bitten by a snake. The scholar saved her without asking her name. Later, they met once in a bookshop, twice on a boat, and once on the street, a total of five times. The original owner fell for him. The concubine used Qing Ning to write letters to the original owner in the name of the scholar for half a year, and cheated the original owner of her money and store tokens. When she asked to meet for the last time, a man took the original owner and three others from Jiangnan to the northwest and sold them to Wanhua Tower..."

"Tsk tsk tsk, if this wasn't premeditated, and I was beheaded, do you think it was a trap set by my aunt? But, she was a maidservant in front of the old lady. If she was scheming, she wouldn't have acted when the original owner was so old. There's no guarantee that there wasn't someone behind the scenes who gave her advice."

"And there's Wang Sheng. He was only mentioned once by the scholar Wang, but he runs through the entire plot. The strange thing is that the scholar showed up five times, but we still don't know his name. It's ridiculous. It's too ridiculous. It makes people lose the desire to complete the mission. Moreover, the story starts on the eve of the original owner's death. How can he change his fate? Just wait until tomorrow to hang himself."

Before he could finish his words, the madam brought a group of people to open the lock and push the door open in a hurry.

Ting He stood up hurriedly and said to the madam with a smile on her face:

"Mom, you've worked hard. You must be tired from running back and forth. Come, come, sit down and have some tea to moisten your throat."

Seeing Ting He suddenly become servile, the madam suddenly felt relieved. She stared at Ting He for a long time and asked:

"You didn't poison me, did you? Are you that kind? Don't you treat me like nothing every day? Why are you so nice all of a sudden and even prepared tea for me?"

Ting He smiled awkwardly and said with an embarrassed look:

"I don't want to receive customers. Even if you beat me to death, I won't. But I can see that Mom has made the biggest concession. She spent money to buy me, and I can't let Mom make a loss. Look, I said I don't want to receive customers, but Mom agreed. She even hired a tutor to teach me music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and flowers. I have learned so many skills, so I should thank Mom, right?"

The madam was flattered by these words. She narrowed her eyes, took a sip from the teacup, and said with a smile:

"It's great that you can figure it out. You have to remember that you have good conditions. Whether you want fame or money, mom will get it for you. As long as you are willing, work hard for mom. When you can't work anymore, mom will be old. Your temper makes mom anxious. If I didn't protect you, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to survive a day in this building."