"Hahaha..." Two loud laughs came from behind the gauze curtain. A gentle breeze stirred, and a white shadow flew out of the window.

Too fast, she didn't see his face. Out of curiosity about martial arts, Lan Yamei hurriedly chased after him and looked out the window. She saw a figure in white land in the pavilion on the first floor where she had been waiting. He blended into the crowd and was quickly lost.

Lan Ya Mei exclaimed, "My goodness, so high! You can jump down and be fine! Amazing!" She turned around, scratched her ear, and said a little embarrassedly, "If you don't want to pay, you don't have to. You have to pay to see the big circus anyway. This glimpse is worth it! There's no need to run."

"What grand circus?" the young man in white asked, feeling that the girl in front of him was strange. Others would be scared to death at the mere mention of the name "Jade-Faced Scholar," but this girl was truly ignorant and fearless.

"It's just a master performance; you wouldn't understand even if I explained." Lan Yamei waved her hand, not asking about the money any further, and took Aunt Guan's hand, preparing to leave. There was still a lot of work to do at home; she had to hurry back.

I've seen a glimpse of the underworld today. I guess I'll just stick to being a barbecue girl; I can't beat them, and I can't take a beating anyway.

Aunt Guan hesitated for a moment, then said to Hua Yuhe, who was leading people to drag Butterfly away, "What do you plan to do with her?"

"What, you feel sorry for her! It's a pity, her indenture is in my hands. Do you want to save her?" Hua Yuhe hit the nail on the head.

Aunt Guan only had food to eat because she followed Lan Ya Mei, and she was barely able to take care of herself. But seeing the girl she had once trained half-dead, she felt a pang of pity.

Lan Ya Mei could tell from Aunt Guan's expression that taking people away from Hua Man Lou would cost money. Because she was poor, she didn't say anything.

Hua Yuhe noticed Aunt Guan's embarrassment and mocked, "I didn't expect Manager Mei to be unable to even come up with this little bit of silver! You were a spendthrift in Dechang, but now you have to be subservient to others?"

Aunt Guan felt really bad being ridiculed by Hua Yuhe. After all, she had once been a mistress who enjoyed endless wealth and luxury. If it weren't for that person, she would never have ended up like this.

Seeing the other party's aggressive attitude, Lan Yamei grabbed Aunt Guan's shoulder and said seriously, "Even if Manager Mei is not doing well now, she was once your master! You've forgotten that you're a beast now that you've achieved success! Let me tell you, this girl has been tormented by you to the point of being unrecognizable. Keep her if you want, or name your price if you don't."

"Little girl, you're pretty stubborn! Fine, I won't argue with you!" Hua Yuhe waved her hand, and two handsome servants dragged Butterfly away.

"Butterfly!" Aunt Guan cried out, her voice trembling. If Butterfly wasn't treated soon, she would surely die.

Hua Yuhe flicked her sleeves and left. A servant entered behind her and said to the two, "Please, gentlemen."

"Where to?" Lan Yamei asked.

"He meant for us to leave Huamanlou," Aunt Guan explained.

"Fine, let's go! I don't want to stay anyway! What a lousy place, all smoky and disgusting," Lan Yamei said, pulling Aunt Guan away.

The two went out, boarded the carriage, and slowly moved forward, but their moods were somewhat heavy.

After hesitating for a long time, Aunt Guan said, "How about you lend me some money first, and I'll go and redeem Butterfly?"

"Why do you insist on saving her? Hua Man Lou is so big, there are so many girls inside, we can't possibly save them all." It wasn't that Lan Ya Mei was unwilling to spend the money, but she really felt there was no need to let her sympathy get the better of her.

“She’s different.” Sitting in the car, Aunt Guan said as she recalled, “I knew about Hua Yuhe’s scheme a long time ago; Butterfly told me. But I didn’t trust Butterfly. I always thought that the child I raised would not harm me. I owe Butterfly a favor. Today, with just one look, she understood what I meant and managed to smooth things over regarding the jade pendant. Now I owe her another favor.”

Lan Yamei tightened the reins, stopped the carriage, and said, "Since that's the case, let's go rescue her. But we only have less than four hundred taels of silver. I don't know if that's enough?"

"Give it a try."

When the two returned to Hua Man Lou, Lan Ya Mei was waiting at the side gate, and Aunt Guan went in with the servant.

In no time at all, Granny Guan emerged from the side gate carrying a blood-soaked body. Lan Ya Mei rushed over to help, and as she touched Butterfly's tilted head, she discovered that her left cheek was a bloody mess. Butterfly's eyes were tightly closed; she appeared to be unconscious.

"Who did this?" Lan Yamei asked angrily.

After settling the butterfly in the carriage, Aunt Guan said, "Who else could have done this? Let's hurry back and stop at the pharmacy. I'll get some herbs for her to use first."

"Why? Butterfly is so beautiful, she must have made a lot of money for us. Now that she's almost dead, letting her go and then disfiguring her is too cruel." Lan Yamei muttered, urging her horse to gallop faster.

Fortunately, the streets weren't crowded in the morning, so the two bought medicine at the pharmacy and hurried back.

Back home, the three fools were still digging for lotus roots in the pond. Before Lan Ya Mei could say anything, she stopped the carriage, settled Butterfly in the house with Aunt Guan, and then rushed to boil water to bring it inside to wash away the bloodstains.

Aunt Guan first treated the wounds on Lan Yamei's face, then brewed some traditional Chinese medicine. After catching her breath, she said to Lan Yamei, "I've spent all my money. I don't need any wages from now on. I just need a bowl of rice to eat. Thank you."

Well, we can earn back a few hundred taels of silver later, but a life can be lost in an instant. So he comforted Granny Guan, saying, "It's fine as it is. We've gotten a good girl, and I'm happy to have another person to help me with the work!"

Aunt Guan took out the indenture and threw it into the fire pit, saying, "The herbs in the pharmacy can only last for now. I need to go into the mountains as soon as possible. I probably won't be able to help with setting up the stall tonight."

"Then we won't set up our stall today. I'll go up the mountain with you first. You definitely can't manage alone. Let's go and come back quickly."

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