It was precisely because of this that Mudan and others were all speculating about what kind of person Xiaoyao really was. A great talent with such abilities should be cultivated by a scholarly family, and not just any ordinary one. Even those few scholarly families in Tianyuan Kingdom's capital probably couldn't nurture such a person.

Moreover, if he were a talent from Tianyuan Kingdom, they should have heard of him. Therefore, they guessed Xiaoyao should be from another country, and from a great family of a major nation at that.

Mudan and others had also asked Xiaoyao, but the answer he gave them seemed laughable to them. They would never believe this answer and would respond like this:

"Young master, please don't joke around. If you don't want to tell us, just don't say anything. Even if you're making excuses, find a better one. Saying you're a servant from the wilderness is really too ridiculous."

Xiaoyao could only wave his hand at this. I told the truth, but no one believes it, can't blame me for that.

Today was the last day, the tenth day Xiaoyao had promised. In these ten days, not only had Mudan's qin skills improved dramatically, but others' skills had as well. The entire Yihong Courtyard's artistic level had risen a notch, becoming the leader among Silver Heart City's several high-class brothels. If there were an artistic competition, Yihong Courtyard would win by a large margin.

It could only be said that this benefited Yihong Courtyard's boss. Although he still hadn't appeared until now, his assets would invisibly double.

...

At this time, some courtesans were still discussing why the boss hadn't appeared for so long. That matter should have ended already, why hadn't he come over? Usually the boss came every few days, and he also loved drinking flower wine.

"Boss."

Truly, you can't speak of people during the day or mention ghosts at night...

Just as someone was discussing the boss, he arrived. The greeting courtesan at the entrance immediately called out but naturally didn't approach. Since he was the boss, they knew he would find whoever he liked himself.

The boss's favorites should be several top courtesans and a few pure entertainers that even the boss couldn't win over. But sometimes what you can't get is what you like most, he enjoyed this dynamic. The boss wasn't someone who forced others, which was quite good.

"Do you know if a young man has been coming here recently?" The boss stopped and asked the few courtesans at the entrance.

"A young man? Boss, many young men come here every day. What's his name? What does he look like?" The courtesans at the entrance were somewhat confused. Why was the boss looking for a young man today instead of courtesans?

"I don't know what he's called, but I can't forget what he looks like. He's about five chi four cun tall (here, three chi equals one meter, different from the seven chi man standard), fair and clean..." The boss began describing the young man he was looking for, which seemed very much like a certain person.

"Boss, are you looking for young master?" A courtesan blurted out. Listening to this description, it matched Xiaoyao exactly. Could the boss be looking for young master? This was strange, did the boss know young master?

"Young master?" The boss was somewhat puzzled. He didn't know about Yihong Courtyard's affairs.

"It's Young Master Xiaoyao. He's in the back courtyard now. Boss, what do you need him for?" a courtesan asked.

"He's inside then. I'll go find him." The boss didn't answer and hurried toward the back courtyard. He didn't even ask which specific courtyard in the back, and there wasn't just one courtyard back there.

Although most of Yihong Courtyard's buildings were multi-story to accommodate more people due to limited land area, they had still specifically built several small courtyards in the back. The number was definitely not unique.

Therefore, if the boss wanted to find Xiaoyao, normally he should ask clearly first. But he seemed very anxious and forgot to ask. When he remembered, he couldn't return to ask, he'd look around the back courtyard, searching each one at most.

However, the boss should be quite lucky. He didn't need to search one by one because the small courtyard where Xiaoyao was located was too lively, anyone could see it.

"Why are you all here? Don't you need to work outside?" The boss's voice was somewhat deep, sounding rather displeased.

"Ah, boss."

"The boss is here."

"..."

The scene became somewhat chaotic, but no one seemed to leave because even with the boss here, they had to continue. This was a rare opportunity, missing it might mean it was gone forever.

"We, we'll go work right away, just wait a moment."

Similar words kept reaching the boss's ears, making him feel strange. Why were these women so bold now? Weren't they afraid he'd give them a hard time? Or did they already know about that matter?

No, if they already knew, they wouldn't have called him boss just now.

