Ning Zhi slightly tidied Jin Yu’s clothes and said, “I’ve lived for over twenty years and still can’t understand you. You ignore the beautiful courtesans and the favors of the young gentlemen from Shili Town, and you have a neglected husband at home.”
You look down on everyone, yet you keep running to the little widower at the beauty house. I can’t believe he has bewitched you, making you neglect the husband you worked so hard to marry, who was cast aside right after the wedding.”
Ning Zhi sighed and continued, “A husband is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a lover. That little widower is quite pitiful. The Chen family originally wanted to marry him for good luck, but instead, they ended up ruining his life. He was nearly beaten to death right after getting married and then cast out with a sickly body. At a young age, he had to care for his brother, who was also expelled by their parents. They ended up in the red-light district, forced into a life they never chose. If it weren’t for you, who knows what would have happened to them. Living in a place like the beauty house makes it difficult for them to find a future.”
Jin Yu paid no attention to Ning Zhi’s words, instead gazing at a corner of the second floor, where a door was tightly closed.
Noticing this, Ning Zhi fell silent, also looking at the shut door. “Shen Bi was entertaining clients last night and is covered in injuries,” she remarked.
He’ll probably be bedridden for several days.”
Ning Zhi sighed inwardly, noting Jin Yu’s unchanged expression. “His health is deteriorating day by day. I don’t know how much longer he can hold on. If only the owner could help Shen Bi, he wouldn’t have to suffer so much. Although Shen Bi did almost unforgivable things in the past, he has endured enough in these past two years.”
“Did you burn the desire-inducing grass in the incense burner last night?” Jin Yu asked, a complex emotion flashing in her calm eyes.
Ning Zhi’s eyes dimmed slightly. “As you instructed, I burned the desire-inducing grass in the incense burner as usual.”
