Feng Ran looked up at Xuan Yuan Heng and said calmly, "Your Highness, this servant will go in now and play the zither for the people inside."
Go in now and play the zither for the people inside?
Xuan Yuan Heng's expression was extremely gloomy, his eyes filled with rage: "Feng Ran, you're really trying to please them to save your life."
"Play the zither for the people inside?"
Xuan Yuan Heng walked forward, pinched her chin, and questioned her coldly, "I remember you once said that you would only play the zither for me in this life."
Heh, back then she blushingly and shyly told him that even if someone threatened her life, she would not play the zither for anyone other than him.
Those words were indeed pleasant to hear.
But now, they felt like a joke.
He wanted to see what other unexpected actions Feng Ran would take to save her life.
"Go in and play the zither, right? Then go in."
Feng Ran felt that the man in front of her was burning with anger. Her hand was pulled by him, and he forcibly dragged her inside.
As expected, their entry caused the lively atmosphere to vanish instantly.
Those people dared not move.
Xuan Yuan Heng glanced at the people around him, directly threw Feng Ran to the ground with force, and said coldly, "This is the most beautiful courtesan of Chun Man Yuan. Tonight, she will serve you all."
"Her skills in serving people are excellent."
Feng Ran, who had been thrown to the ground, clenched her hands tightly, her eyes wide with disbelief.
She never imagined that such cruel words would come from Xuan Yuan Heng's mouth.
Heh, but she, for this man, had caused the deaths of so many people in the past.
This must be the cycle of karma, retribution.
"What's wrong, why aren't you moving yet?" Xuan Yuan Heng's terrifying voice reached her ears, "Or shall I invite Aunt Sheng here?"
She closed her eyes, constantly speaking to herself, persuading herself.
Serve those people? In front of him?
Is this what he wanted to see?
Did he want to force her to become like this?
She suppressed the pain in her body and stood up with difficulty, gathering her composure.
She deserved to die, to still have a sliver of hope for him at this moment.
Xuan Yuan Heng looked at her coldly. He did not believe that Feng Ran would serve the people in front of him in his presence.
Feng Ran, the eldest daughter of the Feng family. How could she do such a dirty thing?
"Alright," Feng Ran replied calmly.
Xuan Yuan Heng: "..." His face was extremely gloomy. He had not expected Feng Ran to agree so easily.
Xuan Yuan Heng said coldly, "Then, let's begin."
"Does Your Highness wish to avoid it? After all, for a noble person like Your Highness, seeing it would not be appropriate." Feng Ran said calmly, but if one looked closely, they would see that her whole body was trembling and she was terrified.
Xuan Yuan Heng sneered, "Heh, you know it's unsightly now? A person like you, still have any shame."
"I'll watch how the once high and mighty eldest daughter of the Feng family entertains customers."
"Yes, Your Highness." Feng Ran walked over step by step. To ordinary people, it was normal, but to her, it was exceptionally heavy.
Feng Ran walked up to Gu Yan Chen and was about to reach out when Gu Yan Chen directly dodged her, saying contemptuously, "Don't touch me. A woman like you, willing to do anything to survive, who knows what diseases you have."
Feng Ran was stunned, and she lowered her hand.
Changing direction, she walked up to Xiao Lan Jue, who immediately kicked her away and said mockingly, "If I want someone, I'll find someone clean. Looking at you, I want to vomit."
"Get lost, don't dirty my eyes here."
If it continued like this, Feng Ran would be humiliated every time she approached someone.
But to her, being humiliated was better than actually being touched by those people.
What was being humiliated?
She was already used to it.
Xuan Yuan Heng's expression was extremely ugly. Although none of them let Feng Ran touch them, she tried to approach each one.
How dare she?
And in his presence?
Did she truly not care about him anymore? Did she truly have no sense of shame?
Feng Ran breathed a sigh of relief. The people present were worse than snakes and scorpions to her. She thought that if Xuan Yuan Heng were not present, the outcome would not be like this.
At this moment, she thought that Xuan Yuan Heng's presence had some benefits.
However, even if they were given ten times the courage, they would not dare to touch Feng Ran in the slightest. They had not forgotten that Feng Ran was once Xuan Yuan Heng's wife. Even though she was divorced. Even though Xuan Yuan Heng hated her to the bone. But she was once Xuan Yuan Heng's woman. No one would want their own woman to mingle with others in front of them.
The atmosphere in the hall was exceptionally quiet, so quiet that even the slightest breath could be heard clearly.
No one present broke this awkward silence.
But a voice shattered all this tranquility and broke the awkward atmosphere.
"So quiet? Am I late? Looking at the time, I'm not."
"I suppose you all came early."
Xiao Lan Jue saw the person who arrived and said unhappily, "Ling Chi Yuan, who told you to come here?"
"Do you know what kind of place this is? Can you just come in as you please?" Xiao Lan Jue said unhappily.
Xiao Lan Jue shrugged and took out an invitation from his embrace, "Do you think I like coming here? It's this invitation. My old man forced me to come."
"Heh, you really think I care about coming," Ling Chi Yuan said unhappily.
"In such a cursed place, even if you invited me in a sedan chair, I wouldn't come."
"It's just that you're too inhuman, sending the invitation to my old man. I have to come even if I don't want to."
"If that old man hits someone, it's not a fake blow, it's a real blow."
"Therefore, I had no choice but to come."
Xiao Lan Jue did not believe a single word Ling Chi Yuan said.
"Ling Chi Yuan, you are not the obedient type."
Ling Chi Yuan pointed to someone not far away, "See? My old man's people escorted me here. Do you think everyone is like you, eager to come to this shabby place?"
Xiao Lan Jue's face darkened with anger. He pointed at Ling Chi Yuan's face and said anxiously, "Do you know what this place is? Do you think you can just come in as you please?"
"I can read," Ling Chi Yuan said casually.
Just as he was about to retort angrily at Xiao Lan Jue, he saw Feng Ran standing to the side and immediately became interested.
"Why are you here?"
"You look a bit familiar, I feel like I've seen you somewhere." Ling Chi Yuan closed his fan and gently fanned himself, his gaze fixed on Feng Ran, looking as if he was determined to remember her.
When Feng Ran saw Ling Chi Yuan, she lowered her head, afraid to look directly at him. She quickly said, "No, I don't know you. You've mistaken me for someone else."
Seeing this, Xiao Lan Jue's gaze shifted between Ling Chi Yuan and Feng Ran, and he suddenly laughed, "Ling Chi Yuan, do you know her?" he asked, pointing at Feng Ran with a serious expression.
Xiao Lan Jue nodded.
"Feng Ran, the eldest daughter of the Feng family." Xiao Lan Jue seemed to have discovered something interesting and immediately began telling Ling Chi Yuan about Feng Ran's identity.