When the madam saw that Junru had finished writing, she asked Ahli to come over and sign her name.
Ah Li said somewhat embarrassedly, "But, sister, I've forgotten my name."
The madam, fanning herself with a round fan, was in no hurry. She said, "Since you came into the brothel on a snowy day, let's call you Xiangxue (Fragrant Snow)."
Ah Li murmured, "Xiang Xue, but I don't smell good. I want to be called Xue Li."
"Xue Li?"
The madam was still wondering if the name had a bad meaning when she saw Ah Li take the pen from Junru's hand and write the two characters 'Snow Fox'.
The madam and Junru looked at Ali with surprise, not because of the name Xue Li, but because Ali's handwriting was very beautiful, in the style of small regular script with floral patterns, suggesting that the family must be wealthy.
Ah Li put down her pen and looked at the madam and Junru, "Is my handwriting wrong?"
"Okay, you wrote very well."
The madam didn't care who Ah Li was before; she would make her the cash cow of her Tibetan incense shop.
Ah Li chuckled softly, then folded up the indenture and gave it to Junru to keep.
The madam didn't make Junru hand it over, since they all belonged to her establishment anyway, and Junru's indenture was still in her hands.
The original owner's background was also very simple. Her family was originally wealthy, but later her father became addicted to gambling, squandered the family fortune, and even tried to have his wife and daughter sold. The original owner's mother was too scared, so she took her and ran away.
As a result, they encountered bandits on the road. Her mother told her to run, but she stayed behind to hold off the bandits and eventually jumped off a cliff.
The original owner was all alone, wandering all the way, and finally collapsed outside the Cangxiang Tower, where she met Junru.
When the original owner entered the building, she didn't lose her memory. She knew what the Hidden Fragrance Pavilion was for, and she was very resistant to it.
This time, Ahri wasn't resistant at all.
And so, Ah Li stayed at the Tibetan Incense Pavilion. The madam arranged accommodation for her and even hired a female tutor to teach her music, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, and dancing.
Ah Li also discovered that there were more than a dozen girls locked in this building by the madam, who was making them learn what she had arranged.
These girls each have their own unique beauty, and they are all learning different musical instruments.
Ahri tried many instruments and eventually chose the pipa.
The female teacher liked Ah Li very much because Ah Li was very smart; she was the smartest girl she had ever met, and she could learn anything in no time.
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