Blazing Fire Like a Song.1

Author: Ming Xiaoxi
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The wine at Pinhua Pavilion is excellent—fine wines enjoyed by royalty and nobles, as well as lesser-known small brews from rural mountains and forests. If you wish to try them, you’ll be guaranteed to become tipsy and light-headed, as if you were a celestial being.
The cuisine at Pinhua Pavilion is equally delightful—whether it’s delicacies from the mountains and seas or simple home-style dishes, they’re so delicious that you’ll want to swallow your tongues.
But what truly attracts people to Pinhua Pavilion is its people.
Beauty.
Soul-stirring beauty.
There are beauty with a coquettish charm, beauty with an elegant and noble demeanor, beauty with purity and shyness, beauty with simplicity and straightforwardness, and even beauty that’s recently popular—wild and bold.
In short, as long as you come to Pinhua Pavilion, there’s always a type of beauty that suits you! If you’re not satisfied, we offer a money-back guarantee or a replacement until you are!
Heh, please don’t misunderstand—Pinhua Pavilion is not an ordinary brothel.
It is—
Well, let’s say it’s an intermediary agency. All the girls who register here are free to come and go as they please. They can set their own prices, choose their own clients, choose their own hours, and choose the content of their "services." Of course, Pinhua Pavilion also needs to make a profit, so each girl must pay a certain monthly venue fee. (This amount isn’t very high, so it can attract more "high-quality" beauties.)
So, what does Pinhua Pavilion rely on to make a fortune in gold and silver?
Right! Wine and food.
No guest who comes here sits there dry-eyed, watching the girls. Who wouldn’t order a few dishes and a pot of wine? In front of their beloved beauties, how can one not show a bit of generosity to win their hearts? Everyone knows that the profit from wine and food is the largest.
Ruge was extremely impressed by Pinhua Pavilion’s profitable business model. Unfortunately, who the behind Pinhua Pavilion was remained a mystery, and she had never had the chance to meet her. Too bad, too bad.
As Ruge walked toward Fengge, holding a bowl of rock sugar bird nest soup, she shook her head with regret.
Suddenly, a delicate figure appeared before her.
Ruge looked up and exclaimed in surprise, “Sister Xiang, it’s really you! How have you been these past few days?”
Xiang smiled gently, her eyes filled with endless gratitude: “My mother has been buried, and everything was handled gracefully.”
“ That’s wonderful, Sister Xiang! You can finally rest in peace!”
“Ruge, thank you,” Xiang said, looking at her. “But, did it really be okay for you to lend me all your silver? I…”
Ruge quickly waved her hand: “It’s fine, really! Sister, you can spend it with peace of mind! I don’t need this silver, and I don’t need it either. If you think it’s not enough, I can give you more….”
“No, that’s unnecessary. Once I’ve finished handling my mother’s affairs, I won’t have much use for money either,” Xiang said seriously. “Sister, I will definitely pay you back.”
Ruge wanted to tell her not to worry, but then she thought that the gentle but strong Xiang wouldn’t accept her kindness just yet. So, she just smiled and changed the subject.
“Sister Xiang, did Hu Da-niang arrange for you to serve the Phoenix Girl?” Ruge asked curiously. “I heard the Phoenix Girl has a very tyrannical personality. Will you be able to handle it?”
Xiang lowered her head, and for a long while, she didn’t answer.
Ruge stared at her, and slowly, her brow furrowed. She set down the tray in her hand, walked closer to Xiang, and carefully examined her neck. She gasped in shock: “How could there be a wound on your neck?! It looks like someone scratched it with their nails!”
Xiang quickly covered the scar, her eyes filled with sorrow: “No, it was an accident—I scratched myself without realizing it.”
“You’re lying,” Ruge pouted. “Why would you lie to me? Aren’t we close sisters?”
“I…”
Ruge patted her shoulder: “If you’re in any trouble, remember to tell me. Even though I’m just a little girl, having someone else’s advice is always helpful.”
Xiang’s eyes welled up, and after a long silence, she finally nodded gently.