So what was this all about?

The boss was somewhat puzzled and went to find the source of this situation, Xiaoyao, who was sitting there teaching people. He was now very prominent, with all the women surrounding him, becoming that touch of green among the myriad flowers.

This situation was even more impressive than many men surrounding one woman like stars around the moon.

"Kid, so you're here." After seeing Xiaoyao, the boss immediately forgot about everything else, the women's strange behavior, the touch of green among flowers, he threw it all to the back of his mind.

Because for him, Xiaoyao was most important, now surpassing everything, including himself.

"Boss?" Mudan and others looked at the boss, not understanding what he was trying to do, why he was looking for young master.

"Boss, don't blame young master. He's here teaching us qin skills..." Mudan and others didn't think much and directly stood in front of Xiaoyao, blocking the boss's path.

"You? What are you doing? I'm not blaming him, I want to make a deal with him." The boss's face was somewhat dark, looking very displeased.

He hadn't expected this group of women to protect this kid so much. They had just said he was teaching qin skills here, meaning they didn't know about the matter yet. In this situation, they were still protecting this kid. Could this kid be a kept man they were all supporting together?

This didn't look right. Wait, they just said teaching qin skills, could this kid actually be a scholar?

Impossible. How could this kid be a scholar? If he were a scholar, why would he go to such places? He should be playing here all the time.

The boss was very confused about this situation, but he didn't care about these things now. He only wanted to find Xiaoyao to make a deal, an important deal related to his future economic pillar.

"A deal?" Mudan and others were all puzzled. They didn't understand what deal the boss could have with Xiaoyao. Could it be to hire him to continue teaching them? If so, that would be perfect.

But was this possible? Young master didn't seem tempted by such things. If he wanted to leave, no one could stop him.

"So it's you. How did you end up here?" At this time, Xiaoyao spoke. He looked at the boss, also somewhat puzzled about how this person appeared here to find him.

He wasn't surprised this person was looking for him, but how did he know he was here?

Xiaoyao didn't know this person was the boss here. If he knew, he would understand the situation.

"I came to find you. How about we make a deal? Can you sell that contract back to me? I can offer one hundred thousand taels." The boss looked at Xiaoyao and said.

One hundred thousand taels? All the courtesans looked at the boss and Xiaoyao in amazement. They didn't know what this contract was that would cost one hundred thousand taels of silver, enough money for several generations to live richly, or to buy this entire place.

And why was this contract in young master's hands? When did young master have contact with the boss? This made them even more curious.

"Contract? Oh, you mean that contract you lost to me." Xiaoyao looked at the boss, seeming to just remember such a thing.

"Yes, that contract. Here's one hundred thousand taels in bank notes, take them, just leave that contract behind." The boss immediately pulled out one hundred thousand taels in bank notes and placed them on the qin table in front of Xiaoyao.

The boss wasn't joking, he really brought out one hundred thousand taels.

Mudan and others looked at those bank notes with wide eyes. They had never seen so much money in their lives. Though they usually could see hundreds or thousands, that was still far from this amount, and it wasn't an everyday occurrence.

At this time, they were all thinking: Young master, quickly give that contract to the boss. One hundred thousand taels. Then you could redeem all of us.

Of course, this was their own thinking, and they would quickly change this thought. They would immediately oppose taking this one hundred thousand taels and insist on keeping that contract.

"What contract is so valuable? Let me take a look." Xiaoyao said at this time and went to search for that contract he had casually placed in his pack.

Watching Xiaoyao's action, the boss immediately understood, this person had never looked at that contract from beginning to end. That meant his being here was just a coincidence. Fortunately it was this coincidence, otherwise he wouldn't know where to find him.

But my contract is worth millions of taels, and you just threw it aside like that, what waste. This deserves lightning punishment.

Millions of taels? That's right, the contract in Xiaoyao's hands wasn't just as simple as one hundred thousand taels. If it were, he wouldn't be so straightforward.

Although the contract itself might not be worth much, it involved some other interests. Millions would be no problem, and if this were taken away, he would be finished and would definitely face punishment from certain people.

(To be continued)